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Originally Posted by robstarzxc
We recently purchased a home in the village with a fully enclosed fence, unfortunately there's no lawn for our yellow lab. My plans are to put artificial turf/carpet either over the concrete slabs or the gravel area. That being said both seem to have positives and negatives. Any help would be appreciated.
concrete: flat surface but has the epoxy paint, not sure if urine with go through it. Will the Florida heat melt the turf backing to the epoxy concrete.
gravel area: hard to lay carpet on rocky surface, thinking I would have to lay down sand and stake carpet down over it
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For years (up north) I had a very large dog and a very small back yard grass area, and trained him to urinate on a gravel (several inches of sandy 9s, small gravel mixed with sand) over dirt area to prevent dead grass patches in the minimal lawn. I found that even with daily rinses and deodorizing regularly, I needed to remove and replace the first several inches of underlying dirt several times; don't remember if it was once a year, or every 2 or 3 years. This is obviously in combination with daily walks (yes, bags in pocket). I'm sure that the smaller the dog, the more successful this strategy. Astroturf over concrete would not have worked at all - the odor would have been staggering without the dirt under the gravel to soak into and disperse.