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We’re all fancy with a water fountain

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On Tuesday we got a package in the mail!
Everyone was super excited, hoping it was dog treats! Or toys!
But nope. I didn’t buy them any treats or any toys.
Sorry guys.
Instead I (with the help of my lovely siblings) bought them a pet fountain.
What!?
A boring old water bowl!?
Whyyyyy?
Why?
I’ll tell you why.
This little stinker right here

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does not drink nearly enough water.
Dog mouths are not meant to be sticky, Petal.
They’re suppose to be slimy.

And who wants to see that cute face all dehydrated?
Yeah. No one.

The cats are needing to drink more water as well and I’ve read, in numerous places, that animals are attracted to moving water.
I knew that had to be true because Petal would rather drink out of either a) a water bottle being poured out or b) the gutters or any moving water source regardless of whether or not it’s clean and mud free (eeeww).
Option B is not allowed.
And option A is just not practical for every day.
So a pet fountain sounded like the perfect solution!

Until I went to price them.
Holy cow.
$109 for a stainless steel Drinkwell 360?!
I don’t think so.
Yes it looks like a fantastic pet fountain, but I just don’t have that kind of money to spend on a water bowl right now.
They offered them in plastic for a considerably smaller price, but plastic just didn’t seem practical with 6 pets. And the finicky cats aren’t fans of plastic dishes.
And I wasn’t too fond of the idea of taking apart and cleaning a plastic one.
Of course I didn’t have to get the Drinkwell 360. There are plenty of other pet fountains to choose from. But the 360 seemed like the very best choice for 6 pets.
So I checked out Amazon.

How I love you, Amazon.
Amazon offers the Drinkwell 360 for $67 with Amazon Prime.
And we also happened to have an Amazon gift card.
And my siblings decided to go half on it since it would benefit their cats too.
So with all of that, I got a $109 pet fountain for $10
*happy dance*

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This is the fountain and so far it’s a hit.
There are five interchangeable spouts, right now we have the one with 3 spouts on it.
It holds much more water than it looks like it would. About a gallon.
But the best part?
Petal drinks out of it.
And not just one slurp once a day. I’ve seen her drinking from it several times since it arrived Tuesday.
YAY!

Lassie and Ella have been drinking more as well and my brother’s cat is in love with it.
She’ll spend most of the day staring at it, playing in it, drinking from it and sleeping next to it.
The other two cats are still warming up to it, but they like it.

Overall, it’s been a really great buy so far.
And with Petal drinking more water, I have one less thing to worry about.

Muddy Waters

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On Friday me and my Mom took the dogs to this trail nearby our house. To the right of the trail (or left, depends on which end you start at) is just a bunch of bushes and then big gaps of open areas. To the left there’s a dirt hill— it’s actually more like a dirt wall. But if you climb up that, on the other side there’s a great big, long ditch with muddy, muddy, muddy water in it. What a great place for a dog to go and cool off and get all dirty, right? Of course! My dogs love it, and even though they come home a mess, I love it, too. It’s a blast watching them play together in the mud and water. Not to mention the exhaustion that takes over them afterwards, that’s nice, too. ;]

Not sure what’s going on here. Looks like Lassie is investigating and Petal looks like she’s trying to tell Ella something. Good luck with that, Petal.

Petal— while trying to walk Ella— managed to get herself tangled up in Ella’s leash. I’m not sure how she does these things, but it was pretty funny to watch Petal pull her own foot right out from underneath herself.

Told you the water was muddy! It’s like a great big mud puddle.

She almost fell in; that’s what that face is about. She’s such a spazz.

The girls had a blast chasing each other through the water.

Lassie enjoyed the cool waters, too. And the mud. What dog doesn’t love mud?

During a nice game of tag, Ella looks behind her to see Petal is catching up quick! Better run Ella!

Smack! Ella got her good. Right in the chest.

Did I mention that Petal had had a bath just hours before this? So much for that.

Kicking back after a long, hard day of play.

Smile Ella!
Is it just me, or does this seem to be a classic lab look?

That’ll teach me to give her a bath.
And that hair standing up on her back? It will not stay down. It’s like a doggie cowlick.
After they were good and tired (and wet and muddy), we went home, fed them dinner, and then they each settled down in the family room with a treat to chew. A good day, indeed!
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