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Dogs Trust

FOREWORD
for the Kennel Design book: Whatever type of dog facility you’re looking to build, I am certain this book will help you create a first class kennels facility for your customers, both two and four legged.

“At Dogs Trust we are changing the way kennels look and feel forever. This is why I am so delighted to introduce you to a book that will inspire and encourage you, and show you the many benefits that good kennel design has for you and the dogs in your care.

Clarissa Baldwin OBE,
CEO of Dogs Trust

Clarissa kindly wrote the Foreword to Kennel Design: [Read the Foreword]
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Dogs Trust
Dogs Trust is dedicated to rescuing abandoned dogs, finding them new, loving homes as quickly as possible. At any one time Dogs Trust looks after more than 1,400 dogs of all shapes, sizes, ages and temperaments. We run 17 rehoming centres in the UK that care for over 15,000 dogs every year. In every one of them you’ll find dogs that are looking for
a ‘forever’ home.


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Dogs Trust

Professional Project Management and Architecture

Agora Management Limited is a professional design and management practice involved with a wide range of animal-related projects.

Our clients range from private individuals, veterinary surgeries and hospitals to charities; both small and large.

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UPVC Accommodation

Over the last 10 years we at Pedigree Pens have worked
closely with our customers and built up extensive knowledge in assisting people starting up a kennel or cattery business.
It is an essential part of our strategy to work closely with
our customers on an ongoing basis, as this ensures our customers are happy and also provides us with a continuous
programme of design and development.

Paul Collins, Pedigree Pens Ltd
[Read excerpt] PDF 491kb
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The Personal Touch
UK boarding case study

If anyone’s in any doubt about the need for good kennels, they needn’t be!

I’ve been so busy it’s been unbelievable as I’m snowed under with bookings and continually turning people away. It’s been full, full, full since Christmas

Jane Cole,
Gentian Hill Boarding Kennels
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21st Century
Dog Apartments

USA rescue case study

Maddie's Adoption Center has exceeded the Society’s most hopeful expectations.

From increased adoptions, including many hard-to-place dogs and cats, to reductions in the animals’ length of stay, it has been an unqualified
success!

San Francisco SPCA
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Large Suite Dog Accommodation
UK boarding kennels case study

When you get clients driving 15 hours just to come and look at the
kennels before booking their dog in, it speaks volumes!

We love the fact that we are appealing to people just like us who have never left their dogs before. It is a lovely feeling to know that all of these people are happy to leave their precious dogs with us, and it makes the journey to get where we are now all the sweeter.

Our passion for dogs started this project and to us nothing can be better than getting up each morning, in the most stunning location and entertaining and loving dogs all day – does it get
any better than this? We don’t think so!

Jackie Ferrier,
The Canine Country Club
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Kennel Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Your Perfect Kennels
by David Key

Essential reading for anyone considering starting, building or updating kennels.

Step-by-step kennel building guidance & advice
from expert David Key on plans, construction, materials, equipment and all aspects of your design.

This complete reference guides you through all the options you need to think about before building or updating your kennels. For ISBN, number of pages, weight, covers etc please click here.


Kennel Design:
The Essential Guide to Creating Your Perfect Kennels

by David Key

Stunning colour photos, ideas & inspiration
from:
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Ireland

Lavishly packed with over 470 large colour photos, many of which are full-page or double-page spreads showing lots of detail

... just like looking through a window!

Dog welfare and behaviour expert Gwen Bailey helps you better understand and incorporate dog welfare knowledge into your design to improve it beyond measure.

Fascinating case studies from successful boarding kennels, and world-renowned charities such as Dogs Trust, San Francisco SPCA, Dublin SPCA, The Blue Cross and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.


Flick through the whole book now:

Almost 500 pages & colour photos
ENORMOUS: 10" x 10.5" x 1.25"(250mm x 270mm x 31mm)


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To pause: hover your mouse over the book.
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FROM: David Key
DATE: Sunday 25/7/2010

Dear Dog Lover,

Are you considering a career as a caring and professional rescue centre, boarding kennels or dog hotel owner?
Are you having problems finding where to get straight, unbiased answers to your questions about where to start, or what are the best kennel designs?

Have you been to your local kennels and come out thinking
"I can do MUCH better than that"?!

Do you want to find out what it's like to completely change your lifestyle and income doing something you LOVE - spending your day working with dogs?

Then you've come to the right place!

Over the last 20 years I've been designing animal facilities professionally, working for one of the most well known animal rescues (as well as helping many others).

I've also had the privilege of assisting thousands of animal lovers worldwide to become facility owners themselves.

