Pets, pond water, could there be a market?

The whole article is entertaining (read about fish eyeballs...) but
also interesting when talking about pet drinking habits. Around here
fish flavored pond water is a big hit with the labradors over water
served in the white
porcelain dish and water from the tap - only as a last resort.


For Finicky Drinkers,
Water From the Tap
Isn't Tasty Enough

By JIM CARLTON
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
March 11, 2005
LAWSONVILLE, N.C. -- Bill and Rhonda Fels could never get their
3-year-old, Jason, to drink enough water, and he was chronically
dehydrated as a result. So they were delighted when Jason finally found
water he liked, from a glacier-fed river Mr. Fels crossed during a hike
with Jason in the mountains.
Mr. Fels made regular trips to bring back more river water for Jason.
When neighbors started mooching his supply for their own problem
drinkers, Mr. Fels spotted a business opportunity and started a
bottling company to sell the water.
Jason is now healthy and hydrated. As a bonus, he has stopped drinking
from the toilet. The spaniel-retriever mix is now chief product tester
for the Felses' company, Springmill Products Inc., which ships a line
of bottled water called PetRefresh for finicky critters nationwide.
From their new headquarters on a former tobacco farm in Lawsonville,
N.C., the Felses sell their pet water for $1.49 per 20-ounce plastic
bottle.

(Hmmmmm, Pond Water For Finiky Pets coming to a pet store
near you??)


Read entire aritle here
http://ihmp.net/@/yf
or
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/...bqaJm4,00.html

kathy
(taking back rec.ponds one post at a time)