Bichon Barn Boarding Kennel

08/15/2023

What has Facebook done with my personal page?

07/01/2022

Bank live rehearsal of the song '4 minutes ago'. Recorded on June 20, 2022 at 'Hot Sauce' studios in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada. The song was inspired by th...

05/03/2021

Third Wave 'Stay at Home' order still in effect but vaccines versus virus is beginning to show some encouraging signs & numbers pointing to a possible upturn in kennel life when people can tentatively start to travel again.

05/25/2020

First dog coming to board this Friday in two-and-a-half months!

05/18/2020

No pooches in since March 14th. Hopefully in the not too distant future that will change and some of them doggies will be back!

03/25/2020

The Bichon Barn Kennel remains 'open' for business as it is considered an 'essential service.' The only problem is that people have been told to stay home, so there are no canines here currently and there hasn't been since March 14th. If it is essential that you have to travel I am open. We will have to practice safe distancing etc., but we are open for business. Keep well, stay safe.

06/25/2019

Kennel is getting busier now that summer has arrived (Finally!). Sun & brother Moon are coming soon along with Terra. Wheezer and Adam are looking forward to seeing them again! Me too!

08/28/2018

Wheezer (left), Adam (face turned away), Hemi & Aiesha. Bichon family on the deck.

08/20/2018

Last summer I figured the kennel's poor attendance record was due to the permanent deluge of rain that lasted from spring through to late August. Maybe a lack of advertising had contributed also. People weren't coming and more importantly neither were their dogs. Fast forward to this summer and the same thing occurred from March until now. Had I done something to drive people & dogs away? Looking at the records for these two years I saw that there were very few customers crossing the border into the USA to shop on weekends or visit certain northern states with National Parks. The list went on.
Recently, a friend of mine related a story of a Canadian who'd gone over to the States for a couple of days and on his family's return their car was singled out for inspection. It was discovered when the records of the driver were viewed that he'd had a minor conviction for a driving offence some thirty-five years previously when he was young. He was taken into a separate room and interrogated by several border security officers in turn. Having found no newly purchased but slightly scuffed wing-tip shoes on his feet and nothing to declare or found, he was eventually released. He swore never to return. Although this is an extreme example of what the border is like in 2018, it suggests that Canadians generally are not feeling comfortable about going to the States for pleasure. The knock -on effect has hit the kennel as a large chunk of summer travellers and dog owners are no longer visiting the kennel on weekends. I know who to thank for that. He really doesn't have a clue about international relations, diplomacy, not insulting your neighbours, your friends or associates, other countries, but he sure knows in his ignorance how to make life more difficult for ordinary people everywhere.

07/03/2018

This is Terra. The Bichons come and stand at the kennel compound gate and bark at her. Terra goes over and sniffs them..she wants to play...

07/03/2018

Hemi, Aiesha, Tia and Wheezer in the background give some barking stick to the dogs in the kennel compound.

06/13/2018