Building a dog house and chain spot

Here is an in depth, somewhat, look at building a dog house set up and kennel set up. I will share what I use and works well for me and maybe some others will add in their plans and we can get an all around good How to set your yard up thread going. There is no shortage of young people in the dogs or even some that are older and should know better, that could use some help but maybe don't want to ask. I thought this could be a real good resource if done right. We'll see I guess. :lol.

It was a beautiful day today and I am in need of 2 houses. So me and my Pops spent the whole day shooting the shit and building some simple homes for the mutts. A double wall, double chambered insulated house that I use in my main spots and a single chambered double walled house for a 15x5 run I have.

First, get you some wood, tools everything you'll be needing. Make your cuts, Then put that shit together.







Single chamber



Double chamber


On the single we use a shipping pallet and cut it down to size. This saves needing the 2x6's on the single chamber houses. We uses the whole pallet for the double.

From there build your outer walls of the house.



Attach the sides one at a time followed by the back and then the front.









Cut and insert your isolation board.



Build the inside walls.



Build your roof





Paint and vwalla instant home for fido in his new kennel






Or Fe Fe in her new dog house on her new, SECURE chain set up.







Proper chain set up

 

Shit, thats the straight up truth. Lmao. I buy the wood and lunch and sit back and smoke while my Pops gets down doing what he loves. Get him a tool here, help him cut something there, take a picture here and there. I ain't going to lie, I hate building shit :lol:

I work better in management. Lmfao

 

Lol thanks, he is a great guy. Greatest I know. He's been retired for a long time now and I know he is bored everyday so he actually enjoys building them and I keep pretty entertaining company. Lol.

I painted them and sealed them with the chalking. My Dad did pretty much the rest of this project. Other than the chain set up. That's all me. :lol:

 

I built a dog house for my Chi inside my house. LOL....It has a removable roof plus a heater pad the can be used underneath the dog house in a separate compartment that heats the bottom of the dog house. lol

 

AGK your lucky man, me and my pops don't work well together.I don't give him no lip though and just take what he says , but shit I don't even ask him for help unless I absolutely have to.More thwn one way to skin a cat but to him its only his way lol..Nice quality setup by the way.My pops has every tool u can imagine lol and he tells me I can use any of them anytime.That tells me I need to go buy my own shit lol and that's I do lmao.

 

i have one of those twin wall houses ,most of the heat escapes through the top so i put a ceiling over the back part so i could insulate that part , just plywood on battens fixed to the side with insulation over, snug sleeping quarters

 

Honestly, growing up was rough. He is full blooded scilian and I only thought he had one volume, extremely loud and it was usually directed at me. When I was in my mid 20's I came to realize that it was for my own good and I was a little asshole that did dumb shit so as an adult with my own grown children I appreciate him being the way he was with me growing up. Let him know too that it was apprecated, maybe not at the time but later on in life when I could fully understand why he was that way. Other than the dog fetish I'm perfectly normal. Lmao Anyway, my children have softened both my parents up. Like a total 180°. Both my parents are smart and successful people and even more so, they are happy. I'm definitely blessed in that area. Hang out with them 2 or 3 times a week theyre so cool.

As a side note for as bad as my dad was growing up, Erie Outlaws and I were WAYYY more afraid of the Momma Dukes. :lol:

 

I been thinking about doing that. I always have left over insulation board and I've always noticed the most common area in the winter that never seems to keep snow is the 2nd chamber where the dog is most. Body heat is constantly melting the snow on that part of the roof. Good tid bit. Thanks for sharing.

 

I wish I could build shit that quick lol the dog house I made (using similar plans if not the exact ones lol) took me like week and the entrance came out way too big

This a pic from a few months ago am thinking of screwing or nailing a couple 2x4 across the top and bottom of the entrance to make it smaller



It's also higher off the ground now, I snuck some wood on the bricks

It's held up well other that that through snow / ran even with the big entrance not much gets in, dam dog only recently started using it anyways lol

 

your welcome , i must say your dogs and set up are a credit to you

 

Thanks. I try do do the best I can for them. Plus, by keeping my yard and set ups up to par like this it pretty much allows me to tell AC to fuck off when they come here trying to find a reason to bust my balls every so often. Lol.

