Hesket Kennels & Cattery

Hesket Kennels & Cattery A family run boarding kennels and cattery, with experienced animal care professionals always on hand

This is just a quick reminder: we don’t tend to answer the phone, as it distracts us from looking after our guests. If y...
02/02/2026

This is just a quick reminder: we don’t tend to answer the phone, as it distracts us from looking after our guests. If you need to speak to us, please leave a message on the voicemail (which the phone automatically diverts to), or contact us by email/whatsapp/text/messenger - this means we can set time aside to speak with you, without upsetting the routine of our clients.

Many thanks for your understanding!

We hope you have all recovered from Christmas and New Year, and are ready to face 2026!After not doing so for several ye...
09/01/2026

We hope you have all recovered from Christmas and New Year, and are ready to face 2026!

After not doing so for several years, we are unfortunately going to have to increase our rates. We try to keep things as reasonable as we can for everyone, but our suppliers don’t feel the same way!

Going forward, our new rates will be as follows:

Single dog: £20 per calendar day
2 dogs sharing £29 per calendar day

As always, our rates are charged per calendar day or part thereof - an overnight stay is charged as 2 days. However, the runs are available from 9am until 5pm, there is no requirement for pm drop off/am collection.

*bookings already made by customers will be honoured at the rate when the booking was made*

Thank you all for your support, and we look forward to seeing you as the days get longer and the sun begins to shine!

Summer is in full swing!Just a quick availability update: we are full until the end of September, with extremely limited...
14/08/2025

Summer is in full swing!

Just a quick availability update: we are full until the end of September, with extremely limited space in October. Christmas and New Year are full.

As always, we will do what we can to fit regular dogs in, but we have extremely limited availability for new customers.

Have a wonderful summer everyone!

Good morning everyone. We are sorry to hear of the imminent closure of another local kennel. As I’m sure you are all awa...
10/01/2025

Good morning everyone.

We are sorry to hear of the imminent closure of another local kennel.

As I’m sure you are all aware, there is already a lack of kennel availability in the area, and while we do what we can to support the needs of dog owners, we aren’t a large business.

Regulars - please get your 2025 dates in as soon as possible, to give me an idea of what spaces we might have available for a limited number of new customers.

Potential new customers - please note that we specialise in hound and gundog types (and their crosses), and accept very few new dogs outwith these breed groups. It’s nothing personal, we find our environment and routine suits these dogs best, and we want everyone to have the best experience with us.

Thank you for your understanding, and I hope everyone is able to find a suitable kennel for their dogs.

Please check our website for availability updates.

You wouldn’t think it was Christmas, with the oddly warm weather out there!We would like to thank each and every one of ...
24/12/2024

You wouldn’t think it was Christmas, with the oddly warm weather out there!

We would like to thank each and every one of our customers for your support this year. We couldn’t do it without you, and we hope to see you again soon!

We’ve had to say goodbye to some very loved furry friends this year, and it never gets any easier. We may only share a small piece of their lives, but they become part of our family.

We hope Santa Paws brings you everything you’re hoping for tomorrow, and our Christmas Campers will be tucking into turkey treats.

We’ll see you in the new year!

Please note: we now have NO AVAILABILITY between now and 2nd September. All Bank Holiday weekends are FULLThank you ever...
07/05/2024

Please note: we now have NO AVAILABILITY between now and 2nd September.

All Bank Holiday weekends are FULL

Thank you everyone!

Busy busy busy! There’s a strange yellow thing in the sky, and everyone is dreaming of long summer days on the beach. As...
14/04/2024

Busy busy busy! There’s a strange yellow thing in the sky, and everyone is dreaming of long summer days on the beach.

As many of you will have seen, a number of local kennels have closed their doors in the last year. This means spaces are even harder to find for everyone.

As it stands, we have extremely limited availability between now and September 2024 (crazy, isn’t it?!).

If you want to make an enquiry, please include the exact dates you need (drop off and collection), and the breed of your dog (we have a variety of kennels, and this will help us check to see if we have the right space to get you in).

Thank you for all of your support, we love seeing you and your wonderful pets ❤️

Just as we thought we’d successfully weathered the storm…We currently have no phone line (EE signal seems to be out), an...
22/01/2024

Just as we thought we’d successfully weathered the storm…

We currently have no phone line (EE signal seems to be out), and limited internet.

If you’re wondering why we haven’t got back to you, or replied to your emails, it’s because we physically can’t at the moment.

We’re hoping service will return soon, but please bear with us.

How is it already 2024?Just a quick note to say that we are filling up quite quickly this year (thank you organised peop...
15/01/2024

How is it already 2024?

Just a quick note to say that we are filling up quite quickly this year (thank you organised people!).

February half term is fully booked

We have some summer dates already fully booked - please don’t assume you’ll be able to just call and get a space 🤐 Speak with us first to confirm availability if you can.

Finally, we’d like to thank all of you for your support over the last (almost) three years since we took over at Hesket. We love meeting all of your furry friends, and building relationships with them throughout their stay.

Drop us an email or a WhatsApp to chat about your future bookings, and we hope to see you all soon!

01/10/2023

Availability update:

October is FULL

November we have some weekday availability

December we have a small amount of availability, however Christmas is fully booked (21st onwards).

If you already have your holiday booked for 2024, now is the time to get in touch and book your kennels. We have some summer weeks almost sold out already.

We’re having a little trouble with our website at the moment, so popping our prices on here while we get that sorted!
01/10/2023

We’re having a little trouble with our website at the moment, so popping our prices on here while we get that sorted!

The end of summer (did we have a summer?) is rapidly closing in, so we thought we’d do an availability update. We have n...
28/08/2023

The end of summer (did we have a summer?) is rapidly closing in, so we thought we’d do an availability update.

We have no availability for new customers until November. Please note that we have limited capacity for new dogs in the Hesket family - we require initial assessments and trial days for all potential customers to make sure they are a good fit for our routine.

If you and your hound or gundog are looking for a reliable, family-run kennel to keep your four-legged friend safe and happy when they can’t be at home, get in touch to sort out an initial visit.

October half-term is FULLY BOOKED.

Christmas is FULL.

Bookings for next summer are coming in quickly.

Address

A6
Carlisle
CA40JF

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
Friday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 5pm

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