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Hound Heater TestimonialsThe Hound Heater Pet House Furnace was recently featured in the Top 5 Pet Gadgets of the Year on Animal Radio. I purchased a Hound Heater last fall for my lab, who had a thyroid condition, and had lost patches of his hair. He had been an outside dog all his life and didn't like to be in the house, but couldn't be outside without some type of heat. A friend of mine pointed me to your product, which he'd seen in Pheasant's Forever magazine. I sent you a few e-mails, asked a few questions, and decided to give it a try, hoping it would allow my dog to stay outside. Four months later I'd have to say the Hound Heater didn't meet my expectations---IT BLEW THEM AWAY! Your product performed absolutely perfectly. It kept his well insulated 30-35 cubic ft. house at a consistent 40-50 comfortable degrees through the coldest stretches of MN winter. All this, set only slightly above Medium on the coldest days, and without adding noticeably to the electric bill. I did add some metal flashing behind, above, and along the wall beside the heater for a little extra protection between the heater and wood. Might not have been needed but, thought it couldn't hurt since I used Oxboard on the inside. It isn't often you buy something and performs exactly as you hoped it would. The Hound Heater has proven to be just such. I, (and my dog) Thank you for a great product and wish you much success in the future. Damon Last night I went outside to check on the dog houses to make sure the pup hasn't ripped the curtains off again and the thermometer reads 65 degrees in the big dog house where they both snuggle up together in this weather. Amazing Hound Heater. I love that thing. LaRae You've sure come up with a great product here. Some of our K-9 Handlers here with the Winnipeg Police Service K-9 unit have purchased these out of pocket for their dogs, and every one of them swears by it. Our unit consists of 8 General purpose dogs, 4 detector dogs, and a breeding program with 4 pups being raised here in house. We primarily employ the Belgian Malinois for our tracking dogs. The breeding program has been greatly successful, resulting in a working relationship with partners out in Crow Wing county, and Grand Forks, ND to name a few out by your parts. We've now made the decision to endorse and recomend your product to all our handlers and quarries and are looking forward to moving all our dog houses over to be heated by the Hound Heater Furnace. Our guys are so passionate about their dogs, they have all decided to go ahead and order them even prior to having the Police Service's approval to fund them. Our dogs need the best of the best, after all they are our partners. We now have 8 houses left to outfit. With these remaining 8 we'll be proud to say the Winnipeg Police Service K-9 Unit uses the hound heater exclusively Thank you, We, at The Hound Heater company, have just received notice that Scheel's All Sports Inc. has decided to put the Hound Heater Dog House Furnace on their store shelves!! Scheel's has 22 stores of which 19 carry pet products. If you are in your local Scheel's store and do not see the Hound Heater Furnace, please talk to their manager and they will order them in! This accomplishment is great news for the Hound Heater company. Scheel's is a high quality store and would not allow my product on their shelves if it did not meet there very high standards. Very exciting times!! I had problems finding something that won't get my beagles too hot. They like cool weather and are most comfortable sleeping at around 40 degrees. I was using a heated mat but it was always "on" and too hot for them much of the time.
I was looking for a simple and safe heater for the dog house, it already had a 2X2 frame with 1/2" plywood on the outside, I added some 1 1/2" foam insulation and 1/2" plywood on the inside. I looked on the internet and found the Hound Heater 2, simple, and quality built, I ordered it and received it four days later, very fast shipping! I was given the dog house and had to work with what I got, and ordered the heater with the 60 watt fusion bulbs, but the house was a bit too big. Mike sent me a 100 watt bulb to try, and that turned out to be just right, zero degrees outside, and without a thermometer I'm guessing about 45-50 inside the DH. I very pleased to find a company that makes a high quality, simple, and safe heater, who also stand behind their product, and most of all I have a warm and happy dog! Thanks Mike!
Your product is excellent, and it keeps my dog's house heated at just the right temperature, despite the -25 temperatures that are a regular part of winter in Winnipeg. This gives me peace of mind to know that my dog is warm, yet not overheated despite the outside cold. I'm glad to have it, and consider it a necessity for any dog owner who has a full time outside dog.
Just installed my hound heater yesterday; woke up this morning and it
was -12 degrees outside; so thank you for your wonderful product. Usually I
end up putting my dogs into my shed when it's this cold and running a heater
in the shed but now I don't have to do that.
