About Packyard
Software built for the realities of
modern pet care businesses
Packyard is built by pet lovers, groomers, daycare and boarding operators, and pet retail service providers who were tired of forcing their day into generic tools. We model real grooming tables, real shop floors, and real staff workflows—so your software finally matches how your business actually runs.
Packyard at a glance
Built with pet professionals, for pet professionals
Packyard isn’t a generic salon product with a paw logo slapped on it. It’s shaped directly by people who work in grooming, daycare, boarding, and pet retail every day.
Groomers
Scheduling, Kanban views, notes, and photo history are designed with groomers who live the bath → groom → clean-up cycle all day long.
Daycare & boarding
Capacity, check-ins, temperament notes, and vaccination tracking come from high-volume daycare and boarding operations.
Pet retail & services
Integrated grooming + retail tickets and Square-compatible flows are built with pet shops that rely on both shelves and tables for revenue.
Operational clarity over “features”
Your team should always know who’s checked in, who’s in progress, who’s ready for pickup, and who’s next. No mystery states, no guessing.
Square-first architecture
We don’t try to replace your payment stack. We lean into Square—Terminals, payouts, cards on file, and clear daily totals.
Pet + family centric data model
Families, multiple contacts, pets, health info, notes, photos, and agreements all tie together, because that’s how real pet care works.
Reliability over gimmicks
Fast, predictable behavior beats flashy UI. You don’t have time for crashes when the lobby is full of dogs and impatient owners.
Honest pricing and no lock-in
Month-to-month billing, no long contracts, no surprise fees. If Packyard stops being useful, you shouldn’t be stuck.
Opinionated, not vague
We encode grooming and pet care best practices into the product so your team doesn’t have to invent a process from scratch.
How we think about building Packyard
Everything we ship is measured against one simple question: does this make running a grooming, daycare, boarding, or pet retail business simpler and more predictable?
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Start from the shop floor
We begin with the reality of a busy day: dogs barking, phones ringing, walk-ins arriving, staff juggling multiple tasks. Then we design backward from that.
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Work with operators, not around them
We regularly sit with groomers, managers, and owners to watch how they actually use the product—and adjust workflows when something doesn’t hold up.
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Ship small, meaningful improvements
Instead of big, disruptive “feature drops,” we focus on incremental upgrades that immediately remove friction from your daily operations.
What we’re aiming for
The long-term vision is simple: if you run a pet care business anywhere in the world, Packyard is the operational backbone you trust every day.
A clear, shared picture of the day
Everyone—from owners to front desk to groomers—sees the same real-time view of pets, people, and payments.
Software that adapts as you grow
From solo groomer to multi-location operation, the workflow stays familiar while capacity scales.
A platform built around pet care, not generic verticals
We stay focused on grooming, daycare, boarding, and pet retail instead of trying to be everything for everyone.
Pet businesses we’re built for
Where we focus today
Busy, multi-table salons that need order, not more noise.
On-the-road operations that live and die by tight routes and schedules.
High-volume environments where safety, capacity, and clarity matter.
Shops that combine shelves and grooming tables under one roof.