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The Urban Hound Daycare and Hotel in Boston

Overnight boarding or daycare for dogs has always been a challenge in Boston. I was excited to hear Rebecca Wilson of The Urban Hound is building a dog daycare and luxury dog hotel in the South End of Boston. I was even more excited when I saw the design and learned about the types of services they would be offering. If you own a dog in Boston the Urban Hound's new daycare and hotel are well worth a look.    

In my opinion...

The care of another person's dog is an incredible responsibility  that takes a special type of person to do well. Fortunately, Rebecca Wilson of the Urban Hound has that gift. Let me start with I do not take the care of another person's dog lightly, nor do I write or recommend because someone is paying me. I had spent the past year basically stalking dog walkers and other businesses getting a sense of who is who in the Boston dog world. I know it is nuts, but then again, I am a dog owner. What did you expect?

A Little Research

Sometime back I decided to learn more about The Urban Hound and Rebecca Wilson. I had already watched her staff on the streets of Boston, walking client's dogs. When you hang out long enough you begin to see a distinctive pattern of her team working with 3 or less dogs at a time, interacting and taking opportunities to train the dogs instead of chatting on cell phones. The dogs get great exercise, learn a thing or two about being a city dog and client's get their monies worth. Over the past year I had identified the Urban Hound as one of the best dog walking services in Boston.

Dog care is a tough business, a business I know very well from a childhood spent working in dog kennels. Since those days many things have changed for the better. However, for any dog daycare, hotel, boarding business to succeed, you still need to have someone with an incredible attention to detail and the ability to surround themselves with a great staff. Seeing what Rebecca has done with the Urban Hound dog walking leads me to believe she more than what it will take to succeed with the new daycare and dog hotel.

great location in Boston, dog friendly design

Recently I had been given a tour of the Urban Hound's new facility while under construction. The location is fantastic, just off Albany Street, a quick walk from most of the South End and easily accessible by car from the other Boston neighborhoods. A large (nearly 10,000 sq. ft.) brick building has been completely gutted and currently, what would be a a state of the art indoor dog park and dog hotel, is being installed. The air will be kept clean with a hospital grade air filtration system. This might be one of the coolest dog care facilities to date.

even an indoor dog park

What I look at as an indoor dog park, with self draining K9 artificial grass, will be used for doggie daycare and training. There are areas for different types of dogs and dog training. Upstairs, a series of rooms with glass walls, comfortable interiors will be used to board dogs overnight. The staff is here 24 hours a day, watching over all the animal guests.

dog park, training and first class service

The building is just the first half of what makes the Urban Hounds new venture special. The downstairs indoor dog park makes a perfect venue for weekend meet-up groups. During the summer, many dog owners are looking for a cool place to let their dog socialize and winter we are all looking for a place to escape the wrath whichever nor'easter. Dogs will also be able to take training classes to better acclimate to city life, better manners or how to simply sit, stay and walk on a leash. Rebecca and the Urban Hounds went right down a Boston dog owners list of needs and checked all the boxes.

pre-sale of packages and memberships

The Urban Hound Daycare and Hotel opens August 15th. Memberships and discount books are on sale now. There is a 60 dog limit, don't dawdle, spots will fill fast.

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