Help - Dog Boarding Wicklow

Bear_82 · 30-06-2011 8:27am #1

Hi All,

Desperately need your help! Myself and my fiancé are going to a wedding next week and will be away for two nights in Mayo. My Mum's partner was going to take our dog, but he has to work now. So we are going to have to board him.

We have a large 1.5 yr old lurcher (greyhound cross) and he is so sweet natured and affectionate, but he is still learning and so his recall is still not great and he is still a bit pully on the lead. We have two cats that we have boarded before, but I have no experience boarding dogs. So I don't know whether they take dogs that are a little bit big and boisterous.

Does anyone know of a good boarding kennel that would be well able for a dog like him? We want to know he'll be somewhere where he'll be comfy and looked after, you know yourself

This is really stressing me out so any help would be much appreciated

Thanks a mill

Whispered · 30-06-2011 9:17am

Bear - I know the perfect place for a big boisterous youngster. But it's in Kilcullen co Kildare. Which is only 20 mins to some parts of Wicklow but may be a very long drive for you

http://www.kilrottkennels.net/index.html

EDIT: I wouldn't leave my dog anywhere else tbh.

Bear_82 · 30-06-2011 9:22am

Thanks a mill Whispered. Only thing I just realised is that he never got his kennel cough vac, and at this stage I assume we don't have time to get it as they need you to have it done a few weeks beforehand?

Whispered · 30-06-2011 10:28am

If it's a week away and you can get it done today or tomorrow you MIGHT be ok. But you'll have to check. Just be aware that some kennels wont take a dog for a few weeks after the KC vax because sometimes the dog can develop a cough due to the vaccine but the owner automatically thinks it's the kennel. So they're covering themselves really.

If I were you I'd ring a kennel or two and see what they say.

An alternative might be a home border who isn't booked for the night. They might take a dog without KC vax if they have no other dog there. But I can't recommend anybody because I don't use them, Harley has been going up to Keith since he was a little brat of a pup (he's now a big brat of a dog

) .

Best of luck with your search!

Sigma Force · 30-06-2011 5:28pm

http://www.barndarrigkennels.com/

15-07-2011 12:00pm

Bit late but I've put my lurcher in the DSPCA boarding kennels and he got on great up there.

Bear_82 · 15-07-2011 12:01pm

Thanks a mill Donal. We ended up having someone stay in our house with him for the couple of days. But we'll be on honeymoon for over 2 weeks at the end of August, so will defo look into the DSPCA. Great to give them some much needed funds too

15-07-2011 12:03pm

Cool - I'd look soon too, as they're getting booked out a lot in advance! Summer holidays and everything.

Bear_82 · 15-07-2011 12:04pm

VioletB, just seeing your message now. My God, that is just awful! If anything happened to my cats or dog I would be devastated! It would be a loss to our family. Jesus, I'd be suing the kennels! Surely they must claim responsibility legally?

Bear_82 · 15-07-2011 12:05pm

Ah cheers Donal. Will do. Yet another thing to add to the to do list

Violetb · 15-07-2011 3:45pm

Bear_82 my friend is pregnant and has had some health complications so going through a long legal process isn't an option for her at the moment. She did contact the ISPCA and reported it to them, they unfortunately said there was nothing that they could do. There are no official bodies that look after kennels like there are in other countries, which is crazy because when something like this happens there is nobody to report bad kennels to. People need to be so careful where they leave their animals as the industry is not regulated at all. Hopefully this will change at some point in the future.

fenris · 15-07-2011 6:13pm

we use Corncrake kennels near Newtown mt Kennedy

http://www.corncrakekennels.com/index.html

have always found them good with big dogs

Help - Dog Boarding Wicklow

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