We got one of these bottles 10 years ago... it worked fine until just recently when it developed a small air leak and dripped all the time. That's about par for plastic products that need to be water-tight. Plastic just doesn't last forever.
We have since replaced the old 32 oz plastic bottle with a new 32 oz plastic bottle and added a 1/2 gallon bottle also. Both continue to work fine. Leaks around the blue cap are easily resolved by trimming away any left over "flashing" from the molding process. Drips out of the spout are solved by squeezing the plastic bottle a little to force a little water out past the ball bearing... this speeds up the formation of the vacuum in the bottle so the dripping stops faster.
Our 10 1/2 and 8 1/2 year old dogs used the first bottle their entire lives. Neither of them ever got sick with anything. They prefer watter from this bottle and will only drink out of a bowl if the bottle is empty.
Stainless steel doesn't support the growth of bacteria - and the metal ball and tube are stainless steel. An occasional rinse-out is all the maintenance we ever did - a drop of diswashing liquid into the tube, water into the tube... slosh around a few times. Rinse throughly. Repeat. We did this maybe 4 or 5 times a year. The sloshing rolls the ball around cleaning it on all sides.
Dogs will drink out of puddles of slime, swamps, and any other manner of foul water if they are thirsty and there's no access to any fresher water. That terrible quality water doesn't make them sick. It's amazing how some people get all worked up about nothing.Get more detail about Small Dog Water Bottle 32oz.
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