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You have a roof over your head that will protect you against weather phenomenon, but what happens with your four-legged friend? Either the dog is a breed dog or not, it needs shelter and why not, a place of its own. This way, on a sunny day the dog will benefit from shade, and cover for the rainy season or cold, in the winter. More than that has doghouses decorated and built by your own taste. Animal lovers took the idea of animal shelter even further, building accommodation that resembles the human’s homes, which perfectly fit in with the environment.
A house/dog cage can have multiple roles. It can be an interest point in the garden and shelter for the guardian of your yard.
You can buy a doghouse from the specialized shops or you can build them yourselves. A doghouse is a human house in reduced size, with all the basic elements.
Here are few steps to follow when you are the one building the doggy house:
- Think about your dog’s needs. How warm or how cold the aria is? What type of dog do you own, short or long hair, fat or slim, and if you keep the dog out or in most of the time.
- Draw up a plan and make a scheme of the house. Do not forget to the measurements and leave the entrance hole big enough so you can easily clean up inside.
- After purchasing the necessary materials, start assembling the doghouse, you should do that at the same place the doghouse will be.
Check the doghouse everyday – sheets, no matter if, your options were some used blankets or rags, or you used special dog pillows, must be light, and cover the bottom aria entirely. It is also recommended that you protect the doghouse against draft, humidity, by suspending the doghouse from the ground, on wood, in such a manner that the currents will go under and over, and not through the doghouse. The entrance can be protected by a mobile door, improvised from apiece of rubber or a think carpet attached on the upper part of the opening of the doghouse. That way, cold air will not get inside easily.
Did you build the right size for your dog?
Even if at the time we get a dog, it fits in a shoebox, that tiny puppy will become a mature dog in less than a year, so it will need a spacey home. When we know the breed of the dog, the mature size is easy to appreciate. The biggest issue is approximating the mature dog’s size when we do not know the breed, or if it is a cross breed. It can stay the size of a pocket or it can turn out to be a beautiful Sheppard dog. This situation requires that you at least know the puppy’s parents or, in the worst of cases at least the mom, so you will know what to expect. Anyway, you must be sure that your dog loves his home.
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