Know what each stay costs you.

For boarding kennels, dogs and cats.

Latigo Health is a cost-intelligence and operations tool for any business whose business is animals, including dog and cat boarding kennels: each meal or dose checked off from the kennel's own stock posts its supply cost to that dog's or cat's own ledger.

A stay's cost then sits beside what the stay brought in, and a medication the owner brought is logged at no cost to the kennel.

Latigo Health is $50 a month for the whole kennel after 90 days free, with no per-seat fees.

Read what changed, then finish this morning’s round below.

90 days free, then $50 a month. No platform fee on card payments.

Engraving of a foxhound's head
Etched by Samuel Howitt, 1809.

In the kennel run

Any phone

Morning round

Copper Run · Tue 29 Sep
  1. Juno Run 1
    Breakfast, 2 cups kibble
    Done

    Breakfast: was 3 cups now 2 cups

    Changed by Marcus, yesterday at 4:45 pm

    Seen
  2. Hank Run 5
    Joint chew, 1 chew with breakfast
    Done
  3. Pip Run 6
    Probiotic, 1 scoop on food
    Done
  4. Miso Cat condo 2
    Breakfast, 1 pouch salmon
    Done
Bo Run 3
Insulin, 9 units after breakfast
Witnessed by D. Reyes Witnessed

Morning finished. 5 chores, 5 ledger lines.

No prices on this side. The feed side never shows a cost.

The supply room

On hand
Supplies After 7:27 am
410 cups Kibble
63 chews Chews
119 scoops Probiotic
47 pouches Cat food

FIFO. Oldest batch first, at the price you paid for that batch.

The ledger

Finance
Per animal Copper Run Kennels demo data
  1. Tue 7:27 · Cat condo 2
    Miso · Cat food · 1 pouch $0.89
    Posted
  2. Tue 7:21 · Run 6
    Pip · Probiotic · 1 scoop $0.35
    Posted
  3. Tue 7:16 · Run 5
    Hank · Joint chew · 1 chew $0.58
    Posted
  4. Tue 7:09 · witnessed D. Reyes
    Bo · Owner's insulin · 9 units No cost
    Logged
  5. Tue 7:02 · Run 1
    Juno · Kibble · 2 cups $0.84
    Posted
  1. Mon 28 Sep · 5:27 pm
    Miso · Cat food · 1 pouch $0.89
    Posted
  2. Mon 28 Sep · 5:02 pm
    Juno · Kibble · 2 cups $0.84
    Posted
September so far · Facility
$1,866.08
This morning +$2.66

One tap. One transaction per chore. 412 → 410 cups, $0.84 posted, nothing typed.

What did Bo's stay cost you?

Bo is a diabetic spaniel, here for nine nights. His owner brought his insulin; you fed him your diabetic diet, billed as an add-on. Slide to your guess, then hold it up against what his stay brought in.

Food · probiotic · treats
$150.00

Most people guess.

Show me the real number

Bo · Copper Run Kennels · 9-night stay

The real number.

$76.05
Supply cost 3 lines
Your stay charge $513.00
  • Diabetic diet $69.30
  • Probiotic $3.15
  • Treats $3.60

Your guess was $73.95 high.

That number came from 36 checked-off tasks. Nobody typed it.

9-night stay ledger · Bo

Posted
Supply cost
$76.05
Stay charge
$513.00
Margin
$436.95

Every line traces to a task, a batch, and a person. Copper Run Kennels demo data.

Bo's diet · Run 3 · 9-night stay

Now the part the diet fee was meant to cover.

$69.30 supply cost $45.00 diet fee $24.30 over the diet fee, this stay

Now you know what the diet fee should be.

Copper Run Kennels demo data

Latigo Health for kennels

Price
$50 a month for the whole kennel, however many dogs and cats. One price, no per-seat fees.
Free trial
The first 90 days are free.
Devices
Any phone, tablet, or computer, as a web app in the browser. Check-offs, notes, health records, and photos made without signal wait on the device and sync when the signal is back.
What it tracks
The run sheet, stock, supply cost per dog or cat (the feed, bedding, and medication used), and the ledger.
Who sees what
The account owner sees the money, and managers what the owner allows; the staff on the runs see the tasks, never a price.
Cost per stay
Meals and doses from your stock post to the animal's ledger; meds the owner brings are logged at no cost to you.
Capacity
Each run holds a set number of units and a big dog takes more than one; an overfull booking is refused unless a manager books it anyway.
Vaccines
Each vaccine can block a booking or only warn, checked against the booked checkout, grace included, at booking and again at check-in.
Online booking
Owners ask for a stay from your booking link and confirm their email; your team approves or declines each request before anything is booked.
Does not do
Daycare packages or labor cost.
A good fit when
you board dogs and cats from your own food and supplies and want to know what each stay cost.
Not a fit when
you need owners to book instantly with no review, or daycare packages and passes.

