Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: Puppy not drinking water
Hi
I have an 8 week old puppy but he isn't drinking water. Is this normal? He eats his food (3 meals a day) and drinks milk quite happily. I've also just started mixing some dry small Pedigree mix in with his wet food and he loves it! I always leave water out but he never touches it.
If you feed him wet food, thats probably why hes not drinking much.
I wouldn't worry about it much. It could also be due to the pup still being a little confused and overwhelmed with his new family and home. Leave his water out like your already doing. He may be taking sips when your not looking.
Hi, welcome to LF , I would suggest not giving Bailey milk, some pups can be intolerant to cows milk and it tends to make them fat. ATM he`ll be getting the fluids he needs from the milk and the wet food you feed him.
Best to give him his food and maybe add a little water to it, also leave the water out for him as normal, he`ll soon learn that its for drinking
Just to add about the milk again- dogs should not have cows milk, if you want to give them milk goats milk is the best for them.
Like the others have suggested add water to his meals and just leave the water bowl down and he will learn where it is .
Hello there, when we collected brook we were told by the breeder to give her milk in the evenings before bed. When we got her home we thought we will start as we mean to go on dry food and a bowl of water and that was it. your puppy is probably not drinking the water because it is boring why drink that when i can have the nice tasty stuff he thinks. there not stupid they get there calcium from there food my pup is growing well and drinks gallons of water she loves it, this is because she knows this is all shes going to get x x xx x x xx
Barley didnt drink much at all when she 1st came home. I used to top up her dry food with boiled water and let it cool so that I knew she was getting fluids. She laps up her water now.
____________ Karen & Barley
Barley´s not spoiled, I´m just well trained!
Thank you so much for all your comments. I'm new to all this forum stuff and this is my first dog although my husband has owned a few. Anyway, he eventually convinced me that a dog would be great. I didn't realise that there was a whole computer world to go with him too!
I feel that there's lots of help out there if I need it along the way. I now have to figure out how to get a picture of Bailey on this forum - hopefully of him drinking water!!
I just wanted to let you know that I used to feel my dog on Burns, which is a dry food. She used to drink plenty of water, particularly when she came into season!!! Anyway, I introduced Chappie (wet food) mixed in with her Burns and she never seems to drink out of her bowl anymore. I end up throwing it away as its full of dust, fluff and dirt!!! I think she must get adequate water from the wet food. Hope this helps.
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