How to get the dog to drink from a bottle?

[Dekka]

If a dog gets that thirsty on a bus, its very anxious. I would work on reducing the fear/anxiety. That would go a long way. Its NOT normal for a dog to need a drink on a bus ride. Unless the bus ride is over a few hours long of course.

I travel to trials and what not and my dogs don't pant frantically for the most part (Quest will if she is in a crate, but she is learning to cope) so they can travel for a couple of hours no problem.

 

[ruffiangirl]

I would agree with dekka, I drive five hours with the dogs regularly and they get to drink when I stop, which is usually 1-2 times, so they go 2+ hours without water.

 

[Eleonora]

My friend is only practising travelling with Lotta. She is still quite young dog. Lotta has not been taken to many places yet. That's why she may possibly become little nervous but only a little. Lotta is not afraid of travelling.

If a dog gets that thirsty on a bus, its very anxious. I would work on reducing the fear/anxiety. That would go a long way. Its NOT normal for a dog to need a drink on a bus ride. Unless the bus ride is over a few hours long of course.

I travel to trials and what not and my dogs don't pant frantically for the most part (Quest will if she is in a crate, but she is learning to cope) so they can travel for a couple of hours no problem.

I suspect she gets thirsty after a bus ride due to anxiety associated to the travel.

Are you saying that nervousness would cause the thirst somehow? Are there also other reasons in addition to that the dog would become thirsty when one is travelling with him/her? So, the dog should not become so thirsty then.

My friend would still like to have ideas for this:

So, if Lotta gets very thirsty, how she would get used to be without drinking for a little longer? What can be done so that Lotta's throat will not become so dry? One cannot just ask the dog to drink something before they go.

We did tell you that: Although my friend asked first how to get/teach Lotta to drink from a bottle, you can give also other suggestions.

But my friend would like to get answers also to this:

So, is it possible to get a dog drink from that kind of bottle like in those pictures above? Lotta doesn't want to drink from it. It doesn't help if my friend pours water from it.

One of you suggested to teach Lotta to "eat"/drink something else than water first and my friend did concider it then. However, my friend thinks now that it would be better to use only water right from the beginning. She would like to know how to teach it so that Lotta would open her mouth by herself and would let my friend to pour water in it. So, the question is now: how to do it?

You can teach a dog to drink from a water bottle that you squeeze into their mouth but you can't teach them not to drip and dibble all over the place.

We have a dog at work who has to drink out of a crate water bottle like this:

so that might be another option, the dog just licks the tip.

My friend sometimes tried similar bottle but it was smaller. It was for rodents. Lotta didn't want to drink from it besides my friend is talking about how to get Lotta to drink from the kind of bottle we have linked in the first message.

 

[Ozfozz]

She would like to know how to teach it so that Lotta would open her mouth by herself and would let my friend to pour water in it. So, the question is now: how to do it?

I honestly wouldn't think that would be a good idea.
Even if she could train it, that sounds like a choking waiting to happen - which I don't think any amount of training could prevent.

Your friend is far better off using a bowl that can be poured back into the bottle.

At that point she would have to use a separate bottle for herself if she needed a drink. But Lotta should be fine to drink water that she has already drank from.

 

[ruffiangirl]

And pouring water into a dogs mouth make a HUGE mess, dogs don't have lips to keep the water going into their throat so most of it falls out the sides and they end up getting very little.

As you have been shown several times, the lid with the ball is really the best option for drinking and making no mess. They are much bigger then rodent bottles and are designed for dogs, and you can control the amount of water coming out as well.

 

[Locke]

The bottle your friend has will not work.

There are two feasible options:

1. Pour water into a flexible bowl and pour extra back into bottle.

2. Order the dog version of the rodent bottle.

 

[stardogs]

I think everyone is telling you that teaching Lotta to drink out of that kind of bottle is not going to work for what your friend needs. The other suggestions are an attempt to help your friend address her concerns about water while traveling with a better result than a sport bottle.

I did find this: http://www.dogisgood.com/Products/wat/Bolo-Logo-Roller-Water-Bottle.html

It is a bottle with a larger ball to allow the dog to lick to get water and is specifically designed to not need a bowl or drip! It's a better version of the rodent type bottles.

 

[ruffiangirl]

She was shown a few different kinds of those as well. Totally disregarded it every time, keeps going back to pouring water down the poor dogs throat.

 

[Xandra]

Yeah the water down the throat thing doesn't sound so nice, I think you'd have to put it past the corners of their mouth so it doesn't leak out, and then it's kind of gag-reflex territory.

Honestly dogs are meant to drink with a lapping motion, better to adapt the container to their biology then try to make them drink like a human.

 

[Locke]

I think everyone is telling you that teaching Lotta to drink out of that kind of bottle is not going to work for what your friend needs. The other suggestions are an attempt to help your friend address her concerns about water while traveling with a better result than a sport bottle.

I did find this: http://www.dogisgood.com/Products/wat/Bolo-Logo-Roller-Water-Bottle.html


It is a bottle with a larger ball to allow the dog to lick to get water and is specifically designed to not need a bowl or drip! It's a better version of the rodent type bottles.

That looks like a really great solution!!

Honestly dogs are meant to drink with a lapping motion, better to adapt the container to their biology then try to make them drink like a human.

Yes, this exactly.

 

[iriskai]

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I have nothing to add to what's already been said.

 

[Eleonora]

So, this was suggested:

She was shown a few different kinds of those as well. Totally disregarded it every time, keeps going back to pouring water down the poor dogs throat.

