Wet air, strong wind and low temperatures are the main problems faced by a pet staying at the local area. Unlike its distant relatives, who are wolves, all their lives living outdoors, homemade dogs do not so well tolerate the effect of low temperature and need periodic heating.

Despite the thick wool, the German shepherd does not tolerate the long-term exposure to the cold

This is due to the centuries-old adaptation of dog immunity to room temperature. This applies not only to decorative and short-circuit dogs, but also large breeds. For example, German and Caucasian shepherds also suffer from exposure to strong wind and cold.

Prolonged exposure to cold air and wind can lead to such consequences as:

• supercooling;
• frostbite limbs and ears;
• the emergence of various diseases.

For better adaptation of dogs to low temperatures, it is recommended to increase the daily calirage of food consumed and conduct a periodic hardening of the animal. For dogs living round year On the street, an insulated booth of the appropriate size should be provided.

2 types of booths for large dogs

Shepherd is a large breed of shepherd and service dogs, so for comfortable accommodation Animal should be provided comfortable conditions. Otherwise, constantly annoying discomfort will negatively affect not only the dog's service, but also affect her health.

In particular, it concerns booths, which are provided for the year-round content of the animal near the residential building or economic premises. Conditionally, all booths for dogs are partially open or closed room with a roof. The size of the booth depends on the breed of the dog. In the ideal case, the booth is erected under the sizes of a particular dog (see below).

Booth for german Shepherd from edged board and bars

Constructive booths for sheepdresses and other large breeds of dogs can be divided into such structures as:

• with an open entrance - the simplest structure, most frequently used in the warm season, when the average daily temperature does not fall below 7-10 o C. The animal feed occurs outside the booth;
• with an open area - as a rule, it is built so that in the tambour there is a drivingker and a bowl for food. In addition, the indoor tambour allows the animal to hide from the rain, without climbing inside the structure;
• with a tambour - in contrast to the previous version, the tambour covers a flat or scope roof, which allows you to create a thermal veil. This type of booth is one of optimal options for independently facing;
• with an indoor or open aviary - it is erected when the free movement of the dog at the receiving area is undesirable, and to tie an animal to the chain is not possible.

These are the most common options for booths that can be used for large dogs. If desired, you can build combined option. For example, to build a booth with an indoor tambour and indoor aviary. This will allow the dog freely walking on the entire length of the chain, but at the same time the animal will be reliably protected from cold and wind.

3 Selection of material

Often booths are completely erected from chipboard, impregnated with adhesive compositions, which are soon covered with moisture-resistant paint. This is rooted incorrectly, since harmful discharge can adversely affect the health of the dog. Moreover, when choosing a material should not be focused on the safety indicators given by the manufacturer are the norms are safe for human health, not a dog.

To protect the tree, the use of protective eco-impregnations, which are applied from the outside of the house. The inner surface is better to impregnate with special natural oil for wood.

To cover the roof booths best use bitumen materials

In general cases, the following materials can be used to build the booth:

• wooden bar - 40x40, 40x50 or 50x50 mm cross section. It is suitable for making a frame of booth. If desired, it can be used to build a rafter system of the roof, if you plan to build a double roof;
• edged board - 25x100x6000 or 25x150x6000 mm size. It will be needed to cover a frame made of bar. The casing is carried out both with outdoor and inner side for formation space between the frame walls;
• profile pipe - 1x15x15 and 2x40x40 mm. Apply to the manufacture of the frame and the internal rods of the lattice of the enclosure, if it is built around the booth. If desired, thin pipes can be replaced with a chain grid;
• ecopher - 6x1525x1525 or 8x1525x1525 mm. Can be used as a material of the trim instead of a edged board. Unlike the board, it is allowed to create a seamless coating, which will reduce heat loss;
• polystyotiyol - 100x600x1200 or 100x600x1250 mm. It is used as a heat insulation material, which is laid between the walls. Can be replaced by any similar material;
• bituminous roof - used as roofing. You can use both bitumen coatings (technoelast decor, bicroelast, linocur) and bitumen tiles from any of the manufacturers.

