Essential Dog Bowl Buying Tips
Whether you have brought a new puppy home, or have a dog for many years, dog bowls are necessary to give food or water to your pooch. Just like with any other dog item, you should stop to consider a few important factors before you buy dog bowls for your precious pet.
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Dog Bowls â Why Do I Need One?
Dog bowls are really convenient and offer your dog the means to get nourished and quench his thirst. Imagine, if you dog didnât get water to drink when he was thirsty, heâd probably get very sick due to dehydration. But now all you need to do is fill the dog bowl with fresh water, every morning and evening, and let you precious pooch quench his thirst whenever he wants! Dog bowls are also a necessity because they ensure that your dog is trained to eat, drink, and urinate outside the house. Dog urine could be problem is the pet is not house trained properly.
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Since there are dog bowls for all dog breeds, the bowl size is a crucial consideration depending on the needs and requirements of your dog. Most pet owners opt for dog bowls that have a water bowl on one side and food bowl on the other. But donât limit your choices, because there are some really exciting choices for dog bowls in the market! From stainless steel to plastic to glass, dog bowls need to easy to clean, rough and tough, and should defeat bacteria from growing.
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Small dogs require small dog bowls, while larger dogs require larger dog bowls because they require more food and water.
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Dog Bowls â Hereâs What You Need To Look For
- Easy to clean
- Spill proof
- Durable
- Easy to maintain
- Dishwasher safe
- Perfectly sized for your breed
- Safe to use
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Dog Bowls â Best Tip Ever!
One of the best types of dog bowls is those that are made of stainless steel and have a rubber bottom with tapered sides. While these bowls are heavy, the rubber bottom ensures that your dog is unable to push his bowl and spill its contents on the floor. The tapered sides have been designed to prevent tipping. And best of all, stainless steel used to makes these dog bowls is not just durable, but easy to clean, dishwasher safe, and canât be chewed, broken or tampered with. Remember to buy a dog bowl that is large enough to contain at least enough water to last a day depending on the size of your canine friend.
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Dog Bowls â Top Shopping Tips
If your dog doesnât drink enough water, dog urine may become a problem. An attractive, yet functional dog bowl will not just invite the dog to consume water, but also offer him comfort while drinking water. Hereâs what you need to look for:
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- Durable and indestructible dog bowls that canât be broken, chewed, or thrashed around. Must avoid â light weight plastic, glass, and pottery dog bowls.
- Consider buying bowl holders that prevent the dog bowls from sliding, overturning, or skidding on the ground or floor.
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Tip: A dog drinks about 25 ml of water per pound/day or less than an ounce/pound. A 15 pound dog would require a dog bowl that can hold around 15 ounces of water.
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Mark Stimpson
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kitten essentials what should i buy?
im adopting a kitten in the next couple of days shes a tabby and shes 10 weeks old she comes with food bowls , food , and a litter tray , i no she needs a bed a collar and cat litter anything else ??
also when should she be injected and chipped ? she is defleaed and wormed which injections should she have ? any other tips thanks in advance .
You want to find out while you are buying other things where you can buy her food. You need not scramble across the countryside looking for her food. I would get maybe a smaller bed. Also, I have found that kittens like those soft, microfibre blankets, but that may just be mine. I would pick up some small balls or one of those things with a stick and a rope with something on it on the end. GOOD LUCK!!!!
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visit your local vet and set up injection dates and chipping and such stuff. however, you should probably get kitten formula, dont give her cow milk though. its bad for cats. mayb a couple of toys wouldnt hurt. other than that i think your all set up. Good luck and enjoy your new kitten.
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All Kittens need, food, water, food bowls,water bowls, a collar, a litter box, litter if she or he goes outside and a tag. I wouldn’t microchip the kitten, that sounds really harsh. A pet bed would be nice for the kitty, but sometimes pet owners let them sleep in their beds. My cats sleep on my couch or on my bed, but everyone is different.
When you take your kitten to the vet for a checkup, the vet will tell you what shots and things the kitty needs.
Good luck!
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Pet-owner of 2 cats
First make sure the collar is the stretchy kind so if ashe gets it caught on anything as she explores she won’t get strangled.
As for the health questions contact a vet and get an appointment for your babies first checkup visit and then follow the vets advise.
A cat tree and/or scratching posts are also good things to have to HELP keep your new friend from destroying the rest of the house by sharpening her claws.
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To start thank you for adopting and not buying… there are too many unwanted pets that need homes out there, no need to breed/buy.
I would not bother with a bed, they can be expensive and very rarely do you see cats using them on a regular basis. Unless you can find one on sale I would not worry about it. Instead go to the dollar store or discount store and purchase a nice soft blanket, fleece work very nice. It just works well as they are easier to move around the home or can come in handy if you travel with the cat and want to take something with you that is familiar to them. Overall though it is not that big of a deal as a cat will rest where they want to… no matter what you buy.
I would NOT get a collar as they are something that can be very deadly for cats. Cats have the ability to move their neck/jaw in ways that animals like dogs cannot and there are many cases where they can get their jaw caught and can be killed. Also since cats tend to get in and out of very odd and tight spaces it can present danger in that aspect as well. I work at a zoo and we only have collars on our cats (education ones) when they are around people and they are taken off at night or when they are put away. They are NEVER left alone with them on.
Cat litter boxes with shelters around them are very nice to have as it keeps in some of the smell and it keeps litter from being pushed out on the floor around it. Something like this: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS328US328&q=outdoor%20cat%20run&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
Even if you have a nice screened in porch that works well too.
If you are adopting they should already come with basic medical care but with being so young they will not be finished. You should take it to the vet as soon as you can so they can give it the look over and start a basic medical history and plan for her. They can also help with a diet plan.
Toys and food treats (pounce brand treats are good) are always very nice too. Just make sure you purchase them from pet places that do not use puppy/kitty mills.
Remember, each cat is different. Get to know her a bit and you will soon see what she likes and dislikes. My cat never played with toys we purchased for her but LOVED the rings off of milk cartons and the poof-balls off of the top of winter hats.
Also check around your local sell-it-again shops. They always have used pet stuff for sale extremely cheap… bowls, toys, crates, etc. Just make sure you clean everything very well before you give it to her.
Good luck.
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It seems like your kitten already has received vet care. So in a month, she would be due for another distempter booster. The distemper booster provides protection against a family of respiratory viruses. You can then discuss chipping with your vet at that time. Around 4-5 months, she can be spayed, and the last distemper booster. Often that is a convenient time for having her chipped.
If required by law, a rabies vaccination around 6 months. If she is indoor only, distemper and rabies are the only two vaccines that are necessary.
As far as litter, often it is useful to continue with the same type of litter. But for a tiny kitten, they normally are adaptable, so select a litter you wish to provide. Most use the clumping kind and they all pretty well have the same texture.
A collar is up to you, but if you do, make sure it is a break-away collar. She will find a place she likes to sleep, so a bed is rarely ever used. I am providing a link on introducing a new kitten into your home, It has a list of suggestions of what to get, but again, I would skip the bed, and Feliway is rarely ever needed.
If is also best to find out what food she is eating, and continue with that. If you want to change the type of food, do it gradually over perhaps a week or so. And remember, on food only her opinion matters. If she doesn’t like the new food, she won’t eat it.
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Scratching post some toys she definetly should be injected and chipped, name tag. the vet will give you a time table for her injections. just enjoy getting to know her
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