Dog house question

[Phillip Carr]

No I am not looking to figure out how to get out of the dog house!!! (Dinner, movie, maybe some flowers ) usually does that when I extend the gun budget. I am looking to buy some new dog houses and have been looking hard at the Dog Den 2's. Before ordering, I am just looking for personal experience and feedback on these dog shelters or others you have used. I know we have some great dog owners in the Parker group and want to draw on your experience to guide me on making the best decision.

[Phillip Carr]

Good Morning, I am still living in AZ. A native Arizonian that just never moved away. No doubt the weather gets hot, but with the low humidity I guess we just have learned to adapt. My dogs get the run of the place since the kids have all grown up, although the next generation is arriving, with my 4 year old granddaughter living with us. My dogs stay plenty cool in the summer, lots of shade and their own private pool LOL. Actually though I am looking for a dog house that will keep them warm and they can not chew up. I hunt them hard from mid November to February and the night in the desert get cold. My shorthairs used to come in at night and sleep, but 3 English Pointers are just too high strung. Arizona is pretty diverse, and within 45 minutes I can be at 9200 feet and at the ski resort on Mount Lemmon. Todays a Lazy day and I am not taking the dogs out hunting until after lunch so I thought I would post a few pictures of the dogs, hunting, and a few facts on Arizona. PS actually went swimming on Thanksgiving after my granddaughter kept bugging me to take her swimming. We put on our swimming suits and giving a wink told her mother told her we are going to have her stick her foot in the water ( I was sure that that would be enough.) Dylan stuck her foot in the water... umm grandpa its nice, and I told her well just jump on in. She did and grand dad followed in a panic. I am still looking for my .....glasses. Yes the water was cold.

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The Dog Kennel
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SONOTA AZ 30 miles from home
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SCOUT at 11 months in training
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Missy with a scale quail last week. 60 miles from home
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Guard dogs on duty
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90 miles from home 2 weeks ago
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Last weekend, Gucks, geese, and quail on the same day. 60 miles from home

Hope you have a Great Sunday
It’s surprising what Arizona has that I didn’t even know about.


1. Arizona has 3,928 mountain peaks and summits, more mountains than any one of the other Mountain States (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).

2. All New England, plus the state of Pennsylvania would fit inside Arizona.

3. Arizona became the 48th state and last of the contiguous states on February 14, 1912.

4. Arizona's disparate climate can yield both the highest temperature across the nation and the lowest temperature across the nation in the same day.

5. There are more wilderness areas in Arizona than in the entire Midwest. Arizona alone has 90 wilderness areas, while the Midwest has 50.

6. Arizona has 26 peaks that are more than 10,000 feet in elevation.

7. Arizona has the largest contiguous stand of Ponderosa pines in the world stretching from near Flagstaff along the Mogollon Rim to the White Mountains region.

8. Yuma, Arizona is the country's highest producer of winter vegetables, especially lettuce.

9. Arizona is the 6th largest state in the nation, covering 113,909 square miles.

10. Out of all the states in the U.S., Arizona has the largest percentage of its land designated as Indian lands.

11. The Five C's of Arizona's economy are: Cattle, Copper, Citrus, Cotton, and Climate.

12. More copper is mined in Arizona than all the other states combined, and the Morenci Mine is the largest copper producer in all of North America.

13. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, two of the most prominent movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, were married on March 18, 1939, in Kingman, Arizona.

14. Covering 18,608 sq. miles, Coconino County is the second largest county by land area in the 48 contiguous United States.

15. The world's largest solar telescope is located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Sells, Arizona..

16. Bisbee, Arizona is known as the Queen of the Copper Mines because during its mining heyday it produced nearly 25 percent of the world's copper and was the largest city in the Southwest between Saint Louis and San Francisco.

17. Billy the Kid killed his first man, Windy Cahill, in Bonita, Arizona.

18. Arizona grows enough cotton each year to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the United States.

19. Famous labor leader and activist Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma.

20. In 1912, President William Howard Taft was ready to make Arizona a state on February 12, but it was Lincoln's birthday. The next day, the 13th, was considered bad luck so they waited until the following day. That' how Arizona became known as the Valentine State.

21. When England's famous London Bridge was replaced in the 1960s, the original was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands today.

22. Mount Lemmon, in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is the southernmost ski resort in the United States.

23. Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch in Picacho, Arizona is the largest privately-owned ostrich ranch in the world outside South Africa.

24. If you cut down a protected species of cactus in Arizona, you could spend more than a year in prison.

25. The world's largest to-scale collection of miniature airplane models is housed at the library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.

26. The only place in the country where mail is delivered by mule is the village of Supai, located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

27. Located on Arizona's western border, Parker Dam is the deepest dam in the world at 320 feet.

28. South Mountain Park/Preserve in Phoenix is the largest municipal park in the country.

29. Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, located about 55 miles west of Phoenix, generates more electricity than any other U.S. power plant.

30. Oraibi, a Hopi village located in Navajo County, Arizona, dates back to before A.D. 1200 and is reputed to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in America.

31. Built by Del Webb in 1960, Sun City, Arizona was the first 55-plus active adult retirement community in the country.

32. Petrified wood is the official state fossil. The Petrified Forest in northeastern Arizona contains America's largest deposits of petrified wood.

