Just for your dog: Meat-flavored bottled water

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060713/lf_afp/afplifestyleaustralia;_ylt=ArkHwd4yv6HNQMsFnCpfCgkDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-

Bottled water in meaty flavours? Dogs lap it up

SYDNEY (AFP) - Cool bottled water in three delicious flavours -- beef, chicken and bacon. Not tempted? Your dog will be.

An Australian man has taken pooch-pampering to the next level with the launch of Aqua Dog.

With one canine for every five Australians, the country has one of the world's highest dog ownership rates and a pet food industry worth 1.2 billion dollars (890 million US dollars) a year.

For Andrew Larkey, that made the country the perfect place to start offering bottled water for dogs.

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Selling for nearly 3.0 dollars (2.20 US dollars) per bottle, the canine drink is more expensive than mineral water for humans. But in a nation of dog lovers, it is flying off the shelves.

Available in supermarkets around the country, over one thousand 600ml (20.3 ounce) bottles are sold a week and Larkey says he is struggling to keep up with demand.

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The flavour encourages the dog to drink and prepares the body against damaging fluid loss, and overheating during competition, traveling, training or hot days.

"It's packed with electrolytes and vitamins. I mean, we could drink it."

[China_cat]

1. My Foster's & Smith catalog

lists beef flavored aspirin for dogs.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. I'd better not start my dogs on that or they'll be hooked.

:eyes: They'd drive us insane to drink it constantly!

[Blue-Jay]

3. That picture is hilarious!

Let me know when I can get some bacon-water. mmmmmmmm.

[Book Lover]

4. You magnificent bastard!

Why couldn't *I* have come up with this latest way to fleece overindulgent dog owners? Man, I gotta get my head out of the clouds...