I’m moving into a house with a pool in a couple of months. I have a 20# dog who is blind and I’m trying to think of ways to keep her safe. The area from the back door/patio to the pool is all concrete, so installing fencing would require drilling holes. Looking for something temporary that could be removed during parties. I suggested wooden planters spaced every 8+10 feet with a bracket to hold a board. Husband didn’t like that. I’m still leaning towards that, but looking for other ideas. Thoughts?

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    20 hours ago

    Can I please get a video of the doggy bumber bowling? On a more serious note, may I ask why not covers? It is one of the safest passive ways, if the weight is the issue, there are some even glass fibre reinforced plastic based sheets (something like surf board) which would be light but hard.

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      13 hours ago

      I’m in Texas and it’s just not something I’ve ever seen here. The pool is used March or April through October. Sometimes in August, when the water becomes uncomfortably warm, I stretch a shade sail across it, but it sits a couple of feet above the water. Sometimes we remove it. Sometimes we just swim underneath it. Do those plastic sheets just lay across the top and then you pick them up?

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        8 hours ago

        yes, they are effective like sails you use, but hard, and often segmented