New clients arrive as messages
A DM asks if you have room on Tuesdays. Before you can say yes you need the dog’s temperament, vet, recall and access details, collected over five more messages.
Dog walkers & groomers / Booking & payments
Know every dog.
Fill every walk.
Dog walking runs on trust and routine: the right dogs together, keys and gate codes in the right hands, and regular walks paid for without awkward reminders. We set up booking and payments that handle those details, so the diary looks after itself.
Get a booking setup quoteWhere the time goes
Dog walkers & groomersRegulars pay at different times
Some pay weekly, some by transfer at month end, some only when reminded. Matching transfers to walks takes an evening a week.
Group walks have hard limits
Council limits, van space and which dogs get along all decide who can join a walk. A generic calendar doesn’t know any of that.
What gets set up for a dog business
- 01A dog intake form: breed, temperament, vet, medical notes, recall and photos
- 02Approval before first booking, so you choose which households suit you
- 03Walk packs or prepaid credits for regular clients
- 04Group capacity per walk, with solo walks and drop-ins as separate services
- 05Key, gate code and pickup notes stored with the household, not in your phone
- 06Reminders the day before, and a cancellation window you choose
Platforms we’d consider
Chosen to suit you, not a fixed favouritePet business software
Tools made for pet services, such as Time To Pet or Revelation Pets, already understand dogs, households and walk packs. Usually the best fit once you have a team or a long client list.
Square Appointments
Simple and inexpensive for groomers and solo walkers with fixed services and card payments on the day.
A custom portal
When approval, credits and capacity rules matter more than any off-the-shelf tool allows. Good Walks is an example.
Platform subscriptions and payment fees are paid directly by you. We compare the expected costs before recommending one.
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Good Walks
Good Walks, Good Dogs.
For a small service business, the website is only the beginning. Tanya needed a clear way to explain her service, get to know each dog, approve suitable households and manage the practical details of collection, bookings and payments without losing the personal relationship.
- Client accounts, dog intake and approval workflow
- Client diary with booking, household details and walk history
- Management dashboard for sessions, households and booking review
Pricing
AUD, plus GSTFrom $1,800
Booking setup on an existing platform. A custom portal is scoped after a paid discovery session.
Compare booking optionsQuestions
Dog walkers & groomersCan clients book group walks themselves?
Yes, within the limits you set. Each walk can have a capacity, and new households can be held for your approval before they can book at all.
Can I sell walk packs?
Most pet-specific platforms support packs or prepaid credits. If yours doesn’t, we’ll show you the closest option or how a custom portal would handle it.
What about groomers who need deposits?
Deposits or a saved card at booking are standard on the platforms we use for grooming, and they make a real difference to no-shows.
Do I need a website as well?
Not necessarily. If you have one, booking connects to it. If you don’t, the Booking website option builds a five-page site around booking.
Further reading
ArticlesBusiness owners / 4 min read
Choosing a booking platform: the questions to ask first
How to choose online booking software for a small service business: the questions that matter more than features, common platforms by industry, and when to go custom.
Read the article Owners & designers / 6 min readFree and almost-free backends for small business websites
Practical ways to give a small business website forms, a database, bookings, payments and automations for little or no monthly cost, and where each one breaks.
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Fixed quote / No obligationTell us how clients book and pay now. Erik will reply personally with a recommendation and a fixed quote for the setup.
Booking setup starts from $1,800 + GST. Platform and payment fees are paid directly by you, and we’ll show the expected costs before we choose.