Artificial Grass for Dogs, 3ft X 5ft X 1.5in Dog Grass Pad, Outdoor Dog Pee Grass and Grass Pad for Dogs, Professional Fake Grass for Patio.

Originally bought this for a high rise balcony in case I couldn’t get my dog out in time. He never went to the bathroom on it and instead loved to just lay and sunbathe which was fine with me! Now he is older and a little more incontinent. He started having issues holding it in the elevator on the way outside so I put his harness on with his leash and would take him on this grass pad and once he peed on it, he figured it out and goes potty here all the time. Learning how to keep it clean has been interesting. He went pee on this about 6 times until I opened the door one day and the smell about knocked me over. So disgusting. SO what I’ve found is there needs to be some very proper drainage. I bought reusable fabric puppy pads and those go under the matt. Then, on top of that are the throw away puppy pads. If I change these out often enough and the sun isnt directly on it, it can go a few weeks before needing to be cleaned. I have to take it to the tub and soak it in soap and vinegar, rinse it off and it’s good to go again. Has been a lifesaver for me and my dog (after he started uncontrollably peeing everywhere!) Just make sure you have something to catch the urine underneath if there isn’t already proper drainage like rocks and dirt. His is on concrete patio.

I use this for my dog to potty on the balcony of our apartment. We live in a highrise in downtown chicago, so potty training puppies is hard. We have a dog park nearby, but this is so much easier. It was also super useful to housebreak him. He just rang a bell when he needed to go and we opened the balcony door; he was potty trained in no time. Since we have him potty trained, we go for walks and he goes outside like normal, but this is what we use for late-night and early morning potty trips. It is AWESOME. We use the crate tray under the grass mat with puppy training pads to soak up the urine. I replace the pads a couple times a week, and pick up the solids just like anywhere.Not super easy to clean, because we dont have a yard/hose to just hose it down. I tried using the shower to rinse it off and let it dry in the sun, which worked but then left our shower stinky, so then i had to clean that. I've resolved to just replacing the artificial grass pad once every couple months (for the price, it's worth it to just replace rather than try to clean the dirty one).I have no other complaints. My dog doesnt try to eat or chew on it, he even likes to lay on it in the sun when we leave the balcony door open. The holes in the bottom drain the urine through to the pads so it's not "wet" with urine all the time. Doesnt smell unless you dont change the pads underneath for too long. Overall, great purchase.

My backyard is completely shaded. It’s very hard to get any decent amount of grass to grow. Therefore, we could never let the kids play in the yard because it was always a big mud whole. We have had the grass down for about a year and it’s still holding up well. I used four 5ft x 13ft pieces in my backyard (as you can see in the pictures). I could have used two more but couldn’t spend more than $600. So we added rock and mulch around the fake grass after a few months. It seems to have worked well around the grass. My kids run and play on the grass constantly. It dries really fast after it gets wet. Even after several days of rain the grass is pretty dry by the next day. Even if it rains all morning the grass only takes a couple hours to dry afterward. It seems to drain water well, which was something I was worried about. I live in a place where we get a lot of rain in the spring and it has done a good job so far holding up. I clean it twice a year, once in the spring and again in very early fall. The only animals that use are grass are typically neighborhood dogs/cats and wild life. I typically try to keep neighborhood dogs out of my backyard but the came into the yard sometimes. So typically cleaning it in just the spring and fall is fine for us. If I notice that more animals have been in our yard than normal, I will clean it throughout the summer as well.

I bought this turf to go on the giant tray I've linked below - also on Amazon. My pups potty outside (many times lol) when I am home to take them. This potty patch set up is just so that they don't have to hold it all day or have accidents in the apartment whilst I'm at the office. I don't even care if that is a permanent solution because it's very easy to maintain. I also feel better knowing they have the option, though only one of my two dogs ever uses it. My older dog strictly goes outside. I purchased two patches of this turf - so I can always have one down while the other is being washed.I place a jumbo charcoal wee pad into the tray under the plastic grate so there is no urine sloshing around in the tray when I have to move it. When necessary, I throw the soiled turf patch in the tub and saturate it with enzyme solution (I personally love Nature’s Miracle Advanced Stain and Odor Eliminator for Severe Dog Messes). After it sits for a while, I rinse thoroughly and then leave it "grass" down to dry in the tub or hang outside over the porch rail if weather is good. I have found that I only need to do this every few days as there really is no odor. I suppose it also depends on how often your pooch uses it. Normal poops are very easy to spot clean...the runs are little tougher to wipe up as you'd expect, but I've had no issues. Very pleased with this solution!Link to 28x40 tray with plastic grate that I place this turf on (below). It's being sold as a wee pad holder but is actually perfect for turf too as long as the turf is designed to drain into a tray (which this turf is):https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072Q28SK3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1