The American Beagler Forum

I'm in the market to build some kennels and am thinking of using chain link for the sides and top but leave the bottom open. I though I might move the kennels every couple weeks so the dogs dont dig under/ruin the grass. What do you all think? Also, what dimensions should these kennels be? Thanks!

Steve, You would do a whole lot better getting those dogs off the ground. There are a lot of good plans out there. Personallly all mine are on concrete slabs. Previous owner was rabbit hunter too. How lucky can you get?


Also check out Huntin54's post on his kennel. Right impressive.

Is there a down side to using concrete slabs?

I have had concrete pens and elevated pens. With concrete the dogs and the pen tend to stink alot worse especially in the summer time. If you can get the dogs up in an elevated pen where the waste just falls through and the dogs aren't laying in it, it makes for a lot cleaner dog and kennel. Concrete is fine as long as you keep it clean. I am going to build a new kennel this spring and am still debating on which to use.

What do you think of the pea gravel. I was ready to build a kennel and was going to use pea gravel. It doesn't look like a dog would have a lot of room in an above ground kennel. Now that I have seen a few above ground kennels I am going to hold off and might go that route.

Gentlemen, see my reply to help with new kennel. Rneil, I like pea gravel,it makes cleaning easy, less than 5 minutes a day for 4 beagles.Also, i will put down pelletized lime 3 or 4 times a year. Dave

I have had dogs on concrete for 8 yrs now and love it. but the catch it U need to put a roof over it so U keep 90% of weather related moisture out. if not the crap stays wet and so do the dogs. I have recenly moved and built new kennels but ran out of money to put a roof over them. I am cussing under my breath every time it rains or snows. And yes u have to clean them every day or so. U do it right after I feed them so they are in side and I am outside. less jumping lol.

Rory

I have a 4' x6' kennel like the ones you are talking about. It took my 4 month old puppy about 2 days to figure out how to dig out even with chiken wire at the bottom.

Ok, looks like I'll concrete the bottom. How do you all do this? How thick should the cement be? What size should I make my kennels? Will probably just go w/ 2 kennels, but not sure about size.

When you pour you slab make sure you consider not only what size you need now but what you may need 5 years down the road or even 10 years down the road. You don't need to pour all that concrete now but keep it in mind when you are planning everything out.

Dane

I have six kennels that are 4'x 12' and three that are 4'x10'. Mine are at least 4" thick, around the edge of the kennel they are deeper to keep critters from digging under. I have some pictures of my kennels on my web site listed below.

Thanks for the heads up.

PZ,
What do you have your posts setting on? Looks like they are propped up with 2x4 chucks..

Dane

daustin I cut patio blocks to raised the panel up a little higher. The new kennel panels sat lower than the old ones.

It just looked like a good idea for cleanup. You could spray the kennels out and not have to worry about it catching on the fence. Do you have them attached to the ground in anyway?

Dane