Give Yourself Room to Breathe Between Appointments.
Automatic gaps between appointments for cleanup, travel, or preparation.
Back-to-back appointments with zero downtime lead to rushed service, messy stations, and frazzled groomers. Petboost automatically inserts buffer time between appointments so you always have time to clean up, prepare, or simply take a breath before the next pet arrives.
Your schedule is packed so tightly that you are finishing one groom and immediately starting the next. There is no time to clean your station, prep tools, or even have a drink of water. Quality suffers, your team burns out, and your clients notice the rush.
How Petboost helps
Petboost inserts automatic buffer time between appointments so your schedule has built-in breathing room.
Explore Smart Booking RulesSet buffer time before and/or after appointments at the service level.
Buffers are automatically factored into availability, preventing clients from booking into your cleanup time.
Different services can have different buffer durations.
Buffers appear on your calendar as protected time slots.
Buffer time is invisible to clients; they simply see fewer available slots.
Key Benefits
Better service quality
Buffer time means you start every appointment fresh, prepared, and focused. Your clients feel the difference.
Reduced team burnout
Built-in breathing room prevents the exhaustion that comes from non-stop, back-to-back appointments all day.
Clean, professional environment
Time to clean your station, sanitise tools, and prepare for the next pet. Professionalism in every detail.
Automatic and invisible
Clients never see the buffer; they just see fewer available slots. Your schedule integrity is protected without any awkward explanations.
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"Our whole process of switching from our old software to Petboost has been fantastic. Frazer has been incredibly supportive from day one, which made the changeover feel smooth and well guided. Now we can manage all our services easily in one place, and the ability to combine both daycare and grooming bookings has been especially helpful. Petboost is not only easy to use and logical, but the pricing is very competitive. It's also a big plus that it's Australian owned and operated. Streamlining communication between clients and the business, while also reducing admin time, has been amazing. It's made things feel much more organised and easier to manage day to day."
Annie
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Dogs of Melbourne - VIC
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My Dogs Daycare - QLD
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Fion's Dog Training - NSW
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Liz Dunn
Fetch & Focus - QLD
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Trail Sniffers - NSW
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Hound Health Bondi - NSW
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