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Hahahaha Rowdie digs in her dishes too but only when its empty LMAO!!! Very cool its just kinda nice to hear what other people use in their own homes Its neat to hear how they all eat in their own homes too lol cause Taff really does LOVE to lay down to eat

I use the wire crate as well, which is fold able and easily moved but also has a removable plastic bottom. I put blankets inside, and I do the same with the blanket over top to be more like a den, I fold it half over tho when its really hot out for extra air. Oh, and I put a carabeaner or bungy cord on the door to make it stay open.

The link above is a good one, watch for sales. I got mine for 50% off at petcetra! Once peice of advice is to get the hollow latch like in the pic, not the flat solid one, and to make sure the end of the latch has sort of a L shape. Seems, a friends dogs, have managed to master those latches lol

Now that we have the second pup, they sleep with the crate door open against a wall, so they have the space of another crate at my closed bedroom door, for nighttime. (hard to explain) Strut gets cranky when he's touched when sleepy, he growls/moans at everyone except me but including the other pup???

My old shepard would get sores on his bottom jaw from plastic bowls so I haven't used them in any form for 10years lol. I actually use a large stainless and I put it in a nice big flower pot. Its sort of decorative functional It has sunflowers on the pot, its the only way I can seem to have them For the food bowls I also use ceramic and I put them on an upside down recycle bin or inside I use a 2-shelf shoe rack

I can take pics if you want

Shortstack - VERY inventive for the food bowls !

Here's something funny that we're all probably not exactly thinking of right now - WINTER

Keymo stays outside during the day while we're at work. The first day that it stayed below zero we came home to find his water bowl upside down, way on the other side of his pen from where it normally is.
We flipped it over to find a solid mass of frozen slush
The next day we went to a place called Princess Auto and bought a water bowl that plugs in and won't freeze.
After a few minutes,the girl at the cash said " Oh NOW I get it - it's to keep the water from freezing outside ! I was wondering why your dog would have wanted "warm" water !"

It works great! We actually just place his stainless bowl of water inside the "electric" one and it never freezes !
It has some sort of sensor that only works when it's below a certain outside temp.
Cost about $20

Nice KeymoFrisby that sounds like a great idea, i hav e seen these before but forgot all about them

Well, we have a raised double water bowl set which isn't really too high off the ground because the cats insist on drinking out of it (usually at the same time as the dogs. So imagine 4 coconuts squashed into a corner in the kitchen between the stove and the door!). Emmy has a ceramic bowl I painted, and the other is a stainless steel bowl. Neither are crated anymore (6 & 8 yrs 0ld). But when they were we used the gerbil-style water bottles that hung from the door of the crate. We may even re-install that bottle on the outside fence for them to drink from when they're outside.

We have one of the heated water pails, its for horses (incase people look for them and can't find them)


I thought about the gerbil type bottles, but wasn't sure if they'd use them. I did buy the spout for the outside water taps, they are stainless and work on the same principle as the bottle one. They tap it and the water comes out, our girl actually sucks on it like a bottle lol, so it doesn't drip or run all day long. Always has fresh cold water I think it was $10 and is universal.

I also put those popsicle maker things in the freezer with just water or the spare metal bowl and freeze half for hot summer days. They bob for ice cubes like bobbing for apples, its a good way to make sure they stay hydrated I think

I hope Mr. Taff gets well soon He is a lucky dog to have such caring owners.

Thanks a BUNCH!!! We had him out all weekend Saturday was Cultus lake (he LOVES to swim) and he did great a little stiff and still a little unsure of how far out he can swim (usually he leaps in and you cant get him out of the water) this weekend he was still a little unsure as i said and then today was Chadsey a very hard hike and he did most of it we turned around about 1/2 way just in case so he would have some stamina to get back down and he made it a little stiff at the end but he is coming along LEAPS and BOUNDS from where he was He seems to be getting back to his old self again and we are sooooooooo thankful to Dr. Lana!!

Hi-I just thought i would add what Kobe uses. It is so interesting to read all these good ideas.
He has a medium purple crate for sleeping and general lock up to-get out from under my feet in kitchen.
he chewed all the plastic bowls that came with it so i bought a parrot dish -small cup size-it clamps to the bars and has a steel dish.

Then he has a huge crate 42"-it was such a good deal I bought it.
also bought a parrot dish to clamp to side - med--its size of a soup bowl- I did put it up higher then the floor due to where the bars start but he seems to find everything in it. he can't get it off so can't spill water all over or chew it up.
Regular dish for water and food is a heavy ceramic-its one big oval dish with a wall in the middle. I think it was meant for 2 kinds of veggies for dinner table. but its heavy so he can't lift it or kick it around.He chewed and tipped over or carried all others. It is on the floor
He only naps in his crates now or hides all his stuff in them.
He has proven trustworthy to stay free when we are gone. We close all doors and he has 2 rooms-the kitchen and dining room. I have this big ball I put his kibble in -well most of it //I save a part for evening meal and he kicks that ard till he gets them all out.He is puppad trained //which i left that way cause no matter where it is I have to clean it up.
My husband tends to walk ard looking at the sky and always ///always steps in it.
Bought a washing machine tray-its like a big boot mat. I use the puppy pads and he is very good.He pees out side//like a girl//but always wants a pad to use for other no matter where we are// so I let him.

Heidi has the chrome dishes with rubber around them,prevents slipping when on the floor.
She never liked a crate at all,she loves to sleep on a piece of carpet behind my chair at nites,she scratches away at it to make her bed,too funny.
We did buy her beds to sleep on from day 1,but she just chewed them apart pulling all the stuffing out of them.