Arlington · Mansfield · Grand Prairie · Texas
Built with love and real wood.
Let us create a new home for your dog or bird. We build them with love, like fine furniture, constructed for life outdoors.
817-970-3771Call or text · We speak Texan
Wooden Dog Houses
North Texas summers push 105° and winters can bite! Your dog deserves a real wooden house, not a plastic shell from a pet store. Every wooden dog house is built custom to your breed's size, customized for you, and delivered free to your backyard in Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie. Solid lumber. Elevated floor. Built for Texas life.
Solid lumber, elevated floor, removable roof for easy cleaning. Custom-sized for any breed from terrier to Great Dane. Your color, painted to order.
Covered overhang keeps sun off and rain out. Matches your home's exterior color and trim. Popular across Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie yards.
Side windows for cross-ventilation in Texas heat. Insulated walls keep it warm in winter. Our most-requested wooden dog house — built for year-round Arlington outdoor dogs.
Cedar Birdhouses
Western red cedar resists moisture, insects, and rot naturally — no chemicals, no plastic. Each cedar birdhouse is built to the correct entrance hole size and interior dimensions for the birds in your North Texas yard. Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, Purple Martins, Downy Woodpeckers, and more. Painted your color. $20 delivery in Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie.
Species-sized for Carolina Wrens (1.25"), Carolina Chickadees, or Eastern Bluebirds (1.5"). Cedar construction, hand-sanded. The right hole size makes all the difference.
Two nesting compartments for Purple Martins and House Finches. Cedar naturally stays cool inside — critical during Arlington summers. Natural or painted finish.
Deeper interior for Downy Woodpeckers and larger cavity nesters. A backyard centerpiece that gets better with every Texas season it weathers.
Why Real Wood?
Real wood breathes and insulates. It keeps dogs cooler in 105° Arlington summers and warmer in January cold snaps. Plastic traps heat, cracks in UV, and collapses at the joints. Cedar birdhouses stay cooler inside — that matters for nesting birds.
A properly built wooden dog house can outlast the dog it was built for. Cedar birdhouses weather beautifully — they don't yellow, crack, or lose shape. We build the same way good furniture is built: to be kept, not replaced.
Wood takes paint. We'll match your fence, your house, or your own ideas. Plastic comes in two shades of beige. Real wood comes in whatever color you want — that's Cindy's department, and she takes it seriously.
Retired home improver. Rick's been building since his dad handed him a hammer and a saw as a young-un. Decades later, not much has changed — except the projects got a whole lot more interesting. He builds every wooden dog house and birdhouse with the kind of attention to detail that used to go into furniture meant to last a lifetime.
Retired home improver too. Cindy loves painting and design — and she specializes in nit-pickin'. If the color isn't exactly right or the finish isn't perfect, it doesn't go out the door. She's the reason every piece looks as good as it's built. Color, finish, proportion: that's her department.
Let us create a new home for your dog or bird. We build them with love as if they were fine furniture, constructed for life outdoors. Made of real wood.
— Rick & Cindy · He and She Wood Butchery · Arlington, Texas
No shipping boxes, no assembly, no surprises. We hand-deliver every wooden dog house and cedar birdhouse personally, place it where you want it, and make sure you're happy before we leave. Call or text us and we'll take it from there.
Personalized free delivery to Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie, TX. We bring your custom wooden dog house right to your backyard — no delivery fee, ever.
$20 flat delivery to Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie, TX. Still beats shipping — and we carry it in ourselves and set it up right.
Arlington Backyard Birds
Cardinals, Eastern Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, Tufted Titmice, and Downy Woodpeckers all nest in Arlington backyards year-round — and each species needs a different birdhouse to thrive. The wrong entrance hole size means no birds. Our free bird guide covers every common Arlington species and which cedar birdhouse dimensions will actually get them nesting in your yard.
Tell Rick and Cindy which birds visit your yard and they'll build to the right specifications. We love talking birds almost as much as we love building houses for them.
Explore the Arlington Bird Guide
Yes — free personalized delivery to Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie, TX for all wooden dog house orders. We hand-deliver right to your backyard. Birdhouse delivery is $20 to those same cities. Call or text 817-970-3771 to arrange.
Absolutely — color is your choice on every order. We'll paint to match your fence, your house, or whatever makes you happy. That's Cindy's department, and she doesn't cut corners on finish quality.
Real wood breathes and insulates — it keeps dogs measurably cooler during Arlington's 100°+ summers and warmer when winter hits. Plastic traps heat, cracks under UV exposure, and warps at the joints within a few seasons. A well-built wooden dog house can last 15–20 years. Plastic rarely survives five Texas summers.
Yes — every wooden dog house is built custom to your breed. Tell us your dog's breed and approximate weight. We size the floor footprint, door opening height and width, and interior ceiling height correctly for their comfort. We've built for everything from Jack Russells to Great Danes and Mastiffs.
Yes — Eastern Bluebirds need a 1.5-inch entrance hole, Carolina Wrens need 1.25 inches, Downy Woodpeckers need a deeper box. Tell us which birds visit your Arlington yard and we'll build to the right specifications. We love a good bird conversation.
Call or text Rick and Cindy at 817-970-3771. No online forms, no chatbots, no waiting on email. Just a real one-on-one conversation about what you need. Most wooden dog houses and birdhouses are ready in 1–2 weeks.
We prefer cash or check — keeps it personal and simple. But we accept most major credit cards too. We'll sort it out together when you call.
Let's Talk
Call Rick or Cindy — no forms, no bots. Just a real conversation with the people who'll build your wooden dog house or cedar birdhouse. We speak Texan.
817-970-3771