My dogs are drinking water from the pool

[PBLsQuad450]

We had an outdoor cat live to 16 who drank from our pool all summer long. I'm not saying it's fine, but everything seems to drink from my pool. Raccoons are the worst, they wash their muddy paws first. We had Muskrats move in once. They seemed fine, nothing we did convinced them to leave until our cat (the one mentioned above) got one. He was a great cat, not a nice cat, actually kind of dangerous, but he single handedly kept things in balance. In the warmer months he would eat 10-12 critters a day. Frogs were his very favorite thing. And how many cats can kill a Muskrat? Sorry to ramble, I miss the crazy ultra-violent guy to this day.

[CarlD]

As long as he was smart enough to stay away from the raccoons. They look cute but can kill a dog (and I don't mean a purse puppy!)

Carl

[PBLsQuad450]

Hi Carl, believe it or not, he routinely attacked Raccoons. He would engage them in the driveway when he heard one of our cars coming. When the headlights hit the Raccoons they would turn to run and give him their back. He took it. He would tear into them for a second and run. He attacked everything. Dogs, a plumber (who screamed devil cat all the way down the driveway) our housepainter (even after being warned that this was not a pet). He attacked invading Toms without puffing up. Weird, it freaked them out completely. He wouldn't posture at all, just go right up and get busy. Now the property is all happy valley, Robins and bunnies and rainbows.

[CarlD]

Yeah, I had a little tortie who was terror on mice, chipmunks and squirrels, but she wouldn't take on a raccoon. Our Belgian Terv would...I so her go down a chuck hole after a ground hog. I heard a scream and her nose came out bloody--but it wasn't her screaming. He just got her fire going and she was just getting warmed up...had to drag her out of there. Only two things in the world scared her: Thunder and German Shepherds. Not Akitas, or Dobermans or even Irish Wolfhounds, just German Shepherds (A big male nearly killed her once for no good reason, a 150lb monster. It's very rare for male dogs to attack females).

The tortie and the Terv ended up best friends, sleeping together, going on walks together.

Carl

[madwil]

my dog drinks ocean water! salt won't hurt them, especially not the level in a SWCG pool. mine will sometimes get the runs after an ocean swim- and then we make sure she has plenty fresh water afterward to prevent dehydration/heat exhaustion (happened last year, if it happens again I think I'll use the gun on my wife and get the dog fixed! lol)

[Manslick]

16 years of pool drinking dogs here.

Only lost one - he slipped into the cover water one December.

[AnnaK]

How awful that must have been for all of you.