Overnight diary
Who’s in tonight, who’s arriving tomorrow
Every stay, every drop-off and pick-up, every bed, on one clear calendar. See who’s in tonight, who’s arriving tomorrow, and exactly how much space you’ve got.
Boarding software, built for boarders
Boarding software that knows
exactly who’s staying, and when
No dogree required. Barclo keeps track of every overnight stay, every bed, every feed and every tablet, and sends owners the updates that let them relax on holiday. Never double-book a bed again. Built in the UK, for boarders and home boarders.
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Tuesday, 14 May
Who’s staying
- Mon to Sun B In
- Wed to Sat C Arrives today
- Fri to Mon L Arrives Fri
- Sat to Sat O Arrives Sat
Sound familiar?
You opened your home to dogs.
Not to a wall full of sticky notes.
Boarding lives or dies on knowing who’s in, who’s leaving, and who’s arriving, and most boarders are tracking all of it the hard way.
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The calendar held together with guesswork. Stays overlapping across weeks, drop-offs and pick-ups on different days, a wall planner covered in pencil crossings-out. One miscount and you’ve taken a dog you’ve no bed for, with an owner already at the airport.
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The double-booking you only spot too late. Four spaces, but this week somehow you’ve said yes to five, because nothing was counting for you. Now you’re calling someone to let them down, the week before their holiday.
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The messages at all hours. “Just checking she’s settled?” at eleven at night, while you’re trying to get eight dogs down. Owners aren’t being difficult, they’re anxious, and you’ve no quick way to put their mind at rest without stopping everything.
Barclo counts the beds so you don’t have to.
Keeps every routine in one place, and sends owners the reassurance they’re after, in seconds. Built around you, the boarder.
A stay with Barclo
From drop-off to pick-up, all handled
Here’s what an overnight stay looks like when the admin runs itself.
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At booking
Dates and bed confirmed.
A client requests their dates through your page, Barclo checks you’ve actually got space across every night of the stay, and confirms. No more counting on your fingers across a paper calendar.
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At check-in
Feeding and meds logged.
Two meals a day, the arthritis tablet with breakfast, the anxious-at-bedtime note, all captured on the dog’s profile so nothing’s left to memory, even on your busiest week.
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During the stay
A photo update goes out.
“Bella’s had her dinner and a good run in the garden, she’s settled in lovely.” Sent in seconds, straight to an owner who’s been quietly worrying since they dropped her off.
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At check-out
Invoiced and rebooked.
The stay’s totted up by the night automatically, settled by card or bank transfer, and you’ve booked them in for the Christmas week before they’ve got their lead back on.
That’s the stay. You look after the dogs. Barclo looks after everything else.
The thing a wall calendar can’t do
Bed capacity that counts the nights for you
Boarding capacity is genuinely hard to track by hand, because stays overlap. A dog arriving Friday, another leaving Sunday, a third in for the whole fortnight, and you’re meant to hold the running total in your head across every single night. That’s how beds get double-booked.
Barclo does the counting. Set how many dogs you can take at once, and it checks every night of every requested stay against what you’ve already got in. When you’re full for a stretch, it says so, before you accept a booking you can’t house. Overlapping arrivals and departures, holiday-week pile-ups, all handled. You see your occupancy at a glance, and you never have that stomach-drop moment of realising you’re one bed short with a dog already on the doorstep.
This is the same capacity engine that powers every kind of Barclo booking, and for boarding it’s the feature that earns its keep on its own, see the full boarding booking system.
Peace of mind, sent in seconds
Updates that let owners sleep on holiday
When someone leaves their dog with you, they’re not really worried about the bed or the food. They’re worried, full stop. It’s their family member, and they’re hundreds of miles away. The boarders who get rebooked every single holiday are the ones who put that worry to rest.
Barclo makes it effortless. Snap a photo, add a line, “Bella’s had her dinner and a big garden play, fast asleep now”, and it lands with the owner wherever they are. No swapping numbers, no WhatsApp at midnight, just a calm, professional update through the app.
They get the reassurance. You get a client for life, and a glowing review the day they’re back.
Everything a boarder needs
What Barclo does for your boarding business
Six things that turn admin into autopilot.
Feeding and medication
Nothing forgotten, even with a full house
Meal times, portions, tablets and routines, all on each dog’s profile. Nothing forgotten, even with a full house and a cover helper stepping in.
Vaccination alerts
Stay covered and compliant
Boarding needs jabs up to date, kennel cough included. Barclo flags a dog whose vaccinations are due or expired before they come to stay, so you stay covered and compliant.
Invoicing and payments
Stays priced by the night automatically
Stays priced by the night automatically, deposits taken at booking, balances settled by card or bank transfer. Your busiest holiday weeks add up without you reaching for a calculator.
Your own booking page
Clients request dates, you approve
Clients request their dates through a branded page, you approve once you’ve checked space. New enquiries captured as leads even if they don’t finish booking.
Emergency contacts and vet details
The details that matter, never buried
The owner’s holiday number, their emergency contact, their vet, all to hand the moment you need them. The details that matter most, never buried in an old text.
Why boarders choose Barclo
Why switch to Barclo
Built in Britain
Pounds and pence, British spelling, UK vaccination types, UK bank-transfer invoices. Barclo keeps the vaccination and routine records that come with running a licensed, professional boarding setup, the way it’s done here, not an American app with the dates the wrong way round.
One flat price
£29 a month, everything in. A spare room or a full kennels, the price doesn’t move. No per-pen or per-person fees that climb as you grow.
No lock-in, ever
Import your client and pet list to get started in minutes. And if Barclo’s ever not for you, export everything, clients, pets, stays, history, in a couple of clicks. Your data is yours.
Every service, one system
Boarding today, maybe daycare or walking alongside it. Barclo handles every service a pet pro offers under one roof, so you’ll never need a second tool bolted on.
Pricing
Simple, honest pricing
One plan. Everything included. No feature gating. No “contact us for pricing.”
Barclo Pro
£
29
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Everything you need to run your boarding business.
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What’s included
- Unlimited clients and pets
- Unlimited stays and bookings
- Bed capacity management with nightly counting
- Online booking portal (your own branded page)
- Deposits and balance invoicing
- Card payments via Stripe
- Feeding, medication and routine logs per pet
- Vaccination alerts (due / expired)
- Photo updates to owners during stays
- Emergency contacts and vet details on the pet profile
- VAT support
- Calendar (day, week, month views)
- Client messaging
- GDPR compliant with data export
- UK bank holidays built in
FAQ
Boarding questions, answered
Will it stop me double-booking when I’m full?
Yes. Set how many dogs you can take and Barclo checks every night of every stay, so it won’t let you over-fill, even with overlapping arrivals and departures.
Can I log feeding times and medication?
Yes. Each dog’s profile holds meal times, portions, tablets and routines, so nothing’s left to memory.
Does it handle vaccination requirements?
It flags dogs whose vaccinations are due or expired before they come to stay, so you stay covered.
Can I send owners updates while their dog’s staying?
In seconds. Snap a photo, add a line, and it goes straight to the owner through the app, no swapping phone numbers.
Does it work for home boarding, not just kennels?
Yes. Whether you board a couple of dogs in your home or run a larger setup, you set your own capacity and Barclo works to it.
Can clients book their dates themselves?
They request their dates through your booking page and you approve once you’ve checked space. You stay in control of every stay.
Know your beds, ease their minds
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