Originally Posted by
Curt Harms
We have a black male cat that that does something similar. He'll stick his paw in the water dish, pull it out and lick it off. He doesn't seem to have anything on his paw so I don't think he's washing anything off, looks like he's just being a goof.
In the past, a couple of our Irish Setters would go to the water bucket outside and start drinking. After a few licks, one front paw would enter the water, after a few more licks, the other front paw would step in. When finished, they would start digging in the water bowl splashing water all over the place. We finally went to a #2 wash tub for outside water so that there would be some left for the next dog without us having to go and refill. Jim.
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