Our Photo Gallery

This is the true story of how the Black Diamond Heavy Duty Modular Kennel was born. I needed something that was heavy duty, chew proof, looked nice, and was easily moveable. We also added some features along the way, like a FULL size removeable door, and a two inch gap on the bottom to prevent bacteria, hair and dirt buildup. After reading my painful story, you'll not only see why we started our company, but why you should NEVER BUY CHAIN LINK....EVER.

About 6 years ago, I was fortunate to adopt two golden retriever puppies. Buddy was the larger male. Chansey was his smaller sister. As puppies, they were small, cute and fun. As they grew up and got larger and stronger, it became more difficult to manager their behaviors. We also had children, so our attention to the pets lessened and they had to find other means of having the fun that Goldens need.

We are the type of family where our pets sleep indoors with us, they are our family members. The lay on the leather couches. They sleep in our bed sometimes. Our kennel is not a full time house for our dogs. I don't advocate caging your dog up 24 x 7. We at Black Diamond Believe that pets are family and should have basic rights, respect and privelages.

Buddy was the goofy obnoxious type. He would not hurt a fly, but he was always tromping through the flowers, digging up the lawn, and knocking things over. He was a fun loving dog, but needed to be secured a bit. I bought my first chain link kennel from Lowes. It was $200. It was the type of chain link kit that came in a box weighing about 200 pounds. I had to build the frame out of galvanized poles, and then wrap a roll of chain link around it. It was difficult to stretch the chain link and get it to align just right. It came with these galvanized metal strips of wire that are used to strap the chain link to the metal frame. They were sharp edged and hard to twist. It took me about 4 hours to complete. It looked nice at first, and I had it on a dirt part of our lawn where there was no grass.

Buddy dug out from under it, so I decided to put bricks in the hole. So he dug under the other side. I put rocks in the other hole. Then I had some railroad tie logs that I used along the sides of the kennel to keep him from digging. He then figured out how dig under just enough to lift and bend the kennel frame. By now, my nice looking kennel was starting to look pretty trashy.

Also, when you put chain link on dirt, it builds up leaves, pet hair, urine and all kinds of stuff that makes the bottom of the kennel smell and look terrible. It is very hard to get leaves, hair, sticks and dirt out from under the bottom of chain link.

Buddy kept getting out and running down the street to sun himself in our neighbors waterfall pond feature. He loved chasing the fish and destroying her water lilies. She was not as amused. About the fifth time he did it she had to call the pound. It cost me $50 the first time he got put in jail. It happened again a couple of months later. This time the fee double to $100.

I finally decided to move the kennel onto our concrete patio/basketball court. The kids were unhappy because the kennel was now in their way, but it was my only option. It worked for a while, until Buddy started Chewing the chain link. I am not kidding, he literally CHEWED the chain link to the point of it unraveling like a wool sweater. He chewed a hole just big enough for him to push and stretch the links wide open. He basically rendered the chain link kennel useless. I was then stuck with a big piece of junk in my backyard, weeks and months of frustration, and at the end of the day I spent WAY much more than my $200 worth of kennel.

Call us and tell us your story....we understand.