Intex4 Foot x 12 Inch Miniature Durable Vinyl Outdoor Above Ground Frame Kiddie Swimming and Teaching Baby Pool for Ages 3 and Up, Blue

This makes an excellent pool for our two ducks, due to the height of one foot, and it being 4 foot square. My husband plumbed it so we can empty it every day and refill it easily with a hose. The corner bottom drain plug that comes with it is very small and weak, so replacing it was a must. This pool has withstood a lot from us as we built our duck coop around it, stepping inside it, scrubbing it, etc. It seems pretty durable, but we did go ahead and buy a spare, since our entire coop design kind of depends on this pool. The ducks love it! It was easy to put together and is pretty high quality, except for the small drain plug on the corner. So far we highly recommend!Update: July 2, 2017This pool is still in great shape and easy to clean (with vinegar). We ended up redoing the drain plug with a better drain system. It didn't tear when we took off the old one and it withstood all of the twisting of the new plug to get it setup. The ducks have access to their pool 24/7 and love it! We empty it daily and despite hard playing by two happy ducks, this pool keeps going strong. (Knocking on wood).

Arrived today. Much sturdier than I anticipated. Pipes are painted metal, not PVC. Pipes that go on the top rim are covered in what I think is called "closed cell foam". (It is the same material as pool flotation noodles.) The foam makes the top edge of the pool comfortable and safer. The vinyl is quite heavy. // We set it up on a piece of plywood, then covered the plywood with yoga mats to protect the vinyl and make it softer when sitting. The pool is mainly for our giant breed dog to cool off. The only product negative is the instructions are minimal. Here is what I learned. In the box you will find two packages of long pipe pieces (with closed cell foam around most of the length of each pipe). These two packages with four pipes each appear identical, but they are slightly different diameters. Mark one set so you will know which bag they came from. The two sets of poles/pipes are slightly different diameters. Note that on each pole the foam is closer to the edge at one end. Taking one pole from each bag, pair the poles by putting the two ends together where the foam is closest to the edges. One end will fit inside the other end. Do that for all four sets of poles. Each pole (with two pieces snapped together) will be 48" long. Then put the poles in the top edges of the pool. The rest of the assembly is quite obvious. One other comment-- if you order the pool in green, note that it is a pleasing spring grass green, not florescent green.

UPDATE: 2 summers now we've had this and it's been excellent. No rips, tears, pulled seams, etc. I have knee issues, so when I sit in it to play with the dogs, I do use a corner to help me stand back up. Right at the corner it has been sturdy enough to feel confident it won't break on me (just be careful you don't wiggle it too much while using it to help you stand, that may make a difference).Both our dogs are medium-large-ish. Both are Plott Hound mixes, but one is shorter and solid (mixed with Staffordshire), about 38 lbs, and the other is taller and lanky (mixed with b.lab) about 50 lbs. The taller one likes to run over the pool.. as in she'll be running in the yard towards the pool, and run right thru it out the other side. On her way in she makes it a kind of pounce to splash more water. It's really cute, but I mention because I think it speaks to durability. Running thru like she does, her nails could easily tear the material if it was cheap, and this thing has stood up so well to that I've been impressed.We've had no leakage issues either with the material or the drain. It's still functioning well (I do empty and change the water about once a week in the summer). So even more happy with this than we were in the beginning.--------------------------------------Original review:Ours arrived quickly; it was yellow, not the blue pictured, but I like that better anyway. We have 2 doggies and got it for them. Husband put it together by himself with no issues, but he said the corners can be a little stubborn. The material is excellent - not too slippy when I splash around with the doggies in it, and it doesn't feel like their nails are gonna be a problem with it.We put it on our back deck since our yard is all a slight slope, but having read other reviews, we took the precaution of situating the drain at a space in the boards. It drains slower than it might on land, but that's not a problem for us.It's pretty sturdy - I wouldn't suggest an adult use the frame for getting up/down, but I feel quite confident that a child below age 8 or so could safely use it for support. It's also got a padded sleeve you put on the PVC before you run the actual pool material on it, makes it a little softer for children.We've only had it a week so I can't speak to its lifespan but it doesn't feel like cheap materials at all.