--- title: "Ruff 'n Tumble Playcare — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ruff-n-tumble-playcare/" 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 'n Tumble Playcare Dog day care center in North Andover, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.6 from 70 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.2/10.** 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, training, boarding - **Address:** 1755 Osgood St, North Andover, MA 01845 - **Phone:** (978) 984-5599 - **Website:** https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Ruff%20'n%20Tumble%20Playcare&query_place_id=ChIJNSVj6bAG44kR_yi8RdFSdkE ## Hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 6:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Tuesday | 6:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Wednesday | 6:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Thursday | 6:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Friday | 6:30 AM–6:30 PM | | Saturday | 8 AM–5 PM | | Sunday | Closed | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Checkout time:** Boarding check-out by 8:30 AM weekdays, 9:00 AM Saturday; later pick-up is charged daycare — facility's words: "Check outs are by 8:30 AM, Monday Friday and 9:00 AM on Saturday." (https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/) - **Late pick-up:** Staying past the morning pick-up time is charged a day of daycare — facility's words: "If your dog stays beyond the morning pick-up time you pay for daycare for that day." (https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/) - **Holiday minimum stay:** 2-night minimum during peak and holiday periods (federal holiday weekends, holiday weeks, Christmas–New Year) — facility's words: "There is a 2 night minimum during Peak/Holiday times." (https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/boarding/) - **Minimum age (months):** Puppies welcome after 10 weeks of age with first exam, negative fecal and second DHPP — facility's words: "Puppies are welcome after 10 weeks of age, provided that they have had their first wellness exam" (https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 26.2 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM - **Open Sunday:** no Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Overnight boarding:** $80 per night (first dog, standard rate) - **Holiday surcharge:** Holiday rate $90 per day (peak $85) - **Additional dog:** $77.50 each additional dog of the same household > “STANDARD $80 Per day OR $77.50 each additional dog of the same household PEAK* $85 Per day OR $82.50 each additional dog of the same household HOLIDAY* $90 Per da” Source: https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/boarding/ — 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:** Required: rabies, DHPP, Bordetella · Not mentioned: canine influenza, leptospirosis > “all puppies must be vaccinated for Kennel Cough (Bordetella) at least 12 days prior to attending RnT. By law, all puppies must have received their second shot in the series of DHPP ... By 6 months of age all dogs must have a Rabies vaccination.” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/ - **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 > “Yes, all dogs here for daycare and overnights must be spayed or neutered by the time they are 6 months old.” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/ - **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:** Yes — a person is on site > “Regardless of which boarding style you choose we always have 24/7 on-site staff to ensure a pleasent stay.” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/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:** Open play with enforced rest > “For the well being of the dogs, tours are not offered during nap time (noon to 2:00 PM daily)” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/ - **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 > “We have a 3,000-square foot of outdoor space …and the dogs are out there several times a day.” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/ - **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:** Tours by appointment > “provided that you call us ahead of time to ensure that someone will be available to give you a tour and that dogs are not left unattended.” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/ - **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:** No raw diets > “We don’t accept raw food due to concern about bacteria where we store and prepare food for all of the dogs.” — https://www.ruffntumbleplaycare.com/faq/ - **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 'n Tumble Playcare, North Andover, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/ruff-n-tumble-playcare/ (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-n-tumble-playcare.json