Information About Building A Dog House For Your Dog

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How to build a dog house for your puppy

So you'd like to know how to build a dog house? Well, that means we're
talking to less than 50% of all dog owners. Why? Because current survey
information at OpinionTrone says most dog owners (over 50%) allow
their pets on the family couch. Furthermore, if you allow your pet on the
couch, chances are that you do not HAVE a dog house!

But for those of you who do, there are really good things to remember
about how to build a dog house:


1. Any good how to build a dog house plan should begin by making sure
the house is big enough to accommodate your dog's ultimate grown-up
size. You would not like to live in a house whose ceiling was below your
head height--neither would your dog. Most humans like about 2 feet of
air above themselves in a room in order to live without feelings of
claustrophobia! That comfort zone is about 1/3 of their standing height.
Allow your pet the same airiness. Figure out how tall it will stand as a
mature pet and make sure the ceiling of the dog house is 1/3 again taller!


2. Raise the house a few inches off the ground to allow air and water to
flow beneath. Ventilation is important for the health of your dog and to
dissuade pests from invading its home. A few nickel-sized holes in the
walls under the eaves should be sufficient. Install a wind block inside the
house so the dog can use the heat of its own body to warm up the area
if it is really cold and windy outside. Any good plan for how to build a
dog house will have a house big enough so that a partial wall will allow
the dog to escape the elements. The dog can choose whether to just
sleep in the entry room or go around the inner archway maze wall into
the inner sanctum. Both areas could have bedding or a pillow, such as
one filled with cedar chips to discourage fleas.


3. Make the floor just the littlest bit slanted toward the doorway. Any
good "how to build a dog house" plan will make certain that any rain
that does enter via the ventilation holes or doorway automatically drains
out. Make sure that the roof is built at a slant, as well, for obvious
run-off reasons. Do not paint the inside of the house, but do make
sure that the house is well insulated.


4. Make sure the dog house faces away from the major storm direction.
In the U.S., most storms come from the south and west. Not all, mind
you, but most! So most how to build a dog house plans will suggest that
the ideal placement of a dog house door is to the east. That way, even
in the wintertime, the cold north wind will not whip inclement weather
into the dog's entryway.


5. Finally, almost all how to build a dog house plans will have you put
hinges on the roof of the house for easy cleaning. When you clean the
dog, you should clean its house and bedding--just as faithfully as you
would wish your pet to be to you!


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