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In my backyard (inside the main fence) I have a 16 x 10 chain link kennel that we put there a couple years ago to give a litter of 8 puppies we were fostering a safe place to frisk around. Since then I haven't used it and it's all full of weeds but I just had this new idea...
Grace and Leo both love to play in the water and every year we buy a baby pool. However, Leo also likes to dig all the water out and make a big pig wallow in the resulting mud. This means he gets filthy, the water gets filthy, and the yard gets destroyed.
So I thought maybe I could put the pool (and maybe get one of those big cattle trough ones instead of our usual little plastic thing) inside the kennel and put some kind of covering over the ground so Leo couldn't make mud. Then the Shepherds would have a fun place to get wet and the smaller dogs would be kept away from the deeper pool.
My first choice would be those rubber stall mats they make for horses but those turn out to be really expensive and to cover a 10 x 16 space would be really pricey.
Does anyone have other ideas of stuff to put over the ground that will keep the dogs and the water clean? I thought of gravel but that seems like it could be hard on their feet and eventually I'm going to remove the pen and put a garden there so I don't want anything that's going to be a huge PITA to relocate.
Other ideas? I think this could be so great but I'm a bit stumped how to proceed.
Grace and Leo both love to play in the water and every year we buy a baby pool. However, Leo also likes to dig all the water out and make a big pig wallow in the resulting mud. This means he gets filthy, the water gets filthy, and the yard gets destroyed.
So I thought maybe I could put the pool (and maybe get one of those big cattle trough ones instead of our usual little plastic thing) inside the kennel and put some kind of covering over the ground so Leo couldn't make mud. Then the Shepherds would have a fun place to get wet and the smaller dogs would be kept away from the deeper pool.
My first choice would be those rubber stall mats they make for horses but those turn out to be really expensive and to cover a 10 x 16 space would be really pricey.
Does anyone have other ideas of stuff to put over the ground that will keep the dogs and the water clean? I thought of gravel but that seems like it could be hard on their feet and eventually I'm going to remove the pen and put a garden there so I don't want anything that's going to be a huge PITA to relocate.
Other ideas? I think this could be so great but I'm a bit stumped how to proceed.