We will be renting for next 6-9 months, while our house is being finished.
Looking for ideas for STURDY kennels for our GSDs.
I need outdoor kennels, but since we are renting it has to be temporary setup.
I was thinking of putting pavers down & kennels on top (so they can’t dig the yard up).
Either using one of those canvas/tarp style carports over the top or getting a small barn/garden shed & attaching the kennels to that, so dogs can have access to the inside.
I have pavers around the edge and then rubber horse stall mats in my kennel. (Mostly because I already had those things here.). So consider mats as well if you’re just trying to prevent digging, but I wouldn’t use the thin ones that they could flip up and chew.
There are the chain link kennels and then nicer (more expensive) ones with welded panels like this https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/retriever-lodge-expandable-kennel-10-ft-l-x-5-ft-w-x-6-ft-h-1125564
You may want to anchor them, the chain link ones at least aren’t that heavy and a big dog might be able to shift them.
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Will you have use of the kennel fencing and/or shelter building at your permanent place? If so, then it would make sense to invest in something you would be happy with long term. If not, then you might get creative by making a temporary kennel out of horse stuff that you will need in the end. A horse run-end shed could easily used as a kennel with attached commercial chain-link or welded wire panels made for dogs or DIY fencing if you wish. Welded-wire or no climb roll fencing or cattle panels can be attached to farm gates to make them dog-safe and could also be reused later. Heck, I live in suburbia and my new neighbor just moved in and immediately set up a large cattle panel round pen in his back yard. I wondered what he had in mind until I saw that he had well anchored it with t-posts, lined with welded wire mesh, and had dropped a big dog house in the middle. The huge mutt dog moved in the next day. It isn’t exactly better homes and gardens photo shoot material, but it does work. I wouldn’t hesitate to do it myself if I was in a temporary spot with better longterm use of a round pen or farm fence panels than a dog kennel…
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I agree on buying something you can move. I have these from Tractor Supply (I have indoor and outdoor kennels). But for outdoor only you could put a tarp top on these over mats and build a “dog box” - an insulated kennel box to go in the kennel itself. If they have flat tops and you have larger dogs you can make the top of the box a bed for dogs to hang out on when the weather is good.
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Thanks.
I’ll be using fabricated panels I had made for us, so I can use them in the new kennel building once it’s completed.
So I’m covered for the kennels themselves.
Need something to use as their temporary shelter/inside kennel.
Would love something I can heat the inside of, when needed.
For heating I would look at heating pads rather than a heating source. I think it would be safer in a small space.
I have friends who have built something like this for outdoor kennels.
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They are usually larger, and have two “rooms” with a flip up top (not just one, as shown). The first “room” has the door to the outside, as shown. Then from that room to the next room is a smaller opening (like the hole in the outside) into the 2nd room. That makes the 2nd room very weather proof, if a dog chooses to be inside.
They are made from insulated plywood - in one case they have some kind of plastic coating which makes them easy to clean. Some of them use pine shavings in the 2nd (interior) box rather than heat but you could probably make a hole in the back for a cord and use an outdoor kennel heating pads.
As I mentioned above, they often have a dog bed on top so that in nice weather the dog can hang out on that if they want. That keeps them up off the gravel of the kennel.
If you are handy, or have a good handyman, you could probably make these cheaper than buying them. This one is for sale at Lion Country Supply (for hunting dogs) for $399.
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[QUOTE=S1969;n10754725]For heating I would look at heating pads rather than a heating source. I think it would be safer in a small space.
I have friends who have built something like this for outdoor kennels.
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They are usually larger, and have two “rooms” with a flip up top (not just one, as shown). The first “room” has the door to the outside, as shown. Then from that room to the next room is a smaller opening (like the hole in the outside) into the 2nd room. That makes the 2nd room very weather proof, if a dog chooses to be inside.
They are made from insulated plywood - in one case they have some kind of plastic coating which makes them easy to clean. Some of them use pine shavings in the 2nd (interior) box rather than heat but you could probably make a hole in the back for a cord and use an outdoor kennel heating pads.
As I mentioned above, they often have a dog bed on top so that in nice weather the dog can hang out on that if they want. That keeps them up off the gravel of the kennel.
If you are handy, or have a good handyman, you could probably make these cheaper than buying them. This one is for sale at Lion Country Supply (for hunting dogs) for $399.[
Thanks. I do like the 2 room idea for a dog house.
Hubby & I are handy, we could build & insulate something like that.
I forgot how spoiled we’ve become (both the dogs & myself) with our old kennels/building.
