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Looking For A Big Strong Wading/shell Pool


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I need to replace the dog pool and can't seem to find the big square type I got a couple of years ago - just the small scalloped 'shell' pool. Anybody seen the big ones lately, preferably in Sydney?

Or suitable substitute? I'd love one of those snazzy bone-shaped ones with a deck around it but they only seem to be in the USA and very expensive! Needs to be able to be tipped over or drained out, no pump.

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product44-e1422333507792-250x150.pngThese guys have the bone shaped ones http://www.dogshq.co.../new-dog-pools/

I love that one but when I checked the website they posted the ad in 2013 and haven't said much since. It was $425 plus shipping which from Vic to Sydney was going to be well over $100 - which might be ok if it lasts more than the usual year or two for plastics in the sun :eek:

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Look for ponds ,heavy duty and last ages ,maters have cheap ones at present but Bunnings or any place that does water feature ponds will sell them

I was just going to say that. If you buy this type they last for years.

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Ive been looking into one of these too as i want one a bit larger than the clam shell, you can get stock feeders/waterers or ponds.

but i havent decided which i want yet.

The bone ones are adorable but not worth $500! May as well make an actual mini pool for that laugh.gif

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The same quality would be cheaper at a feed store (small cattle horse or calf troughs) than an aquarium store - larger production runs= lower prices usually. If not urgent, hang out til the next Farm Field Days in your area/State. ?Orange or Murrumbateman etc, as the poly-tub and tank makers usually have good show specials on the day.

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... into 3rds then you'll have 2 pools ....

Plus the useful 'middle bit' for a compost tidy or salad garden bed. I'm looking out for some cheap ones to make paddle-pools for the ducks and geese - the metal frames make good sun shelters with shadecloth covers. They are a bit unpretentious or even tacky looking but ever so handy.

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Don't know how handy you are, but if you can find one of the IBCs (1000L tank) and chop the plastic tank bit into 3rds then you'll have 2 pools :D cheap & takes about half an hour if you've got your own angle grinder.

they are good feed/water troughs too :) I have seen them in cooler areas with a little air vent and a small door cut out , used as dog kennels with much success

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They're very handy. Out of various containers we've got kennels (my kennel took a bit more work because I didn't want to use the tacky looking plastic bit haha but there is one with the plastic bit kicking around somewhere), hay pods made from the metal base, I made one pool yesterday for the dogs because I wanted to keep the tap at the bottom :D (pro-tip: use a jigsaw, not an angle grinder - the angle grinder melts the plastic my husband said).

Have also seen them used as a hydroponic garden.

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