Fussy about the taste and temperature of your drinking water? Well I admit I am and it appears our discerning labrador Toffee is no different!

Toffee recently went off drinking from her bowl in the kitchen. Initially I was concerned that the only drink she was having was from puddles in the park, in plentiful supply on this side of the pond!

it took our five year old who is training to be a spy when he grows up, to figure out what Toffee was up to...She wasn't going thirsty at all, and had simply taken to drinking in the bathroom out of what she clearly thought was a larger dog bowl!

How to discourage this new habit? Well the kids suggested we try putting ice cubes in her water bowl! This takes pet pampering to a new dimension! Of course it worked...Toffee likes her water served cold. I have since discovered that when on holiday with my parents this summer, Toffee preferred bottled mineral water to tap! what next?  Perhaps a little slice of lemon?!