Farcroft Kennels & Cattery & Hydrotherapy

Geoff & Karen have owned Farcroft since July 2012. They currently have 4 dogs of their own and in the past have owned 3 cats. They also have 3 children.

They took over Farcroft with one thing in mind, how they would like their own pets to be cared for. They will try to adapt to suit their guests needs and continue to improve the facilities at Farcroft to make it more of a home from home and stress free experience.

The main difference from other kennels is that we have many members of staff who clean, walk and play with the pets in our care. All dogs are walked twice per day around our 4 1/2 acres of fields including a woodlands, we also offer off site 1 hour walks at additional cost with a Farcroft member of staff so that they dogs know the person who is walking them. The cats are also given a chance to come out of their pens twice a day and both catteries have pet rescue plug in's to help de-stress them. All pens have cat scratchers and toys for amusement.

Farcroft have 28 kennels and currently 17 cat pens (to be increased to 25 when new cattery goes in March 2017) Farcroft is licensed by Maldon Council who do an annual inspection.

There are currently 10 members of staff at Farcroft.

Geoff who retired from his job in London in 2015 and now works full time at Farcroft, doing bookings, running Hydro and fixing and improving things that need doing. He also does most of the off site walks, pet taxi and vet runs where needed. Geoff is Pet first aided.

Karen left her job in adult nursing to run the kennels full time. She will take most of the bookings and answers the phone. She works full time down the kennels and will do other stuff like painting. She is pet first aided and is also the first aider on site.

Sarah is our kennel manager. She has been at Farcroft since 2007 and worked with the previous owners. She is a very experienced member of staff and oversee's the other staff and all the pets general care during their stay. She is pet first aided.

Amy is a full time member of staff, she started in March 2014, left in Jan 2015 and returned in June 2016 and works mainly in the catteries but also with the dogs.

Megan started at Farcroft as work experiance in July 2014. She was given a part time position over the weekends and then began her level 2 apprenticeship in animal care in 2015. She has now completed this and is currently doing her level 3. She is also pet first aided.

Bethany started here as an apprentice doing her level 2 diploma in animal care in Jan 2016, she has almost completed and has just accepted a full time position.

Bradley started his apprenticeship level 2 diploma in animal care in Nov 2016 and is currently working his way through the course. He is here on full time hours.

Charlotte started here in Jan 2015 as a weekend girl. She is currently at Writtle college doing her degree in Animal welfare. She works here during the weekends and school holidays.

Jessica started here in June 2016 as a weekend girl. She is currently at 6th form and works here weekends and during the school holidays.

James is the owners son. Currently at university but works in the kennels during the school holidays.