To cover the roofing of the Booths, it is not recommended to use galvanized metal, since when rainfall in the form of rain or hail, strong noise will be created. This can lead to alarm or aggression state even in large dogs. Especially if the original pet is characterized by high activity and trained to protect the territory.

Photo Gallery: Required materials

4 Required tool

For construction, the booth will need the following tool:

• wood hacksaw;
• a hammer;
• construction stapler;
• acute knife;
• screwdriver;
• electric drill.

It is better to use galvanized nails to use galvanized nails with a length of 80-100 mm, a wood screw with a length of 30-40 m 70-80 mm, galvanized corners, string bolts with a length of 100 mm. For applying a protective coating, any convenient painting brush is used.

Photo Gallery: Tool required for the manufacture of booths

5 Making a drawing with dimensions

Before proceeding to the manufacture of dog booths, it will be necessary to determine its parameters that are selected taking into account the size of the animal and its anatomical features.

Moreover, when designing, it should be borne in mind that the booth should not be too big or vice versa - too close. In the first case, in the fall and winter in the house will be very cold, and in the second - the cops will be uncomfortable to relax and sleep.

Drawing booths for large dogs with a single-sided roof

Therefore, in order to correctly make a drawing of the booth, you will need to measure the dog. The optimal size of booths for large animals is determined by the following algorithm:

• depth - calculated on the basis of the length of the body of the dog (L) + 10 cm;
• width - there must be no less than the growth of the dog in the withers (H);
• height - depends on the growth of the dog, taking into account the neck and head (H) + 10 cm;
• lases - the width of the lazium is equal to the width of the chest (a) + 5 cm, and the height of 5 cm is less than the height of the dog (H).

If the dog has not grown and did not reach the size of an adult individual, then the pet does not make sense. It is necessary to use statistical data on a specific breed. They can be found in special books, internet or learn in nurseries, as well as veterinary clinics.

The dependence of the size of the dog and the parameters of the booth for it

Specifically, when it is planned to build a booth for a German shepherd puppy, it should be proceeded from the fact that kinologists recommend buying or build a coneer of the following dimensions:

• length - 115-120 cm;
• height - 90-95 cm;
• width - 65-70 cm;
• lAZ (width / height) - 35x50 cm.

The parameters and design of the roof are selected individually based on the personal preferences of the dog's owner. Usually, a single-table or duct roof is used. The second option is more aesthetic, but you need to properly construct slinge system. A single roof is more simple in the manufacture, as well as it allows the dog to jump on the booth to inspect the territory or rest. The optimal angle of a single-pate roof is not more than 15 o, for a bone roof - up to 30 o.

Drawing Booth for Shepherd Bath Roof

As an example, consider two drawings that are located above on the images. The first option is a booth with a single-sided roof of 1200x1050 mm and a maximum height of 870 mm. Internally, the space is noticeably less external parameters - 1000x880 mm. Lase width is 360 mm at an altitude of 400 mm.

On the second drawing depicted a boat booth. Length is 970 mm, width - 750, and height is 520 mm. From the size it is clear that this house is also intended for a sufficiently large shepherd.

How to independently make a drawing

To draw up the drawing of the booth, you can use conventional stationery, a drawing sheet with marking or special programs for modeling. The last option is more visible, as it allows you to make a 3D model, but requires the skill of working with the relevant program.

When drafting the scheme, follow the following recommendations:

• scale - any convenient scale that allows you to gently and detail to spread a schematic image of the future facilities. The drawing should be clear and understandable;
• rakurs - Ideal if 4 images are drawn: front view, side view, roof drawing and base. If time allows, you can draw a diagram for each wall of the booth;
• dimensions - should be applied opposite the main structural elements. If the scale allows, then you can draw the pairing sites of the nodal elements and designate the number of fasteners.

