I want your experience with PAWS Creations™ and our pet water bottle stands to be a positive one. I had
rather you know what I have learned to make your purchase decision with, than to purchase a water bottle stand and be unhappy with it.
With that in mind I wanted to share with you this information.
Every pet has his or her own loveable personality, just like us! It’s the same with how they will drink from the water bottle.
I have provided a drip bowl with the water bottle products because of the nature of how the water bottle works. Please see our
FAQ for more information on how a water bottle works.
I have six dogs and use three different size stands and they all drink differently from their PAWS. My four smallest dogs (Sugar, Macek,
Patti and Booboo) use a 25-inch PAWS. Sugar, Booboo and Patti are very neat and tidy drinkers and keep their heads steady as they lick
the drinking tube tip to get their water. But Macek drinks in a kind of jerking motion which causes a few drops of water to drip.
Nothing major and they fall into the drip bowl.
Tali is my medium size dog and she uses a 30-inch PAWS. She is a very neat and tidy drinker also.
*Serena is my biggest dog, weighing in at 84 (sometimes plus) pounds and she uses a 35-inch PAWS. She holds her head steady to drink but
her mouth overfills and some water dribbles out the side. So I replaced the small drip bowl on her stand with a larger size bowl (her
old water bowl) and that took care of the problem. Sometimes as she walks away from her PAWS some water will drop but it’s nothing
major, just a few drops. Because I have placed small decorative rugs under each of my pet’s water stands so they have something soft to
stand on when they drink those water drops are no problem.
Wondering why Serena’s mouth overfilled, I contacted the water bottle manufacturers. They stated “they only recommend the use of the
water bottles for pets up to 80 pounds”, a fact I did not realize when I made Serena’s stand and first started on this journey.
They stated; “That with larger pets it’s usually messy and also the delivery of the water through the drinking tube takes longer and
could become tiresome for them when they drink which could mean they don’t get enough water”.
They also stated; “Whether to use a water bottle depends on the consumer and their preferences”.
So as a consumer myself, I use the water bottle with my large pet and it works for her and for me with the use of a larger drip bowl.
But if I felt Serena was not consuming enough water I would not use it as her health and well being will always come first.
Sincerely,
PAWS Creations™
*About Serena: Serena is just as her name implies a serene, gentle and kind dog. She lived a life
of severe abuse and neglect before being rescued by a no-kill animal shelter that struggled to save her life. When I adopted her she was
deeply afraid to love or trust anyone and it took me weeks of daily physical contact (gently body massages) and reassuring words of love
spoken quietly to overcome her fears. Today she is a well-adjusted friendly (though still a bit cautious) dog who is always ready for a
game of fetch.
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