Upgraded dog barrel houses, what ya think?

[purplepig]

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Here's my dog barrels, upgraded for winter! The flap over the entrance is papermill pulp screen, the awning is a barrel cut into four pieces, the feet are 3" PVC, heavy wall, and they are filled with oat straw, supposed to be warmer than hay. I have seem the barrels have the door cut into the bottom of the barrel, but I wanted to be able to open the end up during summer, so, the lid is detachable. Any questions? comments? What you think?

[debodebo]

Looks great to me man. I will be building a dog house soon. Where can you get the papermill pulp screen.

[hoovereport77]

Very nice upgrade bro. Are standard oak barrels being used up to now?

[Verderben]

I have a dumb question. WHERE do you get the barrels ? I would like to get some but don't have a clue where to even go.

[purplepig]

Looks great to me man. I will be building a dog house soon. Where can you get the papermill pulp screen.
I have a piece I can give you big enough for that. If you'll pm me and tell me where your bro lives close to me, I'll drop it off one day. Just cut it to fit, and then use some fire to seal the edges, or it will cut the dog.

[purplepig]

Very nice upgrade bro. Are standard oak barrels being used up to now?
Dont quite understand the question. I see nothing wrong with using a wood barrel, the only ones I wouldnt use are the metal ones. These are plastic. I have been using these, I just now fixed the lids, and the rest, for winter(was supposed to did it right after spring came, but..

[hoovereport77]

Dont quite understand the question. I see nothing wrong with using a wood barrel, the only ones I wouldnt use are the metal ones. These are plastic. I have been using these, I just now fixed the lids, and the rest, for winter(was supposed to did it right after spring came, but..
thanks for the response . them oak barrels are a classic.

[bahamutt99]

Those are kinda sleek-looking! Do the dogs like them? I know the discussion has come up about which is better, barrels or plyboard houses. I'm still trying to work it out myself.

[purplepig]

I have a dumb question. WHERE do you get the barrels ? I would like to get some but don't have a clue where to even go.
Most feed and seed stores have them, farmers tracktor supply, places like that. If I ever head that way, I'll bring some, or if you decide to come over this direction, let me know ahead of time, and I''ll pick some up for you. Or you can try at acoke or pepsi plant.

[Verderben]

Most feed and seed stores have them, farmers tracktor supply, places like that. If I ever head that way, I'll bring some, or if you decide to come over this direction, let me know ahead of time, and I''ll pick some up for you. Or you can try at acoke or pepsi plant.Thanx for the advice. I am on vacation from work this week so have some time to call around the feed stores. Again thanx now I know where to start my search !

[14rock]

Very nice, curious, how they are attached to the opvc pipe to stop them from rolling?


To whoever asked about where to find barrels, I can get them for free at a local meat butcher. He makes bbq-sauce, and dresses the deer and whatever, I havent picked any up yet, as I have a few spare dog-houses I'm using, and Im unsure of plastic dog-houses for cold N. Ill. winters,but they smell like meat products. I dont think I could get the dogs out LOL!

[purplepig]

Those are kinda sleek-looking! Do the dogs like them? I know the discussion has come up about which is better, barrels or plyboard houses. I'm still trying to work it out myself.
Dogs really enjoy them, especially with all this rain we been havin lately!! I had some with wood legs/frames, and, not as bad as all wood, it just adds so much weight! I used to use scaffold boards and you would rather burn those than move them, the way I have these, moving is no problem! Inside the end of the pvc pipe, I have holes drilled, and used 18" spikes to drive down like an angle into the ground to help prevent movement. But, if you got a dog that likes to tear everything up, give that dog the plywood house!!

[purplepig]

Very nice, curious, how they are attached to the opvc pipe to stop them from rolling?


To whoever asked about where to find barrels, I can get them for free at a local meat butcher. He makes bbq-sauce, and dresses the deer and whatever, I havent picked any up yet, as I have a few spare dog-houses I'm using, and Im unsure of plastic dog-houses for cold N. Ill. winters,but they smell like meat products. I dont think I could get the dogs out LOL!
Ha Ha "they smell like meat products. I dont think I could get the dogs out". Rock I took a heavy self tapping screw, drilled a pilot hole in the pvc, and centered the pvc to the barrel. Then I took two 2" screws, one for each side of the heavy screw, and started them 2" off the heavy screw at an angle towards the heavy screw, did this on each side of the thick screw. That way even if the screw stripped the plastic threads, the angles would hold. Then I cut some comveyer belt from the mill, (14"wideX31" long) and laid that in to keep the dogs off the screwsI also had drilled a hhole in the bottom in the front of the barrell and in the rear. Loaded it with the oat straw, and there you have it.

[jeeperino]

Im not familiar with the material you used for the flap. All I know is that ANY flap I have put on my houses ends up being a chew toy. I still am looking for a good material that the dogs wont destroy. Good luck.

[NCPatchwork]

Looks great...unfortunaly for me, in my county, barrels are illegal to use for doghouses!

[kane85]

good job on the dog houses i bet your dogs enjoy it .

[purplepig]

Im not familiar with the material you used for the flap. All I know is that ANY flap I have put on my houses ends up being a chew toy. I still am looking for a good material that the dogs wont destroy. Good luck.
Have you got any paper mills around where you live?

[jeeperino]

I'm not sure. I will check it out.

[Primo]

Im not familiar with the material you used for the flap. All I know is that ANY flap I have put on my houses ends up being a chew toy. I still am looking for a good material that the dogs wont destroy. Good luck.
I had this problem for years, tried everything (triple ply denim, heavy rubber roofing material etc.) all would get torn off in ten minutes.

This year I made metal doors. Bought a small piece of thin guage sheet metal at home depot (12" x 24") Cut to size of the opening with a jig saw (slightly smaller to allow for free swinging) Could be cut with tin snips but the jigsaw was quicker. Put some brass hinges on the top and mounted to the dog box. I sanded all the edges smooth and rounded the corners. Also, use bolts on the hinge to door connection that are not too long, or they could drag on the dogs back. Make them flush with the nut or cut off the extra length.

The doors work great. Fill up the box with hay and they are good to go. It freaked them out at first. My female immediatly started barking at the door and pawing at it making it swing. It was a funny sight. They would not go in the box all day so I had to shove them in the first time. After that they got it.

Even though I live in Texas, it is very important to protect these short hair dogs from the cold. They get acclimated to the heat, and then out of no where, we will get freezing temps (like right now!!) and it is really tough on the dogs.

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[purplepig]

On my porch kennels I used 1/8" alumminum. same w/hinges, and cut the bolts on the hinge to door. They still freak on it,

UPDATE: The feet on the barrels for one bitch kept coming off as shed knock the house around, so I measured to the center of the pvc leg, and cut from the bottom a big enough hole to fit my hand, then used good sized bolts with big washers and bolted them to the barrel, and now all is very functional and durrable. If someone were so inclined, they could mount a 90 on one side and put a false bottom in and would have the food bowl right there. As long as they did not glue it on, the 90 could be taken off and cleaned and returned, still pondering this.

Cheers

[pittbullky]

Nice Man Looks Like My Yard Blue And Black Every Where Lol