CanineOps vs Time To Pet
These are fundamentally different platforms built for different business models. This page separates the mobile-service use case from the facility-based kennel use case.
Choose Time To Pet for mobile visit scheduling and sitter operations. Choose CanineOps for kennel, boarding, training, and facility workflows that depend on on-site coordination.
Pet sitting, dog walking, GPS visit logs, and route-based mobile teams.
Boarding, kennel occupancy, training programs, and structured facility operations.
If staff are checking dogs into rooms instead of driving to visits, evaluate CanineOps first.
Time To Pet is built for pet sitting businesses and dog walking services - mobile, sitter-team operations with visit scheduling and route management. CanineOps is built for facility-based boarding kennels, training businesses, and daycare operations. If you're evaluating both, the right choice depends entirely on your business model.
The workflow gap is operational, not cosmetic. One platform is optimized for mobile visits. The other is optimized for facilities where staff manage dogs, rooms, reservations, training, and client communication from a central system.
SaaS platform for pet sitting businesses and dog walking companies. Strong scheduling, sitter management, GPS tracking, client communication, and invoice/payment features for mobile service teams.
SaaS platform for facility-based pet care operators. Kennel board view, reservation management, training programs, multi-role staff access, and client portal - built for boarding kennels, training centers, and multi-location operations.
Side-by-side feature comparison
Use this table to answer a narrow question quickly: does your team run mobile visits, or does it run an on-site boarding and training operation that needs facility-specific tooling?
| Capability | Time To Pet | CanineOps |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile / Visit-Based Operations | ||
| Dog walking / pet sitting scheduling | Primary focus | Not primary focus |
| GPS visit tracking | Primary focus | Not primary focus |
| Sitter team management | Primary focus | Not primary focus |
| Facility-Based Operations | ||
| Boarding reservation calendar | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Kennel board / unit occupancy view | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Guided check-in / check-out workflow | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Medication and care capture at intake | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Training Programs | ||
| Training program management | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Milestone tracking per dog | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Daily training report cards | Not primary focus | Primary focus |
| Shared Capabilities | ||
| Client portal / communication | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing and payments | Yes | Yes |
| Role-based staff access | Yes | Yes (8 roles) |
Choosing the right platform
If your business mixes boarding, training, and client handoff workflows inside a physical facility, evaluate for operational depth first. If your business is primarily field service, evaluate for visit logistics first.
- Run a pet sitting or dog walking business
- Manage a team of mobile sitters or walkers
- Need GPS-tracked visits and route management
- Do not have a physical boarding facility
- Operate a boarding kennel or training facility
- Need kennel board, check-in/out, and occupancy tools
- Run formal training programs with milestones
- Have multiple staff roles and need structured access control
- •You operate facility-based boarding and training workflows.
- •You need intake, kennel board, training, and closeout in one system.
- •You need role-based controls for on-site teams.
- •Your primary model is pet sitting and dog walking.
- •You depend on route-based field operations and visit logs.
- •You are optimizing mobile service execution first.
Why operators switch
- •Align software model to facility-first operations.
- •Centralize boarding and training visibility for managers.
- •Reduce operational gaps between front desk and floor teams.
Questions to ask before choosing software
- •Is your core revenue from field visits or on-site boarding?
- •Do you need a kennel board and intake workflow every day?
- •Should training programs live in the same system as stays?
- •What migration path exists for current client and pet records?
Pricing and payment control
Flat monthly pricing. No CanineOps platform percentage on client payments. Use your own processor and keep payment control with your business.
Migration and onboarding
Migration planning includes discovery, export review, import mapping, role setup, test run, and go-live support. Review the switching confidence kit for the full sequence.
Common questions
These are the questions operators usually ask once they realize the comparison is really between two different operating models.
Built for boarding and training operations.
Try CanineOps free for 7 days. No credit card required. Evaluate the boarding, kennel, and training workflows in the context they were built for.