Kerens K-9 Board and Train

09/20/2026

🐾 ONE SPOT JUST OPENED! 🐾

We unexpectedly have one training spot available starting this week!

If you’ve been wanting to get your dog in with us without the wait, this is your chance. 🐕🖤

Message us for details or to claim the spot!

09/18/2026

A little bit of a different post than normal..

We’re joining the fight. 💜🐾

Last year I was lucky enough to be part of the group that brought Relay For Life back to Randolph County after not having an event here for several years. I helped coordinate it last year, I’m back helping again this year, and this time I’m bringing Kerens K9 with me.

Cancer has hit way too close to home for us. We’ve watched people we love fight it, we’ve lost people we love to it, and we know firsthand just how quickly cancer can completely change a family’s world.

So we want to give back. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last two years, it’s that the Kerens K9 community shows up. 💜

Our first fundraiser is our Kerens K9 “Training for a Cure” shirts!

🐾 $25 each
💜 ALL profit goes directly to Relay For Life
🐾 Shirts are preorder only, and payment at the time you order will reserve your shirt and help us keep everything organized.

Once the cost of the shirts is covered, every single dollar left goes to Relay. We’re not keeping a dime of the profit.

This is just the first of what we have planned, and I’m really excited to see what we can do together this year.

Let’s do some good. 💜🐾

09/13/2026

Apparently today is one of the “post 3 times in one day” days. 😂

Another one from the camera roll — back in the days of peak dirt moving around here. 😂 Talk about distractions.

He’s tethered here for his safety with all of the dirt work going on, but it actually gave us a great opportunity to work on back leash pressure and holding his stay with everything happening around him.

He was a little unsettled in his down, so we held that stay just a little longer and gave him the chance to regulate and settle into it instead of immediately moving on.

And this boy LOVED his pets and praise, so you better believe I laid it on thick when he got there. 😂

Sometimes the best training setups are the ones you didn’t actually plan. 🐾

09/13/2026

Going through my camera roll and realizing I have approximately 7 million training videos that never made it to Facebook. 😂

So enjoy this little throwback. 🐾

Nothing groundbreaking — just reps, consistency and one good dog putting in the work.

I should probably start posting these instead of letting them live in my phone forever. 😬

But honestly who am I kidding? You either get 3 Kerens K9 posts a day or I disappear for 3 weeks. 🤷‍♀️
I never claimed to be good at social media management, just training your doggos ❤️

09/13/2026

Busy season is officially over! (If you can call being at or near capacity almost every day since LAST November a “season.” 😂 Seriously, THANK YOU.)

With fall here, we finally have a little more room on the calendar!

🍂 Training — next available start date is October 12th, with availability through early December.

🎄 Holiday boarding — Thanksgiving & Christmas reservations are now open! Holiday spots are limited, so we recommend getting your dates on the calendar early.

And after more than a year of running pretty much nonstop, I’ll be taking a much-needed two-week break beginning January 1st. I’ll be using that time to reset, transition some of our space, and get everything ready for a new season of Kerens K9.

We’ve grown a LOT over the last year, and I’m incredibly thankful for every person who has trusted me with their dogs and allowed this little business to keep growing. 🐾

Here’s to fall, holiday manners, and everything coming next for Kerens K9. 🤎

09/08/2026

If you’ve followed us for any amount of time, you already know we’ve been talking about land work for what feels like forever. 😂

What we thought would be one step in this process turned into almost a year of work. It took longer than we ever could have imagined, we ran into setbacks, and we even had to go back and fix things after we thought the land work was finally complete.

But it’s DONE.

And for the first time, we can officially say we are moving forward with the actual Kerens K9 kennel build.

I just approved the final design, and our building is officially being built! 🥹🐾

There is still a lot of work between “building delivered” and “ready for dogs.” Once it’s delivered and put together on site, we’ll be installing furry-friend-friendly flooring and wall panels that can be properly cleaned and sanitized, finishing out our tub and wash space, creating an office area, setting up our dedicated indoor training space, and turning an empty building into a kennel that actually works for the dogs in our care.

And no, we are absolutely not becoming groomers. 😂 But we do believe that every dog staying with us deserves to be kept clean, comfortable, and well maintained while they’re here, so having a dedicated bathing and care space was important to us.

Then, once spring rolls around, we’ll be working on the outdoor portion — including a fenced area where dogs can safely train, play and spend time outside, along with shade for the warmer months.

There is still plenty left to do, and we’re not pretending we’ll have a finished kennel the second the building arrives. But after nearly a year of looking at dirt, moving dirt, fixing dirt and talking about dirt… seeing an actual BUILDING go into production feels pretty dang exciting. 😂

We’ve built Kerens K9 slowly, one step at a time, and getting to this point feels huge.

The land is ready.
The design is approved.
The building is being built.

Kerens K9 is growing. 🐾

(Actual mock up reveal soon 😉)

09/07/2026

We want to introduce you guys to something that is incredibly close to my heart — Safe Paws Refuge🐾❤️

Safe Paws is a nonprofit created to help victims of domestic violence by providing safe boarding and foster care for their pets while they escape an unsafe situation and work toward getting back on their feet.

