How to make ● DOG / CAT ● Large Self-filling Water Dispenser

Here's an easy-to-make large self filling water tray using a water dispenser bottle that will keep your pet hydrated for days. Make this automatic dog watering bowl that holds 19 litres (that's 5 gallons US!) using an empty water dispenser bottle. This watering station can be used for multiple cats, dogs, and pets. This creates a long term constant water supply for your animals and pets due to the large volume of water the water dispenser bottle holds. Your pets will never go thirsty again. Keeps the water in the tray at a constant level. Fills the tray with additional water automatically when needed. No batteries or pumps or wiring. Easy to make, easy to fill and simple operation. Just fill the bottle, place it in the tote tray, and remove the cap, it's that simple. Your pets will love you!
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[@chrisnotap]

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[@cwmson8381]

Thank you for this video - I made a honeybee watering system using a 3-gallon water bottle with your principle. The bottle came with a screw-on cap with a poly-liner that seals the bottle air tight. I drilled a 3/8ths inch hole near the base and below the level of a large plant pot saucer. I use a rubber stopper in the hole when filling the the bottle - very simple. This watering station is for for honey bees in the area, as they were overwhelming our birdbath / keeping birds away. When placed in the sun, heat expands any air in the top of the bottle, which pushes water out continuously, so the system works better in the shade, and I actually used an old bucket hat to shade it further. (TIPs: use tape on the bottle when drilling the hole for a cleaner cut / bits with stepped hole starter tips will make a jagged hole - the top of your hole dictates the level of the dispensed water - a twisted piece of plastic bag or kitchen wrap could be used in place of a rubber stopper) (Regarding the bees - I had to empty our bird bath for a few days and had a saucer of water that was gradually moved from the area of the birdbath to the corner of the yard so the bees would follow it. For the bee watering system, I placed rocks in the saucer around the bottle - the rocks protrude above the water surface for the bees.)

[@TheRainHarvester]

Did mosquitoes in your area breed in water? I was thinking a little sand in the bowl might help. I'm currently testing my theory. I'll put up a video on it.

[@HannahsYT]

I can't wait to make this! Have been looking for a solution for my two large dogs--we refill their water constantly! I also appreciate the succinctness of your video 👍🏻

[@crudolph277]

This is a fabulous idea!!! I'm going out of town for 2 days and my cats don't do well in lockup AKA pet jail so we like to keep them home when we can in a familiar environment. But one of them is fascinated with the water bottle and knocks it over for the bubble mechanism. This will totally fix that! Thank you!!!

[@craiglandes754]

Thank You So Much! I'm on a limited budget, in North Carolina where it gets hot in the summer. I've tried various ways to help out the wildlife, but either a bowl spills or it runs out of water quickly. I''d thought I'd make one of those PVC pipe things, but in 2023 it's looking like at least $50+ for the pipes and couplings. And that's if I can find them. I came across your two videos (bucket and carry bottle), both of which would be less than about $20 I think. Brilliant ideas, and easy to do with basic home tools. Thank you again, and the little folks in the back yard thank you too. :-)

[@totaldownfall1641]

thanks for spiking that sand paper part, your a good person

[@StaciaDaniel]

Love this. First thing I noticed was the use of "pop" bottle... which super delighted me. I'm from CA where we say "soda"... but my dad was from OK and hearing 'pop' made me smile.

[@therealflamelit]

we say POP up north ...Im from Detroit :).. all my southern friends say a CAN DRINK or COLD DRANK

[@missyschlarman5582]

I live in Ohio and we say pop but my friends in Pennsylvania say Soda and it cracks me up. Also Chris this is genius!

[@dmaddalena]

Chris, Here's a tip: use a PVC flexible cap (1 1/2") to cap the 5G bottle. I have been using these to cap my bottles for years. Makes a leakproof seal and just snaps on & off. I remove the hose clamp before using.

[@disruptah76]

I dont have any animals or a need for this. I just like Chris' videos. They are great.

[@AricVogel]

Cool idea, and good job with the editing; quick and to-the-point without skipping over anything important.

[@Bratmonsta]

Of all others I’ve seen I love this build. I’ll do something similar soon using this concept as refilling water can sometimes be a drag an kitties love new stuff. Thank you

[@joannabrown5577]

That...was super duper fantastic! I am ready for my DIY project!

