A bed fit for a king

Last year, Alex and I made matching, scaled in size dog beds for Porter and Bogey.

This was all part of Alex’s master plan to keep Bogey from sleeping on the bed, and I have to say it worked really well.

Back when they got to spend time on the bed!

Bogey had never really liked any of the dog beds if bought for him, but something about this one just worked!

He apparently doesn’t know how to use a crate

Looking anxious to get off the bed

 

After seeing the dog beds a friend of mine, Alaina, asked me to make one for her.  I decided I would make it as a pre-first-baby present for Alaina and Ruluo, the pup. It was a relatively straightforward build out of 3/4 plywood, using 1x2s as trim.

Similar to our build, we painted the bed white and used chalkboard paint where we could write Rulo’s name.

It looks like he liked the final product!!

  
 

1845…and 1/2

I originally wrote this post on what turned out to be a very sad day.  Our Corgi, Porter, passed away very unexpectedly.  He didn’t get nearly enough time to enjoy his house and he is missed very much.  We hope that Bogey, our Yorkipoo will still use the house and we will think of Porter every time we see it.

Porter, the Corgi, loves to spend time outside – no matter the weather.  While the new backyard is great for that, it also means that he hangs out in the rain and mud and then comes inside bringing all that with him.  In order to keep him happy outside… and keep our inside as dry and mud-free as possible, we decided to make him a dog house.  We used leftover materials from the deck and fence projects so the only things we needed to get were roofing shingles (I remembered later that we threw some away during the garage demo… oh well) and flashing.  Other than that, it was a free-to-us project!

Trex base and 4×4 framing

Framing complete!

Cedar plank siding and front porch

Finished house!

Porter checking out his new place

Current spot for the dog house. It weighs a TON, so Alex and I couldn’t move it to the spot where it will ultimately go, but it works here for now!  We need some strong friends to come over to help us move it in to place 🙂

-H