Welcome to our virtual tour of SkyBlue Kennel!
We live in scenic Western MA with a beautiful river running behind our property. Our family consists of myself, my husband Rich, and our four children. Our kids, like us, are animal lovers - between the four of them, we have a menagerie of pets including rabbits, a guinea pig, turtle, chameleon, salamanders, hermit crabs, snails, and fish. We originally moved here because of the dogs: we bought the property mostly because of the barn (which had been used as a workshop), as we thought would be great for the dogs after some renovating. Twenty plus years later, we've spent most of our adult lives building the type of facility that we believe the dogs deserve. In order to have a real breeding program, where one is establishing a line and making a true impact upon the breed (rather than simply breeding to produce puppies), one must have the necessary space to be able to property care for their dogs and provide them with plenty of exercise, human interaction, a clean environment, and so forth. We know that people sometimes have reservations about purchasing a puppy sight unseen, because of the scammers who are selling puppies that they don't even have or those who don't provide proper care for their dogs. As such, we welcome you to take a virtual look around SkyBlue!
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Here are some pictures of the exterior of our kennel building and dog yard. All of our dogs sleep inside, the kennel runs are used to keep everyone safe - oftentimes we have females in season, or have various groups playing together out back, but still want to provide the others with the opportunity to be outside weather permitting. Our kennels each have a dog house, chew toys, metal roofing, privacy panels, and dura-slat flooring (anti-microbial). Our dogs are not left outside when we are not home (which is rare - there is usually an adult present at all times, as my sister, Tristan, lives next door. In the rare times that I am not home, she is).
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Here are some photos of the inside of the main portion of our kennel building, which is fully equipped with heating and air conditioning for year round comfort. Each of our dogs have their own personal space with beds, water, blankets, and chew toys. We have chosen our building materials carefully, in order to be able to keep things as clean and safe as possible.
When raising puppies, you learn quickly learn that they are a lot of work; over the years we've found that certain things are essential in being able to keep the dams happy and puppies healthy. The first of which is privacy. Too much commotion really early on tends to stress even the most "chill" mom out. In 2019, we built an addition to dedicate solely to mothers and puppies. Our room is equipped with cameras, so we can observe the pups around the clock, a lounge/play area (so we have somewhere comfortable to sleep when babies are young if needed) and customized pens that are able to convert from a whelping area to puppy pens complete with a litter box area to help in the potty training process when old enough. The whelping room, like the rest of the kennel, also has heat and air conditioning.
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We hope you enjoyed seeing the environment that we raise our dogs in - we look forward to meeting you someday and watching your puppy grow up!