Best of Boston

Walk your pooch within a block of any Polkadog location, and you’re guaranteed to feel a sharp jerk on the leash pulling you toward the [...] read more»

Catering to the "thoughtful pet owner" this colorful store functions more like a community hub for animals and their devoted humans than a place to [...] read more»

Pearl, a malnourished rescue mutt, was the inspiration for this Boston-based canine bakery that started in the small kitchen of dog lovers. Made from locally [...] read more»

You’ll always find a parade of eager pooches dragging their owners with Pavlovian precision to Polka Dog’s South End flagship for pig ears, chicken jerky, [...] read more»

We'll cop to ordering kibble in bulk and rolls of doggy bags online, but when we want to reward our most loyal friends, we load [...] read more»

Linda Katz and crew have been pampering four-legged friends on the North Shore for more than 20 years. And when we say pampering, we mean [...] read more»

There's no place like home, especially for a pet. But when a kennel stay is inevitable, Land of Pawz in North Weymouth is a close [...] read more»

The trash bin at the Shawmut-Milford intersection brims with the other kind of doggie bag, the calling cards of tail-wagging patrons who find plenty of [...] read more»

Puffy's not the best shopping companion: drooling on merchandise, constantly demanding attention, invading strangers' personal space. Any place that overlooks —welcomes, even—such unseemly habits scores [...] read more»