Aquarius89 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 When Molly is getting a drink of water, Jersey likes to run up to the pocket and start drinking, which makes Molly back away and not go back for her drink. I don't think Molly is going to get dehydrated or anything, but Jers can be a little crapper sometimes. Has anyone had to deal with this? Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can teach Jersey that she needs to wait her turn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silhouettestable Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Put yourself in her way to physically block her and tell her to wait. I have to do that every time I put out fresh water because my collie Noah is a very slobbery drinker. He messes the water up for everyone else. As soon as he sees me changing the water he makes a beeline for it and will shove in past the other dogs if he has his way. If none of my other dogs are right there wanting a drink of course I let Noah into it, but if the others want to I let them drink first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Beer Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Back when we got Dean, he would "push" Speedy out of the water bowl. Other training matters were of higher importance at the time, so I started putting down two bowls of water at the same time. Somehow the problem worked itself out and I'm back to just one bowl now - they will even share the bowl nicely now. Maybe drinking out of two bowls at the same time, they figured out that they can both drink at the same time. I don't know. Might be worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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