My 5 month old drinks constantly. He's about.. 35-40 pounds. When I take him out to potty after being in the kennel, he goes straight for the water. Come back inside after potty.. straight for the water. Out of the kennel, he'll visit the water bowl like.. 10 times and drink for like.. a full minute. I have to refill his big water bowl tin like 5 times a day.. and I fill it up! Nothing is wrong with him.. except that I feel like he's over drinking and I don't know if that's good or not.
Haha. We use to put a towel under his food and water but then he started to play tug of war with the towel and he'd spill water all over.. then step in it. Towel isn't there anymore. <__<
but is it not unusual for a 5 month old to get diabetes? Is there any other sign that might indicate diabetes other than excessive drinking? Might have to google n do some research.
My dog drinks a lot after being crated. I think part of it is not having had water in a while, partly it could be because he has been panting and has dried up even more. He also spills more than he drinks sometimes because he has loose lips. Drives my husband nuts when it looks like a small pond in our kitchen. All that to say, he drinks often, but spills a good bit of it so not getting as much as you think.
I would also have the pup checked - just to be safe.
However (I assume this is a kibble fed dog) because of the high levels of salt and how dry kibble is, kibble fed dogs do tend to consume more water (needed for digestion and to counteract the dehydration caused by salt), as they do not get it from their diet.
I feed 1/2 and 1/2 and I notice on the days I feed kibble my dogs drink more than the days I feed only raw. One thing I do to help "mimic" the water content of raw, is to feed my kibble with water. I put enough that it is more of a soup that they lap up (my kibbles are small, pea sized). This has greatly reduced the amount of water that they drink outside of their meals.
I'm in Texas as well, Neko, and it's been warm and humid (icky). I have a solid black dog (just turned a year old) and it's affecting him already. I got out his kiddie pool Friday for the first time this season and he spent quite a long time lying in it while playing outside.
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