HELP!! Puddle crazy Spangle

[JoG]

We have two spangles....our Springer LOVES puddles and will always drink from them, gulping down mouthfuls of the most gopping muddy water as fast as possible

The end result (apart from a bedraggled filthy mud coloured dog) tends to be pretty dodgy guts leading to 24hr starving then rice and chicken only....

Am really worried that he is going to pick up a nasty illness from dirty water or fertilisers (we live around arable land). Any ideas to get him to stop doing it?

And a picture of the little darlings...

Thanks muchly

 

[soloabe]

Keeping a spangle away from puddles, Haha, good luck.

 

[kirstyhen]

^^ What she said!

 

[JoG]

Don't mind him going in them, just not swallowing them! The sprocker swims everything she finds but never seems to swallow it

 

[spaniel]

Ive not found a way yet....sorry!!

 

[CorvusCorax]

My friend's IWS/springer used to try and get in the shower with her and stick his head in steeping saucepans!

My boy is the same, I just use my scary voice if it looks manky.

 

[kirstyhen]

Otto worked out a long time ago that if the shower door is shut he can open it with his paw, he loves drinking out of the shower

The bathroom door is kept firmly shut these days, due to his penchant for eating razor blades

 

[numptynoelle]

Oh my word JoG, your Sprocker could be a twin of my girl, for a second there I thought she'd been kidnapped (chance and fine thing spring to mind!)

Lovely spangles, lots more photos please!

 

[JoG]

Thankies

She is recovering from blackthorn poisoning at the momet, had a scary few days but she's back to full speed hedge crashing now!!

More pics?! No problem

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

She is gorgeous!!

Am pleased to see she has the 'demented spangley' look in her eyes.......

As for keeping her put of puddles - well good luck with that and let me know when you have an answer.......

 

[Galupy]

Apart from the obvious keeping him on a leash in areas with puddles which I'm sure you don't really want to do, the only thing I could think of is carrying clean water with you for him to drink from. Maybe make it fun and carry a sport bottle or something and squirt it at him (one of mine goes crazy when you do that) so that he comes to you for water often and relies less on puddles to drink from and does mostly splashing instead.

Also, I suppose you could call him back to you when he starts with something that he loves like cheese or chicken or something?

Sorry, not great ideas and I doubt they would work - it is a tough one.

 

[JoG]

Oooo will try carrying some water and see - he is a nightmare as he now knows where the puddles are and s*ds off pdq with typical spaniel deafness

slinky unicorn - thankies

she isn't the puddle monster, but she is a mental swimmer (and digger) and will cross huge expanses of water to retrieve duck. Not necessarily dead duck either!!