Apartment dogs

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4y
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excuse my bad handwriting and drawing skills, but here is a visual of a couple of configurations you can use for your porch potty. The configuration you decide on depends completely on where you locate your drainpipe, so get creative with your space.
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How to Build a DIY Patio Potty for Your Dog | Dengarden
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This is an example of a spade drill bit. Make sure you have the right size for the pipe support you are using. If your pipe support is too large. You may have to switch to a hole dozer bit instead.
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Here's all of my supplies, laid out. Since I don't have a workspace, I put my plywood sheet on the saw horses and used that as a table until I was ready to use the plywood.
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Here's what the contraption looks like after attaching your 1x4's and hardware cloth! All it needs now is sod!
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Measuring where I need each support to go. I ended up using 3 supports since my dog is 20 lbs, but you may want to use all 4 supports if your dog is 20 lbs- 35 lbs. if your dog is over 35 lbs, you may want to consider a different materials.
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How to Build a DIY Patio Potty for Your Dog | Dengarden
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here you'll see how I've sealed in my drainage pipe all the way around the opening and on the tarp.
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I forgot to take a picture before I started putting the hardware cloth and PVC pipe inserts -- but look past that and you'll see my tarp. I recommend a shower curtain instead. staple the shower curtain in to keep liquids off the plywood,
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I put together my support slots by doing a U-Shape setting, but this took a while to do, so I actually recommend just using a spade bit that is larger than your pipe and drilling a regular hole instead, and then sliding the pipe through the hole.