The Challenge

Beacon Barkers already ran a tight welfare routine — regular checks, close attention to every kennel, a genuine commitment to the guidelines that govern responsible boarding. But a manual check is only ever a snapshot: accurate the moment it's taken, and unverifiable an hour later. As UK summers have brought increasingly severe heatwaves, that gap between "we checked" and "we know" became impossible to ignore.

The Solution

Beacon Barkers now runs Kennel Care sensors across their entire site — every kennel block individually monitored, with live temperature and humidity readings updating continuously. Related kennels are grouped into area-level blocks, so staff can see at a glance how an entire wing is holding up, not just one sensor at a time. The moment any reading drifts outside the safe range, an instant alert goes straight to the team's phones — no waiting for the next scheduled walk-round.

Every reading is logged automatically, building a permanent, timestamped history that's ready to export the moment it's needed — for an inspector, an assessor, or Beacon Barkers' own records.

The Result

When last summer's heatwave put every kennel's welfare standards to the test, Beacon Barkers didn't have to rely on memory or good intentions — they had the data to prove exactly how every block performed, hour by hour, for the entire period.

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