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Pet Services

Every pet gets the same standard of care.

Pet service franchises run on safety protocols and staff reliability. Delightree gives every groomer, trainer, and handler the same checklists, SOPs, and training so every pet in your network gets consistent, safe care.

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Pre-Shift Safety Check

  • Kennels inspected
  • Gates and latches secure
  • Grooming tools sanitized
Completion67%
Photo verified
Completed
8:15 AM
The reality

Where execution slips in pet services

In the words of pet services operators managing the gap between their safety standards and what actually happens at each location.

  • Safety depends on who's working

    Our grooming protocols are different at every location. What one groomer calls a safety check, another calls optional. One bad incident is all it takes.

    VP of Operations

    National Pet Grooming Franchise

  • Retraining from scratch every month

    We have turnover around 80% in some locations. Every time a new groomer comes in, we start from zero. There's no consistent way to know if they're trained to our standard.

    Director of Training

    Pet Services Franchise

  • No visibility between site visits

    I can only tell how a location is running when I show up. If I haven't been there in three weeks, I have no idea what's happening.

    Area Director

    Multi-Location Pet Services Brand

  • Findings sit unresolved

    We flag something on a site visit and two months later it's still not fixed. Nobody owns it, nobody followed up, and the franchisee has forgotten it was ever raised.

    VP of Operations

    Pet Care Franchise Network

For the whole HQ team

Built for every role in your HQ

Safety checks every location actually runs.

  • Pre-shift care and safety checklists with photo proof, completed at the location before the first appointment.
  • Every audit finding becomes a tracked corrective action with an owner and a due date.
  • Safety and service standards across every location, visible as checks close.

I can see which locations ran their pre-shift check and which skipped it. That visibility changed how our managers work.

VP of Operations

Pet Grooming Franchise

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Regional Compliance

Last updated 2 mins ago

  • Downtown, Store #402

    GM: Sarah Miller

    98%
    On Track
  • West Port, Store #415

    GM: James Chen

    64%
    Action Req
  • East Side, Store #408

    GM: Elena Rossi

    42%
    Critical
The platform

The pieces that matter for pet services.

Pre-Shift Safety Check

South Austin, Location #18, 8:15 AM

  • Kennels inspected
  • Gates and latches secure
  • Grooming tools sanitized
  • Intake area clean
Completion: 2/450%

Pre-shift pet safety and care checklists with photo proof.

Opening, intake, and kenneling checks completed at the location with photo proof. HQ sees every check done at the right station, on the right shift, with the evidence attached.

Groomer Certifications

Alex M., Location #18

  • Pet Safety Handling
    ActiveExp. Mar 2027
  • Breed Grooming Protocols
    ActiveExp. Nov 2026
  • Animal First Aid
    RenewingExp. Jul 2026

Groomer and handler onboarding built for high-turnover staff.

Role-based paths for groomers, handlers, trainers, and front desk. Mobile-first delivery so a new hire completes their safety and care certification before they work with their first pet.

Service Quality Audit

South Austin, Location #18

87 / 100
  • Kennel sanitation log missing

    Resolved
    Alex M.Due Jun 20
  • Intake form incomplete for 3 clients

    Open
    Jordan K.Due Jun 22

Service quality audits with closed-loop corrective actions.

Every location runs the same service audit on schedule. Findings become tracked corrective actions with an owner and a due date, so HQ sees who has resolved their findings and who has not.

Care Protocol Library

South Austin, Location #18

  • Double-Coat Breed Protocol

    v3

  • Boarding Intake SOP

    v2

  • Animal Welfare and Safety

    v4

One home for every care SOP, breed protocol, and safety standard.

A searchable knowledge base organized by location and role. Groomers and handlers find the right protocol at the station, and HQ knows every team is using the approved version.

Updated: New Intake Protocol

Sent to all locations, Jun 12

Alex M.

#18 South Austin

Acknowledged

Jordan K.

#18 South Austin

Acknowledged

Sam T.

#21 North Loop

Pending

Care standard updates your team sees and acknowledges.

Targeted updates with acknowledgment tracking. HQ can prove a new intake protocol or safety requirement reached every location before the next shift opened.

Delightree AI

Ask for the care protocol. Get the answer in seconds.

Groomers and handlers ask Delightree AI in plain language. The answer comes from your approved SOPs and care protocols, with the source attached every time.

Delightree Assistant

User question

SOP_Boarding_Intake_v2.pdf

New Opening: South Austin, Location #18

Kim Pet Services Group, franchisee since 2023

In progress
  1. Lease and Buildout

    Completed April 22

  2. Equipment and Station Setup

    Completed May 30

  3. Staff Hiring and Certification

    65% Done

    Scheduled to complete June 25

  4. Pre-Launch and Marketing

    Scheduled to start July 3

  5. First Booking Day

    Scheduled for July 16

New location openings

Every location opens on schedule. Every milestone visible.

One playbook from buildout to first booking. Every franchisee follows the same steps, including staff certification and safety setup. HQ sees every opening in one view, with delays flagged before they slip the date.

On-time openings keep royalty numbers on track.

Every location opens to the same playbook and hits its date, so new locations start booking clients when they should.

Outcomes

What it moves

Adoption

A platform your staff actually uses

The real problem is adoption. Delightree is built for the groomer and the handler at the station, so location teams log in and use it.

Closed loop

Close the loop from issue to action

Audit findings become tasks. Tasks can trigger retraining. Resolution is tracked. The loop closes.

Visibility

Know what's happening at every location

See safety checks, audits, and training at every location in real time, without a site visit.

Consistency

Every location follows the same care standard

Safety checklists, certification, audits, and care SOPs tied to the location they happened at. The brand standard lives in the work your team does every shift.

Scale

Open new locations without growing HQ

Staff solve more on their own with SOPs, certification, and AI Search built in. HQ time goes to the locations that need it most.

One platform

Stitched-together stacks slow your locations down.

Most pet service networks run on a stack: a paper intake form, a group chat for daily updates, a shared drive for SOPs, and a spreadsheet tracking staff certifications. Delightree replaces the stack.

SOP folder
LMS
Spreadsheet
Task app
Audit app
Email and chat
Ready when you are

See it for your pet service locations.

A short interactive demo, or a live one with our team. Your call.