Across the U.S., about 66% of households have pets. The pet owners among us often care deeply for their animals, wanting the best life possible for their furry friends.
For those who have cats and dogs, this often means creating a space outside that pets can use for outdoor play and to relieve themselves safely and comfortably. Care must be taken to ensure that outdoor surfaces, whether backyards or apartment common areas, are appropriate for the animal members of the household.
While leaving a backyard as natural dirt creates a surface for your landscaping clients’ pets to run around on without incident, dirt in Arizona is so dusty that your dog or cat may come in looking much more brown than before they went outside. Your pets may bring the dirt inside your home, leaving you with more of a mess to clean up.
Rocks can provide adequate surface cover for dirt outside, but are harsh enough on animal paws that they may cause scrapes and bleeding. Natural grass is softer and can keep dust down but requires lots of water and mowing.
Using artificial turf on surfaces for your landscaping clients’ pets can help keep things clean and consistently beautiful. With artificial turf, there’s no need to worry about dead patches of grass or mowing a lawn, which takes more than 380 hours over the course of one’s life on average. Your clients will enjoy bright green coloration at a uniform height throughout the turf’s life. Turf is also much softer than rocks and cleaner than dirt, making an ideal balance between multiple priorities for pet surface options.
Synthetic grass can retain a lot of heat in high temperatures, so precautions must be taken with its use to ensure adequate cooling through options such as shade structures or positioning in areas shielded from the sun. A professional specializing in artificial turf can also help you choose options that minimize heat retention to keep the surface pet-safe.
At Arizona Turf Depot, the premier artificial turf wholesaler in Arizona, we specialize in providing a great selection of synthetic grass for a variety of needs. Visit or call Arizona Turf Depot at our West Valley showroom, 14131 N. Rio Vista Blvd., Suite 9, Peoria, AZ 85381 (623) 388-3389, or contact us at our Mesa location, 7645 E. Ray Road, Suite 101, Mesa, AZ 85212, (480) 690-5591. Our experienced team is happy to help you find the right synthetic grass for your needs.