[@audreyfotoart1]

Great instuctional video. I am going to do this for my chickens! Thank you so much!

[@elena-qu6xs]

Perfect structure! Really clever.

[@thevictorianedge5465]

I love this idea, we have a water cooler bottle just like this one. I'm gonna try it out.

[@skeyeubridges738]

I love this! Thank you so much! This is a great idea.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I gave my chicken waterer away 2 years ago. Now I have more chickens and those things are expensive. This will make a great replacement. Thank you again. 😊

[@beamsengineering9649]

I tried this and it works. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@chrisnotap]

Excellent!

[@thefrugalduchessoflakeside7108]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed!

[@Mamaneko100]

I found a g.p. tea bottle top fits perfectly in the water bottle top. With silicone of course. Works great, thanks.

[@debrinha1192]

Thank you! I love this vídeo.

[@danielasal2783]

WHAAAAT! 👍🏻👍🏻 thats awesome. Unfortunately I probably won't ever build this thing but it's amazing. Thank you so much

[@tonyagalloway9039]

Genius. Thank you!

[@alexa574]

This was a great idea! Thank you!

[@Tanya-mh2hn]

this is brilliant...THANK YOU!

[@tarnold576]

Excellent! Love the cap storage! Thanks.

[@sgtbushtree]

Great idea! My only question is how do you clean this, as the container will certainly get foisty pretty fast?

[@RealtraDesigns]

really useful when you own quite a few pets. thanks!

[@arrowstheorem1881]

That's so cool!

[@shirleycardoza9559]

You are awesome. Muaaah. This will be great help to my street dogs as I have to keep refilling water manually 35 liters.

[@LANELLEHOLT40]

This is great! Thanks

[@gayleharrelson579]

that's a AWESOME Idea as I have 7 dogs I can do this with thank you

[@marcushill9445]

This is perfect I'm buying a tray and making this tonight

[@topherjoe1]

the simple things..leaving cats tomorrow so looked this up I.have a 2 gallon jug, poked a hole towards the bottom, duct taped over the hole, filled the bottle, capped it, took off the tape and put it in the tray. Great temp solution! Ur a genius! Thank you!

[@chrisnotap]

Remember that the top lid or cap you use needs to seal perfectly. If it doesn't it won't work and will slowly fill the tray and it will over flow. That is why in the video I go to the extent to put a good cap and bottle top on the big bottle to make sure it is a perfect seal and I use silicone to make a good sealed opening.

[@lamusiquefanatique]

Fancy!! DIY's are so cool.

[@amandabruney3835]

chris, thank you. just rescued 7 6wk old black lab pups from flood waters in Shepard,TX. and this idea is perfect for this many dogs plus for my 11 other rescued animals. just have to upsize the watering bowl. thanks again

[@chrisnotap]

Wow! That's fantastic that you're stepping up to help those little pups and the others. That's great. Glad I could help.

[@amandabruney3835]

thank you. just doing what needs to get done. have 5 cats here too. i'm no hero just have land and room for the pups and cats to play freely. take care and thanks again

[@MohamadAliMasri]

Amanda Bruney hi

[@Merlin7]

This is excellent. I don't know why this hasn't been implemented in commercial water refillers. I would pay good money for this

[@alankearns5821]

Wal Mart sells them

[@duncanjames914]

Great idea!. I'm going to make one for my Bee yard.

[@sorayapessoa8571]

Espetacular !! Simples, reciclável, sustentável.....os animais, planeta e eu agradecemos. 🌹🌺🌻🌻

[@laholly323]

Sempre me emociono quando vejo comentários escritos em português...me dá muitas saudades do Brasil.....

[@reidsmith3002]

Definitely want to try this

[@morrismusika9678]

man,!!!!! this is great.

[@amonmusamvujnr7986]

Wow!!! I will make mine tomorrow.

[@neelcyr9714]

Great Idea, I was looking around for a water dispenser for my hives, with some rocks and sticks to keep them from drowning, this will be perfect.

