Jeannette Polowski Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2002
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OK, well I guess it is pea gravel for me then, my dogs are not in the sun except early am in the summer. And I didn't think about the urine absorbtion, thanks Bob!
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
I use pea gravel in my dog run and it abosrbs rain and urine great and poo is easy clean up. I have 3/4 acre so the bark chips are in the rest of the yard.
Looks like wood it is then for me - although I probably wont go with chips, the local feed store sells shredded ceder for horse stalls which would be a better option. My wife runs a vet hospital and I've already seen too many intestinal blockages caused by chunks of wood, so I'll stay away from chips.
Was also thinking of putting dry-stal down first to help with the urine.
LOL Joel - I'll trade your dust issue for a mud issue ANY day!!
We recently went from 3 to 4 dogs, and 2 to 3 turnout areas. The "best" turnout area for the dogs is about 6 acres fenced. The secondary turnout area used to be about 1/4 acre fenced for "short" turnouts.
With 4 dogs, there is a point at which no grass can grow in the small turnout area. We recently created a 3rd - a "Run" which is about 15' by 40' for the truly muddy days. We covered this with 1/2" smooth gravel. It has to be cleaned properly, but has given us some much needed relief from 16 muddy paws during the rainy season in IL.
Let me know if you'd like to trade me for that dust problem LOL!
He he - well you certainly don't want the dust either - everything in your house ends up with this fine silt coating to it meaning you have to dust constantly just to stop everyting going brown. The monitor on my wife's computer attracts a lot of it with the static, you can actually see how thick it is when the monitor is turned off - eek!
Jeannette Polowski Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2002
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Joel, my show line house dog is allergic to cedar, so I would caution you about using it, only becasue I found out about the allergy incidentally while investigating food allergies! I had put regular horse sawdust shavings in the kennel at an earlier time and had put cedar shavings in the dog houses.
This wouldn't be good for one of the current dogs!But at that time I had absolutely no idea about the allergy.( this dog was only a tiny pup at that time and I was using the material for 2 other kennel dogs)
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
I have used pea gravel in the past -- it is good but you need a fierce hose nozzel to clean it out really good once in awhile -- dirt starts to build up (even with daily poop picking)
Also check paws when they come in -- the little gravels have a fun way of coming out on the floor.
1/2 inch to 1 inch smooth gravel stays "outdoors" better than pea gravel, dust or mud in my experience. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And I'm mighty happy to be done with that mud.
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