Dog walking software, built for walkers
No dogree required. Barclo handles your group walks, bookings, invoices and report cards. All from your phone while you’re out doing the bit you actually love. Built in the UK, for dog walkers like you.
14-day free trial No card required Built in Britain
Tuesday, 14 May
Sound familiar?
There are two ways most walkers run their admin... and both of them are stealing your evenings.
The spreadsheet that’s held together with hope. Bookings in one tab, who’s paid in another, Monty’s dodgy knee written on the back of an envelope. It works, until the day it doesn’t, and you double-book a walk or forget who owes you for last week.
Or software clearly built for someone with a dogree in a very specific software that takes more time than it saves. Endless menus, settings inside settings, a setup wizard that needs its own setup wizard. Built by people who’ve got ten hours a day to click through it, not by people who spend their day with a lead in each hand.
Either way, the admin lands on your evenings. Writing up notes, chasing invoices over WhatsApp, replying to the booking that came in while you were up to your knees in a muddy field. The work that doesn’t pay you, eating the time that’s meant to be yours.
Barclo is the easy option.
As capable as the complicated systems and as simple as the spreadsheet should have been. Built around you, the dog walker, because that’s who we’re here for.
A day with Barclo
Here’s what a walking day looks like when the admin runs itself.
Morning
Every walk, every dog, every note. Who’s in the 9am group, that Luna’s still nervous of bikes, which collection is a key-safe job. No scrolling back through WhatsApp. No checking three places.
On the walk
Archie mid-zoomies in the long grass. A toilet stop logged in a tap. The whole thing takes seconds. All while the dogs are playing and you’re just being a dog walker.
After the walk
Photos, the route, your notes; All sent before you’ve even loaded the van. The thing that turns a happy client into a five-star review and a “my friend needs a walker too” referral.
End of the day
Generated from your walks automatically. Clients pay by card through their own portal, or by bank transfer. No chasing, no awkward “just a reminder” texts. Your evening is actually your evening.
That’s the day. The walking’s yours. The admin’s ours.
Not just group walks
Not every dog is a group dog. Some are anxious, some are reactive, some are old, some just need someone of their own. A solo walk shouldn’t be the awkward exception in software built for packs, because it’s half of what most walkers do.
In Barclo, a solo walk is a first-class booking. Pick the pet, pick the time, and the dog’s full profile shows up at the booking step, recall, reactivity, muzzle needs, the key-safe code, the vet’s number. So whoever’s walking knows what they’re walking into.
GPS tracks the route while you’re out, your photos and notes get tacked on, and a report card lands in the client’s inbox before you’ve even loaded the van. The solo client sees the same care the group clients get, proof the walk happened, where you went, that Archie did his business halfway round.
The bit the big systems get wrong
This is where most dog walking software falls over. It’s built for one-dog-at-a-time appointments and then bolts a group option on as an afterthought. Barclo was built knowing that a dog walker’s day is a juggle of group walks, solo walks, and the odd full-day, often all at once.
Set up your walk slots once, the Monday-to-Friday nine o’clock group, the afternoon pack, whatever your week looks like, and set how many dogs fit in each. Barclo counts them for you. When a slot’s full, it’s full, so you’ll never turn up to a field with a seventh dog and no hands left. Clients booking through your own page see exactly which slots have space.
And the pricing just works: multi-dog households get their discount automatically, full-day clients who need morning and afternoon are billed correctly, the second dog from the same home pays your reduced rate without you reaching for a calculator.
It’s the heart of how Barclo handles bookings, see the full dog walking booking system.
Grow without paying more
When you go from one walker to two, most software starts charging per seat. A second walker is suddenly another £25 a month. A third is another £25. The “small business” tool becomes a tax on growing.
Barclo doesn’t work that way. Add a second walker, add five, the price stays £29 a month, everything included. Everyone gets their own login, their own day view, their own column on the calendar.
You set who can deliver which services, only experienced walkers for the reactive dogs, whoever you trust with the key-safes, whoever’s qualified to handle puppies. Walks get assigned to the right person, and when someone takes a day off, capacity adjusts so you don’t turn up short-handed.
One business, many walkers, one price. The bigger you get, the better the deal looks.
Everything a walker needs
Six things that turn admin into autopilot.
Smart scheduling
Walk slots with capacity. Recurring walks that generate themselves for your Tuesday-Thursday regulars. A calendar that shows exactly who’s where, when. Clients book through their own page & you approve with a tap.
Report cards
Photos, route, toilet logs and a quick note, sent after every walk. The single best bit of free marketing you’ll ever do. This is what gets you referrals.
Invoicing and payments
Invoices generated from your walks, automatically. Card payments through a secure link, or bank transfer with your details already on the invoice. No more “I’ll sort you next week.”
Your own booking page
A branded page where clients pick a service, choose a slot, and book... without texting you mid-walk. New clients are captured even if they don’t finish, so you can follow up.
Pet profiles
Recall, reactivity, muzzle needs, vet details, the key-safe code, all in one place. A warning badge follows a reactive dog everywhere, so a cover walker is never caught out.
Multi-dog and full-day pricing
Second dog discounts, full-day combinations, all calculated for you. Charge correctly without doing sums in the rain.
Why walkers choose Barclo
Pounds and pence, British spelling, UK bank-transfer invoices, UK vaccination types, UK bank holidays built in. Not an American app with the dates the wrong way round.
£29 a month, everything included. Add a second walker, add five! The price doesn’t move. No per-person fees that punish you the moment you grow.
Import your client list in minutes to get started. And if Barclo’s ever not for you, export everything (clients, pets, bookings) in a couple of clicks. Your data is yours. No hostages here.
Walks today, maybe boarding or grooming tomorrow. Barclo handles every service a pet pro offers, so you’ll never outgrow it or need a second tool bolted on.
Pricing
One plan. Everything included. No feature gating. No “contact us for pricing.”
Barclo Pro
Everything you need to run your dog walking business.
Start your free trial14-day free trial. No card required. Cancel anytime.
What’s included
I used to spend my evenings writing up walk notes and chasing invoices. Now Barclo does it all before I get home.Sarah M. · Dog walker, Kent
FAQ
Thinking about starting a dog walking business? These cover the questions that come up first.
Yes, that’s what walk slots are for. Set how many dogs fit each slot and Barclo counts them, so you never overbook.
Automatically. Set your reduced rate for the second dog from the same household and Barclo applies it every time.
Yes. You get your own branded booking page. Share it on Instagram or your van. You choose whether bookings need approval or go straight through.
In minutes. Import your client and pet list from a spreadsheet and you’re up and running. And you can export it all again any time, no lock-in.
GPS walk tracking and report cards are rolling out now, included in Pro with no price rise for early adopters.
If you can use WhatsApp, you can use Barclo. Setup is about ten minutes and we walk you through it. That’s the whole point, simple by design.
Take your evenings back
14-day free trial. No card required. Set up in minutes.
Start your free trial