[@rentechpad]

I found your video a couple of weeks ago and thought it would be a great idea for a water station for the back porch so my pets always had fresh water while outside. I followed your directions and it worked great. And the dogs seem to love it - maybe too much! They got it down to about 1/4 full and being big dogs I guess they noticed it wobbled when they bumped it and discovered it might make a good toy. I found them both in the backyard with one dragging the bottle around and the other chasing the water as it ran out when the bottle was twisted on its side. That sort of posed a problem because after I filled it back up - assuming the weight would deter them, they were smart enough to realize they could still tip it over to have fun. I got some more silicon - although its a bit more expensive I got the kind rated to be safe to use with food/water for human consumption and mounted the bottle into the tray with silicon so that they could not tip it over easily. I assume that for most pets this would suffice to make it non-tippable. The problem with my dogs is that while they are both large the mastiff is 165 pounds and can knock over large heavy furniture if he wants too. I ended up having to make a small set of mounting brackets (angles) screwed into the wood of the deck and then they can twist into place against the tray to hold the whole station in place. Now they can't ruin their station by knocking it over and draining it away in just a few minutes of playtime. This is a great idea and I think its a wonderful and economic way for shelters to make watering stations for each kennel in the shelter to alievate the need to water many bowls multiple times a day - freeing staff to do other things - or go to the expense of buying 5 gallon watering stations for each kennel. I know there are many other DYI waterers out there but this one ends up looking very nice which is important if you want it as an indoor waterer

[@chrisnotap]

+Pam Duncan That's a great story! I was laughing as I read it! You figured it out though, that's great! Glad it worked for you.

[@liraziyad5806]

Pam Duncan... Ahhhhhh! Girl I just laughed after reading your post! Glad you wrote it though. I have small dogs that will become big and I was just thinking about making this as a mounted water tower. After reading your response I most certainly will!

[@fatboylo96]

I've got an even better "hack"- buy a $12.00, 1 gallon gravity waterer from pet mountain, remove the 1 gallon bottle and save it for a bumper-dumper, put a 5 gallon bottle in its place. It sits there just fine. Now you've saved yourself 3 bottles of soda, 1 tube of silicone, a plastic tray, a mess, and an hour farting around making it. You're welcome.

[@mamoru-son4831]

Thank you, Pam Duncan. How wonderful that your dogs are creative. Sounds like love rules the relationship. I, like the others, enjoyed your sharing.

[@princearthur4946]

Great idea!

[@-attemptingtherandom-2777]

New subscriber! Can't wait to salvage and make things i need instead of spending money. Keep them coming.

[@TekaLopez]

I don't even have a pet but I enjoyed the video so much I subscribed! You sir are a GENIUS, I'm watching all your videos now :)

[@chrisnotap]

Thanks for that and welcome!!

[@aishwariyaabhaskaran6625]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks I have 5 cats in 2 homes and 5 feral ones outside. This would solve a lot of bowl space

[@chrisnotap]

I'm in the midst of making a watering station that uses 4 - 2L pop bottles instead of one large one. Makes it easier to fill smaller bottles for people that can't lift a big one. Stay tuned.

[@Parmesana]

thanks, I'll give it a try.

[@chrisspitzman]

Brilliant!

[@michaeladamstone2911]

Great idea.

[@ruby7376]

Love this🥰

[@EZoutAtSecond]

GREAT VIDEO...THANKS...!!!

[@terrickarush3605]

This is perfect

[@hershekissed]

My 5 gal has a screw top :D I'm just drilling a hole for the bottom, no fancy soda tops for me!

[@davegoodridge8352]

Great idea

[@sheholdsrainbows6884]

Smart way to get the job done! I totally am watching this years later and liked how clearly you explained the process of making a "DIY Dog Watering Bowl"!! I am also now subscribed to your channel! Can not wait to binge all your videos, as well to hopefully see more to come.

[@chrisnotap]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@pcm7315]

His explanation about sealing the top airtight described why my first attempt at a watering system failed. The water pressure overflowed my container. I didn't do well in physics. Great video.

[@JesterCGI]

Awesome! Thank you

[@mollypeters123]

You deserve more subs

[@gonz5659]

Awesome I'm going to try this thx for the videos 👍👌

[@frankleepower2333]

I need something like this but for watering a garden that has no water source. A large water bottle that is attached to a soaker hose. You have given me some ideas, thanks!

