11/25/2025
For those who saw my post a while back, we had a mini flood in our walk-out basement back in June, where we originally had an in-law suite (but we used it for puppies). I had absolutely NO idea it would cause such a headache π΅βπ«
This is the current state of my "puppy room" at the moment.
To say it's been a stressful adventure would be an understatement.
I had to fight tooth and nail with the insurance to try and cover things that were clearly damaged, but they didn't want to cover at first. The restoration company was no help either. Finally, after 5 months, they sent someone over again and agreed our content was damaged, so we were finally able to move forward.
Then, the carpenters. Of course, our job is not priority to many carpenters, and I totally understand that. It's not worth it for most of them, so we've been promised many times to have certain things done by a certain time, but since we're at the bottom of their list... here we are, still waiting π
I do have a vision though, once things can finally start moving!
β‘οΈ Tomorrow or Thursday, we're supposed to get a patio door installed instead of a big window we have now (basically behind where i'm standing), so it will be SO much easier for the puppies to go outside (I usually have to bring them one by one, out of the puppy room, and outside in our big dog area.. which is a lot of work.. although it kept me in shape when we had 2 litters last year π€£).
β‘οΈ Once the patio door is intalled, we will have epoxy poured everywhere, so it's easier to clean and of course, will last a lifetime (hopefully).
β‘οΈ We bought a dog washing station way back, even before the flood, that will be installed in the bathroom we have there now (we removed the other bath we had, as I was breaking my back every time I needed to wash dogs/puppies)
β‘οΈ The kitchen will be removed as it's no longer needed, and will open up the space more.
All in all, we will have :
π A bigger nursery/office (in the back room.. not ideal since it's far but much cozier), where moms will be able to take care of their newborn pups in tranquility.. and i'll finally have room to add a bed/mattress for me in there instead of sleeping curled up on the floor like I do now π
π Separate door and outside area for our puppies only.
π Bigger nursery/office.
π Dog washing station/grooming table.
π 1 smaller pen for puppies 3-5 weeks old.
π 1 bigger area for puppies 6-8 weeks old, including curriculum area/outdoor access.
Phew, i'm tired just writing this, but I feel like things are finally starting to move and we can't wait to have it all finished so we can move our 2026 puppies in there!!!