Once I found out I'm gonna be a dad 3 months ago, I thought "why not get 2 dogs to make sure I have no time for the foreseeable future?". So I did. Found em on kijiji, they're a mix of Great Pyrenees, and bernese mountain dog. Yea, they're gonna be big. They're brother and sister from a litter of 11.
For the first month I kenneled them in my heated garage, then I built the dog house over 2 days.
The boy (Chewy)
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Both of em. The girl is Oreo, black and white.
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Used 2x2s to make it a little lighter.
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Painters drop sheet to wrap it, keep the moisture out.
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1.5 inch insulation. Worked great with the 2x2 wood since the wood is really only about 1.5” thick.
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Floor insulated
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For interior and exterior walls, I didn’t want plywood because a) it’s heavy, and b) it’s ugly. I found, only at Lowes, something called “Metrie” 1/4 x 8 x 4-ft. It $10 per sheet.
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Insulation started.
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Insulation wrapped to keep moisture out.
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Exterior walls done.
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I made a divider to try and make a smaller room for the dogs to stay warm. And, I later put some carpet as a door for this barrier, plus a second carpet door to the outside. Both to help keep heat in and drafts out.
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Test dogs.
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