After getting my new dog house for my large dog I was faced with a new problem. Where to put the dog house large outside in my yard. Now I have a very nice sized yard both front and back but picking the perfect place for the placement of the dog house posed some interesting difficulties. My yard has some trees which are large and have branches which extend out over the yard. Now at first I thought of putting the dog house under one of my trees. But then someone mentioned that during a storm or even just in windy conditions one of the overhanging branch
es could fall on the dog
house. Another friend brought up the lightning risk. We often have lightning storms in our part of the country and the possibility of one ray hitting a tree in my yard is always something which I have to take into account. So I thought to put the
house on the side of the
house but the problem there is that it is exposed to the sun and rain without any protection whatsoever. The front porch was out of the question as then I would have had to have kept my Saint Bernard chained at all times so that people could enter my
house.Well in the end I just opted to put up a small awning which I attached to the back of my
house out from under possible falling branches. My
house also has a lightning rod so that takes care of that risk. The dog
house fits easily under the awning and whether there is rain or sun the dog
house has some protection from the elements.