Made for the way a kennel fills

The nightly rate is the easy part. Room, vaccines, and the owners are the rest.

Capacity by size

A Great Dane is not a beagle. Each run holds a set number of units, and each stay takes its own: most dogs take 1 and a big dog 2. A booking that would overfill a run is refused unless a manager books it anyway.

Tonight Occupancy
Run 4 · Mochi and Bean
2 of 2 units
Run 5 · Hank
2 of 2 units
Run 6 · Pip
1 of 2 units

Vaccines to checkout

Caught at booking, not at pickup. Set each vaccine to block a booking or only warn, with a grace period if you allow one. One that runs out before a booked checkout, grace included, is caught when the stay is booked and again at check-in, and a manager can waive what your policy allows, with a reason that stays on the dog's record.

Rosie · Bordetella 10 of 12 nights
Check-inCheckout

Daily updates

The owner sees the day, in photos. Publish each animal's day, one at a time or all at once: what was done, and that day's photos. The owner gets an email with a private link that works for 30 days, no account needed.

Bo's Daily Update for September 28, 2026

Here's how Bo's day went at Copper Run Kennels.

This link works for 30 days.

The run sheet walks your runs

Run by run, in the order you walk them. What each dog eats from your stock posts to that dog's own ledger, like Bo's diabetic diet from Run 3.

Where other tools stop

Most kennel software is built for the front desk: bookings, check-in, the bill. It cannot say what a stay cost, because it does not know what went into the bowl. Here every meal is a check-off, and what comes out of your supply room carries its cost.

Copper Run Kennels, run plan RUN 1RUN 2RUN 3RUN 4RUN 5RUN 6 Bo Hank 2 OF 2

Bo · Diabetic diet · 1 can · 46 → 45 cans

$3.85 Posted

Questions kennels ask

Is there kennel software that shows what each stay cost?

Yes: Latigo Health works out each stay's supply cost from the check-offs the kennel already makes. Each meal or dose that uses your stock posts its cost to that dog's own ledger, so the stay's cost sits beside what the stay brought in. Labor is not costed.

How do I know if my boarding rate covers a dog on a special diet?

Compare what the diet cost with what you charge for it; Latigo Health posts the diet's cost to the dog's ledger as each meal is checked off. In the demo, Bo's diabetic diet cost $69.30 over nine nights against $45.00 in diet fees ($5.00 a night), so the fee came up $24.30 short. Only what comes from your stock is costed; his insulin, which his owner brought, posted nothing.

Can a second person sign off on insulin?

Yes. Mark a task RED in Latigo Health and it cannot be checked off until another member of your team witnesses it. Both names stay on the task. Insulin the owner brought is logged on the dog's record at no cost to you.

Can I charge for a special diet?

Yes. Add the diet fee to the owner's invoice in Latigo Health as its own line, typed or picked from a saved list. Board comes onto the same invoice from the nights the dog actually stayed.

Does Latigo Health handle cats too?

Yes. A cat is its own species on the record, with a ready-made cat vaccine policy (rabies and FVRCP), on the same run sheet and ledger as the dogs.

Can I use it on a phone out in the runs?

Latigo Health is built for a phone first. A check-off made where the signal drops waits on the phone and syncs when it is back, and its cost still posts once, on the server.

Can owners book online?

Yes. Owners request a stay from your Latigo Health booking link, confirm their email, and your team approves or declines. Nothing is confirmed without you. Daycare packages are not built.

What does Latigo Health cost?

90 days free, then $50 a month, with no added payment fees. One price for the whole kennel, however many runs.

$50 a month

Start your 90-day free trial. Then $50 a month. No platform fee on card payments.

  • Run sheets in walk order, on any phone.
  • FIFO stock with a days-left forecast.
  • A supply ledger per animal, exportable to CSV.
  • Guest access for visiting vets, trainers, and other pros at no charge.

Built for boarding barns, kennels, rescues, and exotics rooms. One price, any room.

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