Camera feeds and daily photo reports that pet boarding centres share with owners
TL;DR Kennelview gives pet boarding and daycare centres a camera kit, a booking app and a daily photo report card, so you can check on your dog while you're away. The centre pays a monthly fee per site and uses the openness to win bookings from cagier rivals.
Leaving your dog at a boarding centre is an act of trust, and most owners get a phone call only if they push for one. Standards vary wildly. India's Pet Shop Rules count a boarding kennel operator as a "breeder" for registration[1], but no Indian rule says what a boarding stay must include, and studies abroad have found wide gaps in welfare across breeding and boarding premises[2].
The pool of owners keeps growing, with India at about 39.2 million pets in 2025[3]. Lots of first-time owners are travelling and back in offices, and the stay is when they worry most.
Kennelview sells a kit of four to eight indoor cameras, a hosted video service and an app. Owners get a viewing link that works only for the days their pet is booked and only for shared play areas, never the staff room or other customers' private kennels. Each evening staff tap a few buttons to send a report card with photos, meals eaten, walks and any concerns.
The seed pitched live video from a pet sitter visiting your home, and I moved it to boarding centres. Filming inside homes raises consent questions for sitters and visitors, and owners who want that already buy home pet cameras. Centres, on the other hand, have a business reason to show their floor - it wins bookings.
The centre pays, at my rough estimate of ₹4,000–8,000 a month per site including leased cameras, plus setup. Owners don't pay directly. The centre can add a small fee per stay or simply use the feature to fill rooms. One US software system for boarding and daycare includes webcams and photo report cards and says over 5,000 facilities use it[4].
Home pet cameras have taught owners to expect video. Home pet-camera brands sell cameras with treat tossing and paid alerts[5], so if you've watched your dog at home then you'll ask why a boarding centre can't do the same. Some clinic groups now run boarding alongside vet care[6], so centres compete on trust.
There is no public count of pet boarding and daycare centres in India, and no figure for what people spend on boarding. The nearest signal is from the US, where one boarding software firm reports more than 50 million report cards sent to pet parents[4].
That shows owners use the feature when it exists. Treat India's demand as unproven until you count centres in your first city.
US boarding software bundles booking, webcams and report cards for facilities[4]. Pet-camera brands serve owners at home rather than boarding businesses[5]. Indian centres mostly run on chat groups and generic CCTV apps, and I found no Indian software built for them that combines booking, controlled owner viewing and report cards. That's the gap.
| Difficulty | Moderate (37/100) |
| Starting capital | ₹35–65 L |
| Time to launch | 4–6 months |
Cameras and streaming are off-the-shelf. The real work is installing and supporting hardware across lots of small sites, keeping video reliable on patchy broadband and writing viewing rules that respect staff and other customers. Selling to small owner-run centres means many visits for modest fees.
Kennelview needs no sector licence of its own, but its customers and its cameras do.
Building this outside India? The categories above usually have a local equivalent, so check with your own regulator.
Don't let AI tell an owner their pet is fine or unwell. A staff member checks and writes that part.
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I'd say it's worth a shot if you've sold software to small businesses and can manage field installs. If you expect owners to pay directly then it's a weak fit. First prove two things - 10 centres keep paying for six months, and their bookings go up.
Plan for roughly ₹35–65 L, mostly for cameras, the video service, the app and installing at early centres.
No sector licence for the software. Check WPC approval on the cameras, DPDP rules on video, and that your centres are registered.
Yes, boarding software already sells abroad. Check local privacy law on recording staff and customers before you install.
The free Kennelview validation kit has the line-by-line capital breakdown, the effort scoring, the camera and data-protection checklist, a 14-day validation sprint with pass/fail targets, a 90-day launch plan, 10 interview questions for centre owners and pet parents, and 5 assumptions to test. Download the kit →
Thinking about building Kennelview or something close to it? The make-or-break work is getting small boarding centres to pay monthly and keep the cameras switched on. If you need a hand, you know where to find me. Talk to Yash →
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