Keeping your Dog hydrated during the Summer?

How much water does your Dog drink?

Having the right foods and having a healthy diet is essential for your dog’s nutrition, however,  staying well hydrated is also a very important necessity to keeping your Dog healthy. With Summer getting closer and the days getting hotter, keeping your pets cool and well hydrated is essential to avoiding any dangers and giving your Dog the right nutrition it needs. Water is a main component for having functioning cells in the body and all living creatures require water consumption to live. Without water all living creatures, including your pets, will have trouble functioning properly, and can lead to dehydration.

Signs of Dehydration in Dogs

 Knowing what signs to look out for can be life-saving for your animals and spotting dehydration can prevent more harm from occurring when an animal is dehydrated. Dehydration occurs when your dog doesn’t drink a sufficient amount of water, fortunately most dogs will stay hydrated as long as they are provided enough drinking water and they consume from it whenever they are thirsty. However dehydration can be linked to underlying illnesses that can cause a dog to dehydrate faster, meaning that there are other factors and risks happening that need to be looked at.
  • Loose Skin – When pulling your dog’s skin, it should retract rather quickly. When dehydrated, a dogs skin will retract slowly and this is a big giveaway that the dog may be dehydrated.
  • Dryness in skin & gums – Having dry gums & skin in areas where dogs usually moisturize (like the nose) is a good indication that your dog may be dehydrated.
  • Dogs behavior – If your dog’s behavior seems off or different, make sure to check some of the previous symptoms, this could be an indication that your dogs body is not functioning properly which results in odd or different behavior.

Give your dog healthy water.

While giving water to your dog is healthy, having healthy water is even healthier for your dog. Water can contain nasty chemicals and bacteria that can harm your dog’s wellbeing. It is important to know what exactly is in your water, and that you give your dog water from a clean source so that your dog lives as healthy and happy as possible. One way to reduce your dog’s exposure to chemicals like fluoride is to make sure you provide only the purest, cleanest water for their daily hydration. Luckily for you, we have you covered.
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