We also converted our original kennels into a dedicated Mommy/Puppy Nursery and birthing area and rebuilt the indoor doggy houses to 4 x 4 feet and tiled the floor of the 14 x 28 foot nursery room.  We aren't done yet, but it is closer to what we want.

 

We built our Kennel outdoor runs onto a two-story 30x32 attached addition to our house.   The 6' high chainlink area consists of a 70 foot long area, 10 feet deep...or about 700 square feet of outside space.  It wraps around the North and East side of the building. It is fully concreted and sloped and washed daily.   All the outdoor runs are sun-shaded. 

 

The dog 'houses" are actually inside the two-story building and each German Shepherd has his or her own swinging door access to their own inside-the-building "house"..which is at least 3x3 feet in size.  Floors are elevated and insulated and in some cases electric floor heated.   Each inside dog house also has an interior door into the building so they can be and are let indoors that way.  

 

In truly severe cold weather the inside of the dog's houses are also heated...but GSDs like to lay out on ice and snow in the winter...so that is mostly for our comfort.  LOL

 

We have camera's wired onto the birthing chambers so we can keep a constant watch on expectant moms and new pups.   If we had a decent internet connection (someday fiber optic cable will come that last short mile)..we will put live puppy pictures up on this site!!

 

All the dogs get out to run around our fields and swim in our large pond at least twice a day.... and the older ones can stay out much of the day.   All our dogs swim and always head for the water first this time of year.  

 

We live on 20 acres and there are no houses ..just trees in sight of us so our Pups are lucky dogs.

 

We will post many more pictures as time and our 28K internet connection allows.