Drinking Fountains

I bought a Fresh & Clear Drinking Fountain yesterday. Sally need to drink lots of water and I thought maybe this would help. Neither dog will even look at it. I haven’t wanted to take her normal water away so I just put it where they walk by it often. Even Bucher won’t try it! I put it in place of his water and he just looks at me like….what, do you think I’m a cat?? The fountain does have a cat on it and I know that cats would love it, but the box also shows a dog drinking from it. Does anyone have a fountain that your dogs like?? Does it need to have a big flow of water for them to drink from? Any ideas??

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on July 18, 2010 at 8:49am

We have a Petmate Le Bistro Waterers, not the nicest looking, its microban, the water opening is at the right level and not too big, it doesn't over flow like the Petmate Ultra

. The Le Bistro's height is low, I think it is more comfortable to drink out of for a corgi.

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Permalink Reply by Lynne Cerny on July 18, 2010 at 10:54am

Sam, does it have a filter? The fountain that I bought has a replaceable filter. The dishes that I use now are stainless and we give them fresh water at least 3 or 4 times a day. They alway take a drink after we put fresh in. When we take Bucher to friends who have Labs, he will sit and barked at their water dish. Once I get him fresh water he will drink, he doesn't like the lab slim! :) (.....I know they're just a little spoiled!!!) Anyway, that is why I was looking for one that had a filter so the water stays clean. Does the microban keep it from getting slimy?

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on July 18, 2010 at 11:08am

Hi Lynne, no, the Le Bistro does not have a filter built in, we already have a reverse osmosis system at home. If filtration is a concern, use a cheap facuet solution. Yes, microban is great, you can click on the link to read more about it.

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Permalink Reply by Ella and Lily on July 18, 2010 at 4:44pm

Ella uses This and she loves it.

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Permalink Reply by Nicola Porter on July 18, 2010 at 6:15pm

We changed to one of those a while ago but our three had no problem adjusting to it.

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Permalink Reply by Lynne Cerny on July 18, 2010 at 7:35pm

Thanks, I almost got that one but since Sally is kind of afraid of noises; I picked the one that I thought would be quieter. We have a fountain at work, that the cats love, and only use the filtered water and it gets slimy fast. It doesn’t have a filter, just one of those to make the calming noises. I guess I’ll just take this one in for the cats since the dogs still won’t use it!!