After more than 20 years of production K-9 Kondo Inc. will no longer manufacture the Dog Den 1, Dog Den 2 and Dog Den 3. Although we have a limited inventory of Dog Den 3’s all of the Dog Den 1 and 2’s have been sold. We will not be making more of them. This has been a very difficult decision and I have heard from a number of very disappointed folks that wanted to purchase the Dog Den 2. There are a number of factors that have entered into our decision, principally shipping costs and availability of labor.
Shipping costs many times exceed more than 1/3 the cost of the Dog Den 2. In order to continue production we would have had to increase the cost of the Dog Den 2 to almost $400.00. Although I know that some customers would pay that amount, the economy of scale would not be great enough to ensure profitability. Also a key factor is availability of labor. The fellow who assembled the Dog Den 2’s has been with us for more than 20 years and recently retired. The labor pool in our area is very small and we have been unsuccessful in finding a replacement assembler.
On the positive side we now offer a new model. The all new Dog Den + easily accommodates dogs of 100 pounds, is absolutely chew proof, and is easy to assemble. It is a completely new and unique design and is available in standard galvanized steel.