For 50 yrs my CDT has been drinking water from a handprint in the cement-seriously. I am trying to get away from dragging the hose across the yard to fill the handprint everytime I think she may want a drink. Many times she does not. I am trying to provide a large terra cotta dish upon the great advice of the Tort Forum Brainiacs. This way she will always have fresh water anytime she wants. While observing Touche' drink from the handprint, she appears to put her lips (if she has any) like a suction cup on the cement. I watch big gulps go down her neck without picking her head up. I don't believe she laps the water up with her tongue. My question is: If the terra cotta dish is about 1" deep, will she still be able to drink from it? Her little nostrils will be under water if she drinks from the bottom of the dish. Yes, I am a blond