Trust Link walkthrough
A new client shares their pet’s care details, records and emergency authorization.
Open the interactive demoFor independent pet-care professionals
Less chasing details. More time for the pets.
Keep bookings, care details, signed agreements, updates and payments together. You bring the clients. Houndtrust helps you run their care.
Flexible starts at $0. No card required. Start with your next client.
24 seconds. One place for the details.
Captions included. Sample business and pet.
Read the video transcript
Stop chasing details. De... tails. Pet care comes with a lot of details. Feeding notes in a text. Records in an email. Bring the details together with Houndtrust. Review the information before arranging care. Less chasing. More time for the pets. Houndtrust dot com.
Try the product
See your day in one place.
Explore Riverbend Dog Care, a fictional business. Follow Dana’s sample stay with Poppy and Biscuit from the caregiver’s dashboard to the owner’s portal.
Riverbend Dog Care - your whole business
NS
Nina Shah
nina.shah@example.com
Otis
LH
Luis Hernandez
(385) 555-0174
Daisy
JS
Jordan Silva
jordan.silva@example.com
Juniper
DR
Dana Rivera
(801) 555-0158
PoppyBiscuit
Read-only sample data. Payment examples are illustrative. No messages or payments are sent from the demo.
What’s available now, and what’s in beta?
What you can use today
- Available now
- Client and pet records, Trust Links, bookings, signed agreements, care updates and the owner portal. Automation and other paid tools depend on your plan.
- Payments need setup
- Connect your Stripe account to accept cards. You can also record payments collected elsewhere. The sitter receives card payments and pays processing and Houndtrust fees.
- Teams: private beta
- Team workspaces are available to approved testers. Access requires approval. Proposed Teams prices are not active plans.
- Local matching: limited pilot
- Start with the clients you bring. Local matching depends on pilot coverage and does not guarantee requests or bookings.
Watch the Trust Link walkthroughs
Quick Trust Link walkthrough
A returning client flags what changed before care. You review their answers.
Try the interactive walkthroughLess copying. More care.
Collect the details once
A Trust Link brings each new client’s pet routines, records and emergency authorization together. Quick Trust Links check what changed before returning care.
Know what’s happening today
Keep dates, pet notes and signed paperwork beside the booking. Send a Simple Update or a photo Stay Card when you have news.
Keep track of your money
Set your own rates. Request card payments or record cash, Venmo, PayPal and Cash App payments from the clients you bring.
Choose how you run your bookings.
Start on Flexible. Move to Solo when you want automation and unlimited manual booking completions.
Flexible
$0/month
Clients, pets, Trust Links, bookings, calendar and signed agreements. Five manual booking completions each month.
Connected-card checkout: $5 once per qualifying completed booking, plus 1.5% on care and separate Stripe processing.
Example month: 10 completed $100 card bookings
$1,000 in care, no tips. All bookings qualify for your plan’s fees.
- Monthly plan
- $0.00
- Completed-booking fees
- $50.00
- Card automation (1.5%)
- $15.00
- Total Houndtrust cost
- $65.00
Plus Stripe processing fees at your connected account’s rate. These are provider costs; tips are excluded from Houndtrust fees.
Solo
$24/month
Current founding price. Everything in Flexible, plus Pip updates, reminders, branding, the money dashboard and unlimited manual booking completions.
No $5 booking fee. Connected-card checkout has a 1.5% fee on care, plus separate Stripe processing.
Example month: 10 completed $100 card bookings
$1,000 in care, no tips. All bookings qualify for your plan’s fees.
- Monthly plan
- $24.00
- Completed-booking fees
- $0.00
- Card automation (1.5%)
- $15.00
- Total Houndtrust cost
- $39.00
Plus Stripe processing fees at your connected account’s rate. These are provider costs; tips are excluded from Houndtrust fees.
Prefer manual payments? Houndtrust adds no transaction fee. Flexible includes five completions per calendar month; Solo is $24 per month with no completion limit. Other payment providers may charge their own fees.
Founder cardDave WagginsHoundtrust
The DogfatherPoppy's humanFounding No. 001
Built in a real pet-care business
I got tired of running everything through texts and paper.
I'm Dave Waggins. I run a dog-care business. I built Houndtrust to keep intake, bookings, paperwork, updates and money together, without asking clients to learn a new app.
Read Dave's storyBefore you start
Do my clients need an app?
No. They open your private link in their browser to share details, sign paperwork, read updates or pay.
Do I need to move every client at once?
Start with your next client or booking. Add regulars as they rebook. Your existing routine can keep running while you try it.
What care can I offer?
Boarding, daycare, dog walks, hikes, drop-ins, cat sitting, house sitting, grooming and custom services. House sitting can include pets or care for the house alone.
Will Houndtrust find clients for me?
Houndtrust works today for clients you already have. Local matching is in a limited pilot. Broader discovery is not available everywhere.
Building your business? Take the free course, read the guides, or compare with Precise Petcare.
Give your next client a Trust Link.
Set up the care you offer, then share your first link. Start free.
Start free