Ah, yes,
If you do lay them this way, then be careful not to leave too much
space between in which little paws could get stuck.
Suze
"Susan A. Schlenger" wrote:
I like them better than cement
> as you can lay them without filling in between and allow for drainage
> through the cracks between pavers.
>
> "Cathy J. Gish" wrote:
> >
> > What are pavers. Are they like the concrete stepping stones?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Cathy
> >
> > "Susan A. Schlenger" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, Chris,
> > > I like the cement pavers a lot. They are inexpensive (though a bit of
> > > work to carry), can be either the grey, red or sometimes blue color,
> > > dogs can't dig out of them and they keep the nails trimmed. The dogs
> > > come in clean in all weather. One can shovel snow if they are laid
> > > fairly level. Easy pick up of poop.
> > > If your runs are way too large, then perhaps start as we did by doing
> > > one half of them in the pavers as well as pavers around the edges, a few
> > > slates down the middle and fill the rest with rounded small river
> > > stone. Little by little we finished up doing the runs in pavers. As it
> > > does get hot, I put out kennel deck (two or three pieces of it) in
> > > summer so that they can get off of the pavers if they get hot.
> > > The dogs clearly prefer the pavers to stone for footing.
> > >
> > > Hope that this is helpful!
> > >
> > > Suze
> > >
> > > Chris Gingell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for suggestions on footing for the dogs runs. We have to redo
> > > > them this year and I would appreciate any suggestions or others experiences
> > > > with what to use.
> > > > We have dry summers, very little rain, but lots of snow in the winter and
> > > > pretty messy conditions in the spring when it thaws.
> > > > I've tried grass but found poop scooping difficult; tried clay base with
> > > > sand but this carried into the dogs room and was not good for their coats.
> > > > We've tried wood bark as I'd seen it in someone else's place but I found
> > > > that quite unsanitary once it has been soaked with urine. I'm thinking
> > > > maybe I'll put concrete in but have heard that the dogs coats get stained.
> > > > That won't do but was wondering if I graded the runs away from the house
> > > > whether that would eliminate that problem. I can't really afford to put
> > > > those interlocking squares on top of the concrete I don't think as I have
> > > > very large runs.
> > > > Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Thanks a bunch.
> > > >
> > > > Chris Gingell
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