From the suppliers of Wal-Mart’s Sams Club soda, comes the first bottled water specifically for dogs. Cott Corp. has introduced FortiFido, which comes in four different flavors–peanut butter, parsley, spearmint, and lemongrass. One and two liter bottles go for $1.39 and $2.29.
Cott Corp. must be really hurting after Wal-Mart cut back on its purchases. Their stock is at a nine-year low., but this new product wont help. Dog water is really a specialized product with a narrow market. And it’s stupid.
Bottled water is ridiculous. It’s the same water as the water coming out of your home’s faucet–except it isn’t tested as frequently. And it’s over 1000 times more expensive. All the plastic bottles are creating mountains of waste that persist for millennia. Sure you can recycle the bottles (only about 5% of bottles are), but the collection, transport, sorting and processing all have serious environmental impacts.
And now the bourgeoisie can give their dogs bottled water–it’s a status symbol. Like pooping gold. A literal waste of money. Dogs are probably better served drinking toilet water.
1 response so far ↓
Anonymous // June 6, 2008 at 10:28 am
Wow did you even read what the products do. They are not water replacement, the dog’s are only supposed to drink so much each day, and the purpose is to get your dog the functional ingredients. That is why they say things like for Healthy Joints or Strong Bones etc.
Leave a Comment