Q. We just bought our new house, and we plan to buy gravel for our dog yard.  What should we use on the floor of the actual kennel? Do you leave it with a dirt floor or do you add something inside the kennel too? If you do, what has worked best?

A.   I did my puppy pen,which in many ways I love and it is easy. I rocked the whole thing with expensive Yellow Pea Beach Rocks. They are small round smooth rocks as too not hurt the dogs feet. It is also easy to pick up poo, but you do loose rocks every time you pick up a poop so at some point another load over time will probably need to be added. Also easy to clean, hose it down and all drains through and down into the ground.