Does your dog have access to water during the night

[sonarbear]

My dog sleeps in DC1's room (son is aged 18). He sleeps very well in his crate, which we leave open. Occasionally he will come out for 5mins or so but always return to the crate to sleep. We used to have a water bowl in the room but he VERY rarely drinks from it- even if he is encouraged to do so. Does your dog have access to water at night?

[Whisky2014]

Yes. they are supposed to have access to water 24/7 really.

[Notmybuilderdotcom]

Water is in kitchen, they sleep in my room overnight with door shut. If they want a drink they wake me up and I let them downstairs for a drink and then they come back up to bed. Always take drinks on walks in the summer or if long walks aswell

[ToothTrauma]

some classic MN mountain-making on this thread.

[IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere]

We never used to have a water bowl in the bedroom overnight, just in the kitchen during the day. Then at the beginning of the summer my little terrier became seriously dehydrated. We don't know why but since then we have made sure to keep a water bowls in the living room and bedroom as well. Some nights they have a drink, some nights they don't bother but we like to be sure it is an option.

[HomeOfMyOwn]

Whilst I don't want to encourage the odd crate attack going on, on a water thread, I do feel I should point out that they weren't called crates instead of cages by people trying to make them sound nicer.

The term crate comes from the usage of the word for being a wooden, plastic or metal container used to transport "goods". Dog crates were originally sold as crates because they were for transporting your dog safely. Hence people generally call them crates and so shops keep selling them at crates.

Personally I have used crates but call them both "the crate" and "the dog cage", when verbally speaking but crates when writing on forums because it's quicker to type and clear to all what is meant by it.

I don't see either word as better or worse than the other.

Nor do I see a crate as inherently cruel - I do however see how easy it is for a human to make them cruel but that is the human not the crate itself.

[fleshmarketclose]

Yes she has access to kitchen where her water bowl is (sleeps in living room) at all times.

[QOD]

So. Dear dog went to bed about 11 last night (her crate). I got her up at 7:15 and let her into the garden. She didn’t want a wee nor a drink from the freshly filled bowl.
She went upstairs and burrowed under my quilt until 8:45
Took her for a walk around 9:30 and she drank when she came home.
So no. No access at night (as I said before it seems to upset her somehow so she stuffs her blanket into the bowl and I was finding a blanket and an area of her basket wet in the morning )
She’s a 6lb chi though. Maybe big dogs are different

[Nesssie]

My big dog (30kg) will have a last drink at about 10.30pm, then won't drink until the next morning roughly 8am.
Water bowl is downstairs, he sleeps upstairs.