For the past few weeks, we have had a box of cedar chips (red cedar - juniper) in the back corner of the pen. They now have a field goal percentage that Michael Jordan could only dream of: more than 80% of the poop and better than 50% of the pee makes it "in the hoop." Not too bad considering the box is about 5% of the square footage of the pen. Notice the black plastic hardware cloth (attached to the wooden frame). It holds the wood chips down and keeps them from getting spread all over the pen. We will supply each owner with a small piece of screen big enough to cover a cardboard soda pop tray (the shallow boxes that 4 six packs of generic soda come in.) This could make an ideal tray if you wish to consider using the cedar chip experiment in house breaking your dog. Ideally, you'd make a cedar chip pile outside as well. We just take the frame outside and spray it off a few times a day, and vacuum out the chips with the shop vac.
Below: The Little Man gives a tour.......
