Kids+dogs+rain=trashed garden

Hay_2

We have a pretty nice sized garden,with a fenced off patio area and a decent part laid to lawn.18 months ago we totally gutted it.Rotavated,rollered and put lovely quality turf down aswell as spending hundreds on flowers and plants for the borders.We really had THE most beautiful garden for a while with lush green lawn~perfect:D
Then we added a cutey pie puppy who turned into a HUUUUGE doggy!Added another doggy because she was "lonely":rolleyes:
And now...our once gorgeous garden is in tatters:eek: It is a ripped up mud pile with everything we planted having been eaten.Holes dug,armoured cable munched on~you get the picture?We have three very young children(3,2,1 years old) and they need to be able to get out and play/
So we have got a fence put up dividing the side of the house from the garden to restrict the dogs access.We've been looking at artificial grass which REALLY appeals but is soooo expensive,but it would be the IDEAL thing:rolleyes: If we had the cash we'd do it 2mro.We can afford just the grass but with fitting it'd be an impossibility and we are rubbish at DIY:o
We're thinking of splitting the garden with a barked section with a slide and a swing or the like...
We are totally confused as to how to get our garden into a condition where we can actually enjoy it

UKTigerlily

Send the dogs to me! lol seriously I have no idea sorry, just made me laugh cause I can imagine you chasing kids & dogs Well give it 20yrs kid'll have moved out, dogs will have passed on n u'll be sorted. JUst a thought, are the dogs walked plenty? Example if ones a border collie being walked 2 x 20 minutes a day it won't be nowhere near enough & bored & unexcercised dogs won't help, just a thought

Hay_2

Two dogs being parcelled up as we speak!!!!:rotfl:
No we have a female 22 month old Rottweiler and an 11 month old Staffordshire bull terrier(still want the dogs??!).They get plenty of walks and exercise but are basically TOTAL loons when playing together so bye bye grass hello mud:rolleyes:
Looks like we're saving for fake grass then eh???:rotfl: :rotfl:

UKTigerlily

Yesssssssssssssssssssss I adore Staffs, i'm all jealous now! lol guess you are, but would they try to chew it up or anything? lol let em have fake grass down the side of the house n keep ya garden for you. Mind you I have a cat & she owns the place, think they kinda take over. I'll see if I can find any ideas to help. On the plus side, ya could have mud wrestling comps to raise money lmao

emmaroids

Hay wrote:

We have three very young children(3,2,1 years old)

Hay wrote:

we have a female 22 month old Rottweiler and an 11 month old Staffordshire bull terrier

i dont mean to be negative but these two things dont mix imo.

mutley_muppet

emmaroids wrote:

i dont mean to be negative but these two things dont mix imo.

So long as they are always supervised they do, IMO.

Hay, why don't you just replace the lawn with that tree bark stuff or pebbles for now till the kids & dogs are older?

I have 3 big dogs and I have gravelled over my garden and grow lots of plants, veggies & frut in pots.

p.s. Dont use cocoa mulch in the garden - poisonous to dogs if they are silly enough to eat it.:rolleyes:

looby-loo_2

Let the dogs have the plastic stuff and leave the children to the garden

MissG_2

emmaroids wrote:

i dont mean to be negative but these two things dont mix imo.

I think that they can mix providing you have the right training and the dog knows the pecking order of who is in control. My partners cousin has one and he had it before his partner had the kids (3 kids), he took it to training classes and the dog knows his place. If he thought for a minute the kids would be at risk the dog would of been out

UKTigerlily

I think it's all this negative media cover, hell i'd worry more bout Jack Russels!

MissG_2

UKTigerlily wrote:

I think it's all this negative media cover, hell i'd worry more bout Jack Russels!

:rotfl: My partners mum has 3, lol. One is soft as anything, one is very friendly but protective and the other one is off its head, when stranger go into house he always gets locked away. You have to get the mail before the is no mail to get, the brush if your are a woman :rolleyes: (typical) and are lucky enough for the brush to have a head left you will get to brush up.

Like i said before all can be fine providing you train them and let them know the pecking order, things go wrong when you don't.

Hay_2

emmaroids wrote:

i dont mean to be negative but these two things dont mix imo.

EXCUSE me?And you know that because????Oh hang on i know...you know that because the Sun newspaper says so right?:rolleyes:
I'll have you know my dogs are trained,attend classes,are insured,vaccinated,they are kept seperate from the kids unless supervised.We have fenced off areas so they can play seperately and safely.We have baby gates on the rooms and stairs and crates for the dogs too.The dogs are not fed near the kids,they don't have toys left out.Our dogs have been brought up with our kids and the dogs KNOW their place in our family...at the bottom~just like the kids respect our dogs space.Did you know that Staffies are called the "nanny dog" because they are so good with kids??Did you know they were second on the Kennel clubs list of dogs MOST suitable for family life??As for our Rottie she ADORES our children....the kids helpbrush them,wash them with us.They play in paddling pools together....they dressed them up at xmas for heavens sake.... WHY am I justifying myself to you?I get enough sheer ignorance on the street from people who think they "know" about dogs:mad: It drives me bloody nuts to have anyone think I'd risk my children in any way.I'm a 31 year old married woman who has spent her life around big dogs....bllleuuurrrghhhh !!!
Blimey I came on here looking for advice on GRASS not my dogs.:mad: