Oak Ride Farm Kennels and Cattery have been running successfully for the past 35 years. It is a family run business, supported by a dedicated team, who all just love the animals in their care.
The canine hydrotherapy facility was launched in 2016, and is now a successful part of the overall business, with a mix of fitness/sporting, rehabilitation and post operative clients.
In 2018 we added a professional experienced dog grooming facility, a canine massage clinic and became the venue for a well established dog agility club.
Many of our boarding customers have been with us from the beginning, although now with a different generation of dogs and cats. Our customers although mainly local, come from all over the home counties with quite a lot coming out of London.
Oak Ride Farm kennels and cattery benefits from being set in the middle of the Surrey countryside. It is easily accessible from London and sits just south of the M25 between Heathrow and Gatwick and is about an hour from the ferry at Portsmouth.
The first time you bring your dog and or cat to us for boarding, you will be asked to provide a full profile of your pet and your contact details. All cats and dogs will need to be vaccinated, and have their certificates with them each time they visit. On their first visit they need to be with us between 9am and 12noon, this allows them necessary settling time.
The kennels hold a maximum of 50 dogs and the cattery a maximum of 80. All areas are covered by CCTV.
Monday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Tuesday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Wednesday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Thursday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Friday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Saturday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Sunday
9am - 12pm & 2pm - 5pm
Jake is the Manager of the Boarding Kennels and Cattery. He has worked in kennels since he was 14 years old and studied at Merrist Wood College to gain his Animal Management Extended Diploma Level 3. He has solid and varied experience in dog care services, that includes working at a senior level at one of Londons most popular dog boarding facilities. Jake is also fully trained in Animal First Aid. He has a terrier x-breed called Ted who spends a lot of his day sleeping, unlike Jake, who has a keen interest in keeping fit, playing football, tennis, squash and running.
Laura studied Animal Management Extended Diploma Level 3 at Merrist Wood College and has kennel experience at a quarantine and flight kennels, as well as having been the holiday carer for family and friends variety of pets for many years. She has recently qualified in Animal First Aid, and is also our qualified human first aider. Laura has a GSD called Buddy and a Jack Russell/Chihuahua called Charlie. She loves to walk dogs in her spare time, and enjoys a good old binge of watching TV series.
Verity is part of the full time boarding team and has over 4 years experience in boarding dogs and cats.
She also regularly house sits for her friends pets when her friends are away.
She studied at Merrist Wood College and got her Animal Management Extended Diploma Level 3, as well as recently qualifying in animal first aid.
She has four border collies, two cats and a leopard gheko at home, and in the past has owned rabbits, hamsters and fish.
In her free time she enjoys walking and short breaks away.
Izzy is part of the boarding kennels and cattery team and although part time, she plays an important role on those days that are just incredibly busy. She has worked in kennels since leaving school and has experience assisting a professional dog walker on a regular basis.
She has also worked at a charity that helps children with disabilities train dogs. She is a qualified animal first aider and also in human first aid, and later in 2019, is starting a Canine Welfare Course.
In her spare time she does agility with her mini labradoodle, Cleo and likes to bake gluten free banana bread.
Paula has worked for Oak Ride Farm for over 5 years. She graduated from Plymouth University with a degree in Environmental Science, and started her career as a canine hydrotherapist 20 years ago. She then went onto work in boarding, rescue and quarantine for dogs and cats. Alongside these roles she successfully completed a National Diploma in Enhanced Canine Studies at Brinsbury College. She now has qualified as Level 3 Small Animal Hydrotherapist. and works as part of the hydrotherapy team, as well as within the boarding business. She lives with two elderley rescue cats, and three rescue guinea pigs, and is often referred to as “the crazy cat lady”
Carolyn took over Oak Ride Farm from her mother, who had owned and run it since the mid seventies. Since then Carolyn has developed the business significantly, enhancing the boarding facilities and adding additional services such as the hydrotherapy and grooming. She has a solid experienced background in equine sports and management. The family have always had boxer dogs, and the resident boxer is Henry, who is “Lord of the Manor” despite his declining years. As well as being “The Boss”, Carolyn is a Level 3 qualified Small Animal Hydrotherapist, and has completed the Advanced Under Water Treadmill Diploma.
Friend of the family, Mandy qualified as a Level 3 Small Animal Hydrotherapist after a complete career change, and went on to assist Carolyn with the launch of hydrotherapy centre at Oak Ride Farm in 2016. She has also completed the Advanced Underwater Treadmill Diploma. She currently has four dogs, but as a strong advocate of rescue dogs, she tries hard not to have five, six, seven dogs! Mandy has a strong commercial background, and assists Carolyn with the overall running of the business in all areas, although is predominantly working as a hydrotherapist.
Mandy has many years experience in the canine world, having worked and/or competed in dog training, boarding, rescue, behaviour, breed showing, agility etc etc.
Nanette is professional groomer who has been with us since 2018 running the new grooming service. She trained at Merrist Wood College in 2004 and has been salon based for 14 years before opening up at Oak Ride Farm. She is married with two grown up children, and has two mad boxer dogs, a breed she has owned and bred for many years.
She enjoys yoga, gardening, camping and the outdoor life with the dogs.