Do your borzois drink obsessively too? Is this a possible behavioral issue?
I was a bit hesitant about posting this as I don't tend to go searching around the internet for advice, but vets have been no help and I'm beginning to think this might be behavioral.
My borzoi (4 y/o) is worryingly obsessed with drinking water. His breeder did warn me the breed tends to drink a lot and it's normal for them, but his behavior seems way blown out of proportion. He is constantly glued to the water bowl. If we let him, he will spend over a minute there and usually empty the bowl. When we visit family, who also have dogs, he will empty said dogs' bowls (all three of them) in an hour or so leaving them with nothing to drink. No matter where we are, it's like he's on autopilot towards the nearest water source and keeps coming back to it several times. He tries to drink from the toilet, pulls towards puddles and fountains, if he sees even a handful of water he HAS to drink it. We have a second dog now, who will often whine at us to refill the water because it's almost always emptied by the borzoi.
Now, of course I thought this to be a health issue first and foremost. I visited local vets, then some specialists farther away. But he's completely healthy. His kidneys are in good shape, he doesn't have diabetes, his blood work is great for a sighthound. He pees a lot each outing, but doesn't need to go more often than a typical dog. We eventually learnt he has acid reflux through a specialized vet, and this felt like it could have been the cause, but now that it's been treated and the symptoms let up, nothing about his drinking habits changed.
I'm willing to accept this is just how he is, but he almost seems in distress over this constant need to drink water and I wish I could help that somehow.
Any borzois struggling with this as well?