For new grooming businesses
Start your grooming business ready for the first booking.
OpenDog gives your new grooming business one clear place for services, booking requests, client and pet records, invoices, payments, and follow-up—from the first appointment.
- Services ready to share
- Customers request; you confirm
- Pet records and invoices connected from day one
Request review
See every request before it reaches your calendar.
Review the customer, pet, requested service, preferred timing, and next step while the appointment is still not created. You decide what gets scheduled.
Open with services you can stand behind.
Set your services, starting prices, timing notes, add-ons, service area, and appointment rules before requests begin arriving.
- Use service names customers understand.
- Keep prices and timing ready for your review.
- Update the menu as your business changes.
Give customers a professional way to request care.
Your request page can collect the customer, pet, service, address, preferred timing, and notes you need. A request is not a confirmed appointment—you decide what fits.
- Customers send their details once.
- You check the pet, timing, and service area.
- Your calendar stays under your control.
Start every client and pet record clean.
Keep handling notes, coat notes, styling preferences, health cautions, photos, household details, and visit history together from the first groom.
- Know what each dog needs before the appointment.
- Avoid rebuilding scattered notes later.
- Keep every pet clear in multi-pet households.
Look established before the first visit.
A clear request page, organized records, and consistent invoices help your business feel prepared. Customers know how to ask for service, and you have the details you need to answer.
- Give customers one clear place to request care.
- Collect the details you need to respond.
- Make the first booking feel intentional.
Send invoices and track balances.
OpenDog keeps invoices, receipts, balances, and payment status connected to appointments. Stripe card payments are available after your business completes the required setup, and OpenDog does not make hidden or automatic customer charges.
- Keep invoice records tied to the visit.
- See what is paid and what is still due.
- Make payment follow-up easier to understand.
Make the next visit part of the routine.
Keep rebooking and next-visit notes close to the finished appointment so repeat care becomes a normal habit instead of another list to remember.
- Save the suggested timing for the next groom.
- Keep follow-up with the client and pet record.
- Build a steady routine from the first appointment.
FAQ
Common questions from grooming businesses.
Can I use OpenDog before my first appointment?
Yes. You can set up services, request pages, client and pet records, invoices, payment settings, and follow-up before your first appointment is confirmed.
Can customers confirm their own appointments?
No. OpenDog is request-first. Customers send details, then you review the service area, timing, pet needs, and fit before confirming an appointment.
What does the AI setup assistant do?
When enabled, it prepares draft suggestions for services, descriptions, intake questions, and setup details for you to review. It does not publish services, set prices, or make business decisions automatically.
How do payments work?
OpenDog supports invoices, balances, receipts, and Stripe card payments after your business completes the required setup. It does not create hidden charges or automatically charge customers.
Does OpenDog work for mobile and salon grooming businesses?
Yes. Mobile groomers and salon teams can use OpenDog for appointments, client and pet records, invoices, payments, reports, and follow-up.
When is OpenDog not the right fit?
OpenDog focuses on grooming appointments, client and pet records, invoices, payments, reports, and follow-up. It is not payroll, accounting, retail POS, or kennel management software.
Be ready before the first booking request arrives.
Start your trial and set up services, request review, pet records, invoices, payments, and follow-up before your first appointment depends on them.