Thanks again for your wonderful product! I Went up to the cabin last weekend to check out the heat in the cabin and if my water froze up! The temperature in the doghouse was 54 degrees! Your Dog House Heater works AWESOME! Todd Johnson I have a young English pointer, the last few days the weather has been very cold (around -25), it is nice not having to worry about the weather when I leave for work knowing he will be fine outside with his warm dog house. Keep up the good work and for those of you who are thinking about purchasing one, you will get an excellent product with GREAT customer service. Dustin Alleman It was 13 degrees this morn out here in the Columbia Gorge area of Wa. state and I got to say that all 4 of my hound heaters worked just great. I have 2 old style and 2 new ones and all worked great. I have 4 shelters all double wall plywood with 2" styrafoam insulation all 4 sides and all 4 were just as warm this morning as when it is 25-30 degrees outside. I could have slept in any one of my shelters my ownself and done just fine. LOL. I gotta' tell ya' that as far as I am concerned the hound heaters are the greatest thing since sliced bread. A wonderful product that lives up to it's reputation. regards, We bought a Hound Heater Furnace a year ago for our outside dog "Tucker." His dog house was a standard plastic shell and got quite cold during the winter. I installed the Hound Heater and put a wireless tempurature sensor in the house. With just a little insulation (a couple of blankets on the outside) and a plastic door, his house stays between 55-60 degrees even on the coldest nights. A great product-just set the thermostat and your done!!!Thanks from Tucker!!! Trent P. Just wanted to let you know how happy we are with your product. When searching for a doghosue heater we found the Hound Heater Furnace you sell. We searched the "google comments" on products and found some buyers who did not like your product. The reasons were that it did not heat their house. This is ridiculous!! It does a great job. We believe their houses are too large or not insulated as our 20 cubic ft house is toasty warm and "Ready" is as happy as we have ever seen!! Thanks again for your help and offering such a wonderful, reliable product. Wade T. Just wanted to let you know I received and installed the new units last night. I appreciate the unites and the craftsmanship of the unites. Easy installation and a quality product. Thanks. I look forward to doing more business with you in the future. Jim Shaeffer Just to let you know, I am a returning customer with five small, short-haired dogs who all turn up their noses at the cold Wyoming winters thanks to our homemade double insulated doghouses and your wonderful hound heaters. I tell everyone I possibly can about the hound heaters and about how my dogs rarely have to spend a day inside in the winter (they are all of the terrier persuasion and being cooped up inside is like the worst punishment to them). On one of the coldest days last winter, it was 18 below with a wind chill and all of the dogs were in the house. I decided to go out and check the temperature in our lightest built doghouse with the oldest Hound Heater version and was amazed to see that it was 55 degrees inside it! No wonder they want to be let out all the time. Thanks for such a great product and for the wonderful ceramic heat emitters. I just wanted to offer a testimonial and proof that the Hound Heater works as advertised! My dog is kenneled outdoors in South Dakota where the winter temperature is regularly below zero and got as low as -25 F this past winter (Jan 2009). My pup was only 5 1/2 months old when the temp dropped below freezing for the first time in his life. He has an insulated dog house constructed of wood that is built inside my shed (aka Hound Hilton) but I wanted to ensure the temp in his house was always above freezing so I looked around and came across the Hound Heater. The Hound Heater lived up to everything it advertises. I used it from October through April and it worked perfectly. I set the thermostat at about 40 and several times each day I logged the temperature and humidity inside the dog house as well as the outside temperature. The charts for January and February 2009 are attached. As you will note, the temperature inside the dog house remained very constant regardless of the outside temperature. Additionally, the furnace did not dry out the air inside the house. With very low humidity outside, you can see that the humidity inside the house remained very comfortable at around 60%. The minor fluctuations in temperature and humidity were affected by whether or not the dog was in his house. I am particularly impressed that even when the temp dropped to -25 F, it was a balmy 45-50 degrees inside the house. Needless to say, I am very impressed with the product and highly recommend it. We have a new litter of puppies so I may be needing another one soon! Jesse Schmidt Fantastic Product Guys! Being in Georgia we don't have terribly
cold winters. However, with colder temps than usual this year down here, I
purchased and installed your product before Christmas in my bokykin
Spaniel's House where he resides during the day while I am at work and an
occasional overnight. This past week we experienced single digit temps.
