Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they thought their
dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now have a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging). Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK

dkat wrote:

Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they thought their
dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now have a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging). Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK

I guess they could pickup a parasite, but mine drink from it all the time.
Seems like there are many other things outside other than pond water that
can hurt a dog. Was the owner putting any kind of treatments in the water?

Joe



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a lot less chance than drinking outta the toilet I would think. Ingrid

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dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now have a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging). Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK




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Was said pond filled with well water, by any chance?

A bigger problem

Anne

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dkat wrote:

Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they thought
their
dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now
have a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging).
Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK

I guess they could pickup a parasite, but mine drink from it all the time.
Seems like there are many other things outside other than pond water that
can hurt a dog. Was the owner putting any kind of treatments in the water?

Joe



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A ponder I know in the midwest had her grand-dog contract giardia and the vet
suspected it came from the pond.
Here is a web page
http://www.priory.com/vet/giardia.htm

That said, the watergardening labradors drink from the pond and the river and
have been fine for six years.
When this ponder asked for help I asked someone in the know and he suspected
the pond was overstocked and badly in need of cleaning. Also that a dog or cat
may have been using the pond as a potty.
In all my years on rec.ponds I think this is only the second time I've heard
someone think that their pond made their dog sick.


k30a

dkat wrote:
Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they
thought their dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not
complaining since I now have a new pond...I just have to
decide where to put it and start digging). Does anyone know
if this is possible? DK

We have giardia in Oregon. It's carried by birds and wildlife, and since
both (herons, ducks, scrub and blue jays, raccoons, squirrels, and the
neighbor's feral cats) visit our pond, I've long considered it a
possibility in our pond. All of our dogs get sick each spring with
giardia like symptoms, but recover within a week or so. Now that I've
finally found a local outlet for PP, I'll dose the pond each spring and
maybe the dogs won't have the "spring trots."
--
Kathy B

On 25 Jul 2003 00:31:09 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:


A ponder I know in the midwest had her grand-dog contract giardia and the vet
suspected it came from the pond.
Here is a web page
http://www.priory.com/vet/giardia.htm

That said, the watergardening labradors drink from the pond and the river and
have been fine for six years.
When this ponder asked for help I asked someone in the know and he suspected
the pond was overstocked and badly in need of cleaning. Also that a dog or cat
may have been using the pond as a potty.
In all my years on rec.ponds I think this is only the second time I've heard
someone think that their pond made their dog sick.


k30a

I was wondering the same thing about my cat a few months ago. She
drank from the pond several times a day and probably ingested water
fern each time. The water fern, i guess, was eaten by tads or flooded
out of the pond when i was out of town, but after the fish got the
cat's tongue that time, I haven't seen her anywhere near it. It may be
a co- incidence or it may have been pond related. Either way, Head
Honcho, the fish, took care of the problem.

Well, I hope not, I've had my pond in the ground for almost 17 years now, in
one form or another, and I have cats and dogs both, they drink from it on a
regular basis. None of them has ever taken ill from it.
There are plenty of other things in a garden that can make a pet ill. Toads
and Frogs both can.
Another problem is slug and snail bait, it can be lethal.
Your friend just wasted his time in my opinion......
Bear

"dkat" wrote in message v.net...
Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they thought their
dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now have a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging). Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK

Biologically filtered pond water much better than what animals usually get.

Animals sickness most likely caused by diff source.

Montanan

"dkat" wrote in message v.net...
Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they thought their
dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now have a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging). Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK

Biologically filtered pond water much better than what animals usually get.

Animals sickness most likely caused by diff source.

Montanan

My two Golden Retrievers often stop by the pond for a quick drink or to cool
their paws. We've never had any ill effects.

Our cocker has on occasion drank from the pond too, and never had any
problems.When he watches the koi, he gets excited and sticks his head into the
pond and takes a drink then. You can see a picture of him with his head in
the pond, our home page is with my signature.
Jan
http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/us.html

Why do you say that, Anne? I'm asking because we're on a well.


Was said pond filled with well water, by any chance?

A bigger problem

Anne

Ann,

Looking back at my post, I have no idea why I said that!!! Logic would
dictate that well water consumed inside a house would be the same as well
water in a pond -- as it is in my pond.

My apologies, I must have been watching TV or something when I put up that
silly post

Water (from any source) might conceivably make a dog sick if there were a
huge algae buildup, but I'm not even sure about that. My dogs drink out of
the pond constantly, while simultaneously washing tennis balls in the pond!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"ann in houston" wrote in message
om...
Why do you say that, Anne? I'm asking because we're on a well.


Was said pond filled with well water, by any chance?

A bigger problem

Anne

Here's another thought: were the people using algaecides? I don't use any,
because the label said that it should not be ingested by animals -- don't
recall if that meant as is, or when diluted in the pond, though.

Of course, life with algae is much easier now that I've learned that the
stuff on the side of the pond is OK and shouldn't be removed.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC



"dkat" wrote in message
.net...
Someone I know just tore out their preformed pond because they thought
their
dog got sick from drinking the water (I'm not complaining since I now have
a
new pond...I just have to decide where to put it and start digging). Does
anyone know if this is possible? DK