How do you teach your dog or cat to drink from it?
1418677
We had it for our grand-dog (a boxer). We would bring her up to the faucet and toggle with our finger to get the water running to show her how it worked. Once she started licking it, we would let go and she realized she could work it. We used our first one years ago for the dog, but bought this new one for the grand-kids to play with and not waste water (for their hands, not as a faucet :) ).
1418678
easy... just tap your fingers on it, and if your dog is like ours, it always wants to lick your hand.. failing that they can smear it with peanut butter.. I still leave a bowl of water out which he prefers, but at least if he tips over the bowl, he knows he can still get water.
1418679
I put some peanut butter on it and showed the dog that she licked the peanut butter and got water only took once and my dog is not that bright so it should work on any dog.
1418680
Both times I've trained a dog on these I just placed a bowl below the device with some wter in it and then brought the dog to the device clicked it a few times held it down so the dog could see the water dripping out of it. When he came back to drink out of the bowl his head would hit the device and release some water within a couple days he figured it out.
874411
Just put wet food in a small ziploc bag and leave it in the tray. The kitty will do the rest.
2173777
It's not even really nessesary to "train" them. They can smell the water and will teach themselves. But for extra measure, I put it on the cage and with them inside, make it drip once or twice with your finger on the roller ball. They will see the water drip and know right where to go.
431969
My pup did that too. I used a squirt bottle. And then I whipped one under her every time she started to go. She eventually got the hang of it.
56659
my cats have no problem with the product. Maybe your dog objects to the flavor. Try a 1/2 dose and see if he will drink.
1467520
Just buy a very nasty dog to keep those cats in line. By day three your cats will have re-trained the nasty dog, but they will be far too interested in making sure he sticks to his training to worry about your new, awesome TV.If that doesn't work then you need to listen to Jackson Galaxy and build your herd a catio to keep them entertained. Why haven't you already built one? Do you not love your cats? You are obviously a bad pet parent. Shame on you!
668020
No, mine loved it immediately and they are OLD--19! But they have always loved running water. I suggest you turn the control that increases/decreases the water flow to make it a small trickle and see if that helps. I also suggest using filtered water (tastes and smells better to cats). Meantime, be sure they have other fresh water sources as cats can dehydrate quickly. Let me know if that helps!
2056248
Sorry really don't have any suggestions for you. None of my cats hesitated to drink out of mine.
835894
If you hold it while the cat drinks it will be fine. It would probably tip if you set it down though.
1535440
From my experience, almost all the way down to 1/4 tank before you hear any pump noise. Relatively no noise operation. There is a lip round the bottom of the tank. Most likely they will grab on to it if it too high. But it should be cat/ small puppy height. Plus, the sound of running water entices them to drink anyway. If they like my dog, they'll sit there tirelessly licking the bulb.
1423636
I bought mine for my 3 year old cat that I adopted, she uses it but I had to teach her, I just laid treats in random places leading up to the top to show her its for her.
1128680
How long have you had it? It took a couple of days for my cats to figure out what it was and start drinking from it.
2164362
It's pretty big for cats, but if your cat likes to knock over water bowls, it might do the trick. My old cat used to like to play with water. I got him a cat water fountain. The noise from the motor intimidated him enough that he didn't want to play with the water, but would still drink. Plus, you get the added benefit of giving your cat constant clean water. So, if they're finicky like mine was, they'll like that.
790621
My cat did and she was totally spoiled on faucet water only. as soon as I set up the drinking fountain she was curious about it and within the hour she was drinking from it. I placed it on the floor far away from the faucet hoping she would forget the faucet. She has not gone back to the faucet since. My vet said it's because cats like running water.
1774493
I put it in their mouth and hold the mouth shut until it disolves. Under the tongue has never worked for me with a dog. I would see if you can find the liquid or you can make liquid tinctures out of these pellets. Just google how to do it.
31680
Ask your local water authority if something they use to treat the water could be responsible. There is nothing in the fountain to cause it. You could re-wash everything and change the filter, whether it needs it or not. I would trust the animals. Do they still drink from it? My unit just sits there, gets scummy after several weeks, if I get lazy about cleaning, but the cats love it anyway. Good luck.
1455461
Our cat has no problem with the size of the open area of the bowl (probably because he prefers to drink from the fountain part). My daughter has two huge dogs who I can't imagine drinking from it, though. I guess it depends on the animal... and its size.