Owner Peg Wheeler, Licensed Veterinary Technician with over 30 years in the animal care field lives on site offering tremendous comfort and security for our guests.
Please be patient with us as we begin working to expand and remodel our kennel. We hope to soon offer some new boarding services
including nature walks and individual playtime with experienced staff.
The entertainment of animals belonging to The Critter Barn that wander and check out our guests, is an added bonus that makes your pets stay at here more like a vacation!
We offer boarding for approximately 20-30 dogs and 10-15 cats. Our facilities include large indoor kennels, outdoor playpens, indoor/outdoor kennels and a loft area with soft lighting and television! All outdoor areas are covered to avoid too much sun or ‘weather’! This gives us the ability to give our guests plenty of outdoor time even when the weather is not the greatest!
Veterinary receipts or health certificates are required to show that vaccines, including distemper and rabies for cats, and distemper, rabies and kennel cough for dogs, are current. We DO NOT dictate that these vaccines be done yearly, but ask only that your veterinarian provides us with a statement of your conforming to their philosophy veterinarians practice standards. We recommend rabies vaccine according to state law, or every 3 years. We further recommend that distemper vaccines be done on a 2-3 year basis and perhaps less often as your pet ages. We encourage pet owners to be informed about the research in vaccination frequency for your pets.
Please feel free to contact us if you are missing a pet, or have found a pet or think you may want to adopt one sometime!
If you are interested in donating towards the care of a homeless pet please contact us.
The dog in the picture was Louie. He came to us in the middle of a very cold winter having been abandoned in downtown Berwick. Through kind donations we have been able to provide long term care for dogs like Louie. In addition to having an infection where his collar had been left, too small, to cut into his neck and cause infection, Louie had a fast growing tumor on his head. For a long time this tumor had little affect on Louie and he stayed with us as long as he was comfortable. Eventually, when the tumor invaded critical parts of his eyes and jaw, we had to have Louie put to sleep.
In the meantime, though, we made sure Louie enjoyed what time he had left with lots of loving care and many, many treats. We tried to make up for the suffering he'd experienced previously
There are lots of options for unwanted pets. Abandoning them is NEVER an option. If you need help placing a pet, please call for help in finding the best solution.
Born 6/30/07
"Elsa"
The Critter Barn Inc.
63 Blackberry Hill Road
Berwick, ME 03901
Telephone: 207-698-4580
Fax: 207-698-4554
Email: Thecritterbarn@aol.com
Sunday 9:30am-2pm
CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS