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Bimmer · 12-30-2005, 07:52 PM

Thanks to everyone for the advice. When I found this forum I just KNEW everything would be alright. There's nothing more comforting than knowing you aren't going at it alone.

I have drafted the plans for this indoor dog house and will begin building it tommorrow in the garage. Bimmer is going to absolutely LOVE this thing. I'm doing a plywood base 4ft. X 4ft. with 1 ft. high walls. The walls will be drywalled and painted to look like normal walls in my house. The area will be divided down the middle with one entire half carpeted with the plushest carpet and pad I can find. The other half will be divided in half again with a 1 ft. X 1 ft. doghouse, carpeted and drywalled with a hinged roof so I can get him out when he's relaxing. His porch will be a linoleum surface like the bathroom. My thinking is that he can have all the same textures he's used to in his little area. I'll cover the carpet and linoleum in newspaper at first, then when we get a pee spot figured out, he'll have his own "house" and "yard" to play in while we're at work, yet he'll still have a potty place.

I don't know jack about what a dog wants, but it's apparent to me that he likes my house, so I'm going to give him his own smaller version of my pad and we'll go from there.

I'll post pics tommorrow for everyone to see!

12-30-2005, 07:52 PM	#19
Bimmer Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 59	Thanks to everyone for the advice. When I found this forum I just KNEW everything would be alright. There's nothing more comforting than knowing you aren't going at it alone. I have drafted the plans for this indoor dog house and will begin building it tommorrow in the garage. Bimmer is going to absolutely LOVE this thing. I'm doing a plywood base 4ft. X 4ft. with 1 ft. high walls. The walls will be drywalled and painted to look like normal walls in my house. The area will be divided down the middle with one entire half carpeted with the plushest carpet and pad I can find. The other half will be divided in half again with a 1 ft. X 1 ft. doghouse, carpeted and drywalled with a hinged roof so I can get him out when he's relaxing. His porch will be a linoleum surface like the bathroom. My thinking is that he can have all the same textures he's used to in his little area. I'll cover the carpet and linoleum in newspaper at first, then when we get a pee spot figured out, he'll have his own "house" and "yard" to play in while we're at work, yet he'll still have a potty place. I don't know jack about what a dog wants, but it's apparent to me that he likes my house, so I'm going to give him his own smaller version of my pad and we'll go from there. I'll post pics tommorrow for everyone to see!