MICK Murphy set up the Canine Country Club in Sallins, Co Kildare in 1995. The business has grown year on year and is now established as one of the country’s leading boarding kennels and cattery. But, not only does Murphy run a boarding kennels he also runs the largest, purpose-built canine hydrotherapy and rehabilitation centre in the country.

The facility has a large, heated, indoor pool, an underwater treadmill, physiotherapy clinic and grooming parlour.