Free dog grooming booking software that books the dog, not just the word groom

A full groom is not one length of appointment. Put your grooms in by size and coat with the time each really takes, ask the breed and the last groom date at booking, and the day in front of you is the day that is actually going to happen. The next one goes in as a standing eight-weekly booking before the dog is off the table.

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Breed and coat asked at booking
No card required

A groomer working on a dog at the table under the dryer arm, brushes and clippers laid out beside her

Blu PawsBook online

Hand strip3h · Ana$95.00

Full groom, large coat2h 30m · Table 1$85.00

Nail trim15mBook

Next free9:30 AM12:00 PM3:45 PM

Booked online

11:04 PM

Both groomers were on tables

Deposit

$23.75

25% on the hand strip

Bath and dryer

Both free

Or the slot is not offered

How it works for you

Built for a day where the appointment length depends on the dog

Every one of these gets the information you need to plan the day out of the owner’s head and onto the booking, before the van pulls up.

Grooms priced and timed by size and coat, not by one word

A full groom on a small smooth coat and a full groom on a large double coat are different jobs, and putting them on the page as one is what makes an afternoon slide. Each goes in with its own time and its own price so the slot is the real slot.

Services and durations →

Breed, coat and temperament, before the dog arrives

Write your own questions on the paid plans: breed, coat type, when it was last done, whether it is nervous with a dryer, vaccinations, the owner’s mobile. It arrives with the booking and stays on the dog’s record, so you are not finding out at the door.

Booking forms →

The next groom is booked before the dog leaves

An eight-weekly groom goes in as a standing series on the paid plans, rather than as a conversation at the counter, and every visit sits on the dog’s record with the blade you used and how it went. A dog on a cycle is a dog that does not arrive matted.

Recurring bookings →

The confirmation that stops the four-hour hole

A confirmation goes out on booking with the time and the dog’s name on it, and the paid plans add a reminder the day before by email or text. Each carries a link to move or cancel, so a groom that is not going to happen becomes a phone message the night before instead of an empty table.

Reminders →

Tables, dryers and groomers

The bath and the dryer are booked with the groomer

A grooming salon is a queue through equipment as much as a diary of people. There is one bath, one high-velocity dryer and two tables, and a large dog occupies all three of them for most of a morning. Picktime books equipment alongside the person, so a groom that needs the bath is only offered at a time when the bath and a groomer are both genuinely free, and a groomer who does not do hand-stripping is never offered for it.

Tables and equipment →

When a dog does not come

A three-hour groom handed back is three hours you can still sell

The bookings that hurt are the long ones, which are also the ones owners cancel furthest ahead if there is any way for them to do it. Every confirmation carries a link to move or cancel, so a Thursday morning comes back on Wednesday night and goes straight onto the booking page for somebody looking for a groom that week. Nobody at the salon has to notice, and nobody has to work out what else would fit in a three-hour hole.

Reminders and rescheduling →

Wednesday, 10:40am

A ninety-minute groom is a matted doodle and it is three hours

Twenty to eleven on a Wednesday. The ten thirty was booked online last week as a full groom for a cockapoo, in a ninety-minute slot. She is on the table now and she is matted to the skin behind both ears and down the back legs. This is a strip, and it is going to take three hours and a different conversation with the owner.

Nobody misled anybody. The owner picked the only thing on the page that sounded right, and nothing asked her when the dog was last done. The rest of the day is already gone, and none of it is written down anywhere you could look at afterwards.

Picktime asks the breed, the coat and the last groom date as part of the booking, and puts grooms on the page at the lengths they actually take by size and coat, so what is in the diary on Wednesday morning is what is really going to happen.

Getting started

Your table bookable before tomorrow

Put your grooms in by size and coat

Bath and brush, full groom, hand strip, a puppy first visit, nails only: each split by size and coat type with the time it really takes you and the price it really costs. This is the step that makes the rest of it work.

Write the questions you always have to ask

Breed, coat, when it was last done, temperament with a dryer, vaccinations, a mobile number for the day. Set your hours, add the bath and the dryers so they are held with whoever is using them, and decide what holds a deposit.

Put the link where owners already look

The booking page is a link, so it goes on your Google Business profile, your Facebook page, your Instagram bio and behind a QR code in the window. Owners book at nine in the evening, which is when the salon is shut.

