An Automatic Dog Waterer Is Essential To Your Dogs' Life

An Automatic Dog Waterer Is Essential To Your Dogs' Life

by Alice Washerstein

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.

Clean fresh water is essential to your dogs' health. A dog can go longer without food than it can without water. They can lose all of their fat and most of their protein and still survive, but if your dog loses only 10% of body water it will cause a serious illness. While other animals are able to hibernate and go without water for months, dogs can dehydrate in hours.

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.How hot is it where your dog is staying

3. Will your dog be getting exercise during the day?

4. Will the automatic dog waterer hold enough water for your dog?

5. Will it be hot in your dogs' area?

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. If it is hot where your dog is they will need more water than usual.

4. Automatic dog waterers come in sizes for big and small dogs.

5. If it's hot where your dog is they will need more water.

You see, water that is just left in a bowl for your dog can develop bacteria. Either from being stagnant or when your dog drinks a few times a slime will build up. This can lead to parasites in your dog. If the water looks dirty and slimy and you wouldn't drink it, don't let your dog drink it.

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.

Because I know I won't be home to check my dogs' water bowl all the time, I use an automatic dog waterer. If your dog is like mine he splashes water out of his bowl while drinking, this can leave an empty bowl. Knowing that a dog being without water for a short period of time can cause dehydration I find the automatic dog waterer to be a necessity for my dogs' health. 

Alice Washerstein loves her dogs! Alice creates blogs about dog issues. Learn more about the(http://www.largedogbowl.com/dog-food-dish) dog food dish and the(http://www.largedogbowl.com/automatic-pet-food-dispenser) automatic pet food dispenser.

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