dog house

bruin · Post by **bruin** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:34 pm

Any have any good plans they mind sharing on a DOG HOUSE. I had a igloo but my pup tore it apart, I just want to make one. I am planning on getting another dog so if you have any ideas on a 2 dog DOG HOUSE.
Thanks in advance.

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:34 pm

It depends on where you live and how cold it gets. For my neck of the woods we have several days of below zero temperature in the winter. That is why I built an insulated dog house. Here is a link that I based my dog house off of: http://tidewaterkc.org/projects/insulated_dog_house.htm

I will try and get some posts of my dog house if you would like.

Addict

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:44 pm

I too like to build a insulated dog box but it gets windy here as well. I like to build the box so that there is a little hallway in the entrance then the dog turns 180 degrees and there is its sleeping place. Keeps the wind out and the heat in. Even thin hair dogs keep warm. We have a waterbed heater pad in ours because of the minus 40 weather we can have. Also it is low so it slides right under our deck taking up no room in the back yard.

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:12 pm

If you look at the plans I posted it has a hallway for an entry. It is a must in cold windy weather.

Addict

Addict · Post by **Addict** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:50 pm

Bruin,

Sorry I missed the part about a two dog house. I have a double built and a single fashioned after the plans but with a single pitched roof. The double is a beast to lift and it took 6 guys to move it. I oversized this one a bit. I would reccomend building 2 singles unless they will be there a long time.

Addict

Brett D. · Post by **Brett D.** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:47 pm

Minus 40

And to think I feel bad about putting my dogs out in the morning on the rare days when it gets into the 30's.

Post by **ezzy333** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:21 am

Remember he is on Celsius and not Fahrenheit in Canada. Makes a big difference. But we get down rarely to - 30 here in northern Illinois and our dogs were always out in boxes.

ohiogsp · Post by **ohiogsp** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:42 am

Celsius -40 is the same temp as -40 fahrenheit. That is the temp where to two scales cross.

Donnerhund GWP · Post by **Donnerhund GWP** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:23 pm

I built mine right into the side of my shed. The sides and top are double wall insulated with a removable 90* "hallway" on the outside. The top is hinged and lifts for access from the inside of the shed.

Post by **ezzy333** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:39 pm

I built mine with the hallway on the side so that they entered the sleeping portion at the back corner. Then I hinged the front of the sleeping area so I could clean it easily and also prop the front up in the summer so there was an open shaded area where the dogs could lay on the cool cement or they could lay in the open house if they wanted. I loved the ease of just sweeping or scraping the bedding out with out having to lift it out from the top.

Try it, you will like it.

Ezzy