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Article: IT'S A DOG'S LIFE FOR MARGARET; AND SHE'S LOVING EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF IT.(Features)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 23, 1998
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MARGARET McIllroy owns and runs the Canine Boarding Centre on the Rathgael Road in Bangor, Co Down. She has worked at there for 15 years and eight years ago bought it with her husband Jackie. Over that period she has seen her trade grow rapidly.
"When I started to manage the centre fifteen years ago, during the winter time, which is the quietest period of the year, there was typically 6 to 10 dogs boarding per week.
"Now we would have about 35 per week. All through the summer we run at full capacity which can be over 60 dogs.
"My policy here is ...