NEEDING INPUT ON DOG KENNELS?!

[MOM4HOGS]

ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE WANTING TO BUILD A KENNEL FOR OUR 3 HOG DOGS BUT NEED ROOM FOR COUPLE MORE DOGS AND ARE NEEDING IDEAS HOW TO BUILD IT. PREFERRABLE THE EASIEST AND CHEAPEST WAY AS POSSIBLE... 

[okboarhunter]

I used 16 foot goat panels and made two 8x32 pens forlike $200 i think

[treeingratterrier]

They sell($44) a 20 foot long by 5 foot high 4inch by 4 inch square pannel, buy some t posts and a bolt cutter and driver, make the doors out of the front panel and wire it to tpost and use chains and snaps to shut it, buy some 55 gallon barrels for $12 each, cut them in half for water and build some stands out of 2x4s and use whole barrels for dog houses, prob a good idea to buy a cheap fence charger to put around the bottom of the kennel and between the kennels to keep dogs from fighting side by side, buy self feeders from TSC and hang them off the pannel, get some of those float valves for the 1/2 barrles and clamp them on the 1/2 barrel.  Cheap, quick, portable and expandable.  You could also go to TSC and buy them ready made too, like $300 each, then the dog houses they sell like $150, etc etc.  You can buy shade as well in rolls to save money if you have none, its called shade cloth poly comes in tan black green and some other colors.   Lots of posts on here on better ones guys have built from tubing and concrete floors and some even have some wooden floored kennels that are semiportable as well, search kennels on here tons of good info.  Good luck, lots of kennels ready made dont have good material and dogs will fight thru them due to no sight blockage between them.  Best to have something to keep them from looking at each other.

[MOM4HOGS]

THANKS FOR THE INPUT GUYS! NOW I HAVE SOMETHING TO START FROM. OH, AND WHAT ABOUT THEIR P**P?  IF I BUILD THE KENNEL ON CONCRETE WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?! CAN I CONNECT IT TO MY HOUSE SEPTIC SYSTEM?!

[KevinO.]

In the past I tried to do things as cheap as possible and always ended up paying for it.  Dog fights, chains getting tangled up, ticks and fleas eating my dogs alive, dogs climbing out, chewing/pushing their way out through the chain link.....etc.  In my opinion if you plan on hog hunting and raising hog dogs for a long time you would be better off just pouring a pad and building some dog proof kennels.     

I built mine with the 2 x 4 horse panels and put a top on three of them for the climbers.  I had all the oil field pipe laying around so that cut some of my cost.  I built automatic waters that come up through the pad and put latches on the gates that the dogs can never get open.  To me dogs on concrete don't have near the parisite problems that a dog would have living on dirt.  I hardly have any ticks on my dogs and never see worms but I do worm regularly.  These kennels were NOT cheap but to me it's been night and day difference from my other kennels and chain setups.  I have a drain on both sides that runs down the hill about 30 yards into a ravine on my property.  EPA probably wouldn't like it but it keeps the smell to a minimum and I never have to scoop poop.  I spray permethrin (SP?) around the kennels to keep the fleas and ticks to a minimum and wash them out with bleach once or twice a month.  I have yet to have any problems with mine and plan on building insulated dog houses on the outside of each kennel before this winter.  I hate messing with hay, it clogs my drain if to much gets washed down at once.  Just some ideas for you.  Like said above, search kennels on this site and you'll get plenty of good ideas on chain setups and kennels. This is what has worked for me.  It's not the only way to do it.  I've seen some real good chain setups and other kennels on dirt that worked fine if you can keep them from digging out.

[dane]

i took a 20 by 18 portable carport and turned into kennels cheap   4 kennel   5' by 18  i used 6 foot cyclon fense   just cause i had it free     and made doors out of wood    18' pannel would be alot easier    i put lights in it and been meaning to hang fans  just not got around to it yet

[MOM4HOGS]

Wow those are some nice looking setups! I can tell this is going to be a working progress. Thanks for everybodies help, greatly appreciated.