It’s a simple enough question isn’t it?
On a scorching hot day, sitting in the car, it makes sense.
But I was amazed at being asked the question, particularly in such a definite manner.
It started with a rattle. Then a nudge. Then a paw. Then a look.
It was Maggie.
Her water bowl was in the back seat well, and she was thirsty.
We ALWAYS carry a large bottle of water with us so that we can give her a drink after her walk or if we’re out and it’s a hot day. Like today.
There is no way we’d leave her alone in the chaos of home as nothing is familiar, everything is untidy, and there is no quiet or clear corner where she can tuck herself away and sleep peacefully.
She is canine anxious, and we can only do our best to reassure her by keeping her with us if we go out. One of us will go into the shop and the other stays in the car with all the windows and back sliding doors open. She is content to sit/lie and wait, making no effort to follow.
Today has been one of the hottest days so far, and she wanted a drink. So she asked in her own special way, even showing me with her nose that the contents of the bottle ‘there’ went into that bowl on the deck ‘there’, guiding it in with her tongue.
On one occasion when we were walking down the High Street it was unbearably hot and I went into a shop to purchase a bottle of water. They only had the expensive stuff, but it was needed and that was that.
Poo bags act very well as emergency drinking bowls and that particular day Maggie was treated to a bag of Evian’s best, much to the amusement of passers-by.
Incidentally, it was Maggie first, then us.
pensitivity101 