Best Dog Kennel Flooring

Undecided as to what is the best flooring for your dog kennel and run?  With the multitude of flooring options available these days, it can be hard to make a decision on this.  Sometimes you will have to base your decision on your budget or in other situations the length of time your pet spends in the run may be the deciding factor.  

Grass and Dirt

If you're dog is going to be spending any amount of time in the run I would strongly advise against just leaving grass and dirt down.  For one thing, your pet will soon run the grass down till you have large patches of dirt.  Dirt gets wet and turns to mud.  Or, in dryer climates, having large exposed sections of dirt will leave you with a real problem with dust.  Not only does it look unsightly but it is pretty unpractical and hard to keep your dog clean.  Dirt also is a wonderful breeding ground for mites and fleas and other undesirable pests.

Dog urine is also very strong, and no matter how hard you try to keep the run looking nice and grassy it's inevitable that bald patches will appear where ever the dog relieves himself.

Gravel

Pea gravel works quite nicely,and I've seen it used in a number of pens, even used it myself on occasion.  There are a couple of cautions though, if you're planning on having puppies in the pen you might want to avoid using gravel as they can have a bad habit of eating the gravel and ending up with a blocked intestine.  Even older dogs sometimes like to chew on things, so if that's your dog avoid this material.

The gravel needs to be raked from time to time, as it tends to gravitate towards the outer edges of the pen, or builds up in one spot. So, in order to keep it level you need to keep it raked.

It's fairly easy to keep clean, and porous enough for the urine to go straight through it.  So, it is a viable option for fairly cheap flooring.

Cement

My favorite is cement.  Why? Because it's easy to clean and hose off,  the dogs seem to like running on it, and if it's sealed properly urine doesn't seep into it.  It can be quite cold for your pets in winter, so you might want to invest in some stable mats to lay down in areas where the dog rests, and have the actual dog kennel flooring built up out of wood so they can rest up off the cold cement.

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