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« on: December 24, 2024, 12:00:46 pm »

That’s a good point about the water temp. I hadn’t thought about that. As for benches for them to get up on, I built some dog houses YEARS ago, out of barrels. I framed the barrel with 2x4’s. The barrels was about 3-4” off the floor so you could wash underneath or whatever. The top was a deck that was cradled to emulate a hole that dogs would dig to lay in. On the opening I left about 8-10” lip. Then I took a 1”x12”  board and laid it length ways in the bottom. The dogs seemed to like that more than the contour of just the plain barrel. I guess maybe the barrel was too much. The lip helped keep hay or shavings in there. Those houses lasted probably 20 years +. The dogs loved them! Another plus was that I could move them around and turn them whichever direction I needed to.


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