How to make a custom dog kennel. Tired of the boring wire kennels, follow along and see how easy it is to create a beautiful kennel you will be proud of!
Dude this is beautiful. Really wish I'd seen your video before I started building my enclosed litter box for my cat 🤦♂️. I'm building more though so I'm definitely going to adapt some of your design features into my next one. Fantastic video, man. Looking forward to more. Keep it up 👍
You can tip your table saw blade all the way to 45 then set the depth very low. Make some practice cuts on scrap. It will leave you the ship lap effect without having to buy and glue more wood
I’m glad you like it. It took me a little bit of time to perfect it. You can make the cuts uniform by starting in the center. Then move the fence to the space of gap you want. Say 2” move fence run board through the saw, flip it end for end , run it again. Move it 2” again run, flip run, perfect spacing every time
I’m going to make one. How does your pup like it today, a few years later. My girl arrived fully crate trained, we have kept the training in place. She is 10. At age 3.5 we took a trip, her travel crate got destroyed on the trip, it took 8 weeks for the wooden crate I ordered to come as a replacement. The day it arrived, as I sat assembling it, she was so anxious and the second it was up, she shot in it. 2nd travel crate just broke so I’m making your crate for my lake house. Thank you!
Nicely done my friend. Thanks for sharing. we liked it, so we gave you the thumbs up, subbed as well. Keep us posted, how are you liking the kennel. You have had it for a while now, would you do anything different, etc. Thanks again and have a blessed and happy fathers day weekend. We will be starting one soon and I will more than likely do a video on it as well. Again, thanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend. Dale
Thanks for the kind words, life has been so busy lately with my primary job. The kennel is so functional and Bella is almost a year old now and loves it. Going through the puppy phases it doesn’t look the same on the inside, from chewing haha. I wouldn’t change a thing about it however. Good luck with your build.
I recommend looking at a size chart on google. It’s recommended to not make the kennel to large but just big enough they can stand and turn around in. Hope this helps.
I see at the end of the video that you created a divider obviously for crate training purposes. Can you please tell me what you made it with and how you keep it securely in place? We’ve had our goldendoodle for two months now. He’s almost five months old now and weighs almost 40 lbs. Our vet thinks he’s going to be a good 70-75 lbs. I started building a kennel for him and noticed your divider that you have.
Yeah it sounds like your pup will be a big boy! I built the divider out of the same pine boards. I made it to fit tight in the kennel so I could move it where we needed during the training period. Our girl didn’t use it much but the time she did she never attempted to push through it. You could always secure the divider with two small blocks of wood on either side of the divider, attach them to the underneath side of the top. Enjoy
Pine huh? I'm thinking of using hardwood myself. I was originally going to either use mortise and tenon or dovetail joints, but pocket holes seem to do the job just fine. I may add drawers to mine as well as recessed roller wheels, but I'm not certain yet. That's a nice kennel you've built. I would probably sand and stain each piece before assembly though. I see you painted yours outside of the tabletop, so I can understand why you didn't.
Sorry for the late response, life happens and time doesn’t stop. I knew our pup was going to chew on it so I wanted to make it as nice as I could for as cheap as I could. Once she gets through the puppy phases I’ll more then likely build her a (forever kennel) lol. Thanks again and good luck with your build.
Where did you purchase the bars? Is that something you can find at a hardware store ? Or a home improvement store? Do you need to purchase from someplace special?
There are some companies online that produce these in multiples. I unfortunately move from project to project. I think you can build it! Just go for it. You’ll love the result. Thank you
Did you start with dimensional lumber and cut down? Is it all made out of 1" thick pine? Looks very nice and I'm getting ready to build one like yours. Thank you
Yeah I’m more a hobbyist wood worker/youtuber. Been so busy lately with my primary job I haven’t got to load anything in a while. I spend roughly $200 in materials for the kennel. I just went with southern pine since I knew my puppy would chew on it. Boy has she chewed a ton on it also haha. Thanks
75 now-- on 5.18.2019, BUT.. there are 9.4K views. People just 4get 2 subscribe or even "like" the videos they watch. It's an excellent video. Keep up the good work👍.
@@rickscott8676 You're welcome. Wanted to add something to my previous comment when I saw your thank-you reply, for which I thank you😊. Please do not take offense, but I immediately noticed you have what I believe is bare fiberglass insulation on the wall.. I remember tucking that insulation on the wall b4 covering it with drywall... The fibers would stick to my arms, etc, and were painful. More importantly, they're tiny, probably microscopic, and would get into the lungs... I'm pretty sure I wore a mask( and so did my helper( actually I was his helper😀). You're better off covering the fiberglass even with thin particleboard. I'm a hobbyist at best ( not an expert by any stretch of the imagination). Take care now-- and thanks again.
No problem, currently no. I’m a hobby builder for now. My primary job has me extremely busy. I can’t dedicate the time I want to building or making videos unfortunately.