--- title: "Pawmenities - North Shore — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/pawmenities-north-shore/" 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)" --- # Pawmenities - North Shore Pet boarding service in Lynnfield, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.9 from 34 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.6/10.** 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:** Market St, Lynnfield, MA 01940 - **Phone:** (617) 917-2422 - **Website:** https://www.pawmenities.com/ - **Open 24 hours** - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Pawmenities%20-%20North%20Shore&query_place_id=ChIJY0tXSBUN44kRDg8R6uFV0Ao ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | Open 24 hours | | Tuesday | Open 24 hours | | Wednesday | Open 24 hours | | Thursday | Open 24 hours | | Friday | Open 24 hours | | Saturday | Open 24 hours | | Sunday | Open 24 hours | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Cancellation:** Full refund 7+ days ahead; under 7 days the deposit is credited to a future stay; holiday deposits non-refundable — facility's words: "Cancellations made 7 or more days before your reservation receive a full refund. Under 7 days, the deposit is non-refundable but credited toward a future stay for 6 months. Holiday and peak period deposits are non-refundable." (https://www.pawmenities.com/) - **Updates during a stay:** Boarding: two written updates plus 3–5 photos/videos daily, sent by text link with a report card — facility's words: "Two written updates + 3–5 photos/videos daily … Our text lands with a link to their update. Step 2: Swipe through the day's photos and videos. Step 3: Their report card, ready to save and react to." (https://www.pawmenities.com/boarding) - **Senior dogs:** Boards senior dogs at an added $10 per night — facility's words: "Puppies under 12 months add $30/night; senior dogs add $10/night." (https://www.pawmenities.com/boarding) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 10.4 miles, straight line - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Overnight boarding:** $80–$95 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Daycare:** $75 per day > “Starting at $80 /night Adults $80–$95 by size · puppies +$30 ... Starting at $75 /day” Source: https://www.pawmenities.com/ — 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 · Not mentioned: canine influenza, leptospirosis > “Required vaccines include: Rabies (1-year or 3-year accepted), Distemper (1-year or 3-year accepted), and Bordetella/Kennel Cough (must be current within 6 months).” — https://www.pawmenities.com/help - **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:** Not required > “Spay / neuter is not required. Intact dogs are welcome at any age — just let us know at booking so we can plan playgroups appropriately.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/policies - **Temperament evaluation:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Vaccination records:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “Upload records to your client portal at least 1 day before your visit.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/policies ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** Yes — a person is on site > “Staff live in the home overnight, play groups stay small, and there is a 1:3 staff to dog ratio, with no more than three dogs per handler.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/boarding - **Staff-to-dog ratio:** 1:3 staff to dogs > “Staff live in the home overnight, play groups stay small, and there is a 1:3 staff to dog ratio, with no more than three dogs per handler.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/boarding - **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 > “✓ All-day play with rest when needed” — https://www.pawmenities.com/about-us - **Groups separated by:** Size, temperament and play style > “Dogs are matched by size, temperament, and play style for safe socialization.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/about-us - **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:** Home > “Cage-free boarding and daycare in a real home, not a kennel.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/ - **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:** Yes > “Daily photo & video updates Sent straight to your phone” — https://www.pawmenities.com/ - **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:** Owner's food required > “Food, meds, comfort item, vaccine records — we provide beds, bowls, toys, and treats.” — https://www.pawmenities.com/help - **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 Pawmenities - North Shore, Lynnfield, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/pawmenities-north-shore/ (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/pawmenities-north-shore.json