Is there any type of grass w/ strong roots that withstands pet activity better?
Answer Fescue to the Rescue, my friend. Tall Fescue in the back. Fine Fescue in the front. TALL FESCUE is the tough part of the Lawn you need for family size traffic and canine cavorting. This is Grass with guts, building a superb Sod even in semi-shade, even greater in drought, greatest of all under stampeding horses and football cleats. They race horses and play baseball and football on this stuff. Louisville ‘s Ulmer Stadium, where the Cardinals play softball, won the National Fastpitch Coaches Assn Turface Award/Midwest with its rough, tough Tall Fescue outfield. At Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, they planted a custom Bluegrass-Fescue blend called ‘Tifway 419 II’. They say it can ‘stand up to the punishment that 300 lb players can dish out for 3 hours’. And believe me, it does. Tall Fescue grows a long, deep taproot about 4 feet in length. That gives it access to moisture that’s completely out of reach for wimpier Grass. Tall Fescue is also thicker, its blades are strong
