I had a call at the kennel tonight about a grey burping up or throwing up some water after drinking it. The owner wanted to know if there was something she could do about it. I didn't know if it was because they drink too fast and swallow air or what the cause was. I know I've heard the problem before, but didn't know what to tell her because mine don't have that problem.
Any suggestions? I told her I'd ask and let her know what I find out.
Thanks.

One of my fosters did that. It was pretty annoying, especially since he always walked over to the rug to burp it up. I tried not to let him drink too much water at one time, which is not easy on a hot day.
Maybe an elevated water bowl would help?

Rohna does this a lot and Bernard will every once in awhile.

The only thing I know of is to limit to small amounts more frequently. At least that is what I do for Bernard.

Hey Blanche:
Galloway is the water "hoover" in our house. Neither Ellie or Racer ever drank to excess. When we first got Gally (3-1/2 yrs ago!), I would watch him suck down a 2 qt bowl of water - I couldn't believe it! Then, many times, he'd walk away and "burp" and lots of water would come back up. Of course, we had vet visits and all his blood work and urine cultures turned out just fine. I even did a "24 hr urine (in/out)" That was fun (not!).... Everything checked out ok.
The vet and I came to the conclusion that Gally must have been water deprived at some point in his early life (BC) (that's "before couch"), so he just learned to gulp it down as much as possible when water was available. Over time, he is not as bad - but occasionally, he will still suck down a whole bowl of water, then burp some back up. It's just his way.

I would tell the other person to check with their vet to make sure there is nothing going on - if they havn't already done so, they might want to get bloodwork/urine done and then they can also do what others have suggested and keep a 1/4 to a 1/2 bowl of water available (just check it a lot!) At least that way, the dog won't drink too much at any given time.