Every dog needs a home so dog house plans are important for both you and your pet, but you don’t necessarily have to pay for them and free doghouse plans are available to suit all sorts of dogs.

Being free, many are designed for beginners who might not have the money or space for more elaborate kennels and some are so simple that they even recommend you get the kids to help build them which sounds like a great weekend activity for the whole family! As well as being simple and fairly easy to construct, most of the free plans are designed to include materials that are easily available from local hardware stores.

Also the tools you will need to construct your kennel should already be around the house including pencils, tape measures, hammers and paint brushes. Even if you have to buy more specialized tools like safety goggles or a carpenter's square you shouldn’t have any trouble getting hold of these and none of the tools you’ll need are very expensive. In fact none of the tools and materials need be very expensive.

Advice on exact materials and how to use them can be easily found and most free doghouse plans tell you exactly what to do and will give you pictures to help you work out the construction of the dog house including the foundations and roof which are probably the hardest parts of the kennel to construct.