From Dec. '04 - May '06, we did a complete change in our kennels. We had a few with genetic problems & a few that simply would not care for there wee ones from the time they began to whelp. This also gave us a chance to redo our kennels. All of our kennels are about 1 ft off the ground,we do have a bigger pen,that's on the ground like an exercise pen . Since we lost our vehicles & our home we had to move,to our current location on Jun 30,08. I have placed pictures,for you to see our set-up. Every summer it seems that we remodeling our kenneling system. Hopefully summer 2010, we will be adding more kenneling and pens in our shed. I only hope that some day we can afford to give them extra heat during the winter and A/C during the summer. All the kenneling are surrounded with sheds & plenty of trees this helps for wind breakage during the winter. I have found it easier on everyone this past winter'08/'09, then in the previous years. Every morning, I'm outside hosing down kennels & feeding everyone, water buckets are scrubbed as needed, do to algie/lime coming from the water. The pens are scrubbed down as needed as well.. I would love to have a better set-up then we have,but this will have to do for now. All the puppies are fed Purina & the adults Retriever...
Date(s): October 8, 2006. Album by Green Acres Angels. 1 - 6 of 6 Total. 2049 Visits.
1 On this platform it's about 2 ft off the ground,with an overhang. There's 2 pens and they are 5x4x12,with and extra 2 ft in front of the pens. 5 ft wide & 4 ft tall & 12 ft long... Depending on the size of the dog, it can house up to 3 mini terriers per pen..
Males on one side and female on other side..
2 On this platform, there's 8 pens = 7 labs and 1 bigger sheltie.. Each pen is 6 x 6 x 12 .. 6 ft high & 6 ft wide by 12 ft long...
3 Another part of the lab platform.. 6 x 6 x 12
4 On this platform it has 4 pens.. 2 pens 5x6x10 are for the male shelties..= 2 males 2 pens 5x6x10 are 2 rat terrier pens. Can house up to 3 in each pen..
5 ft wide, 6 ft tall & 10 ft long
5 On this platform it has 3 pens,which can house a total 9 adult mini/toy rat terriers,with each pen being 5x4x10.. This also depends on the size of the dog... Each pen has a doggie door as well. This is mostly usde also for the rat terrier & whelping. They have heat lamps and either straw or shaving for the winter. There's also a rubber mat on the inside as well. This building is insillated as well.
5 ft wide x 4 ft tall & 10 ft long..
6 On this platform it is 12 x 12 total,with it divided in half. So we have 2 pens that are 4x6x12... 4 ft high & 6 ft wide & 12 ft long.. They have a doggie door opening that is 12"x 12". On the inside of this building there's pen that's 4x4. It can house several small dogs, or 2 adult labs per pen. This is mostly our whelping boxes for our labs during the summer time. ( 1st pen 2 sheltie female & 1 rat terrier fem & 2nd pen mother& daughter shelties ) Also a rubber mat on the inside of the building..
