Intex 4 Foot x 12 Inch Miniature Durable Vinyl Outdoor Above Ground Frame Kiddie Swimming and Teaching Baby Pool for Ages 3 and Up, Blue

I bought this for my dog because the walls of the folding dog pool kept collapsing and finally there was a hole. This time I decided to get a framed pool, it said it was something that could be taken down and put back up and it sounded simple. Also, I saw a lot of dog pics. I read description and decided to order rubber itnerlocking panels to put in the bottom to protect the pool from his paws/claws when he digs in the water. The pool arrived and I was impressed with quality. I saw there were no tools required and thought yes! Then I put it together and the plastic pieces that lock the aluminum rods together are complete junk and kept slipping up and own the pole. I’d finally fight the material to put the rods in place and then have to pull it apart, move the plastic thing and start over. At that point I wished there were tools! I reminds me of my raised dog bed but with that I had to use an allen wrench and put 6 bolts in and it was so easy! This really irritated me. All because they saved money on plastic pieces. I can tell you once you put this together you are not taking it apart. Also, there is no claw protection on the bottom. It’s literally like a raft, pure plastic. Nothing to protect it from anything. So I ordered 4×4 feet of rubber interocking pieces and do they work? not really because the frame is 4×4 but the bottom of the pool is 3.6 x 3.6 ish. Now I’m going to have to use my exacto knife to jb weld the floor pieces together because the pool is quite big so i can lift the pool to put it on it’s side because there’s no way I’m taking it apart. That would be a nightmare and I’ll return it before I take it apart. So, the aluminum frame is 5 stars and if you have kids it’s padded so that would make me happy, the material is pure plastic, no rip stop, no padding on the bottom, no protection on the bottom. If you have a dog or kids with sharp anything you’re likely wasting your money and poluting the environment by buy more than one of these. I wish the company would change the plastic clips that float around to metal that stay in one place OR I would prefer to just bolt the legs on ideally and be done with it. Also, if it says 4×4 at the bottom it should be 4×4 – square, not rounded, square because that’s the description. And I would LOVE it if the company made the same thing, but offered an upgrade to rip stop material which I would happily pay for. That would be awesome. So bolts please, and rip stop please. That would be my ideal dog pool.