For dog breeders

Kennel records that live on your computer.

Kennel, litter, whelping. The vocabulary every dog breeder already uses.

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One of Brian's dogs, a merle and white long-coated dog with its mouth wide open, in a car, with Brian in sunglasses behind.
One of Brian's dogs, with Brian behind.

Your words, on every screen.

The name on the door, the labels on every screen, the registries it asks for and the vaccines it reminds you about, the way dog breeders say them. The same terms the app uses on screen.

Your place
Kennel
Female
Bitch
Male
Dog
Young
Puppy
Birth
Whelping
Cycle
Heat
Registries
AKC / UKC
Core vaccines
DHLPP, Bordetella

What it keeps track of

From heat to handover.

KennelKeeper replaces the spreadsheet, the folder of paper and the two other programs. It is built for the whole life of an animal, from the heat that produced it to the buyer who took it home.

  1. Step 1

    Heat

    Log a heat and see the day she is on and her fertile window, then work out the due date from the mating.

    Heats and litters

    The reproduction screen showing three cycles and litters in progress and summary counts for active cycles, expecting dams, total offspring and breeding stock.The reproduction screen showing three cycles and litters in progress and summary counts for active cycles, expecting dams, total offspring and breeding stock.

    The reproduction screen showing three cycles and litters in progress and summary counts for active cycles, expecting dams, total offspring and breeding stock.

  2. Step 2

    The pairing

    Pedigree charts with Wright's coefficient of inbreeding, worked out from your own records, and a test-mating tool that looks five generations behind the pairing you are weighing up.

    Pedigrees and COI

    A sample pairing, made-up dogs

    Sire

    Ch.Holloway's Iron Compass

    ×

    Dam

    Ch.Ashford's Pale Lantern

    7.03%Wright's COI, 5 common ancestors

  3. Step 3

    Whelping and the litter

    Record each litter, how many were born and how many survived, and who is waiting on it. Each puppy can then have a record of its own, weights and all.

    Heats and litters

    The KennelKeeper home screen: two overdue vaccines, a whelping due in eleven days, two animals in heat with the day of the cycle, and buttons to add an animal, a health entry, a cycle or an expense.The KennelKeeper home screen: two overdue vaccines, a whelping due in eleven days, two animals in heat with the day of the cycle, and buttons to add an animal, a health entry, a cycle or an expense.

    The KennelKeeper home screen: two overdue vaccines, a whelping due in eleven days, two animals in heat with the day of the cycle, and buttons to add an animal, a health entry, a cycle or an expense.

  4. Step 4

    Health

    Vaccinations, medications, lab results and weights per animal. Anything coming due in the next 30 days is flagged on your home screen.

    Health records

    The health center for one animal, with tabs for vaccines, cycles, labs and DNA, procedures and weight, and a vaccination history listing a rabies shot with its lot number.The health center for one animal, with tabs for vaccines, cycles, labs and DNA, procedures and weight, and a vaccination history listing a rabies shot with its lot number.

    The health center for one animal, with tabs for vaccines, cycles, labs and DNA, procedures and weight, and a vaccination history listing a rabies shot with its lot number.

  5. Step 5

    Buyers and deposits

    On the Breeder plan: a waitlist from first enquiry to going home, deposits logged as income as they arrive, and income and expenses tagged to the animal or litter they belong to.

    Buyers and money

  6. Step 6

    The pedigree and the handover

    Print a pedigree on any plan or save it as a PDF on Breeder, and export an animal with its ancestors as a Heritage Passport file that KennelKeeper reads back in.

    Pedigrees and COI

Questions dog breeders ask.

Which registries does it ask for?

KennelKeeper labels registration numbers for AKC / UKC, and the registry number sits on every animal's card. Registration certificates can be photographed and read in by the scanner.

Which vaccines does it remind me about?

KennelKeeper names DHLPP and Bordetella, and every vaccination you log keeps its due date, with a reminder when it comes due.

I have more than one species. Does that work?

Yes. All three species can live in one registry, and the filters know the difference. Choose the species in Settings, and change it at any time.

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No tier counts your animals or your litters, and every tier exports.

Yearly saves $47.89 on Breeder and $77.89 on Signature.

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For a household with a few animals, or a first litter.

  • Unlimited animals and litters
  • Pedigree charts with Wright's COI
  • Heat cycles, litters and whelping dates

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$23.99a month

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  • Everything in Hobbyist
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  • Document scanner and writing assistant, allowance included

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For a program that publishes to its own website.

  • Everything in Breeder
  • Change history on every animal
  • Read-only API to feed your own website
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