Is the little dog going to be confined to this small strip between the house
and the fence? Dogs are pack animals, and if a little dog is left alone for
long periods of time in this kind of location, it will go mad with
loneliness and boredom. It will probably start barking out of sheer
desperation and drive your neighbours mad as well!

Unless you are prepared to spend time with a dog, exercising it every day,
learning about a dog's' basic needs and become a responsible dog owner,
please, please do not even consider getting a dog.

~Roberta~

"Staycalm" wrote in message
u...
On the western side of our house is a strip between the house and the
fence. About a meter wide it is currently bare dirt after new plumbing and
fence works. I was thinking of putting weedmat and some sort of rock mulch
down but wondered if there was any other alternative. We are getting a
little dog after Christmas and wondered what I could do down there to make
it more dog friendly. It gets no direct sun and the neighbor's house is
directly over the other side of the fence.
Do dogs like astroturf? Would that do as a weedstopper? Or is there a
drought resistant, shade loving real grass alternative?
Liz