Dog Walker Scheduling Software for Solo Walks, Group Walks and Regulars

Most of a dog walker’s week is the same as last week. The same dogs on the same days at roughly the same time. The problem is that this regularity lives in your head and in a paper diary, and a new enquiry means checking both and replying by message, usually in the evening when you would rather not.

With a booking page, your hours and your existing walks define the slots that are open. An owner sees them, picks one and books. If they want the same walk every week they set it to repeat, and the bookings are in your diary for every week ahead. Each is confirmed by email, each appears in your dashboard, and a slot that is booked is not shown to the next owner.

When a regular goes on holiday they pause the walks themselves. When they move the time, the change is in your diary. You stop being the person who has to remember, and the diary becomes something owners keep up to date for you.

List each kind of walk as a service with its own price and length: a 60-minute group walk, a 30-minute solo, a 60-minute solo, a puppy visit. Owners pick the one they want and see the price before they book.

Then add the two things that change the price. The first is the number of dogs from one home, where a second dog adds something but less than double and a third adds a little less again. The second is timing: early starts, late finishes, weekends and holidays. Each is a price variable set once, as a percentage, a fixed amount or a fixed price, and the owner sees the figure change as they choose.

For owners who want to commit, offer a package of walks at a package price from the same page. The result is that your pricing is written down once, applied the same way to everyone, and never needs explaining in a message at 10pm.

The information that matters on a walk is small but specific. Whether the dog can go off lead. Whether he is fine with other dogs or needs a solo. The thing he will try to eat. The gate code and where the lead hangs. The vet’s number. In most walking businesses this is scattered across message threads and remembered imperfectly.

When an owner books for the first time they fill in their dog’s profile. It is attached to every booking from that owner from then on, so when you open Tuesday’s walk you see the dog, not just the address. If you take on a second walker as a team member, they see the same profile, and the dog gets the same walk whoever has the lead.

Owners update the profile themselves when something changes, which is far more reliable than telling you at the door and hoping you remember it next week.

Many walkers also sit, board or offer a wash and dry, and the same booking page handles all of it. A home visit is a service with a duration. A sitting stay or a boarding stay is priced by the night. A groom is priced by size and coat. Each has its own price, length and hours, and the owner books whichever they need from one place.

Payments work the same way across all of them. Take a deposit or full payment at booking into your own Stripe account, or send an invoice at the end of the month. Online payments are on the paid plans, and the booking page, recurring bookings, pet profiles, quotes and invoices are on the free plan with no card.

After each walk or stay is marked complete, the owner is emailed a review request and can add a photo of their dog. Those reviews go on your reviews page and on your free hosted website, which is often the only website a dog walker needs.