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  • Best water bowl mat?

    Hi all:

    I have two Danes and a very slobbery Mastiff. For the past few years we've just put old rugs under the water bowl in the house. However, they are quickly ruined and leak water on to the hardwood floors.

    Can anyone recommend a good mat that will last and not let water leak onto the floors?

    Thanks!

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    RE: Best water bowl mat?

    It is not the prettiest solution, but my dog water dish is in the laundry room, so no big deal. Anyway, I have one of those systems hooked directly up to the water supply (:e) no more filling huge waterers), and since that is not very big I get those cheap disposable aluminum baking pans from Wal-mart. I get the ones that are like 2"-3" deep and that helps alot w/ the overflow. My laundry room is right next to the backdoor so once a day I clean out the waterer and dump the overflow pan out the back door. Once a month I just throw away the old one so that I don't have to clean it. At $1.50 a piece ya can't go wrong w/ that.
    Michele
    Mom to: Angel huskyx (3/15/2001), Lestat labx (12/1/2001), Mystra beaglex (04/01/2005), Merlin airedale (08/01/2012)
    RIP my loves:
    Isis (dane) (7/1/2005-11/5/2011), Venus (dane) (9/1/02-06/24/13)

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    • #3
      RE: Best water bowl mat?

      Excellent. Thanks!
      How did you hook into the water supply? My bowl is near the wash room and the refrigerator (which has a water supply).

      Thank you again.

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      • #4
        RE: Best water bowl mat?

        Ruf's dishes are on plant stands in the corner of the kitchen. I found a bath mat that matches the kitchen and just use that under it. They come in several sizes and are machine washable. It doesn't catch all of the slobber, but it gets most of it.

        Rachael
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        • #5
          RE: Best water bowl mat?

          I see you are in the NE, so I would recommend a boot mat- that's what we use.

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          • #6
            RE: Best water bowl mat?

            we got an auto-wata dish, it is made specifically to hook into the water supply. we put it in the laundry room so we could just hook up to the washing machines water spigot. We put a splitter on the spigot itself, one hose then goes to wash machine the other to the auto-wata. Easy as pie. I would suggest if you go this way that you get a quick disconnect for the part that hooks into the dish itself, makes it much easier to clean and sanitize that way. I love mine, w/ 4 dogs, 2 of them danes we go through a lot of water here, and this way I know they will never be out.
            Michele
            Mom to: Angel huskyx (3/15/2001), Lestat labx (12/1/2001), Mystra beaglex (04/01/2005), Merlin airedale (08/01/2012)
            RIP my loves:
            Isis (dane) (7/1/2005-11/5/2011), Venus (dane) (9/1/02-06/24/13)

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            • #7
              RE: Best water bowl mat?

              Excellent. Thanks!

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