An Automatic Dog Waterer Can Save Your Dogs’ Life
Getting an automatic dog waterer may not seem like a necessity to you, but if you are not around to give your dog clean water during the day it is crucial to him.
A dog can go longer without food than he can without water. A dog can lose 10% of his total body water content in hours and dehydrate, causing serious illness. On the other hand they can lose all of their body fat and survive. Unlike other animals who can go without water for days or longer, your dog can not.
A lot of things factor into how much water your dog needs. Without even knowing it, you can cause your dog to get sick. Leaving a large dog bowl filled with water is not the way to go. Standing water can harbor bacteria, or even after your dog drinks a few times a film builds up in the bowl causing dirty water. An automatic dog waterer takes the worry out of these things.
Things to find out before you buy a waterer:
1. How much does your dog weigh?
2. Amount of exercise during the day
3.The size of your dog
4. Is your tap water clean
5. What size container will the automatic dog waterer have
These few things are so important when your will be selecting the automatic dog waterer for your dog.
1. Dogs need consume 1 cup of water per 15 pounds of weight per day.
2. If you won’t drink your water, don’t let your dog drink it either.
3. Dogs who are getting exercise will need more water.
4. If you won’t drink water from your tap don’t give it to your dog.
5. If it’s hot where your dog is they will need more water.
Parasites are one of the more common things your dog can get from untreated dirty water. A good rule is that if you will not drink the water yourself do not give it to your dog.
The electric automatic dog waterers like the petmate fresh flow come in different sizes, have charcoal filters and a pump to recycle the water all day. You will not have to worry about your dog having clean water or running out of water.
I use a dog waterer for my dog because there are times when I am away from home, and I know my dog splashes his water out of his bowl. With the automatic dog waterer I don’t have to worry if he splashed it all out because it will refill itself.
Alice Washerstein loves her dogs! Alice creates blogs about dog concerns. Learn more about Ceramic dog bowls and the Automatic Dog Waterer.
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