Does anyone have any experience using a normal garden shed as a kennel,if so did you have to adapt it,so that it was more insulated.

What did you do about the door ?

Thanks

Sarah

Hi Sarah
       we used a shed for a while, we lined it with chipboard, between the upright supports which left a gap between in which we put just plain old straw well packed in.
the door we put extra hinges towards the middle and cut the door in half [ well more like 3/4 and a 1/4 ] we put a peice of wood attatched to the top door bottom to overlap the gap between the two and to make it possible to either open the top alone or both bits at once.
it was very cosy in there, the dogs had raised canvas beds with vetbed on, they never felt cold.
hope this helps
Pauline

Hi Sarah..

Funny enough i did use a ordinary cheap garden shed for my dogs when we first moved to scotland,in the old house they used the old brick wash house building which obviously we couldnt take with us.
I insulated the sides with loft insulation ( not the rockwool stuff)and then covered over with wood. would suggest a thickish chipboard and not hardboard if you have a chewy dog. I learnt that one the hard way. my gsd ( not a known chewer) chewed all the board off and dragged the insulation out so i had to start again :rolleyes:
The door i cut in half ( width ways) and made it a stable door with enough hieght to allow the dogs in and out and covered the floor with straw ( the only thing they wouldnt drag out round the garden :D )
Both my then dogs a gsd and an irish wolfhound X loved it out in their shed, couldnt get them out of it at times to clean out and replace straw ;)

Great reply's

Thankyou !

We are thinking of doing it for our Mastiff, but she has been brought up in the house and is a year old,do you think we would have trouble adjusting her to it.

I wouldnt want to go to all that trouble,for her to hate it,bark all morning whilst im at work and get a complaint from the
neighbours

She does seem to prefer it on the cooler side though,so i think it would suit her ?

Sarah

Mine are in a shed.  Well, more a summer house with double doors at the front.  We've insulated with polystyrene and hardboard over and the floor has vinyl on.  They also have raised draughtproof beds and a dog flap to come in and out.  It's 10 x 8 so plenty large enough.

Hi,
My English Springer lives outside, he will not have it any other way, i rescued him from a scotish hell hole when he was 5,(now 15) apperently he had never been indoors, this was backed up by his house manners (nil). He has a top des-res, just a glorified shed when all said and done. The only probs we had with noise was when we have moved, fortunatly he was only alone from 7am till 12 noon and we had/have very good neibours that we could ask to monitor him. We found that if we fed him half his daily feed as we left it seemed to settle him. Hope this is of some help

4 of my girls live outside but not a shed, it's a log cabin 44mm thick which has been insulated all walls and ceiling, it's 12' x 12' and has 2 oil filled radiators inside, lighting, electric sockets has another floor on top the cabin floor, for sound insulation, they sleep there during the summer months and indoors during the winter, although it's warm enough to live in in the winter.

Sounds like they have there own palace sharonm

dez rez without a doubt