kennel
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Blair’s kennel facility’s permits expired in 2023, and she allegedly didn’t respond to attempts by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control to contact her, People reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Husband-and-wife team Andy and Kelly Smíšek opened the two-acre facility in 2016 in a home they converted into a makeshift kennel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"My wife and son have evacuated, but I'm staying because I want to be able to help my brother-in-law, who runs a kennel with 60 dogs, if they need to be evacuated," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
When I sent a picture of the economy-pod setup, more than a few friends said it looked like a dog kennel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
He would hold the stick when I came out to the kennel to harness and when I returned from a run.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Evidence from his son's cell phone indicated, however, that Murdaugh was the only person with his wife and son at the estate's dog kennels several minutes before they were killed.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Sri Lanka's police kennels department was mobilised to ensure that local street dogs did not attack Aloka, who was led on a leash held by an army commando.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Panorama was given rare access to one of the private specialist kennels now regularly used to hold these dogs since XL bully bans were introduced across the UK in 2024.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
The kennels take on seized or abandoned animals that police are unable to house themselves.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Then she leashed Fred and Chico and escorted them out of the kennels.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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Experts might call that a good thing, since most rescues work with fosters, and it's healthier for adoptable felines to be cared for in private home settings than kenneled for long periods.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
Babs and Bugs were two stray Belgian Malinois picked up Jan. 21 and kenneled together at the Palmdale shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
The prison authorities let them keep the dog kenneled in their cell as part of a program in which they train the animal for later use as a service dogs for disabled people.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2018
“He’s not getting the treatment he needs. He’s being kenneled like an animal.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2014
The gods kenneled like dogs, crouched down in the enclosures.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
After 40 years in captivity they kept their spirits up by caring for a dog kennelled in their cell which they trained to work with vulnerable individuals.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2019
I didn't know enough to understand the wrong of one lazy idler having this splendid place while the people he lived on kennelled in hovels.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
"What a run he would give!" said Jerry; "the best pack that was ever kennelled wouldn't have a chance with him."
From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope
From the janitor he obtained their present address, and the appearance of his broad shoulders and fearless face had a restraining influence on the mischief-making propensities of the rowdies who kennelled in the vicinity.
From Without a Home by Edward Payson Roe
Resentment, jealousy, cruelty, and suspicion, like so many infernal spirits, kennelled in his eyes, and growled through his snarling voice.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by John N. Reynolds
He envisions having informational screenings playing in the waiting room, building on awareness programs the community is already doing on best practices like leashing and kenneling to keep pets from harm.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
I have reliable word that he is kenneling in Squannaconk and doing much damage.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
Contains chapters on the history and development of the breed, selection of dog, breeding, kenneling, and training.
From Taxidermy by Leon Luther Pray
But right soon a message reached him, from Rehoboth, of southern Massachusetts north of Rhode Island, that Head Captain Annawan was "kenneling" in Squannaconk Swamp, and plundering the farms outside.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
It was a snug, well-protected kenneling place, surrounded by the swamp.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
In a statement, South Wales Police said seized dogs are "transported to secure kennelling sites" where specially trained officers will assess the dog.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
Forces in England and Wales say the costs of kennelling thousands of seized dogs, often for months at a time, have risen sixfold to £25m a year and many facilities were at capacity.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
Courts can order that police be repaid for costs caused by kennelling dogs seized in connection with a hare coursing-related offence.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2022
They had thought that fifteen people might attend, to see their demonstration of a lion-proof enclosure made with kennelling materials available at Home Depot.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
I would have seen thee before but had to attend to the kennelling of the hounds.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott
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