i was wondering if you gave your chi's tap water or mineral water ?
i want to give them mineral water ...or is this over the top ??
do they benefit from it ?
Very caring chi mum! But i don't really know how necessary it is. If you're worried about stuff in tap water you could always filter it. Ruby has filtered water most of the time because we always have it on hand for ourselves.
spring or mineral water it is then :wink:
i have no filter ....so i have to give water from the bottle (my bf 's a water drinker...so i have it available all the time :twisted: )
i think we have spa mineral water ........is that much difference with spring water ?
i'm not sure of the difference... chiwi gets filtered water at home and i bring spring water with us when we are out. i encountered a close minded person once when i was giving chiwi her water and she was like "bottled water? it's a dog" and she rolled her eyes. so i went with it, i said oh you have to be kidding, nothing but evian for my baby. and i said it with a snooty type attitude....
Gizmo drinks bottled water, whatever brand we buy, I don't trust tap since I lived in Germany growing up, I got used to drinking bottled..both of my pups drink it...I think this week it's zephyrhills...hehehe
We all drink Brita filtered water here, pets as well as we humans. I also keep single-sized bottles of water on hand to take along when I'm out running errands.
Hehe...Seiah drinks Aquafina or Sparkletts. Seiah always has a bottle of water around, one in Ash's car...one next to his pen...and one at work. It's sad really, if we run out of water we drink tap, but not Seiah...oh no Seiah always has bottled water around :roll: ...LOL.
A lot of tap water is perfectly safe for human consumption. Our water company gives us a list of what our water contains and what percentage. We have arsenic and many other things in our tap water that the EPA says is safe in small amouts. My concern is the size of our Chis. What is safe for a 150 pound human may not be safe in such small pets. I'm no chemist, so this is just my opinion.
We all drink tap water here...I've been thinking about buying one of those fountains/filters for dogs that they sell...but I don't know how good they are...has anyone tried them?
We all drink tap water here...I've been thinking about buying one of those fountains/filters for dogs that they sell...but I don't know how good they are...has anyone tried them?
i had one when i had my pit bull. it worked fine for a week then he destroyed it :shock: i bet it would be great for a small dog or even a large dog as long as he doesn't like to see this expression on the owners face> :evil: :x like my pit did.
We went to Home Depot and bought a filter that you put under the sink. The filters only have to be changed every six months. The water is excellent. It is also cheaper to use than buying bottled water. Which, by the way is not "regulated" like the tap water??? I bought a case of cheap bottled water and just refill the bottles with "filtered tap water". Just be sure and wash your bottles well after using.
sandra
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