--- title: "Pet Recess — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/pet-recess/" 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 Recess Dog day care center in Lakeville, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.9 from 428 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.8/10.** 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, boarding, grooming - **Address:** 36 Main St, Lakeville, MA 02347 - **Phone:** (508) 946-3647 - **Website:** https://www.petrecessinc.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Pet%20Recess&query_place_id=ChIJWe46jUuT5IkRe26xqBKQUXc ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 6:30 AM–7 PM | | Tuesday | 6:30 AM–7 PM | | Wednesday | 6:30 AM–7 PM | | Thursday | 6:30 AM–7 PM | | Friday | 6:30 AM–7 PM | | Saturday | 8 AM–5 PM | | Sunday | 5–7 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Breed & size limits:** Pit Bulls and Pit mixes not allowed in daycare; welcome for day or overnight boarding — facility's words: "Due to our liability insurance, Pet Recess is unable to allow Pit Bulls or Pit Mixes to take part in daycare; however, we welcome them to come in for day boarding or overnight boarding." (https://petrecessinc.com/doggie-daycare/) - **Unaltered dogs & females in heat:** Dogs must be spayed/neutered by 6 months; intact dogs are welcome for private play — facility's words: "We require dogs to be spayed/neutered by the age of 6 months. Intact dogs are welcome to do private play." (https://petrecessinc.com/doggie-daycare/) - **Late pick-up:** Daycare rule: dogs not picked up by 7 p.m. are boarded overnight with additional fees — facility's words: "Any dog not picked up by 7 p.m. will be boarded overnight, and additional fees will apply." (https://petrecessinc.com/doggie-daycare/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 34.2 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 6:30 AM to 7 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Daycare:** $45 per day > “Daycare Rates: Day by Day Full Day of Daycare: $45.00” Source: https://petrecessinc.com/pet-recess-rates/ — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 7 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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **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:** Required for group play only from 6 months > “We require dogs to be spayed/neutered by the age of 6 months. Intact dogs are welcome to do private play.” — https://petrecessinc.com/doggie-daycare/ - **Temperament evaluation:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **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:** Pet first aid / CPR certified staff > “We are proud to announce that all our amazing staff completed and passed the Animal First Aid and CPR course!” — https://petrecessinc.com/ - **Play model:** Open play with enforced rest > “For daycare and boarding, please note that no drop-offs or pickups are allowed between 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. for nap time.” — https://petrecessinc.com/ - **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:** Required for some dogs > “Intact dogs are welcome to do private play.” — https://petrecessinc.com/doggie-daycare/ - **Housing:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Outdoor access:** Yard and pool > “huge outdoor play areas full of fun toys, and climbers. In the summer months, the dogs enjoy splashing in our wading pools.” — https://petrecessinc.com/doggie-daycare/ - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “Other upgrades to the Lakeville location include central air and heat in the boarding kennels” — https://petrecessinc.com/ - **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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Administers medication:** Yes, including injections > “We will complete a medication consent form allowing us to administer the meds. (We have staff trained to give insulin shots).” — https://petrecessinc.com/dog-boarding/ - **Feeding:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **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 Recess, Lakeville, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/pet-recess/ (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-recess.json