Some people are always complaning about my messy sloppy drinking habits but if she had to drink with her tongue I bet there would be way more water all over the place!
In case you have not seen this amazing Discovery Channel video before, here is some super slow-mo that shows how we do it. Did you know we curl our tongue BACK and scoop it in under our tongues? Most people picture curling it forward and bringing it in on top of our tongues.
I got momma to dredge up some file footage that sort of shows it if you are imaginative!
I keep telling her that if she does not want such a mess she should get me a bigger bowl!
Woo know how to work yours khwite well!
ReplyDeleteHugz&Khysses,
Khyra
PeeEssWoo: I'm looking furward to slurping some fresh snow with mine!
Yuh, we saw that one too. Pretty cool. However, some doggies like me still prefer to stick our whole head in the water bowl to enhance the experience.
ReplyDeletePeeWee went cracker dog seeing you at the swimming pool. He is counting the days until he can take a quick dip himself.
Slobbers,
Mango
Hey Moose
ReplyDeleteThat giant waterbowl is incredible! I was just wondering...was Mommy in the water bowl?!
Lotsalicks
MAXDOG IN SOUTH AFRICA
wwe want tha gaint waterbowl
ReplyDeleteit's perfect for el'bow!
Kissslobbers
El'bow & Hauwii
You have some super tongue action there. This would make a nice training post for tiny puppies. How considerate of you!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou wanted a bigger bowl?? By the look of that last photo (just LOVE it) I'd say you got it! Who says those big water holes humans put in their yards ar just for swimming??
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Brutus the Frenchie
WOWZA! We didn't know we were gonna get a lesson today but that is so cool! Momma is gonna send your lesson to her grandsons for them to see. Us dogs are made to special, aren't we☺
ReplyDeleteI loved your post, Moose. I particularly liked your demonstration photos. You gave me an idea. I want to videotape my furiend Jude the Mastiff drinking. He's a slobber machine and I think it may be fun.
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Hey Moose, its fun to learn little tidbits like this. You can understand your dog better, you can dazzle your friends with the info and you feel smarter. What could be better?
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Stella
That video was amazing. Bookmarked!
ReplyDeleteBigger bowl is right - get ready to go out a lot!
Our humans just don't understand that whole slurping thing - have you ever seen a human try to imitate a dog drinking water? Hilarious!!! And the real story is a great bit of information to share.
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our humans know nothing i say
ReplyDeleteone day we shall learn to speak and boy will we teach them a thing or two
hmp!
pibble sugars
the houston pittie pack
Wow - how interesting!! I never knew myself that I scoop the water in under rather than over!
ReplyDeleteHey - so how do they explain all the water that runs out the corners of my mouth all the time??! :-)
SLobbers,
Honey the Great Dane
Mmmmm, pool water ...
ReplyDeleteWe saw another of our friend's blogs about this exact same thing with the same video even today! It was at: blog.yassysgdk.com/2010/02/25/why-dogs-cannot-drink-water-without-spattering-water-around-water-bowl.aspx
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny! Maybe we needed lessons really badly? Actually, my Mom's sister's dog, Molly, a CRAZY Wimeraner, is the one that needs lessons. She sticks her head all the way to the bottom of things with water in them to drink and then drool/splatters water ALL OVER the place! The CCC
Very insteresting. Is that why I soak the floor everytime I drink?>
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Thank you for the very interesting video. We have sat our mum down to watch it.
ReplyDeleteShe is always moaning about the mess we make having drink of water.
She will now be better informed and will enjoy mopping up!
love andkisses
Martha & Bailey xxx
All I know is that it's a mess! :)
ReplyDeleteI never knew that! My Great Dane Remi likes to drink out of the bathroom faucet - it also helps on the clean-up since he just dribbles the water back into the sink. We have double sinks in our bathroom so I have trained him to drink out of my husband's sink instead of mine. :-)
ReplyDeleteSlurpy Slurp Slurp! I prefer mine with icecream! But I tend to make do...
ReplyDeleteLove your collar!! Orange suits you!! You should see the horrendous collar Ma has for me once this little beauty has run the hard yards... its "Fluoro Lime". WHAT THE!
Your, Pal Koda
PS: its not a successful drink if you don't take a trail of water away with you...
Thanks for sharing that! Guess my mom is going to post it as well :) as she has never seen how it actually works. She kinda avoids me flooding the kitchen by not filling up the bowl till the top :)
ReplyDeleteSlobbers from Down Under Teal'c
Hi my name is Remington! I hope we can be friends! I have been looking for a water bowl that size -- where did you get it?
ReplyDeleteHey MOose - just wanted to tell you - don't know if you saw my last post called "Nudgee Beach" but I was thinking of you the whole time I was there coz it was a mangrove beach with mangrove trees all around it! Those pointy root things that stick out from the mud sure hurt your paws!
ReplyDeleteBut once we walked past the mangroves, there was a bit of clear sand - well, mud really - where I could run and play (you can see this in the photos)...are your mangrove beaches like that? I remember you saying you couldn't go on the beach because of the mangroves - are yours different from the ones here?
Slobbers,
Honey the Great Dane
I love it! I've wanted to get video like that for years... and that's perfect!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that any water ends up in their mouths!