Pine Forest Boarding Kennels , County Dublin

"I left my labrador retriever here for a week in November. I would not recommend this place to anyone. My dog was so depressed when he came home, and the smell off him was so bad. He had a really bad tummy when he came home so I had to bring him to the vet. He has to take medication for a week. The vet also weighed him as she thought he looked very lean and it turns out that he lost weight while he was there. It was very upsetting to think that he was not well looked after while he was there."

"We left our dog for a week! We came back to pick him and he was filled with scratches at least 10, one of them is on his eye! Our dog is so sweet but he is a big dog 40 kilos so for him to be that hurt it means he had lots of fights. Beside this he was very very dirty and he came back very sad! it took him 3 days to become his normal self! Never again! This place might has the potential but lacks the care!"

"We just wanted to share our experience at Pine Forest Boarding Kennels: We were very happy and relieved that they took us without a booking. As we struggled to find anywhere with open spaces. However, when we returned we were not expected (even though we had agreed on the time) and we found our puppy dirty, skinny and smelling of urine. They didn’t even know for how many nights he stayed when we tried to pay. My puppy cried and slept in minutes of getting into the car. Then he woke up for a minute or two, cried and slept again. The poor dog was exhuasted and underfed. It took us days to clean him up from the smell after multiple washes. In a day or two he started to settle into his routine, but still he was refusing to walk for long on his walks (he wanted to go out just refused to walk for long and wanted to be carried) In a few days he became ill. He started coughing up mucous, kept sniffling and was so weak he couldn’t walk and fell off the couch. So we took him to the vet and they told us that he had gotten kennel cough. So I am overall very disappointed in my experience at Pine Forest Kennels. After 10 days back home he is still recovering; taking medicine and skipping the walks for now. I would never recommend this place to anyone. I’m writing this review so I can help others to make their own decision."

"I won't be leaving my dog here again. We left our golden retriever archie here for one week. It was very affordable with a handy location but once we got archie home we noticed the fur on his tail had been cut (usually it's big and bushy) but the kennels owners never said a word to us about this. Also, his poo's contained large amounts of hair for a few days. Archie is a divil for eating things he shouldn't but clearly he wasn't supervised for long periods to the detriment of his own health. We also noticed a dog grooming room at the kennel which was full of hair and appeared to have not been cleaned for years. We suspect archie managed to get into this room and eat large amount of hair. We haven't had these issues at any other dog kennel we have used. I won't be using Pine forest again."