A kennel is a small building made especially for a dog to sleep in. Kennels or a kennels or a kennel is a place where dogs are bred and trained, or looked after when their owners are away. The guard dog was now in kennels as it was not aggressive.

In the wild, dogs succeed in habitats that provide ample food, water and cover, like forests and brush lands. For shelter, some dogs will dig burrows, but most of the time they will use manmade cover or inhabit abandoned fox or coyote dens.

A kennel is a structure or shelter for dogs. Used in the plural, the kennels, the term means any building, collection of buildings or a property in which dogs are housed, maintained, and (though not in all cases) bred.