Dog training business software, built by someone who runs one.
Most training businesses run on a patchwork — a booking tool here, notes in a notebook, leads in a spreadsheet, follow-up in someone's head. BarkWhiz pulls scheduling, client and dog records, session logging, and your lead pipeline into one place — built by an operator who runs two multi-location training franchises and needed exactly this.
These aren't training-specific features bolted on for a landing page — they're the same capabilities that run boarding and daycare facilities, framed for how a training business actually books, tracks progress, and follows up. Everything here works today.
Schedule sessions & packages
Book private sessions, group classes, and evaluations on the same reservations engine that runs busy boarding floors. Sell a six-session package and schedule against it — the right client and dog already on screen, in a handful of clicks instead of a tab-hopping marathon.
Client & dog records that hold the history
Every dog gets a record that carries the whole story — temperament, what you're working on, what's working, behavior notes from the last session. New trainer picks up a client and the context is right there, not trapped in the head of whoever taught last week.
One-tap session logging
Log what you covered, how the dog did, and what's next from the floor — a single tap on a trainer-friendly board, not a buried reporting screen you fill out from memory at the end of the day. The progress note is captured while it's still fresh.
AI-drafted session recaps
BarkWhiz turns the session you just logged into a friendly recap for the owner — a first draft, not a blank box. Your trainer reads it, adjusts the homework, and sends. The AI does the writing; a human always decides what goes out.
A pipeline workspace for leads & follow-up
Inquiries, evaluations booked, packages quoted, and follow-ups owed live in one staff workspace — so the lead from the phone Tuesday and the client who hasn't rebooked don't slip between a notebook and three inboxes. Your team works the pipeline in one place; you decide every next move.
Built for more than one location
Run multiple training locations under one roof with role-based access — five roles, tenant isolation — so a trainer sees their clients, a manager sees their site, and you see the whole operation. Billing and subscriptions run on Stripe; QuickBooks syncs your books.
Want to watch the click-by-click? See it in action — or read why an operator built this in the first place on Why BarkWhiz.
From the founder
This is my own world.
"I run two Sit Means Sit training franchises — Dallas and College Station. So when I talk about a lead that never got called back, a package that wasn't tracked, or a recap that didn't get written because the day got away from us, I'm not guessing. I've lived every one of those.
The tools I could buy were built to record bookings, not to help my trainers move a client through a program or keep my pipeline from leaking. So I started building the system I actually wanted to run my own locations on.
If you train dogs for a living, you and I are solving the same problems. I'd rather get this right with a handful of training businesses than ship something that demos well and falls apart on a packed Saturday."
Ryan Leach, MBAFounder & Operator — Sit Means Sit Dallas & College Station
Questions trainers ask
Yes. You sell a package and schedule sessions against it on the same reservations engine that runs full boarding and daycare facilities. The client and dog ride along into each booking, so there's no re-entering who you're working with every time.
No — and that's deliberate. The AI drafts the recap from the session you logged; a human on your team reads it, adjusts it, and decides whether and when to send. Nothing reaches an owner without someone on your team saying yes. The AI does the writing, not the deciding.
It's a workspace, not a campaign blaster. Leads, evaluations, quotes, tasks, and follow-ups live in one place so your team can see what's owed and work it. It keeps your pipeline organized and visible — it doesn't fire off automated email or text blasts on its own.
That's how it's built — by someone running two locations himself. Role-based access (five roles, with tenant isolation) lets a trainer see their clients, a manager see their site, and you see the whole operation across locations.
Scheduling, client and dog records, one-tap session logging, AI-drafted recaps for your team to review and send, the staff pipeline workspace, Stripe billing, and role-based multi-location access all work today. The QuickBooks integration is live; a client-facing portal, outbound message delivery, and more integrations are in active development. We'd rather be upfront than oversell — ask us anything on your call.
Founding facilities get founding pricing locked in for life — we'll walk you through the numbers on a short call with the founder, no demo gauntlet. White-glove migration is part of founding membership: we move your clients, dogs, and history over for you instead of handing you a spreadsheet.
The cost of doing nothing
What is the status quo quietly costing your training business?
Open class slots, clients who finished a package and never came back, add-ons you never charged for — revenue leaks quietly. Plug in your rough numbers to estimate what's slipping through.
Leaking / month$4,400
Leaking / year$52,800
Estimate based on your inputs and the assumptions above — not a guarantee of revenue uplift. BarkWhiz helps you stop leaking hidden revenue.
Don't have these numbers handy?
That's the whole problem — and it's not on you. Legacy software records every session and payment, then never adds it up: which slots went unfilled, which clients quietly stopped booking. So these are an educated guess. BarkWhiz reads the data you already have and shows you the real number — with its work.
Run your training business on software a trainer built
We're onboarding our first 10 founding facilities by hand — training businesses included. Let's see whether BarkWhiz fits the way you actually run sessions, track progress, and work your pipeline.