Belmark Shelties Is located on a few acres in the center of farming country. We have lots of space with fruit trees and a grape arbor. Above all it is peaceful here with kids in swings and shelties running to their hearts content, what more can you ask for?
We are a small hobby kennel established in 1986. We limit our numbers to about 25 adults, so that we may spend plenty of time with each one. we have an ample kennel building 35' x 20' in which our dogs are housed. They are crated at night and have free access to a large 50' x 75' grassy exercise yard. We also have 13 indoor/outdoor runs, please see our Kennels Page for more details. These runs come into our insulated, heated building on concrete, for easy cleaning. We also have a large yard the length of the building; 50' x 50' in the front where the dogs can also run and play. This yard also has kennels that come out from the building where they can all be separated if need be. This yard also boarders our driveway on the rear side so they have plenty of opportunity to meet and greet. It also has shade trees and a swimming pool in the summer for play and relaxation. On the side there is a 20 x 20 area that opens up to the rear door of the kennel building. Both entrance sides have awnings installed for shade in the summer. The whole kennel is fenced at every entrance and all the runs open to the inside of another chain linked area. The whole kennel on the outside is on gravel, except for the play yards that have grass.

A lot of time and thought has gone into designing and putting together our home and kennel.

What you can't see here is the chain link fence that we installed after this photo was taken. It encloses the whole property. All of our pens (except for the play yards) are double or triple  gated with 6' high chain link kennels for maximum security. I am a stay at home mom, so I am able to spend lots of time with the dogs. They also take turns in the house as space and time allows. We usually have up to 10 (excluding puppies) in at a time for socializing and playtime.

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Puppies are whelped in our living room, in an extra large airline crate, where they remain for close monitoring until 2 1/2 weeks of age, when they are transferred to our puppy room in a 4' x4' enamel coated wire playpen that is off the ground and lined with a thick layer of newspaper and lots of shredded papers on top to keep the puppies clean, dry and comfortable; here they get more socializing from kids and visitors. We have three 3' high 13' x 4' chain link indoor/outdoor kennels on gravel outside our back puppy room where the older puppies go while not in the house and before entering our grape yard harbor pen pictured on our Kennels page. Also this side entrance, (shown above) is fully enclosed with a 6 foot high privancy fence all around (the chain link portion shown has been replaced), and measures 50' x 50'. This is a great shady area with trees and serves as a nice sized play yard for our house dogs.