New dog house!

Dozer-Digger · 03-18-2007, 09:31 PM

With the recent warm weather, I was able to build their new dog house. It's actually their entry way into the house. Kinda using it as a porch. Hoping it will cut down on the dirt they bring in, plus it will help with cold wind blowing in the dog door. (like I really need that now) I made a smaller entry this winter, but it was falling apart.

Caught Dozer coming in:

Betsy Iole · 03-18-2007, 10:38 PM

Nice looking dog house. Cute photo of Dozer.

lala · 03-19-2007, 01:00 AM

Do Dozer and Digger get any say in decorating?

Wallpaper or paint? Wood or bamboo flooring? Oh the possibilities!

Maggie's Mommy · 03-19-2007, 08:14 AM

Very, Very nice doghouse!!!!!!! Lucky guy!!

clarejon · 03-19-2007, 10:42 AM

great idea - that must of taken you a while to do?

you have two very spoilt hounds! we bought a dog flap 5 months ago and we still havent installed it

you have given me the indentive now to get that done and ready for a lovely spring/summer.

I'd love to see them coming down the stairs in a video. Snoopy doenst do stairs!!!!! my boyfriend wouldnt let her walk down them when she was a puppy (incase she tripped on her ears) so now she has no idea how to get down them. If she sneaks upstairs we have to carry her down - it does my back in

Kaira · 03-19-2007, 05:34 PM

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Snoopy doenst do stairs!!!!! my boyfriend wouldnt let her walk down them when she was a puppy (incase she tripped on her ears) so now she has no idea how to get down them.[/b]

Bassets aren't supposed to go down stairs when they are pups. It is not good for their
backs and front. Mine was not alowed to before they were a year old, but I never had
the problem of them not going down stairs afterwards. For Mr. Runcible I installed a ramp
in the stairs as he soon became to heavy for me.

Of course Snoopy wants you to carry him down stairs - after all you are his slave :P

lala · 03-19-2007, 06:13 PM

Ernest is one year old and other than the two steps to go up and down to the front lawn, he's never gone down the stairs either.

The guy has been in the back garden 0 times since autumn. He's really good at waiting at the top of the stairs looking down like a vulture, but no desire to propel himself down the stairs. For this I am relieved.

He also is really good in elevators, which is great. The escalator he will not do, he is afraid of it. I have tried.

Snoopy wants you to install an elevator!

Dozer-Digger · 03-19-2007, 08:51 PM

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I'd love to see them coming down the stairs in a video. Snoopy doenst do stairs!!!!! my boyfriend wouldnt let her walk down them when she was a puppy (incase she tripped on her ears) so now she has no idea how to get down them. If she sneaks upstairs we have to carry her down - it does my back in

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Those steps are only 4-5 inches tall. I made them when I first put in the door. Then when I got Digger, they kept pushing each other off the top. They liked to sit on top and look out, so then I added the deck.
The only problem is that Digger is a jumper. He takes short cuts off the sides of the deck, up AND down. He'll even jump up on the picnic table, and can clear a 30 inch fence.
Dozer sprained his leg when he was about 6 months old, so he doesn't do a lot of jumping. They both did jump up into the dog house while I was building it, but I had to help Dozer back down.

Rubydoo · 03-20-2007, 05:44 PM

Ruby has a dog house too.....that we pay a mortgage on. :P

Janice

AmyB · 03-20-2007, 09:25 PM

Very cool!

03-18-2007, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dozer-Digger Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 511	With the recent warm weather, I was able to build their new dog house. It's actually their entry way into the house. Kinda using it as a porch. Hoping it will cut down on the dirt they bring in, plus it will help with cold wind blowing in the dog door. (like I really need that now) I made a smaller entry this winter, but it was falling apart. Caught Dozer coming in: __________________ Darrell and the Boys. Dozer, Digger, & Dudley.

03-18-2007, 10:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Betsy Iole Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 4,901	Nice looking dog house. Cute photo of Dozer. __________________ Betsy, Mom to CH Bugle Bay's Sin City Caper UD RE TD BHCA-VC CH Bugle Bay's Sin City Cuppa Joe TD CH Bugle Bay's AllUCanEat Buffet CDX RN TDX NA CGC BHCA-VCX, 1996-2008 "Bugsie" UDX NA NAJ CGC, 1991-2006

03-19-2007, 01:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
lala Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Headquarters for Ernest's Presidential Campaign, in the 98105 Posts: 144	Do Dozer and Digger get any say in decorating? Wallpaper or paint? Wood or bamboo flooring? Oh the possibilities! __________________ I lead an exceedingly dull life, well most of the time. Click here to read about it.

03-19-2007, 06:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
lala Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Headquarters for Ernest's Presidential Campaign, in the 98105 Posts: 144	Ernest is one year old and other than the two steps to go up and down to the front lawn, he's never gone down the stairs either. The guy has been in the back garden 0 times since autumn. He's really good at waiting at the top of the stairs looking down like a vulture, but no desire to propel himself down the stairs. For this I am relieved. He also is really good in elevators, which is great. The escalator he will not do, he is afraid of it. I have tried. Snoopy wants you to install an elevator! __________________ I lead an exceedingly dull life, well most of the time. Click here to read about it.

03-20-2007, 05:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rubydoo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,681	Ruby has a dog house too.....that we pay a mortgage on. :P Janice __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...w/IMG_1340.jpg Take a basset hound to lunch today! --Bassets rule....and drool!

03-19-2007, 08:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Maggie's Mommy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 775	Very, Very nice doghouse!!!!!!! Lucky guy!!

03-19-2007, 10:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
clarejon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gloucestershire, UK Posts: 284	great idea - that must of taken you a while to do? you have two very spoilt hounds! we bought a dog flap 5 months ago and we still havent installed it you have given me the indentive now to get that done and ready for a lovely spring/summer. I'd love to see them coming down the stairs in a video. Snoopy doenst do stairs!!!!! my boyfriend wouldnt let her walk down them when she was a puppy (incase she tripped on her ears) so now she has no idea how to get down them. If she sneaks upstairs we have to carry her down - it does my back in

03-20-2007, 09:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
AmyB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 1,855	Very cool! __________________ Amy, mom to Sadie (ATB, 6/9/06) & Spencer (ATB, 8/19/10) - always in my heart and Clifford (gotcha date 7/2/11).

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