Automatic Water Drinker VS Water Buckets: What's best?

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Automatic Water Drinker
You can find one here!


Advantages -

• No need to refill daily 
• Easy to clean 
• Encourages horses to drink more 
• Won't get knocked over

Disadvantages 

• You can't see how much the horse has drank 
• Medicine can't be added to the water
• Some horses will not use water drinkers 
• Much more expensive 

Bucket 

My favourite type of water bucket - click here.  

Advantages - 

• You can see how much has been drunk
• Much cheaper 
• You can add medicine to buckets of water 

Disadvantages - 

• You need to refill often 
• Discourages the horse from drinking when the water gets low 
• Can be knocked over easily 

Which One is Best? 

An automatic drinker is a winner for me.  They encourage horse's to drink enough as a bucket of water when low, will trigger the horse's instinct to reserve water.  You also don't need to refill it which saves time for the owner.  

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