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from (Christine) contains these words:

I hope you can give me some pointers! I have a long thin garden with
a patio, but at the moment the grass area is in a right state. It's
bumpy, bare in patches, and has no definition. The dog also enjoys
using it as his personal toilet.

Trouble is I've got twin toddlers, and with the nice weather coming I
will be letting them into the garden alot more. So what is the best
thing to do with the garden? Grass is not a priority, as we back
straight onto a park. What I was thinking was large flower borders
and bark for the kids to have their slide or whatever on. My question
is, do dogs still do their business on bark? Is there anyway I can
attract the dog to a different area? I would turf the lawn but with
it being so bumpy it's going to be difficult, isn't it?

I would also like to have a small veg patch at the top of the garden.
Do dogs poo on such things?!

Dogs poo anywhere unless taught otherwise. With toddler twins you may
not have time for dog potty-training atm ;-) However, if you feed the
dog just one meal a day first thing in the morning, it will poo shortly
afterwards, so you can bag the faeces and dispose.

Janet.

Dogs poo anywhere unless taught otherwise. With toddler twins you may
not have time for dog potty-training atm ;-) However, if you feed the
dog just one meal a day first thing in the morning, it will poo shortly
afterwards, so you can bag the faeces and dispose.

Janet.
I had toddler twins - now grown up - a long narrow garden and a dog. I
dont remember having problems. The top part of the garden was lawn and
shrubs and the bottom part was paved. Dog was walked with the twins on a
regular basis and obliged on its walk or at the bottom of the garden
where it was easy to clean up. Perhaps I was lucky but it was no big
deal, some dogs will mess anywhere and are tricky to train but I think a
piece of rough garden it can call its own might well do the trick,
fencing will keep the twins out.
kate