Registered: Aug 2009
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I am looking into buying or building dog houses for my place and was wondering how much people are spending on dog houses and how big do people pefer them to be?
thanks for the help and ideas
Randy

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Registered: Nov 2009
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I take a 55 gallon plastic barrel, cut a entrance in one end, and make a wood pedestal to hold it. It doesn't get that cold here and they stay pretty cool in the summer.
I do like the whelping boxes with the flip up top and the divider, but i think they are over $250.00. When I start raising puppies, I will most likely make or buy one.

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Stick with the traditional wood ones.What ever you do..Stay away from K-9 KONDO'S Dog house's!!!!!.Believe me!!good luck theo.

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Stick with the traditional wood ones.What ever you do..Stay away from K-9 KONDO'S Dog house's!!!!!.Believe me!!good luck theo.

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Stick with the traditional wood ones.What ever you do..Stay away from K-9 KONDO'S Dog house's!!!!!.Believe me!!good luck theo.

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I prefer wood as well. My dogs do too. However, you probably can buy one for what you spend making one yourself. I do not like Igloo dog houses. I make mind 30" X 30" floor size and 24" height with a removable top. Exterior plywood! You can see what they look like in this picture and make your own. They will last many years if built correctly.

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I like the 55 gallon drums myself with the wood frame built around them. Warm weather they seem to enjoy laying on top so I made a platform for them. Has to be pretty ool for them to go inside or raining sideways.

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Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Wisconnesota
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We use wood also, they are probably 36" x 42" deep and 24" high. We buy wood lumber at auctions and always have enough for projects, last ten or twelve sheets of plywood we paid 2$ a sheet and actually built 5 more dog houses using that and scrap 2x4's.

auctions are the best way to buy lumber we bought 12-2x4x16's and two half sheets of plywood for 20$ saturday....

Wood Houses are the best and last a long time and are cheap this way.

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