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Old April 8th 07, 06:11 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
BHawk
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Hello,

We have a new dog. He is an English Springer Spaniel who is about 4
years old. He was a rescue. We picked him up from his foster parents
about a week ago. He is very lovable, wants to please and comes when
called. Pretty nice for a recuse, right?

His only behavior issue/problem is when we leave for a few hours (not
the whole day) he dumps or spills his water bowl. It's like he digs
in it.

Any one else have an experience like this? What did you do to relieve
this behavior?

Regards,
Bob

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Old April 8th 07, 06:21 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
MauiJNP
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We have a new dog. He is an English Springer Spaniel who is about 4
years old. He was a rescue. We picked him up from his foster parents
about a week ago. He is very lovable, wants to please and comes when
called. Pretty nice for a recuse, right?


Congrats on the new addition! We love pictures (hint hint).


His only behavior issue/problem is when we leave for a few hours (not
the whole day) he dumps or spills his water bowl. It's like he digs
in it.

Any one else have an experience like this? What did you do to relieve
this behavior?



Cali likes to dig in her water sometimes too. A quick "Cali no" stops
it (but she never does it while I am gone). Right now, I have a bowl on a
serving tray. That way, when she decides to dig in the water, she only
spills it in the tray. Its not as good as not spilling the water, but its
better than a wet floor.



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Old April 8th 07, 09:05 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Darla Vladschyk
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On 8 Apr 2007 10:11:02 -0700, "BHawk" wrote:

His only behavior issue/problem is when we leave for a few hours (not
the whole day) he dumps or spills his water bowl. It's like he digs
in it.

Any one else have an experience like this? What did you do to relieve
this behavior?


Sounds like a separation anxiety issue--- our female does it every
once in a while. Does he have enough toys to occupy him? Sometimes a
scant handful of kibble scattered on the floor will help. A radio
tuned to a talk station may help also. Where is he confined?

Darla
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Old April 8th 07, 11:46 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
BHawk
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On Apr 8, 12:21 pm, "MauiJNP" wrote:
We have a new dog. He is an English Springer Spaniel who is about 4
years old. He was a rescue. We picked him up from his foster parents
about a week ago. He is very lovable, wants to please and comes when
called. Pretty nice for a recuse, right?


Congrats on the new addition! We love pictures (hint hint).


Pictu

http://f7.yahoofs.com/users/YBSkPF02...aveas=DSCN0062


His only behavior issue/problem is when we leave for a few hours (not
the whole day) he dumps or spills his water bowl. It's like he digs
in it.


Any one else have an experience like this? What did you do to relieve
this behavior?


Cali likes to dig in her water sometimes too. A quick "Cali no" stops
it (but she never does it while I am gone). Right now, I have a bowl on a
serving tray. That way, when she decides to dig in the water, she only
spills it in the tray. Its not as good as not spilling the water, but its
better than a wet floor.


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Old April 8th 07, 11:48 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
BHawk
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On Apr 8, 3:05 pm, Darla Vladschyk wrote:
On 8 Apr 2007 10:11:02 -0700, "BHawk" wrote:

Sounds like a separation anxiety issue--- our female does it every
once in a while. Does he have enough toys to occupy him? Sometimes a
scant handful of kibble scattered on the floor will help. A radio
tuned to a talk station may help also. Where is he confined?


We have tried leaving the TV on... maybe we'll try a bit of extra
food. He has the run of the downstairs... he hasn't caused a
problem. Just the water...

Bob

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Old April 9th 07, 01:03 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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On 2007-04-08 18:48:05 -0400, "BHawk" said:

On Apr 8, 3:05 pm, Darla Vladschyk wrote:
On 8 Apr 2007 10:11:02 -0700, "BHawk" wrote:

Sounds like a separation anxiety issue--- our female does it every
once in a while. Does he have enough toys to occupy him? Sometimes a
scant handful of kibble scattered on the floor will help. A radio
tuned to a talk station may help also. Where is he confined?


We have tried leaving the TV on... maybe we'll try a bit of extra
food. He has the run of the downstairs... he hasn't caused a
problem. Just the water...

Bob


It may be because he's a little anxious, more likely he's just bored, and likes
splashing in the water because it's fun. It will probably go away
after a while,
especially if you don't provide him the opportunity to indulge himself.

In addition to giving him some other things to do, I would take up the
water when
I leave, use a large, heavy ceramic bowl with a low center of gravity
(hard to knock over)
or get one of those big hamster water bottle things (can't knock it over).

Ludwig Smith

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Old April 9th 07, 01:33 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Julia Altshuler
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BHawk wrote:
Hello,

We have a new dog. He is an English Springer Spaniel who is about 4
years old. He was a rescue. We picked him up from his foster parents
about a week ago. He is very lovable, wants to please and comes when
called. Pretty nice for a recuse, right?

His only behavior issue/problem is when we leave for a few hours (not
the whole day) he dumps or spills his water bowl. It's like he digs
in it.

Any one else have an experience like this? What did you do to relieve
this behavior?



If you're only gone for a few hours, and if this is the only thing he
does when you're gone that you don't like, I'd just remove his water
bowl when I was going out. After he's settled in a bit, I'd try leaving
his water out again.


--Lia

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Old April 9th 07, 02:53 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Spot
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Get yourself one of the stainless steel bowls. I have two of these for my
dogs. They can't tip them over but it doesn't mean that she can's slosh the
water out with her feet which mine does occasionally.

http://tinyurl.com/3yswvl


Ceelste

"BHawk" wrote in message
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On Apr 8, 3:05 pm, Darla Vladschyk wrote:
On 8 Apr 2007 10:11:02 -0700, "BHawk" wrote:

Sounds like a separation anxiety issue--- our female does it every
once in a while. Does he have enough toys to occupy him? Sometimes a
scant handful of kibble scattered on the floor will help. A radio
tuned to a talk station may help also. Where is he confined?


We have tried leaving the TV on... maybe we'll try a bit of extra
food. He has the run of the downstairs... he hasn't caused a
problem. Just the water...

Bob



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Old April 9th 07, 12:48 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
BHawk
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Default Dog spills water when we leave

On Apr 8, 7:03 pm, Ludwig Smith wrote:

It may be because he's a little anxious, more likely he's just bored, and likes splashing in the water because it's fun. It will probably go away after a while, especially if you don't provide him the opportunity to indulge himself.

In addition to giving him some other things to do, I would take up the water when I leave, use a large, heavy ceramic bowl with a low center of gravity (hard to knock over) or get one of those big hamster water bottle things (can't knock it over).

Ludwig Smith


Barkley (springer spaniel) has a heavy ceramic bowl. I think we'll
just leave him with less water for now. To deal with anxiety or
boredom, he has a couple of chew toys but he doesn't seem to go for
them.

Thanks for all your comments,
Bob

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Old April 9th 07, 05:29 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Rocky wrote:
"Spot" said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Get yourself one of the stainless steel bowls. I have two
of these for my dogs. They can't tip them over but it
doesn't mean that she can's slosh the water out with her
feet which mine does occasionally.

http://tinyurl.com/3yswvl


Rocky used to tip over even these bowls; though I never caught
him at it, I knew it was he.

When he was a puppy, and first showing his water fetish, he'd
grab mouthfuls from the bowl and spit them onto the floor. When
he had enough floodage, he'd roll in it.


The image...BG

Dylan went through a mercifully brief phase of pawing the water
out of her bowl. She was in splash heaven when we visited my
SIL, who had a small bowl with large reservoir bottle...

FurPaw

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