I have had my lab puppy in the pool with us twice and wondered if there could be any health issues with salt water based swimming pools. The salinity is very slight compared to ocean water.
I live on the Canadian west coast. People here have their dogs in the ocean A-L-L the time. The worst you get is a dog that drinks a ton of it and ends up throwing their gut off for a day. Nothing to worry about.
I live in Hawaii and have taken all of my dogs to swim in the ocean regularly. Never had any ill effects. My 6 m/o Presa puppy LOVES the water and swallows gallons of sea water at least 4 days a week.
I have a regular pool, which I maintain myself. I worry about the chlorine and anti-algae junk I put in the pool. Not only do my dogs swim in the pool everyday, they use it as their own personal giant-sized water dish
Come to think of it, I'm gonna start a new thread asking about the dangers of puppies/dogs drinking from chlorinated pools
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I do like to swim my dog in the ocean. I leave him outside to dry, then he shakes out most of sand himself. I've heard about the saltwater pools but never been in one. Do they use chemicals in them as they do regular pools?
Eric: Have you noticed any negative effects from your dogs swimming daily in a regular pool? I'm talking skin and coat. The reason I ask is because if your dogs who have daily access show no ill effects, I'm going to quit worrying about mine, who is only lucky enough to swim in a pool when my pool owning friends allow him! In the past, I always hosed him down to get the chlorine out.
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My mom has a salt water swimming pool and a dog. These pools seem much easier on the skin, coat and eyes than a regular pool. I notice a huge difference swimming in it myself. No blood-shot eyes and dried out skin or hair. They are very nice.
All swiming pools have clorine as the basis of keeping the pool clean and alge free. Its just how you get the clorine. Salt is sodium cloride and when the pump runs the water through the electrosis it separates in sodium and clorine. All you add is salt direcly in the pool to produce the clorine which the pool system makes as a result of the pump running.
Compared to the ocean, a salt water pool doesn't even require a rinse off for humans were as the ocean leaves us itchy and sticky. I think the acual number is the ocean is 10,000 times saltier.
The concern of my question was focused mostly on my lab's coat and paws etc. I noticed when he shakes hardly any water comes off. This is my first lab and I assume its a function of the breeds coat. I hope the water just isn't penetrating the coat as opposed to traping it next to the skin.
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