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I was wondering if anyone would recomend using barrels for dog houses. also wondering the benefits of them.

If you haven't read LCK's article on them, here it is:

http://www.coondawgs.com/articles/shelters.pdf

Never tried 'em, but I just wouldn't think they would be warm enough in a Northern state during the winter......

I'm not a fan. They are sure enough easy but no matter how you skin it I don't think they are warm enough in the winter months....JMO

I have barrel houses buried in the side of a mountain with only the door end sticking out. I stuff em with straw and cover the door hole with a rubber flap. It must be warm in there cause they don"t come out if its very cold at all.

Another way to make them warmer is to put dirt in the bottom of the barrels and then straw or grass hay on top. I use this method in camp and it works real well.

Barrels buried in dirt are about as good insulated as you can get. warm in winter and cool in summer. They last forever too

get the barrels that a 1/4 in thick, and some dogs will use them and others wont.

dog den is the only way to go alittle pricey but damn nice dog house all my dogs have them and you dont have to worry about if there warm awesome product there out of stapelton nebraska