For boarding
Dog boarding software that thinks in nights.
Most pet-care software is built around visits — a thirty-minute slot on a Tuesday. Boarding isn't a visit. Nuzzo prices and schedules stays by the night, from drop-off to pickup, lets clients request their own dates, and invoices the whole stay as one line. Flat pricing — $29/mo on your own, $79/mo for a team of up to five.
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What clients see when they request a stay
They pick drop-off and pickup on your booking page and see the nights and an estimated total, extra-pet rate included, before they send it. Nothing is booked until you confirm.
Service
Dates
3 nights · $285.00 estimated
2 pets · $95.00/night (+$35.00 per extra pet)
Watch a boarding holiday rush in 60 seconds
Stay requests with dates and totals, agreements signed while booking, vaccination records kept current, and holiday rates added to each night.
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Nuzzo fits if…
- You charge per night and want that priced automatically.
- You want clients requesting their own dates instead of texting you.
- You also do walks, drop-ins or grooming and want them in one calendar.
- You work alone or with a team of up to five, and don't want a per-seat bill.
- Your bottleneck is scheduling, billing and keeping owners updated — not managing a building.
Use something else if…
- You have a building with runs or suites that need assigning.
- You need occupancy and capacity management.
- You need feeding and medication boards for staff shifts.
- You run boarding, daycare and grooming across a whole facility.
That's kennel software — Gingr or PetExec. We compare them here, honestly, including where we don't compete.
Why visit-based software breaks on boarding
Software built around dog walking thinks in visits — a thirty-minute slot on a Tuesday. Boarding doesn't work that way, and the mismatch shows up fast:
A five-night stay becomes five separate bookings
One stay, from drop-off to pickup, priced across the nights between them.
Pricing is per visit, so you do the multiplication by hand
Set a nightly rate once. The total is calculated from the dates, every time.
Clients text you asking 'do you have the 14th to the 20th free?'
They pick drop-off and pickup themselves and see the nights and estimated total before they send it. You confirm the exact dates before anything is scheduled.
Invoicing a long stay means adding up line items
The stay invoices as one item at your nightly rate.
What you get
Per-night pricing
Set your nightly rate, and what each additional pet adds. Totals come from the drop-off and pickup dates, so a two-dog stay prices itself.
Client-requested stays
Share one booking link. Clients choose dates, see the night count and an estimated total, and send a request you approve or decline.
Photo updates that calm people down
Boarding clients worry more than walk clients. Send photo report cards during the stay, from your phone, in a few taps.
Invoices and payments
Invoice the whole stay as one line. Take payment by card, or via Venmo, Zelle, PayPal or Cash App — you keep 100% of your rate.
One system for everything
Most boarders also walk or do drop-ins. Overnight stays, home visits and grooming appointments share one calendar and one invoice run.
A team, priced by band
Team is a flat $79/mo for up to five people — no per-seat climb from two to five. Owner, admin and walker roles mean staff see their own schedule and nothing else. Above five, we set up a custom plan.
Daycare days, too
Run a home or small daycare? Set up a full-day daycare service, book your regulars on their usual weekdays, and send photo updates and invoices the same way. Daily capacity limits and prepaid day packages aren't built yet.
Flat $29/mo
No per-staff fee, no per-pet cap, no cut of your bookings. What you charge is what you keep.
Boarding through Rover right now?
Boarding is where Rover's cut hurts most, because the bookings are big. A ten-night stay at $60 a night is $600 — and Rover's fee comes off the whole thing, at up to 30% on newer clients in its tiered-fee pilot markets.
Most boarders use Rover to meet clients and then run the repeat business themselves. We wrote up how Rover's tier system actually works if you want the numbers before deciding.
Board in a way we haven't thought of? Tell us — boarding features here got built because a boarder asked for them.
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Dog boarding software: common questions
What is the best software for dog boarding?
It depends on whether you need to manage a building. Kennel software such as Gingr or PetExec assigns runs and suites and tracks occupancy. If your bottleneck is scheduling, per-night pricing, invoicing and keeping owners updated rather than managing capacity, lighter software such as Nuzzo, at $29 per month on your own or $79 per month for a team of up to five, covers boarding without the facility features.
Do I need kennel software for boarding?
Only if you need run and suite assignment, occupancy and capacity management, or feeding and medication boards for staff shifts. Many boarding businesses do not, and need per-night pricing, clear drop-off and pickup dates, photo updates and invoicing instead.
Is Nuzzo kennel software?
For a small kennel or a home boarding business, yes: it handles per-night stays, client booking requests, photo updates and invoicing. It does not assign runs or suites or manage occupancy, so a large facility that needs those should look at Gingr or PetExec.
Does Nuzzo work for dog daycare?
For home and small daycares, yes. You set up a full-day daycare service, book dogs on their regular weekdays as a recurring schedule, and send photo updates and invoices the same way as for boarding. Daily capacity limits and prepaid day packages are not built yet.
How should I charge for dog boarding?
Boarding is normally charged per night rather than per visit, counting the nights between drop-off and pickup. Good boarding software calculates the total from those two dates so a five-night stay is one booking and one invoice rather than five.
Can clients request boarding dates themselves?
Yes. With Nuzzo you share one booking link, and clients pick their drop-off and pickup dates, see the number of nights and an estimated total, then send a request. Nothing is scheduled until you confirm the exact dates.