not drinking water when home alone

[Sally]

So I have gone back to working out of the home 3 days a week. Since bringing Duncan home as a pup 2 years ago i have basically freelanced from home. He's used to me coming and going but i guess this is a longer stretch. I leave at about 8:30am. The dog walker comes at 2pm and then i get home about 7pm. I'm noticing that each night when i get home his water bowl is completely full as i left it and after greeting me as if i've been in china for the last month he runs to his bowl and laps/guzzles a lot of water.

 

When he was younger he wouldn't eat meals or treats if he was home alone but that isn't an issue anymore. He gladly eats his breakfast and treats when i am gone. I wonder if it will just take some adjustment period for him to realize water is ok to drink alone.

 

He's not expending much energy for sure as i'm sure he just lays on his dog bed but i would feel comfortable if he drank a little.

 

I'm going to try and make sure he has some water before i leave the house i suppose. But I was curious if any other doodles are similar?

 

Oh my latch key pup! It's so hard to to leave in the morning to catch the bus when he gives me those doodle expressive eyes!!!!

 

[Donna K & Quincy]

Quincy neither eats nor drinks when he is home alone or even when he is at home with my son. He also will not poop when my son takes him outside but waits for either myself or DH to get home. I was wondering if it was a form of separation anxiety. He doesn't whine or bark when we leave but he also doesn't play with his toys. He doesn't get in to mischief when we are gone, when we are at home however is a different matter, he gets into everything.

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

Our dogs do that also, they run and greet us and then it's a race to the water bowl. We have 2 set up in different rooms and they don't touch them very often when we ar not home. If I'm home all day I'll fill the main one a few times a day. Just so he knows it's avai;able, try not too worry. We felt bad in the summer so we put some icecubes in a bowl and they get water that eay because they like to play with the cubes.