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Pet-care software for your own clients.

Keep bookings, care instructions and client updates together. Prepare a private intake link for your next client.

Eligible first Solo subscriptions include a free trial. Card required; renews automatically unless you cancel before the trial ends. Flexible has no free trial.

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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. Day-before booking reminder delivery has limited availability.
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.

Plans and fees Teams beta details

Pet-care quotes and invoices

From a quote to a booking and payment record.

A quote gives your client a price. Houndtrust keeps the care details, agreed booking and payment record together when you take the next step with that client.

Coming from ChatGPT or Claude? Your draft stays in that chat. Opening this page does not transfer or save its names, rates or totals. You review and enter the details in Houndtrust yourself.

After the quote, confirm the care.

Gather the pet's care details with Trust Link. Review them with the client, then arrange the booking and its separate signed care agreement.

Illustrative boarding quote

Two dogs, three nights. Example rates in USD.

First dog: 3 × $55: $165
Second dog: 3 × $20: $60
Quoted total: $225

You set your own rates. This example excludes taxes and other charges.

See how client intake works

Keep track of what is still owed.

Each booking has an itemized price breakdown. Record a payment collected elsewhere, or send a payment request after setting up your connected Stripe account.

Illustrative payment record

The same three-night booking, after a deposit.

Booking total: $225
Payment recorded: $75
Remaining balance: $150

A chat invoice is a draft. It has not been sent, and any payment you report there has not been verified.

Explore the example dashboard

Try it with one client you already know.

Start with your services and business name. After sign-in, prepare your first Trust Link and review your plan before confirming a booking.

Set up your first client

Solo has an eligible free trial with a card required and renews automatically unless canceled. Flexible requires a card and has no free trial. Review plans and fees.

Trust Linkby Houndtrust

One private link for the new-client care profile.

Send Trust Link from a text, email, QR code, or your website. The pet parent shares contact details, care instructions, medical and GI history, food and medication directions, veterinary details, and emergency authorization. You review the profile before arranging the booking and care agreement.

See Trust Link

TRUST LINK

What comes back to Houndtrust

Client email and phone
Pet care and behavior profile
Food, medication, and GI details
Vet contacts and emergency limits
Emergency contacts and instructions
Optional records and emergency authorization

Client management

Keep each client's contact details, pet profiles, care instructions, vet information, signed forms, and booking history together. Clients can return through their private portal.

Scheduling

Pet parents can request up to 12 visit dates together with the same service and arrival time. Each visit stays pending and unpriced until you confirm it. Manage repeating schedules, check overlapping stays, and use capacity limits to catch conflicts.

Billing and invoicing

Each booking has an itemized price breakdown. Send a deposit, full-payment, or balance request, track paid and unpaid amounts, and give the client a payment confirmation.

Click through a working dashboard.

The sample account has clients, pets, bookings, services, rates, calendar entries, updates, and money waiting for you.

Riverbend Dog Care - your whole business

Nina Shah

nina.shah@example.com

Otis

Luis Hernandez

(385) 555-0174

Daisy

Jordan Silva

jordan.silva@example.com

Juniper

Dana Rivera

(801) 555-0158

PoppyBiscuit

QuickTrust Linkby Houndtrust

Ask what changed before the stay starts.

Before a confirmed stay, the pet parent gets a private Quick Trust Link in your business's name. They can flag a food change, a new medication, stomach trouble, recent illness, or a shift in behavior. Their answers land on the booking.

Watch the full walkthrough

QUICKTRUST LINKAbout 1 minute

Prepared by

Riverbend Dog Care

A quick check-in for Otis

Food or medication changes?No

Any stomach issues?Yes

Loose stool yesterday. Eating and acting normally today.

Anything new with behavior or routine?No

Client updates

Give Pip a few words. Pick the voice.

Add the facts from the day and choose polished, warm, playful, or calm. Edit the result before it goes anywhere. You stay in control of what the client sees.

Pip polishes it up

Poppy had the best day! 🐾 A long morning hike with off-leash zoomies and all her pals, then she inhaled breakfast and dinner. She found a mud puddle - of course - so I rinsed her off, and she's been napping on the cool tile ever since. One happy, tired girl tonight!

Same few words. Four voices - you choose. See the full example →

New: Client text updates

Keep clients in the loop by text.

Clients can choose care updates by text on your booking request or Trust Link. Email and the pet portal still work. Text consent is optional, and clients can reply STOP anytime.

This is the Stay Card option.

Choose it when you want a collectible update with extra personality. Tap to open Poppy's, right here.

Update styles

Keep it simple, or add a little flair.

Send the same reviewed note and photos as a clean Simple Update or a collectible Stay Card. You choose the look before each send. Open Poppy's example Stay Card to see that option.

Getting paid

Let clients pay you the way you already work.

Record manual payments or accept cards through your connected Stripe account. Payments go directly to you. Connected-card payments have Houndtrust and Stripe fees; see the plans and fee examples.

Waggins Dog Care

Amount due

$180

Bailey · 3-night stay

Add a tip?

Totally optional and never pre-selected. 100% goes straight to Waggins Dog Care.

+10%+$18

+15%+$27

+20%+$36

Round upto $190

No tip

Custom

Total$180

Pay $180 with Venmo

Pay $180 with Cash App

Manual payment example. Paid directly to Waggins Dog Care.

Check the numbers

Start with the fee math.

The 33-stay case study publishes the Rover-only charges and sitter fees behind our comparison. Use your own monthly bookings in the calculator, then compare the tools by the work they handle.

Read the 33-stay recordSee $11,385.50 in Rover service charges and $2,277.10 in recorded sitter fees.Open Run your fee mathEnter your bookings and compare marketplace fees with Houndtrust's membership and card-payment options.Open Compare the toolsCheck pricing, booking fees, client ownership, and the work each product is built to handle.Open

Built now, growing next

Small-business software with a bigger direction.

Houndtrust starts with the work an independent sitter does every day. The next stage adds a native mobile experience and more ways to meet new clients.

Working today

Intake and signed paperworkEmergency authorization during intake, then a care agreement tied to the booking. Download or print signed records from Documents, with the saved terms, dates and spending limit.
Repeating schedulesManage weekly, every-other-week and monthly care. Pause new visits, review skipped dates or edit future visits.
Daily care recordsAdd dated tasks for each pet on a confirmed booking. Record care outcomes and corrections, with a saved history.
Business reports on SoloReview unpaid requests by due date, monthly booked home occupancy and returning clients. Download a summary CSV from Money.
Money exports on SoloDownload separate booked-care forecasts and recorded-payment CSVs for spreadsheet review. Reconcile payment totals with your bank.
Simple Updates and Stay CardsChoose a clean photo-and-note layout or a collectible card before you send.
GPS walk trackingRoute, time, and distance on a client update.
Daily schedule emailsWhere enabled, choose a daily email with today and the next six days. Caregivers see their business schedule, pet parents their household's care, and workers their assigned care. Turn it on in notification settings.
Opt-in client textsCare updates by text for clients who choose them. Email still works.

Planned next

Native mobile appA sitter companion app beginning with iPhone.
Marketplace expansionMore discovery, background checks, and marketplace-introduced bookings, while your own clients stay yours.

Planned features are not available today. Priorities and release order can change as working pet-care pros tell us what matters most.

See the live public directory at Find a dog-care pro or the current request flow at Find care for your pet.

Try it with one client who is already yours.

Set up the account, send one Trust Link, and see how the client and pet-care record lands. Solo offers an eligible free trial with a card required. Flexible has no free trial. Review renewal dates and fees on Pricing before choosing a plan.

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