Pet Services SOPs — Free Printable Operating Procedures
Standard operating procedures for pet-services businesses, organized by what you do. Pick your vertical to open its full operating manual — free to print, source-anchored, no signup.
More pet-services verticals are on the way (mobile grooming, dog walking, cat boarding). Want one next? Use the feedback link on any SOP.
Standards for handling animals and their owners
Pet services live and die on two relationships at once: the animal in your care and the owner who loves it. A grooming or boarding business earns repeat bookings by being predictable — the same gentle intake, the same careful handling, the same clean kennel, the same honest update at pickup. That predictability comes from written procedures, not from hoping every staff member remembers.
This hub holds two complete manuals. Dog Grooming covers intake and health checks, bathing and drying, breed-specific cuts, nail and ear care, and handling an anxious dog. Pet Boarding covers check-in and feeding instructions, kennel cleaning and sanitizing, exercise and supervision, medication logging, and emergency response. Pick the manual that matches your business.
What's inside each operating manual
Every procedure prints on a single page — scope, who and when, steps, a quality check, and sources — ready for the grooming station or the kennel wall.
How to use these SOPs
These are working documents, not wall art. Read the procedure top to bottom before the work, print one per person (toggle ink-saver for a cheap black-and-white copy for the binder), and have new hires sign off once they can run it unsupervised. Found something out of date? Use the feedback link on any SOP — flagged procedures are re-researched against their source list.