Re: how much water does a dog drink per day?

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:05:56 -0800, "BethInAK"
<bethinak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


one of those clinics, here in anchorage, has become one fo the congregate
care locations in the disaster plan of the city. In an emergency, they are
prepared to take on 250 humans and their 60 dogs and 65 cats. They have
asked me to help figure out how much in the way of supplies they should have
on hand for consumables, including water and food for the dogs and cats.

Its a pretty "guesstimate" kind of thing, I know. Maybe I should just call
my vets office for a recommendation.

You could still do the same general thing, just not with your records.
Call your vet's office and ask them if they could keep a chart by the
weighing equipment and jot down the weights of dogs and cats who come
in during a day, or a week if they don't weigh that many animals in a
day. Take the chart and figure out the average weight of dogs and of
cats, then do the math to get the number of dogs and number of cats
you want to be prepared for. I would think that the vet's office
would be willing to take the extra minute or so to jot down the weight
on a separate list as well as on the patient's chart if it's for a
good cause like making sure you have food and shelter for their
animals as well as human disaster victims. Look what happened with
pets in New Orleans.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay
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