Pet boarding software for boarding, daycare and grooming

One system for three kinds of booking

Boarding, daycare and grooming count time differently, and software that forces them into one shape causes trouble. In Dogly, boarding is booked and priced per night, daycare per day (full and half day are separate services), and grooming per appointment in a time slot you create. They sit in the same calendar, colour-coded, and use the same customer and dog records, so a regular who boards, comes in on Fridays and gets a bath is one profile.

• Boarding: per night
• Daycare: per day, full or half
• Grooming: per appointment, in a time slot
• One calendar, one customer record

How capacity is shared

Boarding and daycare draw from the same capacity number by default, which suits a kennel where the same staff and space serve both. If your daycare room is separate, switch on capacity pools and give each its own number. Grooming is separate already, because it uses time slots, not nights. You can close a date or set a different capacity for it at any time. A small kennel that also grooms usually finds this natural: the dogs are the same, the staff overlap, and only the clock differs. A larger operation with a separate daycare building should switch on pools early, before the first busy weekend, so the numbers match reality.

• Shared capacity by default
• Optional separate pools
• Closed days for all services
• Grooming slots independent of kennel capacity

Customers who book without calling

Customers sign up on your site with email or Google, add their dogs, and see prices and open dates before they log in. They pick a service and dates, accept your waiver, and pay by card, Interac e-Transfer or in person. A past stay can be the starting point for a new one, and customers can cancel within your cutoff. If a boarding or daycare date is full, they can join a waitlist. They can also message you and leave a review.

• Email, password or Google sign-in
• Multiple dogs in one booking
• Waitlist for full boarding and daycare dates
• Reviews you approve before they show

The prices you need

Boarding and daycare support holiday surcharges that repeat yearly, a size surcharge, a long-stay discount for boarding and a second-dog discount. Add-ons are a flat price per booking, and you can offer them with grooming too. Packages such as a 10-day pass and deposits are available but off until you switch them on. Deposits apply to card bookings.

• Holiday and peak pricing
• Add-ons per booking
• Packages that customers buy by card
• One tax rate, CAD or USD

Daily running

Today's view shows who is arriving, in the building and leaving. Each dog has temperament notes and a colour flag, feeding, medication, vet and emergency contacts. Staff keep a care checklist per stay, post photo updates to owners, and print run cards, pet cards, and day and week schedules. Emails go out for confirmations and reminders, and you can edit the wording of several of them. The care log is where boarding and daycare differ from grooming most. Feeding times, medication and play notes are written per stay, and a photo update sent to the owner is a small thing that customers remember. Grooming appointments are shorter, so the notes live mostly on the dog's profile.

Things to confirm before you start

Check that the way you work fits. Repeat bookings are optional and limited to 12 visits at a time. If you have several locations, Dogly labels services by location and lets customers filter by location when booking, and your dashboard can show Today, the calendar, bookings and reports one location at a time. Capacity is shared across the whole business, and there is one website.

Cost and trial

It costs $75 CAD a month, or $750 CAD a year. Every feature is included in one plan. The 30-day trial needs no card, and comes with sample dogs and customers you can clear in one click. Because Dogly is a single plan with no per-location, per-staff or per-dog fees, adding a service to the mix does not change what you pay. That removes one common reason small kennels hold back from selling daycare or grooming.