A "high maintenance" diva dog refuses to drink water from the tap - and forces his owner to splash out £40 a month on bottled water for him.
When mum-of-one Lizzi Pallister first welcomed five-month-old pampered pooch Henry into her home, she instantly realised he was "needy" and "demanding".
The 29-year-old claims the French bulldog puppy not only refuses to climb the stairs or sleep alone, but he also stops on walks to soak up attention from passers-by and only drinks still bottled water.
Lizzi believes the pup saw her two-year-old daughter drinking from a bottle and became fixated on it.
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Now he turns up his nose at tap water poured specially for him, by nudging the bowl and refusing to drink it.
He's even got savvy to Lizzi's attempts to re-fill water bottles from the tap and wants her to open the fresh bottle in front of him.
Lizzi, from Exeter, Devon, said: "I've never met a dog like Henry before. He has to be the centre of attention, he's 100 percent a diva.
"Each morning when I put the tap water down on the floor, he nudges it then sits looking at me like 'nice try - where's my bottled water?'
"I go through two packs of 12 bottles of water each week, it costs about £10 a week. I have to do shopping for the family and buy him bottles of water.
"I've tried putting tap water in bottles and he knows. He wants me to open the bottle in front of him, as if he's saying 'I'm not a fool'.
"He'll wait until I put the bottled water in and then drink it. So not only does he have his own food, he has to have his own water too.
"He's definitely high maintenance. It's as if he's saying 'you've chosen me, now look after me the way you should'."
Lizzi claims "spoilt" Henry often gives her the silent treatment by "turning his back" on her if she stops him sitting on her knee.
Administrator Lizzi said: "He won't walk. I had to start carrying him up the stairs and he would wait for me to take him back down.
"Sitting on the sofa, he has to be sat with us. I was like 'this dog's needy'.
"When we are going for walks, he stops and makes sure everyone fusses over him.
"My daughter started putting him in her Little Tikes car and he sits in there while she leaves him in there.
"She has juice bottles and he thinks he's a miniature version of her, he's that demanding.
"When I do her juice in the morning, he's like 'Mum, it's time for mine now'. He'd drink from a bottle if I held one out for him.
"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.
"I got him a dog bed and he refused to sleep on the dog bed, he'll go to bed when I go.
"He got grumpy the other night because I wouldn't let him go upstairs.
"Because he sees my daughter getting so spoilt, he wants to be spoiled too."
On social media, other dog owners admitted their own pets refuse to drink from the tap too - with one even admitting her pet only drinks water from the fridge.
One user quipped: "When your dog goes to private school."
A dog owner said: "My cat and dog won't drink tap water either."
Another owner said: "My Chihuahua only drinks filtered water/bottled water from the fridge too."
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