Tips for stopping youngster from tipping over

[Devonshire dumpling]

water trug!

Don't have running water (have stream through yard so can't use automatic drinkers) Has anyone come up with a cunning plan to stop youngster from playing with water?

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Put the bucket in a tyre
90% fool proof!

Have to say my baby did still manage to tip bucket AND tyre over on occasion so now bucket is tied to the fence ...

 

[Devonshire dumpling]

Sorry I wasn't clear lol, he's not knocking it over, he is picking it up in his mouth and throwing it around!

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Sorry I wasn't clear lol, he's not knocking it over, he is picking it up in his mouth and throwing it around!

Oh I see....yep mine does that too lol!
Tying to fence has sorted that out though.

Or perhaps put something heavy in the bottom?


ETA - that is how he got his name, Charlie Bucket!

 

[flirtygerty]

Try giving him a smaller one to play with, wipe inside with carrot or apple.
we never did stop my lad throwing his feed bucket around

 

[showpony]

Weigh it down with large rocks that he cant get his teeth around!

 

[nat_1]

oh... ive had this problem with mine since she was 6 months old!

i screwed a tie ring on the wall in stable level with the handle of water trug and i tie the handle to it every night.it was the only thing that stopped her in her tracks!!
if in feild,put a tie ring on a wooden post and tie.

 

[showpony]

Or seriously consider setting a small amount of concrete in the bottom of it??

 

[Kallibear]

Breeze block at the bottom will stop him. Also consider screwing it to the wall (easy enough with a wooden wall and plastic flexible bucket. You could use a wing-nut bolt or similar to make it easy to do up/undo. And a tyre to stop him tipping it.

 

[Devonshire dumpling]

We screwed it today with large screws and washers directly through the trug, remember it is very heavy when full as large trug, and he ripped it clean off the wall :-(

He is so strong, it was like he was picking up an empty crisp packet!

 

[SKY]

put a big stone in it. will weigh it down, also not as much fun adter a while.

 

[Kallibear]

In that case build a wooden hay bar in the corner and put the bucket it that. Make it so it's tight and put a couple of wooden battons over the top, like a foal feeding bucket so he can get his nose into the water but not get at the rim of the bucket.