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New reception area

Admin — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:34:42 +0000

We thought you might be interested to know that we have a new reception area - with a counter to make it easier for you to fill in boarding forms, and a fresh coat of light blue paint. We hope you like it.

Bluebell Country Kennels new reception

A visit from one of our pups

Admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:22:16 +0000

The new owners of Ollie, one of our labrador pups, brought him to visit us at the weekend. He is now almost 13 weeks and fully vaccinated. It was fantastic to see him out and about, growing fast, happy healthy and confident!

A record of vaccination dates

Admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:20:50 +0000

We will ask you for your dog's vaccination dates (both for the boosters and for kennel cough) at the point of booking, unless we have a record of the dates already.

This is because more than once we have had several situations where dogs turn up for bookings whose owners were confident that the dog was fully vaccinated and on checking the card they were not. In these circumstances we are unable to take the dog in to the kennels, which can cause a problem at the time for the owner. We are trying to find ways to stop this happening.

Dog microchipping service

Admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:09:42 +0000

You might be interested to know that James can microchip your dog for you - either during a stay with us or by arrangement. The price for this is just £15.

The microchip is then registered with Petlog at the Kennel Club.

Please contact us for more information.

Pups gone to their new homes

Admin — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:07:06 +0000

Ginger and Teddy's eight puppies have all now gone off to their new homes and we are confident that they will all be very happy.

We are looking forward to hearing news of them or maybe seeing them back at our kennels in the future.

Keep an eye out for news of future litters!

Bookings during busy periods

Admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:16:18 +0000

If you have holiday dates lined up please get your dogs booked in, especially for the school holiday periods.

Please let us know whether your dogs will be arriving and leaving during the morning or afternoon opening times. We are open Mon-Sat 9-10.30 and 4.30-6 and in the afternoons 4.30-6 on Sundays. Bank holiday hours are always published in advance on our times and prices page.

If your plans change please just let us know as soon as you can.

One change this year is that we have decided that during school holidays we need 72 hours notice for cancellations or changes to dates, or we will ask you to pay for the booking you had made. We hope you will understand that this is because we are probably turning away other bookings during these busy times and it gives us a chance to re-let the kennel.

See you soon!

Pups play outside

Admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:54:57 +0000

Our labrador pups are now 7.5 weeks and it is only a week until they all go to their new homes.

This week they have been checked by the vet, have received their first vaccinations, and we have microchipped them all.

Today we took them all outside to play on the grass for the first time and they loved it!

Our labrador pups playing on the grass

At 6 weeks

Admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:40:50 +0000

Our labrador pups are now 6.5 weeks, so it's only 2 weekends now until they go to their own homes.

They are really playful now.

Most have homes lined up but we do still have a couple available as I write this. Please contact us for more details.

Labrador pups at 5 weeks

Admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:41:26 +0000

The time is flying by and the pups are now over 5 weeks old. They are really playing with each other now. We can tell them all apart now too!

All the pups have been registered with the Kennel Club this week like their parents so we had the fun of choosing names for them. (This of course is only their registered name and can be changed for their everyday name.)

4 weeks old

Admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:10:15 +0000

Our labrador pups are now four weeks old and are moving around far more. They follow you about a bit and are just starting to play.

At 4 weeks

Sleepy pile of pups