Green Acres Kennel Shop

Green Acres Kennel Shop Green Acres Kennel Shop offers Boarding, Daycare, Grooming and Behavior Counseling for dogs and cats Thank you for visiting our FaceBook page.

Green Acres Kennel Shop is a full service pet care business offering pet-friendly boarding, daycare, grooming, training classes, and behavioral consultations for cats and dogs. Additionally we offer a full range of wholesome pet food and quality pet supplies. We have repeatedly been voted the region’s Best Kennel every year since 2002, the Best Pet Store every year since 2007, the Best Dog Trainer

every year since 2012, and the Best Pet Groomer every year since 2013. We are a pet friendly, force-free, fear free facility and we meet or exceed the standards set in the Position Statements of The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) and the behavior guidelines of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). It is our mission to: 1) Provide pets with a safe and comforting home away from home when their caretakers must be away, 2) Groom pets so that they look and feel their best, 3) Continually evaluate and offer a wide range of healthy and wholesome pet foods and quality pet supplies at great prices, 4) Teach you about your pet and how to train them so that you become and remain best friends for life, and 5) Serve as an information resource on pet care. You can find even more information at our website (www.greenacreskennel.com). We sincerely hope you will follow-up with a visit to our facility so we can meet you and your pet in person. For more information on our Pet Friendly philosophy go to: http://www.greenacreskennel.com/boarding/what-is-pet-friendly

Don Hanson, ACCBC, BFRAP, CDBC, CPDT-KA
Paula Hanson, CAPCT

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD—My latest Woof Meow Pet Tip at 977 (WNSX) discusses the 19th Annual Green Acres Appeal for Hungr...
12/30/2025

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD—My latest Woof Meow Pet Tip at 977 (WNSX) discusses the 19th Annual Green Acres Appeal for Hungry Pets, a fundraiser for the Eastern Area on Aging Furry Friends Food Bank.
FM I – https://forcefreepets.com/wfmwtip-AppealForHungryPets/

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – 400 low-income older adults in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, and Washington Counties are dep...
12/30/2025

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – 400 low-income older adults in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, and Washington Counties are depending on your generosity to keep them and their pets together this winter. This is why Green Acres Kennel Shop has teamed up with the Eastern Area on Aging for the 19th year for the Appeal for Hungry Pets. Your cash donation allows EAAA to purchase food from Green Acres at wholesale prices, which EAAA then distributes, so Mainers should never have to choose between feeding themselves and their pets. In this time when basic kindness is lacking, your contribution helps sustain this essential service and keeps companions—and the comfort they bring—close to home for those who need them most. Thank you for helping by donating at this link – https://eaaa.org/greenacresappeal/

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD–If your dog trainer, or anyone, ever suggests you do something to your dog that you would NEVER d...
12/30/2025

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD–If your dog trainer, or anyone, ever suggests you do something to your dog that you would NEVER do to a human toddler, FIND A NEW DOG TRAINER!

The use of pain, force, and fear, tools like shock, prong, and shock collars, as well as sq**rt bottles and shake cans, are inhumane, cruel, and unnecessary.

If you are unable to find a humane dog trainer, check out the trainer search at the Pet Professional Guild - https://www.petprofessionalguild.com/find-a-ppg-professional/

PLEASE SHARE – Green Acres Kennel Shop is a pet-friendly, force-free, fear-free, and pain-free pet care facility. We mee...
12/30/2025

PLEASE SHARE – Green Acres Kennel Shop is a pet-friendly, force-free, fear-free, and pain-free pet care facility. We meet or exceed the standards set in the Guiding Principles of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) and the 2015 behavior management guidelines of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

For more information on our Pet-Friendly philosophy go to http://www.greenacreskennel.com/blog/2006/02/01/no-pain-no-force-no-fear-green-acres-kennel-shop-position-statement-on-pet-friendly-force-free-pet-care/

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OUR MISSION AT GREEN ACRES: 1) To be a Pet-Friendly facility where force, fear, and pain are never used to manage or tra...
12/29/2025

OUR MISSION AT GREEN ACRES:

1) To be a Pet-Friendly facility where force, fear, and pain are never used to manage or train a pet, nor are such methods or tools recommended or sold in the store. Green Acres is committed to meeting or exceeding the standards of The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) and the American Animal Hospital Association AAHA 2015 Canine and Feline Behavior Management Guidelines,

2) To Provide pets with a safe and comforting home away from home when their caretakers must be away,

3) To groom pets so that they look and feel their best,

4) To continually evaluate and offer a wide range of healthy and wholesome pet foods and quality pet supplies at fair prices,

5) To teach you about your pet and how to train them so that you become and remain best friends for life, and

6) To serve as an information resource on pet care for the greater Bangor community.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD-In his latest ForceFreePets.com blog post, Don Hanson, PCBC-A, discusses the importance of accept...
12/28/2025

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD-In his latest ForceFreePets.com blog post, Don Hanson, PCBC-A, discusses the importance of accepting our dogs for who they are as well as always being patient and kind with them. He shares a story of how he let his ego become so wrapped up in making his dog Gus “perfect: that it damaged their relationship and made them both miserable. It ended with Don being kicked out of a training class, which led him to reevaluate what was truly important to him and Gus.

READ IT AT – https://forcefreepets.com/acceptance/

PLEASE SHARE –The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFSPCA) has produced an excellent vide...
12/27/2025

PLEASE SHARE –The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFSPCA) has produced an excellent video and article on how prong collars can physically injure your dog and can even cause your dog to become aggressive. You can find a link to those items on my blog, as well as links to other articles which discuss why the use of aversives such as prong, choke, and shock collars are NEVER a good option for training your dog. It is well worth the time and effort to take the time to learn how you can train and manage your dog without hurting them.

FMI - https://www.greenacreskennel.com/blog/2018/07/31/shared-post-whats-wrong-with-the-prong/

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – The minimal regulation of the pet care professions and lack of ethics and transparency, despite...
12/26/2025

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – The minimal regulation of the pet care professions and lack of ethics and transparency, despite existing technical and ethical standards developed by experts, concerns me. In this post, I discuss the qualities that define a pet care professional and the importance of adhering to the technical and ethical standards established by experts in our field. I also list the three key standards for pet care professionals and encourage consumers to demand that the people they entrust with their pets know and follow these standards. This article was also published by Downeast Dog News and Pets and Their People.

READ IT AT – https://forcefreepets.com/pet-care-professional-1-ethics/

Address

1653 Union Street
Bangor, ME
04401

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 6pm
Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 6pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 7am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+12079456841

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