AI receptionist

Both groomers are on tables and the phone is going

A grooming salon has nobody who can put down a dog to answer a phone, and the dog on the table cannot be left wet. Picktime’s AI receptionist answers around the clock, asks what the dog is and what it needs, captures the owner’s details and turns the call into a confirmed booking, checked against the same availability the page uses, so it cannot offer a table that is taken or a groomer who is off. It hands over to a person when it should, and every call is transcribed into your dashboard, so the owner who rang at twenty to eleven is somebody you can ring back rather than somebody you never knew about.

How the AI receptionist works →

10:40Incoming call
Wednesday 10:40On a call

Caller10:40
Hi, can I book my dog in for a groom?
AI receptionist10:40
Of course. What is your dog, and what does she need?
Caller10:41
Bramble, a cockapoo. A full groom, please.
AI receptionist10:41
Friday at 9:30 is free. Can I take your name and mobile to book it?

Fri 09:30Full groomBooked

Checked against the diaryNo table taken, no groomer off

Transcript savedTo your dashboard

What it costs

Start free. Pay when there is a second groomer, not a busier week.

The free plan is a plan, not a trial. There is no date at which it stops, no card to add, and nothing that quietly turns off in a fortnight.

Free, and it stays free

What a one-table salon gets without paying

Your own booking page, with grooms timed by size and coat
Clients book, move and cancel it themselves
Grooms booked alongside the bath or dryer they need
A record per dog, with every groom against the name

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When there are more of you

What the paid plans add

Breed, coat and vaccinations asked on the booking form
More groomers, each with their own table and diary
More than one salon or unit, each on its own hours
Reminders before the appointment, by email or text
Two-way sync, so a booking lands in the calendar you already watch

See what each plan includes

Works with what you use

It fits the calendar, the payments and the phone beside the table

Nothing gets typed in twice

A booking lands in the calendar you already have open, and the paid plans sync it both ways, so it moves there when it moves here. Payments run through PayPal, with Stripe and Square on the paid ones, and the booking page goes on the Facebook and Google Business profiles owners are already looking at when they search for a groomer near them.

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It runs from the salon floor

Picktime runs in a phone browser as well as on the machine at the desk, and there are iOS and Android apps, so you can see the rest of the day from beside the table without washing your hands first.

The Picktime app →

Questions

Dog grooming booking: common questions

What is the best booking system for a dog grooming business?

It depends whether you want booking or a whole grooming platform with a till, photos and stock in it. Picktime is the booking half, with grooms timed by size and coat, owners booking and moving their own slots and a record per dog, free for a one-table salon.

What is the best app for scheduling dog grooming appointments?

For a groomer working alone the test is whether it takes the booking while your hands are wet. Picktime does: the page books without you, the confirmation goes out on its own, reminders run on the paid plans, and there are free iOS and Android apps so the diary is on the phone by the table.

Is there free dog grooming software?

Picktime’s free plan covers your own booking page, grooms timed by size and coat, owners booking and moving their own slots, and a record per dog, with no card and no end date. It is a plan rather than a trial.

What is the best free dog grooming software?

Judge a free plan on the two things a grooming diary has to get right: grooms timed by the dog rather than by the service name, and a record that survives between visits. Picktime does both without a card. What you give up by not paying is the reminder before the appointment, the standing eight-weekly rebooking and your own questions on the booking form. That is a fair trade at one table and a poor one once you are running three.

Can I stop a three-hour groom being booked into ninety minutes?

Yes, and it is the main thing this fixes. Put your grooms on the page split by size and coat with their real times, and on the paid plans ask when the dog was last done as part of booking. What goes into the diary is then the length you will actually need.

Can I ask for vaccination details before a dog comes in?

Yes, on the paid plans. You write the questions and the owner answers them as part of booking, covering vaccinations, breed, coat and temperament with a dryer, and the answers stay on the dog’s record for every visit after it.

Can owners book the next groom before they leave?

Yes, on the paid plans, and it is the cheapest thing you can do for a full diary. An eight-weekly groom goes in as a standing series, so the dog is on a cycle rather than arriving matted in four months’ time. Each one carries its own reminder and its own link to move it.

Can I take a deposit on the long grooms?

Yes. Payment is set per service through a payment provider you connect (a deposit, a percentage or the whole price), so a three-hour hand strip can hold a deposit while a nail trim takes nothing.