Pet sitters: schedule daily dog walks online

Daily walks are the backbone of a dog walking business: the same dogs, the same times, week after week, plus owners who need an extra walk at short notice. Managing that by message every morning is exhausting. With Book, regular walks are booked from your list, extra walks are booked by owners on your own booking page, and group walks never take more dogs than you can handle.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations, places and prices are examples: set group places to the number of dogs you walk safely, according to the rules that apply to you.

Regular dogs walk on fixed days. Book their walks yourself from your bookings list for the coming weeks. First and last name are enough; with the owner's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file for each walk. Their places are then taken, and only the remaining places show on your page.

Owners who need an extra walk book a place in a group or a solo walk on your page. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date; when a group is full, it leaves your page.

Say in the walk descriptions that new dogs need a meet and greet first. Offer it as a free service. The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email: ask for the dog's name, breed, age and how it gets on with other dogs.

The note appears in the owner's calendar file, so don't ask for alarm codes or key locations there. Arrange keys and access at the meet and greet.

If you cover several neighbourhoods, create walk services per area so pick-ups stay close together. List the streets or postcodes in each description.

Say in the description what happens in extreme heat or storms: shorter walk, play session or cancelled. Tell owners yourself if you change a walk, since Book doesn't email clients about changes.

Book doesn't take payments, sell walk packs, track walks or send reminders. Owners can't move or cancel online: they contact you. One booking page per business, no staff field: with other walkers, create services per walker. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.