Why didnt I think of this?!?

[make-em-squeel]

Great idea but surely it could be made with a 55 gallon plastic drum barried 3/4 of the way in the dirt with a rain deck above it? as long as you had a hill i guess---what do yall think?

[make-em-squeel]

Sorry i didnt see all the posts on pg 2 and 3--no sleep hunting all night

[Black Gold]

The first design doesn't look deep enough to keep it that cool if it is 105 degrees outside......Maybe that second house would do it...it loos to be in the ground much deeper......How much dirt is needed to keep it cool?......Say i poured one out of concrete ground level with a tunnel to get in and just covered it with dirt....how much dirt would be needed (how thick to keep it cool?  8"?  2 feet?....

[nosightsneeded]

Silverton here is a concrete Dog house Idea

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wildlifesafari.us/concrete%2520dog%2520box%2520row%25202.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wildlifesafari.us/concrete_dog_houses.htm&usg=__kAa0C2Iog2xnA52CskybFhzZ3BE=&h=235&w=600&sz=93&hl=en&start=738&um=1&tbnid=h6kbl1RNfKO10M:&tbnh=53&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDog%2Bbox%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26start%3D720%26um%3D1

[Silverton Boar Dogs]

Very interesting, I am still working on this idea and that helps, thanks