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 On: 2008-05-09
My dogs love the fresh, cool water this fountain provides to them all day long, even in the heat of Southern California.
On: 2008-02-01
I have 2 cats and a dog, and one of the cats love drinking from the faucet. As a result from Drinkwell, she doesnt hop on the kitchen/bathroom counter anymore! I decided to purchase the dog version, as it holds more water and doesnt spill easily. I am extremely please with this fountain and recommend to anyone who has dogs as well as cats.
 On: 2007-11-23
Weve had this thing about a week now. Its definitely got our older dog drinking more water, which is why we got it.
Its not quite as great as I hoped, though. For one thing, I dont see why they didnt make the reservoir larger. We still have to fill the thing up once a day or so (though wed have to do this at least as often with our old water bowl). They could have easily doubled the size of the water reservoir without making it awkwardly large.
For another thing, the water tastes good to our dogs, but it looks kind of unappealing. I somehow hoped that since the water was pumped through a filter continuously, it would be crystal clear. Its free of hair, but it has an enormous floating island of drool on it. The problem is that the water intake for the recirculation is on the bottom of the basin, but since drool floats on the surface, it just builds up until you skim it off or clean the thing out. Im sure they could have designed it so that some of the water intake came from the water surface. But like I said, the dogs dont mind. The water is much less gross than our water bowl would get (besides the floating drool island).
The third thing about it that could be better is that its not super quiet, even on the slowest setting. Its not that bad though; we have it in the kitchen, and we never turn the thing off. Its a bit of white noise that doesnt interfere with watching TV in the living room or anything. But if youre concerned about noise, you should be aware itll make some.
Despite these quibbles, I still give it 4 stars. It gets our dog drinking more water, which is good for him.
One last thing -- the instruction manual makes a big deal of cleaning out its various parts weekly. I think buying the brush kit (and some extra filters) to go with it is a good idea, instead of having to go back and have a second set of things shipped to you the next week (if you dont have a pet store local that sells the extras for this thing).
On: 2007-06-11
I have been using the fountain for a few weeks now.
It holds 2.5 gallons of water, I use bottled water to fill it because thats what we drink, so Im not worried about the filter replacement. In fact.. I dont think the filter is all that useful or purposeful. (A regular charcoal filter that the water flows around) honestly.. I dont think Ill every buy a replacement.. using bottled water as I said I feel its not really necessary!
Once a week I clean it out.. I did not buy the cleaning kit, again doesnt seem necessary. I use the hose sprayer on my small kitchen sink to turn it upside down in and spray every crack & crevice with our hottest tap water setting for a few minutes. Works great, no scrubbing necessary.
The flow rate adjustment is great too.. fast flow or slow.. .the slow setting makes the least water trickling sound, we dont even hear it, and the fast is like any soothing home water fountain.
2.5 gallons lasts our pack of 2 medium 1 large dogs, and 2 housecats about 1 week.. I may add a little to the bowl before the week is over now that its summer but not much. I let it run down a bit low and then clean it.
I would recommend buying it, and may buy another for our covered outside area as well.
On: 2007-02-17
This product is great for all three of my dogs two are medium sized and one small dog...plus 3 cats. Just make sure to fill it up every week.
On: 2007-01-09
Ive been very pleased with this fountain. I placed it beside my "Catit" cat fountain, which needs refilling less often now-- Im assuming because my big dog prefers the Big Dog fountain. My cats also like it, sometimes to drink from, sometimes just to watch. I like that it holds a lot of water. Its a bit noisy, I hear the water running all the time, that might bother some.
On: 2006-12-10
We have 3 Scottish Terriers and they LOVE this thing! Scotties love fresh, running water to drink, but dont like getting water in their face. With this fountain, they get the fresh, filtered water they like, without having to worry about it getting in their face. The filter also helps clean out the debris they bring in on their beards! The large reservoir means I am not constantly refilling their water dish. I would highly recommend this product.
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