Moving the hutch

Tibbler's about to get a change of view in the next week or so as we're about to start on some building work right by her current home. Ideally I want to move her onto the patio on the other side of the house, as she's a tunnler and no where else has flagstones.

There are two problems with this - one is that technically that part of the garden is my mother-in-law's and as such the dogs are allowed in. Given Homer's past history I'm a bit nervous - are most hutches dog proof? The run is held together with twisty wire in places - surely a spaniel can't snap that?

Secondly the patio here is south-facing. It's fairly sheltered but it's still a lot hotter than where she is now and I'm worried about the extra heat.

Any thoughts?

He might not be able to snap it but there is alway the chance he might be able to pull the mesh away from the wood or lift part of he run up. To be honest I would be very nervous around a dog with a history like Homer's, do you think Tibbler would be scared of his presence...

Thanks Sooz - I don't trust him either so you're absolutely right. She's a bit better around him recently because she's been in an indoor cage in the kitchen, so she's got quite used to both dogs. Tbh I'm thinking more of the garden now, or the orchard where the dogs are always supervised and we have a fox deterrant for the chickens.

The only trouble with that is she's likely to come into more contact with wildies and I don't really know about the myxi situation round here. Plus there's no hard surface and she's a nightmare for digging. Would a bit of chicken wire under the run discourage her, or would it hurt her little paws to be walking on that?

Oh i dont know Homers past, but i wouldnt take the risk. Luckily Andy was fine with Mopsy, but i think it helped that Mopsy wasnt scared by him at all. He usualy licked her through the bars When she died, Andy thought that she was just in the shed and used to always run over there, i had to let him go in and smell around for him to see that she had gone, he hasnt been over there since.

Hope you think of an answer Its going to be hard when Ogs goes out as i think that he will be scared by Andy, which will then spark Andy's interest in him