Every year kennels burn down due to heat lamps and kerosene and electric heaters.
A well-built, well insulated and well-located dog house will keep your dog comfortable in cold weather without an external heat source.
Keep your dogs warm with 2” thick insulated foam panels cut tight on top, bottom, and sides.
The house opening should be as small as possible with flap doors, and an offset entrance area as shown, as well as a raised lip to keep in deep wood shavings used for bedding.
Do not make the house too big, but make sure it’s big enough for thick foam insulation and deep bedding inside.
Raise dog houses to keep them dry (preferably on a 4” thick concrete pad), and shield them from wind.
The roof needs to be tight with an overhang.
If at all possible, crate dogs inside at night.
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Probably great advice for terrier owners in climates with cold winter temperatures. Having designed, owned and managed a boarding kennel in Western Australia and owned a few dozen Labradors, I'd say it's a lot more nuanced. A dog with a heavy double coat (Husky, Morema, Labrador, etc) is well insulated. If you allow a choice they will often sleep exposed to cold and disdain a kennel that traps body heat or a 70F human dwelling. And in a commercial kennel or rescue situation, a tight box like you describe is impractical. Far too hard to clean. I found an arch of weldwire draped with blankets was a good way to deal with cold... but everyone needs to work this out for their own dog, climate, and circumstances.
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