Animal Types

Pet Manager supports a wide range of animal types, allowing you to manage dogs, cats, small animals, exotics, and more within the same system. By defining multiple animal types, you can tailor every part of your workflow — including care routines, booking options, capacity rules, and pricing — to suit the specific needs of each species. This ensures that your services remain accurate, flexible, and appropriate for the animals you care for.

To manage your Animal Types go to Settings > Animals & Breeds

Then navigate to Animal Types in the left side menu.

Animal Types Overview Table

The Overview page displays all Animal Types configured within the system, giving you a clear snapshot of their key details. From here, you can quickly review information at a glance and make edits directly.

Name - This is the label assigned to an Animal Type. It acts as the identifier used throughout the system and is also displayed to customers in the Customer Porta

Breeds - Indicates the total number of breeds linked to the selected animal type. The count acts as a live link to view the list.

Pets - Indicates the total number of pets linked to the selected animal type, including inactive ones. The count is a live link that opens the full list.

Ignore Require Vaccination - Enables booking requests via the customer portal regardless of vaccination status. When disabled, the portal will display a notification if the pet’s vaccinations are not valid.

Active - When enabled, the Animal Type is active and can be selected when adding bookings.

To make further changes to a Animal Type, click the Edit button to open the full edit view.

Place Handler -    This setting lets you control the order in which Animal Types appear in the Booking Forms. You can simply use the up and down arrows to drag the items into the position you prefer, ensuring the display order matches how you’d like customers to see them.

For More Information

On adding different breeds view - Animal Breeds