Can I require full payment at the time of booking?

Yes. All sitting bookings require confirmed Stripe payment before the booking is confirmed. Slots are not reserved by enquiry alone.

Can I capture a dog's health and care information before accepting a booking?

Yes. The registration form collects all health, medication, feeding, and behavioural information. You can review this before confirming the first booking.

Can I set a cancellation policy that auto-applies on refunds?

Yes. Define your cancellation terms (e.g. full refund 7+ days, 50% within 7 days, no refund within 48 hours). Stripe applies the policy automatically on every cancellation.

Can I manage overnight, weekend, and house-sitting as separate services?

Yes. Each service type has its own price, duration, availability, and calendar. All appear in your unified admin view.

Can I take regular clients on a monthly plan for recurring visits?

Yes. Monthly home visit plans are billed automatically via Stripe. Clients book their individual visit slots against their monthly plan credits.

Can I handle long holiday bookings separately with their own pricing?

Yes. Extended holiday care (7+ days) is its own service type with per-night pricing and a date-range booking. The full amount is calculated and charged at booking.

Can clients see their booking history and upcoming sits from a portal?

Yes. The client portal shows every upcoming and past booking, payment history, and their dog's profile — without needing to contact you.

Pet Care Software

Dog Sitting Software

Dog sitting software manages bookings, billing, client communication, and pet profiles for dog sitters offering home visits, overnight stays, house sitting, and long-term boarding. Bizzly requires full confirmed payment at the time of booking — no casual reservations, no deposits with balance later — so every dog on your calendar is financially committed before you lift a dog bowl.

15 min setup — no developer needed

Stripe payments built in

14-day free trial, no card required

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What is Dog Sitting Software?

Dog sitting software handles the business side of professional dog sitting: online bookings, upfront Stripe payments, pet profiles with health and emergency contact details, and automated client reminders.

✓ Online booking for home visits, overnight, and extended stays
✓ Full upfront payment required at booking via Stripe
✓ Complete dog profiles including vet, health, and care notes
✓ Automatic WhatsApp reminders before every sitting session
✓ Client portal for self-service booking and history viewing

For pet sitters running a professional service, software removes the last-minute cancellations from unconfirmed bookings and replaces cash collection with reliable Stripe payments.

The problems dog sitting software solves

Manual workarounds that cost pet care businesses hours every week.

Clients booking a sitting slot without confirming payment

An informal "I'll book you for the 14th" costs you other bookings during that period. Bizzly requires full payment at booking — the slot is secured only when payment is confirmed.

Managing 15 regular sitting clients with no shared system

Client contact details, booking history, dog health notes, and payment records across WhatsApp threads and memory is unsustainable. A CRM centralises everything.

No record of a dog's medication routine before an overnight stay

A dog needing twice-daily medication, a specific diet, or separation anxiety support should have that documented before you accept them. A pet profile captures it all at registration.

Last-minute cancellations on long holiday sitting bookings

A 10-day Christmas house-sitting booking cancelled 5 days before costs you the most lucrative period of your year. A clear cancellation policy enforced at payment protects you.

How Bizzly works

From sign-up to your first paid booking in under 15 minutes.

Choose your industry Launch Pack

Pick the pre-configured template for your industry. Subscription plans, booking calendar, and Stripe payments are already set up, just add your services and rates.

Customer pays first, then books

A customer subscribes or buys a session pack. Stripe processes the payment. Bizzly creates their quota. They can now book sessions up to their limit.

Calendar enforces quota automatically

The booking calendar only shows slots to customers who have available quota. No double-bookings, no unpaid slots, no manual checking, the system handles it.

The Solution

How Bizzly handles dog sitting software

Purpose-built features for pet care businesses — not bolted-on workarounds.

Online booking for all sitting service types

Home visits, overnight stays, weekend sitting, house sitting, and extended holiday care — each a separate service with its own pricing, duration, and availability calendar.

All sitting services in one system

Full upfront payment via Stripe

Payment is confirmed at the point of booking. No deposits, no balances to chase later. Long holiday bookings can be paid in full upfront with automatic refund handling per your cancellation policy.

Secured bookings with Stripe

Dog health and care profiles

Each dog's profile captures breed, age, health conditions, medication schedules, feeding instructions, vet details, emergency contacts, and any behavioural notes.

Complete dog care profiles

Cancellation policy enforcement

Set a cancellation policy (e.g. full refund 7+ days, 50% within 7 days, no refund within 48 hours). Applied automatically by Stripe on all cancellations. No awkward conversations.

Automatic cancellation policy

Real-world use cases

How dog sitting software works in practice.

Use case 1

Christmas house-sitting fully booked in advance

Holiday sitting opens for December bookings in October. Owners book and pay in full from the portal. All 2-week slots are confirmed and paid before November. Maximum peak earnings, zero last-minute cancellations.

Use case 2

Regular weeknight home visits on a monthly plan

A client works late 3 evenings a week. £60/month covers three 30-minute evening visits. Stripe renews monthly, client books from the portal, the visits appear in your calendar automatically.

Use case 3

New dog joining for overnight sitting

Owner registers their dog online: health conditions, medications, feeding schedule, vet contact, emergency numbers. Pays for their first overnight booking. Dog profile complete before the first booking.

Use case 4

Weekend away booking with deposit structure

A 3-night weekend sitting at £40/night. Full £120 charged at booking via Stripe. Cancellation 48+ hours = 50% refund. Within 48 hours = no refund. Policy enforced automatically.

Dog Sitting Software — how Bizzly compares

Feature	Wix	WordPress + plugins	Calendly + Stripe	Gingr	Bizzly
Subscription / session packs		Plugins needed			Automated
Quota-enforced booking				Limited	Built-in
Custom website included		Build yourself			Included
WhatsApp AI agent					Included
Client / pet profile CRM	Basic	Plugins needed	Basic		Full CRM
Vaccination / notes tracking					Built-in
Setup time	Days	Weeks	Hours	Days	15 minutes