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 > > Caruaidd Cavaliers. > > > > ========================================================= > > "Magic Commands": > > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > to start it up gain click here: > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > -- > Suze at Llawen Cavaliers > "...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man > to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica > "Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. -- http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
