Live demo build  ·  Pet Services

How a mobile dog grooming business
answers every call without stopping work

A complete ClaraFlow AI automation stack built for The Groom Wagon — voice AI that answers every inbound call, automated follow-up, online booking, and post-groom customer comms. All four pillars, fully live and testable.

IndustryPet Services
Business sizeSolo operator
PlanAI Premium
LocationSouth Leicestershire
Demo build: The Groom Wagon is a real, fully operational system we built to demonstrate exactly what ClaraFlow AI delivers for service businesses. Every workflow and AI agent shown here is live and testable. Book a call to see it →
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Automated workflows built and live
100%
Of inbound calls answered by Waggy
24/7
Lead capture — evenings, weekends, all of it
6wk
Reactivation nudge for quiet customers

A great groomer. A back office held together with sticky notes.

Sarah runs a solo mobile dog grooming round in south Leicestershire — City & Guilds qualified, five-star reputation, fully booked most weeks. But the business side of it was another story. Enquiries came in by phone, text, and Instagram DM with no system behind any of it.

When she was out grooming, calls went to voicemail and often weren't followed up until the evening. Bookings happened over WhatsApp. Reminders were sent manually the night before. After a groom, she meant to ask for a Google review — but rarely did.

The work was good. The systems were non-existent.

The phone never stops

Every time Sarah's hands were in a dog's coat, the phone rang. Stopping mid-groom to answer wasn't an option. Not answering meant lost business.

No follow-up system

Enquiries that didn't immediately convert were forgotten. No sequence to chase them — just good intentions and not enough hours.

Bookings by WhatsApp

Scheduling was a back-and-forth every time. No calendar link, no confirmation, no reminder going out the day before.

Repeat business left to chance

Happy customers who drifted weren't being nudged back. The relationship ended when the job ended.

All four pillars. One joined-up system.

We built The Groom Wagon's full automation stack inside a dedicated account — voice AI, SMS sequences, online booking, post-groom comms, and a reactivation workflow. Nothing is manual. Nothing falls through the gaps.

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Lead capture — Waggy answers every call

Every inbound call to The Groom Wagon is answered live by Waggy, the AI voice agent. Sarah never has to stop mid-groom to pick up the phone. Waggy introduces herself, asks for the dog's name and size, finds out which service they're after, and either sends a booking link immediately or books a callback — all handled in real time, without a human involved. Out-of-area enquiries are handled politely and redirected. No call goes unanswered, no enquiry gets lost to voicemail.

Voice AI Answers every inbound call Out-of-area routing
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Automated follow-up — SMS sequences that do the chasing

Every lead that comes in — whether through Waggy, the website chat, or Instagram — enters a follow-up sequence automatically. If they don't book after receiving the booking link, a chase goes out. If Sarah misses a callback within four hours, an escalation fires. Leads that go cold are nudged, not abandoned. The whole sequence runs without Sarah touching it.

Automated SMS Escalation logic Quote ghost recovery
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Booking & appointments — no phone tag, no back-and-forth

Clients book themselves through an online calendar. The moment a booking is confirmed, a confirmation SMS goes out. A 48-hour reminder fires automatically. A day-of reminder goes out the morning of the groom. If a client cancels, a rebook sequence starts immediately. The diary fills, reminders go out, and Sarah never has to chase a no-show manually again.

Online booking Confirmation SMS Reminders Rebook flow
04
Customer comms — relationships that run on autopilot

After every groom, a post-job message goes out — warm, on-brand, and timed right. A review request follows. If a customer goes quiet for six weeks, a reactivation nudge goes out to bring them back. Instagram DM enquiries get an instant auto-reply with next steps. Every customer feels looked after. Sarah does none of the sending.

Post-groom SMS Review requests 6-week reactivation IG auto-reply

Nine workflows. One pipeline. Every stage tracked.

Here's the full automation stack built for The Groom Wagon. Each workflow is live, tested, and firing correctly. This is what we'd build for your business.

Waggy — Voice AI inbound call agent
Answers every inbound call live, captures enquiry details, routes to Branch A, B, or C
Voice AI
Branch A — Booking link sent
Booking link delivered via SMS instantly; contact moved into pipeline
Booking
Branch B — Callback requested
Escalates to Sarah after 4 hours if not called back; converts to Branch A after 24 hours
SMS
Branch C — Out of area
Polite decline with referral message; contact tagged and exited cleanly
SMS
Appointment created — Confirmation + reminders
Instant confirmation SMS, 48h reminder, day-of reminder — all automated
Booking
Cancellation & rebook flow
Detects cancellation, pauses reminder sequence, opens rebook conversation
Comms
Quote ghost recovery
Chases leads that received a booking link but never converted
SMS
6-week reactivation nudge
Flags customers who haven't rebooked; sends a warm check-in
Comms
AI chat widget — website lead capture
Captures name, email, phone via chat; routes directly into the main pipeline
AI Chat

My phone used to ring constantly while I was mid-groom. I couldn't answer, and most of the time they'd just move on to someone else. Now Waggy answers every single call — gets their details, sends a booking link, books them in. The appointment's in the calendar before I've even finished drying the dog. I haven't answered a booking call in weeks.

Sarah — The Groom Wagon, South Leicestershire

The Groom Wagon is ClaraFlow AI's working demo build. Sarah is a fictional persona representing the solo service business owner this system is designed for.

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Book a free 30-minute call. We'll open up the Groom Wagon demo, run through each automation live, then talk about what we'd build for your business.