Today’s WTF moment provided by… water.
Miss D has a new water bowl. I believe I mentioned this in the last post. Between the Cushing’s diagnosis and the oncoming of summer, Miss D’s water consumption has increased. I’d fill her bowl to the brim before I left for work and when I came home I would find it bone dry.
Now, I had previously thought I had this issue solved. A few years ago, I bought her one of those bottled water bowls. You know, like the proverbial water cooler at work, but with a bowl. The problem… Miss D is afraid of it. Of course she is!
Won’t go near it. Every time she drinks from the bowl, the water in the bottle would gurgle. Weird unexpected noise. Miss D freaked. WTF!
This time, I have high hopes. For the first couple of days, I left both her regular water bowl and the new one next to each other while I was out but left only the new bowl when I was home. Took two days to convince her the new bowl also contains water and is meant to be used. sigh. Miss D!
But finally she decided this New Thing was not out to get her and she freely drinks from the dish. So now it’s time to plug it in.
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Wait. What? Plug it in? WTF?
It’s a water fountain. I noticed how Miss D loves to drink from the tub faucet at bath time. And she loves to drink the water flowing from the pitcher when I refill her dish. et voila … fountain! Like the bottled water, the fountain holds a reserve of water, so Mommy won’t obsess over whether Miss D has enough water. Unlike the bottled water, the fountain won’t gurgle unexpectedly, because it is a constant flow of water.
So I’m once again desensitizing Miss D slowly. The fountain remains unplugged, or a simple water bowl, most of the day. I’m turning it on for about an hour a day, right around breakfast and dinner times. Hopefully Miss D will decide the flowing water is still just water and is safe to drink. Eventually, the fountain will remain on 24/7.
That’s the plan anyway.
P.S. Day One and Miss D drank from the fountain while it was plugged in. Her stance was one of anxiety, but she drank anyway. …
And she just took another drink! TWO! This time her stance was more confident, but something startled her because she jumped away quickly. BUT she’s still standing near it and eating her food. So I’ll let this play out and see what happens.
P.P.S. three days in and Miss D has a new approach. First, she lies down under the dining room table, near the water fountain and watches it. Then she sneaks up on the water and surreptitiously drinks from the side of the fountain.
HAHA on the “fountain attack” for water…….we tried one of those fountains for Sam and decided the slight “hum” was what was putting him off using it. He never did use it in fact – we gave it to another kitty who was less SENSITIVE! HAHAHAHA Sounds like Miss D is slowly but surely using hers – that’s GREAT!
Hugs, Sam
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BOL! Noise is definitely a turn off for D, but she freaked out before the fountain was even working! New Things are scary
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Congrats Miss D. I’m sure once you will like that fountain!
We had such a mispurchase with a dog stroller. The smart plan was to take me to all places in that thingy or to add it to a bicycle for bike tours. It only had one flaw: I refused to sit enter the stroller :o)
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Haha! We have a dog stroller too! Mommy bought it for Checkers, who loved riding in it. Miss D doesn’t like getting in and practically ripped the thing apart trying to get at another dog when we were out and about! So it’s in storage until the next doggie comes to stay
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Hahaha love that she does a sneak attack on it!
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BOL! Mommy keeps trying to get it on video. It’s funny!
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Ms D, you are such a kick!
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