Wanderlust Kennel

01/24/2025

Welcome Willow! This wild young girl is joining our Gun Dog Day Camp with the goal of becoming an upland flushing dog. Her sessions with us will focus on ecollar conditioning, retriever basics, off leash obedience, and real world hunting scenarios- with bird work being introduced later in the spring.
We have a few more spots open for Gun Dog Day Camp! Contact us today!

01/23/2025

Here are the first 6 dates for the spring Retriever Training Days!

01/16/2025

Do you own a hunting retriever? Are you interested in competing in hunt tests or learning more about retriever sports? Are you looking to build like minded community where everyone can learn from each other for the betterment of the dogs and the sport?
Join us on Saturday mornings starting mid February for Retriever Training Days!
Work with an HRC Finished and Upland judge, meet other gundog owners and practice skills needed for competition and hunting dogs alike. All levels and ages welcomed, puppies, veteran dogs and off breeds etc.

01/14/2025

If you see this guy today, wish him a happy birthday! We love you and appreciate you Matt!!

01/14/2025

So glad to have Evie’s buddy Maverick here for boarding! 😍

01/10/2025

❄️Friday Flurries! ❄️
Bella (Samoyed) and Liberty (husky) are loving this weather! These girls are both here for boarding with training- learning leash manners, solidifying their crate training, getting some socialization with adult dogs, and general house manners. This fluffy duo instantly hit it off and have had a ball together all week.
We have openings for boarding with training in February and March, but we only take a few dogs at a time so get your pup on the schedule today!

01/08/2025

Even on the coldest, windiest days dogs need to get out and play! While Jax’s brother Norman spends the day training with Matt, Jax gets to hang with the resident crew by the wood stove and enjoy some one on one time playing with the herding ball while I clean the dog yard!

12/30/2024

💭WE WANT YOUR OPINIONS💭

➡️As we settle in on the farm, we are looking forward to all the ways we can expand and all the services we can offer to the dog owners of Weare and southern/central New Hampshire!
I’ve created a Google Form, as a kind of poll, to help us gauge which services our clients would be most interested in seeing us offer in this next phase.
➡️Could you take a minute and give us some feedback?

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf8lOUG_SRUtsxv9OyFDpm7NsxjlZUIS416BqaFOmIpcYMMw/viewform

11/30/2024

🏡Ever wondered what In-Home Boarding really looks like? This holiday weekend we have had Bella the Yorkie and Lucy the Lab staying with us. They, and every dog that comes into our home, are treated like one of our own dogs. They enjoy basking in front of the wood stoves, snuggling on laps (and occasionally on the 4 year old but she encourages it) and frolicking with the pack. We never have more than 2-3 boarders at a time so everyone gets plenty of attention.
Please note:
✅All boarding dogs do sleep in crates for their own safety but the rest of the time they are just one of the crew!
✅Any dog who will be boarding with us is required to come for an evaluation and meet & greet prior to the boarding reservation!
✅ All boarding dogs must be up to date on vaccines, house broken, and crate trained.
🎄We do have some holiday boarding availability still , send us a message or email to get it scheduled!
[email protected]

11/28/2024

Happy Snowy Thanksgiving from the farm! We are thankful that little Bella and Lucy P get to spend the holiday with us. We sure have a lot to be thankful for this year, the Lord has blessed us more than we know! How are you spending the day?

11/22/2024

Wise words for raising confident happy puppies!

11/15/2024

Welcome Norman to our Day Camp Pack!

This happy go lucky guy joins us to work on his obedience with distractions and in different environments.

10/10/2024

Calling all dog owners in the Weare/Henniker/Concord NH area! We are opening our schedule for new clients as we transition the business from Burlington to Weare. We have openings for private obedience, house manners, and leash reactivity training sessions, as well as hunting dog training in groups or private. Day training is an option if there is enough interest. Boarding with training is available in our home too!

10/01/2024

Congratulations to Maple out of our BishopXBuck litter for her and owners amazing weekend at the Ultimate Air Games!
She earned 2nd place in the Distance category with a jump of 25’1” and another 2nd place in the Chase-It category with a time of 4.97 seconds .

09/18/2024

The Wednesday night line up on the farm!
Bonus points to anyone who can name them all correctly 🤣

07/28/2024

What a gorgeous day to train!
Dobbs the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever and his owner Todd met up with Matt today to run some drills and prepare for upcoming hunt tests this fall. Todd and Dobbs are prepping for their breed club’s Working Certificate Excellent (WCX). During this test Tollers need to retrieve multiple marks on land and in water, handle blind retrieves on land and in water, honor another working dog and perform a task for which they are named- tolling.

Hunting Retriever Training sessions are available as private sessions or in small groups. Each session is tailored to the individual needs of the dog/handler team and is focused on working on their competitive goals. Newbies and try-it’s are always welcome too!
The first step to signing up is scheduling a working evaluation and consultation. Please email us at [email protected]

07/13/2024