When to cut off water for puppy

New puppy owners often ask their vet… “How much water does my pup need?”

Water is an essential part of a dog’s body and critical to good health. After all, water is essential for critical cellular, organ, and tissue functions of the body.

One realizes the importance of water when faced with the negative consequences of dehydration. As little as a 10% loss of body water can be fatal to a puppy or adult dog.

Water in the body is not static, but a constant and dynamic process.

Dogs lose water through breathing, panting, urinating, and having bowel movements.

How much water should a 12 week puppy drink

Dogs take in water primarily through drinking, but also get some water from eating food and, to a small degree, by the body’s normal metabolism. We refer to this dynamic flow of fluids as “intake” and “output.” Intake is primarily from drinking and water content in food.

Output is fluid loss through normal methods of panting, drooling, urine, and bowel movements, as well as abnormal means like diarrhea, vomiting, and blood loss.

Dehydration results from more “output” than “intake.” Overhydr

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