Check them in.
Send them home tired.
Pet daycare software for groomers and multi-dog operators who actually run the floor.
A full daycare platform. Not a calendar with a daycare tab bolted on. Track 30 dogs across playgroups with capacity caps, log belongings and feeding schedules at check-in, send a real photo report card at pickup, and sell prepaid packages that auto-deduct. Built for grooming salons adding daycare and standalone daycare operators who need one tool that gets it.
Today
23 of 30 dogs
Capacity 77%
Playgroup
Big & Bouncy
8 of 10 dogs
How It Works
Playgroups, check-in, report cards, one place.
Built around how daycare actually runs. Not a calendar in disguise.
Build playgroups that actually mix.
Group dogs by size band, age range, and play style. Small & shy, big & bouncy, senior & gentle, evaluation. Each playgroup gets its own capacity cap and color. When a room hits its limit, new bookings flow to the waitlist or land in a compatible group. No more squeezing a 70-pound shepherd into a small-dog pen because the schedule said so.
Large · 1-5 yr
Small · all ages
All sizes · 8+ yr
Medium · 2-7 yr
First-day dogs
Size band, age range, play style. Capacity caps that hold the line.
Check-in that catches everything.
Scan or tap the dog in. Log the leash, the harness, the bag of treats, the medication. Note mood at drop-off. Snap a photo of the collar tag. Set today's feeding times and pill schedule. Confirm pickup contact and approved pickup people. Every detail attached to today's stay, owner-visible, and not living on a clipboard you'll lose by 2 PM.
½ cup Hill's Science Diet
Carprofen 25mg · with food
Belongings, meds, feeding, mood. Logged in under four minutes.
See the floor. Send the report.
Open the Today view. Twenty-three dogs in, six pending pickup, three on meds at 2 PM. Tap any dog for notes, photos, incidents, and feeding status in real time. At pickup, the day's photos, handler notes, behavior highlights, and incidents go out as one polished report card the owner gets by text or email before they pull into the parking lot.
Checked in
23
Pickup soon
6
Meds 2 PM
3
"Played hard with the big group. 4 photos, 2 handler notes, no incidents. Ate full lunch."
Live roster on top. Photo report card sent at pickup.
Sell the package. Bank the cash.
Pre-paid bundles built in. Starter 5 half-days, 10 half-day pack, 10 full-day pack, 20 full-day pack, Flex 8 mix-and-match. Visits auto-deduct from the right balance at check-out. Owners book online from your public daycare page, pick half-day or full-day, add a bath or extra walk, pay the deposit. Vaccines and signed agreements gate every booking on the way in.
Starter 5 Half-Days
5 visits · 18 active
10 Half-Day Pack
10 visits · 24 active
10 Full-Day Pack
10 visits · 22 active
Flex 8 (Mix & Match)
8 visits · 11 active
Auto-deduct at check-out · 0 manual entries
Prepaid bundles. Auto-deduct at check-out. Cash up front.
Key Features
Not a side feature.
A full daycare module.
Eight things daycare operators actually need. All on, all included.
Playgroup management
Build groups by size band, age range, and play style. Each playgroup gets its own room, color, capacity cap, and weekly schedule. Pause a group when a handler calls out.
Capacity caps & waitlist
Set a hard cap per playgroup and a daily total for the building. New bookings beyond the cap auto-route to the waitlist or a compatible group, with the front desk notified in one click.
Check-in & check-out
Log belongings, mood, photos, and emergency contacts at drop-off. Mark approved pickups, tip, balance owed, and report card status at the door. The whole day, one record.
Feeding & medication
Set per-dog feeding slots and medication times at check-in. Tasks appear on the staff timeline at the right hour and get checked off in the app. Nothing missed, nothing double-dosed.
Daily report cards
Photos, notes, behavior highlights, and any incidents bundled into one report sent to the owner at pickup by text or email. Owners stop calling to ask how the day went.
Prepaid packages
Sell 5, 10, or 20-visit bundles with expiration windows. Visits auto-deduct at check-out from the right balance. Half-day, full-day, or Flex 8 mix-and-match. Cash up front, fewer payment fumbles at the door.
Online daycare booking
A public booking page customers can hit from your website or Google profile. Pick half-day or full-day, add a bath or extra walk, pay a deposit, done. New customers route through a temperament evaluation first.
