Cedar spends the days in a crate, and we've been feeling a bit guilty about that. We tried leaving him in the house, but he didn't do well unsupervised. I had my last dog's old house at our rental, so I went over and picked that up a few months back and on my vacation last week I began to set a few posts.


On Monday, all of the posts had finally set up in concrete....


....and it was nice enough for me to get a coat of paint on it to match our current house and I finished the cross members.


I have half of the wire up, 2x4 no climb, and will finish the other wire when the paint dries (in a few months). The house is 4'x5', and the run is 6'x16'. I'll add a roof on the left side to give cedar some rain protection, and to keep him from climbing out. I might also add a wind break, but not sure on that.

The floor is 1" thick 4'x6' stall matts, so he won't be able to dig out. Those mats weigh 150 lbs+. And yes, the house is built up on purpose so that Cedar has a place to hang out on a hot day, and still see what is going on.

I'll have to work on a waterer and feed system, but that shouldn't be so hard. If I can do that for my chickens, a project for my dog shouldn't be an issue.

He'll be in the kennel during the day when nobody is home, and then spend the night inside with us. Running power for a heatlamp shouldn't be an issue, as I already have a circuit that runs to the deck, and the kennel is only 20 feet away.