Drinking Water

[CaynCher]

Which type of water does your Golden consume most frequently?

Tap water
Well water
Bottled water
Other

[HeatherM]

cady drinks the same water we do. filtered through the dispenser in the fridge. the tap water tastes horrible here! and sometimes bottled, if i am running out the door and taking her somewhere, and her water bottle isn't handy, i'll grab a bottle of water for each of us.

(our breeder insisted that we NOT give her tap water, because she might get giardia !?!??. that's not why we didn't give it to her. our breeder is a little-- hmm, let's say, overprotective!)

[dssxxxx]

All of the above.

Including snow, ice chunks, puddles and pool water.

[Dogrunner]

Tap water and in Berr's case, toilet water. He knows how to open the bathroom door and raise the toilet lid so I've given up trying to keep him out if it and have settled for cleaning it every day.....

[Hannahs Dad]

Hannah drinks from puddles, Toilet (She hasn't figures out how to open the lid yet) and she likes the water from the cat's dish...weird....

[elvira]

My dogs drink tap water, just like me. The water quality in the Netherlands is very high. In some parts of the country the quality is higher than bottled watter (but cheaper). On the other hand, they like rain water, which they drink in the forest during walks and in the garden from a bowl or bucket. I think they even prefer rain water.

[Soda]

Basically we drink filtered tap water. Our water has high chlorine and mineral content.

[MurphsMum]

Murph gets bottled water, just like us, because we have unfiltered nasty well water. We ran VERY low on bottled one day, I gave Murphy water from the tap and he ended up with soupy poopy :p . We'll never do that again!

[JsMom]

Well water here. Hey - Jake lived to be 17, the neighbors behind us had a Beagle that lived to 20 1/2. It's the well water! ;) (I hope!)

[konabear]

Tap water, lakes are full now so it doesnt taste...dirty. We drink filtered from the fridge. Also hose water while mommy is watering plants, and ice cubes. Nani LOVES her ice cubes.

[gigi4713]

Walter drinks toilet water and filtered water from the fridge---but most of the time chooses the toilet over the filtered. Go figure!

[Cascherman]

Pool water is her favorite, without question.
I have frequently describe our swimming pool as the world's largest drinking bowl.
At first I didn't like the idea....didn't sound healthy to me. But when I tested the pool water in comparison to the tap water there were less chemicals in the pool. So, who am I to argue with the dog?

And the best tap water in the house seems to be hot bath water... go figure.

[ChicagoCanine]

My dogs drink filtered tap water from a PUR filter.