Kidney's

[Macker]

Judging by the comments here most of you guys leave your dog's with fresh water for the most of the keep and this is the dog's only source of fluids during the keep??? Excuse me if I've taken you guys up wrong, just trying to read between the lines here, the original question referred to the conditioning of an animal.

[FrostyPaws]

Judging by the comments here most of you guys leave your dog's with fresh water for the most of the keep and this is the dog's only source of fluids during the keep??? Excuse me if I've taken you guys up wrong, just trying to read between the lines here, the original question referred to the conditioning of an animal.

Macker, I don't leave my dogs with fresh water for most of the keep. They have fresh water the first 2-3 weeks of their keep, and afterwards the water they have is the water I give them during feeding time and whatever they get the next morning. That way I prevent excess water intake at inappropriate times, and I'm not battling excess weight. My dogs are isolated from the others, so excessive foolishness doesn't come into play, which in turn, has them drinking excessive water. If you give your dog 1oz of water per pound of weight, the dog will have plenty of water to drink everyday. You can give it all at once after work, or you can split it in half by giving half that night and half the next morning. Either way, that will be plenty of water for your dog throughout the keep everyday.