Tacti-kennel

Many years ago we bought a big dog kennel for crate training our Rotty. It did its duty well, until it was no longer needed and sat in the garage unused for several years. The last time we used it was 4 or 5 years ago when we picked up several farm raised mallard ducks as a present for my Dad. He wanted some to keep on his pond at the farm.


Ducks poop a lot.


By the time we got from the bird place to the farm, the kennel was a mess. We were pushed for time and sat the filthy kennel down by the barn with the notion of cleaning it out next time we were out for a visit. Yeah... never happened.

With the coming arrival of our new puppy, we picked up a brand spanking new kennel. I also retrieved the old, duck-poopy one from my folks house and finally cleaned it out. Years of exposure to the elements had taken their toll and it looked really bad even after I cleaned it up. I figured a quick coat of paint might make it presentable enough for use as a transport kennel in the back of the Truck when we go on longer trips like camping weekends.

One thing led to another, and the plan for a simple coat of paint morphed itself into this:

It's Tactical. It's a kennel. It's a Tactikennel!

I tiger striped it in sort of woodland colors, because quite frankly the desert digital camo so in vogue with the kids these days I just don't get. North Texas, while hot and dry beyond the point of reasonableness, is not a desert. To each his own, of course, but I just don't dig digital camo in general.

Woodland digital is OK, and I like multicam (except for the price), but I've always preferred the old school woodland camo or tiger stripe woodland for aesthetic and practical reasons.