"Should puppies have water at night?"

[skinnydipper]

My dog has fresh water upstairs and down. Whilst she doesn't get off the bed every night to drink from the bowl in the bedroom it is there when she needs it.

 

[Sandstone1]

I do not wake up every night to have a drink of water but should i wake up and need it its there. It would be very unpleasant to need a drink and not to have water available. I am really shocked that people think its ok to deprive any animal of water.

 

[druid]

I do not wake up every night to have a drink of water but should i wake up and need it its there. It would be very unpleasant to need a drink and not to have water available. I am really shocked that people think its ok to deprive any animal of water.

I don't keep a glass of water in the bedroom, if I wanted one I'd have to walk downstairs just like the dogs!

 

[TPO]

I don't keep a glass of water in the bedroom, if I wanted one I'd have to walk downstairs just like the dogs!

The point being that you have access to water and its not withheld from you

 

[Sandstone1]

I don't keep a glass of water in the bedroom, if I wanted one I'd have to walk downstairs just like the dogs!

yes and thats fine. They can get it if they want it. The issue is if its taken away completely.

 

[Cortez]

There's a vast difference between deliberately depriving a thirsty dog of water and not bothering to put a water bowl out for dogs that have never asked for a drink when they're happily dead-to-the-world at night, such as mine. If they were thirsty they'd ask to go downstairs: they never have.

 

[Barton Bounty]

He has vet matting if he pees it goes through the mat he doesn’t lie in his own pee
His bed gets wet when he throws his whole bowl of water over his bed

How dare you not toilet train Yogi within the first few days

 

[Aperchristmas]

There's a vast difference between deliberately depriving a thirsty dog of water and not bothering to put a water bowl out for dogs that have never asked for a drink when they're happily dead-to-the-world at night, such as mine. If they were thirsty they'd ask to go downstairs: they never have.

It's also one thing when they're adults and sleep like logs through the night. It's entirely another when they are quite literally babies. I cannot imagine depriving a baby of any species water.

 

[MurphysMinder]

My 2 little ones sleep in the bedroom , they don’t move from going to bed till I and they get up in the morning . They don’t have access to water . The GSD sleeps in kitchen with a bowl , but given that the floor is always dry in the morning and when she drinks she near as damn spreads the contents of the bowl around the floor I presume she either drinks nothing or very little .

 

[JBM]

I did not mention cows and how ever much you argue its a fact that you should not deprive a dog or any animal of water. Its basic welfare.

Well the animals on the farm are dogs or cows/sheep so you can keep nitpicking on words for whatever I care

See that's the problem with the Internet, you don't actually know who you're talking to. I've posted numerous times about my farming links and experience. You're an absolute clown who's just digging a deeper and deeper hole for themselves. Clearly learnt nothing since your last meltdown

And yet you don’t seem to know a lot about what other farmers are doing with their animals do you
I’ve spoken on my experience with farms and you have just blanket said that all these farms are imaginary because it’s not what you want to hear
You can’t just ignore information and say it doesn’t exist because you’re on your high horse of nonsense

 

[Ditchjumper2]

My old girl will not tolerate any sort of water receptacle in her crate. Never has. If she can't remove it from the side she will drag her bedding into the water and push it in there. She therefore has no water overnight shock horror! She has free range access to water all day. She is usually asleep before I get upstairs and I don't see the issue. Middle one has water in her crate, puppy does but didn't when she went through a bed wetting stage. I don't consider it cruel. My girls are all happy.

 

[MurphysMinder]

With regard to puppies , I have left very young pups without a water bowl in their crate at night as they jumped in it/spilled it . But this was in the firs 2 or 3 weeks of house training when they were let out more than once at night , and offered water which they rarely drank .

 

[Ditchjumper2]

As with most things in life things are not always black and white....there are many shades of grey and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! It is not one size fits all.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Interestingly mine had never seen an automatic drinker in her puff, but when walked in a big field when the cattle have moved out, wants to go and drink from it.

Muddy puddles and ditches, also

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

My vet has never requested water withheld overnight prior to an op, they’ve always said pick it up at 7am.
But my pups don’t have water in their cage overnight.
However this subject has been done to death on here before, I’m not sure theres any new conclusions to be drawn.

Ours used to do but thinking seems to have changed more recently. We have been told no food after 11.00 pm and no water after 7.00 am for the last couple of ops. I wondered if that was because the operations were scheduled for later in the day.

 

[Cortez]

Interestingly mine had never seen an automatic drinker in her puff, but when walked in a big field when the cattle have moved out, wants to go and drink from it.

Muddy puddles and ditches, also

Oh puddle water is the best.

