Industry guide

Owners are trusting you with family.

Groomers, dog walkers, sitters, and daycares all sell reassurance. Owners want to see who you are, how you handle animals, and what other owners say before they hand over the lead. Pendro puts that on one fast page, with an enquiry form that captures the pet's details so your reply can be specific.

Free plan forever. No credit card to start.

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The Veterinary Clinic template, rendered live, a real starting point for pet services.Open the full preview
What your site needs

The three jobs your website must do.

01

Show the care, not the service

Galleries of your four-legged clients, your setup, and your handling approach: the visual proof that settles an anxious owner faster than a paragraph.

02

Answer the worried questions

An FAQ for what owners hesitate over: vaccinations, anxious animals, cancellations, insurance. Answered once, well, instead of in every enquiry.

03

Enquiries with the pet attached

Forms that capture breed, age, temperament, and what is needed, so you can reply with a real recommendation and price.

Made for pet services

The right sections, ready to drop in.

  • Photo galleryhappy dogs do the marketing
  • Google reviewsother owners, vouching
  • FAQvaccinations, nervous pets, policies
  • Booking formbreed + temperament with every request
Try this briefExample
Dog grooming studio in Norwich, anxious-dog specialists, one-to-one appointments only

You get a draft with a gallery doing the persuading, the vaccination and nervous-pet questions answered, and a booking form that asks for breed and temperament.

It starts from a template made for the trade. Here that is Veterinary Clinic, the one rendered live at the top of this page.

Write your own brief

An example, not a live demo. Nothing runs on this page.

A groomer finishing a poodle’s coat on the grooming table
Why it works

A website that does the whole job.

Pet care is chosen the way childcare is chosen, on gut feel assembled from small signals. Owners scan your site asking whether you genuinely like animals, whether the setup is clean and safe, and what happens if their dog is nervous or reactive. Pendro gives each signal a place: gallery sections full of relaxed animals in your care, an about section for your training and background, review sections carrying other owners' words, and policies on vaccination, insurance, and emergencies stated plainly.

The admin layer suits how pet businesses run. Booking enquiries arrive with the pet's breed, age, temperament, and the service needed, so a groomer can quote a doodle full-groom accurately or a walker can flag a reactive dog before the first meet. Regulars are the economics of this trade, and the newsletter keeps them close with holiday-cover reminders, a new daycare day, or puppy-groom slots. The announcement bar handles the operational drumbeat.

Every plan starts free — see what each plan includes.

Groomers and walkers comparing Wix should read the forms section. Capturing breed, age, and temperament with the request is what lets you answer with a price and a slot. Read the full Pendro vs Wix comparison, or see how Pendro measures up against Squarespace, Framer and WordPress.

Questions

Asked by pet services.

Can owners book appointments through the site?

Owners send a booking request with their pet's details and preferred times, and it lands in your email immediately. You confirm by reply, so you stay in control of a schedule that often depends on which dogs can be in the room together.

What should I put on the site to reassure nervous owners?

Photos of calm animals in your space, your qualifications and insurance, your approach to anxious pets, and reviews from other owners. Specifics beat adjectives: "one-to-one appointments, no cages, breaks whenever the dog needs one" says more than "caring and professional".

I walk dogs part-time. Is a website overkill?

A one-page site with your patch, your prices, your DBS and insurance status, and a few review quotes is what turns a neighbourhood recommendation into a client. The free plan means it costs nothing to run alongside part-time work.

How do I handle no-shows and last-minute cancellations?

Put the policy on the site in plain words and reference it in your confirmation reply: notice period, deposit if you take one, and what happens if a pet arrives unwell or without up-to-date vaccinations. Owners rarely argue with a policy they read before booking.

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Looking designed.

No card, no time limit. One site free forever, and nothing you change can make it look undesigned.