[cocoandjane]

ANYONE HAVE A PERSNICKITY DOODLE
THAT ONLY WILL DRINK WATER FROM
A CERTAIN COLORED BOWL???

(OR MAYBE JUST A CERTAIN BOWL...) :?:

COCO KEPT WANTING TO GO OUTSIDE TO
DRINK FROM HER ORIGINAL BLUE WATER BOWL.
SHE COULD SEE IT FROM THE BACK DOOR
AND BARK TO GO OUT FOR A DRINK.
("ORIGINAL" IN THAT IT WAS HER FIRST
WATER BOWL AS A LITTLE PUP.)

HER NEW WHITE ONE INSIDE,
SHE WOULD HARDLY EVER DRINK FROM.

I BROUGHT THE BLUE ONE INSIDE AND
PUT THE WHITE ONE OUTSIDE
AND SHE DRINKS INSIDE NOW,
FROM HER BLUE BOWL!! :!: :shock:

HAVEN'T SEEN HER GET A DRINK OUTSIDE SINCE!!!

WHAT'S UP WITH THAT???? :?:
A friend of Philip's, my son, said she had a cow who would only drink out of a blue bucket.....not a red one, or any other color. Hmmmmm.

 

[Paintsmeblue]

It could be the change in the color. Although they're color blind. Striker, my parents dog, almost attacked our back door when my dad painted it from white to a dark green. Seriously, he started barking at it, and growling.... and he's not a barker or a growler.

Needless to say, I understand the weirdness of it.

 

[MaxandMe]

i remember Max around 6 mos stopped using his water bowl too...but his preference was to drink from the tub. I'd run a bath and find max lapping it up. when we got peanut in Feb he then started using his bowl when he saw HER using it.

 

[cocoandjane]

I have heard for years that dogs are color blind.....but I thought I read on this forum that they really weren't. Maybe I read that someplace else.
How do they figure that out anyway.....for sure.

:?:

 

[blueteal]

http://www.puplife.com/dogcaretips/howd ... olors.html

 

[cocoandjane]

Sue,

Thanks for the info link!! Very cool! Glad to read through it and discover some answers to my questions.....

I am glad they can see some color!!

Still not sure why Coco seems to prefer the blue bowl, over the bigger white one.....but she's happy with it inside now and I did see her this evening sneek a quick sip from the white one outside.
Weird.

Thanks again, I really enjoyed learning all about those tests done.