Before you get a dog, you need to determine the place of its habitat. It’s highly undesirable to keep the pet always on the chain. It impacts badly on the condition of the animal: promotes the rise of aggression and the development of obsessive movements. You should put the dog on a leash only in extreme cases. The best way is to keep it in an enclosure.
Features of the enclosure construction
The enclosure is the perfect solution for huskies. During constructing it is very important to choose the materials carefully. They must be of high quality and non-toxic.
The place where the enclosure will be built is very important. One half of the site should be located in the sun, and the other-in the shade for comfort of pet. Never build the enclosure in places where there is a danger of snow. It is also undesirable to install it near the fence that faces the street.
The design can have from 1 to 3 blank walls. Everybody determines this number in its sole discretion. Walls can be built of brick or wood. But when choosing the second option, you need to know that huskies like to chew something, so the protruding parts of the construction are likely to be destroyed. At the same time, a wooden enclosure is more difficult to process, and corrosion will destroy it faster than a brick one.
You can make some walls of lattice. This will ensure free air circulation and sunlight penetration. In addition, the dog will be interested in watching everything that happens around.
Don’t make a thin grid of the lattice. If husky starts to chew it, he may get hurt. Metal pipe, squared, round bar or armature, measuring 1-2 cm suit well to make lattice wall. Distance between elements should be thus, that dog wouldn’t push through them. If the construction is carried out with the use of mesh-netting, then you will need to reduce the size of the holes by applying several layers in a row.
Make a roof on the top of the enclosure. Its slope should be directed towards the rear part of the construction. As for the flooring, the safest one for the dog is wooden.
In regions with difficult climatic conditions you still need to take care of the heat insulation during the construction of the booth. During severe frosts, it is equipped with a removable roof of straw or hay.
The dog run
If you will not be able to walk your pet regularly, provide for this purpose a platform near the enclosure. Take care of strengthening the fence in order husky not to undermine and run away. The fence should be high enough, so the dog not to jump over through him, when will fall out snow.
For the convenience of treating and desinfection, the dog run can be made of rough thread. In the corner you need to place a litter of sawdust. They are also often mixed with shavings. You can buy quality material without harmful additives in stores that specialize in the sale of products for horses.
The area for walking can be filled with gravel or river pebbles. But the stones must be large and smooth, because huskies sometimes take it with teeth and can accidentally swallow. Under a layer of stones, you can place a mesh-netting, which will not allow the stone coating to mix with the ground. It’s better not to carry the sand on the playground, because the fur of the animal can acquire a rusty shade.
The ideal covering for the site is lawn grass. But due to the fact that huskies like to dig the ground, a chic lawn can quickly take the appearance of a construction site.
If the enclosure has trees or bushes, they will be destroyed by the dog over time. The area for walking can be equipped with a wooden podium and cover it with a roof in the form of a mushroom.