At $1,500 in monthly bookings
- Rover fee
- $300
- Houndtrust
- $24
You keep $276 more each month
For independent pet sitters and home dog boarders
Dog boarding and pet sitting software for independent pros.
Keep client details, signed waivers, bookings, care updates, and payment tracking together. Your clients stay yours, with five manual booking completions each month on Flexible, plus connected card payments that do not use that allowance.
Run your own book with Solo at $24 a month.
At $3,500 in monthly bookings
- Rover fee
- $700
- Houndtrust
- $24
You keep $676 more each month
Compares Rover's standard 20% sitter fee with Houndtrust's $24 founding Solo price for clients you manage directly. Payment processing costs are separate.
Fee sourceUse your numbersSee 33 real staysFree to start. No card required. Flexible includes five manual booking completions each month.
Board dogs from home? See the home dog boarding software for solo boarders.
Trust Linkby HoundtrustTRUST LINK
The details arrive together, before the dog does.
Your client fills out one mobile-friendly Trust Link. You get their contact details, dog care notes, care profile and emergency vet authorization, then keeps the booking and signed care agreement in the same workspace.
See Trust LinkStop chasing the details
Your client adds their pet, requests care, and signs your waiver and emergency vet authorization in one place.
Give every booking one home
Dates, pet notes, signed paperwork, reminders, client updates, and money stay together.
Keep the client you earned
Use your own rates and payment methods. Flexible includes five manual booking completions each month. Houndtrust card payments automate tracking and do not use that allowance.
How Houndtrust works
From a new inquiry to a paid stay in three steps.
Set up your business once, then reuse the same intake and booking flow with every client you bring in.
- 1
Set up the way you work
Add your services, rates, availability, waiver, emergency vet authorization, and payment methods.
- 2
Send your client a Trust Link
They add their contact details, dog-care profile, veterinary plan, and emergency authorization. You review it before setting the booking.
- 3
Run the booking in one place
See it on your calendar, follow reminders, send updates, and track what you are owed.
Product tours
See Houndtrust in action.
Start with the 27-second overview, or watch Quick Trust Link handle a pre-stay change from request to review.
27 seconds
Houndtrust overview
See how Trust Links, bookings, waivers, the calendar, and payment tracking fit together.
Open the interactive demoAbout one minute
Quick Trust Link walkthrough
Follow a caregiver's pre-stay request through their review of what changed.
Try the interactive walkthroughTry the product
Try a working Houndtrust dashboard.
Use the tabs to explore a sample dog-care business. See the clients, Trust Links, bookings, calendar, updates, and money dashboard.
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
🐾 Poppy🐾 Biscuit
Pricing
Start free. Pay for automation when it earns its keep.
Flexible includes the core client, booking, calendar, agreement, and payment-request workflow. Solo adds Pip, reminders, branding, and the money dashboard.
Flexible
$0
$5 for a qualifying completed booking paid through Houndtrust connected card.
- Clients and pets
- Services and rates
- Trust Links, bookings, and calendar
- E-sign care agreements
- Five manual booking completions each month
- More bookings with Houndtrust card checkout
Recommended
Solo
$24/mo$49
First 300 professionals get the $24 founding price, plus Founding Operator status for life. Try Solo free for 7 days.
- Trust Links, bookings, and calendar
- E-sign waivers and vet authorization
- Client updates by email, portal, and optional text
- Reminders and branding
- Pip AI writing in your voice
- Unlimited manual booking completions
- No $5 Flexible booking fee
- Pay monthly by card or eligible earnings
Private beta
Teams
No added chargeduring this private beta
Bring your first workers onto one schedule. Your existing Flexible or Solo plan and payment fees stay in place. The current private beta adds no Teams charge.
Future pricing under consideration
Future options range from $0 to $200 per month, plus a 5% to 1.5% Houndtrust Teams fee on service subtotals processed through Teams Pay. These plans are not active. Card payments are processed by Stripe, a third-party payment processor. Stripe processing fees are separate. You will see the exact price before agreeing to a paid plan.
- Owner-controlled worker access
- Assignments and response tracking
- Promised pay and manager reporting
- Day, week, and month team calendar
- Individual invitations after approval
No card to start. Flexible and Solo connected card payments have a separate 1.5% automation fee on care, plus Stripe processing. Tips are excluded. See every pricing detail.
Keep the clients you earned
Compare the fee math No marketplace commission on the clients you bring.
Houndtrust charges no marketplace commission. Flexible is $0 monthly with five manual booking completions each month. Houndtrust card bookings do not use that allowance and carry a $5 fee when they qualify. Solo is $24 monthly at the current founding price with unlimited manual completions and no $5 Flexible fee.
Fee comparison checked August 13, 2026. Rover lists a 20% standard sitter fee and an 11% owner booking fee. In its selected-city pilot, completed history of $599 or less with one client puts a future booking with that client in the 30% tier. Fees and pilot terms can change.
Rover service-fee sourceRover pilot source
Compare Rover alternativesCompare Houndtrust with WagSee Rover's 30%, 15%, and 10% tiers
Founder cardDave WagginsHoundtrust
The DogfatherPoppy's humanFounding No. 001
Built in a real dog-care business
I got tired of running everything through texts and paper.
I'm Dave Waggins. I run a dog-care business, and the admin used to live in group texts, sticky notes, and a paper calendar. I built Houndtrust so one workspace could handle intake, bookings, waivers, updates, and money without making clients learn a new app. It now runs quietly behind my own business. I want independent pet-care professionals to spend less time copying details and more time doing the work they started for.
Read Dave's storyFree help for dog-care businesses
Start with the part of the business you are working on today.
Take the free 7-day course
Work through pricing, paperwork, getting clients, and running home boarding as a business.
Start lesson onePrecise Petcare alternative
See how Houndtrust and Precise Petcare differ on setup, client intake, scheduling, payments, and price.
Read the comparisonCheck insurance costs
Review published prices, coverage names, common exclusions, and the questions to ask for a quote.
Open the insurance guideGive your next client a Trust Link.
Set up your services, rates, and intake. Start free and see whether it fits your business before paying anything.
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