When you're ready to find the house your pet can call home, take into consideration not only the size, but the design, construction, building materials, placement, and bedding . In order to get a house that will be comfortable for your dog, you first need to understand how your dog stays warm, cool, and dry. Dogs are made to cope with the elements. Your dog's coat provides her with her own built-in insulation.
Shorthaired dogs can stay as warm as longhaired dogs.
This is because each hair on a shorthaired dog is coarse and hollow. Within each hair is a pocket of air, and the hairs lie close, giving it a tight weave. Longhaired dogs, on the other hand, have thinner, finer hair, but they often have an undercoat and an outercoat. The undercoat hairs are kinky and interweave, trapping air between the hairs and creating a thick insulative layer. The purpose of a dog house is to shelter your dog from the sun, wind, rain and cold.