Well, now I've officially seen everything.

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SoCal78_IHB

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The planners of Woodbury have thought of everything. I give you... doggie drinking fountains!



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Inside the bowl it reads: "Have a dog gone good day."



(Where's No_vas. He's going to love this.)
 
That is very cute. I like the "pets only" part, it's important to make sure no people crouch down and drink out of it, and we wouldn't want any strays or wild animals trying to drink either, I hope they can read :p .
 
[quote author="no_vaseline" date=1253772453]When we take the herd out, we have to pack water in. Kudos to somebody at IAC.</blockquote>


If you're ever out with the "herd" (cute!) and need to stop for a drink, you can find it <a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.697295,-117.748388&spn=0.001937,0.004128&t=h&z=19">here</a>. It's located at about 7 o'clock on the oval. :)
 
There are a few more in some of the other Woodbury neighborhood parks as well. With all the crawling toddlers, parents need to heed that ""Pets Only" message.
 
In many city parks especially in Seattle the lower dish has been removed from all public drinking fountain due to arsenic poisoning to pets. A thin layer of gel coating the bottom of the dish is invisible and when mixed with fresh water the solution is lethal to pets. The absence of a drain on the pet dish is a huge problem when the poison is allowed to sit for hours before the next victim. This design has a huge flaw. the dish is locked in place so there is no way to rinse it. The only method is to over flow the dish with water and diluting the poison. Even a weak solution could still kill.



I have recommended the manufacturer to revise the design to a pivot/rotate type of dish by allowing pet owners to empty out the dish of foul water.
 
[quote author="bkshopr" date=1253783397]In many city parks especially in Seattle the lower dish has been removed from all public drinking fountain due to arsenic poisoning to pets. A thin layer of gel coating the bottom of the dish is invisible and when mixed with fresh water the solution is lethal to pets. The absence of a drain on the pet dish is a huge problem when the poison is allowed to sit for hours before the next victim. This design has a huge flaw. the dish is locked in place so there is no way to rinse it. The only method is to over flow the dish with water and diluting the poison. Even a weak solution could still kill.



I have recommended the manufacturer to revise the design to a pivot/rotate type of dish by allowing pet owners to empty out the dish of foul water.</blockquote>


Bk, the ultimate IHB buzz-kill.
 
[quote author="tmare" date=1253784139]Bk, the ultimate IHB buzz-kill.</blockquote>


<em>Wah-wah.</em>



Remember "Debbie Downer" on SNL?



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Product design and liability assessment can range from a home to a dog dish to a restaurant or to a mall. This is the reason why restaurants have 50 cameras in premise to document intentional accusations such as planting cockroaches in food and other false claims.
 
On the Central Coast, we have doggie drinking fountains that are very similar to human ones, just at ground level. The owner steps on a lever to start the water, the water streams out, and the dog can either lick the stream, or a little bit collects in the basin before draining away. I suppose you could run the water for a minute or two to make sure some perverse person hadn't poisoned the bowl. That is a terrible action. Please let it be an urban myth!
 
I researched this subject a while back and decided not to specify this model of drinking fountain because of the specific liability. In Seattle there were many incidents of such that eventually led to the discovery of the drinking fountain.



<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/130997.asp?source=rss">Seattle pets died from arsenic poisoning </a>
 
I also saw these around, VOC - CS... good idea...



If you are ever at the Watermarke apts.. never drink out of the fountain at the dog run... some owners let their larger dogs get up on their front paws and drink out of the human water fountain there...
 
I forgot what channel I saw this on but the outdoor waterfountain spigots, although they may have some bacteria, the resulting water stream usually doesn't. In fact, it's cleaner than indoor office water coolers because of the way it's designed.



Think about that next time you get water from the Sparkletts/Arrowhead dispenser.
 
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