Build any package, define the skills you actually teach, pick how you rate them, and configure a modular weekly review form that fits your program. Trainers post a weekly update, the family follows along in real time, and an auto-built graduation report card lands on pickup day.
Most board & train software assumes a one-size-fits-all package. Yours might be a 1-week tune-up at $1,099, an 8-week full board & train at $5,590, or a custom puppy bootcamp in between. Build as many programs as you sell. Each one gets its own name, duration, price and description — and books like a normal boarding stay on the same calendar.
Every trainer rates progress differently. Some count stars, some count paws, some hand out bones. And every trainer trains a slightly different vocabulary — "place command" or "go to mat", "loose leash walking" or "polite leash". Define your skills by category, pick the rating style your business uses, and the rest of the platform speaks your language.
The weekly update is the heart of board & train. Some trainers want photos and videos and a homework section. Some want skills and a customer note and nothing else. Toggle each section on or off and that's exactly what the trainer fills out, that's exactly what the family sees, and that's exactly what feeds the graduation report at the end.
Customers go through the same six-step wizard on their phone — Pet, Program, Date, Time, Extras, Confirm — and land on a Confirm screen that shows every detail of the program they're booking. Tax breakdown included, drop-off and pickup windows locked in, and the full price out the door before they pay.
One screen per week per dog. Rate each skill mastered / practicing / learning. Write the customer-facing note. Drop in a photo or two and a video if you have one. Set the focus for next week and the homework for the pet parent. Hit save, and it lands on the family's progress modal before they refresh.
One tap from the customer dashboard opens the Board & Train Progress modal. Header card shows the program, the dates, the current week, status. Below that, every week's update in chronological order: skills with their rating, the customer-facing note, the photo. Mittens' family knows exactly where she's at without calling the trainer.
The moment a board & train booking flips to Completed, the platform pulls every weekly update and builds a printable, branded Graduation Report Card. The family takes it home. You bill the final invoice. Done.
No double-entry. Every skill rating, every photo, every weekly note flows straight from the weekly updates into the final report.
Printable layout for handoff at pickup. Branded with your business name and logo. Customer can pull it up on their phone any time.
Mastered / Practicing / Learning — clear at a glance, so the family knows exactly what to keep working on at home.
B&T bookings count against your boarding suites automatically. No second calendar to keep in sync.
Customers upload at registration. Expired vaccines block the program enrolment automatically.
Signed once, stored forever. Versioned so you can prove what was agreed before the dog arrives.
Charge a deposit at booking, the rest at pickup — or full payment up front. Configurable per package.
Email + push notifications for confirmations, drop-off windows, weekly updates and balance due.
Two siblings booking the same program? One family booking, separate progress per dog, one final receipt.
Every invoice, every payment, every customer — straight to your accounting. GST / HST / VAT codes handled.
Customer messages the trainer mid-stay, photos attach. Currently in beta — available as an optional paid add-on.
Final invoice + retail (treats, toys, take-home tools) on one screen. Square Terminal, Clover, cash, cheque, custom.
Yes. BooknBuddy runs board-and-train as its own service: custom packages, a boarding stay and a training plan on one booking, weekly progress reviews with skill checklists sent to the owner, and a graduation report at the end.
A deposit at booking and the balance at pickup, with card on file if the owner saved one, and the invoice itemises the stay and the training package.
CAD $39.99 a month flat, 30-day free trial.
Free 30-day trial. No credit card. Build a program, post a fake weekly update, and see the graduation report card build itself.
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