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I am by no means a carpenter, but its a good start. Ive just framed it up right now. All of my runs are 3ft high, 3 ft wide, 8 ft long. Im going to be putting a tin/metal roof over to keep rain/snow away from the dogs. the sides are easy, got the fencing for that. the only issue i havent come up with is the floor, but will most likely go with flooring i keep seeing on the sites, greenhouse top or whatever its called. the white outlines on my shed are the spots for doggy doors where my boxes will be inside, where it will be heated for the cold winters up here. any ideas or suggestions will be appreciated. thanks guys.

Very nice! Be sure to post some of the finished product?!

Looking good ! Would like to see it when it's finished !

looking good. keep up the good work and give us an update with more pics.

looking real nice. here is my suggestion for flooring. open the link and there are pics if my kennels which are very similar to yours and my flooring works awesome. check it out.

http://americanbeagler.huntingboards.co ... 14&t=58678

Please keep us updated I would like to see how you do your box's on the inside I am planning on building something very similar in the next month or so.

Any new pics?

ill have new pics up this weekend. i havent been able to work on it. my daughter was born on the 27th so ill just now be getting back to it. i just actually received my flooring of the AV Greenhouse bench flooring for it today, ill be installing that this weekend.

Well got to do some work today on the kennel. We had our monthly work party at Mohawk Beagle Club yesterday so today was the only day i could work on it really. got a lot more bracing to do and a bit of work on the support for the wire. After i finish getting the wire on each kennel side, I will be doing the doors on the front and then going onto the doing my roof. Then ill be able to do the doggy doors and dog boxes inside the barn. heres some updated pics.

Nice! I like that flooring what kind is it/how much did it cost?

The flooring is the Greenhouse benchtop flooring. For the 3 8 foot runs and the 5 ft puppy pen it was 191.20 with shipping. its worth the extra money to me. Seems much easier on their paws, they like to lay on it, and bacteria doesnt stick to this. Everything falls right through it.

LOOKING GOOD !!! REALLY LIKE IT. ARE YOU SURE YOUR NOT A CARPENTER GOOD LOOKING HOUNDS TOO

Ken, thanks for the comment. Never built anything in my life actually, this is my first time. I just remember the rule measure twice cut once. Ive been planning this out for about 4 months though. Im putting the roof and front doors on and the rest of the wire sides next week and then all thats left is the boxes inside the barn and the doggy doors. The hounds love it on that floor, they jump up and lay on it all day

Im by no means an experienced kennel builder but just a heads up I tried using that fence that you have there and I had to patch it all the time I had a male go right through 2 walls of it to a female in heat in under an hour.

That could be an issue for some but my dogs dont try to get out, and worst case if i did, they are inside their exercise pen still. I was just planning on bracing the wire with more 2x4s and making it more sturdy then going back through with a heavy duty staple gun and tacking it down.