A Dog Water Bowl Is Your Dog’s Oasis to Good Health
A dog water bowl may just be the most important item your dog has. A dog can go for days without food but can dehydrate in hours without water. When purchasing a water bowl for your dog consider how much water your dog will need in a day, or longer if you are going to be away.
A good rule is that your dog needs 1 cup of water for every five pounds of weight. For a small dog of 15 pounds that is 3 cups a day. When it comes to a large breed of dog they can easily weigh 100 pounds, that would mean 20 cups of water every day. That is a lot of water. Even a large dog bowl cannot hold that much water.
Choices for a dog water bowl are the same as they are for food bowls. Plastic, ceramic or stainless steel dog bowls. Stainless steel is the best all around because it is easy to clean, non breakable, and non-porous.
The most important thing for a dog water bowl is that you know how often will you be able to refill and clean it. If you have a large dog it is much easier to purchase an automatic dog waterer. There is a very good one out called the petmate fresh flow. The jumbo size of this waterer can hold almost 25 cups of water. The water is recycled through a filter by way of a pump. The water flows down a chute into the bowl. Your dog will have fresh clean water in their dog water bowl all day.
Dogs need to have clean water. It is imperative to your dogs’ health that their dog water bowl be cleaned every day or more often if you notice a film in the water. Standing water can breed bacteria, and your dog can end up with parasites.
I have a large dog and he needs around 18 cups of water a day. I find that the bowl does get a film in it after he drinks a few times. So it is washed quite often. Also my dog tends to splash water every where so I also purchased a plastic pet mat that goes under the dog water bowl. This works nicely because the ends of the mat are raised which keeps the water on the mat not the floor.
Remember a dog water bowl is the most important item you will buy for your dog, so choose wisely.
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