Since I’m bringing home a new Mastiff puppy, I figured I’d better build a doghouse for him and my two other dogs, Sherah and Jake. 

Sherah is an 8 year-old German Shepherd / Siberian Husky Mix.  She a good sized dog – about 80 pounds.  Little Jake is almost 3 years old and only weighs about 26 pounds.  He’s a Pit Bull / Golden Retriever mix. 

The dogs have a pretty big fenced dog run that attaches directly to the garage and is separated from my huge back yard by a 4 foot chain link fence.  But, they still don’t have any kind of a house to shelter them from the freezing cold in the winter, or the blazing heat in the summer.  (We live in southwestern Colorado, so we get all kinds of weather extremes) 

The design for this doghouse has changed about a half-dozen times as my thought process becomes more grandeur.  Currently, the house is set at 4’ x 8’ with 32” walls, a 20” x 24” door, and a 24” x 24” window (yes, it opens).   As I progress through the construction / re-design of the mansion, I’ll try to keep this updated.

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