Dogs bowl, what’s reasonable?

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Terribly exciting topic, I know! The vet asked me how often I wash the dogs water bowl and I said it goes through the dishwasher on its own once a week. He said that was really not enough and it should be done every day. So do you?

Mine won't drink out of it when it is freshly washed. We keep one outside that fills with rainwater for her for her to drink out of when the indoor one is clean. She has to wait for the one inside to marinade before she drinks out of it.

Is DDog being treated to these bowls?

In the sink with washing up liquid at the end of the wash and then the sponge thing goes in the bin after.

Thanks. That’s useful to know. I keep a separate sponge under the sink for washing the dog bowl. I guess I’m wondering if anyone washes their dog bowl with the day to day dishes as I know someone who does this and I’m wondering if I’m too fussy! I used a spot of bleach at one point but stopped doing that.

Dog's bowls go in our dishwasher. Why wouldn't they?

This is a really interesting thread for me as I have a visiting dog and I’ve changed the washing up process several times now. At first I put them in the dishwasher, with our dishes but after conversations with others I started washing them in the sink on their own. Can I ask, do you put them in the dishwasher with your everyday dishes? I’m sure I’d have a better handle on it if I had my own dog!

Dishwasher, every night. Water refreshed 3 or 4 times a day.

Yes, in with all the other dishes. I put them in the lower basket so they get a good wash. My washes run at 60 degrees.

If you don't trust your dishwasher to clean your dog bowls, then how can you trust it to wash anything else?!

The water bowl goes in the dishwasher about 3x a week. The dogs prefer to drink water from the pond, puddles or the manhole cover. 🤷‍♀️

Not here, but only because they're too big and take up too much space so I just wash them myself which takes a couple of minutes. No problem with the principle of putting them in the dishwasher.

Ours gets a clean bowl but asks to be let out to drink out of the pond or the bird bath... Hey ho.

He has a massive water bowl in the house (it is actually a stainless steel industrial mixing bowl), but we live in a hot country so the bigger the better.

It goes in the dishwasher around once a week and rinsed out when refilling.

He does however, drink out of the pool much more often. He puts his front feet in at the same time. Sometimes I reckon he doesn't even want a drink, but a little foot cool off, but the two go hand in hand now.

The dishwasher goes on 70 if it’s cleaning dog bowls. I’m not sure what people reckon survives 70c and soap! You put dishes that have touched raw chicken and fish in there…

I don’t ours by hand only because the water around here is so hard it takes forever to scrub off the limescale. The bowls sit on a large silicon mat that I’ve recently discovered is easily cleaned by popping it in the washing machine with a dishwasher tab. I was forever spraying the mat with viakal trying to get the hard water marks off it.

Once a week that’s disgusting and cruel! A dish should be washed after every meal. Poor dog!

Why is that cruel?

Genuine question.

Really?!

Everyday but it's just habit really. He much prefers a muddy puddle.

Way less than once a week! Water bowl gets swilled out every morning. Food is dry food with some water so maybe it’s different if using wet food which can get encrusted?
tbh the dog eats that much rubbish when out and about, drinking out of muddy puddles eating horse poop etc I’m not sure how much of a difference washing bowls makes.

Cruel? Tad over reacting

They will be shaking and crying next...😀

Twice a day! Same as what we used to do for the racehorses- my trainer was very strict l, he had all sorts of theories about biofilms and stagnant water effects on their lungs.

Don't really believe his theories but do believe animals deserve the option of clean bowls. Rainwater outside is different to a small bowl that's sat there all week.

Rinse out everyday and fresh water.

Probably clean it properly twice a week.

Why are you putting it in the dishwasher by itself once a week?

I swill it out daily and refill. but he mostly drinks from puddles and rivers every day so yeh, not bothered about properly washing a clean water bowl daily 😂

I wash it twice a day. My dog is a slobbery madam and her water bowl is normally full of bits of kibble, slobber and the odd leaf or bit of cardboard. Sigh...

You put the dogs bowl in the DW on its own??