Booths for dogs : how to make a home for your pet

dog - man's best friend, and friends need to be surrounded by care and attention.If your dog lives, not only at home but also in the garden, you definitely need to arrange a comfortable home for him.The more that the dog booth can simultaneously perform two functions: to protect the animals from inclement weather and decorate a yard.

not know how to make your own dog kennel, what to look for when buying and how to decorate the house for the dog, so that he became a vivid addition backyard design?On all these issues, "Dream House" will help you understand your readers.

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What should be a booth for dogs

Before you buy or build their own booth for the dog, take a closer look, what requirements it must meet:

1. Size

How comfortable the dog will feelkennel, depends primarily on its size.While in the booth, the dog should be free, unfold and extend to its full length.If you build or purchase a dwelling for an adult animal that has ceased to grow, start from the fact that the depth and height of the booth must be greater than the length and height of the dog for about 5-10 centimeters.As for the width of the dog house, then, as a rule, this figure is equivalent to the height of the structure.

If the booth is made for a puppy, be guided by the sizes to which, according to the breed data should grow animal.

Many owners think that the more spacious will be shed, the more she will enjoy pet.However, this view is extremely wrong.The fact that in winter is not booth size animal is cold.Further, in wide and too high booth dog can not feel safe.If you still want the dog house did not look like a normal doghouse, but as a grand design, better break the internal space into several segments, making for a unique dog separate "rooms".

wooden shed with a roof Photo

Cozy booth for dogs with terrace Photo

2. Material

If desired booth for dogs can be made from almost any material - wood, plywood, lumber, plastic, stone, bricks etc.But note that:

• Firstly, the material must not be too synthetic, becausethe dog will have breathing noxious fumes;
• secondly, it is necessary that the material is well tolerated by contact with sediments.

Most often booths for dogs are made of wood.Advantages of this material are shown in its naturalness, accessibility and strength.However, rarely tree attracts the dangerous pests - mites and parasites, so a wooden dog kennel should be treated regularly with protective means.

Kennel jointed wood photo

How to Kennel

Beautiful booth can be constructed from readily available materials.For example, in the capable hands of antiquated barrel, tank or cabinet easily turn into the equipped dog house.

Kennel for a house or apartment

Unusual booth for dogs with his hands photo

Kennel from wooden barrels with their hands

3. Warming

If the animal lives outside all year round,you need to take care of the warming hut.In areas with long and severe winters do not get along without the full insulation using foam, mineral wool or other material.In this heater is best used as the core wall, covering it on both sides of the core material.

If your area is dominated by a temperate climate, only enough to warm the floor and roof.

Also, make warm booth for dogs can be of timber not less than 10cm thick.In this case it is necessary only good seal all the gaps and corners.

How to build a kennel for the dog

Beautiful booth for dogs made of wood Photo

4. Design

traditional booth is in the form of a rectangular box with a gable or flat roof.But this form is not an axiom, and you may well move away from the canons set by running the booth, for example, in the form of a miniature house or mansion.

Ready collapsible booth for the dog photo

However, in the construction of facilities still have to take into account some points:

• first, dog house have to be collapsible.At a minimum, it must be equipped with a removable roof, and, as a maximum, all of its walls should be easily removed from the floor.This is to ensure that you are at any time able to clean and disinfect the building;
• secondly, the design of the booth must be equipped with a small elevation, otherwise the floor will freeze in winter and summer rot away;
• and, thirdly, if the roof is flat booth, keep in mind that the animal probably want to climb it.Therefore, the roof material must be particularly strong.

House photo-booth for dogs

Original photo booth for dogs

If the booth is designed for a large dog, you can combine it with the aviary.In this case, you do not have to tie the animal on a chain, when guests come to the house.

Aviary with Kennel

Kennel in the aviary photo

2 in 1: box and an aviary for the dog

Beautiful booth for the dog with his own hands with aviary

Boothfor dogs as an element of design

the West original booth for dogs long been perceived as a gimmick.Owners of large and small dogs tend to decor their home as much as possible consistent with landscape design and style of the infield.

For example, well-known company Well Appointed House regularly releases booth for dogs, which are replicas of luxurious mansions and villas.Also in the assortment of the company can be found beautiful kennels, made in the form of futuristic buildings, village houses, vans and other interesting buildings.

Booth-copy of the master's house

Beautiful booth for dogs photo

dog Lodge photo

Booth-trailer for the dog photo

known to be seen whether such booth instill an aestheticthe taste of its residents, but they certainly will adorn suburban area.

If you want your dog lived in such a building, it is not necessary to spend hundreds of dollars on brand kennel.Beautiful booth can be made with your own hands, just enough to decorate the design in bright colors, adding to it with carved elements, signs and other household items.

original and beautiful dog house

wooden dog house with his hands photo

Beautiful booth for the dog with his hands

Since Kennel is primarily designed to provide comfort to the animal, pay attentionits safety and quality.Also, remember that the dog house should not be placed as much blown, and too bright places.