6 How to make a booth for German Shepherd do it yourself

After it was determined with the size of the booth and drawn up the drawing of the facilities can be processed to its manufacture. To do this, will need to purchase required Material And deliver it to the territory of the site where the dog content is planned. The calculation of the material is carried out with a small margin, given that the costs may arise in the construction process.

Drawing booths for large dog With Tambour

As an example, we describe the process of manufacturing booths with a single-table roof and a tambour. Parameters and drawings can be seen in the image above. If you wish, it can be taken as the basis for independent manufacture Booths.

The technology of the building is the following:

1. The support frame is assembly for the bottom of the booth. For this, a cutting board is 25x100 mm or a wooden bar 50x50 mm. From the selected material, two long and two short blanks, which are assembled with galvanized corners and screws.

   
   

   The bottom of the booth is going out of thick edged board or wooden bars 50x50 mm

2. To strengthen the bottoms, screw the intermediate guide from the board or bar. To do this, you need to spill another blank with a long equal width of the booth. The guide is attached in the middle of the frame into two corners on each side. It is better to use galvanized screws with a length of 30-40 mm as fasteners.
3. After assembling the frame of the bottom, it is necessary to carry out its insulation using foam or extruded polystyrene foam. For this, the bottom of the frame is made by the moisture-resistant plywood or OSB sheets. The thermal insulation material is laid in free space. At the end, the second sheet of plywood or other material closing the insulation is mounted.

   
   

   For flooring the floor in the booth, it is better to use moisture-resistant faeer or edged board

4. A frame assembly for the walls of the Booth is made. For the front wall, three blanks are scorn, the length of which will be equal to the maximum height of the house. To enhance the entrance location, where the LAZ will be located, two short blanks are prepared. For assembling the frame, corners and screws are also used. The process of collecting the wall for the tambour is similar to the collection of the front wall of the booth with the only difference that its height is noticeably lower.
5. The frame assembly for the side walls of the Booth occurs in a similar scheme. First, the blanks are equal to the height of the cone. After that, two billets are prepared equal to the length of the structure. Then everything is bonded by corners with fastener on the self-tapping screw.

   
   

   After assembling the frame for each of the walls, all items are fixed on the bottom of the booth

6. To assemble the wall frame for the walls, it will be necessary to install the frames on the bottom of the booth. After installation, the contacting frames are aligned in the corners of the bottom and fasten with each other with a self-drawing of 70-100 mm long. Fastener step 20-25 cm.
7. After assembling the wall of the Booths, it is fed from the inside of plywood or edged board. OSB-plates on the inside is better not to perform, since the material is capable of separating harmful substances at a concentration of a safe for a person, but dangerous for the animal.

   
   

   The roof cover should be carried out only after mounting the frame on the walls of the booth

8. For insulation of the walls of the booth, a similar approach is used. The thermal insulation material is laid into the space between the frame and the inner cover. After laying, thermal insulation is covered with a vaporizolation membrane, which is fixed with the help of a construction stapler. After insulation, the wall is trimmed with a board or OSB-plates.

   
   

   The thermal insulation material is laid in the space between the outer and internal trim

9. At the last stage, the roof structure is assembled. To do this, make a framework consisting of two long and three short blanks. The frame will be attached to the rear wall with galvanized door loops in the amount of three pieces. It is necessary in order to spend periodic cleaning of the booth.

Before installing the roof frame, it should be used on the inside. Warming can be carried out after installation on the wall of the booth. After insulation, the lid is squeezed with moisture-resistant plywood or board. As roofing, it is recommended to use modern bitume-based rolled materials.

7 How to equip a house for a dog

After the manufacture of booths should take care of its arrangement. This will prolong the service life, and will increase its comfort. The design arrangement can be performed as immediately after assembling the frame and the roof design, and after installing the booth to the constant location.

