My dog will drink from his or any bowl. If his gets empty, he will bring it to me for a refill.

From what I've read, a healthy dog "can" go a day or two without water depending on conditions and what the dog is doing. Sitting inside in AC yes, outside in very warm temps, no.

We've had a little bowl in our dog's crate and as far as we can see he doesn't take a sip. Overnight we don't have a camera on him, but water levels indicate he's not drinking. I feel bad not offering it, but if it's not consumed it get's slimy and needs to be changed out often along with a good washing of the bowl. Our dog get's only bottled water. I think we're going to try without water overnight and see if he runs for his regular water bowl when he wakes up.

A dog won’t starve or dehydrate itself, when it gets thirsty or hungry enough it’ll go to any bowl.

Let the dog decide.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
A dog won’t starve or dehydrate itself, when it gets thirsty or hungry enough it’ll go to any bowl.

Let the dog decide.

I respectfully disagree with this. I had an employee who mentioned to me that her dog hadn’t eaten for a few days and she was trying to wait it out. It didn’t work out well.

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Originally posted by irreverent:

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
A dog won’t starve or dehydrate itself, when it gets thirsty or hungry enough it’ll go to any bowl.

Let the dog decide.

I respectfully disagree with this. I had an employee who mentioned to me that her dog hadn’t eaten for a few days and she was trying to wait it out. It didn’t work out well.

Not eating wasn't a choice, the dog didn't take a stand against eating. There was likely an underlying cause.

Let a dog go without food a couple days and it'll start looking at you like a piece of meat.

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:

I did try moving it ever closer, and eventually it was sitting in the other bowl. She just will not approach it. If its literally touching it next to it, she's fine with that. I can't explain it. Touching it, fine. In it, bad. Using it bad.

Crazy hounds...

This part intrigues me.
If the new dog will drink from a bowl adjacent the auto filler, then she must be at least partially amenable to the sound it makes. Otherwise, I'd think that one instance would put her off the water again.

Inveterate tinkerer that I am, I would probably conjure up a method for the auto filler to refill both bowls simultaneously, so that she'd always have water in bowl #2 as well.