Software for · dog boarding & daycare
Bookings that know how many dogs fit.
Software for dog boarding & daycare — the short version
Dog boarding and daycare businesses need booking software that understands capacity, per-dog pricing, temperament and vaccination records — not a generic appointment calendar. GSUK builds these bespoke for UK kennels, daycare and pet businesses, with deposits taken online and the paperwork attached to the dog rather than the owner.
What tends to go wrong
- Capacity is a judgement call — a booking system that counts slots rather than dogs and pens gets it wrong.
- Vaccination certificates expire, and chasing them is manual.
- Peak weeks fill by phone while the website says 'contact us'.
- Multi-dog households, part days, half days and late collections all price differently.
- Behaviour and medical notes need to be to hand for whoever is on shift.
What most firms run today
Paper diaries, general appointment-booking tools, or pet-specific SaaS priced per booking. The general tools model a person booking a slot, which is the wrong model when the constraint is kennel space and dog compatibility.
Where it falls short
- Real capacity — pens, sizes, group compatibility, staffing ratios.
- Vaccination expiry that blocks a booking automatically rather than being spotted on arrival.
- Per-dog and multi-dog pricing, part days and add-ons.
- A dog record, not just an owner record.
What we'd build
Online booking with real capacity checks, deposits via Stripe, dog profiles carrying vaccinations, medication, feeding and behaviour notes, automatic reminders before a stay, and a day-view for staff on shift.
Proof
Live sites and systems in this sector.
Every one is a live URL you can visit, not a concept.
Questions
Asked by dog boarding & daycare.
Who builds booking systems for dog boarding businesses?
GSUK does — The Pawsome Hotel runs on a website, booking system and admin system we built and host. The hard part is capacity and vaccination rules, not the calendar.
Can it stop a booking when vaccinations have lapsed?
Yes. Vaccination expiry dates sit on the dog's record and can block or flag a booking automatically, which is considerably better than discovering it at drop-off.
Does it handle daycare and overnight boarding together?
Yes, and the mix is common — they consume the same capacity in different ways, so modelling both properly is part of the scope.
Tell us how your week actually runs.
Including the parts that annoy you. That conversation is the whole scoping exercise, and it costs nothing.
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