The notebook holds until the first holiday weekend
A boarding business manages three interlocking flows: stays (booked, in progress, upcoming), kennels (who's housing whom, until when), and the animals themselves (feeding habits, treatments, vaccinations, owner and vet contacts). The notebook and the whiteboard survive the winter — then come school holidays: overlapping bookings, a kennel promised twice, a vaccination record buried in a folder exactly when it must be checked.
The sector's specialised software exists and is good — but built for established facilities, with booking portals, integrated payments and monthly pricing that weighs on a small ten-or-fifteen-kennel operation.
Your kennel, described then generated
Describe how you work: “We run a twelve-kennel dog boarding and an eight-place cattery. Each stay concerns an owner's animal, with arrival and departure dates, an assigned kennel, a status: booked, arrived, departed, cancelled. Each animal has care notes (feeding, treatments) and vaccination dates. I want today's arrivals and departures, the week's occupancy and vaccinations expiring soon.”
The generated application structures that register: animals linked to owners, stays with statuses linked to kennels, care notes on each animal's record — and a dashboard answering the morning questions: who arrives, who leaves, what's free.
- Animal records: care notes, treatments, vaccination dates, vet
- Owner records with their animals and stay history
- Stays: dates, kennel, status (booked, arrived, departed, cancelled)
- Kennel occupancy by period
- Dashboard: today's arrivals/departures, occupancy, expiring vaccinations
The animal record, the heart of trust
What reassures an owner leaving their animal is precision: the three evening kibbles, the 6 pm treatment, the vet's number — noted once, found again at every stay. With a structured animal record and a stay history, the kennel capitalises on every visit instead of asking again each time.
Vaccination dates are fields on the record: the dashboard computes near deadlines directly on the database — no folder to dig through at check-in. The application ships with realistic demo data (animals, stays, varied occupancy) to evaluate immediately.
An owned register, at small-structure cost
The Discovery plan (€0) generates the first application; Pro (€25/month) and Max (€149/month) are for iterating, with the cost shown before each generation — no pricing sized for a boarding chain.
And the register belongs to the kennel: code ZIP export, GitHub push, free hosting or the included dedicated URL. Your client base and stay history remain a company asset, transferable with it.
Typical generated entities
- Animal
- Owner
- Stay
- Kennel
- Care note
Generated screens
- Today's arrivals and departures
- Kennel occupancy by period
- Animal record: care notes, vaccinations, history
- Owner record: animals and stays
- Boarding dashboard
Dashboard indicators
- Today's arrivals / departures
- This week's occupancy rate
- Vaccinations expiring within 30 days
- Stays this month by type (dog / cat)
Frequently asked questions — pet boarding
Can clients book online themselves?
The generated application is the kennel's internal tool: you enter bookings received (phone, e-mail). Since the code is exportable and standard, a developer can add an online request form if your volume justifies it.
Does the application send automatic reminders (arrivals, vaccinations)?
No — no automatic sending. However, the dashboard permanently computes deadlines on the database: today's arrivals, vaccinations expiring within 30 days. You contact clients yourself, with the right information in front of you.
Can we manage dogs and cats with different rules?
Yes: describe your accommodation types (dog kennels, cattery, distinct rates and capacities) and the generated structure reflects them, with matching filters and counts.
How do we avoid double-booking a kennel?
The register is central and unique: a kennel's stays appear on its per-period view, and the week's occupancy reads at a glance before confirming a booking.
Does the application handle payments?
It tracks what you describe — amounts and payment statuses (deposit, settled) — and tells you what to collect. Compliant invoicing and online payment remain dedicated tools' business.