--- title: "Little White Dog Doggie Daycare — Philadelphia, PA" url: "https://dogsaway.co/philadelphia-pa/little-white-dog-doggie-daycare/" 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)" --- # Little White Dog Doggie Daycare Dog day care center in Philadelphia, PA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Philadelphia, PA (https://dogsaway.co/philadelphia-pa/). **★4.9 from 85 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 - **Address:** 90 Rochelle Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128 - **Phone:** (267) 437-4215 - **Website:** https://lwddaycare.com// - **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Little%20White%20Dog%20Doggie%20Daycare&query_place_id=ChIJn5GVlXO4xokRrum7E7AfcxY ## 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 | 8:30 AM–5:30 PM | | Sunday | Closed | ## Booking terms, safety and care - **Updates during a stay:** Daily photos on Facebook and Instagram; verbal report at pick-up — facility's words: "provide daily photos for clients on facebook & instagram, as well as daily verbal reports when you pick up." (https://lwddaycare.com/services/) - **Senior dogs:** Senior dogs get soft bedding and slower-paced activities — facility's words: "senior dogs get soft bedding and slower-paced activities" (https://lwddaycare.com/little-white-dog-day-care-alternative/) ## For travelers - **PHL** (Philadelphia International): 10 miles, straight line - **Weekday hours span:** 7 AM to 7 PM - **Open Sunday:** no Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower. ## Published rates - **Daycare:** $47 per day > “FULL DAY | 1 DOG From check in between 7 AM - 9:30 AM to closing at 7 PM. Includes free play, 2 group activities, grooming add on service, and more! $47” Source: https://lwddaycare.com/services/ — checked September 9, 2026. ## Disclosure record Publishes 13 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 up-to-date Rabies, Distemper, and Bordetella vaccines. Dogs CANNOT attend LWD without an active Rabies vaccine.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **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 over 6 months are required to be altered to continue attending daycare.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Temperament evaluation:** Required before a first stay > “All dogs will undergo a trainer approved temperament test before being allowed in play groups. ... BEHAVIOR EVALUATION | 1 DOG This is a one-time fee for evaluations are done on the morning of their first day so there is no need for a separate appointment. $20” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Vaccination records:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 ### Operations - **Staff on site overnight:** No — nobody is on site overnight > “Does someone stay with my dog overnight? Only if requested or suggested! Your pup can stay with one of our handlers at LWD for $20 each night. That $20 goes directly to the overnight handler.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Staff-to-dog ratio:** 1:15 staff to dogs > “Our staff-to-dog ratio is 1 handler per 15 dogs to ensure that each dog receives individual attention and care.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Maximum playgroup size:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Staff certification:** Pet first aid / CPR certified staff > “Highly Trained and Caring Staff Pet First Aid and Certified in CPR” — https://lwddaycare.com/ - **Play model:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Groups separated by:** Size, temperament and play style > “Dogs are separated by size, temperament and play style. All dogs will undergo a trainer approved temperament test before being allowed in play groups.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **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:** Cage free > “Our facility offers over 6,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor play areas, rubberized floors inside, a clean cage free play environment and trained staff that interact and supervise doggie play time.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Outdoor access:** Yard > “Do you have an outdoor space? Yes, dogs are taken outside to our fenced yard throughout the day.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Capacity:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Climate control:** Climate-controlled > “We occupy 8,000 sq ftw of indoor climate controlled space with HVAC filtration.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Live cameras for owners:** Not published on their website as of October 20, 2026 - **Photo / report-card updates:** Yes > “we only have webcam access for us to review the dogs when necessary, and instead provide daily photos for clients on facebook & instagram, as well as daily verbal reports when you pick up.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **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 > “WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN FOR 2025! Space is limited, reserve your spot today!” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ - **Online booking:** Yes > “What is the client portal? LWD uses a third party system for reservations called Pet Exec. Once you are approved for an evaluation, you will receive your client login via email.” — https://lwddaycare.com/services/ ## Licensing Pennsylvania licenses and inspects boarding kennels statewide, and its definition of 'boarding kennel' is unusually broad: it expressly reaches daycare, not just overnight boarding. The Dog Law (Act of Dec. 7, 1982, P.L. 784, No. 225, as amended; 3 P.S. §§ 459-101 et seq. -- not yet recodified into Pa.C.S., despite the 'Title 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 25' framing sometimes used informally) is administered by the PA Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement. Section 102 defines a 'boarding kennel' as 'any establishment available to the general public where a dog or dogs are housed for compensation by the day, week or a specified or unspecified time,' and separately extends the term to 'any establishment available to the general public that, for consideration, takes control of a dog from the owner for a portion of a day for the purposes of exercise, day care or entertainment of the dog' -- explicitly excluding only 'an establishment engaged only in dog grooming or dog training.' A kennel license is required to operate (Section 207(a.1)(1)); operating without one is a summary/misdemeanor offense and can draw a civil penalty of $1,000-$5,000 per day (Sections 207(a.1)(7), 207(a.2), 903). The Bureau inspects every licensed kennel at least twice per calendar year (Section 218(a)) and is separately authorized to inspect unlicensed establishments operating as a kennel. Boarding kennel license fees are capacity-based: Class I (1-10 dogs at a time) $125/year, Class II (11-25 dogs) $200/year, Class III (26+ dogs) $325/year (Section 206(a)(5)); licenses expire December 31 and must be renewed by January 1. Crucially, the Bureau publishes a live, public Kennel Inspections Search (pda.pa.gov) that can be filtered by county, city, kennel type and name, returning license number, current status (Open / Closed - Voluntarily / Pending Inspection), license class and a per-record inspection history with downloadable PDF reports going back roughly eight years. This is a real, joinable register -- not just a lookup that returns one record at a time and not a bulk CSV/API export, but a complete, filterable result set we retrieved and matched against every Philadelphia facility in this index by name and street address. 16 of the 25 curated Philadelphia facilities matched an Open PA kennel license; 1 (Dog School) matched five license records, every one 'Closed - Voluntarily', which corroborates that operator's own site statement that it is 'permanently closed as of 5/23/26'; 8 facilities produced no match under the names searched. A separate note on Philadelphia specifically: the Dog Law's only historical carve-out for cities of the first class (Philadelphia is Pennsylvania's sole city of that class) is Section 1201(a), and it is narrowly scoped to individual dog licensing and dog-caused-damage payments -- the reason ACCT Philly, not the state, issues per-dog licenses in the city. A parallel carve-out for kennels in first- and second-class cities, former Section 208, was deleted by amendment in 1996. Nothing in the current Dog Law exempts Philadelphia kennels from state licensing or inspection, and the search results above -- current, Open Philadelphia licenses with 2026 inspection dates -- confirm the state regime is actively applied inside the city. Market licensing detail: https://dogsaway.co/philadelphia-pa/ ## How to cite Little White Dog Doggie Daycare, Philadelphia, PA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/philadelphia-pa/little-white-dog-doggie-daycare/ (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/philadelphia-pa/little-white-dog-doggie-daycare.json