Pups trying out their new digs!

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Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by Karen » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:18 am

I know I've posted here before that we bought a LQ trailer last month. It spent 2 weeks at the local RV shop, getting it's state mandated safety inspection and being gone over with a fine toothed comb for leaks, issues, broken appliances, etc.

I'm happy to report that it got a clean bill of health! The only recommendation was to remove the existing caulk around the LQ and replace, as it was original, so we did have that done, and we had a "porch light" put in the stud stall, which we've now converted to a mid-tack/dog room.

We took measurements before the trailer went into the shop and while there, my hubby built dog boxes to fit in the stud stall. We purchased a stall mat from tractor supply and cut it up to fit the bottom of each box tightly, then had cordura dog beds custom-made to fit in each box (the boxes are 16.5" x 30.5" x 23" high), then I threw a new nylabone in each box.

Here are the pups trying it out:
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Here's the back side of the boxes/mid-tack:
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We plan to hand some sturdy hooks on the back of the box to hang our drover coats and horse blankets on, and we'll store horse feed & dog food behind the stud stall divider also. We CAN swing the stud stall divider open, but the dog boxes are in there REALLY tight so it's a pain to close, but it can be done. All alterations were done without modifying the actual trailer (other than the light in the stud stall), so if we decide to sell the trailer, we can easily put the trailer back to it's original configuration.

Anyway, we're pretty happy with the way they turned out.
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Re: Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by rockyridge kennels » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:31 am

Very Nice!

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Post by Karen » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:39 am

Thanks Sean! Now you see why I was drooling over the boxes you're selling, but we only had 35.5" to deal with...and need 6 dog boxes, and I can only imagine what custom fabricated aluminum ones would cost.
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Re: Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by doco » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:19 pm

Where are you going to put the next Litter.... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by ACooper » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:28 pm

That's a good looking setup!

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Re: Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by rockyridge kennels » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:36 pm

Karen wrote:Thanks Sean! Now you see why I was drooling over the boxes you're selling, but we only had 35.5" to deal with...and need 6 dog boxes, and I can only imagine what custom fabricated aluminum ones would cost.
Looks good to me. And you know what CUSTOM means $$$$$$$$$$$$$ :lol:

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Re: Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by Karen » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:22 am

Thanks guys!

And Doc, every pup in the next litter is FOR SALE! We have 3 spoken for already.....none get to stay, and I swear I will NEVER keep 2 from the same litter again. Moment of complete insanity...which has lead to many more. :D
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Re: Pups trying out their new digs!

Post by SHNOOL » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:50 pm

Wait you aren't putting me into that "insanity" decision category are you?
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