Starting in reverse;

No, there is no ego Pig Mad. There is a way to carry yourself both in person and online so that you show respect and decorum, and so that you don't present yourself as an asshole. That process generally doesn't involve one-liner type communication. I doubt that your intent was to come across as an asshole, but that is kind of what happened truth be told. Now, that isn't the first time I have seen it on this forum from you. The other times I didn't say anything about it, and just let it slide. This time, I still tried to drop a subtle hint to get you thinking, but then you had to come back and accuse me of having an ego. A true double whammy for you my friend! Try this on for size as an example: "TFX, I am having a hard time visualizing what you have described here, is there anyway you could post a picture of your kennel setup for us?" Big difference in that request versus a smart ass, one-liner. Think about it.
I give what I get, in person as well as online, end of story. There are people on this board who have known me, or known of me for decades. In general, I think if you asked them they will tell you I am honest, friendly, and helpful. Don't mistake friendly for weak. So before your ego gets the best of you, stew on that for awhile and think about changing your approach a little bit, it will serve you well in person and online.

Black Hand, great question. Yes, they do try to dig a little bit, but I keep throwing bricks, blocks, stepping stones etc. in there, so they have about given up on it. Also, I have one of the 16 foot panels laying flat on the outside, so they can't get out anyhow even if they dig. You will have that same issue with any kennel setup that does not have a concrete floor or border. I am basically out of the dogs, so the kennel really hadn't been getting used much until I had a litter last March. Since then I have kept growing pups in there. One is shipping out soon, and the other is going on chain. I am going to do the fix I mentioned above by setting those panels on 2 courses of cinder block on a footing to both stop the digging and raise the sides to about 6 1/2 feet. I already have all of the block here to do it, just need to find dry weather and the time.

Thanks SGC. I hope you are enjoying your back to back holiday week too. BTW.....The best Christmas gift you could give me; and this whole board, would be to post my old Clouse dog article. I don't know if I can ever duplicate it, but one day I might try. I regret not saving some of those veritable masterpieces. We can all thank Jack for wigging out and shutting down a board with no warning! These anti-tether laws are nothing but a loophole for BSL. Most pinheaded breeds could not be put on a chain, as their neck is bigger than their heads and they can very easily pull out of collars. The douche-bag humaniacs figured that out, and found a way to screw the bulldog folks indirectly.

Thanks NQK. I actually built this thing after an idea from a full indoor/outdoor heated kennel I visited in Illinois. My weather isn't really that extreme to where I needed them heated or anything, but I liked the idea of a building attached to the runs as a dry space and windbreak. So, I decided a makeshift shelter like this could work on a budget. I think I only have $300-400 in that whole building, so less than $200 per kennel before adding the panels. The most expensive part was the roof. I originally went with rolled comp for the roof, but it has been a royal pain in the ass. I am going to reroof it any day now with 10' galvanized tin, which will leave a 1' overhang in the front and back. I think they are $13 per 2' wide sheet, so on this deal I would need 8 sheets. After buying tar paper and rolled comp, and then all of the repairs I have had to do because of that crap blowing off, I would have been money ahead just going with the tin to begin with. I did my horse shelters with the tin and have had no problems for 7 years now. I am also going to get rid of the siding, and do the sides with full 8' planks of 1"x 6". I recently did that to a chicken house I built. It's very durable, and I like the rustic look of the raw wood over the painted to match the house look. About the chains, brother they use every damn bit of the 20' chain! Jack and I originally decided to up our chain lengths at the same time. I was running 9'-10' chains like I had used forever. He and I talked about 12'-15', and I decided "screw it I am going to go with 20' and see how it works". It's not like I am short on land, so I did 3 of the 20' chains and it was the best thing I ever did for the dogs. At the time I still had 8 or 10 dogs here, and the difference of the dogs on the 20' chains was noticeable. They were just calmer and happier, not as keyed up all the time. Now, there is technically an anti-tethering law where I live, although it isn't going to be enforced around here because most folks actually have common sense. That notwithstanding, I am in the process of hooking the 20' chains to some 1" cable I have in order to have ground cables to circumvent the stupid law. The ground cable is like 8'-9' long, and will run a massive forged O ring as the slider. That will significantly increase the square footage again by like another 40%+, so each dog will have like 2,000 square feet or more of living area. Many people don't even have a back yard that size.