 

[meggymoo]

Ours used to do but thinking seems to have changed more recently. We have been told no food after 11.00 pm and no water after 7.00 am for the last couple of ops. I wondered if that was because the operations were scheduled for later in the day.

This has been the case with our lab when he had surgery last year. It was early evening when vet rung to say all was well so could well have been the case.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We took on a rescue Rottweiler that had been kept short of water until she was about 5 months old. She eventually came to live with us when she was about 9 months old. She had water freely available from the moment she was rescued but she never grew out of feeling the need to empty the waterbowl in one go. If she found the bowl empty she dug in it until someone noticed and refilled it. I wouldn't want to set up any other dog to want to 'hoard' water in that way, so ours will always have water freely available.

 

[AmyMay]

Presumably she has the option to leave or ask to be let out though?

She didn’t need to ask. My alarm was set for 2.00am and 6.00am to take her to the toilet, when yes she could have had a drink if she’d wanted one.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

I rarely hear my lot drink at night (I’m a ruddy awful sleeper) but they have a bowl in the lounge and in the kitchen. I have a bottle in the bedroom which I usually need several times during the night. I can’t use the bathroom water, we have a tank.

 

[skinnydipper]

How dare you not toilet train Yogi within the first few days

You have missed the point of the article, if you even bothered to read it.

I thought the information would enable people to make best decisions for the care of their puppies.

As Maya Angelou said "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better"

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[Barton Bounty]

You have missed the point of the article, if you even bothered to read it.

I thought the information would enable people to make best decisions for the care of their puppies.

As Maya Angelou said "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better"

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And i was responding to @JBM Not YOU

Yes your article was interesting @skinnydipper but the usual happened, one person does not agree and in come the wolves!!!

 

[skinnydipper]

And i was responding to @JBM Not YOU

It doesn't work like that. When you post something on the forum you don't get to decide who can reply.

 

[Barton Bounty]

It doesn't work like that. When you post something on the forum you don't get to decide who can reply.

As we can clearly see … its not about who replies its anout their usual manner of replying

 

[splashgirl45]

I got a small water holder which was advertised as for small animals , it’s about the size of a cup and fits in the corner of the crate. I used to put fresh water in every evening and my pup didn’t drink at all at night but during the day, instead of going into the kitchen for a drink, he used to drink from the one in the crate . When I bought him home he slept in a crate next to my bed and didn’t have water available and if he woke up I took him outside and he never wanted a drink when he came back in, so I did deprive him for the first week but he had water available once he was downstairs ..

 

[danda]

I have found that older dogs sometimes drink a lot at night wheras when younger did not. I now have a big bowl of fresh water upstairs as well as downstairs. When younger he could go downstairs to drink but now he is not confident to go down in the dark. He will bark to let you know he wants something if he does not find water and will drink and then go back to sleep. He has a heart problem if that makes any difference to thirst levels.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Did not take long for derogatory comments to start. Your allowed to agree and disagree without being nasty about it…

 

[Barton Bounty]

The problem is, her standard of animal care across the board isn't great. I'm sure its not intentional and more a product of the culture in parts of Ireland. But there's an opportunity to learn and do better, but its being underminded by you.

Undermined by me? Personally

It was pretty predictable you were the next from the pack to strike!
I have given no advice on this thread!

All I have said is MY DOG SLEEPS ON MY BED FOR 8 HOURS A NIGHT AND DOES NOT NEED A DRINK

SO WHAT?

I dont get up for a drink, that would make me pee more

Anyway its too nice a day to waste on this thread…

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I have found that older dogs sometimes drink a lot at night wheras when younger did not. I now have a big bowl of fresh water upstairs as well as downstairs. When younger he could go downstairs to drink but now he is not confident to go down in the dark. He will bark to let you know he wants something if he does not find water and will drink and then go back to sleep. He has a heart problem if that makes any difference to thirst levels.

There are a number of illnesses/conditions, one of the symptoms of which, is extra water intake. It is much easier, especially in a multi-dog household, to monitor drinking if the dog has access to water overnight. Imagine the discomfort caused to a dog with kidney disease of having water restricted.
Incidentally there are some very easy ways to keep a pups bed away from the waterbowl and puppy pads, if used correctly absorb surplus fluid. Rather than restricting water, put the bed in a small crate/box inside the larger crate/playpen if you use one, with the water bowl on the pads at a sensible distance from the bed.

 

[Hackback]

I will try get a video of him he’s a husky he’s pretty stubborn in what he wants to do

I have a GSD who is obsessed with water and cuddles her water bowl, occasionally nodding off into it. She also sometimes puts her entire snout in a bucket of water to drink and she pees in puddles. I've known her since she was born last year when it was very hot, and we used to play with the pups and water a lot so I think we may have created the obsession