Pregnancy & Whelping
Dog Pregnancy Week by Week: The Complete Timeline
What happens in each of the nine weeks of dog pregnancy: when to confirm, when to increase food, when to X-ray, and when to set up the whelping box.
Aaron McKeehan
Founder
Features
Discover the capabilities of Breeders Companion. From straightforward health tracking and litter management to a breeding calendar that surfaces heats, milestones, and follow-ups, experience all that our breeding app offers.
The Tag
While tagging is nothing new, we made it a core function of our app, to help you stay organized without requiring too much data entry. Innovating your breeding management program.
Litter Management
Manage what matters most
Introducing our new Litter Manager tool! With this feature, you can easily manage all the details for each group of puppies. Record what you spend, what you earn, and see all the information in one place. It's designed especially with breeders in mind, making sure you know exactly how well each litter is doing financially. Manage your puppies with ease and confidence!
- Integrated Account Management
- We've added indepth expense, and payment tracking for puppies, and litters and integrated it with the accounting/budget spreadsheet.
Track each litter
Get an overview of each litter, its value, and its overall expenses.
Track each puppy
Get an overview of each puppy, its age, and its current status.
Track every expense
See every accounting item on a litter and puppy, including income and expenses.
Track every payment
See every payment on a litter from deposits to final payment.
Puppy Management
Value every puppy
Tracking each puppy, their health, and their payments is now easier than ever. With our new Puppy Manager tool, you can easily manage all the details for each puppy. Record what you spend, what you earn, and see all the information in one place. It's designed especially with breeders in mind, making sure you know exactly how well each puppy is doing financially.
- Integrated Account & Document Management
- All of the related payments, expenses, and documents for each puppy are accessible from the Document Manager, the Accounting Spreadsheet, and Dashboard.
Puppy Profiles
Track, edit and tag each puppies details.
Puppy Health and Payments
Track each puppies health records, payments and expenses.
Weight and Price Tracking
Track each puppies weight and price over time.
Documents and Photos
Upload and store documents and photos for each puppy.
Spreadsheets for Breeders
Easy to use spreadsheets
Breeders Companion integrates familiar spreadsheet functionalities, offering a seamless transition from Excel or Google Sheets right onto our platform. Simplify your data storage and management, keeping everything in one secure, easy-to-access location..
- Copy and Paste.
- Enjoy the simplicity of our copy and paste feature, perfect for saving time. With just a few clicks, you can transfer data directly from Excel or Google Sheets into the app, avoiding the need for manual entry.
- Prebuilt fields.
- Benefit from our prebuilt fields, thoughtfully designed to save you the trouble of creating complex spreadsheets. Experience a smoother, less time-consuming setup, with no need to build out interconnected data fields yourself.
- Tagging.
- Experience seamless organization with our unique tagging feature, which lets you add tags to each spreadsheet row. This practical function promotes the easy organization of data across the app, helping you keep track of your information with greater efficiency.
Breeding calendar
One calendar for your whole kennel season
Breeders Companion builds a breeding calendar from your existing data. See what is coming up across heats, litters, health, and follow-ups in month, week, day, or list view—then add manual events when you need to block time on the schedule.
- Milestones from your records.
- Heat estimates, litter go-home windows, vaccine due dates, and pregnancy milestones are generated from the dogs and litters you already track—no duplicate data entry.
- Synced tasks, health, and CRM.
- Todos, health records, CRM follow-ups, and payment due dates can appear on the same calendar so you see operations in one timeline.
- Reminders and export.
- Optional email reminders, plus download or subscribe via .ics to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook.
Spreadsheets for every scenario
- Litter Management
- View all your litters in one place. Add, edit, or delete litters as needed. Keep track of important details like birthdate, sire, and dam. Use the filters to view litters for a specific dog or date range Incorperate tags to categorize your litters by breed, contract, or any other criteria you choose.
- Budget Tracking
- View financial records related to your breeding business. Manage your Paid and Unpaid transactions. Tag your transactions to view records for a specific dog or litter, etc.
- Todo lists
- Stay organized, prioritize effectively, and streamline your workflow. Use the Eisenhower Matrix to effectively prioritize tasks. Add, edit, or delete tasks. Tag each task to relate them to other items in Breeders Companion.
- Customer Relationship Management
- Streamline your interactions, track customer touches, and enhance your relationships. Organize your relationships with tags, and track your interactions using a follow up and touch oriented timing system.
- Breeding calendar & reminders
- See heats, litter milestones, health due dates, and follow-ups on one calendar. Generated from your records, with optional email reminders and export to Apple or Google Calendar.
Documents for Breeders
Straight-forward document management
Breeders Companion's document management feature allows you to organize, track, and retrieve your files with ease. Use our advanced tagging system to associate documents with spreadsheet data, creating a cohesive and interconnected data environment.
- Everything in one place.
- Keep all your essential business documents safe and organized with our comprehensive document storage feature. With everything in one accessible location, managing your breeding business becomes more streamlined and efficient
- Tagging.
- Enhance the way you manage documents with our intuitive tagging feature, designed to link each document to other tagged data within the app. This interconnected approach allows for more efficient retrieval and understanding of your business information.
Contract Builder
Simplified Agreement Creation
Creating contracts for selling puppies has never been easier. With this straightforward tool, you can use your own past templates, streamlining the process for your convenience. It also allows you to craft new templates from previous ones, making sure your agreements keep up with your growing needs.
- Store.
- Save all of your contracts to your documents. Our app is designed to make your life easier, so you can spend less time searching for Contracts and more time doing what you love.
- Tagging.
- Experience seamless organization with our unique tagging feature, which lets you add tags to each Contract. Organize your agreements in a way that makes sense to you, and find them easily.
Learn more on our blog
Our tips and tricks will help you brainstorm creative ways to take advantage of our innovative tagging feature with all of the tools we offer.
Pregnancy & Whelping
The Dog Whelping Box: Sizing, Setup, and DIY Plans
What a whelping box is, how to size one for your breed, why pig rails matter, and how to build your own — plus when to set it up so she actually uses it.
Aaron McKeehan
Founder
Pregnancy & Whelping
Signs of Labor in Dogs: The Three Stages of Whelping
The temperature drop, nesting, and the three stages of canine labor — what normal whelping looks like hour by hour, and the warning signs that mean call the vet now.
Aaron McKeehan
Founder
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