Curious about how well this product would perform, I mounted a remote temp
sensor on Rhett's House and ran a webcam watching the thermometer while I
was away all night. Watching remotely and having cameras shoot hourly the
temp in his house, I was quite impressed to see that the temperature in
his house maintained easily between 68 and 70 degrees while temps outside
were 8 degrees. I believe I have thermostat set at 58, so between house,
dog, and the hound heater, my dog is now spoiled. Let me add, his opening
is only sealed with two layers of carhartt canvas as well. Thank you so
much for that extra peace of mind for my little guy! I wanted to let you know that we bought a Hound Heater and
we LOVE it!! We have a beagle that is afraid of everything but this
heater has given him no fear at all. And our basset hound loves it
too. It keeps our dog house at the perfect temperature no matter what
the outside weather is like. Thanks for such a marvelous product! I would like to thank you for your honest reply to my question about about my 47 cubic foot doghouse for our English Mastiff. You were right, it does a great job. We just had a pretty good cold spell here in Salt Lake with the lows in the single digits (3 degrees was the lowest). The Hound Heater is keeping the doghouse nice and toasty for our big guy (Diesel). He spends all his time in the house with us when we are home next to to a heater vent. When we kennel him for the day, he makes a mad dash to his dog house now, instead of trying to stay in the house. As you can see we also have one of those heated dog pads, which was about twice the price of the Hound Heater. I wish that I would have found out about the Hound Heater a few years ago before we bought it. But better late, then never. Thank you again for a great product. I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say that the Hound Heater is working great in the 'Cat House' we built. Miss Kitty really loves having a warm place with all the cold and snow we are having. There was a home that burn down in Wichita a few weeks ago due to the home owner using a heat lamp in the dog house. I feel very safe having the hound heater in Miss Kitty's house. I don't worry about her burning herself of the risk of fire. We built Missy Kitty's home out of 3/4" plywood. I had some wood laminate flooring left over and we used that to line the inside of the house. The my boyfriend had some siding that we put on the outside of the house. The house has an entrance hallway that leads into the living area. We put the hound heater on the inside wall, running the cord thru the wall and then up along the roof area. The roof is a lid that opens to allow us access to the house. We used insulation tape around the lid to help insulation. We used heavy Plexiglas for a window. So the house is very well insulated, per your comments and instructions. We placed a rug and Miss Kitty's flense throw in the house. Miss Kitty has a warm, comfortable place to stay. Please note that I do have a dog door for the pets. I foster dogs and Miss Kitty doesn't feel comfortable around my 16 yo foster Sheltie. Miss Kitty has a very small meow and doesn't hiss at all. She runs away from any confrontation. She will not come in the house when she feels that the 16 year old, 80% blind, deaf dog is around (you go figure) so being able to have a warm place where she can be safe means a lot to me. Again, Thanks for making such a great product - Dee I received the new heater yesterday. I can't thank you enough as last night was one of our coldest nights. I have attached a pic of one of my labs that was thankfully warm last night due to your generosity and kindness. Just wanted to let you know that my HH arrived, and we installed
it with no problem, and it really works!
The cats like it too. They are a couple of strays in our neighborhood
which we would love to take in, but for the 2 we already have.
Anyways, its huge for me to know that these outdoor guys have
a place to get warm and sleep. We feed them in the house too.
Thanks so much for your response!! We got the unit installed last night and it is awesome!!! Our dog absolutely loves his new heated dog house!
My cats love their new Hound Heater Furnace. I actually bought one of those heater/AC units (from someone else.) It cost me about $350
(maybe a little more, I can't remember). Despite the fact I treated it with
TLC, the thing conked out after two years. I was not impressed. Plus, as I
mentioned, I didn't even need the AC part. You've done a great job of
segmenting the market and developing a sensible product. Mike, I just received the my new Hound Heater Dog House Furnace. As good as the last one worked, this one is incredible!! Very accurate thermostat, just as easy to install and I love what the heat shields do. After I priced out what I paid for the previous model, which I was thrilled with, I am actually spending less and I think this one heats even better! You have got a real winner and I will be featuring it in an upcoming article in our dog club magazine! Tom Johannsen, Colorado Springs Thanks a lot for the quick reply. I've looked everywhere trying to find a method of heating my kennel box's that doesn't break the bank and I can tell you that you have a real winner in my opinion superior to anything I've found. - Gerald Perkins Thank you Mr. Hill for the great service and fast delivery of your great product and for the bonus bulbs that you sent with my order. I am using the 100 watt ceramic emitter in a cat house that I built which is 3X6X3 and when the temp is 30 it keeps the house at 70 which is much more than I had hoped for when I ordered it from you. The 150 fusion kept the house a little to warm here in Las Vegas but if in a colder climate would be perfect. What a great company to do business with. Thanks again, John M Ream I have three Miniature Pinschers and an Italian Grayhound that have to be kenneled in the house during the day if I'm not home. Therefore, I built a 4'x4'x4' elevated doghouse for them with 2" of foam insulation in between the double walls, floor and ceiling. I installed your hound heater on one of the vertical walls and lined the ceiling with a sheet of tin to reflect the