Move the water bowl to a place where there is 15' of a different flooring? Shave his beard? Our dog does the same thing. Gotta love 'em.

Can you trim his beard shorter so that not as much of his hair gets into his bowl, and therefore wont drip as much? My mom has this issue with her yorkie, but he is 12 lbs...not 60-80! oh, what we do/deal with for fur babies!

Assuming you have a patio/backyard, move the dog bowl outside.

Thanks all. Trimming the chin hair is certainly the easiest, but not sure how that will look with the rest of his cut. Will have to see what we can do. As far as different flooring goes, we really only have carpet (which might be worse) or hardwood in the main areas. Could possibly move it to the laundry room where there is linoleum, but he would still have to run back through the kitchen. Might just have to listen to when he's drinking and follow him around with a towel :)

We had the same issue with our dog. The good thing about hardwood though is that it can be refinished once it starts to look rough!

Hello Burt, Have you considered laying down a runner or area rug in that area of the floor? Saves your floor, and much easier to clean.

My friend has goldendoodle and she got special bowl than has lines inside so his beard don't get wet. Will ask her where she got it.

Same problem:

-nice soft bath towel in a drawer next to the bowl - quick rub down w my foot on the towel of hardwood after all the sloppy - keeps a clean floor! Reuse the towel till its too dirty or wet. I've tried everything. In the south you can't keep water outside. Best part of the show is to watch her try to lie on the wet floor to help her cool off before I can wipe it up!

Sofikbr that is new to me. Thanks!

Thanks again for all the recommendations. I had seen a ton of posts about splashless bowls, but didn't think about those actually protecting his hair rather than just the walls/floor (which isn't our main problem). I also thought about training him to wipe his mouth as lindac92 suggested. He's a super smart dog and picks up on things really quickly.

We have our dog's bowls on a mat from Chilewich and it seems to lessen the problem quite a lot. I have a Pyrenees and he has quite the beard.

One of our dachshunds, now living with my daughter was sliding around too much on our hardwood, and as he was developing some back problems I put down some runners. I used the indoor / outdoor carpet runners and put the hardwood safe non-slip pad down too. Yes, some were in somewhat odd places, but I got used to them after awhile. They are light weight and could be easily rolled up if company was coming and can be hosed off if needed.

We ended up getting a no splash bowl. Not too sure that he's figured out how to properly use it yet... but hopefully it will help!