I'm wondering if anyone has any bad experiences with dogs developing problems after drinking tap water or untreated lawn water?

I think there might be a high correlation in dogs who develop problems due to drinking water that has been untreated.

Anyhow, currently I only allow my dog to drink filtered or mineral water. Has anyone else had experiences with water types?

Over the years, I've always given my dogs tap water, only occasionally will I give them filtered water. I change the water bowl often, so it's always fresh, clean and cool. They've also always drank out of the lakes, rivers or streams that they swim in, with no ill effects. Filtered water all the time would be ideal, but not always convenient or doable.

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Probably depends on where you live. I give mine tap
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My dog is a country dog. He runs free and knows no bounds. Frequently he brings home road kill or the carcass of deer and elk that neighbors have buried somewhere. Once I saw him proudly trotting across the pasture with the longest huge stick in his mouth. It was the complete spine of a deer.
A few weeks ago he even stole the kill of a bald eagle, and I suspect he was lucky that he didn't turn into kill himself.

Since he eats all this god awful stuff, and continues to generally thrive you think Im gonna worry about what water he drinks? Mostly he drinks water from the irrigation ditches.

I've never seen him sick.. although he does have difficulties with an inherited hip displasia and torn ligaments in a knee... he keeps on truckin... I give him a pain pill for that.

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Thanks for your responses, I have commented below....

I've noted that the high fluoride and chlorine content in tap water can be correlated to breast cancer in some women. Naturally all dogs are vulnerable to tumors and related cancers as well. So my concern was related to certain breeds of dogs that can be more prone to genetic diseases, especially with certain purebreds, and if tap water may be one catalyst that causes certain breeds to develop problems.

I was thinking about this- but if I myself won't drink tap water, wouldn't it be hypocritical of me to give my pets tap water?


Aha! A country dog. I suppose with larger breed dogs, they are prone to less adverse effects in the environment that can stimulate internal problems or cause certain cancers, or foods that can lead to renal failure.

I have a small dog, and I have to be more careful about what she eats and where she goes. Once I let her roam free in the garden, and she found a certain type of grass that she started eating, and later she came inside and vomited all over the floor, poor thing.

It should be against the law to give tap water to pets.


Dogs have a great immune system. Unlike most humans, they can eat out of garbage cans and not get sick. However, not even the best of immune systems can protect from fluoride, chlorine, statins, cancer drugs, high blood pressure medication, diabetes drugs, and who knows what else, and all that is in tap water. These recycled drugs are in tap water because there is no way to filter them out.

These drugs have side effects that kill people, and I have no doubt they would do the same to pets.

Victoriasgarden, I have two dogs that both eat grass a Labrador and a Shepherd the Shepherd cant wait to get out in the mornings to go and eat grass, sometimes she is sick with it and sometimes not. the Lab never brings it up.
I give my Shepherd probiotics now thinking that it is a gut problem but it hasn't made any difference so far
In the summer time they both love to eat the dried lemon leaves that are on the ground.
And as for the water they both seem to prefer the tap water to rain water, although I would prefer they drink the rainwater.

My older dog has fatty tumors beneath his skin. I made sure that the new puppy got rain water during his early growth, prior to getting my RO system up.

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The main reasons dogs get sick is not from the water but from that foul kibble that they eat.
Dogs are suppose to eat raw meat not corn, wheat, barley, rice and other trash they put into dog food. In fact they naturally eat an almost totally carbohydrate free diet except for the rare vegetable they may scavage. They eat grass if they feel something is wrong with them and it is an instinctual act. If a dog eats raw meat they wont get sick and when they are sick it is often the cure. Ditto for cats.

Women get breast cancer largely due to a lack of iodine in the breast tissue. I dont know if animals require iodine and I doubt a pure raw meat supplies iodine so they would not likely benefit from an iodine supplement... but I think if I recall right on Crow's site, iodine supplement is given to some animals. Have to go look again... probably to animals that typically eat grass or hay

I supplement my dogs iodine. I figure they can eliminate what they don't need. The puppy likes seaweed salad, so I give that to him with his raw milk and raw hamburger.