We offer boarding on select holidays and Massachusetts school vacation weeks. We are staffed 24/7 while we offer boarding! Below contains more information about boarding as well as our 2025 boarding dates!
Please reach us at theruffhousewestford@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Boarding Prices are as followed:
1 dog - $70 per night
2 dogs - $125 per night
3 dogs - $175 per night
Check-outs Monday - Friday after 3pm will be charged for a day of daycare on top of the boarding stay.
Check-outs Saturday - Sunday during our 4pm – 6pm time slot will be charged for a day of daycare on top of the boarding stay. Our office is CLOSED from 10am – 4pm on weekends we offer boarding services.
We are offering boarding on the following dates in 2025:
Friday, February 14th - Monday, February 24th
Friday, April 18th - Monday, April 28th
Friday, May 23rd - Tuesday, May 27th
Thursday, June 26th - Tuesday, September 2nd CLOSED Labor Day
Friday, October 10th - Tuesday, October 14th
Tuesday, November 25th - Monday, December 1st CLOSED Thanksgiving & Black Friday
Friday, December 19th - Friday, January 2nd CLOSED Christmas & New Years Day
Please bring your dog’s food, pre-packaged in plastic bags, correctly portioned for each meal. Labeled with your dogs name. Please pack extra day of food just incase.
Label meals (AM/PM) only if there are any differences in the meals. PLEASE MAKE SURE DOGS NAME IS ON THE BAGGIE/CONTAINTER. WE ARE HAPPY TO SAVE THESE FOR YOU. PLEASE JUST ASK. We’re happy to accommodate dogs who are on a special diet.
We are happy to administer medication as needed. Please send the exact number of doses in a pill bottle or plastic bag/container. ( A daily AM/PM pill container with dogs name would be great if possible). Please remember to let our front desk person know the correct dose and time for your dog’s medication. We only administer topical or oral medication. Please do not put meds/supplements in their food baggies. We ask that you only pack what is needed for your dogs stay. For example: blanket or bed, food, and any medication. We provide bowls including slow feeders for the dogs staying with us. We ask that you keep extra items at home.
* When packing please pack only a bed/blanket, food, medication, and treats. Try to label with dogs name.
NEW ADD-ONS FOR DOGS STAY! We offer FRO-YO treats for an after dinner treat! We have a variety of flavors! We can also add Earth Animal NO-HIDE treats. We also have popular treats from Polka Dog, we have FROMM Crunchy-O's, Mother Hubbard treats, & more! Just ask staff for more details.
All boarding stays require a 1 night deposit at booking. We also require a credit card on file or you can pay for the boarding upfront at drop-off.
Boarding reservations may be cancelled at any time, we ask that you cancel or adjust your stay as soon as you know your plans changed. This helps us to fill the spot. However, deposits are refundable only if you cancel at least10 days before your scheduled arrival date.
CANCELLATIONS WITHIN 10 DAYS OF BOARDING STAY WILL NOT BE REFUNDED THE DEPOSIT.
Any early pickups will be charged the full amount for that boarding stay. If you need to adjust your stay, please do so as early in advance as possible.
Repeat offenders (other than emergencies) of cancelling will not be allowed to book boarding ahead of time.
Please understand these policies are to make this a great experience for all of us!
We require all dogs to have their updated vaccination records upon arrival.
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