--- title: "Pet Companions Bed & Biscuit and Grooming — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/pet-companions-bed-and-biscuit-and-grooming/" 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)" --- # Pet Companions Bed & Biscuit and Grooming Dog day care center in Reading, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.2 from 129 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 8.6/10.** 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:** daycare - **Address:** 271 Main St, Reading, MA 01867 - **Phone:** (781) 944-5445 - **Website:** http://www.petcompanionsinc.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Pet%20Companions%20Bed%20%26%20Biscuit%20and%20Grooming&query_place_id=ChIJE8xgv9Bw44kR5R_xXE7uuko ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | | Tuesday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | | Wednesday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | | Thursday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | | Friday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | | Saturday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | | Sunday | 6 AM–7:30 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Checkout time:** Boarding pick-up by 9 AM; later is charged a full daycare day — facility's words: "Pick-up by 9am on departure day is included in your boarding rate. Pick-up after 9am will be charged a full daycare day" (https://petcompanionsinc.com/services/boarding) - **Late pick-up:** Pick-up after 9 AM on departure day is charged a full daycare day — facility's words: "Pick-up after 9am will be charged a full daycare day" (https://petcompanionsinc.com/services/boarding) - **Updates during a stay:** Daily Facebook and Instagram posts; boarding report cards when possible — facility's words: "we post daily on Facebook and Instagram, and occasionally on TikTok. During boarding visits, we provide report cards when possible." (https://petcompanionsinc.com/faqs) - **Minimum age (months):** Puppies must be at least 4 months old — facility's words: "Puppies must be at least 4 months old and up to date on all vaccinations" (https://petcompanionsinc.com/faqs) - **Anxious or shy dogs:** Private Solo Boarding for reactive or anxious dogs, $130 per night — facility's words: "Solo Boarding is a private boarding option for dogs who need their own space: reactive, anxious, recovering, or simply more comfortable without the rest of the pack around." (https://petcompanionsinc.com/services/prices) - **Handling & correction:** Uses gentle redirection and positive reinforcement, never punishment — facility's words: "Our team uses gentle redirection and positive reinforcement — never punishment — to guide healthy interaction all day long." (https://petcompanionsinc.com/services/daycare) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 11.4 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 6 AM to 7:30 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Daycare:** $59 per day > “Pricing Drop-in no commitment $59 per day” Source: https://petcompanionsinc.com/services/prices — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 9 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 > “We require current rabies, distemper, Bordetella, and canine influenza vaccinations” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/ - **Bordetella lead time:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Fecal / parasite test:** Negative test required > “We require current rabies, distemper, Bordetella, and canine influenza vaccinations, plus a fecal test every 6 months.” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/ - **Spay / neuter:** Required from 6 months > “Are over six months old and remain unspayed or unneutered.” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/consultation - **Temperament evaluation:** Required before a first stay > “Every new dog goes through the same structured process — from first hello to full pack member.” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/consultation - **Vaccination records:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “All vaccine records and license paperwork must be submitted prior to your visit.” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/consultation ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** Yes — a person is on site > “24/7 On-site supervision, 365 days a year — team sleeps with boarding dogs” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/about - **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:** Cage free > “Enrichment-based, cage-free dog daycare and boarding in Reading, MA” — https://petcompanionsinc.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:** Sent, not guaranteed > “we post daily on Facebook and Instagram, and occasionally on TikTok. During boarding visits, we provide report cards when possible.” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/faqs - **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 preferred > “pack an extra meal or two in case your stay extends. (Feeding sessions are included in the boarding rate.) If meals run short, we provide Open Farm Salmon house food at $5 per meal.” — https://petcompanionsinc.com/faqs - **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 Pet Companions Bed & Biscuit and Grooming, Reading, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/pet-companions-bed-and-biscuit-and-grooming/ (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/pet-companions-bed-and-biscuit-and-grooming.json