--- title: "The Dog Scoop — Boston, MA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/the-dog-scoop/" 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)" --- # The Dog Scoop Dog day care center in Newton, MA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Boston, MA (https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/). **★4.8 from 100 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.5/10.** 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, walking, boarding, grooming - **Address:** 216 Webster St, Newton, MA 02465 - **Phone:** (617) 244-8944 - **Website:** http://www.thedogscoop.com/ - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The%20Dog%20Scoop&query_place_id=ChIJzftamv6C44kRYeWiIGde_dk ## 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 | 10 AM–5 PM | | Sunday | 10 AM–5 PM | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Cancellation:** Full deposit refund with 72 hours notice; 24-72 hours gets account credit; under 24 hours forfeits — facility's words: "Non-peak Period Stays: Cancellations made 72 hours or more before the scheduled drop-off time receive a full deposit refund. Cancellations made 24–72 hours before drop-off receive account credit for the deposit amount. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before drop-off forfeit the deposit." (https://www.thedogscoop.com/boarding-policies/) - **If a dog is sick:** Dogs with signs of illness are not permitted in daycare or boarding — facility's words: "of illness such as vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, or eye/nasal discharge are not permitted in our daycare or boarding facilities." (https://www.thedogscoop.com/requirements/) - **Anxious or shy dogs:** May deny service to dogs that are aggressive or overly anxious — facility's words: "The Dog Scoop reserves the right to deny service to any dogs that are aggressive, overly anxious, or display any other behaviors that are otherwise disruptive to our pack." (https://www.thedogscoop.com/requirements/) ## For travelers - **BOS** (Boston Logan): 11.6 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 5 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 · Recommended: canine influenza · Not mentioned: leptospirosis > “Up to date on Rabies, DAPP (DHPP), and Bordetella vaccines. The dog flu vaccine is not required, but highly recommended.” — https://www.thedogscoop.com/requirements/ - **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 > “Six (6) months of age or older Spayed or neutered” — https://www.thedogscoop.com/requirements/ - **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:** 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:** Indoor outdoor > “full access to 5,000+ square feet of both indoor and outdoor space.” — https://www.thedogscoop.com/daycare-facility/ - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “Our indoor area allows for a peaceful, climate controlled space where dogs can relax on comfortable beds or blankets” — https://www.thedogscoop.com/daycare-facility/ - **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:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Availability:** Waitlist > “Clients are advised not to pay the deposit until they are off the waitlist.” — https://www.thedogscoop.com/boarding-policies/ - **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 The Dog Scoop, Newton, MA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/boston-ma/the-dog-scoop/ (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/the-dog-scoop.json