---
title: "Hound Lounge — San Francisco, CA"
url: "https://dogsaway.co/san-francisco-ca/hound-lounge/"
updated: "2026-10-19"
data_pulled: "2026-10-19"
census_at: "2026-10-19"
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)"
---

# Hound Lounge

Dog day care center in Walnut Creek, CA — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in San Francisco, CA (https://dogsaway.co/san-francisco-ca/).

**★4.7 from 112 Google reviews, Dogs Away score 9.4/10.** 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, grooming
- **Address:** 1551 Palos Verdes Mall, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
- **Phone:** (925) 954-7767
- **Website:** https://houndlounge.com/
- **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hound%20Lounge&query_place_id=ChIJueISdethhYARFZwlaxu5vhA

## Hours

| Day | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Monday | 8 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 8:30 AM–4 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |

## From their own pages (researcher-read)

- **Daycare rate per day ($):** 60 — their words: "Full-Day Daycare $60" (http://houndlounge.com/dog-daycare/)
- **Vaccines required:** Bordetella; Rabies; Distemper / Parvo — their words: "All participants at daycare are required to have Bordetella, Rabies, and Distemper / Parvo vaccines." (http://houndlounge.com/dog-daycare/)
- **Evaluation before the first stay:** yes — their words: "All new participants are required to engage in a 2-hour trial before they are allowed in all-day play." (http://houndlounge.com/dog-daycare/)
- Read by a Dogs Away researcher on 2026-10-30 because the crawler could not read the website. Not counted in the census figures.

## Published rates

No rate published on their website as of October 19, 2026.

## Disclosure record

## Licensing

California does not license or inspect dog boarding and daycare facilities at the state level. What California has is a statewide standards law: Health & Safety Code Chapter 11, 'Pet Boarding Facilities' (§§ 122380–122388, SB 945, in force since 1 January 2017). It applies to any premises boarding four or more pets for compensation, sets operating standards and a written pre-boarding disclosure, but creates no license. It is enforced by local animal control, humane or peace officers issuing notices to correct, with fines of up to $250 and then $1,000. In San Francisco the Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Branch, requires a health permit to open or operate a pet hotel, boarding facility or kennel, with a public hearing on potential permit protests ($95 fee) and zoning and Fire Marshal referrals for newly built facilities. Veterinary hospitals were exempted from the permit from 1 September 2025 and overnight kennels and overnight pet shops still need it; the city's code and permit page speak of overnight kennels and do not address day-only daycare.

Market licensing detail: https://dogsaway.co/san-francisco-ca/

## How to cite

Hound Lounge, Walnut Creek, CA. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/san-francisco-ca/hound-lounge/ (census October 19, 2026; listing data October 19, 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/san-francisco-ca/hound-lounge.json