INTRODUCING "MELLOW YELLOW" -------------- The Kennel Office

"All she wants for XMAS is a single-wide!"


Yippee! It's a 2 bedroom - 14 X 56. New black appliances and a washer/dryer (for dog blankets) and dishwasher (for dog bowls).

This will be our temporary "puppy house" for whelping & grooming area. The small bedroom will be a playroom & homework area for our kiddos.

We're calling it: "Mellow Yellow" and it's being towed to Highwater the first week of January.

A Cabin For Christmas

The guest cabin is finally done! Thanks, Paul...






We are moving in over the holidays. Our daughters start their new school on January 8th. Horray! Most of our stuff is already in storage.

Debbie Engel was our VERY FIRST visitor. http://www.debbiesdachshunds.com/ to see her pups.

It's all pretty exciting now!

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STAIRS, FURNITURE, + OTHER NEWS

THE WATER WELL GETS DRILLED:


Finally! . . . 8 MONTH wait for the well driller guys. Unbelievable. Turns out the new well is pumping 15 gallons per minute (whatever THAT means) . . . Sounds good, anyway. Septic is next.

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SPIRAL STAIRS FINALLY INSTALLED:

Interior of the cabin is coming along . . .

The spiral stairs will have pine treads to match the walls.
The queen size sleigh bed gets delivered Dec. 1st.



We chose laminate flooring in a terra cotta (fake tile) pattern. It goes in next week. The kitchen counters to match go in this week.

ROUGH KENNEL SKETCH + OFFICE PLANS

CLICK TO ENLARGE...

WE HAVE 16 BREEDING STOCK DOGGIES AND 4 HOUSE DOGS. 40 feet of privacy fencing in a U-shape around the kennel building will cut down the barking.

WE JUST BOUGHT A NEW DOMAIN:

http://www.doggyjunction.com/

For the boarding side of the business!

GUEST CABIN GETS A BATHROOM + WINDOWS + CABINETS!

Two young studs put studs in the loft. (Wonder if they have a stud fee like our male dogs?)



Kitchen cabinets being hand-made. Counter tops are Corian "burnt amber" . . .



Armstrong windows took forever, and were supposed to have WHITE trim, but what the heck . . .



OMG, the tub was on backorder for 8 weeks. Then it got lost in Memphis. So, we walked into Home Depot and picked up a cheap generic one. Finally, some walls and cabinets going in! Happy to see the loft getting done and the electric sure helps!



Cabin comes with coat racks (how handy!).



Our "Texas star" door finally arrived . . . Whoohoo!



Front porch will have ceiling fans . . .



The head contractor, Paul, has problems with the design of the eaves . . .



Paul says we need 100 tubes of grout . . . EEK! Sounds sticky! [grin]

DOGGIE DOORS IN THE KENNEL~

[Squeak!] The lovely white gutters are up and the industrial dog doors are in. Considering the size of the kennel -- 1500 Sq. Feet -- we're amazed how bright it is in there . . . Those plastic skylights are AMAZING and we HIGHLY recommend them!

HAPPY HALLOWEENER!!

KENNEL INSULATION UP

DREAM HOUSE PICS

BIG changes... BIG dreams...

Our dream kitchen has black Corian counters and looks something like this:


Our dream fireplace looks like this:


Our dream master bathroom:


Dream library:


Dream movie theatre:
(we already bought the antique seats on e-bay which we will recover in purple)


Our dream loft:
(note the Texas Star banister)


Whew.... what do you think of the plans so far??? (Remember, we'll be living in the Guest Cabin of 480 sq. feet for at least 10 months before the big house is built.)

The kennel has been built on the lower 6 acres in a thicket of heavy trees to muffle the barking... no views down there, but you get the idea of the main house now.

Dog Beds We Are Considering

We had one medium bed delivered the other day in teal... They are supposed to be "indestructible" but we've got five kitchen dogs testing it until XMAS. Hopefully, it can stand up to 2 yellow labs, 1 wirehaired mini dachshund, 1 standard dachshund, and 1 mop-like beastie named Max.

>>>>>> OOPS! <<<<<<<

Oh, yeah. Somebody got fired for this stunt. How do you run into a HOUSE when you're pushing gravel around???