One of the benefits of our building a home from scratch means that not only can we incorporate personal design preferences, it means we can accommodate having a small petting zoo running around our home. We had already planned to build "running ramps" into the walls to give the kitties a bird's eye view - and give them a place to hide from rambunctious kids, of course lol - so when I spotted this article on homes built with dogs in mind, I was intrigued.
But the homes really don't seem to be for "pet parents" - more for those who simply have a dog in their home. A kennel that has a window attached to a child's playroom? (Yeah, I have a playroom - it's called my living room.) Entrances for dogs through a window that leads into the basement? That's convenience for people to keep the dogs out of the way.
Some of the pictures and ideas were interesting, but it wasn't really that the house was built with the dogs in mind, but rather creative use of space - such as turning an area that would have been a simple cabinet into a hidden area for a dog bed. Psst... I have news for you, cat owners have been doing that for YEARS - see the hidden litter box in my bathroom shelving.
The mudroom at the front of the house with a sink sounds interesting, but we had that growing up on a farm - that's nothing new to me. I guess I don't see the allure of paying someone to do what I can already do as a quick weekend project myself. Would you?
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5 comments:
I agree that a lot of pet design has to do with creative uses, many of which can be done in a day or a weekend with the right tools and design idea.
When I looked at the basset hound kennel under the counter my first thought was, how do you clean it out? The outer areas could be cleaned easily enough, but the enclosed part?
We use to have dogs and they liked sleeping on the bed. But now we have cats and they do like to sleep in hidden places, the higher the better. I found your blog on entrecard.
Judy
What's with the window to the basement? That sorta sounds like abuse to me. If you go through that much trouble to hide your dog, why would you have one?
I'm a cat lover and my boyfriend's a dog lover. Cats are easier to maintain than dogs and believe me that dogs do need their own space. They're noisy, they destroy things and a very good training is by giving them their own space and limit to house access.
@Lin
The little basement room for dogs is a necessity if you have more than one dog and MOST especially if they happen to be hyperactive dogs like Siberian Huskies. There are special times when they need privacy and for those special times when you need the house dog-free.
It's not really abuse. Each pet owner have their own preferred lifestyle :)
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