I think it would be ok. After all they do play with hoses and sprinklers!
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Very random question, but I've been wanting to buy a fountain for our backyard. My only concern is Penny drinking from it. Theoretically the water should be running, so would this be safe if she did drink from it? Is there something I should add to make it safe for her? I'm probably being overly cautious, but I read a story about dogs getting 'Alabama rot' and I've read one theory that dogs drinking from standing water could be a cause. Again, this should be running water so that's probably not a concern, but want to be sure.
I think it would be ok. After all they do play with hoses and sprinklers!
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Not to say anything about the various mud holes. As long as it is not stagnant, yucky water.
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I'd be nervous about the dog destroying it, unless it's indestructible (like a big concrete fountain that can't tip). I cannot have mine around fountains unsupervised as they try to stand in them, play in them, lay in them, etc. :-/
oh what a mess I envision, hell no for me
if i want a mess, i take chili to river/lake.
Drinking from the fountain is your only concern? Really?
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LOL, I have a cement fountain that we moved here when my MIL passed away, it's about 3 feet across, a foot deep and has a ugly basket of cement fruit that the water spurts out of, my DH hates the thing, it took 4 guys to move the thing and they used a truck with a tail gate lift, it weighs a good 500-600 pounds. We are in Massachusetts, we do circulate the water with a pump and it is "filtered" with floss material wrapped around the pump, and it still gets algae growth and a lot of dead and live bugs. The fountain's rim is 3 feet off the ground so neither of the girls have even bothered to try to climb or jump in it, they do swim in the pool and occasionally sneak into the pond fence and muck up Mommy's Pond Lilies that really ticks me off, plus they smell awful after lounging in that mucky mess and that is filtered too, but with frogs, and other wildlife taking refugee it really isn't all that clean.
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Macy drinks out of the bathtub faucet so I'm sure she would love a fountain. That being said, I had a fountain pre-Macy and it was never stagnant. Easy to clean. It was the height of a bird bath with three tiers. I wish I still had it.
I just got a kiddie pool and a drinking fountain for the patio, one problem, all 3 don't fit in the kiddie pool. I really wouldn't consider a cement fountain on a pedestel like the one we have. even with the weight of it plus the weight of the water I would be deathly afraid of it tipping over and pinning my dog under it.
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