Sample demo by Praxis AI Solutions - "Example Pet Spa" is a made-up business, built to show pet grooming & boarding owners what's possible.

A sample for pet grooming & boarding owners

No more 'Is Bella ready?' calls with clippers in your hand

Chris here. I built this example for pet grooming and boarding owners, and every name on it is made up; nothing here is live.

Try it yourself See what you'd save
  • Clients book grooms without calling during your busiest hours
  • Pickup texts replace the 'is she done yet' calls
  • Regulars get nudged back before their coats get matted
$399/mo
what a pet grooming & boarding business on Podium Core pays at list prices
24/7
booking, with reminders that schedule themselves
You approve
every message before anything goes live
1

Book a groom

Customers pick a service, a day and an open time on their phone, even at 10 p.m. The reminder texts schedule themselves.

Pick your dog's size and service, then choose a day and an open time.

Service
With
Day
Open times
2

Status texts: from drop-off to pickup

Customers get a text at each step, so the "is it ready yet?" calls stop. Each update is one tap for your team.

Today this usually comes with: Podium Core · $399/mo compare

Customers get a short text as their dog moves through the groom, so they stop calling to ask. The shop chooses which steps send a text, for example only Checked in and Ready for pickup.

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EPExample Pet SpaText message

The job, step by step

  1. 1Checked in
  2. 2Bath & fluff dry
  3. 3On the table (haircut)
  4. 4Finishing up
  5. 5Ready for pickup
  6. 6Picked up

Each update is one tap for your team (or it goes out when the job's status changes in the system you already use).

3

Rebook board: who's due for their next groom

Anyone due or overdue gets a friendly text with a way to book, instead of someone working down a call list.

Today this usually comes with: Podium Core · $399/mo compare

Regulars whose usual 4-8 week window has come up get a friendly nudge until they book or say not now.

Day 0
JH
Jenna HoffmanBella (goldendoodle) · full groom due Mon
Waiting
TL
Travis LindquistDuke (lab) · bath & de-shed, 2 weeks over
Waiting
BS
Brenda SorensenPeanut (shih tzu) · 6-week groom due Thu
Waiting
KB
Kyle BrandtRosie (cockapoo) · nudge 2 sent, no reply
Waiting
DH
Deb HalvorsonMilo (yorkie) · nail trim due this week
Waiting
AT
Amanda ThielGus (bernedoodle) · full groom, 3 weeks over
Waiting

The texts it sends

Schedule

  1. Hi Jenna, it's Example Pet Spa. {pet} is due for their next groom. Want us to save a spot? Reply YES and we'll text you a couple of open times, or book here: [link]. Reply STOP to opt out.
  2. Hi Jenna, just checking in on {pet}. If that coat is getting shaggy, we still have openings next week. Reply YES or pick a time at [link].
  3. Hi Jenna, we miss seeing {pet}. If you'd like to get back on the schedule, reply YES or book at [link]. If now's not a good time, no worries at all.

The money part

What a pet grooming & boarding business often pays every month, and what it could keep

These are the tools pet grooming & boarding owners most often pay a monthly bill for, at their published or reported prices. Tick the ones you pay for, pick your plan, or type your real bill. The math is yours to check.

Podium
Texting & reviewsPraxis replaces it

What Praxis builds instead: review-request texts after each job, two-way texting from your own number and missed-call text-back.

Reported price, October 2026 · source 1

$a month
Agency website on monthly retainer
WebsitePraxis replaces it

What Praxis builds instead: a phone-first website you own, with the quote or booking form built in.

Reported price · source 2

$a month
Another bill
Type your own

What you pay now, and what you'd pay after (0 if Praxis replaces it, or the cheaper plan's price).

$now, a month$after

Software you'd keep (accounting, practice or shop records, payroll) isn't on this list: Praxis works alongside it, it doesn't replace it. Prices change; every one below links to where it came from.

Where every price comes from (2 sources)
  1. Podium: as reported Podium price is structured into three plans, i.e., Core Plan for $399/month, Pro Plan for $599/month, and Signature Plan with custom pricing tailored ... softwarefinder.com
  2. Agency website on monthly retainer: as reported We keep it simple: A one-time $199 Setup Fee to build your custom site, and then a flat $49/month for hosting, updates, and support. cannonemarketing.com
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What no-shows could be costing you

The other side of the money: the work that slips away today. Type in your own numbers.

At these numbers
$0
a month back in your chairs

The starting numbers are examples for a typical pet grooming & boarding business, not yours. Type your own; nothing you type leaves this page. A review of 29 studies found reminders cut missed appointments by about a third on average (Hasvold & Wootton, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare). Source

Who builds it

One person you can call

I'm Chris, and I run Praxis AI Solutions out of Mason City, Iowa. When something needs changing, you call or text me, not a support line. In the real version, customers book their own grooms into your open slots, get a text when their dog is checked in and when it's ready, and regulars who are due get a polite rebook nudge until they book or tell you to stop. You set the services, times, and wording, and you approve every text and screen before anything goes live.

(641) 530-2599
  • One price, in writing, before you pay a dime.
  • Nothing sends, posts or charges without your okay.
  • You own what I build. It keeps working even if we never talk again.
  • If I can't build it, there's no charge.

In person around North Iowa; anywhere else over a screen share. Same price, same person.