AN eau so fussy French Bulldog laps up a £40-a-month bill in bottled water — after turning his nose up at tap.
Owner Lizzi Pallister, 29, says five-month-old Henry is also reluctant to climb stairs or sleep alone.
She said: “I’ve never met a dog like Henry before. He has to be the centre of attention — he’s 100 per cent a diva.
“When I put tap water down on the floor, he nudges it and looks at me as if to say ‘Nice try, now where’s my bottled water?’ I go through 24 bottles of water each week at a cost of £10.
“I’ve tried putting tap water in bottles in a bid to fool him, but he just knows.
“I actually have to open the bottle in front of him and pour it into his bowl before he’ll drink it.
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“He’d drink from a bottle if I held one out for him.”
Administrator Lizzi, of Exeter, reckons the pooch’s fixation began when he saw her two-year-old girl drinking from one.
She even has to carry him upstairs — adding: “Once he’s up he’ll sit and wait for me to take him back down.
“I took him off my lap the other day because I had to do something and he turned his back to me for about an hour.”
Other owners revealed similar behaviour.
One wrote: “My chihuahua only drinks filtered/bottled water from the fridge.”
