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68 of 69 found the following review helpful:
 Great Addition to the Houshold (3 dogs, 2 cats) Jun 11, 2007
By Dawn Suiter
"Bodyflight Enthusiast"
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 that's what we drink, so I'm not worried about the filter replacement. In fact.. I don't think the filter is all that useful or purposeful. (A regular charcoal filter that the water flows around) honestly.. I don't think I'll every buy a replacement.. using bottled water as I said I feel it's not really necessary!
Once a week I clean it out.. I did not buy the cleaning kit, again doesn't 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 don't 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.
24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Dogs (and Their Humans) Love It! Dec 10, 2006
By L. Schrader
We have 3 Scottish Terriers and they LOVE this thing! Scotties love fresh, running water to drink, but don't 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.
27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Big Dog Fountain Jan 09, 2007
By bumuling
I've been very pleased with this fountain. I placed it beside my "Catit" cat fountain, which needs refilling less often now-- I'm 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. It's a bit noisy, I hear the water running all the time, that might bother some.
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
great, as long as you don't mind the floating drool island Nov 23, 2007
By dan r
We've had this thing about a week now. It's definitely got our older dog drinking more water, which is why we got it.
It's not quite as great as I hoped, though. For one thing, I don't see why they didn't make the reservoir larger. We still have to fill the thing up once a day or so (though we'd 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. It's 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. I'm sure they could have designed it so that some of the water intake came from the water surface. But like I said, the dogs don't 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 it's not super quiet, even on the slowest setting. It's not that bad though; we have it in the kitchen, and we never turn the thing off. It's a bit of white noise that doesn't interfere with watching TV in the living room or anything. But if you're concerned about noise, you should be aware it'll 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 don't have a pet store local that sells the extras for this thing).
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
i LOVE LOVE LOVE this product Oct 10, 2007
By BeagleGrin
This is a great product. I have a dog in chronic kidney failure, and the vet has suggested he increase his water intake. This has made life SO much easier! No longer will he pass the bowl because the water isn't fresh enough. Before, I was changing his water bowl at LEAST four times daily to encourage him to drink. Now, he will drink whenever he gets the urge. It may just prolong his life!
I have three beagles (all are medium sized dogs, about 20 or so pounds each) and a Labrador (about 70 pounds) and this tank needs refilling just ONCE daily for me. My filters last me about a month, I will rinse and reuse them as much as I can.
The pump is SILENT, and you will hear a gentle trickle. You can barely notice it, I only hear it when my house is totally silent. But COME ON, it is a FOUNTAIN for gosh sakes. I didn't expect silence from running water. That is an impossible feat. And, the dogs LIKE to drink from the water like they like to drink from a hose. They prefer the "stream" over the bowl.
AND, like the other reviewer, this is a great product at a GREAT price (52 dollars!) so I will probably be placing an order for another one. :) LOVE IT!
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