casino kennels

CASINO KENNELS WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE CAMPS. WE STRIVE TO GIVE OUR DOGS THE NICEST FACILITIES THAT WE CAN. MOST OF OUR TIME AND MONEY GO RIGHT BACK TO OUR KENNEL. WE RECENTLY MOVED TO OUR COUNTRY HOME, AND GIVING OUR KENNEL AN UPGRADE HAS BEEN A MAJOR AND NEVER ENDING TASK. OUR GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE OUR DOGS WITH MORE ROOM TO LIVE AND PLAY. BELOW ARE PICTURES OF OUR PROGRESS !! WE HOPE TO ONE DAY SAVE ENOUGH TO CONCRETE THE WHOLE KENNEL AREA .

THIS WAS THE FIRST CASINO KENNELS. WE WERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF WELLSVILLE AND SO SPACE FOR THE DOGS WAS AT A PREMIMUM.

BEFORE WE MOVED TO OUR NEW HOME ALL LITTERS WERE WHELPED IN OUR HOUSE. WHILE THIS WAS A WONDERFUL WAY TO HAVE NEWBORNS, AFTER THE FIRST THREE WEEKS A LITTER OF GROWING PUPPIES BECAME QUITE THE CHALLANGE TO KEEP CLEAN AND HAPPY .WE ALSO DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF A PUPPY BECOMING COMFORTABLE WITH GOING POTTY INSIDE SO........

FIRST CAME THE KENNEL ITSELF. WE ADDED AN AWNING AND EXTENDED THE DOG RUNS TO A MUCH LARGER SIZE  BOTH UNDER AND OUTSIDE OF THE AWNING. 

WE MADE AN "ALLEY WAY" THRU THE MIDDLE WITH RUNS ON EITHER SIDE.THIS ALLOWS EASY CLEANING AND A HANDY WAY TO ADD GRAVEL WHEN NEEDED.WE RAN WATER AND ELECTRIC TO THE KENNEL. THE OPEN AIR ENVIROMENT IS WONDERFUL FOR THE DOGS. OUR HOME IS LOCATED IN THE MID MISSOURI CROPLANDS AND WE USUALLY HAVE A NICE BREEZE SO, WITH THE HELP OF HEAT LAMPS WHERE NEEDED IN WINTER ,THE LIGHT COLORED AWNING AND FANS IN THE SUMMER, THE DOGS STAY COMFORTABLE AND  HAPPY!

WE THEN ADDED A LARGE DOG YARD WHERE THE DOGS CAN SAFELY PLAY UNATTANDED. THEY ARE ALSO ALLOWED OUTSIDE THE KENNEL AREA IN SMALL GROUPS WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE WORKING OR MOWING BUT DUE TO DANGERS SUCH AS THE ROAD, COYOTES AND NEIGHBORING ANIMALS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED "FREE RANGE". ALONG WITH MORE FRILLS WE ARE PLANNING ON ADDING A FEW TREES TO THE DOG YARD ...AND YES THAT IS A REAL FIRE HYDRANT AT THE FAR LEFT.

BECAUSE WE WANT OUR KENNEL TO LOOK NICE WE HAVE BEGUN ADDING LANDSCAPING. HOWEVER THE FEATURES  HAVE  ANOTHER BENEFIT. THE WHITE LATTICE LINING THE KENNEL PROVIDES EXTRA SHADE IN THE EVENINGS AND HELPS KEEP THE ROCK INSIDE THE KENNEL. THE GRASSES AND PLANTS, WHEN MATURE, WILL ALSO HELP PROVIDE SHADE IN SUMMER AND A WINDBLOCK IN WINTER ALONG WITH ADDING EYE APPEAL.

THE WHELPING HOUSE, DESIGNED AND FINISHED INSIDE BY BILL, WAS A VERY LONG AWAITED ADDITION. NOT ONLY IS IT TEMPRATURE AND CLIMATE CONTROLED , IT WAS BUILT WITH CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION IN MIND. IT HAS THREE WHELPING CAGES WITH INSIDE/OUTSIDE RUNS.