Vaccines & agreements
No current rabies on file, no booking. No signed daycare agreement, no booking. Talopet checks both before the slot is held and nudges the owner to upload missing documents with one tap.
Salons running daycare on Talopet check in 23 dogs in under 4 minutes. Average across 142 daycare locations.
Built for the Floor
Not a calendar with a daycare tab. A real daycare module.
Three things generic schedulers and bolt-on daycare tools won't do.
Daycare and grooming, one platform
Most salons run daycare on one tool and grooming on another. Talopet runs both off the same customer record, same pet profile, same calendar. A dog comes in for a bath after daycare, the bill is one transaction.
Grooming + daycare included
Unlimited staff, one price
Add every handler, every groomer, every front-desk person. Talopet does not charge per user. Other daycare platforms hit you with a fee per handler per month. The 12-person team and the 2-person team pay the same flat rate.
No per-handler fees
Packages and billing, built in
Prepaid bundles, deposit collection at booking, auto-deduct on check-out, package expiration tracking, failed-payment alerts. No separate billing tool, no exported CSVs, no math at the front desk.
Cash up front, automatic
Why Talopet
One price. Full daycare module included.
Generic daycare apps: Built for boarding kennels or training studios with daycare bolted on. No grooming integration, no breed-aware durations, and you pay per handler. Your bill grows every time you hire.
Spreadsheets and group texts: No capacity caps, no waitlist logic, no vaccine checks. By Wednesday, three handlers are working off different versions of the roster and someone's medication got skipped.
Talopet: Playgroups, capacity, check-in, belongings, feeding, meds, report cards, packages, online booking, vaccine and agreement gating. All included. Grooming runs on the same platform.
FAQ
Common questions about pet daycare software.
What does pet daycare software do?
Pet daycare software runs the operational side of a dog daycare. Capacity tracking by playgroup, check-in and check-out flows with belongings and mood, feeding and medication schedules, daily photo report cards sent to owners, prepaid package sales with auto-deduct on visits, online booking from a public page, and vaccine plus agreement gating. Talopet does all of it on one platform, alongside grooming if you run both.
How do playgroup capacity caps and auto-balancing work?
Each playgroup gets a size band (small, medium, large), an age range, play-style affinities, and a hard capacity cap. The Today view shows live counts per group. When a group hits its cap, new bookings route to the waitlist or to a compatible playgroup automatically, so a big-and-bouncy Golden does not end up in the small-and-shy room because the schedule said it was open.
What does the check-in and check-out flow capture?
At check-in, staff log belongings (leash, harness, treat bag, blanket), mood, today's feeding slots, medication times, approved pickup contacts, and a photo if you want one. At check-out, the system surfaces balance owed, package visits to deduct, tip prompt, report-card status, and any incidents from the day. Average check-in time on Talopet is under four minutes per dog.
What do the daily report cards look like and how do owners get them?
The report card bundles every photo taken that day, handler notes, behavior highlights, feeding and medication confirmations, and any logged incidents into one polished message. Owners receive it by text or email at pickup, automatically. No more 'how was Bella's day?' questions at the door. Owners can also pull up past reports from their profile.
How do prepaid packages and billing work?
Sell 5, 10, or 20-visit packages for half-days, full-days, or Flex 8 mix-and-match bundles. Packages have an expiration window you set (90, 180, 365 days, or none). At check-out, the right visit type auto-deducts from the owner's balance. Failed payments and unused-credit balances show up on the dashboard so the front desk catches them before they pile up.
Does Talopet block bookings when vaccines or agreements are missing?
Yes. Pet daycare software needs to enforce this or it is a liability. Talopet checks for a current rabies record and a signed daycare agreement before any booking confirms. Missing either, the owner gets a one-tap upload request and the slot does not hold until the file is on record. New customers are gated through a temperament evaluation first.
What does pricing look like, and how does daycare work with grooming?
One flat monthly price. Unlimited staff, unlimited handlers, unlimited groomers. No per-user fees, no per-pet fees, no daycare-add-on tier. If you already run grooming on Talopet, daycare turns on in your account with no new login and no separate billing. Customer records, pet profiles, vaccines, and agreements are shared across both.
Works with everything else in Talopet.
Daycare is one module. Here's what else is included.
The whiteboard roster
is done.
Real playgroups, real capacity caps, real check-in, real report cards. Pet daycare software built for groomers and operators who run the floor.