Dog Houses

Dog houses, or kennels, are a kind of home for dogs. Dog houses often look like sheds: they have a flat roof and open sides. They are usually made of wood. Dog houses are called kennels because they were first used by shepherds to house their sheep dogs.

|If you want to understand how the world works, it makes sense to start with the simplest thing. And the thing that seems most simple is a dog house.

The idea is that we can think about a dog house and then use that same idea to think about other things: for example, what kind of flooring should we put in our houses? What kind of roof should we put on our houses? And if we do decide on certain materials and design principles, what kind of shapes will our houses take? If we add up all the factors involved in making a house, such as choosing floor covering and roofing materials and finding architects and contractors and so on, there are many possibilities.

But it's not necessary to add them all up. We don't have to count noses: we just need to know where to start. And that is where a dog house comes in.

We think we should build houses for dogs, but no one does.

We have a culture of dog houses. We put them out in front of the house when we take our dogs out. We put them out in back when we go to the beach or go camping. We put them out in case we run into the dog's owners and want to ask about it (which we never do).