--- title: "Dog House — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/dog-house/" 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)" --- # Dog House Dog day care center in Westwood, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.5 from 39 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.1/10.** 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 - **Address:** 310 Boston Providence Hwy, Westwood, MA 02090 - **Phone:** (781) 461-2700 - **Website:** https://thedoghousewestwood.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Dog%20House&query_place_id=ChIJ9yGJVwOA5IkRFjtyu_q5YsM ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 7:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Tuesday | 7:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Wednesday | 7:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Thursday | 7:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Friday | 7:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Saturday | 9 AM–5 PM | | Sunday | Closed | ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 13.4 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM - **Open Sunday:** no Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Daycare:** $43 per day - **Additional dog:** $35 per additional dog in the same family (daycare) > “Daycare Rates Full day $43 up to 11 hours Half day $35 up to 5 hours Additional dog in same family $35” Source: https://thedoghousewestwood.com/rates — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 11 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 > “Owners must submit proof from their Veterinarian that their dog is current on Rabies, Distemper (DHLPP), and Bordetella (kennel cough)” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/requirements - **Bordetella lead time:** 10 days before arrival > “We do require a 10 day incubation waiting period for dogs that are just receiving the Bordetella vaccine for the first time or are more then 6 months past due.” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/requirements - **Fecal / parasite test:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Spay / neuter:** Required from 7 months > “Gender: All dogs must be spayed/neutered by 7 months of age to attend daycare” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/requirements - **Temperament evaluation:** Required before a first stay (free) > “Evaluation: After your meet & greet, dogs are required to come in for a half day evaluation (free of charge).” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/requirements - **Vaccination records:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “Owners must submit proof from their Veterinarian that their dog is current on” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/requirements ### 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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Play model:** Open play with enforced rest > “Nap time if needed in a cozy bed” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/daycare-1 - **Groups separated by:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Time out of their room:** Up to 11 hours of supervised daycare play > “your pooch will have up to 11 hours of supervised play time with their furry friends” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/services - **Solo care for dogs who skip group play:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Housing:** Cage free > “We are a cage-free daycare which means your pooch will have up to 11 hours of supervised play time with their furry friends.” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/services - **Outdoor access:** Yard and pool > “Over 3200 square feet of indoor/outdoor play areas Facility is climate controlled for every season K-9 synthetic grass/turf for comfort on dogs hips & pads of feet Shaded areas with canopies and beds Wadding pooch pools to cool off in” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/daycare-1 - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “Facility is climate controlled for every season” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/daycare-1 - **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:** Published > “What happens if my dog gets injured? We will immediatley try to contact you or your emergancy contact's. If we can't reach anyone, we will go to the closest Veterianian” — https://thedoghousewestwood.com/faqs - **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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 ## 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 Dog House, Westwood, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/dog-house/ (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/dog-house.json