Skyecroft Kennels & Cattery

Skyecroft Kennels & Cattery Your pets home away from home. We welcome all dogs & cats, regardless of their breed, with the same love and care we would give our own.

We have a small team of dedicated staff who are committed to creating a safe and friendly home from home for your pet

Say cheeeeeseeee Mollie ❤️
03/12/2025

Say cheeeeeseeee Mollie ❤️

The lovely Meowmeow came for her 1st visit and he rocked it.
03/12/2025

The lovely Meowmeow came for her 1st visit and he rocked it.

Hanna is such a sweet older lady
02/12/2025

Hanna is such a sweet older lady

Minnie came for a stay in the cattery.
02/12/2025

Minnie came for a stay in the cattery.

Little Bonnie enjoys a quieter playdate
02/12/2025

Little Bonnie enjoys a quieter playdate

Always lovely to see Hugo and Lexi
02/12/2025

Always lovely to see Hugo and Lexi

01/12/2025

Now we have hit December and Christmas is 24 days away I saw this and thought I would share both to make you smile and poss reduce stress.

What is your favourite thing about Christmas day??

Anybody get stressed about Christmas Dinner ? Read this from a butcher,
I’ve pinched this, but it’s fab!!
😂Just in case anyone is stressing about Christmas Day..............! 😂
Here's my top tip
🎄Christmas Dinner....
I have concluded that the inevitable stress of Christmas dinner is created by adverts, supermarkets and TV chefs...
It's a Sunday dinner for goodness sake!!!
The only difference is that you are allowed to open a bottle of wine before you open the kitchen curtains. 🍷🍷🍷
🙄We do it quite happily 51 weeks of the year but can we the consumers be trusted to manage by ourselves on one day of the year...apparently not!
Here goes...💓
1. Turkey... It's a big fecking chicken that's all, 20 minutes per lb plus 20 minutes at 180 degrees - jobs a good un! Get yourselves a meat thermometer £3 off the Internet poke it in the offending bird if it says 75 degrees or over its cooked!👏🏼
2. Stuffing - regardless of what Jamie Oliver says you do NOT need 2lbs of shoulder of pork, onions breadcrumbs,pine nuts and a s**t load of fresh herbs to make stuffing....( no fecking wonder he's bankrupt if thats what he spends to make stuffing!)😜
What you need is Paxo and a kettle!! If you wanna liven it up squeeze 3 sausages out of their skins and mix that in with your Paxo before cooking 😉.
3. Gravy - Jamie Oliver is copping for this one aswell....
Bisto Jamie.... All you need is Bisto!
I ( nor anyone else I know) has got time on Christmas Eve to p**s about roasting chicken wings and vegetables, adding stock and flour,cooking it for another half hour, mashing it all up with a potato masher and then straining the whole sorry mess to make gravy 😠😠😠
4. Vegetables...🍆 Never mind faffing round shredding sprouts and frying them with bacon and chestnuts to make them more palatable... If you don't like them don't buy and cook the fecking things!! If your family only eats frozen peas then that's good enough!
5. Roast potatoes... Yes I par boil mine then roast them in goose fat but Aunt Bessie also does the same 😉.
6. Trimmings /Christmas pudding and the like.... Aldi or Lidl!
(oh and while we're on the subject of pudding- if birds custard is what your family likes on the wretched thing then that's fine - you do not need brandy butter /rum sauce etc or anything else that costs a fecking fortune and takes 2 hours to make!)
7. Family....
Children.. Feed the little blighters first separately, if they only want turkey with tomato sauce - fine leave em to it, it doesn't matter. Once they are fed bu**er them off to play with their Christmas presents so that YOU can enjoy your dinner in Peace!
Adults... Anyone that can manage to get their sorry arse to your dinner table is also capable of helping to serve up/ sort the kids out/ clear the table /wash up /dry up etc.
And Finally.....
NO ONE.... And I mean no one APART FROM THE COOK IS ALLOWED TO GET PI**ED AND FALL ASLEEP BEFORE THE WASHING UP IS DONE!!!
Rant over 😂
🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
Cheers 🍷🍷🍷 Getting you all in the mood.

Playdate photos from weekend ending 22nd Nov
01/12/2025

Playdate photos from weekend ending 22nd Nov

Lovely to see little Ollie for a visit
01/12/2025

Lovely to see little Ollie for a visit

Ozzie always has a fun stay
01/12/2025

Ozzie always has a fun stay

Marley is a lovely little lad.
01/12/2025

Marley is a lovely little lad.

Little Bumble takes life at his own pace
01/12/2025

Little Bumble takes life at his own pace

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Old Eldon
Shildon
DL42QX

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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+441388777349

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