33. Many of the founders of San Francisco in 1776 were Spanish colonists from Tubac, Arizona.

34. Phoenix originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply military post Camp McDowell.

35. Rainfall averages for Arizona range from less than three inches in the deserts to more than 30 inches per year in the mountains.

36. Rising to a height of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the state's highest mountain.

37. Roadrunners are not just in cartoons! In Arizona, you'll see them running up to 17-mph away from their enemies.

38. The Saguaro cactus is the largest cactus found in the U.S. It can grow as high as a five-story building and is native to the Sonoran Desert, which stretches across southern Arizona.

39. Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, grew up on a large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona.

40. The best-preserved meteor crater in the world is located near Winslow, Arizona.

41. The average state elevation is 4,000 feet.

42. The Navajo Nation spans 27,000 square miles across the states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, but its capital is seated in Window Rock, Arizona.

43. The amount of copper utilized to make the copper dome atop Arizona's Capitol building is equivalent to the amount used in 4.8 million pennies.

44. Near Yuma, the Colorado River's elevation dips to 70 feet above sea level, making it the lowest point in the state.

45. The geographic center of Arizona is 55 miles southeast of Prescott near the community of Mayer.

46. You could pile four 1,300-foot skyscrapers on top of each other and they still would not reach the rim of the Grand Canyon.

47. The hottest temperature recorded in Arizona was 128 degrees at Lake Havasu City on June 29, 1994

48. The coldest temperature recorded in Arizona was 40 degrees below zero at Hawley Lake on January 7, 1971.

49. A saguaro cactus can store up to nine tons of water.

50. The state of Massachusetts could fit inside Maricopa County (9,922 sq. miles).

51. The westernmost battle of the Civil War was fought at Picacho Pass on April 15, 1862 near Picacho Peak in Pinal County

52. There are 11.2 million acres of National Forest in Arizona, and one-fourth of the state forested.

53. Wyatt Earp was neither the town marshal nor the sheriff in Tombstone at the time of the shoot-out at the O..K. Corral. His brother Virgil was the town marshal.

54. On June 6, 1936, the first barrel of tequila produced in the United States rolled off the production line in Nogales, Arizona.

55. The Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse desert in North America.

56. Bisbee is the Nation'southernmost mile-high city.

57. The two largest man-made lakes in the U.S. are Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both located in Arizona.

58. The longest remaining intact section of Route 66 can be found in Arizona and runs from Seligman to Topock, a total of 157 unbroken miles.

59. The 13 stripes on the Arizona flag represent the 13 original colonies of the United States.

60. The negotiations for Geronimo's final surrender took place in Skeleton Canyon, near present day Douglas, Arizona, in 1886.

61. Prescott, Arizona is home to the world's oldest rodeo, and Payson, Arizona is home to the world's oldest continuous rodeo, both of which date back to the 1880's.

62. Kartchner Caverns, near Benson, Arizona, is a massive limestone cave with 13,000 feet of passages, two rooms as long as football fields, and one of the world's longest soda straw stalactites: measuring 21 feet 3 inches.

63. You can carry a loaded firearm on your person, no permit required.

64. Arizona has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S.A.

[Mike Shepherd]

Phillip I have never owned anything that an English Pointer could not and would not chew up. And mine thought that that Apple-Bitter stuff that PetsMarts sells was a great condiment.

I now have French Brittanys. I use the plastic igloos that PetsMarts sells. I put hay under them and in them. It gets pretty cold in Amarillo and upon occasion my long suffering wife gets dog fatigue and banishes the dogs to the kennel. And when my sweet little Ginger got skunk-sprayed last week she had to stay out there. We put Buddy with her to keep her company. Got down to the low teens with a few inches of snow. They got into the same igloo to snuggle and seem to do just fine. In the summer we also put cedar shavings in with the hay. That is to keep down the bug population in the igloo.

Best,

Mike

[todd allen]

My home is also the official dog house. I have a concrete floor, shaded, chain link kennel on the property, but over the years we have evolved to where the dogs have taken over the house, and only stay in the kennels for short periods. We live in the country, on 2.5 acres, and the only fenced area is the kennels. I used to believe that hunting dogs needed to live out-doors to be real hunting dogs.
It's amazing how German Shorthairs can adapt to being strictly indoor dogs. They have complete run of the house, but abide by the rules. (mostly)

[charlie cleveland]

i learned a lot of arizonia s history just now...one thing arizonia and mississippi have in common that is cotton...charlie

[JeffTowner]

I have two Dog Den 2's and a Dog Den 3 and swear by them. They are sufficiently insulated to keep my English Setters warm during Michigan winters yet are cool enough in the summer if we prop the doors open.

[Eldon Goddard]

Phil
I am going to visit my buddy in tuscon sometime next year I will have to check out Sonata that looks pretty amazing.

[Paul Melton]

I personally , along with the three resident English Setters here at my ranch, all totally endorse and recommend the Dog Den 2, great product, nice folks.....
I think you and your canine companions will be well served by this product.

[Phillip Carr]

I ordered and received the DOG DEN II. They are well built and I am happy with them. Finished building up this morning. took about 1 1/2 hrs. to put them together. Filled them with some Timothy hay, for bedding. They are already using them.
Thanks for the recommendations. I like the fact you can lock the doors open and the top comes off for easy cleaning. I ordered them Monday they shipped on Wednesday and arrived on Friday. Now that's great service.
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[chris dawe]

Nice Phil !

[Larry Stauch]

I see that Arizona grass that your dogs are walking on there........:rotf: