Got Pawz?

This place is absolutely brutal… would give 0 stars if I could. Dropped my dog off for grooming against my own better judgement. Got her home and found her private area was hacked up and bleeding (in addition to the hair cut being horrible, as if unfinished.)
If only that were the extent of things. A few days later one of my pup’s eyes was cloudy and gunky. Brought her to the vet expecting to need treatment for some type of eye infection.
To my dismay, her retina was lacerated so severely that there was only one layer left before the eye was completely lost.
Two surgeries and months of rehab later (not to mention more than $ 3000 in vet bills) the eye is saved but will never be fully functioning.
The owner, Tom, and the groomer will not accept responsibility for their actions and now I must take them to court.
My dog, Laila, was completely healthy before this incident, just going to the vet for annual checkups. Now, she will never have full use of the eye again, all because I was stupid enough to bring her to this place.
Please avoid at all costs. There are plenty of better options out there.

This is what used to be called Land of Pawz! Same address, same owner, slightly different name.
DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG HERE!!!
I boarded my dog here once — she came back with a huge abscess on her foot. I had to bring her to the hospital, then soak her foot for weeks with antibacterial ointment. They didn’t even tell me about it. Then when I called to talk to the owner he never called me back, and the staff gave me the run around and told me info I know was not true.
My dog also lost so much weight that I could see her hips and ribs through her skin. She was there for a week. The staff said it was extra exercise. They don’t walk the dogs here, the dogs play in a yard. I walked my dog 3 miles a day. it was that they didn’t feed her! They gave me back more than half the food I had given them.

We bring Bernie, our Labrador, here 2 or 3 days a week and he loves it. We also have boarded him several times. The staff is wonderful — patient and sweet. We love that he comes home tuckered out from playing all day and always smells nice! In the summer he loves the pool and hose. On some holidays, he comes home with cute pictures for our refrigerator. We all love Got Pawz!

Brought my schnauzer smokey in for a cut. They did a great job! 45 bucks for a cut and my dog looks awesome now.

I left my beagle there for the weekend (4 nights), picked her up before 8am yesterday and she seemed very happy to see me and looked fine. As soon as we got home she asked me to go out and I noticed she had diarrhea. I happen to have had a booster appt for her at the vet that morning, so on the ride there she started getting really agitated, I had never seen her like that, she loves car rides, but then I hear it… more diarrhea all over my back seat! Didn’t think much about it so didn’t even mention it to the technician at the vet, I just cleaned the mess and ran quickly to Walmart. It took me less than 15 mins there but by the time I got back to the car, it had happened again! We got home, I left her outside to avoid any more accidents and for her to get some fresh air, she cried and cried (not very common either). I called Land of Paws immediately and the girl informed me that my dog did not have diarrhea and that it was probably anxiety from being away from me for so long and that I should give her rice and chicken to help with the diarrhea… Ugh hello?! Seriously? Since I know better, I kept her well hydrated but no food (12−24hrs is recommended) not that she wanted to eat anyway, my poor baby looked so down. When my son got home from school, she was very quiet, didn’t want to play, stayed in her bed the entire time. A while passed and I decided to go to our bedroom and was faced with the most disgusting looking spots all over the floor. it was dark like old blood. I panicked and when I looked inside my walk-​in closet there was a huge puddle of thick black sludge-​like thing! I took pics and cleaned (sure enough, even the black stuff looked like old blood once I started cleaning). Walked back to the dining room and there was another puddle on the door mat! She asked to go out several times before bed time. During the night, around 3:30am my husband woke me up to tell me that she had gone all over the living room and her cage. I got up and took more pics, this time it was light red and watery, on her cage there was what looked like grass mixed with white foamy stuff (almost like puss and some dark stuff). I am taking her in to the vet today. This better not be seriously because I do not know what I will do if it turns out to be something she got from another dog or malnutrition (I cooked all her food, put them in separate container, labeled each one, gave specific instructions to keep it refrigerated, etc…). Making matters worse my husband informed me that a dog died there not too long ago! :-(

DO NOT BRING YOUR PET HERE!!!
If I could give zero stars I would!
I boarded my pets here once before about a year ago– I was lured in by their «puppy cam» however it proved rather unhelpful seeing as they only show you a small percentage of the pets whereabouts on these cameras. The location is right on Rt 3A which is incredibly busy. When I dropped them off, the staff just whisked the puppies away to some back room without so much as a smile. The building had a strong dog odor that hinted that they don’t clean too often… The owner was rude, incredibly short with me and demanded payment at drop off. I tried to watch them on the puppy cam when I got home to check in but the room they were recording was empty. I picked up my pups after only a one night stay and they STUNK! Their fur was dirty and they appeared scared and not at all their usual self.
I am leaving this review now because I recently saw a news story about a dog that DIED on their watch! The poor puppy was left out in the hot sun during the summer, with NO WATER. According to the story, the owner wasnt notified of their dogs death until they went to pick him up! The dog was left out in the yard with a blanket thrown over it. If that is not the most terrible thing I have ever heard, I’m not sure what is! DO NOT SUPPORT THIS COMPANY! I recently received an email from them, as I guess I am still on their mailing list and I was absolutely amazed that they are still in business. These people shouldn’t be let near animals ever again. Do yourself and the entire ‘pet lover’ community a huge favor and stay far far away from them!

My dog died while at this facility for daycare. The Land of Pawz owner, Tom, and his staff did nothing and were so unprofessional at every level. My dog had no health issues prior to going there. I think that says it all. Never trust this man or his staff to care for your beloved pet. Go somewhere else. I beg of you.

I emailed Tom, the owner, about the possibility of boarding my dog here… wish I read previous Unilocal experiences before I wasted my time… I emailed asking about pricing, and normal questions related to boarding… We recently moved here from another state and am trying to find a clean and safe place I feel comfortable leaving my dog at while away. Apparently, asking questions about the facility and how it runs really threw him off guard. He was asking me appropriate questions, such as how is her temperament and if she has see a local vet. OUT OF NO WHERE Tom responds with, «Unfortunately, I have a funny feeling about this and cannot accept you as a client… I cannot put my finger on it, but I do not think our working relationship will work…» !!! OMGoodness… good thing for him that I LAUGHED reading this response… I read over all the quick emails we had exchanged and could NOT figure out why he said this! How inappropriate for him to be judging me and my dog. If ANYTHING, he should have asked for me to come in and meet before he decided to not allow me to board here!
There are a TON of boarding facilities in the area and he could only be lucky to have ANYONE’S business! He was totally rude, and when I called the office last night asking him to call me back so we could speak in person, to no surprise, he never returned my call, so that he could back up his inappropriate response. And, after having exchanged emails every few minutes, he all of the sudden was available via email… AGAIN, how unprofessional!
Today, I went in to ask him in person why he decided to ban me from his place. He refused to tell me why, other than he had a «funny feeling»!!! First, off, if he was weirded out why I ask if they temperament test their dogs, it should not have concerned him, as they should be doing that to each dog they accept anyway! And I asked that for the protection of my OWN dog, as I have no idea what kind of screenings they do on dogs… I own a $ 2000 show dog and he could only be so lucky to have me leave her there! He refused to answer my questions. So unprofessional, I cannot believe places like this are existing! The place was so run down and smelled of cigarette smoke. If ANYONE is leaving their dog there, please take a second thought! Seems very unsanitary and I would never trust my dog in the hands of a person like this!

Thank goodness this place has been shut down, if only temporarily, for having a dog die while in their hands. We used this place until our dog got kennel cough there and then found out that this occurs with regularity there. The owner is the grumpiest person you’ll encounter on any day that you go there. When you bring your dog in there or pick up your dog it can take 15 minutes while they «clean up» your dog from the overnight mess they get into. I’m not at all surprised to see that the Town of Weymouth has shut the place down saying it is not up to state standards, with feces, urine and other germy stuff all over the part of this kennel the customer never gets to see.
We switched over to Doggieritaville, much higher rater here on Unilocal,also in Weymouth and have been much happier as has our dog.

AVOID! I would not leave my pet rock in the hands of the people at the land of pawz… I used to have daily dog walks for my pug set up by them for a few months. A few times I came home and I noticed that my pup did his business on the front walkway as soon as I came home from work — which led me to believe walks I had paid for were not happening. When I called one evening to question this — I was told that my dog was overlooked and was in fact not walked that day… no apology. I contacted the owner and let him know that I was very disappointed in the lack of concern and professionalism by his «manager». He assured me that this would not happen again… but alas it did. I was not aware that there were any other dog walking services in my area at the time and thought that I was just going to have to deal with this horrible service. Then one day I got an email saying that my dog walks were being discontinued in one week due to them not offering the service any more — but I could have my dog in daycare with them… no thanks. The owner let us know that he would be happy to help me look for another dog walking service — I took him up on this offer, but big surprise… he never got back to me. Over our time with the land of paws there were some nice people who walked our pup — this is the only thing giving them even one star.

I have never written a bad review about anyone but be warned I’m about to do so now. I have boarded my dog here for daycare for about a month now and will never do so again. I only wish I knew something about this place before I tried it out. I have never had to get dog daycare but recently my hours at work have changed and I needed something so my dog could be happy. Big mistake.
Recently the owner who is actually not a very nice person, calls me at work just before 12:00pm, advising me that my dog has worms. He also informs me that he’s being isolated and that I need to pick him up immediately. Fine I understand that and I actually appreciated the call but was a bit confused on how he got the worms to begin. The owner was rather rude and just informed me that I had to pick him up «now». So I had to ask my boss to let me go so I could pick him up.
Upon arriving there I asked the owner if he had gotten a sample. He replied that he had. I also asked him if they had verified that the sample was from my dog. Which I did not get a response. Now at this point I’m just trying to figure out how my dog got worms. He’s never around other dogs except when he’s at the daycare. Now lately I’ve noticed a strong smell of urine coming off my dog when I pick him up. It’s so bad that I have to immediately bathe him when I get home. He’s even been occasionally wet underneath his body and it’s absolutely disgusting. Now I realize that dogs sometimes just stink, but I was starting to question there cleaning methods. So while I was picking my dog up because of the worms I asked the owner about there cleaning regimen. Almost immediately he went on the defensive and accused me of making accusations about his facility. I explained to him that I was only trying to figure out how he got worms since I watch him very closely at home. His reply to me was «well if you don’t like it you don’t have to bring your dog here.» I couldn’t believe it! This immediately made me question if they had issues like this before.
I got home and contacted my vet who immediately told me that they have had problems with that day care before. Apparently kennel cough, scabies and worms. I told him the story and informed him that they had given me a sample. He told me to discard it because there was no way to know if it really came from my dog. He then told me to get a fresh sample when the dog goes to the bathroom next. So about an hour or two later I get a sample and take it to my Vet. Guess what? No worms! He did however advise me to change daycare centers.
So I called around and found another one and explained my situation. Well apparently they knew about him and advised me that he’s had some history with some of there customers. So I asked around and sure enough this guy has all kinds of bad reviews and complaints against him. So I’m writing this review in hopes that someone might read this and rethink there dog staying there. Listen I understand that reviews can be bias but do yourself the favor and research this place out first. I know I wish I had!

I don’t know really how I should feel about Land Of Pawz.
I dropped my cairn terrier off for a week long stay. I did try and watch him several times on the camera. That never seemed to be working right. When I did finally get to see him on the camera. He was always laying in the cement and no one was paying any attention to him. I watched one day for an hour while on vacation on my laptop. It broke my heart. I watched two girls just constantly walk by dogs who were just begging for attention. They didn’t stop and give them a pat on the head or bend down and acknowledge the animals. They just walked around and sprayed off the pee/​poop off the cement with the hose.
I kept going back to see if this would ever change. I never saw it change. My dog was always in the corner on the cement all day looking sad. This is not my dogs behavior EVER!
The part that really pissed me off is when I got him home he had scabs all over his back! My dog had a horrible skin infection. He immediately got sick and had to be taken into emergency care and be put on some heavy duty antibiotics! I can’t imagine how my dog could ever have a skin infection… he’s never had one in his life! He’s 7 years old and healthy! I was upset… When I picked him up he smelled like urine. This is after I paid extra to have him bathed! He was bathed… and clean. but, he still smelled like urine.
The only reason I’m giving two stars is they were very nice on the phone and nice in person… I’m sure that deserves some sort of star. But, I will never be taking my dog back there… absolutely not!!!

I’ve boarded my dog Lucy, a 50-​lb. Shepherd mix, at Land of Pawz numerous times in the past 6 months, after receiving a glowing recommendation from a friend. She is well socialized, so she never has had a problem being in such a large group. And she is up to date on her vaccinations, so I don’t have to worry about any disease transmission.
The staff has always been great– often accomodating me at the last minute– and it’s obvious that they have bonded with Lucy (even giving her a nickname). Every drop-​off/​pick-​up has been quick and without incident, and the price can’t be beat.
The best part is that she can’t run in there fast enough when I drop her off, and she is always tired and happy when I return!

We boarded our 9 month old dog here last weekend. It was a last minute situation where the person who was set-​up to take her overnight fell through. I was really glad they could take her on such short notice; I woke up early to have to vaccinated for kennel cough and off she went. The place is clean enough and I didn’t notice anything particularly awful about it (e.g: I didn’t inspect or question their cleaning methods) but I’ll never bring my dog back.
My pup is a boxer and boxers, in particular, have a tough time in the heat despite their short coat. They’re not physically equipped to cool themselves off efficiently — overall, boxers are not good in extreme weather, period. This is an established fact for the breed. When we picked her up she had been outside playing, which is a good thing — except she was panting harder than I’d ever seen her and it took 25 minutes in blasting A/​C to get her to stop gasping for air and panting like a maniac (never seen her that bad, even when she’s sprinting around the park in the heat). Her veins were popping out and stayed like that for hours (that’s 100% dehydration!!! body builders don’t drink liquids leading up to a show to help make their veins pop out more. My dog is not a bodybuilder; please give her water.) and the inside of her normally light pink ears were *fire-​engine red* and really raw and irritated (looks like they got nibbled or rubbed on the ground). This was really disconcerting b/​c I would think the staff would know certain dogs like boxers, pugs, bulldogs, etc. have a strong sensitivity to really hot weather and adjust protocol for those dogs accordingly. She’s a puppy so she won’t stop playing unless you make her. My girl shouldn’t have gotten so hot and dehydrated: she should have been put out for maybe 30 minutes at a time then brought into a cooler, calmer environment with cold water to cool off. It seems like basic care for the breed but that definitely isn’t going on at Land of Pawz. If you’re going to host different breeds, you should understand some of the main issues that will probably pop up with them.
Also. The staff couldn’t seem less enthused if they tried. We walked in and two women were working — we really inconvenienced them by asking to take our dog home. Listen, I know any job, even one where you’re around cuties all day, gets tedious and old. And we all have bad days.
I’m sure my dog loved playing and running around but I’m afraid of what might have gone down had we not picked her up when we did. Between the totally blank affect of the employees, the «If your dog escapes out the door and dies on 3-​A, we’re not responsible» waiver, and the fact my dog was nearly ready to pass out from the heat, I’ll pay a few bucks more and go elsewhere. Really wanted to like this place, too, b/​c it’s such a convenient location.
PS: Her ears are fine (and a little damage from rough housing wouldn’t bother me — but all the issues together ticked me off). They went back to the normal color after a swim in the pool, some icey water and a nap in the cool house.

We have been sending our dog to day care at Land of Pawz for about a month now and have been very happy so far. He can’t wait to get in there when we drop him off and at the end of the day is exhausted. I love that I can see him on the web-​cam. He always looks like he’s having a ball and there is always a staff member out there hanging out with the pack. The web-​cam does not always work, but I have emailed with their tech contacts who explained that only 10 users can view the stream at once. If anyone else tries to view it, the picture freezes. He said they are working on updating the cameras. My only complaint is I wish the dogs had a softer surface to play on, running around all day on the asphalt & astro-​turf is really tough on their paws, his pads get really beat up.

An update: I was informed that the reason my dog might have been in a fight is because she had so much pain in her ear, that when the other dogs played with her it hurt her. Land of Pawz not only didn’t find the ear infection (hard to believe because she was scratching her ear like crazy), they blamed her for it and charged me!

I have a rescue dog that does not trust a soul! And I bring him to Land of Pawz three days a week. That says a lot.
He is sooo excited to go and the staff is super friendly. The owner’s desk is right inside the store so he’s usually always visible which is a comfort level to me.
By the time I pick my dog up, he’s happy, tired and exercised. Which is great because after a long day at work the last thing I’d want to do is a marathon walk with this guy. He literally falls asleep on the car ride home.
My favorite thing is the puppy cam on their website. You can check on your dog throughout the day and feel at ease that he’s safe and happy.
I pay $ 50 for 3 full days of daycare, that’s a few bucks less than having a dog walker come by your house to walk your dog for a half an hour which is totally worth it to me.

My dog has been going to Land of Pawz for daycare for over 1 ½ years. I can’t say enough about how great it’s been for both of us. The staff is great, and I know that they truly care about my dog. I always feel comfortable leaving him there, and he LOVES it.
I’m a bit peeved by some of the other reviews, one complaining about their dog contracting kennel cough. your dog should have been vaccinated! and the other about the dog scraping his nose while in his crate. Land of Pawz makes it very clear that they crate when a dog is boarded. If you know your dog doesn’t do well in crates, you shouldn’t board him there. That is the one and only reason i do not use Land of Pawz for overnight boarding.
My dog has come home with a few minor injuries, scrapes and scratches etc, which are to be expected when lots of large dogs are together and allowed to play. The staff has always taken great care to clean him up if necessary and let me know about any injuries.
My dog is my best buddy, and I highly recommend Land of Pawz!

My husband and I recently moved to the South Shore and have been taking my GSP pointer to Land of Pawz for the past few months when my husband is out of town for business (maybe 1 or 2 days per month) soley because it is the ONLY doggie daycare on the South Shore that is within a 15 mile radius of my house, NOT at all because I found the facility nice, clean or spacious, or the staff friendly, helpful or knowledgable. I recently found out that my dog is suddenly BANNED from doggie day care because he has too much energy and «does not stop running when told to stop» (yes, that is a quote). When I heard this I was completely confused because isn’t running and playing what the dogs are supposed to be doing when they go to dog day care? And when has «stop running» been a dog command that any dog listens to? I was also told that he is extremely «disrespectful» because he barks when in time-​out because he is running too much — he time-​out consists of putting him in a crate by himself while the other dogs play freely outside, wouldn’t most dogs bark to go out and play with their friends? As mentioned, I have taken him there several times before and never once was told this was a problem — when I mentioned this to the owner he said he found that hard to believe since he knew the dog was a problem since we first brought him there. When I told him I have watched the dogs on their webcam and my dog seemed to be playing like all the other dogs, he said «watching the webcam is like apples and oranges from the real life» — so why have the webcam? I also am midway through a pregnancy and asked them if possible if they could have my dog on his leash before handing him off to me and also if I could pay before they brought him up because when picking him up he is often so excited he jumps on me and I was afraid of being injured — although this seemed like something I should not even have to ask, and that the dog would naturally be on a leash before being handed off to the owner, I had to ask several times before they finally obliged. They often would bring him up with no leash to a half door that he could easily jump over, which he did regulary once he saw me on the other side and I would have to awkwardly try to grab onto his collar and then attach the leash. Our dog has gone to other doggie daycares in the past and has NEVER had even one complaint, in fact is often commented on what a great and playful dog he is. After this experience, I think this place prefers older or comatose dogs only. I could continue on and on for all the things wrong with this place and their entire lack of knowledge on how to handle or manage active breed dogs, but I would have to write a book. They truly deserve 0 stars, but the only reason I gave 1 star is becase they almost have a monopoly on doggie daycare on the South Shore and there are few or no other options available for most people.

Land of Pawz is the perfect puppy playground!
We got our little Boston Terrier about 6 mos ago, and quickly realized that the little guy had more energy in his left paw than both my fiancé and I have combined. We would come home from work and the dog would be practically crazed with energy. We, of course, just wanted to throw ourselves on the couch and stare at the TV!
Solution: The Land of Pawz. This is a great place to bring your dog, both large and small. They separate the dogs to ensure that the big dogs don’t trample the little ones. There’s a little «Munchkin» area for the little dogs and they all stay together.
Weather permitting, they bring the dogs outside to their big backyard playground and let them run freely (they are fenced in, of course). They have kiddie pools and toys and even have webcams so you can watch your dog play all day!
They also offer an overnight-​stay service, when you go out of town or on a trip. I brought my dog’s bed, toys and food and he got to spend the entire weekend playing with his puppy pals.
The staff there is incredibly nice and so friendly! They get to know each dog’s name and I feel so comfortable leaving my little guy in their care.
When I pick my dog up, he falls asleep as soon as he gets in the car! Finally, a relaxing evening after work.