Dog's Water Bowl- Possible Drowning Hazard...

[Lolli]

sj I thought that too- but then I remember how they say a child can drown in 2cm of water (yep, I'm a leedle bit paranoid....)

[sj1312]

Really?? Gee i do have a lot to learn before mine arrive!

[Indadhanu]

Could you get one of those ones where the water comes out when the cat/dog licks it? Dunno if there is one (you can get them for mice I think lol). Maybe worth looking in to?

[Phteven]

Could the dog get into a playpen?
If so you could put a playpen around the water.
Our cat's stuff is in the laundry with a safety gate over the door. The cat can get in and out but the boys can't. Yasin got at the kitty litter box long ago and I never, never, never want a repeat performance.

ETA - A tiny baby might be in trouble if it fell in a water bowl but I think a 1 year old would probably pick themselves up and do it all over again.

[Lolli]

Could the dog get into a playpen?

I have no doubt she could dacholstar... she probably chew numerous holes straight through it and then throw it round the yard a bit for good measure!! Good idea if she wasn't such a destruct-a-staffy.

sj I'm not sure if that's an old wive's tale or not, but I don't want to take that chance ykwim?

ETA- Just saw your ETA dachlostar.... maybe I am being a bit paranoid here?

[HotI]

Do you have any sort of platform that the dog can get to, but your little one can't? High cubby house with a ramp or similar?

[Lolli]

Kate, unfortunately we don't- and I think the dogs climbing skills are a good match for ds's... there would be nowhere that ds couldn't get to that the dog could

[briggsy's girl]

we have water feeders for our dog and cat - it's like a bottle that sits in a shallow bowl and only feed water out when the water level reduces (it only has about 1cm of water in it)

i've had them for about 6 years for my dogs, inside, where my bro's kids come and go, and not once has there been an issue - it's barely enough water out for the kids to notice, but supplies plenty to keep animals happy.

i picked them up at bigw for about $13 each - have no fear of my kidlets getting near them...

if you're worried about baby doing anything (or destructo staffy taking off with it), you could probably secure it to a wall somehow...