--- title: "Buddy's Doggie Daycare, Grooming & Boarding — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/buddy-s-doggie-daycare-grooming-and-boarding/" updated: "2026-10-20" data_pulled: "2026-10-20" census_at: "2026-10-20" source: "Dogs Away — public Google Business profile (identity, rating) + Dogs Away disclosure census of the facility's own website" license: "All rights reserved. Read and cite freely. No bulk copying. (https://dogsaway.co/terms/)" attribution: "Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co)" --- # Buddy's Doggie Daycare, Grooming & Boarding Dog day care center in Norfolk, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.4 from 69 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 8.9/10.** The Dogs Away score is a Bayesian-adjusted Google rating on a 0–10 scale (prior weight 25 reviews at the 4.669 network mean). ## Facts - **Services:** daycare, boarding, grooming - **Address:** 39 Miller St, Norfolk, MA 02056 - **Phone:** (508) 346-3952 - **Website:** http://www.buddysdaycare.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Buddy's%20Doggie%20Daycare%2C%20Grooming%20%26%20Boarding&query_place_id=ChIJr0NoTJZ65IkRQ82XRRIFRWU ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 7–11 AM, 12:30–6 PM | | Tuesday | 7–11 AM, 12:30–6 PM | | Wednesday | 7–11 AM, 12:30–6 PM | | Thursday | 7–11 AM, 12:30–6 PM | | Friday | 7–11 AM, 12:30–6 PM | | Saturday | 7–10:30 AM, 12:30–3 PM | | Sunday | 7–10:30 AM, 12:30–3 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Checkout time:** Boarding pick-up by 10:30 AM; later adds a $35 half day fee, waived with grooming — facility's words: "A $35.00 half day fee is added if pickup is after 10:30am." (https://buddysdaycare.com/services/boarding/) - **Late pick-up:** $35 half day fee if pick-up is after 10:30 AM; waived if the dog is groomed before pick-up — facility's words: "A $35.00 half day fee is added if pickup is after 10:30am. This fee is waived if your dog receives grooming services prior to pickup." (https://buddysdaycare.com/services/boarding/) - **Minimum age (months):** Dogs must be 12 weeks of age or older — facility's words: "12 weeks of age or older" (https://buddysdaycare.com/registration/) - **Senior dogs:** Accepts elderly dogs in good health that can climb stairs — facility's words: "We can accept elderly dogs that are in good health (must be able to climb stairs)" (https://buddysdaycare.com/registration/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 25 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7 AM to 6 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Overnight boarding:** $70 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Daycare:** $45 per day - **Additional dog:** 2 dogs $130.00 per night > “Overnight Rates * (7 or Fewer Nights): All prices are per night: $70.00 1 Dog $130.00 2 Dogs ... Daily Rates: Full Day: $45.00 1 Dog $85.00 2 Dogs” Source: https://buddysdaycare.com/services/boarding/ (daycare: https://buddysdaycare.com/services/daycare/) — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 6 of 27 checked policies on its own website (census October 20, 2026). "Not published" is a fact about the website on that date, not a claim about the facility's practice. ### Admission requirements - **Vaccinations required:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Bordetella lead time:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Fecal / parasite test:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Spay / neuter:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Temperament evaluation:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Vaccination records:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Staff-to-dog ratio:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Maximum playgroup size:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Staff certification:** Pet first aid / CPR certified staff > “Our staff members are highly trained and have been emergency pet first aid and CPR certified.” — https://buddysdaycare.com/about/ - **Play model:** Open play with enforced rest > “All day care dogs go in crates for a nap time from 11-12:30 daily” — https://buddysdaycare.com/services/daycare/ - **Groups separated by:** Size and play style > “We have four rooms where they are separated in by size and play style.” — https://buddysdaycare.com/services/daycare/ - **Time out of their room:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Solo care for dogs who skip group play:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Housing:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Outdoor access:** Indoor outdoor > “Each room has a door providing access to our large outdoor play areas throughout the day.” — https://buddysdaycare.com/services/daycare/ - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “It is climate controlled and cleaned multiple times per day by our staff members.” — https://buddysdaycare.com/services/boarding/ - **Live cameras for owners:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Photo / report-card updates:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Tours:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Injury / fight policy:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Veterinary access:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Administers medication:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Feeding:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Availability:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Online booking:** Yes > “Log in or register on our client portal today to make your daycare reservation!” — https://buddysdaycare.com/services/daycare/ ## Licensing Massachusetts requires every commercial boarding or training kennel in the Commonwealth to hold a kennel license and pass inspection before that license issues or renews. Mass. General Laws c.140 sec.137A defines 'commercial boarding or training kennel' as a facility, other than a veterinary or personal kennel, that boards, houses, trains or provides day care to a dog or dogs not owned by the kennel's owner, for consideration, and makes it unlawful to operate one without a license from the local licensing authority. That authority is municipal, not a single state office: in every Massachusetts city and town except Boston it is the city or town clerk, and in Boston, uniquely, state law names the police commissioner as the licensing authority (c.140 sec.137A/147). A licensing authority may not issue or renew a kennel license until the premises has passed inspection by an animal control officer, must set a maximum number of animals the kennel may house based on that inspection, and must inspect every licensed kennel at least once a year (c.140 sec.137C). This is a genuine, uniform, state-mandated regime, not a patchwork of local ordinances that may or may not exist depending on the town, the way Florida's county registrations do. Since 'An Act to Increase Kennel Safety' (Ollie's Law), signed 20 September 2024 and effective 19 December 2024, the regime has grown a state layer: every municipality must report its licensed kennels to the Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) annually by 1 June, and MDAR must promulgate binding minimum care, staffing-ratio, housing and safety standards for commercial boarding/training kennels by June 2026. As of the June 2025 reporting deadline, 237 of 351 municipalities had complied, reporting 1,370 licensed kennels statewide, 415 of them commercial boarding or training kennels; MDAR publishes municipality-level compliance status, not a name-and-address list of individual kennels, so there is still no public register to join to facility records the way Colorado's PACFA register is joined. Whether the City of Boston itself submitted its 2025 report, and what MDAR's June 2026 minimum-standards regulations say once finalized, were not confirmed by this search and should be re-verified before this record is trusted as current. Market licensing detail: https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ ## How to cite Buddy's Doggie Daycare, Grooming & Boarding, Norfolk, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/buddy-s-doggie-daycare-grooming-and-boarding/ (census October 20, 2026; listing data October 20, 2026). Source: Dogs Away (dogsaway.co). Read or cite this one record with a link. Do not bulk copy, scrape or rebuild the directory. Terms: https://dogsaway.co/terms/ Structured data: https://dogsaway.co/api/v1/facilities/boston-ma/buddy-s-doggie-daycare-grooming-and-boarding.json