heat down. Even with a doggy door and a double paned plexi-glass window, the coldest I have seen it get inside is 50 degrees when it was about 5 below with a wind chill of of 20 below. Sometimes I have a hard time getting them to come out of their private dog suana and come into the house! Thanks for such a great product - it's a house and a life-saver! - Heather Adams The Hound Heater I bought works great. I put a wireless thermometer sensor on the side of the doghouse oposite the heater and even though the temperature has dropped to 25 the doghouse stays around 50 to 60 degrees. My dog used to want to stay in all night but now she goes to the door and wants to go out at night and goes straight into the doghouse. I guess she likes her independence now. - Martin Combs Mike, Dear Mr. Hill, Mike, Dear Mike.. Thanks for setting me up with a Hound Heater Extreme this past weekend. My Lab has been enjoying up to 62 degree comfort in his outdoor kennel since I installed the heater. Currently it is 58 degrees inside the kennel yet only 12 degrees with a windchill of -4 outside. The kennel is roughly 30 cubic feet inside with insulated 2x6 construction from top to bottom and is built inside my garage with the kennel door also accessed from inside the garage to eliminate wind. Since the garage is not yet heated this is a great testimony to how your product works. I highly recommend it for MN winters! Darcy Hi Mr. Hill,
I live in Minnesota and have been a dog owner most of my adult life. I've had several retrievers over the years and have always been concerned about their comfort and health, especially in the winter. When I built a new kennel back in 1995 I ran electricity to it so I could have heated water throughout the winter. I was also hoping I would be able to find a decent dog house heater of some sort. I'm a regular Cabela's customer (I spend way too much money there) and get the Drs. Foster and Smith catalog. I also shop at Petco occasionally. Each fall, as winter came closer, I would shop the pages of the Cabela's or the Foster and Smith catalog (and make a trip to Petco) looking for a dog house heater. I have tried those mat heaters and they just don't do the job. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I lucked out and found your Hound Heater. It works great. I've got a good, fairly tight, well insulated dog house with a good tight door. This morning it was about 5 below zero outside and it was 50 inside the dog house. I have a standard 100 watt bulb in the heater and last night I noticed that there was a little sliver of light showing between the house and the roof. Today I got some weather stripping and sealed that crack. The dog has been in my house all afternoon and I just put him out around 8 pm. Without the benefit of the heat the dog generates himself the house was a comfy 56 degrees and it is about 5 above zero at the moment.
We set up one of the heaters for our old dog and the other for our cats. The cats think it is the best thing since sliced bread. Got some of that aspen litter from Mills FF (small bag-$4.95) but they get it all over--probably drag it out with their fur. What was the name of the doors on your kennel. Do they sell the doors separately? Thanks again. Lyle and Renae Best - Rice, MN What a great product !! I just recently received
the Hound Heater, and installed it in our kennel
inside our garage (which is not heated). Our
temperatures in Northern Indiana have been hovering
around 10-30 degrees. The heater works great, it
creates a nice environment for our dog while we are
away. At night when the dog is inside the house,
our outdoor cats go into the kennel to stay warm. I
feel it is a safe product, and have no fear of
leaving it on while we're not at home. Mike, "I received my Hound Heater yesterday and installed it today. I had a commercial thermostat and attached it to that. I have it set at 48 degrees. What temperature would you suggest for the dogs. They are Dalmatians, fairly short hair. It works great with the 105 watt ceramic heater. I installed it with the thumb screw down, making a vent up and down. I could feel the heat coming out the top vent. It will be a gradual heat and I guess that is best. Believe it or not, it is not unusual for it to get to -5, -10 degrees at night here in late Jan-Feb. I've tried them all, mats, ceramic forced air heaters, etc. but this is the best idea I have seen in years, no moving parts and nothing to clog up. I plan to tell all my dog friends about it. Most use a spot light but say the dogs don't like to go in the house due to the bright light. This is great with the ceramic heat element, no light and plenty of heat... thanks again, Jim Ridgway" "Last year I bought a mat heater for $90.00 and it lasted 1 1/2 seasons and now is shot. This thing looks like it will last forever!" John Carlton, MN Anoka Game Fair "What a great idea you have and you built it right. It's easy to replace the bulb, strong and simple to install. I'll take two!!" Mike Jacobsen, Iowa State Fair "I bought one from you last year and it still looks new! For the price, you
can't beat it. Works great! My dog thanks you!" "This is the greatest, simplest idea I've ever seen. About time someone comes up with something that works and will last. Nice job Mike." "I will sell as many of these for well pump houses as I will for dog houses. Man you built it right!" Swede, Hackensack Ace Hardware, MN. "I can't believe you don't charge more for your Hound HeaterTM. They won't stay on the shelves!" Schtick Nagorski, MN. "I need another Hound Heater. You wouldn't believe it. My dogs are best of friends but they actually started fighting over the house with the Hound Heater in it!" M. Bischoff, Big Lake MN. "Just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that the house heater works great. Keeps the chill out of the dog house and keeps him comfortable. I have some friends that may also be interested." Anonymous
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I'm
heading for Arizona for January and can take comfort in
knowing my dog will be safe and warm while I am gone.
Thanks for developing this great product. I have no
idea why Cabela's doesn't carry it. Tom Lee, Winona, MN
