\r\n \r\n Over the years, I\'ve always given my dogs tap water, only occasionally will I give them filtered water. I change the water bowl often, so it\'s always fresh, clean and cool. They\'ve also always drank out of the lakes, rivers or streams that they swim in, with no ill effects. Filtered water all the time would be ideal, but not always convenient or doable.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Probably depends on where you live. I give mine tap
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\r\n \r\n My dog is a country dog. He runs free and knows no bounds. Frequently he brings home road kill or the carcass of deer and elk that neighbors have buried somewhere. Once I saw him proudly trotting across the pasture with the longest huge stick in his mouth. It was the complete spine of a deer.
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\nSince he eats all this god awful stuff, and continues to generally thrive you think Im gonna worry about what water he drinks? Mostly he drinks water from the irrigation ditches.
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\nI\'ve never seen him sick.. although he does have difficulties with an inherited hip displasia and torn ligaments in a knee... he keeps on truckin... I give him a pain pill for that.\r\n

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\r\nI\'ve noted that the high fluoride and chlorine content in tap water can be correlated to breast cancer in some women. Naturally all dogs are vulnerable to tumors and related cancers as well. So my concern was related to certain breeds of dogs that can be more prone to genetic diseases, especially with certain purebreds, and if tap water may be one catalyst that causes certain breeds to develop problems.
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\r\nI was thinking about this- but if I myself won\'t drink tap water, wouldn\'t it be hypocritical of me to give my pets tap water?
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\r\nAha! A country dog. I suppose with larger breed dogs, they are prone to less adverse effects in the environment that can stimulate internal problems or cause certain cancers, or foods that can lead to renal failure.
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\r\nI have a small dog, and I have to be more careful about what she eats and where she goes. Once I let her roam free in the garden, and she found a certain type of grass that she started eating, and later she came inside and vomited all over the floor, poor thing.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n It should be against the law to give tap water to pets.
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\n Dogs have a great immune system. Unlike most humans, they can eat out of garbage cans and not get sick. However, not even the best of immune systems can protect from fluoride, chlorine, statins, cancer drugs, high blood pressure medication, diabetes drugs, and who knows what else, and all that is in tap water. These recycled drugs are in tap water because there is no way to filter them out.
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\nThese drugs have side effects that kill people, and I have no doubt they would do the same to pets.\r\n

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