Hello! We recently moved into an apartment for the first time with an 8 year old staffy x lab who has problems with her back legs and doesn't like going out in the rain.
The dog toilets available to buy were too small, so I ended up building one on our balcony. It has worked but and i'm a bit of an amateur so am hoping for some advice on building a better one
What I used for the current potty:
- 6 x 1m pine for the frame (4 perimeter and 2 support underneath)
- 2 x smaller pieces of wood to prop up the middle (for drainage)
- piece of MDF on top of the support pieces
- Grunt plastic wrap and tape over the MDF (attempted waterproofing)
- 4 x metal feet
- wood screws
- drain (one side closed off)
- plastic tray (for drainage to go into)
- fake grass
Issues/ needs improvement:
- the wood isn't sealed or waterproofed so it is starting to smell (unsure of best solution)
- plastic may need to be regularly replaced (would prefer to just hose off regularly - not sure what to replace with)
- drain sometimes dribbles onto the balcony so probably needs to be more direct to the tray
- Size probably needs to be updated to 1m x 1.5m or 2m
- would like a larger tray for run off but would need to lift it more, which might mean adding a little step since she has bad legs
- I like that the wood is lifted so the run off is directed to the drain, am not sure of the drain will need to be moved to the middle if I extend the length
Keen to just start from scratch so would appreciate advice 😊
