Cleaning turns, not surprises
A run that's between dogs shows as needs-cleaning, not open — so nobody walks a new dog into a kennel that hasn't been turned over yet.
Kennel & run map
See every run at a glance — and never double-book one.
A live visual map of your runs and kennels, colour-coded by what's happening right now: open, occupied, or needs cleaning between dogs. Shared run-banks — several kennels drawing from one pool — are counted for you, so you can place a dog knowing there's truly room, instead of guessing off a dry-erase wall.
Live · every plan
The whiteboard, replaced by a board that's actually current.
You can't place dogs safely off a dry-erase wall that's only as fresh as the last person who wiped it. The kennel map reflects live occupancy from your bookings and check-ins — and it's live today, part of the operational core, included on every plan. See it running →
The board you can trust to place a dog
One live view of every run and kennel — what's open, what's taken, what's turning over — with shared pools counted for you. So the answer to “is there room?” is on the screen, not in someone's head.
The whole board, live
Every run's status, in one look
The map lays out every run and kennel you have, colour-coded by state: open and ready, occupied by a dog, or turning over and needing a clean. It reflects live occupancy — drawn from your bookings and check-ins — so the board you glance at is the property right now, not a whiteboard someone last touched at seven this morning.
- Open, occupied, and needs-cleaning states at a glance
- Reflects live occupancy from bookings and check-ins
- See which dog is where, and when they're due out
Shared run-banks, counted for you
Shared capacity, counted so you can't overbook
When several kennels draw from one shared pool — a run-bank — a run that looks open on its own might not really be. BarkWhiz counts the whole pool for you and shows how many spots are left in it. So even with capacity shared across runs, you can see there's genuinely room before you commit a dog, instead of double-booking a spot that only looked free.
- Run-banks: several kennels pooling one shared capacity
- The map counts the pool and shows spots remaining
- A full bank is flagged, so you don't book past it
From the map to a placed dog
Place by hand, or let the Whizard suggest
Once you can see what's open, placing a dog is a step, not a puzzle. Drop a dog into any open run yourself, right from the map — or let the Kennel Whizard suggest a fit from your rules (size, weight, run and bank capacity, service tier) and apply it with a tap. The map is the board you read; the Whizard does the fit, and you always make the final call.
- Place any dog into an open run by hand from the map
- Or let the Kennel Whizard suggest a fit you apply
- Suggestions respect your size, capacity, and tier rules
…and more the map keeps straight
Reads on a tablet
The map works on a tablet or phone, so the front desk and the floor read the same live board — not a whiteboard only the office can see.
Fed by your bookings
Occupancy comes straight from reservations and check-ins — so the map moves when a dog is booked, arrives, or heads home, without a second entry.
Built by an operator
The run board lived on a dry-erase wall — and in my head
"Seven a.m., full house, two Sit Means Sit locations to keep straight in Dallas and College Station — and the only map of which runs were open was a dry-erase wall and whatever I was holding in my head. I'd stand in the lobby with a family and their dog and have to guess whether Run 6 was really free or already spoken for.
The morning I double-booked a run — put a big dog into a kennel another dog was already coming back to — was the morning I decided the board had to be real. So the kennel map in BarkWhiz shows every run live: open, occupied, mid-clean, and how much a shared bank has left. I don't guess anymore, and I don't double-book."
Ryan Leach, MBA
Founder & Operator
Straight talk on what it is
The kennel & run map is live in BarkWhiz today and included on every plan — part of the operational core, not a roadmap promise. It's the board you read: every run and kennel, live occupancy, shared run-banks counted for you. Placement is yours to make by hand, or the Kennel Whizard can suggest a fit you apply. See it running in the operations walkthrough, or read how it fits a boarding day.
Works with the rest of BarkWhiz
The map doesn't stand alone — it reads from the same operations that run your day.
Kennel map questions, answered
A live visual board of every run and kennel you have, colour-coded by what's happening right now — open, occupied, or needs cleaning between dogs. It reflects live occupancy from your bookings and check-ins, so the board you look at is the state of the property this minute, not a whiteboard someone last updated at 7 a.m.
When several kennels draw from one shared pool — a run-bank — the map counts the whole pool for you and shows how many spots are left in it. So even when capacity is shared across runs, you can see at a glance whether there's truly room before you commit a dog, instead of double-booking a spot that only looked open.
Yes. You can place a dog into any open run yourself, right from the map. Or let the Kennel Whizard suggest a fit based on your rules — size, weight, run and bank capacity, service tier — and you apply it. The map is the board you read; the Whizard does the fit, and you always make the call.
Yes. The kennel & run map is live in BarkWhiz today as part of the operational core, and it's included on every plan. It reflects live occupancy, handles shared run-banks, and lets you place dogs by hand or with the Kennel Whizard's help. See pricing.
Stop guessing which run is open
Founding facilities receive Ops + CRM for $249/month, locked for 24 months. After that, they retain a permanent 15% discount from the then-current list price.
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