Hey All,

We are moving to an apartment shortly and i thought it would be a GREAT idea to purchase a Pet Loo, that was until I saw the price of one. Definately something I can't afford. No matter how hard i tried to justify it i refused to pay $ 310 for a plastic tray. I did place a few bids on ebay used Pet Loos but then i started to think about the product itself...

Apart from it being overpriced i can't see the product really being as good as it all sounds when you take into account that you have a tray of dog urine that has to be emptied daily or every couple of days which is bound to smell and also the fact that it has to travel down through the Pet Loo (coating the Pet Loo itself in urine), basically what i'm saying is that the Pet Loo has to not only have the grass rinsed when it starts to smell but the pet loo WILL need to be rinsed. There is not really much to absorb the smell as the urine just sits there waiting to be emptied.

I have seen alot of other alternatives and ways of making a doggy toilet but in the end i came up with my own solution....that seems to eliminate the problems i listed above. I searched high and low for other options or ways of making something but came up with my OWN.

HERE'S WHAT I DID:

I went to bunnings and saw a large utilitity type plastic box....the lid is about 2 inches deep. I had to buy the box itself but the lid is IDEAL as it's about 55cm x 40cm and not too high either. That was $20.00.

I filled the lid up with a good kitty litter. That was $5.00

I purchased half a metre of Bunnings own brand of artificial grass (the medium length type). This is enough to cut out about 4 replacement mats of grass as it is about 2 1/5 metres wide...Pet Loo replacement grass sells for $75 each may i add.

I cut a piece to the same size of the lid (which becomes my tray) using dress makers chalk to outline it (as pens don't draw to well on the black grass). This was $40 metre so this cost me $20.00.

Using a large philips head screwdriver i placed the artificial grass upside down on the lawn and stabbed quite a few holes to allow for drainage.

Placed this over the top and perfect.

My dog started using it straight away!

Each to their own but i found this ALOT better than having a Pet Loo because the kitty litter is designed to absorb the smell (and it does especially with the new odour neutralising ones) and there is virtually NOTHING to wash apart from giving the grass that sits on top a rinse every once in a while.

All i need to do is replace the kitty litter when it's done it's job and that only costs me about $5

All up this cost me $45.00 to make and about 20 minutes of my time and saved alot of money too.

Hope this helps some of you guys who can't fork out $310 (or more) for a piece of plastic and then further money for replacement grass some of us are on average wages you know ; )