Whether you want a good, basic structure
to provide protection for your pet or an
attractive, luxurious home to pamper him,
today’s choices in pet houses, for either
a dog or a cat, are plentiful. After measuring
your pet to determine what size house to
get, check the local housing/building codes
for any requirements for pet housing, an
increasingly popular regulation. When searching
for a specific house, you will find a vast
number of prices, styles, and features, so
here are some things to keep in mind.
- Houses usually come in plastic or wood. Plastic
is great if you don’t want to paint and can
find the color you want. Look for fade and
scratch resistant plastic so the house still
looks good in a few years. Wooden houses
may need to be painted, which allows you
to match the pet house color to your house’s
color for an attractive appearance. If the
pet house is made of cedar it won’t need
painting, and the cedar will be a natural
deterrent to fleas.
- Pet houses come pre-built, in build-it-yourself
kits (either from construction plans or put-together-the-pieces),
and custom made. Pre-built lets you buy it
and put it in the yard with minimal time
and effort. Building a pet house gives you
the opportunity to modify it to fit your
specific needs and taste besides the satisfaction
of doing it yourself. Custom-built lets you
get exactly what you want in style and features
and can be made to duplicate the design of
your house.
- There are many features you can get; here
is a list of some of them:
- hinged roof for easy cleaning
- insulated walls and floors or climate controls
for a warm place in the winter and a cool
place in the summer
- decks/porches for a place to lay outside
but not on wet or grass
- automatically closing doors
- awnings and canopies to provide shade from
the sun
- wkylights to provide light inside the house
- windows to help circulate the air and ventilate
the house
- raised flooring for warmth, staying dry,
and fewer bug problems
- multiple rooms for multiple pets
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