pawing water bowl??

when Ryder is drinking about 10 seconds in he dips his paw in the water ... sometimes just the once other times he starts digging with one paw or two paws .... its clean water with nothing in it !!!
is this just normal puppy exploration behaviour or is there an underlying issue?

Just sounds like play to me, he's probably going to love going in the water  

Does sound like exploring   

Quite a few of our dogo argentinos used to do this and as a result had to get a big ceramic pot to use their water bowl because it was forever being emptied. Marquez does this too sometimes  

Look into the non drip bowls. They have a bigger lip and smaller hole.
Pete.

Sounds like exploration to me

Nothing to worry about. Suki will do this but only if her bowl is empty

thanks guys !!

Check out the video at 0.46 sec and see if its the same thing. Both dogos would do this - you can see Zoe in the back standing in her water bowl and Kostya making all the mess. He always did it since he was a pup as did first dogo before him.


And another of our dogos - Casper. Think he was just as bad as Kostya

Exactly the same thing !!!!
haha im going to buy him a massssssiveeee bowl tomorrow or another shell to go with a sand pit ...

gorgeous dogs btw !!

LOL, as soon as you mentioned the pawing of water I knew exactly what you were talking about. They absolutely loved it

Sasha's the same she's always leaving paw prints around the kitchen, her best place to play is in the water fountain out in the garden lol xx

Personally it is something I would discourage, if you have water outside where they can play then great but I wouldn't want Moo digging water over the kitchen Xx

Haha Diane they sure knew how to make a mess eh?