Insulated doghouse project photos

[sixdogs]

Hopefully the worst is behind you except for the boredom. I still have the 10 pound restriction. My left arm is really getting in shape it looks to be twice the size of my shriveled up right arm. Here are some pictures one week after surgery. I had removed the brace to put a new dressing on my staples. Looked like a 90 year old man's arm!

Wow...I guess that's the steamed hot dog I was talking about.
Yours certainly looks bad and I suppose mine looks worse. And I thought I weighed 10 lbs more after the surgery and I thought this cast thing was unusually heavy. That explains everything. I feel like I have a bag of sugar tied to my arm.
Will you ever feel safe using you arm again or will you always feel the need to favor it? I feel I will forever avoid heavy weights and/or awkward positions. Thanks for the photos--I'll try to get my wife to change the dressing.

On the plus side, dog owner couldn't thank me enough for the doghouse yesterday. Said dogs stay in there at night in a bundle and come out to their old open-air plastic thing during the day. They love it. Or rather they hate being cold and damp.
Big winds and cold outside right now and I know dogs can feel none of it in their new house. Thanks again Sandlot.

 

[chris28]

love the doghouse i am thinking about one for my 2 english setters and my english pointer how much were all of your materials

 

[sixdogs]

love the doghouse i am thinking about one for my 2 english setters and my english pointer how much were all of your materials

$150 or so to do it right. If you superinsulate a sleeping compartment make sure you vent correctly to avoid condensation. For those two dogs i Would maybe make a house that is part insulated winter sleeping compartment and part summer sleeping area. Insulate one half only.
Let me know when you get closer to the build. I have more ideas. You could also just build a large doghouse cover that would just go OVER an igloo doghouse and have an offset door to keep out the wind.

 

[Sandlot]

Will you ever feel safe using you arm again or will you always feel the need to favor it? I feel I will forever avoid heavy weights and/or awkward positions.

Heck, I am even favoring my left arm! The motion that caused the damage was so slight, in my opnion, I still can't believe it caused all this pain and damage. I was just sliding a spare tire under my truck to re-mount it under the bed. POP!

I am now putting together 2 hound heaters for my dog houses. They consist of a new unused 1 gallon paint can, a bulb base, 100 watt bulb, replacement power cords, and some screws. I will mount one in each dog house. The bulb heats up the can nice and toasty and the can blocks the light. It also keeps the dogs away from the bulbs and cord. Cord is routed out of the bottom of can and out a hole in the the wall of the dog house.

 

[schmism]

built a very simular one for my dogs.

Ive used an old mudflap i find laying around on the highway for "door" material.

 

[shane]

A friend of mine who raises bird dogs pointed (pardon pun) me in the direction of straw for bedding. Dogs seem to love it. Being cellular, it holds their body heat very well. If it gets wet, it drys quickly. They won't chew it up. And, it's cheap.