Hartpury University researchers took a close look at what lurks at the bottom of dog bowls and what they found set off warning sirens in the UK. “Potentially lethal E.coli, salmonella and MRSA thrive in many of the different types of pets’ dishes being commonly sold across the country, putting both animal and human health at risk,” say researchers. It’s not so much the food bowls but the water bowls that harbor all the nasty bugs.
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Well, duh!
Stainless steel — and wash it! (I used half dozen stainless bowls, rotating clean ones for dirty for food and water.) ….Lady in Red
Stainless steel bowls. Dish soap, scrub, bleach and thorough rinse once a week.
No open mouth kissing the dogs either..
Next thing you know, the “animal welfare” folks will have access to your abode in order to determine whether or not you are properly cleaning your pet’s bowl……..
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
I wash my dishes, and I wash my doggo’s too. Why wouldn’t I?
And my dogs are ditch drinkers. Free rangers, they are. They roll in stuff. They’re dogs.
Is this part of demonizing dogs ala sharia type of stuff?
It has always bothered me, that one of the highest populated areas on the human body for staphylococcus bacteria is on the nape of the neck. You know- the place that is commonly used to hold a stethoscope in place by the majority of medical professionals. Don’t get me started.
Me and my doggos are just fine, thanx.
Ok, would you rather:
A. Drink all the water from your dogs’ bowl.
B. Give Ruth Bader Ginsburg a French kiss.*
*She’s been dead for 12 hours.
Of course, wash the bowl
Dog bowl of course.
Hell, they lick their own asses and eat turds.
Do a study around all the trees, bushes, fenceposts and vehicle tires.
my dog just lapped up water in a puddle in my driveway. do i have to scrub my driveway too?
I ain’t worried….I only drink from the top….
There is nothing in your dogs bowl ever if you own a Rotty…
I change my cat’s water twice a day and she still wants to drink out the flower vases.