 

If it were me, I would just take off the whole face of that house and put a new one on with the door cut into it. How do you keep bedding inside the house you posted? Seems like the dogs chain would just drag everything out. I like the hinge idea though.

 

Or just put a lip on the bottom .Bout 12 inches or maybe lil more .Long as he can get in there.

 

great thread and superior dog house designs AGK and TREEZ!!! Thankk you as its much needed...

Please show more of the chain set ups and hardware,,,
as some seem to think if their dog is tethered that they did a good job...


Thanks for the thread and having good ears...

I thought a was a dogman for a couple years and moved to the sticks,,,,
the big city had its ban lifted and plenty of my family and friends as well as some old timers got back into the keeping of dogs,,, well that lasted not evan two years and slowly but surly I ended up with everyones dogs...

I was taking them on faster than I could keep good care of them,,,
some sub standard housing and chain set ups made for some bad mistakes that I regret deepley...

I never hung a dog thanks to Stratton and Farons books,,,
but I started using items I found around the farm so to say...

What got me and I hope to share so it doesnt sneek up on some one else is,,,

the green t post that I seen plenty of old timers in texas use as a chain stake...

I tried it and had no problems with a couple but...

a great acting and well bred dog must have been after something back and forth,,,
she got her chain over a barrel dog house which brought off the ground,,,
the barrel acted like a pivot lifting the chain high enough that when she hit the end,,,
the chain came up off the t post letting her run free with her chain...

I came home from work to see carnage,,, I tried to access the damage and work on the worst hurt or try getting them to a vet,,, I was young and dumb and warmed up a bitch and cleaned her up,,,
well that warm bath was too much temp change and I must gave her pneumonia that took her from me...

I learned two things after loosing my friend,,,
THE T POST WOULD HAVE WORKED UPSIDE DOWN!!!
and gradually change the dogs temperature from cold to hot or vise versa...

The worse thing is how long it took to bury my friend as the ground was frozen,,,
every day after work picking at a hole until I was ready to jump in it...

These dogs were also very well bred dogs whoms siblings put there parents on the rom list...

very stupid on my part and I hope someone can learn from it,,,
please share proper collar/chain set ups as they are the first crucial step to good husbandry...

 

Well I don't have individual pictures of each piece but this is the most effective, cheapest method I have used for 2 decades and never have had one get loose unless I removed them from the spot.

It's an 36" earth anchor you can buy at any Tractor Supply for about 11 bucks. Attach the chain through the eye hole at the top of the anchor and close it with a cold shut. Then attach at the other end of the chain a cold shut to a swivel to a cold shut to 2 O-rings. Run your dogs collar through the O-rings. Easy peasy. Not going anywhere. After you do all of that dig a hole about 6 to 12" down. Spin your Anchor down in the ground and until the eye hole is all the way underground. Fill in the rest of the loose dirt and tamp it down. Safe, effective, secure and optically appealing. Lol. Hope this helps someone.

Hint: it's easier to screw everything down into the earth with 2 people. One to turn the anchor and one to go around person #1 with the chain Set up so it don't keep tangling up on the anchor. Takes forever with a single person but can be done.

Luckily for me I just ordered some collars from Stillwater and had taken this picture already. Most people use 2" collars and I too have since the beginning but I'm trying out some 1.5" instead to ease up on some of the collar rub from the 2" collars. Leaves me more room to scratch behind an ear when walking through. I'm liking them so far better than the 2".






AND NO ONE WHO OWNS THIS BREED OF DOG SHOULD OWN ONE WITHOUT HAVING A PARTING STICK.

They are like a consealed weapon. It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.



Looks pretty seamless when done.

 

Nice chain set up treez. Beautiful dog in the picture as well.