Anyone who knows me knows why a mission like this matters so much to me. Dogs are a huge part of my life, but so is advocating for people who need someone in their corner. No one should ever have to choose between staying in a dangerous situation or leaving their pet behind.

I’m incredibly proud to serve on the Board of Directors for Safe Paws, and even more excited for Kerens K-9 to support a mission that aligns so closely with everything we believe in.

This is so much bigger than dogs. Sometimes keeping a pet safe is part of giving a person the chance to get safe, too.

You’ll be hearing a lot more about Safe Paws from us. 🐾❤️

We exist to provide safe housing for the pets of people leaving difficult situations.

09/05/2026

I’m behind as always on keeping up with posting new dogs as they come through but…

Meet Mocha 🤎

This sweet girl is a rescue who’s here with us for off-leash obedience, but her program is about a little more than commands.

We’ll be working on building Mocha’s confidence, helping her feel more secure in new situations, and slowly introducing positive, appropriate relationships with both people and other dogs — all at a pace that works for her.

Of course, we’ll be building the basics too: recall, leash manners, place, sit, down, and reliable off-leash obedience.

For dogs like Mocha, confidence comes first. The obedience follows. We’re excited to watch this girl come out of her shell over the next few weeks. 🐾

09/01/2026

🐾 Kerens K-9 Business Hours & Communication Update

I’ve honestly hesitated to even make this post.

One thing I’ve always taken pride in with Kerens K-9 is being accessible to my clients. I never wanted anyone to feel like they couldn’t reach me, had a question they couldn’t ask, or didn’t know what was happening with their dog.

But as Kerens K-9 has continued to grow, I’ve realized that being accessible and being available 24/7 are two very different things—and trying to do the latter simply isn’t sustainable.

So, after putting it off for probably way too long, Kerens K-9 officially has business hours. 😂

Monday–Friday: 8 AM–5 PM
Saturday–Sunday: CLOSED

For a little perspective, I’m currently averaging around 200 messages a week.

And no, that does NOT mean 200 new inquiries or 200 people trying to book dogs every week. 😂 I’m not trying to overinflate numbers here.

That includes everything—new inquiries, current clients, scheduling, follow-up questions, previous clients needing support, appointment changes, boarding questions, updates, etc. But regardless of what category they fall into, they’re still messages that have to be opened, read, checked against my schedule when necessary, and thoughtfully answered.

And they don’t all come through one convenient inbox.

They come through the business page, my personal Facebook, texts and phone calls—sometimes as early as 5 AM and as late as 2 AM.

Kerens K-9 is currently operated by one person. I’m the trainer, scheduler, kennel attendant, customer service department, social media manager and everything in between. When dogs are physically here, caring for and training them has to come before answering my phone.

Going forward:

🐾 Messages received after 5 PM will be answered the following business day.

🐾 General inquiries, scheduling questions and messages received over the weekend will be answered beginning Monday. Please allow up to 48 business hours for a response during particularly busy weeks.

🐾 If your dog is ACTIVELY IN OUR CARE over the weekend, you will absolutely still be able to communicate with me regarding your dog. That will always take priority. If your dog is not currently here, weekend messages will wait until Monday.

🐾 There will be NO Saturday or Sunday drop-offs, pickups, training visits or consultations.

🐾 WEEKEND BOARDING: If your dog is staying with us for the weekend, drop-off must be scheduled before 5 PM Friday and pickup will be scheduled after 12 PM Monday.

This means weekend boarding will now be treated as a Friday–Monday stay. Please plan accordingly when booking.

🐾 Please keep Kerens K-9 communication within our business channels. Reaching out through my personal accounts, friends, family, coworkers or people who happen to know me through completely unrelated parts of my life is not an appropriate way to bypass business hours or get a faster response.

And one thing I really want to emphasize: seeing that I have read your message does not mean I am ignoring you.

Sometimes I open a message and need to check my schedule. Sometimes I need to look back at a contract or training plan. Sometimes I’m in the middle of working dogs and simply cannot stop to type a thoughtful response. And sometimes I’ve already told you, “I’ll let you know,” and I’m still figuring out exactly what I told you I would figure out.

If I’ve told you I will get back to you, please give me the opportunity to do that.

To anyone who has experienced a delay in communication from me, I genuinely apologize. The fact that this little business has grown to the point where I even need to make a post like this is something I’m incredibly grateful for.

But I’m also a wife, mom, full-time RN and a human being outside of Kerens K-9. I cannot be available to a business 24 hours a day, seven days a week and still give my family, my nursing career, myself, and most importantly, the dogs currently entrusted to me the attention they deserve.

These boundaries aren’t about caring less about my clients.

They’re what allow me to continue caring as much as I do without eventually burning myself completely out.

Thank you for trusting me with your dogs, supporting Kerens K-9 and understanding that sometimes the person behind the business page has to put the phone down too. 🐾

— Tiffany
Kerens K-9