The hound dog hotel.

[catdogs]

Wouldnt change a thing, it works awesome. Wish I would have built it years ago.

[Unreal_tk]

That's good to hear, was curious how the dog houses inside held up after some use. The chewers could have hell with it. I am considering of doing something similar. Did you ever put gravel in the pens or leave it as dirt?

[catdogs]

I did put mesh and gravel down in the pens. I have had 12 dogs in it since I built it. I have one dog box that was getting chewed a little from pups so I lined some of the edges of the wood with aluminum angle and no more problems. I also built some lay out shelves so they can lay outside.

[Unreal_tk]

Looks really good. Need to hire you out for some sub contracting! Im excited to build myself a kennel so I don't have anymore chains... hate the muddy mess.

[Al Vallejo]

Hey catdogs,

Nice job!

Did you build your kennel so you could move it, noticed it was up on cinder blocks?
Any reason for the wood floor, I was thinking of pouring a slab to sit mine on, maybe extend the slab out a few feet into the runs, gravel the remainder.

Any thoughts on this. I am mostly concerned with cold wet conditions here in Colorado.
Thanks!
Al

[Grizzhound12]

very very nice!!!

[catdogs]

It is movable and I just did it that way because I bought the shed as a used storage shed and it already had the wood floor in it. I think a slab of concrete would be fine to set it on, but not a concret floot. It would be nice to have the slab a couple feet outside the shed all the way around.

[Emily]

I wouldn't mind living in that doghouse! Just put a few blankets on that charging shelf, and add a hotplate for cooking!
Just curious about the high window when seen from the outside. Is that just the way it came or is their a sleeping loft or the like up there?

[catdogs]

That high window was in the shed already when I got it.

[catdogs]

Have had a lot of PM's about the size of the inside dog houses. They are 4' wide x 32" x 32". Each is made to accommodate 2 big dogs. The lay space (floor space in each) is about 2' x 4' when you figure in the width of the sewer pipe that I used for water that is inside each stall.

[PaulJames1]

No that is cool!

[Allen]

Do the dogs ever poop in their water pipe?