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How to stop my puppy from standing in and knocking over her water bowl?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Siberian Husky | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 9 days old | 15 lbs

So my puppy River loves to stand in her water bowl when she drinks and also loves to purposely dump it over. We have a very large water bowl because we have four dogs so when she knocks it over it basically floods my kitchen. What can I do or use to keep her from standing in or knocking her water bowl over?

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 26th, 2018

Find a tire into which the bowl fits, so she cannot turn it over, or get a really big bowl and put a large stone into it. Ultimately you can also have their drinking water in the shower where it does not matter if the bowl gets turned over.

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