About Us
Dog Boarding Kennel & Training
The best dog boarding kennel and training services available in greater Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek area!
To provide the best in boarding, training and grooming for our clients at a very affordable price! We want to create an experience that the dog and the owner will enjoy and benefit by everyday!
Siimply the best dog & cat boarding and kennel services available in greater Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek area!
All Pick-ups/Drop-offs by appointment only. Open 6 days a week 8am - 11am and 4pm - 7pm.
Appointment Only Call: 269-721-8506
About Uncle Ted's Freestone Kennels
Mission Statement:
To provide the best in boarding, training and grooming for our clients at a very affordable price! We want to create an experience that the dog and the owner will enjoy and benefit by everyday!
Biography:
Ted Smith – 70 years old in 2023
Started Freestone Kennels in 1976 endorsed by three professional trainers and accepted into P.R.T.A. in 1978. P.R.T.A. (Professional Retriever Trainers Association)
Trained and competed retrievers in licensed field trials – in U.S. and Canada.
Since 1976 Ted Has:
Trained and Competed with Retrievers.
Worked with clients and their gun dogs.
Pointers / setters/ spainiels / retrievers.
Trained blood trailing deer recovery dogs.
Horn / Antler finding dogs.
Trained guard / attack / tracking dogs.
Problem solving / behavioral issues.
Works with rescue groups.
Built a beautiful Boarding / Grooming / Training Facility.
No fancy titles besides professional trainer just a lot of common sense and hands on experience.
48 years of hands on experience in:
Georgia – War Path Kennels
California – Hill Top Kennels
Michigan – Freestone – est. 1976
