Keep Your Dog Warm With A Dog House Heater

A dog house heater makes good sense if a dog and its owner is living in a region where winter months are freezing cold. If you have your dog living in an outdoor doghouse, then this type of heater will help it stay warm. Many dog owners around the world are installing dog house heaters within their kennels.

Certainly, for areas where the chilly season is extremely cold, the body heat of a dog won't prove sufficiently warm for it. Unlike the house of the dog owner, the dog house is merely a small shelter that saves the dog from the sun or rain - not the freezing cold. Dog houses can't (and aren't meant to) shield the pets from the chills of winter.

A dog house heater can provide your dog with the extra warmth it needs during unpleasantly cold climatic conditions. These heaters ensure they don't suffer from cold sickness in the winter. As far as the question of providing added warmth for the dog is concerned, there're quite a few types of dog house heaters available.

Dog heater boxes are the one that most dog owners love to invest in. They're the cheapest among the heating systems used in kennels. But their structures are fairly simple. They have either ceramic emitters or light bulbs fitted into simple looking metal boxes. Once you connect these box heaters to power, they'll readily emit heating. The technology has a lot of similarity with typical egg incubators.

But dog owners got to ensure that such dog house heaters are placed above the reach of the dog, so it does not burn itself by coming into contact with the metal surface of the box. But if you own a dog that prefers sleeping in the dark, you shouldn't buy a heater with bulbs inside.

A better choice would be to buy one that has a ceramic emitter fitted in. With a ridged face, it looks like a flattened light bulb. The good thing is, the ceramic versions do not emit any light when you turn them on. And they're considerably more durable too. Light bulb versions can cost from $35 to $60, whereas ceramic emitters can cost you around $100. Even when the latter one is expensive, the durability should compensate for that.