PawHut Wood Dog House: 59"x64"x39" Large Cabin-Style Elevated Pet Shelter

Brenda KBrenda K: We have 2 goats that we bought this house for. It's access from the top makes it easy to keep clean. And it's adorable!

United States on Sep 04, 2023

K. L: We actually bought this house for our 2 blue heelers. But, before we could even use it, our female had a litter of pups. When they got too big for our whelping box in the house, we decided this would be a great place for them to live outside until we could find homes for them. My husband and son-in-law built a pen, of sorts, to go around it. Worked out perfectly. The pups actually house-broke themselves living in it. They would never go poddy in the house or on the deck. They would run out into the 'yard' area and go poddy. So, when we gave one to our daughter at 7 weeks old. She kept him in the crate when not at home and at night when he was sleeping. But, as soon as he had to go poddy during playtime in the house, he went straight to the door and whimpered to go outside. Lol... Love this doghouse! Very easy to clean and access while the pups were inside. Gave them good shelter in bad weather. Only note is that the wood is pretty thin so if you have very large heavy dogs or a chewer, it might not hold up. But, otherwise, for us it is working out great. :)

United States on Jun 20, 2023

Julie: The instructions were very unclear in places. There were only diagrams and no written instructions. There were a couple of times when I had to disassemble pieces because I had done it incorrectly due to poor diagrams.

I started out using hand tools to assemble, but it was difficult because some of the wood was knotted and the longer screws wouldn't go in all the way. It came to a head when assembling the inner wall (the wall separating the two halves of the duplex). All the pieces had pre-started holes, but the ones for the inner wall were in the wrong place. If I had used those, I wouldn't have been able to assemble the floor properly.

I finally broke down and bought a power driver (I would need it later for other projects anyway) and just drilled new holes. That way, I got it mostly put together by myself, but hit a snag with the roof. The roof is impossible for a single person to assemble. Help is required. I finally got it done (with help), and I like the finished product, but there were far more hassles than there should have been.

United States on May 23, 2022

M. ScuddayM. Scudday: Wood Split VERY easy. Had to wood glue most of it. Some items came already split. Some things wouldn’t fit together.

I am requesting a refund. If this was a cheap dog house I would take it for what its worth but it was not cheap and should not have split so easily

Very cute & not real hard to put together.

United States on Apr 10, 2022

Roger G.: The PawHut doghouse has its faults. Mainly the wood that was used feels like pine so thinner parts are more fragile than I am comfortable with. I did have to repair a few pieces because FedEx wasn't very nice to box 2/2 but this really isn't a fault of the product. Before assembly I treated every piece with a coating of Thompson's Water Seal. Then I sprayed bedliner on the under side of the floor parts and on top of the roof peak part. Finally, I primered and painted the black trim parts since the paint/varnish seemed pretty thin on those parts. I also removed the plastic curtains and put them under one of the roof panels overnight to flatten out creases from where they folded during packing/shipping. It's a lot of prep work before even assembling the house but I think it will be worth it as the extra prep should greatly lengthen the life of the house. I have even thought about applying a faux brick laminate to the outside walls for extra protection and to make it match my actual house.

United States on Sep 18, 2020