Ordered two of these dog houses for our covered back porch. Assembly was quick since the plastic just literally snaps together. The first house was intact but scratched up.  The second house was broken, but I made it work. The packaging is not protective at all and needs some improvements as the boxes were ripped open and mangled in several places.  After seeing the boxes I expected to be missing some parts but was not.  Overall, the houses provide shelter from the wind, which is what I was looking for. The houses have large doorways, which was something else I was looking for. Our dogs seem satisfied with using these on the back porch during the day when they are outside in our enclosed back yard.