Visit scheduling
Your whole round, in order
Your whole round on one screen, drop-ins and house sits, single visits or twice a day, in the right order at the right times. Recurring regulars set up once.
Pet sitting software, built for sitters
Pet sitting software that
proves every visit happened
No dogree required. Barclo plans your round, keeps every key, alarm code and house instruction in one secure place, and sends owners timestamped proof that you’ve been, fed the cat, and locked up behind you. The reassurance they need while they’re miles away. Built in the UK, for pet sitters and cat sitters.
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Tuesday, 14 May
Today’s round
- 07:30 M Done
- 08:30 A On visit
- 11:00 P Up next
- 17:30 M Later
- Overnight B House sit
Sound familiar?
You look after pets in other people’s homes.
That’s a lot to keep in your head.
Pet sitting carries a weight the other pet jobs don’t, you’re holding keys to homes, working when owners are away, and they need to trust completely that you’ve been.
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The keys, the codes, the instructions. Whose key is this on the hook? What’s the alarm code for number 12? Where does the cat food live, and is it bins on Tuesday? It’s all on scraps of paper, in old texts, or in your memory, until the one time it isn’t.
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Proving you actually went. The owner’s on a beach in Spain, picturing an empty house and a hungry cat. They want to know you’ve been, and “yes I went, honest” isn’t quite the reassurance they’re paying for. Without proof, you’re carrying their worry as well as your own.
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The round that’s a logistical puzzle. Six homes across town, each at a different time, some twice a day, all needing different things. Plan it wrong and you’re doubling back across the ring road while a dog waits to be let out.
Barclo keeps every key and instruction straight.
Turns each visit into a clean, timestamped update for the owner, and lays your round out clearly. Built around you, the pet sitter.
A day with Barclo
From your morning round to proof in their pocket
Here’s what a day of visits looks like when the admin runs itself.
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Morning
Your round and every address, ready.
Each home, each visit time, each pet, in order. Who’s a morning-and-evening, who needs medicating, which house has the tricky back gate. No flicking between texts at the wheel.
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At the door
The access details are right there.
The alarm code, which key, where things are kept, all on the client’s record on your phone. You’re in, sorted, and the owner’s instructions are followed to the letter.
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During the visit
Care logged, photo snapped.
Fed, watered, litter done, a quick play. A photo of a content cat on the sofa, logged with the time of the visit, so there’s a clean record of what was done and when.
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After
The owner gets their proof, and it’s billed.
A tidy update lands with them wherever they are: you’ve been, all’s well, here’s the photo. The visit’s added to their invoice automatically. They relax, you move to the next home.
That’s the round. You care for the pets. Barclo carries everything else.
The thing owners pay for
Proof you turned up, every single time
When someone’s away, the one thing they truly want from a pet sitter is certainty. Not a promise, proof. Barclo turns every visit into exactly that, without you doing anything extra.
When you make a visit and snap a photo, Barclo records the time alongside it and sends it to the owner as a clean, professional update. They see when the visit happened and that their pet is happy and fed. It’s the difference between a client who frets the whole holiday and one who shows your update to their family at dinner and books you again the moment they’re home.
Proof is the product, and Barclo makes it effortless, see the full pet sitting booking system.
Everything you need to get in and get it right
Keys, codes and instructions, kept straight
Every home you look after comes with its own set of details, and getting them wrong is the stuff of a sitter’s nightmares. Barclo keeps them all in one place, on each client’s record, so the answer’s always on your phone.
Which key opens which door, the alarm code and how long you’ve got to punch it in, where the food and the lead live, the vet’s number, the quirk with the back gate, the bin day the owner always asks you to sort. It’s all there, safe and to hand, instead of scattered across notes and half-remembered conversations.
New cover sitter stepping in for a week? They’ve got everything they need to do the job exactly as you would.
Everything a sitter needs
What Barclo does for your pet sitting business
Six things that turn admin into autopilot.
Proof of visit
Photo, time and a note, sent
Every visit captured with a photo, time and a quick note, and sent to the owner. The reassurance that wins you the booking every holiday.
Home access notes
Keys and codes always on your phone
Keys, alarm codes, entry instructions, where everything’s kept, all on the client’s record and always to hand.
Any pet, any species
Cats, dogs, rabbits, the lot
Cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, the lot. Filter by species, and each pet’s feeding, medication and routine sits on their own profile, whatever they are.
Invoicing and payments
A fortnight of visits, totted up
Visits priced and totted up automatically, house sits by the night, settled by card or bank transfer. A fortnight of twice-daily visits added up without a calculator.
Your own booking page
Visits and house sits, on request
Clients request visits or a house sit through a branded page, you approve. New enquiries captured as leads even if they don’t finish booking.
Why sitters choose Barclo
Why switch to Barclo
Built in Britain
Pounds and pence, British spelling, UK bank-transfer invoices, UK bank holidays built in. Not an American app with the dates the wrong way round.
One flat price
£29 a month, everything in. On your own or with cover sitters helping out, the price doesn’t move. No 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, visit history, in a couple of clicks. Your data is yours.
Every service, one system
Sitting today, maybe walking or boarding 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
/month
Everything you need to run your pet sitting business.
Start your free trial14-day free trial. No card required. Cancel anytime.
What’s included
- Unlimited clients and pets
- Unlimited visits and house sits
- Drop-in visits and overnight house sits
- Recurring visit schedules (twice-daily, weekly regulars)
- Multi-species pet profiles (dogs, cats, rabbits and more)
- Home access notes on the client record
- Photo + timestamp visit updates to owners
- Online booking portal (your own branded page)
- Invoicing with card payments via Stripe
- Staff scheduling for cover sitters
- VAT support
- Calendar (day, week, month views)
- Client messaging
- GDPR compliant with data export
- UK bank holidays built in
FAQ
Pet sitter questions, answered
Can I show owners I’ve actually been to their home?
Yes. Every visit is timestamped, photographed and sent to the owner as a clean update, so they’ve got proof of the visit rather than a promise.
Where do I keep keys, alarm codes and house instructions?
All on the client’s record, on your phone, so the answer’s to hand the moment you need it.
Does it work for cat sitting and other pets, not just dogs?
Yes. Each pet has its own profile with its own feeding, medication and routine, Dogs, Cats, Rabbits and other species are all supported.
Can it handle twice-daily visits and house sits?
Yes. Set single or repeat visits across the day, or a house sit by the night, and Barclo schedules and bills them correctly.
Can a cover sitter step in if I’m ill?
Yes. Everything they need, addresses, access details, routines, is on the records, so a cover sitter can pick up your round.
I’m not techy. Will I cope?
If you can use WhatsApp, you can use Barclo. Setup’s about ten minutes and we walk you through it.
Proof in their pocket, peace in yours
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