Recommendations for building a dog kennel ......

[luwahn]

I am looking to build a dog kennel in my yard to house my (2) 35 kg - 40 kg male dogs. I would like to construct this kennel to be able to comfortably house my dogs for a minimum duration of 24 hour stays. I have a bare 15' x 8' cement slab with 4 corner posts that I intend to divide in half (with fence-wire?) to make 2 tracks of 15' x 4' each in order to keep the dogs separated. 
Can you animal care experts suggest construction and maintenance recommendations?
For starters:
Is there any particular ga. or type of 'fence-wire' that I should use to construct the kennel with?

Are there any particular type of 'solid panels' that should be installed along the sides (at the bottom) and around the perimeter of each dog's cage to prevent insects and small animals from entering the kennel?
Would a bare metal roof make the kennel temperature too hot for the dogs on a sunny day?

Would painting cement floors, while good for easily hosing the 'dog clean-ups', be too slippery for the dogs who like to quickly run back and forth? 
Any ideas for creating a permanent 'bedding area' on the cement floor?

 

[tracker]

Hi. I am in the process of doing this too. Made 2 cages alrready. Used metal roof but quite high and have some mango trees around. Wind can freely go through the cage. The fencing material is galvanized. To be honest, didn't look into the health aspect for the dogs.... 

The floor was recently covered with 2 layers of epoxy so nothing would be absorped in the concrete floor. The floor is slightly tilted and gets a perforated pipe on the highest length. It will spray waterflush every hour or so. Have to figure this out later. The waste water is going to exit holes on the lower side and is catched in a container. This is diluted urine, so i add that to my compost every 2 days or so. Think tank size gonna be appr 75ltr. If you do not want to collect the urine i guess you have to find another way (diluted urine can go directly to water plants).  The dogs will be not in the water since i will lay these interlocking sturdy plastic panels (30x100cm) on top of floor. These panels are perforated. 

Additional another waterconnection will be made for connecting a hose so i can clean the top of the plastic floor. 

Later in will add nightcages which are off floor, removable, which will be rain protected in case of rainstorms.

Probably work more on water and waste system next week. Good luck!

[luwahn]

6 hours ago, tracker said:

Hi. I am in the process of doing this too. Made 2 cages alrready. Used metal roof but quite high and have some mango trees around. Wind can freely go through the cage. The fencing material is galvanized. To be honest, didn't look into the health aspect for the dogs.... 

The floor was recently covered with 2 layers of epoxy so nothing would be absorped in the concrete floor. The floor is slightly tilted and gets a perforated pipe on the highest length. It will spray waterflush every hour or so. Have to figure this out later. The waste water is going to exit holes on the lower side and is catched in a container. This is diluted urine, so i add that to my compost every 2 days or so. Think tank size gonna be appr 75ltr. If you do not want to collect the urine i guess you have to find another way (diluted urine can go directly to water plants).  The dogs will be not in the water since i will lay these interlocking sturdy plastic panels (30x100cm) on top of floor. These panels are perforated. 

Additional another waterconnection will be made for connecting a hose so i can clean the top of the plastic floor. 

Later in will add nightcages which are off floor, removable, which will be rain protected in case of rainstorms.

Probably work more on water and waste system next week. Good luck!

 

 

Your kennel looks great!  Well, thought out!
I also like the open area under the roof as well as the way you planned the flooring! What is the name of those inter-locking plastic pieces that you constructed your floor from? Were the floor panels perforated when you bought them? Where can I buy them? 
Do your dogs sleep on the floor?

If you are composting the urine, how do you dispose of the solid waste from your dogs?

[tracker]

I will insert a picture or 2 about the panel. I don't know any name of the panels. I bought them at the sanamluang2 market (between phutthamonthon sai 3 and 4), in the pet-section. I think it was 150 or 160thb/panel. Black. Other colours are more. 180thb or something. The seller told us he was manufacturing them himself, so i guess pricewise it couldn't be lower...

 

The dog poop is removed by hand and is also recycled at the same compost place. I do this already (only poop here) at my current location (the new kennel is at a location where I'll be moving soon) for about 10 years. With kitchenscraps etc. It gives me 1m3 of compost a year, which goes in my garden. Warning here, the compost has to age a year when full for full breakdown and safe use so in this system i have 2 heaps. 1 in use, 1 aging.

As written before, the night cages keep the dogs off the floor. See pics

 

[luwahn]

Those are excellent floor panels, thanx! I will try to locate something similar in my locale.

Those are excellent floor panels, thanx! I will try to locate something similar in my locale.