--- title: "Kozy Kennels — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/kozy-kennels/" 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)" --- # Kozy Kennels Kennel in Mansfield, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.5 from 104 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:** boarding - **Address:** 619 East St, Mansfield, MA 02048 - **Phone:** (508) 339-0791 - **Website:** http://www.kozy-kennels.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Kozy%20Kennels&query_place_id=ChIJhfK-KyuI5IkRQtKeqVhFb28 ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 7:30 AM–5 PM | | Tuesday | 7:30 AM–5 PM | | Wednesday | 7:30 AM–5 PM | | Thursday | 7:30–9 AM | | Friday | 7:30 AM–5 PM | | Saturday | 7:30–10 AM | | Sunday | 7:30–9 AM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Cats:** Cats are kept away from the dog quarters — facility's words: "Cat Boarding : We keep our felines away from the dog quarters" (https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/) - **Collars:** Staff remove all choke chains for safety — facility's words: "For safety we remove all choke chains." (https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/) - **Cancellation:** School-break and holiday stays are charged for all reserved days unless cancelled in a very timely manner — facility's words: "will be charged for all days reserved unless we receive a cancellation in a very timely manner" (https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/) - **Vet costs during a stay:** Vet charges are at the owner expense; staff try to contact the owner before treatment — facility's words: "Charges will be at the owner’s expense. Every effort will be taken to contact pet owner prior to treatment." (https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 24.9 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7:30 AM to 5 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Overnight boarding:** $60 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Holiday surcharge:** Holiday and peak periods $65.00/day > “Dog Boarding Daily Rate $60.00/day *Holiday & Peak Periods $65.00/day” Source: https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding-rates/ — 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, Bordetella · Not mentioned: canine influenza, leptospirosis > “Dogs: Rabies 1 or 3 year (puppies six months of age), DHLP 1 or 3 years * Bordetella , administered within the previous 6 months, and more than seven days from a boarding reservation.” — https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/ - **Bordetella lead time:** 7 days before arrival > “Bordetella , administered within the previous 6 months, and more than seven days from a boarding reservation.” — https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/ - **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:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “For 1st Visit Guests we do want your pet’s vaccination records to be faxed or emailed to us in advance – so we can verify that all of the vaccinations are current and up to date well prior to the arrival date.” — https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/ ### 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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **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:** Veterinarian on site > “Any pet requiring medical attention will be treated by our on-site veterinarian.” — https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/ - **Administers medication:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Feeding:** Either house or owner's food > “Diet & Treats: If you would like to keep to your pet s own food in a zip loc bag. Please bring more than enough for the time that your pet will be here.” — https://www.kozy-kennels.com/boarding/boarding-policies/ - **Availability:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Online booking:** Yes > “Schedule your reservation using our easy to use booking service!” — https://www.kozy-kennels.com/ ## 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 Kozy Kennels, Mansfield, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/kozy-kennels/ (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/kozy-kennels.json