Housing A Terrier?

[squab 2,875]

i had a complete change around in my kennels layout and as a temporary measure my terrier been sleeping in this plastic drum,the run has its own roof so no water is getting through to run itself, would you say these are adequate sleeping arrangement for a terrier throughout the winter months when stuffed out with straw or should i revert back to a wooden box type cheers

[frazdog 252]

great kennels mate with a ply bed an straw,dry warm an tough as f**k. oh an easy to clean,an wont mould or rot.

i got a wheelie bin an converted it took me half hr,

 

il get a pic up later to show you

[frazdog 252]

oh an keep it of the floor with block or whatever you got atb

[squab 2,875]

Ok mate will get it up off floor cheers for that atb

[General lee 979]

I thought about this a few times but was worried about condensation have you had any trouble with it?

[frazdog 252]

nah lad no trouble the front is open so plenty of air get in

 

i had a barrel for ten yrs thats how long they last

[squab 2,875]

I thought about this a few times but was worried about condensation have you had any trouble with it?

she only been in it for last couple summer months but i havent found the straw bedding to be damp at all,iv cut entrance into lid of barrel but there certainly enough room for air flow when she in it,she only small im thinking maybe even a smaller barrel,plastic dustbin even maybe.il get it chocked up off the floor cheers

[skycat 6,174]

I tried plastic barrels once: not for long. Even with drain holes in the side (bottom) there was always condensation dripping from the top side/roof, and the bedding was always damp. OK, my dogs often go in to their beds wet, but in a wooden kennel the damp evaporates as it should, whereas in the plastic barrels everything was damp all the time. Maybe my barrels weren't big enough? Who knows, but these days I stick with wooden ones.

[squab 2,875]

I tried plastic barrels once: not for long. Even with drain holes in the side (bottom) there was always condensation dripping from the top side/roof, and the bedding was always damp. OK, my dogs often go in to their beds wet, but in a wooden kennel the damp evaporates as it should, whereas in the plastic barrels everything was damp all the time. Maybe my barrels weren't big enough? Who knows, but these days I stick with wooden ones.

your the last person i would expect to admit the bedding down of wet dogs sure id been shot down in flames if id said that reason im questioning it because although dry throughout summer may well be a different case during cold winter months and someone else mentioned to me that condensation may be a problem,prob stick to the one i got rather than a smaller one as im sure this will overcome the problem with increased air flow cheers

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

I prefer wood, but they don't last as long as the plastic ones with the dogs chewing them etc.

[General lee 979]

Putting a dog in its kennel wet that's a hunting life sin haha

[skycat 6,174]

 

I tried plastic barrels once: not for long. Even with drain holes in the side (bottom) there was always condensation dripping from the top side/roof, and the bedding was always damp. OK, my dogs often go in to their beds wet, but in a wooden kennel the damp evaporates as it should, whereas in the plastic barrels everything was damp all the time. Maybe my barrels weren't big enough? Who knows, but these days I stick with wooden ones.

your the last person i would expect to admit the bedding down of wet dogs sure id been shot down in flames if id said that reason im questioning it because although dry throughout summer may well be a different case during cold winter months and someone else mentioned to me that condensation may be a problem,prob stick to the one i got rather than a smaller one as im sure this will overcome the problem with increased air flow cheers

 

Common sense should tell you that I would never leave a dog wet and cold in winter: and I often put dry towels over the lurchers after they've been rubbed down,then a dog coat on top of the towel, for an hour or so, to draw out the moisture in their coats. But in the summer after they've been swimming there is no need to dry them as they dry of naturally in the warm air. Sorry, I forgot that common sense ain't that common

[squab 2,875]

 

 

I tried plastic barrels once: not for long. Even with drain holes in the side (bottom) there was always condensation dripping from the top side/roof, and the bedding was always damp. OK, my dogs often go in to their beds wet, but in a wooden kennel the damp evaporates as it should, whereas in the plastic barrels everything was damp all the time. Maybe my barrels weren't big enough? Who knows, but these days I stick with wooden ones.

your the last person i would expect to admit the bedding down of wet dogs sure id been shot down in flames if id said that reason im questioning it because although dry throughout summer may well be a different case during cold winter months and someone else mentioned to me that condensation may be a problem,prob stick to the one i got rather than a smaller one as im sure this will overcome the problem with increased air flow cheers

 

Common sense should tell you that I would never leave a dog wet and cold in winter: and I often put dry towels over the lurchers after they've been rubbed down,then a dog coat on top of the towel, for an hour or so, to draw out the moisture in their coats. But in the summer after they've been swimming there is no need to dry them as they dry of naturally in the warm air. Sorry, I forgot that common sense ain't that common

 

you know what they can be like on here at times,you'd get ridiculed for having odd socks on with some of this lot

[gnipper 7,141]

I tried a barrel and it got full of condensation, I put a ply floor in it and drilled a load of drainage holes in the bottom but it still got all the bedding damp. Would cladding it in some type of insulation work? This thing of mine would wreck the insulation though.

[squab 2,875]

Well iv binned the barrels they shite even with front open they full of condensation back to a snug wooden box for mine