Belmark Shetland Sheepdogs

Above is a view of our puppy yards. Here is where our little ones go to play on nice sunny days. This yard is close to the house and easy to see from most windows, for close monitoring. It has a feeding station, Little Tikes play equipment and is often full of puppy tug toys and squeakies. It is also on gravel about 8" thick and fully fenced with wire on top as well. The bottom half of this pen also is double fenced to ensure that nothing comes in or goes out.

Here is another view of the same pen where you can also see our side yard, where the puppies can play on grass to develop their sensory organs, and also where they can dig and chase each other. It is usually filled with ramps, pools and other larger toys too. These are changed all the time to allow the puppies to experience different objects. All toys are cleaned weekly.

We are also very proud of the indoor/outdoor kennels that we have built
for the adults in the kennel building proper.

Here is a view from the south side of our individual runs. These are off the building and go into the back fenced in female area. We have as you can see divided each run with privacy fence to prevent contact between dogs as well as to aid in the protection from wind and sun, while outdoors. These runs are fully graveled for easy cleaning and are six feet high.

I hope you can see the center open area. This has a doggie door and is the main entrance for the girls to go in and out of the building. Inside as with all the other dogs, they have a secure area that has water and cots for them to rest on.

Here is a view of the same kennels from the north side. As you can see we have a partial privacy fence installed the length of the building. This was put up to block the winter winds from coming in the kennel through our doggie doors. Also it prevents the kenneled dogs from seeing what the others are doing in the general play yard which in turn cuts down on barking. Also it provides a nice long area of shade for the dogs if they choose to stay outside during the day and not to come in to the building itself.

This is a view of each kennel run when viewed directly, from the rear. as you can see each is equipped with it's own entrance. Also the doggie doors that we have installed are double insulated, with flap openings on both the inside and outside. The dogs also have a full 12" of footing on the inside of this opening. many love to rest right in the center of the door with a tail sticking out one side and the nose out the other. They keep us laughing at all times!

Lots of thought and time has gone into designing and building our facilities. We have many more plans for our kennel still this year. We hope to have both the rear outdoor kennels (shown above) and the ones in the front for the boys under cover soon. Also we will be refacing the outdoor of the building and installing a new garage door that will have windows for extra light in the winter, (The ten windows that we already have in the kennel are not enough!). We will also be working on pictures of the rest of our yards and of the inside so that you can see fully how our dogs enjoy their home. Our goal here is to make sure that not only are the dogs safe but that they are happy and their lives are full of fun and good memories. We spend a lot of time of each day playing with the dogs and enjoying each other's company. I would like to thank you for taking the time to see what we have done here so far and hope that you will continue to visit with us and see how we continue in the future. There are many new exciting plans and lots on my wish list.
Agility equipment is next..........

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