Comments on: Outside Dog kennels? http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385 Julie Simba - It's all about dogs! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:53:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: steve http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385/comment-page-1#comment-1017 steve Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:44:34 +0000 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385#comment-1017 Honestly, your best bet is going to be constructing a permanant run for your dog with a drainage system. This is going to be the best way to keep your dog in a clean healthy environment. For ideas you can talk to breeders, vets, or dog training facilities. Obviously these places have very elaborate structures usually for housing and caring for many animals, but you could easily scale it down and spend a few hundred dollars. This may be more than you were looking at spending but it will be worth it in the long run. A simple concrete slab (your choice on size but 10x10 should be enough) with chain link on all sides and a simple dog house from any pet store should do. Remember, if you choose to do this yourself, you need to keep all hardware for the chainlink facing the outside so the dog cannot get cut on it, also face the fence so the sharp edges are at the top so the dog doesnt get cut trying to paw under the fence. For drainage, there should be a trough in the concrete on one side with a drain. You can send that drain where you wish but if it doesnt go to a sewage pipe or septic tank then you need to 'scoop the poop'. For cleaning drag a hose out and spray, keep in mind that disinfectant (capful of bleach) should be used about once a week or so to ensure that no bacteria is thriving in your dogs world. Hope this helps Honestly, your best bet is going to be constructing a permanant run for your dog with a drainage system. This is going to be the best way to keep your dog in a clean healthy environment. For ideas you can talk to breeders, vets, or dog training facilities. Obviously these places have very elaborate structures usually for housing and caring for many animals, but you could easily scale it down and spend a few hundred dollars. This may be more than you were looking at spending but it will be worth it in the long run. A simple concrete slab (your choice on size but 10×10 should be enough) with chain link on all sides and a simple dog house from any pet store should do. Remember, if you choose to do this yourself, you need to keep all hardware for the chainlink facing the outside so the dog cannot get cut on it, also face the fence so the sharp edges are at the top so the dog doesnt get cut trying to paw under the fence. For drainage, there should be a trough in the concrete on one side with a drain. You can send that drain where you wish but if it doesnt go to a sewage pipe or septic tank then you need to ’scoop the poop’. For cleaning drag a hose out and spray, keep in mind that disinfectant (capful of bleach) should be used about once a week or so to ensure that no bacteria is thriving in your dogs world.

Hope this helps

]]> By: megan d http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385/comment-page-1#comment-1016 megan d Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:34:11 +0000 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385#comment-1016 I would get a portable run. Then you can move it occational and give that spot on the ground a break and with time nature will clean it up for you. Also I wouldn't recomend chicken wire for underground. It has lots of sharp endges that could cut your dog's pads. I would get a portable run. Then you can move it occational and give that spot on the ground a break and with time nature will clean it up for you. Also I wouldn’t recomend chicken wire for underground. It has lots of sharp endges that could cut your dog’s pads.

]]> By: ilovemissduff http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385/comment-page-1#comment-1015 ilovemissduff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:12:28 +0000 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385#comment-1015 This doesnt have anything to do with this Q but thanks for answering my Q I am 12 and bonzie *my blue heeler* I have noticed they can be a bit proctective! lol but bonzie is sweet too! and shes inside sometimes but shes normaly outside with my golden! This doesnt have anything to do with this Q but thanks for answering my Q I am 12 and bonzie *my blue heeler* I have noticed they can be a bit proctective! lol but bonzie is sweet too! and shes inside sometimes but shes normaly outside with my golden!

]]> By: arcycat http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385/comment-page-1#comment-1014 arcycat Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:54:20 +0000 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385#comment-1014 I think a tarp would just make the smell worse. There are a lot of products that are used to deodorize kennels available at places like Drs. Foster & Smith and PetEdge. Cementing the area or laying a good bed of pea gravel would also help. I think a tarp would just make the smell worse. There are a lot of products that are used to deodorize kennels available at places like Drs. Foster & Smith and PetEdge. Cementing the area or laying a good bed of pea gravel would also help.

]]> By: Justine ♥'s Her yorkie http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385/comment-page-1#comment-1013 Justine ♥'s Her yorkie Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:23:28 +0000 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385#comment-1013 Yeahh Yeahh

]]> By: teenarcher92 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385/comment-page-1#comment-1012 teenarcher92 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:49:34 +0000 http://juliesimba.com/dog-kennels/385#comment-1012 anythings possible.... good luck anythings possible….
good luck

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