To improve the booth you will need to do the following:

• facility processing is the front side of the booth and all the wooden parts of the structure from the street side must be treated with an antiseptic for wood. To do this, use the compositions with the smallest content of chemicals. The antiseptic is applied with a painting brush by 2 times;
• installing a curtain - at the entrance to the booth, you should install a curtain that will be folded in the design. To do this, it is better to use dense fabric or felt. The curtain is fixed with an internally side on a self-tapping screw or a wooden bar;
• framing of Lase - the inlet in the booth can be understood galvanized metal. This will reduce pollution and moisture in the threshold, located at the entrance to the booth. As a result, the tree will be less swollen and rot.

Curtains for booths of dense waterproof fabric

As a litter for a sun bed, you can use the same felt, which perfectly absorbs moisture and retains warmth well. As it is contaminated, the sun bed is required to change. Usually, the cleaning of the booth and the replacement of the sun bed occurs every two weeks. As mentioned earlier, it is possible to arrange a full-fledged aviary and a tambura, where the place for feeding a pet will be placed. The presence of these elements is optional, but can significantly alleviate the dog content.

The aviary is usually needed for animals that differ in opposition and a long time remains alone. For example, the hosts are often absent in the road. For its manufacture, metal poles are used, which are concreted in the ground. After that, the grid is stretched between them or the grid is mounted from thinner pipes.

An open site, unlike the internal tambour, can be attached already after installing booths to a permanent location. To do this, make a box on the principle that was described above. Further, the box is trimmed and installed on the supports in the clove with the booth level.

For installation of the roof, reference pillars are used, which are mounted along the corners of the frame. They can be made of a 10x10 cm timber. The roof design is identical to the one that was used for the main construction. If necessary, the site can be sewn from all sides, which will actually make it a tambour.

What to insulate from the inside

If there was a bookmark on the construction stage thermal insulation materials Between the walls of the booth, then the additional insulation of the design is not required. If such a need arises, then only in the case when the dog is contained in places where the temperature in the winter is lowered to -20 ° C for quite a long time.

Felt is perfect for the insulation of the walls and floor booths from the inside

For insulation, you will need to do the following:

1. Thermal insulation of booths from the inside is better carried out with the help of felt in rolls. To do this should be measured interior walls Booths. Next, taking into account the parameters it is necessary to cut off the felt blade, the size of which will be more than 3-5 cm with each of the sides.
2. Fastening felt on the inner walls of the booth is performed using self-samples of 20-30 mm long and metal washers. To do this, the self-tapping screw is done through the washer and twisted directly into the wall. Fastening step 20 cm.
3. After fixing the felt on the same wall, it is proceeding with the insulation of the following. For this, the following canvas is fixed in the same way with the overlapping of the corner joint of the previous one. This will exclude the possible penetration of the cold.

For a similar scheme, the ceiling and the inner tambay booth are insulated. As soon as the cold fall, it should be removed with additional thermal insulation from the walls to dry and disinfected the booth.

The location of the booth is as important as the thoughtful design of the structure or its size. The booth is placed in a sunny place near the wall of the house or the fence. The place must be smooth and dry.

The location of the booth should be dry and well-lit in the morning

If the selected land plot floats with water after the rain, the booth should be located on a concrete or base base at a small angle. In other cases, a sufficiently small wooden box, if it was not provided in the main design of the booth. When the booth is located near the fence, it should be borne in mind that not all the neighbors like that when the dog will constantly pry for them. If the neighbors are against this, then it is better to provide another place for the booth. And also at the disposition of the construction of the fence, the lower part of the design should not be bludge.

If the house with the site is located on the sunny side, then after installing the booths, you should consider the place with a sun bed for a dog, where it might be in the fresh air without overheating. And vice versa - in winter, the animal must have a sunny place where it might be sitting in the fresh air.

You can make a booth without resorting to the help of specialists. In fact, it will be able to make any owner of the dog, who at least once kept the tree with a tree and twisted the self-supremacy. And the option of a house made by your own hands, not only will not give way to factory counterparts, but even surpasses them, as it will be made according to individual sizes.

Properly selected size booths for the German Shepherd, are one of the main criteria when building a home for this home inhabitant.

