| Our daughter has been nagging us or some | | | | I had no idea about what design to have, or what |
| months now about having a dog as a pet. She | | | | type of wood I should use. I have seen dog |
| likes animals, and anyway, lots of her school | | | | kennels before, both the real thing, and in |
| friends have pet dogs so why shouldn't she have | | | | photographs as well. My common sense told me I |
| one? As a parent, you probably know this is the | | | | would need to treat the wood in order to protect |
| question which finally seals the deal in the kids | | | | it long term against rotting. |
| eyes. From that point, you have to go and get | | | | That is of course, if it was not already |
| yourself a dog as a pet. | | | | pre-treated when I bought the wood. On the |
| Well, we eventually gave in to this pester | | | | other hand, I would not be able to use anything |
| power,as you do. The one condition my wife | | | | likely to injure or harm the animal. And, it would |
| gave us was that the animal had to be housed | | | | need to be big enough for the animal to get into |
| outside. My wife rightly argued that she was | | | | and move around, both now and when she grows |
| unwilling to risk having damage to furniture and | | | | bigger. I didn't realize, until I sat down and thought |
| carpets by an as yet untrained dog. However, | | | | about the project, how much detail there is in the |
| that might change in the future once the animal is | | | | seemingly simple construction of a dog kennel. |
| house trained. | | | | My next action was to acquire some dog kennel |
| But for now, he lives outside. At this point I had | | | | plans so I could decide which one I liked best. This |
| not made up my mind whether to buy a dog | | | | was going to be custom built for this one dog, so |
| kennel from the store or try and build one myself. | | | | I read up on the breed of dog, and used this |
| After some preliminary research into cost of the | | | | knowledge in deciding the design I wanted. Building |
| ready made, compared with self build, I decided | | | | a dog kennel was no different from any other |
| to build one myself. By doing this I found I could | | | | woodworking project, and I found it much easier |
| save money and have the dog kennel I wanted | | | | following step by step instructions. |
| versus a best fit version from the store. | | | | |