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[ksmith]

Several months ago, I bought a doggy drinking fountain via my company want ads. It consists of a hard plastic water bottle that holds about 2 gallons--it inverts over the bowl thingie just like a 5-gallon bottle inverts over a water cooler. It proved to be pretty grimy and didn't seem too stable, but it only cost $10 and I thought I might be able to use it outside if nothing else.

I never got around to trying it out with the Mickster, but I have finally set it up for King. I figure that the trick with regards stability is to only fill the jug halfway at most. I've also set it in a corner atop a towel, which in turn is spread atop a plastic bag. Yes, King could tip it if he really, really tried, but he could tip a regular bowl as well. I think keeping the jug half empty eliminates most of the risk.

King drinks out of it, but he's wary. The bottle gurgles as it dispenses, and that takes him aback.

Comments

[galeni.livejournal.com]

Clever solution.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I had been using an old stockpot as his water dish, because a regular size bowl just wasn't big enough. But the stockpot wasn't made to function as a water bowl--spots of rust were forming on the bottom. I'm glad I could make this fountain thing work.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

We have one of those for our cat, because he doesn't like getting his nose wet in the running water fountain-types. We've had to brace and wedge it in the corner because the cat enjoys knocking it over.

You'd think that a beast who doesn't like getting his paws wet would avoid that sort of thing. But you'd be wrong.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I don't think King would like the running water-type, either. For all he's a half-Lab and loves the water, he's particular about how he gets wet. Likes pools, icy marshes, ponds, and puddles. Not so much with the hoses, sprinklers, fountains, and other sorts of sprays and jets.