Or if you're fortunate enough to live by a beach....
I live less than 5 minutes from a cuple of parks/public beaches on the shore
of Lake Michigan, and Maddy, is well, MAD for the sand.  My husband and I
even got down on our knees a cuple times and helped her excavate a lil den
under a dune with couple of tunnes connecting into a larger area..not so
deep we couldn't just grab her, but she was certainly proud of "helping"
mom and dad get rid of theexcess sand and dig.  She had a blast.  She loves
snorkling thorugh lose sand too, rolling, digging, playing:) Oh, and the
sand had a wonderful side effect.  It cleaned up her coat beautifully:)
 
Cost: 1 shower to remove all teh sand from myself and 1 load of laundry
to remove sand from my clothes:)
 
>From:    "J. Matthew Saunders" <[log in to unmask]
>To those who suggested getting a bag of play sand for the ferts, KUDOS!
>My wife and I purchased a translucent, large, rubbermaid tote with a lid...
>filled it half way with play-grade sand. ...
>Total cost:
>$4.99 for the tote on sale  $2.50 for a 50lb bag of "play sand".
[Posted in FML issue 2315]