Kelly Run Farm – Odenville of Center Point

Kelly Run Farm - Odenville of Center Point is a pet boarding facility in Center Point, AL, located on Hwy 174. The business specializes in boarding Retrievers and other large dogs, while also welcoming smaller dogs. Founded by Clarke and Dyxie Pauly, the kennel draws on the owners' background in handling, training, and living with working retrievers, which shaped their belief that boarding dogs need room to move and time outdoors rather than confinement in small runs. Their work with the breed dates back to 1994, when they acquired their first field golden retriever, Scout, and continued through a second retriever named Beanie.

The boarding facility sits on twenty wooded acres that the Paulys cleared and developed themselves, adding ponds and training grounds to create what they describe as a country setting for the dogs. The property is home to deer, wild turkeys, ducks on the ponds, and occasional visiting geese, and boarders are taken on walks through the land. The site also functions as a working retriever training property, and visitors are invited to come see working retrievers perform. Drop-off and pick-up hours are Monday through Saturday from 8 to 12 and 3 to 5:30, and Sunday from 8 to 10 and 3 to 5:30, with the kennel closed to visitors on major holidays. The staff page highlights Kennel Manager Chanee Otwell, an animal lover and rescuer with four dogs and five cats, as a central part of the daily care team. Travel directions point visitors east from Birmingham on I-20 to the Moody exit, then south along Kelly Creek Road to the intersection with Hwy 174.

The business holds a rating of 4.80. For owners of working retrievers and large dogs in the greater Center Point area looking for country boarding rather than a small kennel run, Kelly Run Farm offers a property built by people who train and live with the same kind of dogs they board.