WE KEEP THE DOG SUPPLIES, FOOD, MEDICINES AND ALL MANNER OF DOGGIE PARAPHENALIA IN OUR WHELPING HOUSE.

THE CAGES ARE MADE OF HEAVY PLASTIC SHEETING WHICH WE HAD CUSTOM BUILT. IT CAN BE CLEANED COMPLEATLY, INSIDE AND OUT. TRAYS ON THE BOTTOM SLIDE OUT TO BE CLEANED EVERY EVENING AND WE LINE THEM WITH PUPPY PADS TO CATCH ANY MESS DURING THE BIRTH PROCESS AND FROM THE PUPPIES UNTIL THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO TODDLE OUTSIDE.

THE INSIDE HAS A HEAVY PLASTIC COATED BOTTOM THAT CAN BE SCRUBBED. IT IS VERY EASY ON MAMA DOG FEET AND THE HOLES ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT TINY FEET AND LEGS DONT FALL THRU. THE MESS , HOWEVER, DOES FALL THRU TO THE TRAY BELOW TO KEEP THE PUPPIES CLEAN AND DRY. THERE IS A RAILING AROUND THE EDGES TO KEEP THE MOTHER FROM ACCIDENTLY SQUISHING A YOUNG PUPPY BETWEEN HER BODY AND THE WALL.  IT IS REMOVED AS THE PUPS GROW AND NEED THE EXTRA ROOM. A HEAT LAMP IS SAFLY UP OUT OF CHEWING RANGE TO HELP MAINTAIN THE WARMTH FOR THE PUPS AS THEY CANNOT CONTROL THEIR OWN BODY HEAT FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS. A PIECE OF HEAVY CARPET IS ADDED TO HELP THE PUPPIES GET A GOOD GRIP ON THE FLOOR WITH THEIR HIND FEET TO HELP THEM EAT AND BEGIN WALKING, AND ,  LATER , TO HELP THEM BECOME USED TO SLEEPING ON CARPET BUT NOT GOING TO THE BATHROOM ON IT

AS THE PUPPIES GET OLDER MOM NEEDS A BIT OF A BREAK. THE DOORWAY PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE OUTSIDE RUNS. SOON THE PUPS LEARN FROM SEEING THEIR MOTHER GO OUTSIDE AND THEY TOO START NOSING THEIR WAY OUT TO PLAY AND POTTY. BY THE TIME THEY GO TO THEIR NEW HOMES MOST PUPPIES ARE GOING OUTSIDE PRETTY REGULAR. DOGS, IF GIVEN A CHOICE, ARE CLEAN ANIMALS AND DONT LIKE TO GO WHERE THEY SLEEP AND EAT. WITH FREE ACCESS TO THE LARGER RUN THEY BECOME ACCLIMATED TO GOING OUTSIDE TO DO THEIR BUSINESS .  THIS HELPS THEM TO BE HOUSE BROKEN MUCH QUICKER THAN A PUPPY WHO HAS HAD TO SLEEP IN THE SAME AREA THEY POOP IN. iT ALSO HELPS IN CRATE TRAINING.

THIS SUMMER WE HAVE ADDED A BIT OF LANDSCAPING AND A FRESH COAT OF PAINT-THE OUTSIDE RUNS HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR A LITTER OF GROWING PUPS TO PLAY AND STRECH THEIR LEGS. THE GATES ON THE END OPEN TO LET A HERD OF BOUNCY, HIGH ENERGY PUPPIES OUT INTO THE YARD SO THEY BECOME ACCLIMATED TO NOT ONLY GRAVEL BUT GRASS. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH OUR WHELPING HOUSE AS OF NOW, IS HOW TO GET ALL OF THE PUPPIES BACK IN THE PEN AS QUICK AS THEY COME OUT !!! :) WE ARE NOW WORKING ON A SUN DECK ALL THE WAY AROUND AND CONCRETE FOR THE PUPPIES!