Ice/ice water & Dogs - Page 3

reisende · 07-04-2008, 04:15 AM

I have to second reddobes. while I understand that dreamdoby is putting the article up to share with us, and it is up to us to believe the story, I personally think cold water is ok.

reasons are simple:
dogs' very close cousins, wolves, drink from streams and rivers in the wild. in winter, and in spring and autumn, the water in these natural sources are definitely chilly. I think if canines get bloat from drinking cold water, their chances of survival are pretty slim.

I'm also sure wolves munch on snow or chew ice in the middle of winter when no running water is available.. I doubt they develop bloat doing that.

returning to dogs, what about the thousands of people who feed their dog raw food, specifically raw frozen food, or even chilled food? what about frozen kongs, and the frozen ingredients in them (frozen eggs, PB, minced meats, vegge)?

also, I'm sure there have been thousands of people who have given their dobes iced water and ice cubes before, with no problems.

here in my country it is a perpetual warm humid summer all year round. while I give room temperature water most of the time, I do give iced water after a long walk/exercise/playtime or whenever it is extra hot. personally, I would think it cruel not to give cold water when the weather is so warm!!

but, these are my opinions. thanks for posting the story up. it is interesting.. it is a good reminder to be careful in whatever we do with/for our dobes. but on my side, I will continue to give my dobe icy cold water whenever it is too warm.

diamond · 07-04-2008, 09:10 AM

What a nightmare. I am glad things turned out well for you. Thanks so much for passing on the info. I live in AZ and have often put ice in my dogs water. I will change that practice.

dobebug · 07-05-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Annelies

Well I had the same kind of situation.. I went to the beach with Zohran and after taking a walk we stopped to get a drink at the beachrestaurant. Because Zohran seems to have it very hot I give him a few icecubes from my drink. In the 2 hours that we where there he had about 6 or 7 icecubes. Zohran really like them and played with it. But when we got home, he had awful diarea overnight. His whole bench was full of it, and it took about 3 days till he was over it. Meanwhile I called the vet offcourse he told me that is was nog big deal and he would get over it. But after his illness caused by the icecubes I would never let him have that pain in his stomach again but after reading your story I deffenetly will never give him icecubes!

Annelies,

I doubt it was the ice that gave your dog diarrhea. But I would be suspicious of the water that was used to make the ice. A lot of dogs are sensitive to changes of water and sometimes we don't think about that when we give dogs ice from a different water source.

My dogs are all fond of ice but I give it at home from ice made from their regular drinking water and I don't give ice if the dog is very hot--generally their water is always at room temperature.

link80reid · 07-05-2008, 05:05 PM

Wow good to know, I give my boy ice/ice water all the time when we come in from playing. Won't be doing that any longer.