--- title: "Greater Boston Dog Kennel — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/greater-boston-dog-kennel/" 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)" --- # Greater Boston Dog Kennel Kennel in North Easton, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★5.0 from 120 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.9/10.** 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:** boarding, daycare, training, grooming - **Address:** 54 Washington St, North Easton, MA 02356 - **Phone:** (508) 219-0002 - **Website:** https://gbdog.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Greater%20Boston%20Dog%20Kennel&query_place_id=ChIJETki_tOF5IkRZiPf__h0o5k ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 8–10 AM, 2–6 PM | | Tuesday | 8–10 AM, 2–6 PM | | Wednesday | 8–10 AM, 2–6 PM | | Thursday | 8–10 AM, 2–6 PM | | Friday | 8–10 AM, 2–6 PM | | Saturday | 9–11 AM, 5–7 PM | | Sunday | 9–11 AM, 5–7 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Checkout time:** Checkout by 10 AM weekdays and 11 AM weekends; later pick-up is charged an additional day — facility's words: "Checkout is by 10am Monday through Friday, after which an additional day will be charged. Checkout is by 11am Saturday and Sunday, after which an additional day will be charged." (https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/) - **Late pick-up:** Pick-up after checkout time is charged an additional day — facility's words: "Checkout is by 10am Monday through Friday, after which an additional day will be charged." (https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/) - **Cancellation:** Everyday stays: cancel 7 days ahead or the deposit is non-refundable; holidays 14 days — facility's words: "Major Holidays and Other Peak Days *: Cancellation must be made within 14 days of the confirmed reservation, or the deposit will be non-refundable. … Non-Peak/Non-Holiday : Cancellations must be made within 7 days of the reservation, or the deposit will be non-refundable." (https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/) - **Minimum age (months):** Guests must be at least 4 months old — facility's words: "All guests must be at least 4 months of age to stay with Greater Boston Dog" (https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/) - **If a dog is sick:** Does not accept dogs with a communicable illness in the 30 days before check-in — facility's words: "Greater Boston Dog will not accept the following guests: … That have a communicable illness of any kind during the 30 days prior to check-in" (https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 19.7 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 8 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:** $65–$80 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Daycare:** $42 per day - **Additional dog:** $10 per day discount for a multi-dog family when more than one dog is staying with us at the same time. > “Large Suite $ 80 Request Reservation Small Suite $ 65 ... Doggie Daycare Rates Full Day $ 42 5+ hours” Source: https://gbdog.com/kennel-rates/ — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 10 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, canine influenza · Not mentioned: leptospirosis > “Vaccination Requirements Rabies Distemper Negative Fecal Sample Canine Influenza Bordetella *All required vaccinations are mandatory and must be up to date.” — https://gbdog.com/faqs/ - **Bordetella lead time:** 3 days before arrival > “All vaccinations must be provided at least 3 days prior to your reservation.” — https://gbdog.com/faqs/ - **Fecal / parasite test:** Negative test required > “Vaccination Requirements Rabies Distemper Negative Fecal Sample Canine Influenza Bordetella *All required vaccinations are mandatory and must be up to date.” — https://gbdog.com/faqs/ - **Spay / neuter:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Temperament evaluation:** Required before a first stay > “A trial day for boarding and daycare is required.” — https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/ - **Vaccination records:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “Proof of current vaccinations must be provided before a reservation can be confirmed.” — https://gbdog.com/reservation-cancellation-policies/ ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** Yes — a person is on site > “Owners live on property so your dog is never alone!” — https://gbdog.com/ - **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:** 50 > “We are a boutique facility, serving no more than 50 dogs at a time.” — https://gbdog.com/ - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “your dog will retreat to a private, climate-controlled kennel in our dedicated daycare room.” — https://gbdog.com/ - **Live cameras for owners:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Photo / report-card updates:** Yes — described by some Google reviews; not stated on the facility's 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:** Yes, for a fee > “Insulin injection: $10 per day Eye Medication Administration : $10 per day Oral medication / supplements administration in food: $5 per day By mouth: $10 per day” — https://gbdog.com/faqs/ - **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 > “using our Paw Parter reservation system” — https://gbdog.com/faqs/ ## 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 Greater Boston Dog Kennel, North Easton, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/greater-boston-dog-kennel/ (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/greater-boston-dog-kennel.json