I'm interested in the number of people who use some type of water filteration system for their dogs water. Whole house filtration, faucet filter, or the huge bottled water. This is an issue I am wanting to change because there are so many bad things in tap water.
David C.Frost Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2002
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Good grief, we're talking about an animal that likes nothing better than to stick it's nose in another dog's butt, groom themselves with thier tongues and other habits that either disgust or in some instances cause a tinge of jealousy. For heavens sakes if the water is potable for humans out of a tap, I think the dog will probably survive. At least long enough until he can get to the next mudpuddle.
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Any behavior that is reinforced is more likely to occur again.
My animals get the same water I do. Currently that is a britta pitcher.
Auster HAD to have bottled water after she bloated. Anything else would make her vomit and have the squirts. If you have a dog with any sort of digestive issue it is worth trying bottled water for a few weeks to see if it helps, and then investing in a reverse osmosis filter if you want. I stuck with bottled because the tap water was too bad to be filtered at the time (moved soon after that).
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Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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I have a filtration system on the water coming into the house, plus a filtered water tap on my kitchen sink. Also on my frig door & ice maker. My animals get the same water that I do. The city water where I live tastes terrible, it's full of chlorine & other chemicals & I won't drink it...so why should my animals not benefit from 'clean' tasting water. In fact, if I am in a rush & fill my cats water bowl from the bath tap (which is closer than the kitchen from her 'area' but also on the main house filter) she will come out & drink from my dogs water bowl in the kitchen. So I guess that the extra filtered water tap that I use in the kitchen for drinking/cooking water does make an aditional difference if my finiky cat prefers it.
Glen, If your dog ever goes outside and drinks or laps water outside then your dog is much better off with just plain tap water. Better that he atleast get used to the stuff in the tap water so that his immune system is not completely blind when he drinks out of that puddle outside.
David may I suggest you do some more reading on the subject? Most good dog nutrition books tell you this is the number one issue people need to look at and change for the betterment of their dogs health. I don't have time to go pick my books up from my brother's house but will include some information in a later post. Most city water is extremely hard and contains a ton of bad stuff.I would also like to know if anyone using filtered water had noticed a difference in their dogs health, coat?
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