digging/splashing in water bowl
S'more digs in her water bowl before drinking and will stop drinking and dig some more~ Is this normal trait for them? Jeff puts a lot more water in her bowl than I do and she ends up flooding our kitchen floor 
I can only give her a little water at a time to prevent the puddles. Do you use a small bowl if this happens to make it harder to splash in? I know that she will chase an icecube around the kitchen floor until it melts. We are planning on taking her camping with is to the beach in August and I am wondering now if she's part fish~ Holly |
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| Sky used to do that too LOL She grew out of it.
I don't think it's an oes specific thing though. |
Sounds like a typical sheepie-pup to me....EVERYTHING is a game!  
I'm betting S'more is going to LOVE the beach!  |
| Chewie's a water boy - has been since he was little.
Thankfully, he never figured out about playing in his water dish. I guess it was because he always had bigger, more interesting water handy.......... 
Our lab Tator plays in ANY water however - even his water pail. He is 7 and I'm sure he will do it forever! |
| I love the picture of Chewy in the water- is that in your yard?
(how old is your puppy in the picture?) I know that labs like water- just didn't know about Sheepies Guess we will just keep towels under her bowl until she grows out of it. Holly |
| Yup ... its completely normal....Panda doesnt do it, but i have seen it done....Pandas favorite water thing to do is take her tennis ball and drop it in the outside water dish and ''paw'' it out..... |
| Sometimes Breena gets bored and dumps her dish over just for the heck of it. We have carpet in our kitchen too. I go through lots of towels this way. |
Sounds like a typical sheepie-pup to me   |
| My first two OES never did this; however, Sophie and Sherman LOVED to splash all over the place. What helped was purchasing water dishes which had an inward curved lip, especially designed to prevent splashing. I didn't care much for the design, although it was effective for when they needed it. Something else that worked was placing a largish stone in the center of the dish--too big to easily be carried off by a puppy, but large enough to make splashing less satisfying. Small enough to leave enough room for the water itself. Also, the pups didn't much like hitting a stone with their paw instead of nice, splashy water.
Gradually, they both lost interest in splashing and I could go back to their regular water dishes, and no rock. Once in a while, one starts to splash but will stop when they are told "No splashing." Funny thing--when they were little, the loved splashing in their water dishes and especially loved mud puddles. Now, they avoid mud puddles, although it's still chilly here. This may change as we get into summer. |
| Holly - Chewie was 4 months old in that picture.
Yes, that is our pond in our yard. He LOVES to jump in it. I haven't had him loose in that part of the yard yet this spring..
He did jump in it once when it was just freezing - he walked (crept) across the ice until he could jump into the open water in the middle. |
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