My wife and I were discussing this and I could not give her the answer she wanted as I don't know the history of why "Kennels" are called Kennels. So I thought I would throw this question over to the wise lot at Yahoo Answers.surely a kennel historian visits these pages. Just in case a question such as this does arise.
2007-01-13 06:24:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Kennel is the name given to any shelter for dogs. American English often uses the word "doghouse" in this context; in British English the term "kennel" is preferred because of the "Kennel Council". This is a formal establishment for the propagation of purebred dogs. Breeding kennels are heavily regulated and must follow rules laid down by the breed club, the kennel council. So I think it just started in Britain. Besides, a doggery is known since old times as place where liquor is sold; a wild wild west saloon that is. So that's taken!
2007-01-13 06:40:59 · answer #1 · answered by C h e e z C ஐ k e 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kennels probably refers to the buildings the dogs are kept in, known as kennels. As to why cattteries are called catteries, I don't know, but homes for birds are avaries, avain means bird, and homes for horses are stables, again refering to the building that they are kept it. Might it be something to do with how long thay have been in use, kennels and stables have been used for a long time, while I can't imagine people wanting to board cats somewhere a couple of hundred years ago.
Have you tried looking it up in a dictionary as they often give an idea as to the origin of the word?
Just a note to add, a later answer refers to the 'kennel council', the body which regulates pure bred dogs in the UK in the Kennel Club.
2007-01-13 06:32:40 · answer #2 · answered by MyNutmeg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A kennel is the name given to any structure or shelter for dogs. A kennel is a doghouse, run, or other small structure in which a dog is kept. American English often uses the word "doghouse" in this context; in British English the term "kennel" is preferred, but the phrase "in the doghouse" is understood but does not mean "in the kennel", rather it is a colloquial phrase meaning (of a person) "in trouble" or "being shunned". Used in the plural, the kennels, the term means any building, collection of buildings or a property in which dogs are housed, maintained, and bred.
2007-01-13 06:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by Lotsa Lops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're actually called kennels for both. Catterys are usually those places that people are breeding cats for sale, and maybe boarding cats on the side. The American Boarding Kennel Association covers both.
2007-01-13 06:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kennel a hut for a dog to sleep in
origin kennel derives ultimately from the Latin word canis `dog` which also gave us canine
2007-01-13 06:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by puzzled? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know for sure but it could be a distortion of the latin canine. That doesn't explain why catteries aren't called fennels though.
2007-01-14 06:23:45 · answer #6 · answered by gerrifriend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. So what would that make a home for bugs?
2007-01-13 09:01:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to get out more!
2007-01-13 06:26:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would busy my vet with this question
2007-01-13 06:29:48 · answer #9 · answered by spoiled wife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-13 06:34:28 · answer #10 · answered by DayDreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