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I thought this was clever, from Sleddog Central:

I once had a friend who bought, scrap, a long tanker
trailer (milk, I think).
He cut it in half, separating top from bottom.
He put the 2 halves end to end, cut out the end pieces and
welded them together.
He mounted it in a trench and landscaped up to it.
It gave him a pool about 50' long, 6' wide and 3.5'
deep.

http://www.sleddogcentral.com/forum/...?TOPIC_ID=9144
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Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:


I thought this was clever, from Sleddog Central:

But how to keep it clean and free of becoming a breeding ground for
mosquitos?

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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Janet Boss wrote:
But how to keep it clean and free of becoming a breeding ground for
mosquitos?

That's an excellent question. I really don't know anything
about pool technology. Do conventional swimming pools
require a drain to keep them clean? And is there some
reason that whatever's done with conventional pools couldn't
be done for the tank truck?

Several mushers have built swimming pools for their dogs
(the two I know of are vets, interestingly) but I don't know
what they're doing about cleaning.
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Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:

Do conventional swimming pools
require a drain to keep them clean? And is there some
reason that whatever's done with conventional pools couldn't
be done for the tank truck?

A drain, a filter system, a skimmer system that keeps the water moving
as well (all of that is connected), chemicals or another sanitizing
system. I live with a pool. If some part of the system is not
functioning properly, it is a real problem. Standing water is not a
good thing!

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article ,
Janet Boss wrote:
A drain, a filter system, a skimmer system that keeps the water moving
as well (all of that is connected), chemicals or another sanitizing
system. I live with a pool. If some part of the system is not
functioning properly, it is a real problem. Standing water is not a
good thing!

I don't see why those couldn't be added, although obviously
the shape of this pool wouldn't allow water to flow quite as
freely as in a cube-ier pool. I've heard people talk about
adding water pumps to stock tanks to make "endless pools"
for dogs, but given the length of this one I would guess it
would have to be a powerful pump to keep water from
stagnating at one or either end. This really isn't an area
I know anything about, so I'll shut up now.
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Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

Janet Boss wrote:

In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:


Do conventional swimming pools
require a drain to keep them clean? And is there some
reason that whatever's done with conventional pools couldn't
be done for the tank truck?


A drain, a filter system, a skimmer system that keeps the water moving
as well (all of that is connected), chemicals or another sanitizing
system. I live with a pool. If some part of the system is not
functioning properly, it is a real problem. Standing water is not a
good thing!


Yep. I use a 55 gallon stock tank as a back yard cooling pool for my
dogs. No filter, no skimmer. I drain the border collie tea every other
day and scrub it out with bleachy shower stall cleaner before refilling.
Given the relatively small volume of the tank, this provides enough
chlorine to prevent any overt grossness.

Given unlimited resources I'd love to have a pond with a UV filter and
sufficient biomass to be self sustaining as a swimming pool for humans
and dogs. Takes a lot of balancing, though, between sunlight, fish and
plants.

"Janet Boss" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:

Do conventional swimming pools
require a drain to keep them clean? And is there some
reason that whatever's done with conventional pools couldn't
be done for the tank truck?

A drain, a filter system, a skimmer system that keeps the water moving
as well (all of that is connected), chemicals or another sanitizing
system. I live with a pool. If some part of the system is not
functioning properly, it is a real problem. Standing water is not a
good thing!

I, too, live with a pool. A good filtering system, phUp, Muratic Acid,
chlorine and PoolShock are your friends. There is nothing grosser and
harder to deal with than a pool that's gone green.

That said, a portable filter - such as goes with an above ground pool and
the above chemicals could probably make this a viable idea.

I can't even get my dogs in the water.

Kind regards,
(the)duckster

On 2008-07-29 09:39:53 -0400, "\(the\)duckster" said:

I can't even get my dogs in the water.

That was Bella about two years ago, but this year she was crying to get
into the lake. And I mean close to howling.

"montana wildhack" wrote in message
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On 2008-07-29 09:39:53 -0400, "\(the\)duckster"
said:

I can't even get my dogs in the water.

That was Bella about two years ago, but this year she was crying to get
into the lake. And I mean close to howling.

I do pool safety every year with my dogs - that is I put them on a lead,
take them in the water, swim them around a few times to show them where the
stairs are. Food, lots of coaxing and I cand get one to swim for a treat.
The other two, run and try to make themselves look very small. My granddog
next door squeals like I'm killing him.

Kind regards,
(the)duckster

On 2008-07-29 12:10:11 -0400, "\(the\)duckster" said:

My granddog
next door squeals like I'm killing him.

Yeah... Beanie was less than enthusiastic, but she only had one
swimming adventure.