We write for the person awake at 2 a.m. with a crying puppy.

Why we built this

Search for anything about your dog and you will find the same three paragraphs rewritten across forty websites. Most of it is vague, none of it is sourced, and almost all of it is written to sell you a product rather than solve your problem. Meanwhile the questions people actually type at midnight are specific: how long can a ten-week-old puppy hold its bladder, is the crying normal, is it cruel to shut the door.

We started Kennel and Kin to answer those questions properly. That means naming the age range, giving the actual number of hours, citing where the guidance comes from, and saying when the honest answer is “this varies, watch for these signs.” It is slower to write that way. It is the only version worth publishing.

What we cover

Crate training

Our most developed subject. Start with crate training a puppy at night, which covers the first week in detail and links out to schedules by age, the first night, crating while you work, and what to do about crying.

Puppy care

The first six months — feeding, sleep, vaccination timelines, house training, socialisation windows.

Training & behaviour

Reward-based methods only. Separation anxiety, recall, leash pulling, resource guarding, barking.

Health & nutrition

Symptom explainers, diet and portioning, parasite prevention, senior dog care — written to help you have a better conversation with your vet, never to replace one.

Breeds

Temperament, exercise needs, grooming load, and the health conditions each breed is predisposed to.

Gear

Crates, harnesses, beds, feeders. We explain what to look for before we name a product, and we disclose every affiliate relationship.

How an article gets made

Seven people work on this publication. No article reaches the site through one person alone.

1. We start from the question, not the keyword

   A writer collects the real phrasings people use — forum posts, vet clinic FAQs, search queries — and defines exactly which question the article must answer.

2. We gather primary sources

   Guidance is traced back to veterinary associations, teaching hospitals, and kennel clubs. If a claim cannot be sourced, it does not go in.

3. We draft with the numbers in

   Ages, durations, weights, and frequencies are stated explicitly. Vague advice is a failure of research, not a style choice.

4. A second editor checks every factual claim

   They verify each sourced statement independently and flag anything that overstates certainty or strays into diagnosis.

5. We publish with a visible date and a named author

   Every article carries the author’s name, their background, and the date it was last reviewed.

6. We revisit it

   Articles are reviewed on a rolling schedule and whenever guidance changes. Corrections are made openly, noted on the article with the date, under our corrections policy.

Four things we won’t do

• We won’t publish unsourced health claims. If we cannot point to where guidance comes from, we leave it out rather than guess.
• We won’t hide a paid link. Affiliate relationships are disclosed at the top of any article that contains them and explained in our affiliate disclosure.
• We won’t recommend aversive training. No shock collars, no prong collars, no dominance-based methods. Reward-based training only.
• We won’t quietly fix mistakes. When we get something wrong, the correction is noted on the article with the date.

Who we are

Kennel and Kin is published by KCS Global Group, a digital publishing company operating a portfolio of research-led reference sites. The company was founded by Sameer Patel, who holds an MBA in business administration and management and spent four years in content operations and digital banking before moving into publishing full time. He sets the editorial standard this site runs on and is accountable for what appears here.

The Kennel and Kin team is seven people: writers, researchers, and editors who handle sourcing, fact-checking, and the review schedule. Author biographies appear on each article byline, so you can always see who wrote what you are reading and what qualifies them to write it.

Sources we rely on

These are the bodies we check guidance against. We link to primary sources inside articles so you can verify anything yourself.

• American Veterinary Medical Association
• American Animal Hospital Association
• World Small Animal Veterinary Association
• Merck Veterinary Manual
• Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
• American Kennel Club
• ASPCA