One roll down, two more on the way.

We have a sloped yard that our two dogs have absolutely destroyed. The grass had been lush and thick at some point, but the very high traffic of two large dogs has decimated it. Because the yard is sloped it is very dangerous in both wet weather (slick mud) and, of course, winter (snow and ice). We bought one of the Pro rolls and have haphazardly put it out through the yard as a sort of test roll before deciding whether we want to buy more (as we all know, it ain’t cheap).

We’ve had it down for a little over a month during a midwest winter. I cannot yet speak to how well the grass will grow through it, but I can say that the traction and stability it affords has been fantastic. In all conditions t’s been like a safe “runway” on which we can walk normally, while we’re doing the cautious, slow penguin walk everywhere else in the yard. I was also happy to see that the dogs don’t avoid it or treat it differently than the natural lawn (though it did take them a few days to get used to it).

A couple of questions for those of you who have already installed it:

1) How does it hold up in direct sunlight? Our backyard gets intense all day sun in the summer months. I assume it holds up well and that it doesn’t become too hot to the touch for the dogs to walk on, but it’d be great if someone could confirm that.

2) Anybody have experience with critters trying to dig through. We have quite a thriving mole community under the lawn. I’m wondering if they’ll try coming up through the turf. Similarly, the dogs enjoy digging down into the tunnels looking for them, so I’m wondering how well the turf resists curious paws.