--- title: "Camp Canine — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/camp-canine/" 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)" --- # Camp Canine Kennel in Ashland, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.0 from 54 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 8.4/10.** 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:** boarding, daycare - **Address:** 202 Pond St, Ashland, MA 01721 - **Phone:** (508) 881-7364 - **Website:** http://www.campcaninedogspa.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Camp%20Canine&query_place_id=ChIJdf8-zDR25IkRbWaH094UF9Q ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 7–10 AM, 4–7 PM | | Tuesday | 7–10 AM, 4–7 PM | | Wednesday | 7–10 AM, 4–7 PM | | Thursday | 7–10 AM, 4–7 PM | | Friday | 7–10 AM, 4–7 PM | | Saturday | 8–10 AM, 12–5 PM | | Sunday | 8–10 AM, 12–5 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Updates during a stay:** Daycare report cards; stay updates through the online activity tab — facility's words: "Each daycare dog receives a report card written by a counselor during their stay" (https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/daycare-1) - **Cancellation:** Daycare and non-holiday boarding: cancel by 7 PM the night before or a $15 no-show fee may apply — facility's words: "Cancellation of daycare or non-holiday boarding reservations must be made by phone, in person, or by e-mail no later than 7PM the night prior to arrival or may result in a no-show fee of $15." (https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/policies) - **If a dog is sick:** Dogs that get kennel cough are taken to a vet and boarded there at the owner expense — facility's words: "Dogs that come down with kennel cough while staying with us will be brought to the first available veterinarian and boarded there at the owner's expense." (https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/policies) - **Vet costs during a stay:** Vet visits by a counselor are at the owner expense — facility's words: "a counselor may bring dogs to the vet at the owner/caretaker's expense" (https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/policies) - **Unaltered dogs & females in heat:** Dogs not neutered or spayed are not accepted past 6 months of age — facility's words: "Dogs who are not neutered or spayed will not be accepted past 6 months of age." (https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/policies) - **Fire & emergency protection:** Fire and carbon monoxide alarms alert the authorities and the owners and managers — facility's words: "fire, carbon monoxide, and burglary alarms, which will all immediately send alerts to the authorities as well as to Camp Canine owners and managers in the event of an emergency." (https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/faq-1) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 23 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7 AM to 7 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Overnight boarding:** $52–$66 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Daycare:** $40 per day - **Additional dog:** Daycare $30 per additional dog; boarding $43 per additional dog (traditional run) > “Daycare Rates: Full day : $40 ($30 for each additional dog) ... Boarding Rates: Traditional Run: $52/night ($43 for each additional dog) VIP Suite: $62/night ($56 for each additional dog) VIP Snout Cam Suite: $66/night” Source: https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/rates — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 9 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:** Required: rabies, DHPP, Bordetella · Not mentioned: canine influenza, leptospirosis > “Bordetella (Kennel Cough), Distemper, and Rabies vaccinations are required.” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/faq-1 - **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:** Required from 6 months > “Dogs who are not neutered or spayed will not be accepted past 6 months of age.” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/policies - **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:** No — nobody is on site overnight > “Although we do not have Counselors on the premises overnight, the facility is very closely monitored with video cameras, temperature sensors, motion detectors” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/faq-1 - **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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Play model:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Groups separated by:** Play style and size > “dogs are divided by play style and size” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/daycare-1 - **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:** Kennel and suite > “our guests are only in their runs or suites during” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/boarding-1 - **Outdoor access:** Indoor outdoor > “Your dogs will have a BLAST in our huge indoor and outdoor play areas” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/daycare-1 - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “The play areas are climate-controlled for maximum comfort during hot and cold months!” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/daycare-1 - **Live cameras for owners:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Photo / report-card updates:** Yes > “Each daycare dog receives a report card written by a counselor during their stay” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/daycare-1 - **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 > “please visit our reservations page to book online.” — https://www.campcaninedogspa.com/daycare-1 ## 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 Camp Canine, Ashland, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/camp-canine/ (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/camp-canine.json