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Drop-off to pickup. Photo at lunchtime.

UK pet daycare — capacity gating, vaccination compliance, mid-day photo prompt, owner billing.

single-site · multi-site
5-15 dogs · 15-40 dogs
free-roam · group classes
Owner churn, typical
Daycare single-site · multi-siteCapacity 5-15 dogs · 15-40 dogsFormat free-roam · group classes−22% Owner churn, typical
The pet daycare stack

Six instruments, calibrated.

UK pet daycare — capacity gating, vaccination compliance, mid-day photo prompt, owner billing.

01 · Capacity + booking

The day, gated by what the floor can hold.

Per-day capacity, per-temperament group, per-staff ratio. Owners book the slot that exists, not the one the front desk hopes exists. Built on Time To Pet or custom.

  • Per-day capacity model
  • Temperament group routing
  • Staff-ratio enforcement
  • Time To Pet-friendly
02 · Vaccination gating

No current jab, no booking. Quietly.

Vaccination status checked at booking, owner upload + vet-record import, pre-lapse reminders. The awkward day-of conversation goes away.

  • Owner-upload at booking
  • Vet-record import
  • Pre-lapse reminders
  • Hard-gate enforcement
03 · Mid-day photo prompt

The 1pm photo that earns the rebook.

Auto-prompt staff to send a photo at lunchtime, branded template, owner gets it on their phone with a one-tap rebook link. The signal that you actually care.

  • Auto-prompt staff at 1pm
  • Branded photo template
  • One-tap rebook link
  • Optional owner-portal feed
04 · Owner billing

Subscription + day-rate, on autopilot.

Monthly day-pass subscriptions, ad-hoc day rates, multi-pet discounts, late-pickup fees — all auto-billed via Stripe. Cash-flow that the operator can plan around.

  • Subscription day-passes
  • Ad-hoc day rates
  • Multi-pet discounts
  • Late-pickup auto-fee
05 · Pickup/dropoff window

Drop-offs from 7. Pickups till 7. Enforced.

Window booking with grace periods, late-fee triggers, parent-of-pet identity check, multi-owner authorisation flow. Operations stay calm at 6pm.

  • Window-based booking
  • Grace + late-fee triggers
  • Authorised-pickup list
  • Operator hand-off log
06 · BrainBase

Behaviour notes, SOPs, incident log — indexed.

Per-dog behaviour notes, group-mix SOPs, incident reporting, evacuation plans — searchable from the floor. New staff confident on day one.

  • Per-dog behaviour notes
  • Group-mix SOPs
  • Incident reporting
  • Evacuation + safety plans
Sample engagement

The 30-dog daycare that cut churn by a fifth.

30 dogs a day. Two staff. Owner admin chewing five hours a week.

A daycare ran on Time To Pet for booking but did capacity in spreadsheets, vaccination chase by text, and billing reconciliation Sunday evenings. Three-week build: capacity model wired to TTP, vaccination gating at booking, mid-day photo prompt to staff phones, Stripe-driven subscription billing. Six months in: owner admin from five hours to twenty minutes a week, churn from 32% to 25%, day-pass subscription adoption at 41% of regulars.

How we measure: Owner churn measured as 90-day-inactive owners / active owner base, baseline from prior 12 months; admin time self-reported by operator pre and post; subscription adoption from Stripe customer records.

−5 hrs/wkowner admin
−22%owner churn
41%on day-pass subscription
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