We have quite a challenging garden -its quite big, but steeply terraced. Due to the way it is set out, puppy will only be able to go to the big grassy area when she's accompanied there's a wall with 4' drop en route that she can currently get to. Longer term we will be doing some landscaping work to make safe that area so she could wander to the larger area by herself, but for the meantime and while she is so little we are setting up a fully enclosed safe are directly outside the back door that she will be able to safely go in and out to by herself. She's only a tiny dog (JR/yorkie/chi mix) so hopefully she should enjoy this small outdoor space, with walks and play in the "big garden" when we are available to take her before and after work and lunchtimes. We both work from home, and will be sitting in the room that directly leads to the garden, so this is about making her days more interesting while we work from home.
The area is approx 7m x 2m and it was concrete, but we've had some artificial turf laid (its too shady for real grass to grow succesfully there). We've also planted up some trays with grass for her to snuffle in. We'll be getting some balls for her to have out there.
What other things can we put there to keep it interesting for her? She's small and bright, so I was thinking maybe hanging something from the walls for her to play with? Or maybe some kind of tunnel for her to run through, or ramp to run up? I'm keen to try to use natural/recycled things where possible, as I'm not delighted to have had to lay astroturf, but it was the only viable solution! I think in my mind, I'm thinking of some kind of play equipment/assault course for dogs, but I'm not really sure where to start with that! Anyone have any ideas?