We live is southwest Tucson on five acres of beautiful dessert land. We currently have pigs, goats and cats as well as our Labradors.
We raise our puppies inside with access to the outside by way of a doggie door. They are exposed to many different surfaces before they leave our property including: grass, artificial turf, rocks, concrete, dirt and pine chip.
Our grown dogs have access to our backyard and they also have separate 10×10 covered kennels that we use to give them individual space and prevent unwanted breedings when females are in heat.