The Common Dog – Boston's Premiere Doggie Daycare and Salon

The Common Dog provides convenience and peace of mind to pet owners through superior service, exceptional care, and products of the highest quality while providing dogs and dog owners with a variety of fun, social, clean, safe, and comfortable alternatives to kennel boarding and lonely days at home.

In The News
Articles written about The Common Dog.

Our Mission
Why we do it!

Business Opportunities
You too can have your own Doggie Daycare!

Help Wanted
Jobs available at The Common Dog.

About Chris Murphy

Chris has worked with dogs for the past fifteen years in many capacities. He is a graduate of the Department Of Defense Dog School in San Antonio Texas, where he specialized in explosive and narcotic detection with canine partners. He has taken his knowledge and love of dogs into civilian life as a companion dog trainer, completing an internship with Ms. Jean Deal of American Dog Training in Vincentown NJ. Upon relocating to Massachusetts he established Commonwealth Dog Training Inc. a dog training and behavior company. The growth of his training company and the large number of owners seeking individual care for their pets led to his entry into the world of doggie daycare. Chris’s company, The Common Dog has become one of the most widely recognized doggie daycare and Bed and Breakfasts in the country.

Chris’s success in the Doggie Daycare industry has brought him recognition on several levels, including being spotlighted as “An SBA Success Story for Profitability”. Chris has been featured on The Animal planet, Dateline NBC, Nickelodeon Television, People Magazine and many other television and print publications. Chris can also be seen giving seminars to people interested in entering the specialized pet care industry.

Education:

• Department Of Defense Dog Schools, San Antonio TX.
• Internship American Dog Training Vincentown NJ.
• Master dog trainer and behavior course, Burlington MA.
• Bachelor of Science degree Western New England College

Media credits:

• Animal Planet television (two separate appearances)
• Nickelodeon television
• Dateline NBC television spot
• Chronicle television spot
• The Improper Bostonian
• Tufts University Veterinary Medicine newsletter
• Numerous local television shows and publications
• Fox Television spot
• PBS Television
• People Magazine
• Mother Jones Magazine
• Maxim Magazine
• Yankee Magazine
• Boston magazine

See our In The News page for links to some of these articles.