--- title: "Ramson Kennel — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ramson-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)" --- # Ramson Kennel Kennel in Salisbury, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.9 from 48 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 - **Address:** 29 Blacksnake Rd, Salisbury, MA 01952 - **Phone:** (978) 388-0826 - **Website:** http://www.ramsonkennels.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Ramson%20Kennel&query_place_id=ChIJ-5lbWILm4okRD9eroqLeq1A ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 8:30 AM–3 PM | | Tuesday | 8:30 AM–3 PM | | Wednesday | Closed | | Thursday | 8:30 AM–3 PM | | Friday | 8:30 AM–3 PM | | Saturday | 9–11 AM | | Sunday | 4–5 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Checkout time:** Pick up before 11 a.m. and that day is not charged — facility's words: "If you pick up before 11am you will not be charged for that day." (https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about-1) - **Late pick-up:** Pick-up after 11 a.m. is charged for that day ($42 daily rate) — facility's words: "Our current daily boarding rate is $42 per day. If you pick up before 11am you will not be charged for that day." (https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about-1) - **Cancellation:** Three days notice needed for changes and cancellations, or a three-day stay fee applies — facility's words: "A three day notice is required for appointment changes and cancellations or a three day stay fee will be assessed." (https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about-1) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 36.4 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 8:30 AM to 3 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates No rate published on their website as of October 20, 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 > “Please have your veterinarian email us at ramsonkennel@gmail.com for updated rabies, distemper combination with parvo, and canine cough.” — https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about-1 - **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 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 > “Before their stay, we also ask that you provide up to date vaccine records for your pet (s)” — https://www.ramsonkennels.com/client-intake-form ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** Yes — a person is on site > “We are able to easily accommodate most special diet or medication needs as we are on site and fully staffed 24/7.” — https://www.ramsonkennels.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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Outdoor access:** Yard > “spacious climate controlled kennel buildings, large outside runs and acres of safely fenced yard space for play time with dog friends or just human friends” — https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “We make your dog feel at home with our spacious climate controlled kennel buildings” — https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about - **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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Feeding:** Either house or owner's food > “We provide Fromm kibble for your dog or welcome that you bring your own food in a closed hard container with his/her name clearly labeled” — https://www.ramsonkennels.com/about - **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 Ramson Kennel, Salisbury, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ramson-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/ramson-kennel.json