Doberman drinking problem

LOL, when you come up with a solution, let me know!

Lexus has been talented enough to get all the way through the house, one end to the other, with a steady slobber of water coming out the whole way Either that or she will take a drink and then juice me.

My solution, I moved her water dish downstairs where it was still accessible at all time but in a place that it didn't really matter if it got wet. I also keep dishes on my porch so whenever she (or the other dogs even though they aren't messy) go out I can give them fresh water out there as well.

Lexus also splashes water while she drinks as well, to add to her messand I recently bought a 5 gallon waterer, and it has been less messy then the traditional bowls when she drinks b/c it has tall sides and only fills up halfway. http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=6078 Although it doesn't change anything when she leaves the dish though, she still carries water with her. My Dad got a raised waterer for his dobe, also a messy drinker, but not as bad as Lexus at all, and he swears it is neater. But I don't see any difference when Lexus drinks out of it at all.

My solution is to have all the available water outside. And the dogs stay outside until they have finished dribbling.

There is no earthly way to train a dog to drink neatly--the head dunkers, bubble blowers, dogs with loose lips will generally be the messiest but one of my dogs has very tight skin all over, lips included (it's called a dry mouth) and he's my very worst offender--he can manage to pack what seems like several cups of water into his mouth to dribble out at his leisure.

The automatic waterers work very well--I know someone who uses them in their kennels.

As far as Michigan goes--the winter I was in Vermont I had an Aussie puppy and my friend had an adult beagle--the beagle was awful about splashing water everywhere. We still kept the water outside--we used a plastic bucket rather than a metal bowl or bucket and put water in it whenever the dogs went out--when they finished drinking the bucket came in and went into the mud room (which unfortunately had a sink and cupboards but was carpeted--pretty dumb for a mud room) until the next time they went out. Sort of a pain in the neck but it kept the floors dry.