Pet-Friendly Phoenix Ponds

Phoenix homeowners know that having a pet-friendly pond in Phoenix is almost as important as having a kid-friendly Phoenix pond! Pet owners more often than not consider their pets to be their furry babies, and with good reason!

PET-FRIENDLY POND FEATURES

Pet-friendly ponds in Phoenix should have many of the same features as a kid-friendly pond. For example, they should have easy ingress/egress so that if the pet gets in, it can also get out with ease. Not that we advocate EVER leaving your child alone around water! A pet-friendly Phoenix pond should also be a healthy organic water source because your pet WILL drink from it. In fact, you may never need to fill a water dish again – bonus!

PET-FRIENDLY POND CONSIDERATIONS

Something to take into consideration with a pet-friendly Phoenix pond is allowing the pet unfettered access into the house. If your pup likes to swim, you may not want him/her jumping from the pond to your white sofa.

Your pond will likely provide hours of entertainment for your pet, as it does with kids. If you’re building your pet-friendly Phoenix pond specifically for your pet, make sure it’s size-appropriate. You don’t want to build a 5’ wide pond for water-loving Great Dane!

There’s also the durability concern. If you have a pet that likes to dig, then you’ll need to use a rock mix with mostly heavier rocks, not just small gravel. Concrete ponds fall into this category, but don’t meet the ingress/egress test, nor are they easy to keep filled with healthy, organic water.

And you need to consider the compatibility of your pet with a Phoenix pond. If your pet likes to fish, they may destroy your plants to catch and eat the fish (or worse: leave little fish carcasses laying around; or even worse: bring them into the house!). So, maybe a pondless waterfall or stream is a more appropriate water feature for your yard.

The Pond Gnome’s client list contains more pet owners than non-pet owners, and most of them are absolutely tickled with their pet-friend Phoenix pond. You can read about some of them on our Testimonials page.

To see a really cool kitty indoor/outdoor enclosure with a pond, visit our projects on Houzz.