How Relevant Is Yard Size?

[Dame Aussie]

Double post!

Edited June 8, 2010 by Aussie3

[ravenau1]

Thanks for the feedback everyone and some funny stories ;)

greytmate and juice, thanks for the info! I'll definitely will have to work something out for that. We do have a small grassed area enclosed, plus two doors down on the other side of the street is a park and large oval. Unfortunately I don't have anyone with a bigger yard within walking distance (I don't drive), we will have to have a think on this and come up with some sort of solution as we certainly don't want to impede the development of a puppy at all. I am open the the idea of an adult dog, but unfortunately my Husband is resistant.

Ideally we would like a bigger property for the dog, but, we are currently sitting quite well Bank and Landlord free. We could 'upgrade', so to speak, but then I guess I would have to work full time for us to afford a mortgage on a bigger place which would rule out me getting a dog and kind of defeat the purpose of moving lol. Not that I have a problem with people working full time with a dog, just one of the reasons we are after one is that I have a fair bit of time on my hands :D

Thanks again everyone!

[Gayle.]

If you have a public school in your neighborhood, approach the principal about the possibility of using their grounds outside of school hours for exercising your dog.

When we lived in town, we had a primary school around the corner that my kids used to go to. When we got Benson, we needed something larger than our backyard to give him a run so I visited the school and asked the principal. He was happy for us to use the grounds as long as I left the grounds in the same condition I found them.....picked up dog poo etc. He told me he liked having responsible families use the facilities.....playgound, sports oval etc, outside of school hours as it deterred vandals.

If we ever found kids belongings on the oval....lunch boxes, clothes etc, I'd pick them up and stash them somewhere safe where they could be found the following day by the teachers. It was the least I could do to pay back for the convenience of being able to run my dogs on a safe, flat, fenced grassy area most days.

[ravenau1]

Thanks GayleK, will definitely look into that! We have a school fairly close by