Pet Dog Poo in the Garden

I mean 6 by 18 for the dog toileting area! We would need a much bigger space for the ball games.

I Googled dogs' toilets but they are to small for ,as Fleurpepper observed an older dog although a p;up can be trained to go on a special small surface area.

My small garden would have an area perhaps about 6 feet by 18 feet. I wondered if turf is the best surface for cleaning up and picking up.

I'd like the whole garden to be turfed, but in my experience with an active dog and a large garden, much of the turf become mud for about three months in the year. So much as like grass, I thought, in a small garden, concrete slabs would be good for the dog's ball games, his wee paws, and I could plant some low bushes for the birds and bees, and some greenery. It's only the problem of toileting surface on the smaller toileting area that is a puzzle. My dog already has a preference for certain areas in his garden so that is not a problem.

These may work for a new dog/puppy you are training- but not necessarily for older dogs with ingrained habits.

If you Google 'dog toilet' you will find all sorts of things there which could be placed in your garden.

Mine has always refused to go in our garden even for a wee.
So we have always had to have regular walks. It does get harder as he gets older and more infirm but he still struggles on and out.

Certainly not artificial grass- friends made that expensive mistake and it was a total disaster.

Honestly, with a small garden the only way is regular walks and pick up.