I happen to buying a house that currently has no lawn in the backyard…just dirt. Given water restrictions where I live we might not put in grass at all, just other low-water-use landscaping (rocks, wood chips, other plants, etc.)
We happen to have two dogs who, I believe, would prefer the comfort of urinating and defecating on a grass-like surface.
I’ll give you two reasons why your dogs would prefer a natural grass yard:
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Sorry, I’ve got nothing else for you, but good luck. I don’t know what they do in the desert areas like NM, AZ, and NV, but they have to have something for landscpaing lawns.
Actually, if you could translate what @Echo said, that would be helpful as well. I’m not worried about the first part of the food-equation. My dogs have that part down pat. It’s the second part that they’ll need to adjust to.
I had to look up float-a-poo. It’s available on Amazon.
The idea is you collect the poop in the bag, then fill the bag with helium from a cannister, then let the poop bag float upward to the sky like a balloon, never to be seen (by you) again.