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puppy drinking water
Yesterday we bought a 5month old staff puppy and she's lovely. But she's got this thing about water that she will finish what's in the bowl to the extend of being sick afterwards as her tummy can't hold it. We're toilet training her so don't have water out all the time until she's completely trained so I now give her water several times a day and only about a quarter of a bowl. But as I have never experienced a dog/puppy drinking to that extend I just wondered if it's a puppy thing, like they don't know when to say stop.
Does anyone have any experience of this?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi - dogs do need constant access to water as they can become rapidly dehydrated , but maybe, as you say, she doesn;t know when to stop! - keep putting small amounts out as soon as she has finished one lot and see what happens - better to have lots of small amounts than one big bowl full - another reason for dogs drinking excess water is if there is a problem with kidneys, so it might be worth a trip to the vet especially as she is so young - don;t want to make you panic - though! - Is your central heating up high - dogs don;t have sweat glands like we do, they sweat throught their tongues - hence the panting in hot weather - hope this helps and that you get her sorted out soon