Cooled water fountain?

SheepOfBlue

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So I think winter is finally starting to turn and it will be smoking hot here soon. I have seen plenty of auto water dispensers and even the fountains but has anyone seen one that is actively cooled? I am thinking something that runs and is cooled is needed by Sca this summer :yes:
 
I just saw $$ signs flash before my eyes, that could get INCREDIBLY expensive. I'd stick with just cycling water, it's cooler than not cycled water anyway, throw a couple ice cubes in there in the afternoon and you should be ok. Keeping things cool, and heating things up is the most inefficient use of electricity and uses the most.
 
just wanted to add I have the Cat-it Fountain (ok ok I know but I do have cats too:winkgrin:) but anyway in the summer I fill the reservoir with ice cubes so it stays cool for the day and that way the dogs cant scuba dive for the ice cubes and make a mess all over my house!
 
This summer I just put ice cubes in their water fountain to cool the water. Now running hot and cold water for the puppers would be a bit of a stretch for me.
 
I just saw $$ signs flash before my eyes, that could get INCREDIBLY expensive. I'd stick with just cycling water, it's cooler than not cycled water anyway, throw a couple ice cubes in there in the afternoon and you should be ok. Keeping things cool, and heating things up is the most inefficient use of electricity and uses the most.
But it gets into the 90's regular most summers (last summer was a bit cool) and high humidity. Not that Sca is spoiled or anything but..... maybe an air conditioned dog house :biggrin2:
 
I'm guessing your in Florida, but it's still very expensive, keep him inside with you in the AC, leave the AC running all day(just a few degrees warmer when your not home, and ice cubes in the water fountain. Only other thing I can think of is I've seen these things where the dog presses down on them and water comes out of the hose spigot, thats generally cooler than anything else, but could only be used outside and would require some training.
 
I use one of these http://www.walmart.com/ip/Le-Bistro-with-Microban-Waterer-Cats-Dogs/7694849 on the back porch. As long as it's shaded, the water stays really cool(90-100+ summers here in Texas). And you can always fill the jug w/ ice cubes.

Those are major bacteria factories, They try to make them anti-bacterial but it just doesnt happen.

I use http://www.petco.com/product/102336...tain.aspx?CoreCat=DogSFC_BowlsFeedersWaterers because bacteria is more hesitant to grow in moving water, I still have to clean and replace filters but its a healthier alternative.
 
Geesh..Earnhardt is so wicked spoiled in the summer months here in SC,that anything above 85,he's squawking to come in where its cool in AC. He is never outside in the heat of the day.And Trapp & Jasper will also follow suit.

The sunporch is cooled also,so it is a place they can be during the day if they choose.

The garage door is left open,and fans are running if we are to leave,and they are outside,they can at least go in on cool cement floor to be out of the elements.

But for outside purposes,when they are out in summer months there are water bowls (reservoir types you see in Walmart) plus crocks we use.I do make large ice blocks for the crocks which keep very well,giving if they are kept in a shaded area.

One of the things we did discover last summer was using a cooler filled with water,and large blocks of ice,if we know we will be gone for longer than usual,which is placed way up at the far end of the yard under one of the magnolia trees.

We are very lucky that we have the trees we do,they provide lots of shade out back,so much shade that grass is absent from much of the yard right here by the back door.

I've thought about one of the water fountains,that the links have been posted for, but Earnhardt needs something deeper,he makes a huge mess when he drinks,I am afraid I would be cleaning up more water than I do now,if it was inside the house.
 
Thanks all I can do the ice but well Sca is spoiled and I am blessed that my years of work has paid off and I am able to spend on him :biggrin2:. As to letting him stay in the house while I am at work :eek2: he would demolish the place. He likes to be out and playing. The neighbor reaches over the fence and pets him and Mom comes by and says hi sometimes (they are only a mile away). Maybe this is the incentive to build a sun room :confused2:
 
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