I don't recall him ever having hurt it. He's never limped on it or anything. The vet says this happens because of the cement floor. My dog likes to sit and sleep ontop of the crate I put in his kennel. He might have hurt it jumping off it but I doubt it since he has never limped or done anything that would reveal pain.
Caniche-I'm certian my dogs would dig their way out if given half a chance...so I'd not be opposed to embedding the fencing if need be. I'll be kenneling a few rescued Labs occassionally in the future...have yet to meet one that is not a digger. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Workinggsd-my foster girl never showed any sign of limping or injury either just a golf ball sized callus/blister type thing on her elbow. She'd not even flinch when having it drained. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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The gravel I kept about 4"-6" deep. My fencing was about 14" into the ground. I started with a hardened dirt bottom about 6" deep then put that black synthetic burlap crap down with pegs driven down, and then I put the gravel down. I have only had a few diggers, and to nip that in the bud I would put green temp fencing in the floor of the kennel, over the burlap under the rock, and chain linked to the fencing of the kennel. Held in with pegs pounded into the ground.
If they got past that I have barbed wire, razor wire, broken glass, nails, tacks, and a rifle tower. . .
I also kick their little butts for digging, against the rules at my house unless it is in the sandbox.
A friend of mine who is a K-9 handler for North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission built a floor for his kennel out of treated lumber. His kennel is a 10x10 and he built the floor about 12x12. 2x6 floor joists and "5 1/4" decking (like you use for a deck on your house). He built it in two sections and two men can break the kennel down and move it. Easy to cleanup and disinfect as the floor is up on cement blocks. All of their dogs are in kennels with floors like this. It's a little expensive (their agency bought theirs) but it should last a lifetime. I'm seriously considering it for my kennels. I'm not sure wood would be any better on the dogs than concrete though.
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I have a hose attachment and I use any one of the kennel cleaning products on the market. They neutralize odor. . .almost. You just can't get around that pee smell, but the pebbles are better than a plain concrete surface. You can change out the rock on a regular basis if you have a dirty kennel dog. Most of the dogs I have are clean in their kennels and they get lots of run time.
I don't have the pebble rock kennels any longer, I don't remember the name of the cleaner I used. Try-
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I use sawdust ( 8-12 inches deep) over a dirt floor and clean it like a horses stall. Meaning I remove the solids and then toss the stuff to keep it dry. I put cedar shavings in the floor of the dog houses. My kennel is 20' x 20' w/2 dog houses,and 1 dog. I find it easy to keep clean.
I didn't know any better when we had the dog kennel put up, we just placed it on top of the grass!!!!( we had 2 male mutts in there at that time) Well, after a little while the grass was gone and we just had dirt!! So the shavings seemed like an easy and viable fix.
Anyone else use shavings or am I the only one?
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
I also have a treated lumber deck (5/4") for my kennels. It does seem to be easier on their elbows than concrete. I tried putting rubber horse stall mats in there for them to lay on if they preferred, but none of them touched those. There is one drawback to lumber though - the vet told me that if I got varmits like Giardia in the kennel, I would never be able to completely erradicate it cuz it can live in the wood and the bleaches/disinfectants can't reach all of it. Otherwise I'm happy with it.
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