Keep Water from freezing

extension cord and a bowl warmer works. buy one from fleet farm.

 

just changed my water and had 6-7 inches of ice in 5 gallon buckets from last night and im in fl wtf.

 

I don't if you are raising pit bulls or bulldogs but very few bulldogs are smart enough to not chew the cord but the small heated bowls will work. Now freezing sucks and nothing can be done in cold climates. This isn't me guessing, this is what I know.

Bigger container, say a sawed quarter of a barrell, takes a lot longer to freeze than anything but I like to keep fresh water on my dogs so I don't like it but it will take a few days below 32 to get to freeze.

Cold water takes longer to freeze than hot water.

Never force feed a dog water through his food, they are smart enough to know when they need a drink and think a warm soup type is good for them is just some human stuff we push on our dogs cause we are softies. Adequate shelter and good stuffing mated to a quality high fat diet in winter months should be keeping your dog warm enough without soup mixture.

Put the water bowl on the east side of the setup, with winter months we receive most of the sun during the day and afternoon and drop temps fast in the evening. This is why I change water in the morning, east side of the dog house to keep it half way thawed for a majority of the day. (if not fresh water, break the ice top off with a hammer first thing).

I like using smaller containers like a 2.5 g or a cut 5 g, easy to bust out ice by flipping it over or a fast run in the house, hot water on it and the huge cube is out.

 

Don't know why I didn't think of this sooner; I'm buying double my water buckets and filling all of them. Each evening I'll swap the bucket from their chainspot to one that's been thawing inside.

 

i always double my dogs feed and add hot water to it. colby said feed a dog in winter good warm food all he will eat. makes sense too me.

 

i definitely think they appreciate the warm food when its cold being a softie has nothin to do with it. i also add the frozen bil jac you buy at the store in the frozen section.

 

Bowl warmer IMO...if your dog is a chewer, not sure. Just high capacity container and cold water, change frequently as needed. Aerator should help keep it from freezing too though.

 

These work for the horses:

Heated Water Bucket 20qt | STB9421 | Greenhawk

 

Do what the mushers do. Feed with lots of warm water, twice a day, and they'll get there fill. Then change water once a day so they can drink if they want.