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Booking software for dog boarding
Simple Dog Boarding Booking Software
Dog boarding requests usually need more than a date. You need to know the dog, the stay length, care notes and whether you have space before saying yes. SitPup gives small boarding businesses a booking flow for that exact request.
- Customers request boarding dates online
- Dog details and client notes stay with the request
- Availability is easier to check
- No commission on direct bookings
- 0%
- commission on direct bookings
- 8
- languages for your booking page
- Free
- plan to start with
- 24/7
- requests, even while you work
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Clients send stay dates and dog details together
A dog boarding request can start on Instagram, continue by phone, and end with dates scribbled in a note. That works until one detail goes missing or two stays overlap. With SitPup, a client chooses the service, selects dates, adds the dog's details, and sends one request for you to review.
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What's actually included
The day-to-day pieces of taking boarding requests:
Availability
See what's already booked before you accept anything new.
Requests & manual bookings
Review online requests, or add a phone booking yourself.
Gallery, profile & notifications
Photos, your story, and an alert the moment a request lands.
Invoicing
Send an invoice from any confirmed booking and track whether it has been paid.
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Use a booking page, a website widget, or both
If you do not have a website, you get a hosted page at your own address, like yourkennel.sitpup.com, with your photos, services and prices, ready to take requests. If you do have one, the widget puts the same booking form behind a button on your site. Neither costs extra on the Free plan, so plenty of small boarding businesses start with the page and add the widget later.
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How space limits are handled
Each boarding service has its own capacity, whether that's a single dog per stay or several at once if you board more than one dog at a time. Once a date is fully booked for a service, SitPup stops accepting new requests for it instead of letting stays silently overlap.
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Why not a general scheduling tool
Calendly-style tools are good at booking appointments. A boarding stay is different: it runs for days and occupies a space the whole time. SitPup treats the stay as a date range with dog details and a capacity limit, so you are not forcing boarding into a meeting format.
Boarding templates ready
Overnight stays, daycare and drop-in visits are ready to switch on, so you're not building a service type from scratch.
Dog details in every request
Breed, age, weight and behaviour notes are collected before you have to say yes or no.
Multi-night stays
A stay blocks the days it actually runs, priced by night, with a capacity limit and a minimum-nights rule if you set one.
Boarding rate rules
Weekend rates, seasonal pricing and different rates per dog size or type are available in the settings.
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See the dog, dates and notes before you answer
The dates, the dog and the notes are on the same request, and your calendar shows what is already booked before you reply. Requests come from your page or your own site, and SitPup does not add anything on top of what you charge.
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Use it on your own website
If your boarding business already has a site, the booking button can live right inside it, near your services or prices, instead of sending people off to another platform to make a request.
Add the booking button
Embed the button near services, prices or contact information.
Pet Booking WidgetFree plan for getting started
The Free plan includes the online page, booking widget, calendar and availability, 5 bookings per month, 3 gallery photos and the mobile app.
- Free plan available
- No commission on bookings
- Paid plans increase limits and add profile features
See the booking flow before you set it up
Example booking page:
Open example pageAlready have a website? Add this booking button:
No credit card required. Sign up for free.
FAQ
What is dog boarding booking software?
It helps boarding businesses collect stay dates, dog details and client contact information online.
Is SitPup suitable for a small dog boarding business?
Yes, and it scales with you: home boarding and independent boarders use it, and so do hotels running several stays at once, since capacity is set per service.
Can customers request boarding dates online?
Customers choose dates and send a booking request online.
Can I add SitPup to my existing website?
Yes, if your website allows embed code, you can use the booking widget.
Is SitPup suitable for home boarding?
Yes, and the same setup covers larger operations, since you set the capacity per service.
Does SitPup charge commission?
SitPup does not charge commission on bookings.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The booking page, widget and calendar are included; check the pricing page for the current monthly limits.
How is SitPup different from Calendly or other scheduling tools?
Calendly books appointment slots. A boarding stay blocks a space for several days and needs the dog's details attached to the request. SitPup handles capacity per service, per-night pricing and a form that asks for breed, age and behaviour notes.
Can I use a general booking app like Calendly for dog boarding?
You can take an appointment with one, but boarding needs things a meeting scheduler doesn't track: a stay that occupies a space for several days straight, how many dogs you can hold at once, and the dog's own details. SitPup has those pieces ready; with a general scheduler you'd build them yourself.
How long does it take to set up?
Most of it is entering your real services. Switch on the pet types you accept, set prices and capacity per service, then add your weekly availability. There is nothing to install, and the only code involved is the optional two-line widget snippet.
Do I need a website to take boarding requests?
No. Your SitPup booking page works on its own, and the widget is only for adding the same form to a site you already have.
Can I limit how many dogs I take at once?
Yes, you set a capacity per service, and SitPup stops taking new requests once that limit is reached for a given date.
Can I manage requests from my phone?
Yes, the dashboard works through the SitPup mobile app, so you can review and confirm a stay without being at a computer.
Do real dog boarding businesses use SitPup?
Yes, 100+ pet care businesses, including dog boarders, already run bookings through SitPup. The feedback we hear most: setup is quick, and requests arrive with fewer missing details.
Take boarding requests without the guesswork
Set a capacity for each service and let clients send stay dates with the dog details attached, so you can see what is already booked before you confirm.