The ultimate doggy daycare software loaded with features for unmatched flexibility & simplicity.

Transform your doggy daycare with Collar's cutting-edge software. Effortlessly manage bookings, streamline daily tasks. and deliver exceptional care, all while enhancing the experience for both pets and their owners.

Collar platform booking interface

With Collar for daycares, You Can:

Daycare bookings

Booking Management

Manage your daycare bookings, with ease.

Managing booking requests for full days, half-days, or drop-ins is effortless with Collar. Accept requests via your website or mobile app 24/7, set custom acceptance rules, enable waiting lists, and easily reschedule or cancel bookings—all seamlessly handled by Collar.

Payment & Billing

Manage payments and invoices on your own terms, with complete flexibility.

Collar makes payment and invoice management seamless. Charge customers as needed, or automatically using stored cards—either on the day of their booking or by issuing an automated summary invoice for all services at the end of your billing cycle, be it weekly or monthly.

Invoice payment
Card payment
Schedules capacity

Availability & Capacity

Manage availability & capacity - per service.

Collar allows you to effortlessly set up and manage availability and capacity per service. Our smart scheduling system handles booking and availability automatically, ensuring you stay within your capacity at any point of the day, without no extra effort from yoo.

Route Management

Manage your pick-up & drop-off service effortlessly.

Collar Routes™, our integrated route management solution, works perfectly with our booking module, enabling you to easily manage daily pick-up and drop-off services. Integrated with our booking module, it generates routing suggestions based on daily bookings, offering full control and visibility for you and your drivers.

Routes
Chat

Communications

Communicate seamlessly through text, photos & videos.

Collar Chat™ is our popular integrated feature that lets you communicate with customers instantly, going beyond just text to include sharing photos, videos, and reports. It intelligently switches between SMS and in-app messages based on user preferences, ensuring seamless communication1.

Account Management

Manage pet profiles, vaccinations & client accounts.

Easily manage pet profiles and owner accounts with Collar. Monitor vaccinations, treatments, and access behavioural data, feeding schedules, and key contact information—all readily available when needed.

Pet profile
Daycare memberships

Memberships

Offer Memberships, packages & members discounts.

Collar supports membership subscriptions with automatic billing. Link memberships to services to create custom packages and tiered pricing that suit your business, offering greater customer value while ensuring recurring revenue.

Service Design

Upsell with add-ons and grow with new service offerings.

Collar makes increasing your revenue streams easy. You can seamlessly add service extras like a bus service, meal club, or quick wash to your existing offerings. Ready to diversify? Collar supports all pet care services—from grooming to training and boarding—allowing you to scale with ease.

Upsell daycare

And so much more.

Marketing & Promotions

Collar delivers an all-in-one marketing suite, featuring integrated direct messaging and email campaigns. Engage your entire audience or target specific segments identified through reports for a more precise approach.

E-commerce

Whether you want to diversify your revenue by selling products alongside your services or are a retail brand aiming to reach the expanding global market of pet owners, Collar's integrated e-commerce solution has you covered.

Client Credit Management

Collar simplifies client credit management. Whether you want to offer a credit system instead of issuing refunds or sell credit packages for specific or all your services, it can all be easily managed within Collar.

Multi-Site management

With Collar, you can manage all your sites from a single platform. Get a high-level overview of your entire operation or explore the daily activities of individual sites in detail.

Business & Financial Reporting

Collar provides powerful business and financial reporting in real-time. Whether you need to assess your current business performance or identify emerging trends, Collar has you covered.

Collar Tags™

Our popular smart tagging system enables you to categorise and filter bookings, pets, and clients. With added automations, Collar Tags can perform tasks on your behalf, saving you both time and money.

Staff & Roles Management

Collar enables you to manage your staff's calendars, availability, and schedules with ease. Assign roles to your staff, and Collar will handle permissions, ensuring everyone has the correct access to perform their tasks

Task Management

With Collar, you can effortlessly create and assign tasks to your team members. Tasks can be created, assigned, and monitored directly within the Staff Chat tab, simplifying and streamlining daily operations.

