Jim Dandy: I guess if cats do it, then it's okey. Even tho I'm not a cat person, I've always thought that cats are smarter than dogs (i.e. they don't do things like walk out into the road when there's a car moving on it, they can hunt for food if they're starving). My dog is so pampered that she gets filtered tap water, and if it's not really cold, she won't drink it...plus I put those bleach tab things in the toilets in my house, so it wouldn't be drinkable anyway