Linby Boarding Kennels

We tried to contact the breeder several times last year to enquire about a litter of pups he had just listed on Preloved (listed literally a few minutes before we messaged). Being a responsible owner, we wanted to know more about the health and upbringing of these supposedly amazing (and hugely expensive) puppies!We asked about the hip/eye/elbow scores for the parents, the pups general health, how much they were socialised given that they were meant to be pets but seemed to be bred in outdoor kennels?!?! We also asked if we could come and view both parents as the advert said they had bred the pups (along with many other litters of different breeds onsite).I felt that these were perfectly reasonable questions for any prospective buyer to ask, but our message was ignored. We sent the message again several times over the coming days and all were ignored. The breeder had obviously seen the messages as he continued to list many different litters at the same time and as the ad didn't contain a phone number, messaging would have been the only way to contact him (so no way that he didn't check his messages).From reading other reviews, I realise that my suspicions were correct and I'm glad I walked away. This breeder creates very fancy ad's, telling you how amazing his litters are and why they deserve the (frankly ridiculous) price tag but then doesn't want to actually answer any questions on what you're getting for your money. Any decent breeder would be only too happy to answer ANY question about the pups. These unregistered pups are not worth nearly £1000!!Prospective buyers beware!

My dog Jake was very well looked after, he was clean & didn't have a kennel smell at all. Will certainly use again .

(Original review posted on Facebook)This review is about the breeding side of Linby rather than the kennels/boarding.We recently purchased a 13 week old fox red Labrador puppy from Ian, paying a fairly exorbitant price for a part trained pup". And yes

Not fit to look after animals! Our dogs stayed for 2 days and when we picked them up they appeared to have been sat in their own filth, as they were very dirty, stank and were very agitated. Staff are not experienced, clearly too many dogs for number of staff, and it looks like they run a puppy farm. Would not use again.

Lovely place my son did work experience here

Lovely clean place. Very nice people. When I picked my dog up he hadn't spotted us, he was happy wagging his tail. This gave me happiness knowing he was I happy. I had never used kennels before. We are going to be using them again.

This place is a nightmare. Dogs constantly barking sometimes all night.Ian who runs it simply laughs when you complain.Has ruined my living in a conservation village.Avoid at all costs

Purchased a 9 week old cocker spaniel pup from Ian a couple of weeks ago and she is a delight, I can tell that Ian had spent a lot of time with her starting her lead training and teaching her to retrieve a ball which has progressed to her finding hidden balls. We have received her pedigree papers with no problems.Ian was a pleasure to deal with and I know he is at the end of the phone if we need any further help or advice.

My 2 Cocker spaniels have just had a weeks stay here and have come back looking a picture of health! Both look like they have really enjoyed themselves! Thankyou to all the staff down there and will definitely be back for another stay next year. ( rosie /millie).

Nothing to do with service. We had our dog there for only 4Hrs got charged £20, prices have gone up massively and for what? Other kennels do it for much less. Hayes Farm was £10 for the whole day and their service was just as good. So no prises for where we going next time we need a kennel