Is it okay for Dog to drink pool water?

[aylad]

What a cute pic!

Janet

[medvampire]

So far I have cought 2 cats, a racoon, a possum, and 2 squirrels drinking from my pool. No dead critters yet. I work nights so I cruse the house on my nights off. Cat fell in the pool when I turned the back light on. I had my solor cover on and I swear looked like the cat was running on top of the pool.
Later
Steve

[AGP18by33]

You guys are making this C.V.T. very happy. I love to hear people making sure their pets have the best of anything.

The pics are awesome. I would love to see more "pets and pools" pictures please.

Thanks for being great pet owners.

Rhonda

[matt4x4]

Dogs have amazing senses, a dog will not drink polluted water, they can sense what is drinkable and what is not - let him/her do it's thing.
We are on a well, a couple of times a year (spring rain and fall rain) we pick up surface runoff in our well and this will lead to bacteria such as e.coli.
For us, this is not a problem since we do not drink the water, just use it to shower and such, however, the dog drinks the water regularly, BUT, I have noticed that during those times, he turns up his nose at it and goes and drinks from the creek or a puddle.
I never need to test my well water, I just watch the dog.
You have nothing to worry about with the dog drinking the pool water - just watch it when you shock, but I bet the dog won't go near it over that time.

[torsie]

Well Rhonda,
You're forcing me to post one more picture. :-)

[adillenal]

Are those two guys waiting their turn on the diving board??? Love those crepe myrtles.

CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!!

[west1745]

We have 2 dogs that we cannot keep out of the pool!! They actually ask to go outside so they can swim. We have a sun step that they literally lie down on and just lay there in the water - and then they drink it.