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Humans often treat their canine companions as if they were fellow human beings, and when one sees a dog panting or displaying other signs of being overheated on a warm day, a natural inclination is to provide the animal with something we people find cool and refreshing, such as ice-cold water or pieces of ice (or both). According to widespread lore, however, this is a dangerous practice: providing pooches with ice or ice water can supposedly produce bloating that can lead them to develop acute gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV), a life-threatening condition: But, as various sources have noted, it's unlikely a dog would develop GDV simply from being provided with ice or ice water — the real danger to your dog is more likely to come from the animal's consuming too much water and/or consuming water too quickly: Veterinarian Dr. Audrey Harvey concurred, writing of this topic in July 2011 that: Likewise, Dr. Page Wages of the Oberlin Animal Hospital wrote said of this subject in August 2007 that: And veterinarian Dr. Patty Khuly wrote in July 2010 of the second example reproduced above (which has been circulating since at least 2007), these types of warnings about dogs and ice water are examples of web-based misinformation [that] will just not die:
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