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« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2015, 12:52:24 pm » |
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I use to do the 5 gallon buckets. Then I cut them off so that they could only hold about one gallon. SOOOOOO much easier to clean and keep fresh water for dogs. I can fill it every time I clean kennels (daily). And I don't waste the water that I use to when I had to empty the algee buckets.
I also do a very small splash of bleach.
No issues, take little to no time.
Dogs like
Smaller water bowl = less cleaning and easier filling
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« Reply #21 on: April 15, 2015, 08:15:02 pm » |
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I keep several grown dogs I cut 55 gallon barrels in half keep them full all the time to clean them I have around 4 extra ones that are clean I put them in the place of the dirty one s I fill the old ones with fresh water and put bleach or copper sulfate in them leave them for 3 or 4 days rinse out and go to the next dogs. Vet told me that the copper sulfate was bad on dogs so don't leave it were they can drink it
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Reuben
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« Reply #22 on: April 15, 2015, 08:51:51 pm » |
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like already said the translucent buckets or the white ones are bad about getting algae especially in the sunlight...I have been using auto watering assemblies for at least 20 years and it sure is the best way I know to minimize work...I do keep a five gallon bucket full of water in the back yard when I turn the dogs loose they can gulp it down...when I clean the bucket out if I don't kill the algae with Clorox it will be back in 2 or 3 days...if I wash it out with Clorox it will go almost a week before algae starts to grow...but when I wash it with Clorox and then fill it up with water and add a dash of Clorox it will last longer...I just add water as needed until it dilutes...usually gets dirty before it gets algae...
I remember as a kid my dogs and I would sometimes drink out of a slimey pond in the middle of August in the middle of the hot day...sometimes we got pretty thirsty running the countryside...only packing a gig for a spear or a slingshot and a pocket full of rocks...back then there was no such thing as clean water for the dogs...drink out of a canal or the slimey cow trough...that was normal...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2015, 08:05:32 am » |
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I used to fight this issue, best move I made was throwing the buckets away and installing automatic waterers.
This X 100!! My only regret with the automatic waterers is that I didn't install them years back. |
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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2015, 08:49:43 am » |
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I used to fight this issue, best move I made was throwing the buckets away and installing automatic waterers.
This X 100!! My only regret with the automatic waterers is that I didn't install them years back. I'm with you Bryant, the day after I installed them I cussed myself for being so stupid to not put them in earlier. I can't imagine having to clean out buckets anymore. |
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If You find cattle ranchers have the old molasses tubs, they are black and thick and hold a boat load of water and will usualy give them away. they are big enough for dogs to get into also. I have the smaller half size I will be giving away to somebody needing some. holds about 4 gallons I think. text me and come get some in Navasota
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Reuben
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for those of you who are thinking about running water lines and auto watering liksits just make sure to put in a block valve to block in the system in case of a leak...and install a faucet at each auto water liksit as well...
if you are using a shovel make sure it is a sharp shooter...it makes the job quick and easy...that is if you wait and do the work right after a good rain...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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I use apple cider vinegar in my dog and chicken water. It don't take much, about three table spoons per gallon. There are no side effects or over going and the benefits are many. It won't allow green stuff to grow in the waterers and it kills viruses plus it cuts gut fat and has lots of minerals in it. Works well for me.
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I use apple cider vinegar in my dog and chicken water. It don't take much, about three table spoons per gallon. There are no side effects or over going and the benefits are many. It won't allow green stuff to grow in the waterers and it kills viruses plus it cuts gut fat and has lots of minerals in it. Works well for me.
I do the same thing with apple cider vinegar. I've swapped to plastic buckets instead of the rubber ones. I use the molasses tubs UglyDog mentioned since I'm away for work for two weeks at a time. This way my wife only has to feed when I'm gone. When I get back home I scrub the water tubs out with a scrub brush, put a little apple cider vinegar in them and fill with water. I repeat this a week later and then the day before I go back to work. Tubs are pretty algae free but i scrub them with a hard bristled scrub brush anyway. Some of the dogs like to cool themselves in the tubs by putting their front feet in them and standing in the water for a bit too. |
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