just wasnt meant to be.

You need to get some 55 gallon plastic barrels and cut them in 1/2 with a sawall and put them in there as well as a 5 gallon bucket that has a way to be tied or snapped to chain so it cant flip. The dog had to be sick to die in one day from turning over a water bucket, did she get whipped off from feed and water or shade in the pen or from a dog on the other side of the pen??? Got any rat posin out that a rat could have eaten and crawled in the dog pen to be eaten or what about snake bite??? Something does not add up, could somebody have shot her??? Its 110 where i have my dogs under some trees and shade cloth to help them right now since its so crazy burning up, wish i had some way to get a mist system in every pen, sorry for your loss, dont give up, fix it up better and shake it off. I have 2 self feeders in every pen as well to keep the crazy terriers from whipping off a dog while i am on road to leg rehab in san antonio. I did the same thing with 2 water barrels cuase i dont trust any of the help i get when i have to stay over night in san antone. We need a hurricane to break up this drought, i just got thru watering down the area in fornt of my keennels where the grass as died out, its like a desert blowing sand in the dog pens makeing them cough until i started watering to get the grass back and wet the pens down. Just dont beat yourself up and redo your system better and double up on shade and water systems. I would still look for a rattler or something, i guess you are in texas?? The drought is so bad down here i have to watch it filling up feeders, the rattlers get inside waiting for a packrat to come in them stealing dogfood. Good luck.