TOPSFIELD

At home

 

Topsfield in the Winter

 
 
 

Claudia's home viewed from the front

Claudia's home viewed from the back, with the attached garage and kennel on the right

 

Topsfield is situated on 200 acres in the beautiful Green Mountains of Northern Vermont.  The hounds enjoy indoor/outdoor runs, with dog doors, which open into large paddocks.  They enjoy playing in the snow and making their own trails through the fields.  

Claudia's house and hobby kennel (we do not board dogs) are attached, with an apartment over the garage where our resident kennel manager, Sue lives.  With our kennel assistant, Linda's home next door to Topsfield, it's a very convenient and lovely location.

 
 
 

While the hounds enjoy the snow, they also welcome constant access to heated indoor kennel.  They come in and out at will, and spend many hours outside. 

They always come in for a nice, toasty snooze after spending a time outdoors romping in the snow. 

 

 

 

 

Topsfield in the Spring

 

Topsfield in the spring is a beautiful site, especially after a long, cold winter.  All of us, including the hounds enjoy spending lots of time outdoors.  

 The Basset Hound puppies especially like outings with Claudia. 

 

Travel to the shows in the spring is a little simpler, as we can bring either the Motorhome or the Born Free & Travel Trailer.  The dogs have access to air conditioning to give relief from the heat, and enjoy their travels to the shows. 

 

Training, Trophy and Play Room

The training, trophy and play room is a place where our hounds spend time with our Topsfield Family.  The floors are matted for training and there is a permanent ramp in front of mirrors which gives us a chance to see how the dogs look.  This room gives us a great place to work with the dogs, especially in the winter. 

 

The couch is a great place to relax (usually, it's the dogs on the couch not as pictured below with Bryan & Claudia).  For playtime, the large toy box filled with the dogs favorite toys and bones always provides items for entertainment.  It's a wonderful place to simply enjoy the hounds and let them enjoy themselves. 

 
 

In addition to having the space to train and relax, the room also gives us the space to do fun, casual puppy photos, and no, the puppy pictured below didn't get to drink the beer!

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