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I want to start my post by saying currently our 5 month old lab pup spends all day and night inside with us. She is crated when she cannot be directly supervised. We have an outside run that we occasionally used for our previous lab. It is an area where he could get some fresh air and not be confined to a crate if we were gone for a longer period of time. The outside run currently has farm fence covered in pea gravel with a roof and dog house. We have not used it for current lab because she eats rocks, plus we felt it was important for bonding, etc for her to be inside. Now that she is a bit older, we'd like to occasionally be able to let her go into outside run, but cannot decide on a suitable floor. It cannot be anything consumable as she eats everything in sight. We talked about concrete, but I don't want to damage her joints. I've searched the web trying to find other options and found kennel platforms and rubber mats. Obviously it needs to be dig and chew proof. Has anyone ever seen a kennel floor done in either of these? I want to make sure it is durable and safe for her. Links for reference only to show what I mean.
http://www.jjdog.com/Merchant2/merc...y_Code=2CATTenderfootRubberFloorMattingTENRFM
http://www.snowcountrypets.com/ati/product-at-kennelplatform?gclid=CNK7ld23iowCFSZJYAod8CsK5w
She will still be walked on average 3x/day, played with, spend indoor time with us and sleep indoors. Never in the 10 years we had our other dog did he sleep outside. Maybe I don't need to worry that concrete will be too rough because she won't be in it for long periods?
http://www.jjdog.com/Merchant2/merc...y_Code=2CATTenderfootRubberFloorMattingTENRFM
http://www.snowcountrypets.com/ati/product-at-kennelplatform?gclid=CNK7ld23iowCFSZJYAod8CsK5w
She will still be walked on average 3x/day, played with, spend indoor time with us and sleep indoors. Never in the 10 years we had our other dog did he sleep outside. Maybe I don't need to worry that concrete will be too rough because she won't be in it for long periods?