I totally understand the big dog houses. We're actually in the process of building the 3 of our dogs one big house. yes they are spoiled. So far all we have done is the framing and the porch. No pool hahahahaa..we already have one in the backyard. We have 2 Siberian Huskies and 1 german shepherd/ shar-pei. The reason for the build is because one if the husky's, Pilot, we rescued from a TERRIBLE breeder in Fresno. Poor dog was a lot older than she told us, she had him debarked, and he was kept in a kennel full of his own #1 and #2....he was also badly abused. Anyways, a couple of years ago, we made a float for a parade we were in and some of the pieces stayed in our backyard. Pilot took to these pieces and would sleep under them. He felt it was his comfort zone and the other dogs didn't bother him when he was under there. Well, we were in the parade again this past year and used the same float. So we had to take his pieces. He felt so lost and sad. You can tell just by looking at him. So we went online and looked at a few doghouses to buy. We were not going to pay $700 for a dog house. So we decided to build it ourselves. Hopefully it'll be done soon. There are 2 doors, a huge roof, a couple of windows, a porch, and insullation. These dogs have it made. When it's done, I'll post pictures of it.