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Author:  black&tancrazy [ Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:11 pm ]
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Here in wi I used to try everything, but now I just soak the food in warm water till it won't soak up anymore & then feed it. It is the only water they get all winter. Been doing it for 5 yrs now. Sounds like same thing that the guy from new york does.
Author:  coonchaser64 [ Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Cold weater water system
Has anyone tried this Take a burn barrel fasion a Copper Coil put it in the bottom of the barrel build a fire around it the embers will build up and make a insulator mean while the fed fire heats the Coil,hook a water supply to one side of it and a outlet on the other get a 12v solar Charger and battery hook in a marine resirq pump on a timer to turn on and off when set use a gal. pail or bowl you put fittings on for the in let and pump .build a plywood box for a holder .
Author:  toe cutter [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:04 am ]
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hounds wrote:
Make a 12" X 12" plywood box cut a hole in the top that a 2 or 2 1/2 gallon bucket will fit in and i put a light socket in one corner and put in an appliance 25 watt bulb in it. It never freezes over all winter. I made them about 15 years ago and they still work. The bulbs burn out about every other year.
thats what i use too. they look like a speaker box and the dish sits in the hole where the speaker would go. got 6 hooked up. 40 watt bulbs keep them with fresh water, i go to 60 watts when it gets super cold outside. i've used them for years. ....................TC
Author:  jcalder [ Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:07 pm ]
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Im in ontario Canada so it is below freezing for at least 4 or 5 months a year. dogs get fresh water every night with there feed and when that freezes there is lots of snow on the ground for them to get a little water
Author:  Stampede [ Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:46 pm ]
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toe cutter wrote:
hounds wrote:
Make a 12" X 12" plywood box cut a hole in the top that a 2 or 2 1/2 gallon bucket will fit in and i put a light socket in one corner and put in an appliance 25 watt bulb in it. It never freezes over all winter. I made them about 15 years ago and they still work. The bulbs burn out about every other year.
thats what i use too. they look like a speaker box and the dish sits in the hole where the speaker would go. got 6 hooked up. 40 watt bulbs keep them with fresh water, i go to 60 watts when it gets super cold outside. i've used them for years. ....................TC

I also use something like this, but I just put the heated dish in the box and run the cord out the back. Works great, never have to break ice. I made these after a buddy lost a good bird dog to chewing on a cord. Now I don't worry, they can't get to the cord.
Author:  toe cutter [ Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Re:
Stampede wrote:
toe cutter wrote:
hounds wrote:
Make a 12" X 12" plywood box cut a hole in the top that a 2 or 2 1/2 gallon bucket will fit in and i put a light socket in one corner and put in an appliance 25 watt bulb in it. It never freezes over all winter. I made them about 15 years ago and they still work. The bulbs burn out about every other year.
thats what i use too. they look like a speaker box and the dish sits in the hole where the speaker would go. got 6 hooked up. 40 watt bulbs keep them with fresh water, i go to 60 watts when it gets super cold outside. i've used them for years. ....................TC

I also use something like this, but I just put the heated dish in the box and run the cord out the back. Works great, never have to break ice. I made these after a buddy lost a good bird dog to chewing on a cord. Now I don't worry, they can't get to the cord.
i keep my dogs in off the ground pens. i run the cords out the side and deck screw the boxes down. the cord is outside the pen and the dogs can't get to it. i have g f i outlets too, they will trip the breaker at the slightest short.. i tried the heated dishes and my dogs kept rippin the heat prongs out of them.my hounds drink more water in the winter then any other time...................TC
Author:  RonBailey [ Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to keep hounds water from freezing
well i havent done it for the dogs water buckets but for our horses we take a 55 gal plastic barrel and cut it in half then stuff it in 2 or 3 simi truck tires with hay and sawdust inside them it works Great i been thinkin about a bucket they sell in western cataloges that fit right in a car tire that probly work and the dogs be less likely to dump over there water buckets to
Author:  toe cutter [ Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to keep hounds water from freezing
with these i just fill them,no busting ice,no trying to find what the dog did with the dish. used this type for many yrs now.
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i use shock busters for them off gfI plugs in the barn..
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Author:  muddy650 [ Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Heated buckets???
I am needing some heated buckets! Anybody ever made any homemade heated buckets? I would like to have some but I dont want to pay the price for them, anybody ever made any of their own?
Author:  BADKARMA [ Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to keep hounds water from freezing
I built one like Toe Cutters and they do work well. I use a 75 watt bulb and it will keep it unfrozen till about 10 degrees or so.
Author:  toe cutter [ Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heated buckets???
muddy650 wrote:
I am needing some heated buckets! Anybody ever made any homemade heated buckets? I would like to have some but I dont want to pay the price for them, anybody ever made any of their own?

i built the ones in the pics above. you can find scrap plywood and the light fixtures are only a couple bucks. cord off a old coffee maker or micro wave ,anything with a plug. an old speaker box works too. just run your cord to the light fixture and put the bucket in where the speaker use to be.
Author:  toe cutter [ Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to keep hounds water from freezing
toe cutter wrote:
with these i just fill them,no busting ice,no trying to find what the dog did with the dish. used this type for many yrs now.
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i use shock busters for them off gfI plugs in the barn..
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Author:  Canadian Hillbilly [ Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:50 pm ]
Post subject:  how to keep hounds water from freezing
toe cutter wrote:
toe cutter wrote:
with these i just fill them,no busting ice,no trying to find what the dog did with the dish. used this type for many yrs now.
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i use shock busters for them off gfI plugs in the barn..
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That's an amazing idea toe cutter. I'm gonna build 4 first thing in the morning. Lol thanks a lot for posting it!!!
Author:  redboneguy [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to keep hounds water from freezing
Use a 250 watt heat lamp
Author:  coonhunter60 [ Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: how to keep hounds water from freezing
Heated buckets are the way to go. My dogs drink more water in cold weather than hot