It is stupid to assume that for the dog you can lend any wooden box with a door for the entrance that will be suitable housing. Convenient and reliable booth for any dog, and for German shepherds, among other things, must meet certain requirements.

In addition, for any breed of dogs exist their optimal dimensions "Housing", there are also some rules that allow you to maximize its functionality.

General parameters calculated

The optimal home pet size is entirely dependent on the breed of the dog for which it is intended.

Insufficient housing sizes of Watchdog PSA will be very shy and bring a lot of discomfort, and a very large size will do this dwelling with cold and more wet. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the size of the booth.

For the German Shepherd, the dwelling will be optimal:

• with a length - 80 cm;
• with width and height in the lowest place - 70 cm;
• with lazium width - 35 cm, and altitude - 45 cm.

These sizes are calculated on the basis of the size of the German shepherd. Method for calculating as follows:

• the length of the booth is equal to the length of the dog plus 5 cm;
• the width and height of the booth is equal to the height of the dog plus 5 cm;
• lase width is 5 cm more than breast width, and height is 5 cm less than the height of the dog in the withers.

Note: Lases in the booth for a shepherd should not be in the center, but closer to the edge of the long wall.

Circuits for building booth There are many. The most applicable option is a rectangular version of BRUSEV, which will be crushed with a variety of materials.

Place for construction

The site of construction and location of the dwelling of the watchdogs are made their definite requirements:

1. The booth must be installed in such a way that the protected area is viewed as wider as possible.
2. The dwelling of the PSA should be removed on a decent distance from residential buildings of people at least 15 meters.
3. PSA dwelling is rare and near household buildings With cows, horses and other animals. The presence of noise, evaporation and irritant odors affects very negatively on the lifestyle and performance of the PSA.
4. The installation site of the booth must be moderately light and in the measure of shady. It is convenient to install a booth under a tree.
5. The playground where the booth is installed must be on a small hill and have a small bias. It is necessary for high-quality precipitation outflows.
6. Installation of booths directly to Earth, will lead to a rapid cooling of the bottom in the cold course of the year. Therefore, it is advisable to install the booth on stands or a special foundation.

During the construction of the roof, such variants of this PSA housing can be applied:

1. The roof can be a single or double. And the other can have their advantages and disadvantages. In the case of a single roof, the dog can sometimes lie on the roof. In this case, there must be a small slope, about 15-20 °. Gable roof Allows you to make a working surface in the form of an attic that can be applied to store accessories of watchdogs.
2. A huge advantage will be the possibility of raising the roof. Such actions will make it easy to remove in the booth and remove the sore animal.

The roof manufacturing material must have a high level of moisture resistant and noise resistance.

Description of the construction process

The construction process depends on the complexity of the selected version of the booth. The most practical can be considered such an algorithm for building housing for watchdogs:

1. From the bar of a width of 5 cm, the frames of the front and back walls, the bottom and roofs are knocked down. In the frame of the anterior wall from BRUSIV, a LAZ is constructed.
2. The rear and front walls are screwed to the bottom and are connected by jumpers from the same bars on the sides.
3. The bottom is tightly clogged by boards. It is better to use a sex board, where the connection "spike in a thorn" provides the complete absence of the slightest gaps.
4. The outer walls are clogged with lining or thicker slander.
5. Inside the frame between the bars is invested by the foam of the same width as the bars.
6. The inner walls of all walls and roofs are covered with plywood.
7. The roof is covered with roofing material.

It's important to know: Be sure to the outer part of the booth are covered with waterproof paint materials. But the inner part of the booth in no case cannot be covered with any paints, as it will spoil the scent dog.

Booth for German Shepherd - this is one of those attributes that can save home PSA from various natural factors. A high-quality and convenient booth at times excludes the likelihood of the disease makes the life of your pet more comfortable. Therefore, the construction of housing for the dog must be with all seriousness and responsibility.

How to collect a booth for the German Shepherd, look in the following video: