outdoors dog kennel flooring?

Question

i need some advise on what i could use as flooring for our outdoor dog kennel. we had grass but the dogs dug it all up now theres nothing but dirt and mud and the dogs come in filthy! i dont have alot of money to spend. any advice?
also could use advice on how to keep dirt from getting in there food and water bowls.

Answer 1

We've used gravel in our kennels for a long time, and it works well. Try 2-inch gravel -- you could try roadbase, but it contains a lot of dirt, as well. I don't like pea gravel because some dogs end up eating it, and it can cause problems down the road.

Our guys still dig (especially in the summer, when they're trying to make a cool spot to lie in), but the gravel deters digging if you spread enough in their kennels. Gravel is also better than cement (IMO) because it's easier to keep disinfected -- no urine smell. Plus, it's cheaper than laying a pad of concrete.

We lay chain link under the layer of gravel to stop our worst diggers.

If you get the dogs off the dirt, it stands to reason that there will be less dirt to end up in their water and food bowls. Do you leave the food bowls in the kennel permanently? You might pick them up after feeding -- keeps them out of the way, and from being drug through mud/feces.

For water, we buy the heavy duty rubber horse (grain) buckets from the feed store and hang them from the side of the kennel using a double-ended brass clip. That way, they're never knocked over/peed in or muddied, unless the dogs get dirty, and then decide to "wash" in them to cool off (which happens in the summer).

As someone else mentioned plenty of exercise and mental stimulation will also help the digging problem.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Dog Kennel Flooring

Answer 3

Kennel Flooring

Answer 4

Oh been there done that :) First off you need to build a base to get it up off the ground. Check any local construction site building residential homes, find the builders trailer and speak with the superintendent. Most will let you pilfer there construction dumpsters for free and you can find all the pressure treated lumber there that you need. Next paint it that will make it last longer. Make sure you level it. Then you can go to any home improvement store and they sell pre cut rolled linoleum for less than the by the foot racks and you just roll it out nail it down then level your base again put your kennel on top check for level and I found it is a good idea to check if you have water build up spots after the first rain if so just drill some holes in these areas with a drill for drainage and you are done. A little time consuming but definitely worth it than spending a fortune on the the kennel flooring that is now on the market. I use my kennel for when I am cutting the grass because 1 dog likes to actually ride the tractor, 1 is to small to see sometimes and my dobie likes to chase the tractor so this way they are safe and still get to be outside with me while I do my cutting.

Answer 5

The breeder we got our Dachshund from used a type of gravel to floor the outdoor dog runs. It's easier to clean up after your dogs with this too.

As for feeding, I'll assume if you have an outdoor kennel, your dog is larger. I would suggest maybe getting one of those feeders that raise the food and water dishes off the ground. This may help keep the dirt out better.

Answer 6

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She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 7

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There are a few things.. Obviouly cement is good but even if you do yourself can run into some $$...also factory made Kennel floors but they run in the hundred as well.


Your dogs dig so foam floor tiles wont prob work well as they will tear them up maybe

You dont say how big the Kennel is or if they are in it and use it to potty in?

There is sand or Pea gravel but both will need youto dig down a bit and lay a plastic liner in before adding the gravel or sand in it
They may dig in that as well though... plus a real mess if they potty in it!

I guess the easiest thing, safest and fastest is Patio stones...
This time of year they should be on sale... find big flat patio stones.. then simply level up the soil and lay them in or you can put down sand then lay them.. Cheap ones..

Finally this is a kind of off beat idea
But what about Vinyl liners they use to lay out in vans or trucks??
Or just a chunk of CHEAP vinyl flooring and make sure the edges are well outside the Kennel so they can get at th em.. once its trashed just buyy a new chunk.. you can usually find cheap over runs or left over cuts



Its about all I can think of

Hope it helps

Wismom

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outdoors dog kennel flooring?
i need some advise on what i could use as flooring for our outdoor dog kennel. we had grass but the dogs dug it all up now theres nothing but dirt and mud and the dogs come in filthy! i dont have alot of money to spend. any advice?
also could use advice on how to keep dirt from getting in there...

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Answer 10

The only real cheap route to take would to be line the kennel with straw. The kennel will have to be cleaned (poop) daily. The straw will have to be changed after awhile because it will become saturated with urine. The straw will at least keep the mud down. Other flooring materials may become ingested and then youv'e got a real problem.
As far as the food and water bowls go... use the ones that clip up onto the side of the chain link (if you have a chain link kennel).They sit up off the ground yet are within reach of the size of your dogs. You can buy them and other types at a pet supply or at a farm supply store.