| So you'd like to know how to build a dog house? | | | | good plan for how to build a dog house will have a |
| Well, that means we're talking to less than 50% of all | | | | house big enough so that a partial wall will allow the |
| dog owners. Why? Because current survey | | | | dog to escape the elements. The dog can choose |
| information at OpinionTrone says most dog owners | | | | whether to just sleep in the entry room or go |
| (over 50%) allow their pets on the family couch. | | | | around the inner archway maze wall into the inner |
| Furthermore, if you allow your pet on the couch, | | | | sanctum. Both areas could have bedding or a pillow, |
| chances are that you do not HAVE a dog house!But | | | | such as one filled with cedar chips to discourage |
| for those of you who do, there are really good | | | | fleas.3. Make the floor just the littlest bit slanted |
| things to remember about how to build a dog | | | | toward the doorway. Any good "how to build a dog |
| house:1. Any good how to build a dog house plan | | | | house" plan will make certain that any rain that does |
| should begin by making sure the house is big enough | | | | enter via the ventilation holes or doorway |
| to accommodate your dog's ultimate grown-up size. | | | | automatically drains out. Make sure that the roof is |
| You would not like to live in a house whose ceiling | | | | built at a slant, as well, for obvious run-off reasons. |
| was below your head height--neither would your dog. | | | | Do not paint the inside of the house, but do make |
| Most humans like about 2 feet of air above | | | | sure that the house is well insulated.4. Make sure the |
| themselves in a room in order to live without feelings | | | | dog house faces away from the major storm |
| of claustrophobia! That comfort zone is about 1/3 of | | | | direction. In the U.S., most storms come from the |
| their standing height. Allow your pet the same | | | | south and west. Not all, mind you, but most! So most |
| airiness. Figure out how tall it will stand as a mature | | | | how to build a dog house plans will suggest that the |
| pet and make sure the ceiling of the dog house is 1/3 | | | | ideal placement of a dog house door is to the east. |
| again taller!2. Raise the house a few inches off the | | | | That way, even in the wintertime, the cold north |
| ground to allow air and water to flow beneath. | | | | wind will not whip inclement weather into the dog's |
| Ventilation is important for the health of your dog | | | | entryway.5. Finally, almost all how to build a dog |
| and to dissuade pests from invading its home. A few | | | | house plans will have you put hinges on the roof of |
| nickel-sized holes in the walls under the eaves should | | | | the house for easy cleaning. When you clean the |
| be sufficient. Install a wind block inside the house so | | | | dog, you should clean its house and bedding--just as |
| the dog can use the heat of its own body to warm | | | | faithfully as you would wish your pet to be to you! |
| up the area if it is really cold and windy outside. Any | | | | |