Cleo is 15 months now and has developed into a healthy, athletic 105 lb. pre-teenager.
I still haven't been able to break her of the habit of treating the swimming pool as her personal water dish. I posted months ago about this and got great suggestions. I tried them all, and she just won't stop. Even after a long walk, she won't drink fresh or iced water from her dish (or will take a few master-appeasing laps), but will jump into the pool and drink
Several times per day, she wades into the pool, swims around a bit and takes a few drinks. Fortunately, she's not a huge water drinker; I believe her primary motivation for jumping into the pool is to cool off. Nevertheless, while in there, she helps herself to a few drinks of water.
Also, I exercise her in the pool just about every day. She swallows a bunch of water during our fetch sessions.
My question is, does anyone know if there are any pool anti-microbial treatments that are less unsafe to dogs than others?
Hard to say how much "a bunch" is. We play fetch in the pool for about an hour a day. I know she inadvertently swallows water because she pees after swimming.
I always encourage drinking before a pool session. She will sometimes drink out of the hose, but it's hard to get her to drink from at dish, at times.
How much "bait" (chicken broth?) would you suggest?
Do you suggest I leave baited water for her while I'm away from her? When I'm not home, she goes into the pool by herself.
I guess no one knows of a safer pool disinfectant.
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I have made a Postit here about safer pool additives. I'll get to it. There was an old WDJ thing about it.
I'd make a huge batch of fabulous baited water (maybe poach a piece of poultry and a piece of beef, and of course scraps are perfect for this) to be the water by the pool (or in the water by the pool) that the dog cannot get into the pool without passing. Chunks of frozen baited water can be ready to slide into bowls of regular water each day.
In looking around, it seems that Ozone is the best, and has been used in Europe for decades. Even the US Navy uses it for their dolphin program and Disneyland uses it too!
This is another option... Saline Pool Treatment It seems to be pretty popular and is often used at doggie water therapy.
I have NO idea about what is good or bad, it's just my 5 min research...
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