Monday, June 1, 2009

The Doghouse


So on Sunday Brian and I built a doghouse for Shugo. Here in Japan there are pretty much NO large doghouses. The one that I saw that might fit was about $200... who wants to pay that! So we figured we would make one ourselves. As you can see neither of us have done much building in our lives, but I like it! It is home made. I figure we could have made it a little wider so it wouldn't look quite so odd and tall, but oh well. Shugo fits in there perfectly, and though he doesn't seem to go in much now... he will when it rains (yes, it is still raining here). The only thing I am going to change is putting a new roof on that will extend out longer over the front and back, that way the ventilation doesn't let rain in... and we'll probably stain it or seal it or something like that so it doesn't rot. Yay! All that for only $100 and the bulk of the cost was the saw we bought which will be used for many future projects :)

4 comments:

Kristan. said...

why do you have an infatuation with dogs that are bigger than you?

Mk said...

wow, that poor dog ;) j/k. For a perfectionist you're slacking. hee hee hee.

The Zauss Family Blog said...

Way to go guys! What a great job you did. Shugo should love it. Yes - you made a great investment on the tools. You will use them more and more in the future for other projects. Nice!

Barney said...

Good job! Extending the roof is a great idea and a good cheap and easy sealer for it .....30 weight motor oil. lov you guys BZ