--- title: "Ruff House Dog Daycare Resort & Spa — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ruff-house-dog-daycare-resort-and-spa/" 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)" --- # Ruff House Dog Daycare Resort & Spa Dog day care center in Westford, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.9 from 103 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.7/10.** 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:** 7 Littleton Rd # E2, Westford, MA 01886 - **Phone:** (978) 692-2584 - **Website:** https://www.theruffhouse.net/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Ruff%20House%20Dog%20Daycare%20Resort%20%26%20Spa&query_place_id=ChIJHxJfTEG944kRkS6LPMY5huM ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 7 AM–6:30 PM | | Tuesday | 7 AM–6:30 PM | | Wednesday | 7 AM–6:30 PM | | Thursday | 7 AM–6:30 PM | | Friday | 7 AM–6:30 PM | | Saturday | 8–10 AM, 4–7 PM | | Sunday | 8–10 AM, 4–7 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Cancellation:** Boarding deposit refunded only if cancelled at least 10 days before arrival — facility's words: "deposits are refundable only if you cancel at least 10 days before your scheduled arrival date. CANCELLATIONS WITHIN 10 DAYS OF BOARDING STAY WILL NOT BE REFUNDED THE DEPOSIT." (https://theruffhouse.net/boarding) - **Late pick-up:** Daycare rule: $20 for every 5 minutes after closing for late pick-up without notice — facility's words: "If you are late to pick your dog(s) up without notice, you will be charged $20 for every 5 minutes your dog is here after our closing time." (https://theruffhouse.net/daycare) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 24.7 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7 AM to 6:30 PM - **Open Sunday:** yes Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Overnight boarding:** $70 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Daycare:** $38 per day - **Additional dog:** 2 dogs $125 per night; 3 dogs $175 per night > “Boarding Prices are as follows: 1 dog - $70 per night 2 dogs - $125 per night 3 dogs - $175 per night ... Full Day Rates *A full day of daycare is anything longer than 4 hours One dog $38” Source: https://theruffhouse.net/boarding — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 8 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 > “We require all dogs that attend The Ruff House to have their Bordetella (Kennel Cough), Distemper (DHLPP), & Rabies vaccines.” — https://theruffhouse.net/daycare - **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 from 6 months > “All dogs 6 months & older MUST be spayed or neutered.” — https://theruffhouse.net/daycare - **Temperament evaluation:** Required before a first stay > “Meet & greets must be scheduled ahead of time and cost $38. We require all Meet & Greet dogs to stay for a minimum of 4 hours on their first day so they have a chance to become acquainted with the environment.” — https://theruffhouse.net/daycare - **Vaccination records:** Proof checked, not taken on word > “We require all dogs to have their updated vaccination records upon arrival.” — https://theruffhouse.net/boarding ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** Yes — a person is on site > “We are staffed 24/7 while boarding is in session.” — https://theruffhouse.net/boarding - **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:** Crate free > “CRATE FREE DAYCARE, BOARDING, AND GROOMING FACILITY LOCATED IN WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS” — https://theruffhouse.net/ - **Outdoor access:** Indoor outdoor run > “Our pens offer indoor & outdoor access all year round, rain or shine!” — https://theruffhouse.net/ - **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:** 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, except injectables > “We are happy to administer medication as needed. ... We only administer topical or oral medication.” — https://theruffhouse.net/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 Ruff House Dog Daycare Resort & Spa, Westford, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ruff-house-dog-daycare-resort-and-spa/ (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/ruff-house-dog-daycare-resort-and-spa.json