I use my knowledge and experience to help people create MUCH better facilities for our dog friends... to reduce cat stress, have a much happier time in the kennels, or get adopted sooner. (Click here if you'd like to read more about my experience...)

Working for a big rescue for such a long time, you can just imagine the breadth of kennel facilities, suppliers, products, materials and level of care I've seen - from cruel to amazing.


So, in 2000 I decided to DO something to help more people build BETTER facilities, and Kay and I started writing our books and websites


Kennel Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Your Perfect Kennels

My latest book, Kennel Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Your Perfect Kennels is a BIG BOOK (over 10" square and 1.25" deep) and totally unique - described as:

Whatever type of dog facility you’re looking to build, I am certain this book will help you create a first class kennels facility for your customers, both two and four legged.

At Dogs Trust we are changing the way kennels look and feel forever. This is why I am so delighted to introduce you to a book that will inspire and encourage you, and show you the many benefits that good kennel design has for
you and the dogs in your care.

by Clarissa Baldwin OBE, CEO of Dogs Trust, the UK’s leading dog welfare charity - who wrote the Foreword to the book, as well as providing some of its fascinating kennels case studies.

Read excerpt: Foreword PDF 419kb
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Founded in 1891, Dogs Trust, formerly known as the NCDL, has always campaigned on dog-welfare related issues to ensure a safe and happy future for our four-legged friends.  This wonderful charity rescues and find new homes for aroundWe currently have 17 Rehoming Centres and over 500 staff.  Last year they cared for 15,162 dogs, neutered 52,615 dogs, and microchipped 19,964 dogs. [Click here] if you would like to read more about their work.

But we didn't stop there with our rescue case studies for the Kennel Design book!
We also included the world-renowned Dogs Trust, San Francisco SPCA, Dublin SPCA, The Blue Cross and Battersea Dogs and Cats Home as well as top boarding kennels and dog hotels - all our case studies are from the UK, America and Ireland.

Kay and I searched worldwide to find some of the best and most successful boarding and rescue kennels to include as case studies, with BIG colour photos, descriptions and insider information on what makes their kennels so unique, successful, and financially viable.

We provide facts, statistics, advice & design guidance with real-life examples, layouts, and 100's of BIG colour photos - to give you masses of ideas, inspiration and motivation to start your own kennels...

... and the encouragement & facts to become one of the BEST and most profitable by providing a service that dog owners are longing for.

And the truth is... that running your own kennels can be an INCREDIBLY rewarding --- and profitable way to earn a living... if you know what you're doing, are caring and knowledgeable about dogs, and are prepared to invest in dog-friendly kennels that your customers adore!

It is EXTREMELY important that your heart is 100% in it. Unfortunately, there are far too many poor quality kennels out there that only provide a very basic service because of outdated knowledge (or lack of it) and total disinterest in improving or investing in their facilities, basically running them into the ground.

I realised that putting my experience and knowledge into book form, and creating accompanying websites was the way to reach many, many more people.


Get it RIGHT  ~&~  do it BETTER !!!


But whether you have already ordered your units, begun building, or your kennels is finished --- there is SO much wonderful information available today that you can now read in Kennel Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Your Perfect Kennels.

I wrote the book because I wanted to catch people BEFORE they made expensive mistakes, or help them understand the options to put things right, show them how clever design can improve life for dogs in kennels, whether it is for a week or six months --- and even how to improve dog welfare in the worst of conditions or no budget.

But here is where I want to help YOU... once you find out what customers are really looking for today - and what makes a good kennels for dog welfare and good customer impressions - you will start to understand how much MORE SUCCESSFUL (financially, personally and professionally) you will be.

Kay and I want to help you every step of the way, whether you are thinking about starting kennels (whether boarding, rescue, quarantine, breeder or pet), need information and advice to help you decide, whether you are already 'going for it', or have an existing kennels.

We want to see kennels improving, not only for the dogs' welfare but also to encourage caring new owners to build better housing and become more successful by doing it!

Start learning today what it takes to start, run, and grow a successful kennels business and whether it is right for you!

Don't waste any more time hunting on the web for the detailed information you want to start your kennels - it doesn't exist!

We spent two and a half years in total putting together this book, pouring over 40 years of expertise into it - and I assure you, as can Dogs Trust, that it IS a book that will inspire and encourage you, and show you the many benefits that good kennel design has for you and the dogs in your care, and it WILL help you create a first class kennels facility - in fact, there are no other books concentrating on the most fundamental part of your kennels - the building itself!

It was written to help encourage you to make YOUR dream kennels come true, and to motivate more of you to create GREAT kennels!

I hope you will join us in wanting to create MUCH better kennels for our dog friends. The rewards benefit everyone - human and canine!

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