How do you keep them from bailing out the top? I got a dog that is part Air Jordan. She would hit the platform and and be gone... very nice setup.
I have one dog that jumped over into the next kennel a couple times trying to convince the neighbor to become his girlfriend. I pulled the welder back down and covered the back half of his pen with some of the panel I had left over. I still have two 5' X 5' pieces, and will prob. do two more pens when I get the chance. No other dogs have tried to get out. During the summer, a lot of the dogs liked to lay on top of the barrels with their front and back legs hanging over. I only have a couple of dogs that will stand on top of the drums.
very nice.....where did the drums come from.....they look flat sided?
? fill us in how they are mounted.....Pigstkr
The drums are just regular round soap drums. I just spaced two runs of angle iron where the barrels would saddle between them. I never had a dog knock one off, but they kept rolling them. Recently, I drilled a hole through the barrel and the front piece of angle iron and put a single bolt and nut just to keep them from turning. The front of the barrels are only cut half open...idea was to leave a lip to keep hay in. Another lesson learned...even a tiny bit of hay and septic systems do NOT get along. That was a mistake I won't make again.
I also recently made a puppy ramp. Used two pieces of 2"X6" fastened together, then bolted a piece of angle iron across the top where it would easily hook onto a platform. I made it long enough that the slope wouldn't be so great they would have trouble climbing it. I have two 8-11 week old pups in there now, and both within minutes figured out how to run up to the platform and get in the barrel.