[@skipitydooda6019]

Thank you

[@Lodestoned]

I’m watching this during Covid 19 times and it’s extremely helpful since I guess this is sort of thing is considered non essential and there’s no premade refilling water dishes of this sort at any of my local stores , even this sort of water jug is sold out where I live 😕 Thankyou so much for this. I was starting to really worry about my dog while I was gone during the day and getting next level mad about not being able to find a self refilling water dish in any store (somebody stole my last one from my yard ,weird right?)

[@acet7]

great idea, thanks for sharing

[@centralnewyorkresponses7887]

Nice, that’s very handy

[@jamiedompierre5918]

super cool thanks!

[@lexluthor9617]

Very clever

[@misscherryblossomm]

Awesome thanks ! : )

[@NAWAABJADA]

awesome dispencer.. for much better look attach that jar out side of the tray.. :)

[@xraykadiddlehopper8067]

Great thinking 👍

[@figureartzz249]

Awesome!!

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Well done

[@mnight207]

You are a freakin GENIUS. I wish I could hang with guys like you all day long!

[@texascop]

Really cool 😎

[@ScreamingReel500]

Haha the cap holder confused me. Thanks a lot Chris for this great idea.

[@paralleleagle7293]

Great idea amazing channel.

[@lianlight8447]

love it thank you!

[@chrisnotap]

You're so welcome!

[@ivocapella4541]

Good!!!

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Fantastic

[@bridgendesar]

The extra cap holder tickled me, very good idea. Should work well with a 5ltr/1 gallon bottle of water from the supermarket, and only the outlet to worry about, as the cap is already threaded.

[@ProLogic-dr9vv]

Great video and I did Subscribe.

[@EvanDunn414]

Very good going to try it

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[@yuvraj1005]

That's great yo

[@mukasacharles6595]

Fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@natttomes4588]

i like your videos

[@joannperez5383]

I will definitely do this for my American Bulldog because he drinks a lot of water & I have to refill his water dispenser way too often!

[@stardustxx278]

Ah man I'm subscribing

[@ashleygretz8427]

This is really smart

[@chrisnotap]

Thanks!!

[@Polamish]

outstanding

[@pershop4950]

I've had 2 5 gallon water jugs sitting in my alley for several days now, thinking someone will find it useful and pick it up. But now that I've seen this video, there is no reason I can't repurpose them for other use. Thanks!!

[@kentharris7427]

I purchased a 2 1/2 gallon self-filling water dispenser off Amazon and have had it for a while. The problem is after a year it gets moldy and is impossible to clean. With your design, I can throw it out after a year and get a new water bottle. I am going to make mine a little differently and send you the video! :-)

[@TheSafecrkr1]

good job

[@josephinenadal2250]

topissime.... thanks..... i'll try it -bye

[@blackdogblue2161]

Genius! Any suggestions for cleaning the bottle?

[@schoolinJOO]

gonna make this for our ducks

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

Thank you! I have 3 cats and a dog, I have 2 gallon size gravity water bowls but I have to refill them every 3 days or so (which is a pain because you have to fill it using the bottom)

[@vrmsali]

Awesome

[@blueseadye]

this is dope

[@Kaganda21Vlog]

this is amazing tutorial

[@chrisnotap]

Thanks!

[@bladozer]

Nothing better than a bottle of Silicon Water each mornings.

[@thomaspigg306]

Hey Chris!, Hope you don't mind but I "downsized" your creation and made a bird bath/bird waterer. It works great! Thanks!

[@chrisnotap]

Did you use this size bottle?

[@thomaspigg306]

Chris Notap No Sir, I used a two liter bottle and a cake tin. But it works great!

[@chrisnotap]

Fantastic!!

[@thomaspigg306]

Chris Notap Sorry Sir, forgot to include that I didn't use the "bottom hole" attachment as you did, and I also only used a one eighth size drill bit to make the bottom hole with. When the cake tin is "full" there might be about a quarter to half inch of water in the bottom of the cake tin. Its not huge, its just enough for the "winged critters" to drink and splash about in. Its funny to watch them. I also made a feeder out of an old coffee can, plastic end covers, duct tape and string. Again, nothing great, but just enough to supply some food for them. Hope you have a great day!!!!!!

[@chrisnotap]

I get ya. That would work perfectly.