How to stop my dog's outside water bowl from turning black?
I have 4 dogs, and even though their water bowls are washed out and filled with fresh water daily, but they still turn black. The bowls are plastic and the bowl for my black lab is the worst. This causes me to think that it may have something to do with their saliva, because she is a heavy drooler and the others are pretty much nondroolers. I don't have this problem with their inside water bowl, probably because it is metal. I cannot use metal water bowls outside because they would get too hot. I do keep the water in the shade, but we have 125 degree days in the summer and the metal just gets too hot. Any suggestions on how to safely keep their bowls clean? thanks
There are ceramic ones that may work better for you.
I'm pretty sure the plastic have been holding bacteria in the surface, plastic has porous indents all over, which would turn black once saliva was added to the water. It's a bacteria buildup.
Metal may not get all that hot if you set it in the shade inside another bowl, sort of like a thermos--the space between the two can keep things cooler, but for an overall fix, just switching to ceramic may be the key. That or taking a plain water bucket out and letting the dogs drink out of that then dumping it when they come in the house.
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