Whay should I do to my yard?

[Yorkiedaze]

Originally Posted by soneal

I have a small fenced in back yard for the dogs to go potty in, well the grass has never grown very well there as it is shady most of the day, now there is hardly anything but dirt. Winter will be here before you know it and the rain and snow is going to make it a muddy mess, so that means wiping the dogs feet everytime they go out before they come back in. Talk about a hassle, on 3 dogs, plus they hate it. So does anyone have any ideas on what I could put on the dirt to cover it so it won't get muddy but yet they will potty on and easy to get the poo up? I was thinking mulch maybe, sometimes they go in the front yard and always seem to want to go to my bed that has mulch in it to go. I want it to be safe for them, yet easily cleanable. I plan on tilliing up what grass there is and covering with something before fall sets in. We don't use that part of the yard for anything but the dogs to potty in. Any advice???

Whatever you do, don't put that gorilla hair (shredded bark) down. That stuff stick to the dogs sooooo bad.
I would probably put a ton of wood chips down if they aren't pad trained.

[chachi]

Dont put coco mulch down either. It can make dogs sick if they injest it

[soneal]

Glad to know about both of those type mulches, learned something new. Thanks.

[Yorkiekids]

The small stones might work too.

[browniesmom622]

put down astro turf you can get it at any homedepot or lowls
its cheap and easy to clean we have it in half out yard works great and you still get the green grass look

[amanda350]

If it is not a large area you could have sod put down.. or the pebbles will work also, my neighbor has a huge yard and a pond with river rock around it and that is the only place his dogs will poop...every dog is different