Dog boarding software for small kennels and home-based boarders
A small boarding business has the same promises to keep as a big one: the right food, the right medication, current vaccines, a photo for the worried owner, and no double-booked bed. Animal Friends OS gives a small operator the kennel or suite grid, check-in flow, feeding and medication logs, daily photo updates and online booking with deposits, in one flat-priced plan. Animal Friends OS is $69, $109 or $169 a month (month to month), plus a one-time $49 activation fee that covers carrier registration for texting and moving your existing clients and pets across. Every core feature is in every plan, with a 14-day free trial and no card required.
Fewer tabs, fewer mistakes.
Whether you board eight dogs in your home or forty in a building, the work is the same: know who is arriving, what they eat, what they take, and who they are allowed to go home with. Here is how Animal Friends OS covers it.
Suite and kennel grid
See every kennel or suite and its occupancy for any date range. Move a pet in a couple of clicks.
Check-in that catches problems
Verify vaccinations, confirm feeding instructions and emergency contacts and assign the space on one screen, with alerts when vaccines are expired or missing.
Feeding and medication
Per-pet feeding instructions with portions and times, plus medication logged with dose and time so there is a record.
Updates owners love
Send text or email updates with photos during the stay. Owners get a text when their pet is checked in and ready for pickup.
Online booking and deposits
Clients request a stay on your booking page and pay a deposit. Holiday and closure dates stop new bookings.
Late-checkout fees
Set a flat fee and grace period and it bills itself as its own invoice line.
The paper you already use, printed from the system.
Kennel run cards put feeding, medication and notes for each pet on a printable card. A capacity dashboard shows current occupancy, arrivals and departures and availability for the next 30 days, so you can say yes to a holiday request with confidence.
Honest fit check.
Animal Friends OS is a paid product: $69, $109 or $169 a month plus a one-time $49 activation, with a 14-day free trial and no card required. It is not a free plan. If you only board a few dogs a month and a spreadsheet works, you may not need it yet; if you are losing time to texts, double bookings or chasing deposits, a trial is the way to find out.
Starter includes 3 staff logins, which covers most small shops. Photo storage on Starter is capped at 100 sample photos after the trial; Professional and Premium are unlimited.
Add daycare, grooming or a second location when you are ready.
Because boarding is one module in an all-in-one system, adding daycare or grooming later does not mean a new program or a new client list. Extra locations are billed on graduated tiers with the first included.
Questions owners ask
Is Animal Friends OS good for home-based dog boarding?
It handles the parts home boarders need: a space grid, check-in, feeding and medication logs, photo updates, vaccine alerts and online booking with deposits. It is a paid, flat-priced plan with a 14-day free trial.
How much does boarding software cost here?
Animal Friends OS is $69, $109 or $169 a month (month to month), plus a one-time $49 activation fee that covers carrier registration for texting and moving your existing clients and pets across. Every core feature is in every plan, with a 14-day free trial and no card required.
Can clients book and pay a deposit online?
Yes. Clients can request a stay on your booking page and pay a deposit, and you can close holiday dates so new bookings are refused.
Does it track feeding and medication?
Yes. Each pet has feeding instructions with portion sizes and meal times, and medications are logged with dose and time.
Can I send photo updates to owners?
Yes, by text or email during the stay. Starter caps stored photos at 100 after the trial; Professional and Premium are unlimited.
Does it charge extra nights automatically?
Not yet. There is no automatic nightly charge for a stay that runs long, so you add the extra night by hand. Late-checkout fees are automatic.
See it with your own clients.
14-day free trial, no credit card, the full product. Or book a demo and we will walk you through it.