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Old September 28th 07, 07:21 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Default how much water does a dog drink per day?


"BethInAK" wrote in message
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I'm working on a disaster preparedness planning project for a member of
ours - trying to build a supply spreadsheet. They want to know how much
per day they'd need of certain things and have considered that the
families who come will bring their animals.

so how much water per day does a dog drink, on average. Obviously it
varies -so we will estimate on the high side. But how much?


Generally, the larger the animal, the more efficient it is in terms of food
and water requirements. A 100 lb dog will not need 100 times as much food
(or water) than a 1 lb mouse. It is probably more proportional to the
surface area of the animal than weight.

I found an on-line calculator:

http://www.mycockerspaniel.com/h2o.htm

The formula they use is:

dogs requirement of water (ml/day) = (70 * (body weight in kg)^0.75) * 1.6

It's a simple Javascript.

Muttley, at 75 lb, would require 1580 ml or 6 cups, 5 oz. I would have
guessed about 1-2 quarts. A little 15 lb dog needs 473 ml, or 1 cup 8 oz.

Paul and Muttley


 




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