--- title: "Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa Northshore — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/red-dog-pet-resort-and-spa-northshore/" 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)" --- # Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa Northshore Pet boarding service in Saugus, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.8 from 727 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, grooming - **Address:** 190 Walnut St, Saugus, MA 01906 - **Phone:** (781) 231-3647 - **Website:** https://reddogpetresort.com/northshore/?utm_source=googlemb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=weblink&utm_content=northshore - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Red%20Dog%20Pet%20Resort%20%26%20Spa%20Northshore&query_place_id=ChIJH6OGSbBy44kRK6sxVEbT9cg ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 7 AM–7 PM | | Tuesday | 7 AM–7 PM | | Wednesday | 7 AM–7 PM | | Thursday | 7 AM–7 PM | | Friday | 7 AM–7 PM | | Saturday | 8 AM–4 PM | | Sunday | 1–4 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Cancellation:** Overnight deposit refundable with 24 hours notice; 72 hours in peak periods — facility's words: "Overnight Stay Peak Period deposits are 100% refundable if the reservation is cancelled at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled check-in date. Stays outside of these peak period dates are refundable with 24 hour cancellation notice." (https://reddogpetresort.com/northshore/?utm_source=googlemb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=weblink&utm_content=northshore) - **Late pick-up:** Overnight after-hours pick-up $20 per hour, latest 10 PM; pre-scheduled and prepaid — facility's words: "OVERNIGHT STAY AFTER HOURS PICK-UP* *pre-scheduling & pre-payment is required Late Pick-Up Per Hour ........... $20/hour (latest pickup time is 10pm)" (https://reddogpetresort.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Northshore-Price-List-1.pdf) - **Updates during a stay:** Daily report card offered as a $5 add-on — facility's words: "New! Daily Report Card ..................... $5" (https://reddogpetresort.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Northshore-Price-List-1.pdf) - **Cats:** Cat overnight stays offered at Northshore — facility's words: "Yes. Red Dog Boston offers overnight accommodations for cats, along with our Northshore and Mason locations." (https://reddogpetresort.com/feline-overnight-accommodations/) - **Senior dogs:** Senior dogs may stay overnight; those 10 or older need a Senior Pet Questionnaire — facility's words: "Can senior dogs stay overnight at Red Dog? Yes, with a bit of extra care. Dogs 10 years or older need a completed Senior Pet Questionnaire before booking an overnight stay at Red Dog Boston or any location." (https://reddogpetresort.com/canine-overnight-accommodations/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 8.6 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7 AM to 7 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 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:** 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 7 months > “We require all dogs seven (7) months and older to be spayed or neutered in order to participate in our doggie daycare program.” — https://reddogpetresort.com/faqs/ - **Temperament evaluation:** Required for some dogs > “All dogs are required to complete an evaluation before being placed in a play group.” — https://reddogpetresort.com/faqs/ - **Vaccination records:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “Updated vaccine records must be received at least 48 hours prior to your pet’s scheduled arrival date.” — https://reddogpetresort.com/northshore/?utm_source=googlemb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=weblink&utm_content=northshore ### 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:** Activity, level and interaction > “Our Doggie Daycare program is where dogs are grouped by activity level and interaction with other dogs” — https://reddogpetresort.com/faqs/ - **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 > “Doggie Daycare with large outdoor play yards” — https://reddogpetresort.com/northshore/?utm_source=googlemb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=weblink&utm_content=northshore - **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:** Yes > “Cozy Overnight Accommodations, including Villas with optional camera access” — https://reddogpetresort.com/northshore/?utm_source=googlemb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=weblink&utm_content=northshore - **Photo / report-card updates:** Yes > “All guests receive a report card when checking-out from Red Dog” — https://reddogpetresort.com/faqs/ - **Tours:** Tours by appointment > “Tours are given by appointment only Monday-Saturday.” — https://reddogpetresort.com/faqs/ - **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 > “Red Dog will administer the medication as it is directed on the original container.” — https://reddogpetresort.com/faqs/ - **Feeding:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Availability:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Online booking:** Yes — described by 4 Google reviews; not stated on the facility's 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 Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa Northshore, Saugus, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/red-dog-pet-resort-and-spa-northshore/ (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/red-dog-pet-resort-and-spa-northshore.json