Daycare software built for busy, ever-changing days.

Headcount that updates as dogs arrive, drop-ins booked in seconds, playgroups that keep the right dogs together, and a day rate that bills itself at pick-up.

In short: JAP runs the daycare side of an independent pet business: bookings, headcount, playgroups, packages and payments, all in one app. Start free, then it's $20 to $60 a month by team size.

No card required · cancel any time

Today · Daycare floor

Dogs in today

38

7 spots left
Small yard12/16
Large yard21/24
Quiet room5/5

Miso

checked in

Pepper

checked in

Tofu

checked in

Busiest hour 9 to 11am

Add one handler

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Know your headcount before the door opens.

Live capacity per yard, room and staff ratio, hour by hour. JAP shows when you hit the cap, releases no-show spots back to the floor, and warns you before a busy morning becomes an unsafe one.

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Capacity · Wednesday

Headcount through the day

live
7am12pm6pm

Cap of 40 hit at 11:00, stop drop-ins

Staff ratio

1 : 9

within policy

No-shows released

2 spots back at 10:30

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Drop-ins and walk-ins take twenty seconds.

Pick the pet, pick the hours, done. Vaccination status and remaining capacity are checked as you book, so the front desk never has to promise a spot that doesn't exist, online or at the counter.

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Book a drop-in

today

Pet

Pepper · Beagle

Drop-off

8:30 am

Pick-up

4:00 pm

Vaccinations valid · spot available

Confirm drop-in

Walk-in at the door

Added to today in 20 seconds

Half day · $28

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Playgroups that respect size, energy and history.

Assign dogs to groups and handlers for each rotation. Temperament flags, size rules and do-not-pair notes follow the dog, so a swap mid-morning takes one drag instead of a hallway conversation.

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Playgroups · 10:00 rotation

Small & shy

Ana

Miso

Olive

Bean

Rowdy crew

Marcus

Tank

Nala

Rex

Sky

Seniors

Jo

Duke

Pip

Temperament and size rules applied automatically

Moved Bean → Small & shy

Flagged: too much play

9 dogs per handler

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Parents see the day while it's happening.

Send photos and a short note from the yard to one dog or a whole playgroup. Replies land in the same inbox as everything else, so nobody is texting from a personal phone.

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Miso · midday update

11:42

“Big morning in the small yard, then a nap. Ate all lunch.”

Parent liked this Send

Sent to 24 parents

One tap, whole playgroup

Reply from Sara

“Best photo yet 😄”

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Daily rates that add themselves up.

Full days, half days, late pick-ups and pass credits post to the invoice as they happen. Charge the card on file at pick-up, email the receipt, and see the day's takings without a spreadsheet.

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Invoice · Pepper · Wed

Daily rate

auto-billed
Full day daycare$42.00
Late pick-up (15 min)$8.00
10-day pass credit−$42.00
Charged to card on file$8.00

Receipt emailed at pick-up

Pass balance

6 days left

Renew reminder queued

Today’s takings

$1,284

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What daycare owners usually ask us

Can JAP handle drop-ins and regulars in the same day?
Yep. Regulars run on a repeating schedule you set once, and a drop-in takes about ten seconds to add at the desk. Headcount updates the moment a dog is checked in, so the number on the screen is the number in the yard.
Does it keep track of playgroups?
It does. Dogs go into the groups you've decided on, and pets that shouldn't be together are flagged when you try to put them in the same group. The decision is still yours; JAP just refuses to let it happen quietly.
How do daycare packages and punch cards work?
Sell a ten-day package, and each visit counts one off automatically. When someone's near the end you'll see it, so you can mention it at pick-up instead of finding out after they've used four days they never paid for.
Can parents see how the day went?
Send a photo and a couple of lines from your phone and it shows up in their portal. Nothing fancy required: most teams send one or two a day and clients love it more than they'd admit.

Run tomorrow's daycare day on JAP.

Set your capacity, import your clients and take your first drop-in today.

Let’s get going

Try JAP free for 10 days. No credit card required.