Approve or instant
You decide, per setup
Let regulars book straight in, or hold new bookings as requests you approve first. Control without the back-and-forth.
Dog walking booking system
Let clients book their walks
without the back-and-forth
Give your clients their own booking page with real slots and real availability, where group walks count themselves and nothing ever clashes. No more booking by text while you’re up to your knees in a muddy field. Built in the UK, for dog walkers.
14-day free trial No card required Built in Britain
Sarah’s Walks
Pick a service
- 60 min G Select
- 45 min S Select
- Day F Select
- 30 min P Select
Sound familiar?
Booking by text is quietly
stealing your day
For most walkers, taking a booking is a dozen little interruptions that add up to half an evening.
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The endless back-and-forth. “Have you got Tuesday?” “Morning or afternoon?” “Can you do two dogs?” Each booking is five messages over two days, half of them answered one-handed with a lead in the other.
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02
The double-booking you didn’t see coming. You said yes to a Thursday walk that was already full, because nothing was keeping count while you were out. Now you’re letting someone down.
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The bookings that slip away. A new client messages at 9pm, you see it at 11, reply in the morning, and they’ve already booked the walker who answered first. The work was there, the booking went elsewhere.
A proper booking system fixes all three.
Clients book themselves against your real availability, group walks count their own spaces, and you stop losing work to a slow reply. Built around you, the dog walker.
Four taps, no texting
How a booking actually works
This is what taking a booking looks like when your page does the work.
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Step one
They pick a service.
Group walk, solo walk, full day, whatever you offer, laid out clearly on your own page. No explaining your services over text for the hundredth time.
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Step two
They see your real availability.
Only the slots that genuinely have room show up. A full group walk doesn’t appear as bookable, so nobody asks for a space that isn’t there.
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Step three
They book, or request.
You choose: let trusted clients book instantly, or have new ones send a request you approve first. Either way it lands in one place, not across three apps.
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Step four
It’s confirmed, both ways.
They get a confirmation, you get the booking on your calendar, and the dog’s details are already attached. No re-typing, no double-entry, no doubt.
That’s the whole booking. No back-and-forth, no clashes, no lost evenings.
Open while you’re out walking
Your own booking page, working around the clock
Your booking page is open at eleven at night, on a Sunday, on Christmas Eve, every hour you can’t be. You share one link, on your Instagram, your van, your flyers, and clients book themselves whenever it suits them, without a single message landing on your phone mid-walk.
It’s branded as you, lists exactly the services you offer at the prices you set, and turns “I’ll text the dog walker later” into a booking made on the spot, before they get distracted and forget. The walks you used to lose to a slow reply, you keep.
Just starting out? A shareable booking link is the fastest way to look professional from day one.
The bit generic booking tools get wrong
Real availability, group walk spaces included
A dog walker’s diary isn’t a row of single appointments, it’s a mix of group walks with limited spaces and solo walks around them. Most booking tools can’t handle that, so they either let people book walks that are already full, or make you turn off online booking for groups entirely.
Barclo counts properly. Set how many dogs fit each walk slot, and clients only ever see the slots with genuine room left. When the nine o’clock group is full, it simply isn’t offered, so you’ll never arrive at the field with a seventh dog and no spare hands. It’s the same capacity engine that runs everything in Barclo, doing the counting so you don’t have to.
For the full picture of how Barclo runs a walking business beyond bookings, report cards, invoicing and the rest, see the dog walking software.
Everything your booking needs
Built for how walkers really take bookings
Six things that turn the booking-by-text grind into a single tidy flow.
Recurring walks
Tuesday-Thursday regulars on autopilot
Set a client’s regular Tuesday-Thursday walks once and they keep booking themselves in. The standing arrangements that fill your week, on autopilot.
Lead capture
Catch the new client who hesitated
A new client who starts booking but doesn’t finish is saved as a Lead, with their details, so you can follow up instead of never knowing they were there.
Confirmations & reminders
Fewer no-shows, fewer questions
Booking confirmations land with the client straight after they book, and a reminder before the walk means fewer no-shows and fewer “was that today?” messages.
Deposits at booking
Lock the slot with a card payment
Connect Stripe and take a deposit the moment a client books. Set the percentage per service. Money in, slot held, the rest invoiced after the walk.
One clear calendar
No cross-checking three places
Every booking, group and solo, on a single calendar you can trust. See your whole week at a glance, not scattered across DMs, texts and a paper diary.
Why walkers choose Barclo
Why switch to Barclo
Built in Britain
Pounds and pence, British spelling, UK details throughout.
One flat price
£29 a month, add your whole team, the price doesn’t move.
No lock-in, ever
Import to start, export any time. Your data is yours.
Every service, one system
Walks today, boarding or grooming tomorrow, all in one place.
Pricing
Simple, honest pricing
One plan. Everything included. No feature gating. No “contact us for pricing.”
Barclo Pro
£
29
/month
Everything you need to take bookings, and run your walking business.
Start your free trial14-day free trial. No card required. Cancel anytime.
What’s included
- Your own branded booking page
- Real-time availability with group walk slot capacity
- Approval-required and instant-booking modes
- Recurring weekly / fortnightly / monthly bookings
- Lead capture for unfinished bookings
- Booking confirmations and reminders
- Deposits at booking via Stripe
- Card payments and bank transfer invoicing
- Unlimited clients, pets and bookings
- Pet profiles, behaviour, reactivity, vet details
- Staff scheduling
- VAT support
- Calendar (day, week, month views)
- GDPR compliant with data export
- UK bank holidays built in
FAQ
Booking questions, answered
Can clients book group walks with limited spaces?
Yes. Set how many dogs fit each slot and clients only see slots with room, so group walks never overbook.
Do I have to accept every booking automatically?
No. Choose instant booking for trusted clients and approval-required for new ones, your call, per setup.
Can clients set up their regular weekly walks?
Yes. Recurring walks are set once, weekly, fortnightly or monthly, and keep booking themselves in.
What happens if someone starts booking but doesn’t finish?
Their details are saved as a Lead so you can follow up, rather than losing them entirely.
Can I take a deposit when they book?
Yes. With Stripe connected, set a deposit percentage per service and the client pays it at the point of booking. The rest is invoiced after the walk.
Do I need a website for this?
No. Your booking page is ready to share as a link, on Instagram, your van, anywhere. A website’s optional.
Stop booking by text
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