Southern States dog kennel

[gootziecat]

I've been looking on craigslist for some time for a dog kennel. Always a day late and a dollar short. Southern States has their 10x10x6 kennels on sale right now until the 12th. I looked at them this morning. They're duoble but there is about a 4" gap around the gate curve, and a slightly less gap between the gate and fence itself. Most of the kennels I've looked at on BYC have nice straight gates that don't have this gap. Anyone out there have to deal with this? If so, how did you fix it?

I edited this because I thought of something else I'd like addressed. I plan to put some sort of inexpensive wire across the top to deter hawks. I know I'll need some sort of support under some of it. Those of you that get some good heavy snows now and then, how do you keep the "top" from caving in.

Thanks.

 

[emys]

Some people fix the gap at the top with a Two by Four or other lumber screwed across the outside if you want your door to open in (or put it on the inside if you want your door to open out). You have to remember to duck when entering.

A dog kennel allows chickens to stick their heads out and raccoons to reach in, so you must also run wire (should really be hardware cloth not chicken wire as raccoons can rip through chicken wire when motivated) around the bottom 2 feet of your run to prevent this. (Again careful to put it on the opposite side you want the door to open on.) Also if you don't have a hard surface like cement under the dog run, things can dig under. So bury some wire around the base of your run to keep that from happening.

For roofing, if you can buy an extra side for your kennel, it can easily be clamped on as the roof and will be sturdy enough to support metal roofing panels. IF you can't buy an extra side, look for scrap lumber and support the metal roofing with that.

I'm sure other people will have other ideas for you.