pool/pond for dogs
I tried to do this a while back, I mean I built the pond but it's got a leak in it somewhere and is always half full and also it's too filthy for dogs to swim in, lol fail. They still do get in it sometimes, much to my disgust.
I saw that vid you posted recently and was like "Damn! next time!", such a cool idea. My idea was still pretty cool, rain water off the roof goes down a pipe and into a drain which connects to an underwater pipe that then comes out to a rocky stream which then turns into a waterfall into a big pond (6 foot deep in some places). It's well planted and has a lot of life in it, fish and frogs and water bugs and snails and all sorts of stuff. Even had a big eel in it for a while, which I put in there (got out during a flood) and one morning I found a huge fish just laying on a rock next to the pond and I was like "wtf?" and went to pick it up thinking it was dead but it sprung back into the water, lol, must have got in there during the flood. Most of the fish in there are just little mosquito fish.
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I was thinking it would be cool to make a pond/pool type thing for my dogs. then i came across this, would be awesome to make something like that for them, maybe on a much smaller scale, something for them to lay in the hot summer. wouldnt be able to stop them from drinking it though.
anyone ever though of doing something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCPA5PQpGA&feature=context-gfa
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That's bloody fantastic thanks for sharing I would love to have something similar in my garden specially during the hot summer months but like you said perhaps a scaled down version.
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yes theres no need for it to be so large if its for the dogs only. I am thinking about making a very large one though. As I would like to raise fish in it as well as crawfish for eating.
something to consider if you decide to make this. I would make the edges of the pond in levels, kind of like large flat steps before it goes straight to the deepend. This way its easy for the dogs to get out. If theres just a flat area and then a deep drop off a dog could drown.
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I tried to do this a while back, I mean I built the pond but it's got a leak in it somewhere and is always half full and also it's too filthy for dogs to swim in, lol fail. They still do get in it sometimes, much to my disgust.
I saw that vid you posted recently and was like "Damn! next time!", such a cool idea. My idea was still pretty cool, rain water off the roof goes down a pipe and into a drain which connects to an underwater pipe that then comes out to a rocky stream which then turns into a waterfall into a big pond (6 foot deep in some places). It's well planted and has a lot of life in it, fish and frogs and water bugs and snails and all sorts of stuff. Even had a big eel in it for a while, which I put in there (got out during a flood) and one morning I found a huge fish just laying on a rock next to the pond and I was like "wtf?" and went to pick it up thinking it was dead but it sprung back into the water, lol, must have got in there during the flood. Most of the fish in there are just little mosquito fish.
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That is awesome.
