--- title: "Go Play — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/go-play/" 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)" --- # Go Play Dog day care center in Arlington, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.4 from 23 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, grooming - **Address:** 1046 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476 - **Phone:** (781) 325-6088 - **Website:** https://www.goplaypetcare.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Go%20Play&query_place_id=ChIJ9f3aaTh244kRZKXAip3G4jI ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 8 AM–6 PM | | Tuesday | 8 AM–6 PM | | Wednesday | 8 AM–6 PM | | Thursday | 8 AM–6 PM | | Friday | 8 AM–6 PM | | Saturday | Closed | | Sunday | Closed | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Minimum age (months):** Daycare accepts puppies from 8 weeks old — facility's words: "We accept puppies as early as 8 weeks of age" (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html) - **Breed & size limits:** Not biased against any breed, breed mix, size or age — facility's words: "not biased against dogs of any particular breed, breed mix, size, or age" (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html) - **Unaltered dogs & females in heat:** Daycare accepts intact adult dogs — facility's words: "We also accept intact adult dogs." (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html) - **Handling & correction:** Daycare uses positive reinforcement techniques — facility's words: "focus on good manners and correct behavior using positive reinforcement techniques" (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html) - **Updates during a stay:** Daily pictures and videos on social media — facility's words: "we post daily pictures and videos on our social media!" (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html) - **Late pick-up:** Daycare: late fee starting at $15 for pick-up after 6 PM — facility's words: "a late fee starting at $15 if I pick my dog up after 6pm" (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/2026-current-daycare-client-form.html) - **Vet costs during a stay:** Client pays veterinary costs while animals are in the facility care — facility's words: "Client agrees to pay any veterinary costs to animals during time they are being cared for by Company." (https://www.goplaypetcare.com/2026-current-daycare-client-form.html) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 9 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 8 AM to 6 PM - **Open Sunday:** no Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Daycare:** $35 per day - **Additional dog:** 2 dogs from the same family $60 / day > “Regular Daycare Rate: $35.00 / day (2 dogs from same family $60 / day)” Source: https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html — 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:** Required: rabies, DHPP · Not required: Bordetella · Not mentioned: canine influenza, leptospirosis > “We require daycare dogs to be current on Distemper / Parvo / Rabies vaccines (we accept Titres in lieu of vaccines) and have a yearly negative fecal flotation. We do not require the kennel cough vaccination for daycare.” — https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html - **Bordetella lead time:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Fecal / parasite test:** Negative test required > “We require daycare dogs to be current on Distemper / Parvo / Rabies vaccines (we accept Titres in lieu of vaccines) and have a yearly negative fecal flotation.” — https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html - **Spay / neuter:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Temperament evaluation:** Required before a first stay > “We carefully consider each dog and puppy through a thorough evaluation and trial day process to ensure compatibility before offering acceptance into our program.” — https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html - **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:** 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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “We are climate-controlled year round and circulate the air continuously to ensure optimal airflow.” — https://www.goplaypetcare.com/about-us.html - **Live cameras for owners:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Photo / report-card updates:** Yes > “we post daily pictures and videos on our social media!” — https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html - **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:** Waitlist > “we are in process of setting up evaluations from wait list forms previously received.” — https://www.goplaypetcare.com/daycare--puppy-pre-school.html - **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 Go Play, Arlington, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/go-play/ (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/go-play.json