We told that:

My friend sometimes tried similar bottle but it was smaller. It was for rodents. Lotta didn't want to drink from it

Lotta didn't want to lick the tip of the tube that's in that bottle. They sell that kind of bottles only for rodents here.

Others have suggested also this kind of bottles and they do sell them here:
http://www.petsmart.com/gsi/webstor...ategoryName=100138&CatalogName=36&SKU=36-7329

It doesn't make any difference what kind of bowl (or a lid) it is and is it attached to a bottle. It should be emptied anyway.

We have told that:

Others have suggested various products but they sell only that kind of bottles for dogs here...//....She noticed only few days ago that it didn't show that we live in Finland. We have just added that piece of information.

They don't sell water bottles for dogs here, otherwise my friend could buy one. They sell them only for people here.

In theory, if Lotta would be willing to drink from it, my friend could pour a little bit at the time into Lotta's mouth. Less water would be lost than if my friend would pour it out of a bowl or from other kind of bottle.

When one turns the kind of bottle my friend has upside down, only drops come out of it. See more below.

I honestly wouldn't think that would be a good idea.
Even if she could train it, that sounds like a choking waiting to happen - which I don't think any amount of training could prevent.

My friend had just seen this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mnu2VWkwsc

My friend should probably start with that? It should still work although that's not a dog. Although in that video the person puts a syringe into the pig's mouth, when my friend would start to use a bottle later she thought she would do it this way:

As you can see, my friend could pour drops from that bottle. So, she would do it differently to what you probably had in mind. Lotta should not choke from it. It should also be easier that way. However, Lotta should be willing to open her mouth by herself...

 

[JessLough]

I'm not sure what the point of asking is if you're just going to tell everybody who is helping you that they're wrong...?

 

[Eleonora]

I'm not sure what the point of asking is if you're just going to tell everybody who is helping you that they're wrong...?

My friend is not telling that others would be wrong. She is just asking questions. We just told what kind of bottles they sell and what they don't sell here. Like we have told we live in Finland.

 

[Brattina88]

My friend is not telling that others would be wrong. She is just asking questions. We just told what kind of bottles they sell and what they don't sell here. Like we have told we live in Finland.

Yes but almost everything we suggest you guys won't try or say won't work for you even without trying. Using a meat broth might entice her to try it more willingly, but I know that's already been suggested.

Heres a video that shows how dogs drink. I find it fascinating they don't drink like humans. This is way dumping water into the back of her throat won't work and to me is kinda mean.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=63Ch2pNkZwU
My Maddie will lick from a bottle, but she laps at it and most of it ends up on the ground anyway. I use the collapsible bowl and just dump out what they don't drink.

 

[BostonBanker]

Yeah the water down the throat thing doesn't sound so nice, I think you'd have to put it past the corners of their mouth so it doesn't leak out, and then it's kind of gag-reflex territory.

I'd even be worried about possibly causing the dog to aspirate the water in a case like this.

It really sounds like you guys have one thing you want to do, and that's that. There have been some great suggestions (in fact, I'm thinking of ordering one of the bowls Maxy linked to, because it looks really easy to pour the water back into a bottle - which equals less waste and therefore less water I have to carry while hiking!).

 

[Eleonora]

Like we have told they do not sell many of the products here you have suggested.

Yes but almost everything we suggest you guys won't try or say won't work for you even without trying. Using a meat broth might entice her to try it more willingly, but I know that's already been suggested..../

/....My Maddie will lick from a bottle, but she laps at it and most of it ends up on the ground anyway...

My friend had just seen this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mnu2VWkwsc

My friend should probably start with that?..//..Although in that video the person puts a syringe into the pig's mouth, when my friend would start to use a bottle later she thought she would do it this way:

As you can see, my friend could pour drops from that bottle...

Since my friend could pour drops from it, water should not be lost that much. It wouldn't matter although it would pour a little on the ground. You have suggested to use meat broth. However, my friend would not want to make it by herself because she is a vegetarian. They don't sell ready made meat broth here. Is there some other kind of liquid in addition to meat broth that could be used in this?

 

[Airn]

Listen. There are many nice people trying to help you out with all of your questions. But every single time you ask a question and are given advice, you turn it down. It must really suck that this dog is some magical dog that normal dog training doesn't apply to. It sucks that you live in a place that has limited dog products. But continuing to ask the same questions OVER AND OVER will not get you new responses. Dog training is not magic. It doesn't happen over-night. You are setting this dog up for failure time and time again. And you're frustrating this community. We WANT TO HELP. But you're making it **** impossible.


DO NOT POUR WATER DOWN THE DOG'S THROAT. It is a horrible idea, as others have said over and over and over.


If you refuse to take any advice given, perhaps you should find somewhere else to ask questions.

 

[xpaeanx]

It has been suggested many times, for everything you ask to hire a professional dog trainer. I am suggesting it again. They will be much more familiar with what is/isn't available in your area and they can meet Lotta in person and gauge their training techniques based on what they observe from her.

Going forward I think it would be advisable to only offer the suggestion of a professional trainer bc it is becoming clear you are dead set on only teaching the way you want and not open to alternative suggestions or are "unable" to purchase things that are suggested.

 

[Dizzy]

Why a bottle? Why?

We take a soft bowl that just folds up into nothing. And a bottle. Pour water into bowl. Easy. If I don't want waste I only pour a little at a time.

And as I've mentioned before you really should try joining in on other peoples posts