Dog House Tips - How to house a dog
Dog house should help your dog to feel comfortable in your backyard. Main purpose of a Dog House is to protect your dog from cold and hot weather. Today dogs house has a lot of different choices from different materials to different shapes. When getting a dog house you should consider your dog's personality, size, age and characteristics. If your dog likes chewing you should not choose a material that easy to chew.
You should put your dog house in a fenced and safe backyard that your dog has freedom to play. Be careful when you are placing your dog house, it should not be very close to the fence that your dog may consider to escape. Choosing a dog house is very important for your dog. You want your dog to be safe and in a controlled temperature.
Dog houses made of metal, wooden or plastic. Metal dog house is hard to relocate but very durable to wheather condistions. Wooden dog house looks very nice looking and well insulated but may also a house of fleas. Plastic dog house is not great for breeds that love chewing and are a lot easier to move and clean. There are also dog houses that have A/C or heater in it. You may consider if you live in a very hot or very cold temperatures.
Dog house should not be too big or very small to your dog. You should get a comfortable size dog house for width add 12'' to your dog's length and length add 18'' to your dog's length. Your dog should be able move easily in the dog house. Dog house should not have sharp edges at all. Sharp edges may hurt your dog while playing. Remember some dog breeds are very active.
You bought the best dog house and spent that much money but your lovely dog does not care about this beautiful dog house? Then put some little toys or treats inside of the dog house till your dog get used to this lovely dog house. Hopefully your dog will enjoy your surprises.
Your dog kennel or dog trainer may also provide you dog house recommendations for you and share their discounts. Dog Breeder's also know a lot about this topic as well. Feel free to email us your questions, your dog's name, breed, size and age and we will be happy to share with you our recommendations.