Ballinatone Boarding Kennels

14/06/2024

The work jeep getting a bit of tlc in Clyde’s car wash.

13/06/2024

🐕 Welcome to Thursday 🐕

09/05/2024

08/05/2024

Kenny Gus and Buster look like there about to drop their next album 😂

04/05/2024

Happy bank holiday everyone 😊

02/05/2024

10/04/2024

Photo dump of some recent guests here 🥰

29/03/2024

Everyone’s settled and relaxed after loads of walks and play throughout the day.

24/03/2024

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.
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18/03/2024

Some photos of guests we have had lately 😊

08/03/2024

Happy international women’s day. We’re blessed to have these three here

18/02/2024

There's a teeny little feel of spring in the air 👌

We've expanded our customer parking at the kennels, if people could use this space instead of our personal parking it would be much appreciated.

Also we ask you to drive in slowly with caution please, this is also our home and our children are often in the garden on their bikes 🥰

Please keep all dogs on leads at all times.

We are in the process of getting new signage that will hopefully be up soon!

09/02/2024

Bambi on the lunch break after a busy morning of running around 😊

05/02/2024

Our very own little dolittle- Naoise is a lover of all animals big and small. The dogs that come to visit just adore her ❤️

05/02/2024

Little ruby a regular here and one of our favourites 🥰 Our heat lamps are on every night to make sure our guests as comfortable as possible

29/01/2024

We as a small local business have a favour to ask of you all.

If you go to our page and click on the 3 little dots on the side. Select invite friends and click select all.

It won’t cost a thing but would be a great help to us.

Thank you from all of us at Ballinatone boarding kennels 😊

18/01/2024

Sammy 🥰🥰

09/01/2024

Wow!!!!! First week of July is already fully booked 😅

Please note we are not taking on any new customers for the months of June July and August.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause we only have a limited capacity.

04/01/2024

Please help James Nolan get the treatment he needs from iDonate, the online fundraising people.

27/12/2023

Wow loads of people must have gotten holidays as presents this year the bookings for next year are flying in.

Book early to avoid disappointment.

Please note all new customers must do a trial night beforehand for any stay more than a couple of days.

25/12/2023

Happy Christmas to all our customers for what’s been a great year.

Special mention to Paul who works here who not only does he keep everything running like clockwork throughout the year he turns up on Christmas morning to give a hand.
Legend

17/12/2023

Christmas jumper season is back 😂

16/12/2023

Think Bobby is walking me today 😂

06/12/2023

Someone’s happy to be going to daycare 😊

31/10/2023

We have set up a notice board inside the kennels if any local businesses want to advertise on it please feel free to do so

28/10/2023

Best of luck to Ballinacor today in the junior A final