Works in synergy with our mobile app, used by thousands everyday.

The Collar mobile app offers pet owners a modern way to engage with their favourite care providers. Users can book services, chat with staff, access reports, receive key reminders and keep their pet profiles updated.

We have been impressed by Collar from day one

Our business model requires a variety of ways in which customers can book our different services. Not only is the team approachable, prompt and knowledgable, but they have also devised a platform that understands the needs of our hybrid business.

Hannah Mead
Business Owner

Collar has and continues to be a vital asset for us since before we opened our doors.

The versatile booking system allows us to create a range of bespoke services to offer to our members. The Collar team has always been quick to respond and implement any feedback, suggestions or requests which help make The Paw & Whistle run smoother. We're confident that we have found a partner in Collar, not just a supplier.

Sam Oakley
Daycare Manager

Thank you Collar! Both us and our customers are so happy with your platform.

The simplicity, convenience and additional layer of service it provides is priceless. And most importantly, a big shout out to your amazing team for all your support.

Tom Hughes
Business Owner

Thanks to Collar we passed our annual inspection with flying colours.

The council inspector and vet were really impressed with Collar and, the client form and the photos of the vaccination cards as well as the app for customers. It's a relief to have that out of the way Really appreciate everything you've done so far - Much appreciated!

Donna and Steve Hargreaves
Business Owners
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How it works

Keep places, attendance and care in sync

A daycare place is more than a slot on a calendar. Staff need to see who has asked for a place, who is booked, who has arrived and who has gone home. They also need the right care notes for each dog.

What makes Collar different

Collar is built to connect the customer, their individual pets, the service and the order—not just put a time in a calendar. That shared context helps teams follow the work from first booking to payment and the next visit.

01Booking
02Pet details
03Service
04Order & payment
05Next visit

Other systems may offer some or all of these tools. The practical difference to check is whether the parts your team needs share the same pet and customer context in your Collar setup.

  1. Plan how many dogs each area and team can safely care for, especially at drop-off and collection.
  2. Review each dog's care information and required documents before confirming attendance.
  3. Record check-in and collection so the live attendance view is trustworthy.
  4. Check any used package visit or payment. Note which owners need a follow-up.

What to test in a demo: Ask what happens when a staff member is absent on a fully booked day. A human should decide the safe response; software should make the affected bookings easy to find.

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Want to see Collar in action?

Explore how Collar can be customised to fit the unique needs of your business.

Transferring from another software?

We offer a complementary data transfer service and an extended trial period2 for a smoother transition.

Is Collar secure?

In short, Yes! Collar's infrastructure was designed and developed with privacy and security in mind from day one. All data collected and processed is encrypted and no personal data or activity of our users is tracked or shared with any third party. All requests are secured with SSL encryption over a proxy tunnel. All payment processing is handled by our partner Stripe, audited by a PCI-certified auditor and is certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1. Read Stripe's security documentation for more information.

Does Collar support services and products simultaneously?

Yes! Collar has been specifically designed to handle and support a combination of booking and order management simultaneously. Our modular system can be specifically adapted to your business needs to support you whether you're providing a service, product or both at the same time.

Does Collar protect my brand and business against unfair competition?

Collar adopts rigorous quality and commercial strategy checks to ensure all providers, products and services on the platform are genuine. Our team work closely with each provider individually to define the best positioning for their products and services based on the demands and trends of the marketplace.

I am a Vet, can Collar support my practice's operations?

Absolutely! Collar has been designed to support all veterinarian operations to fit with the modern trends and our user's habits. We have created a dedicated module specifically designed for and restricted to the use of vets. We've designed Collar to be used in conjunction with and to enhance vet practice operations not to replace them.

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Plan a better daycare day

Make capacity and arrival plans clear for the team, then share an owner checklist before the first visit.