Poll - How often do you wash your pets food and water bowls?
 

I'm just curious. I have two cats and a dachshund so I use the small metal food bowls and I have 11 of them handy so I can give them a clean bowl everytime I give them fresh food and water.

I throw theirs in the dishwasher after every meal...just like I do our dishes.

I wash them every day.

I wash them everyday.

Every meal. I feed mine twice a day. Small amounts.

When their done eating at the end of the day, I wash their food dishes and water dishes. I just give them a quick wash in the sink.

Every time I run the dishwasher - about every other day. Mine eat from glass bowls for their kibble meals and Corelle soup bowls for their raw meals.

I use disposable bowls for my dog's food so she gets a clean one with every feeding and a new water bowl everyday. Our outside cats use the water on demand pet fountain connected to an outside faucet. Don't have to fuss with fresh water everyday for them. My dog knows how to use the cat fountain when she is outside.

My dogs prefer rain water from outside as well clean bowls daily

Every morning before feeding & fresh water.( My cats only get wet food in the morning , dry the rest of the day )

my cats bowl about every ot,her day. sometimes you have to hunt for it, since she covers it and hides it after eating. sometimes under the cabinet, sometimes under a pile of fabric she hunts down fromother rooms. she also has 2 water fountains running all day and night and two glasses of water, one in the bedroom with the water fountain and one as you walk in the door a water fountain and one glass on the sink. she likes running water. sometimes she eats off a napkin coz she get overzealous covering her bowls and throws them and they break or chip. she gets a new bowl for food about ever 3-4 months, due to breakage, and her treats are on a silver platter

I rinse mine out every time I fill the drinking water. Food dishes every so often, my cats and dogs only eat dry food.

I have 5 dogs and 4 cats and wash their food bowls after each meal. I have 2 water bowls for everyone in the laundry room and wash those every couple of days, although I rinse them out and refill them countless times daily! In the summer I have a hard time keeping up with the water bowls even thought the dogs are always drinking out of the pond as well, which is fun to watch, they will wade in the water and lap as they go! Thinking about that makes me even more tired of all this cold, snow and ice!

I throw them in the dishwasher after every meal

I have bowls with either water and/or dry food in them on all 3 floors. Their canned food saucers get washed after every use. Their water bowls usually get washed at least once a week or when they start looking like something I wouldn't use myself. Got to treat our pets the same as ourselves, right????

Wow, that is fancy.:)

every day, they like clean bowls just like me wanting clean plates : )

Me too No wet food no people food.

I clean my little girls bowls with hot soapy water right after she's done eating. I figure I wouldn't want to eat or drink out of a dirty dish or glass so why should she. Also I use to have the stainless bowls but even after cleaning them they would leave a nasty smell also they would get icky real quick. She also gets fresh water different times of the day.

All this talk of making work for ourselves washing bowls. Disposables are the way to go.

I wash them before I put fresh food or water in them, which means at least daily. I have six food dishes and two water dishes available, so there are normally some ready to be used. I have two dogs.

Everyday for the food dish and twice daily for the water. He's spoiled and doesn't want his water to sit and get warm.

daily. 4 dogs and 5 cats. daily

Peach insists on clean dishes for every meal..wants fresh water, too. He also comes after me when he uses his litter box.

Every meal. I make their dogfood and use chicken, so I am afraid to leave it in the dishes even a short while

feed my dogs twice a day small amounts and wash there bowls every day

6 dogs 2 cats, wash dishes every day.

Bowls are washed as needed. He eats dry food, and a spoonful of yogurt (vet approved) once a week (keeps the cat breath at bay). He has 1 food bowl and 2 water bowls- 1 by the food, and the other at the other end of the house. Somehow the water bowls need to be washed at least twice a day because there's always food crumbs in them?

we have a neighbor dog that comes everyday for a visit, what will be a good snack or treat I can give her

Daily, I wouldn't want to eat and drink from dirty dishes so she shouldn't have to either. (Sheltie-Jack Russell mix)

Every meal, if we deserve clean dishes, so do they!

I would ask your neighbor, I do not let my dogs roam, but one has a grain allergy, and I would be upset to find out he was getting it somewhere else, but like I said my dogs stay home! Just ask the neighbor....carrots are usually a good safe pick.

after each meal, Chance gets medicine twice a day, so he need to have food twice a day

Same as I wash mine every meal.

Dog's food dish after every meal and water dish every time it is filled. Our little girl has crystal dishes so need them to sparkle! LOL We also have 2 large parrots and I wash theirs food/water dishes (not crystal) daily too.

Food bowls with each meal and water bowl every time I refill it (usually once a day). Even washing the water bowl once a day it is amazing what a film develops on it.

You're supposed to wash them????? (Just kidding)

Canned pure pumpkin is a great snack for a dog. It is very nutritious for them too. I give my dog a spoonful everyday.

Washing pet food bowls is more of a people thing. Dogs and cats will gobble up the food they like no matter what it is served in.

One of my dogs eats her own poop. Why should I worry about clean anything? Dogs will drink out of toilets,mud puddles and anything else. Clean is good but, just ask yourself about the above.
I have never heard of dogs or cats dying from their owners not washing their bowls after they eat or take a drink of water.
My cats do not share the dog's water or food. One dog has her own water and food bowls. My new puppy has his own water and food bowls.