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kennel

[ken-l] / ˈkɛn l /


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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

"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

Videos posted online showed one dog, Cash, trembling in his kennel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The week before we visited, one dog had even managed to break out of its kennel into one next door.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

In the distance, he heard the wolves barking and yapping in their kennel by the gatehouse, wondering where their masters had gone for the night.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Aimiee Sadler, chief executive of Dogs Playing for Life, said that the program helps make dogs more suitable for adoption and that keeping dogs confined to their kennels is equal to “incarceration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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

The kennels take on seized or abandoned animals that police are unable to house themselves.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Moniek was assigned to help repair the kennels while the dogs so feared by the prisoners were out on patrol.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

Rapaport volunteers to be kenneled while “Big Brother” contestant Tiffany Mitchell takes it on herself to fight for him.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

Rodriguez, the department’s deputy director, said Tundra could not be kenneled with other dogs and the shelter was full, so he was euthanized.

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 dog, kenneled near, had given tongue as they left the house.

From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman

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

He was accompanied by Nettuno, the mastiffs of the convent having been kennelled for the night.

From The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons by James Fenimore Cooper

A friend of the writer's, residing at Kensington, possessed a pair of thorough-bred Bantams, that were allowed the range of a yard where a fierce bull-terrier was kennelled.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

I omitted to mention in the proper place to accustom your pups to the same food as when kennelled they will get.

From The Dog by Dinks

But I stood in the debt of charity and honour, and in consequence I felt for all the world like a kennelled dog that tugs barking on his chain.

From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Charles Gilson

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

His book discusses types, methods of training, kenneling, diseases and all the other practical points relating to the use and care of the hound, etc.

From Taxidermy by Leon Luther Pray

Contains chapters on the history and development of the breed, selection of dog, breeding, kenneling, and training.

From Taxidermy by Leon Luther Pray

The author takes up the origin and history of the breed, its development, 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

"We have police struggling to enforce and respond to dog incidents, huge delays getting to court costing hundreds of thousands in kennelling and police costs," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

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

Fincham was ordered to pay £3,680 in total, including a £2,000 contribution to kennelling costs, a fine of £961 and £200 compensation to Mr Sudell.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025

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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