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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: bighunter on January 25, 2011, 12:25:31 PM

Title: Dog kennel set ups...
Post by: bighunter on January 25, 2011, 12:25:31 PM: Let me see your dog kennel set ups. Im thinking of building one myself and i just dont know where to start :dunno:
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Post by: Happy Gilmore on January 25, 2011, 12:41:42 PM: Just a roof over chain link is the best. Put shade cloth up for protection from the sun and a dog-loo. My brother put his chainlink up and attached the panels to the side of his garage. He cut a dog door in the wall and built a 3'x6' enclosure inside the garage so the dog could stay cool in the summer and warmer in the winter. Also made feeding and watering easy because he could do it inside.

Use this to supplement concrete if you don't want the kennel so permanent. It runs about $2.00 SF. fill it with gravel instead of grass
http://www.invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2.html (http://www.invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2.html)
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Post by: Machias on January 25, 2011, 02:11:16 PM: I'll see if I can get Royaltine to post his photos, they will knock your socks off! Best kennel setup I've ever seen! :o
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Post by: catdogs on January 25, 2011, 02:45:59 PM: Here ya go Fred.... ;) We started with a 10' x 20' storage shed. The plan was to have 6 stalls each with a seperate run outside - 2 dogs in each, so it can hold 12 dogs. We wired, insulated and painted the inside of it. Then added louvered hinged Deer Creek dog doors.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royaltine.com%2FFORUMPICS%2FK6.JPG&hash=870e79027f1c07248030346113a256dbe17efd80)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royaltine.com%2FFORUMPICS%2FK5.JPG&hash=c8822342d13c791bb076a0723985c7ead50311d5)

Put in a central water system out of 4" sewer pipe that could be filled from the outside. Used "T's" for the dog waterers.

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The outside filler, and also the drain plug. To clean it, I just open the plug and take a hose inside and flush everything back outside. The water system is working great, Ive used it for about 6 months now, easy to clean and only needs filling every few days. It holds about 17 gallons. Boxed the outside by cutting off the end of a cooler and that slips over it all. Been -20 and hasn't froze yet, but put a plug for heat tape there if I need it.

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We put in top doors and front doors and boxed in the water tank. We wanted the option of heating it, so we put wire on the front so heat could circulate.

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For ease of feeding, I put feeder funnels in each stall made out of a 4" to 2" PVC reducer and about 2' of PVC and screwed bread pans to the water tank framing.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royaltine.com%2FFORUMPICS%2Fk18.JPG&hash=d06ffff3c55faec9825e1b513e8f3671f9f74c98)

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Put in a charging bench.

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And some shelves.

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There is a 10' x 20' run for each stall. I have since laid 1/4" thick x 4" square concrete wire with about 4" of road gravel on top to keep them from digging.

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I just use carpet squares for beds. It stays pretty warm in there, but when it gets in the minuses, we kick on a small heater. Got about $2500 in it, $1500 for the shed alone. That is not counting the run panels either.
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Post by: Machias on January 25, 2011, 02:56:01 PM: SAWEEET, thanks Cody!
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Post by: BIGINNER on January 25, 2011, 02:56:07 PM: :yike: THATS AN AWESOME SETUP YOU HAVE THERE
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Post by: mulehunter on January 25, 2011, 03:00:06 PM: :yike: thanks for share ur design. Love it how it set up. I am gonna adjust my kennel little bit for all my hounds.

Awsome. Thanks for post.

Mulehunter :drool:
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Post by: Houndhunter on January 25, 2011, 03:38:40 PM: dang you got some lucky dogs there catdog lol. mine is one a 7'-14' concrete slab with a dog run on it and she sleeps in a lil plastic dog house, cant have em getting soft ;)
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Post by: Machias on January 25, 2011, 03:46:27 PM: He made it that nice so when LeRee kicks him out to the dog house it's a nice setup! :chuckle:
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Post by: bighunter on January 26, 2011, 09:53:03 AM: Wow that one is out of my league, i was thinking a 10x10 at the max set on concrete with some kind of top over it.
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Post by: Happy Gilmore on January 26, 2011, 10:40:44 AM: Nice set-up.
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Post by: Ireland Farms on January 28, 2011, 06:08:11 PM: That is a very nice setup. There are some great ideas that I may have to borrow!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 28, 2011, 06:13:01 PM: Very nice setup!