Amongst the many questions you will be asking yourself will include "is it feasible" and "can I afford it"? 

Create a business Plan:

If you have already created one, well done!  However, most people don't know where to start, so to help you with this, we have put together solutions that will help you piece together these issues, feasibility, competition, getting your pricing right and how long it will take to pay back - with automatic calculations and statistics such as how to estimate the cat population for your area and density of existing businesses.

Create a kennels that will be hygienic:

The legacy of setting up a kennels ‘just because you can' can be seen everywhere.  Places that have been running for 20 to 40 years without investment in the buildings are easy to find -tired, run-down buildings made with timber and chainlink, or even just cages.  How do you think people can clean or disinfect timber, unsealed or damaged surfaces, or wire thoroughly?  The answer is usually that the materials can't be cleaned thoroughly, and so they don't.  (Your nose will guide you here!)

Create a kennel building that will last:

Old, poorly designed buildings with inadequate finishes and low levels of natural daylight have only a certain amount of life in them, and are often well past the point of adequacy when updating is considered.

What happens to these old kennels?  Well, they get to a point where the licensing officer informs the owner that the licence will not be renewed unless improvements are made, the units fail, or customers take their business elsewhere.  Probably to a lovely new kennels that has just opened!

The owners then choose to either retire and close down (usually the buildings have no value left and cannot be sold on), or the owners no longer want the upkeep and maintenance of a large property with land, so they sell up and try to make good on how much properties with land have increased in price.  Occasionally they upgrade - however, it is usually left to someone else to tackle, with new energy and finances!

Make your finances work hard for you:

Times have changed.  The above scenarios are no longer the case for people setting up a kennels today.  Modern materials and new research has been combined to help you create kennels that will last much, much longer and be able to take the cleaning and maintenance processes.  It is this you need to capitalise on, and is what will help make your kennels successful.  When you come to sell in 10-20 years time, they will still look as good as new - sell faster - and be a much better investment for your future financially.

We suggest you make much better use of your finances, lower building costs and create a greater investment for your future by building fewer kennels, but to a much higher standard.

You will soon see from visiting other kennels locally what the standard is.

You will be aiming MUCH higher!