Apple Street Kennels

Our Weimaraner has been attending nearly two years, she absolutely loves it, staff are always very accommodating.

I've had a few dogs stay at Apple Street over the years. My current dog attends daycare there. Nice, big, well-maintained facilities and the staff are lovely.

We were very happy with the care provided by Apple Street Kennels. The team looked after Alfie well and he enjoyed his holiday. He came home smelling gorgeous and looked happy.

Always confident leaving our beloved dog here as he starts trying to clamber out of the car to meet the staff and new friends while we're still driving up the driveway! So we know he's happy to be there. Great facilities and great care taken - our dog requires medication every day and the staff are very precise and contentious.

Our dog stayed for five nights. For a couple of weeks we were messaging and calling trying to confirm his booking, but no reply. We eventually managed to confirm, so he went in on Sunday afternoon. Despite assurances that we would be able to get updates and photos during his stay, it took four days from the first request for any photos to be sent, and the first photo sent through was the wrong dog. In general, the communication/customer service side of the business seems to be severely lacking.The worst was yet to come. We had been assured when he went in that if his health declined or he required any vet treatment, we would be informed as a matter of urgency. When I picked him up, he had diarrhea, was vomiting bile, had discharge from both eyes, had lost over a kilo in bodyweight and looked skinny, subdued, lethargic and depressed. Staff attributed the vomiting to kennel cough infection (they had posted on social media about an outbreak), but so far he exhibits no symptoms, and has recently been re-vaccinated against it. Vomiting bile is a sign of hunger in dogs, so considering the weight loss and lethargy, I question if he was receiving adequate food for his size. Even if he was starving himself as dogs sometimes do, we should have been informed.Later that afternoon at home, his diarrhea became streaked with blood, and then a red/brown liquid began leaking in volume from his bum, even when he was not straining to poop. I immediately suspected GI bleed and rushed him to the vet. Luckily, he is not dying, but was quite unwell. It was a sleepless night, waking literally every hour to help him outside to strain to relieve himself, despite there being nothing left to evacuate. He was miserable and looked to me with nothing but sadness and pain in his eyes. Thankfully, with some bed rest, medication, a probiotic and some quiet days at home, he should hopefully be fine.When you put your dog into boarding, you don’t expect much. Communication, adequate nourishment and advice of health conditions are among the things I would consider the bare minimum. I harbour genuine concern that if I had picked him up even a day later, his health might have been much worse. A much longer stay and it seems quite possible to me he could have returned to us in a significantly worse condition, or not at all. And we would probably not have been informed of any of it.Above all, the most unacceptable aspect of this scenario was the complete radio silence at almost every stage. I had to endure the trauma of feeling for a while that I might lose my best mate in the whole world after a boarding stay that should have been a non-event, and that is not something I will easily forgive or forget.

We have been bringing our dog Denver to Apple Street Kennels for a couple of months now. He attends daycare a couple of times a week and it's been such a great thing for him. Being quite an anxious dog, he gets a bit overwhelmed in certain situations. However the staff have been excellent, very accommodating and understanding. It's been great to see how much he has progressed and we are very thankful.

The team at Apple Street Kennels are great! Me and my partner went away on holidays and I was stressing for weeks about being away from my dogs but once I was away the girls at the kennels kept me up to date with pictures of them playing and getting walked! It was great to see them so happy and running around! Also seeing them up on the Facebook was brilliant! There kennel and bedding was clean and spacious! They came back aswell so clean and smelling lovely and happy and healthy! Big Thankyou to the awesome girls at the kennels they do an amazing job! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lewis had a fabulous stay, he enjoyed playing with the other dogs, going for a swim on the pool and have an awesome bath! Apple street kennels are very accommodating, ensuring Lewis still had his medicine. Definitely recommend apple street kennels, for big and small.

I have sent my dogs here for boarding several times previously. A number of years ago it seemed to be okay, but more recently I've had less favourable experiences.Making a booking can be challenging, as they rarely reply to emails these days, which is generally the best way to communicate specifically how many nights the dogs will be in for. We ultimately gave up and booked over the phone.At drop of, staff tell you to keep an eye on social media for pictures of the dogs, (and it's true that they post plenty,) but they all seem to be the daycare dogs - Not the boarders.After sending multiple emails and messages on social media, enquiring about the dogs' welfare, they eventually send a message saying the dogs are going well, and sometimes even post the dogs to their page. Yay! Still, it's not easy to attract a response from these guys, and why should we have to ask when they've already told us to keep an eye out, of their own volition *shrugs*.Last time I left a dog with them (Nov-2021), he returned home with kennel cough and an injured eye, (almost as if he'd been poked in the eye with a stick). The vet prescribed conjunctivitis medication and he soon came good, but it was a little distressing as he's an older dog.I'm not sure why we used them again, but this time (May-2023), we sent two dogs. We had the same poor communication trying to book and then checking in for an update a couple of days into their stay. With just a couple of days left, we finally attracted a response, stating that they were loving it there and eating well... I found the eating well" comment a little peculiar

Went there for dog boarding. Our English staffy seemed to love it, very friendly staff and knew what they were doing and very good facilities.