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The AI-powered platform for every dog care business

Barkive eliminates double bookings, missed medications and paper chaos — while giving owners real-time updates on their dogs. Built for independent boarding kennels, daycare centres, groomers and dog care businesses across the UK.

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Double bookings
100%
Automated deposits
Real-time
Owner updates
AI
Powered forecasting
The Barkive centre dashboard
🔴 Bruno — vaccination expired
💊 3 medications due today
📊Dashboard
📅Bookings
🐕Dogs
✅Verification
💊Medication
📈Revenue
🔴 Bruno — vaccination expired 1 May. Booking for 10 May blocked automatically.
💊 Buddy, Charlie, Rosie — medications due this morning. View to-do →
Revenue this month
£4,820
↑ 12% vs last month
AI Projected (30 days)
£7,340
From confirmed bookings
Occupancy today
87%
14/16 rooms
Deposits collected
£1,240
2 pending
AI Revenue ForecastView →
May £4.8kJun £7.3k ↗Jul £9.1k ↗
Occupancy — May
100
100
88
81
63
100
100
75
56
31
25
44
100
94
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What Barkive fixes

The problems every dog care business knows too well

⚠ The problem
Staff fall back on a paper diary
Booking systems don't show real-time availability clearly enough. Staff can't trust the screen, revert to paper — and double bookings happen. We've heard it directly from operators.
✓ Barkive enforces availability at database level. No room can ever be double booked — guaranteed.
⚠ The problem
Five-page forms, manually re-entered every time
Owners fill out paper or PDF registration forms. Staff re-enter that data into the booking system. It happens for every dog, every booking, every time.
✓ Owners build a digital dog profile once. Every future booking pulls from it automatically.
⚠ The problem
No visibility of what revenue is coming in
Most kennel software shows you today. Barkive's AI forecasting shows you the next 30, 60 and 90 days — so you can plan staffing, marketing and capacity with confidence.
✓ AI-powered revenue dashboard built from confirmed and projected bookings.
⚠ The problem
Medications missed or unrecorded
Dogs with medical conditions need daily medication. Without a proper system, doses get missed, records aren't kept, and anxious owners have no visibility.
✓ Daily medication to-do list with one-tap confirmation. Owner notified automatically when dose is given.
⚠ The problem
Owners call constantly to check in
With no private communication channel, owners call during your busiest moments. Staff time is lost managing inbound calls instead of caring for dogs.
✓ Private owner dashboard with daily updates, photos and medication logs. Calls drop significantly.
⚠ The problem
Bookings confirm without proper checks
Dogs arrive with expired vaccinations. Deposits aren't collected. Profiles are incomplete. Chaos on the day — and a risk to your centre's licence.
✓ AI verification checkpoint. Nothing confirms until profile, vaccinations and deposit all pass.
Everything in one platform

Built around how your business actually works

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Revenue forecasting
See projected income for the next 30, 60 and 90 days based on confirmed bookings. Plan staffing and marketing with real numbers.
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Real-time bookings
Live availability enforced at database level. No double booking is ever possible — even if two people try to book simultaneously.
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Digital dog profiles
Replace paper intake forms entirely. Vaccinations, medical conditions, medication, behaviour notes — built once, used forever.
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Deposit automation
Deposits collected automatically at point of booking via Stripe. No more chasing. No more no-shows without financial protection.
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Verification checkpoint
Intelligent pre-booking checklist. Profile complete, vaccinations valid, deposit paid — nothing confirms until all checks pass.
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Medication to-do
Daily medication schedule for every dog in residence. One tap to mark as given. Owner notified instantly with a personalised message.
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Occupancy view
See capacity by day at a glance. Know when you're full, when you have gaps, and which rooms need filling weeks ahead.
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AI photo recognition
Coming soon — staff upload photos and AI automatically identifies each dog and routes updates to the right owner. Zero manual matching.
✦ AI capabilities

Intelligent automation that works while you do

Barkive isn't just software — it's an AI-powered operations layer that catches problems before they happen, forecasts your business performance and reduces the cognitive load on your team every single day. Whether you run a boarding kennel, daycare centre or grooming business, Barkive works around you.

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AI forecasting predicts revenue and occupancy from live booking data
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Intelligent verification blocks invalid bookings automatically
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Automated owner notifications — medication, updates, booking changes
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AI photo-to-dog matching routes updates to the right owner
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Smart vaccination expiry tracking with proactive alerts
⚡ AI-powered features
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Revenue forecasting
Projected income from booking patterns
Live
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Smart verification
Blocks invalid bookings automatically
Live
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Medication intelligence
Schedules, reminders and owner alerts
Live
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AI photo recognition
Auto-routes photos to correct owner
Q4 2026
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Demand prediction
Optimal pricing and capacity planning
2027
"The idea came from a simple frustration — most centres are juggling bookings, payments and owner updates across three or four different tools. Barkive brings it all into one place that staff actually trust."
Tom Pearce — Founder, Barkive
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See Barkive in action at your business

We're working with a small group of independent UK dog care businesses — kennels, daycare centres and groomers — to shape the product before launch. If you're interested in being an early adopter, we'd love to show you what we're building and hear what would make it work for you.

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30-minute walkthrough tailored to your centre
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See the live dashboard and owner app
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No obligation — we're still building
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Early adopters shape the product and get founder pricing
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Your feedback directly influences what gets built next
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Tom will be in touch within 24 hours to arrange a time. In the meantime, feel free to email info@barkive.co.uk if you have any questions.