| Pet water dispensers and pet fountains fulfill an oft | | | | models constantly circulate and filter the water. |
| ignored need. Pets, especially cats and dogs, require | | | | Pet water fountains come in two categories. Faucet |
| fresh water and lots of it. Cats happen to be more | | | | fountains, and conventional fountains. The faucet |
| finicky about their water; they like it fresh. We, as | | | | fountains are geared towards the outdoors and are |
| pet owners, have our own obligations to society, and | | | | attached to a faucet. The mechanical kinds require |
| cannot always be present, or even aware, when the | | | | that the pet nudges a lever for water to flow. This |
| pooch or kitty needs a drink. Work, traffic, family | | | | would also require some training. The automated |
| (human), unforeseen circumstances.....all these | | | | faucet fountains are triggered by motion or proximity |
| contribute to our absences from home at "water | | | | sensors. Some models are equipped with filters. |
| time". | | | | Conventional pet fountains are composed of a |
| Pet water dispensers are of two general types. | | | | storage unit that is refilled by the pet owner, a |
| Simple, and automated models. | | | | spout, and a dish. The water is constantly circulated |
| Simple dispensers are composed of two parts. The | | | | and is constantly flowing out of the fountain or spout |
| storage unit, and the dish. If the level recedes below | | | | into the dish. |
| a certain point, water from the storage unit comes | | | | The best configuration of water dispenser, is one |
| down into the dish. Mobile or compact dispensers, | | | | that filters, aerates and recirculates the water. It has |
| composed of a water bottle and a retractable dish, | | | | been noted that flowing sources tend to increase |
| require the pet owner to squeeze water from the | | | | water intake by pets. |
| bottle into the dish. | | | | This combined with the filtration and optimize the |
| Automated dispensers include filters, and a pump | | | | health benefits your pet will receive from your water |
| activated by low levels. As such when the water | | | | dispenser. |
| level recedes, more is pumped into the dish. Some | | | | |