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kennel

[ken-l] / ˈkɛn l /


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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

Volunteers and community members have voiced concerns to the Animal Services Commission about poor conditions causing kennel stress, or behavioral decline in animals inside the shelter, sometimes leading to euthanasia.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

Layla and Andrew are trying to work remotely and are worried about finding a kennel for their dog back in Canterbury.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

The kennel jerked forward, tilted, fell back and struck the ground with a jolt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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

"There is never a time when our kennels aren't full. And in the last few years, it's XL bullies filling them."

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

The best he could hope for was to be returned to the kennels with Ramsay’s girls for company.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

She had been monitoring Angel, a 2-year-old black German shepherd, who was kenneled in the back at the Palmdale shelter, in an area that required an escort.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2023

By selling out Shiv, as he always does, and exploiting Kendall's insecurity that he's "not Logan," Roman has kenneled his siblings while securing a new dom in the White House.

From Salon May 20, 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

From being a mere kenneled creature he had become as a hound on the scent, the keenest on earth—that of self-interest.

From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

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

At last I discovered that it was the howling of the kennelled blood-hounds which I missed.

From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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

With difficulty they broke the chain whereby he had been held like a kennelled hound, and bore him, still senseless, up the long passages, Bolle going ahead as guard and Jeffrey Stokes following after.

From The Lady of Blossholme by Henry Rider Haggard

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

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

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

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

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

From Reading the Weather by Thomas Morris Longstreth

"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

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

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

The kennelling for the poor animals was got up under the supervision of Ap and Seth himself.

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables




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