---
title: "Bay Paws — Tampa, FL"
url: "https://dogsaway.co/tampa-fl/bay-paws/"
updated: "2026-09-08"
data_pulled: "2026-07-07"
census_at: "2026-09-08"
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)"
---

# Bay Paws

Dog day care center in Clearwater, FL — part of the Dogs Away index of dog boarding and daycare in Tampa, FL (https://dogsaway.co/tampa-fl/).

**No public Google reviews yet.** 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:** 13662 Automobile Blvd, Clearwater, FL 33762
- **Google Maps profile (verify):** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bay%20Paws&query_place_id=ChIJ4ep7KgDlwogRmmSusUVlik8

## From their own pages (researcher-read)

- **Boarding rate per night ($):** 60 — their words: "$60/night (1 dog); $108/night (2 dogs)" (https://www.baypaws.com/clearwater)
- **Daycare rate per day ($):** 40 — their words: "- Full Day: $40" (https://www.baypaws.com/clearwater)
- **Vaccines required:** Bordetella; Distemper Parvo; Rabies — their words: "Our 3 required vaccines for dogs are Bordetella, Distemper Parvo, and Rabies." (https://www.baypaws.com/policies-faqs)
- **Evaluation before the first stay:** yes — their words: "While all dogs must pass the preliminary temperament test to be eligible for group play daycare, some behaviors may be revealed only after a dog has attended daycare for a number of days." (https://www.baypaws.com/policies-faqs)
- **Staff overnight:** no — their words: "Staff is on-site from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm every day." (https://www.baypaws.com/policies-faqs)
- **Live camera:** yes — their words: "Yes! We have numerous security cameras throughout the resort with 24/7 remote access for pet parents, so you can peek in on your furry friend whenever you miss them." (https://www.baypaws.com/policies-faqs)
- **Cancellation:** Cancellations within 3 days of check-in charged $20 per pet — their words: "Cancellations that occur within 3 days prior to the check-in day will be charged a $20 cancellation fee per pet to the card on file." (https://www.baypaws.com/policies-faqs)
- Read by a Dogs Away researcher on 2026-10-30 because the crawler could not read the website. Not counted in the census figures.

## For travelers

- **TPA** (Tampa International): 11.4 miles, straight line

Hours from the public business profile; drop-off and pick-up windows can be narrower.

## Published rates

Rates not yet checked.

## Licensing

Florida does not license or inspect dog boarding and daycare facilities at the state level. Florida is not a second Colorado. FDACS's 'Pet Law', section 828.29, governs dogs and cats transported into the state or offered for sale — health certificates, vaccinations, a consumer guarantee and pet-dealer record-keeping — and says nothing about boarding or daycare; the FDACS Division of Animal Industry lists animal disease, movement, livestock identification and equine programs and no kennel or boarding program. No state boarding register was found. What exists is local: Hillsborough County Code Chapter 6, § 6-35 requires a permit for pet dealers, kennels, catteries, animal rescue adoption organizations and guard-dog businesses, where a 'kennel' is any premises wherein six or more dogs are kept for the purpose of boarding, training, or any other similar business purposes; permits are valid one year and renewable annually (§ 6-36), minimum standards are in § 6-37, and application and annual issuance fees are set by Board of County Commissioners policy rather than in the ordinance. The permit is administered by the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center. That is a county permit, not a state regime, and it was not joined to facility records.

Market licensing detail: https://dogsaway.co/tampa-fl/

## How to cite

Bay Paws, Clearwater, FL. Dogs Away, https://dogsaway.co/tampa-fl/bay-paws/ (census September 8, 2026; listing data July 7, 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/tampa-fl/bay-paws.json