Solving Hillmomba's Sudden Drought Mystery

Three days this week, I've had to put water in the dogs' bowl on the back porch outside the laundry room. That is Farmer H's job every morning. I hear him go into the laundry room. So why is there no water at noon? Does he look out and assume there's enough for the day? Have Jack and Pupsie suddenly developed diabetes? It's not been hot enough for a thirst so great to empty that water bowl in six hours. I told Farmer H that I had been filling the water bowl.

"I don't know how that could be. I fill it every morning!"

"Then where is the water going?"

"I don't know, unless that stupid dog is turning it over."

"The bowl is always sitting just like it's supposed to be. I know Copper Jack comes around and drinks out of it, too. But there's always been water through the day. You don't think little Jack is trying to swim in it, do you? You know how he likes water. And sometimes he's wet. I just figured he jumped in the fake fish pond. He's never messed with the water bowl before."

"I don't know. It's not cracked, so the water's not leaking out."

Well. Mrs. HM discovered the reason for the disappearing water on Wednesday.

"It's that dang Pupsie! I was sitting at the kitchen table, and saw her walk around to the laundry room area. Then I heard DIGGING! Scratching! I hollered "STOP THAT!" And the noise quit. But then started up again. So I hollered "PUPSIE! NOOO!" And it quit, and Pupsie came back around the porch with her tail down. I went to look, and the bowl was empty, with the porch boards in front of it wet. She's digging in the water bowl! I refused to put more water in. Just to show her, heh, heh! I figured Jack could drink out of the fake fish pond if he was thirsty."

"That would explain it."

"I don't know why Pupsie would do that, but I suspect she wants to carry that bowl out into the front yard and chew on it. And it's too heavy with the water in it."

Nothing that dog does would surprise me...