Sage's Surf n Turf

WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
edited May 2009 in General
Here's Sage at his Beach in our yard-when it was new and smooth the dog's weren't interested in digging. After I hid toys in the sand they weremildly interested, but when I got out there with my shovel, They went to town. It is hot sometimes now and Sage digs a little cooling hole. In these photos, he and Reilly dug a crater.

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sage's crater


sandpit sage




Today I took Rei and Sage out to meet their labby friends Pete and Cooper at the reservoir. They had a good swim:

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Comments

  • SayaSaya
    edited November -1
    That looks like fun I'm glad your dogs had a good time there with it.
  • tsukitsunetsukitsune
    edited November -1
    Brindle looks even cooler in the water!
  • sunyatasunyata
    edited November -1
    Wow, your pups have a nice sandbox! I may have to build one for my two. :)
    And they look nice and cool in the water!
  • cmmookiecmmookie
    edited November -1
    What a fun time!! I have to say though, the title of this discussion is making me really hungry.
  • WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
    edited November -1
    We put in three tons of sand, and the thing I am most glad I did when building the Dig Pit was to dig out the area, then fill it with sand, so the sand is deep. The soil below is very clayish and damp and a little smelly, so they like to dig all through the sand to get to the earthy soil, but they dont really get enough clay up for things to get muddy. the sand drains well and the presence of dogs in the fenced yard means no feline pit stops.

    Because I can only take Sage out to carefully selected places at off-times with known dog pals, I felt his home yard needed enrichment, and it gives us something new to do together!
  • tjbart17tjbart17
    edited November -1
    ha ha ha . I like the pic of Sage with just his head poking out. This is your backyard? That is cool that you are so thoughtful.
  • TheWalrusTheWalrus
    edited November -1
    Sage looks like a soldier in camo poking his head out of his trench :P

    ...all clear on the western front.
  • shimaurashibalover92shimaurashibalover92
    edited November -1
    Sage really is a handsome boy. He looks like the happiest dog on earth in the pictures.
  • WrylyBrindleWrylyBrindle
    edited November -1
    The Sand is in my yard, but the water was a field trip to the reservoir.

    When we had our yard dug up switching to sewer service, it was an opportunity to fix up the yard. My husband (Jeff) got two gardens out of it. I (and my extension, the dogs) got a sandpit, a big lookout rock and a gravel "warning track" along the back of the fence. I put some slates down to put the dog pool on- so it isn't actually ruining any grass. (Jeff has not yet embraced reasonable grass-quality expectations of the dog yard.) Dog centric, but I feel much less guilty as I change Sage's lifestyle to more of a stay-at-home-defenseman. (hockey metaphor- sorry...)


    welcome to my sand



    He is an intense dog, whatever he is feeling it's all the way. This photo is pre-gravel, and before everything got so green and dense in the woods. The gravel runs in a strip in front of the stone wall (chipmunks, anyone?) from the Beach to the start of a split rail fence on the right.Before the sand pit, he would dig a hole under the canoe. Now the dogs play bow and scrape up sand in the Beach to taunt each other before their big chase scenes.
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