Owner login per household
Each owner sees only their own horses, stall details and invoices.
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Customer Portal Website for Equine Boarding Facilities
A customer portal for equine boarding facilities gives each horse owner a private login to stall details, health records, board invoices and requests such as extra turnout. SIZ Group builds the portal so the barn manager works from one request queue instead of a phone that rings while the horses are being fed.
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Why a horse owner portal matters more than a generic login
Horse owners care about the details, and they worry when they cannot see them. Is the farrier coming Thursday, did the vet look at the swollen hock, and what is the hay plan for winter? A horse boarding client portal that answers those questions from a phone spares the barn manager a call from the fence line and reassures owners who are many miles away.
The barn benefits too. A shared record of stall, turnout and care notes means a relief groom can handle a horse on a Sunday without guessing. Owners see that the barn is organized, and staff spend less time reconstructing what was done the day before.
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How barn requests are handled today, and where they stall
Most barns handle owner requests through the barn phone, a group text and a clipboard in the tack room. An owner asks to change a feed ration, a second owner needs a trailer loaded for a vet visit, and a third wants an extra blanket during a cold snap. The request goes on a board, and the barn manager tries to remember it while catching up on turnout.
The gaps appear in the follow-up. The change is made but never logged, the invoice misses the extra blanket charge, and the owner is not told when the farrier cancels. A missed note about a horse's feed can cause real harm, which is why a portal should treat care changes as tasks that someone must close.
- Feed and care changes written on a clipboard
- Requests answered from memory during turnout
- Invoices missing charges for blankets or hauling
- Farrier and vet cancellations not passed on to owners
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How horse owners judge a barn and decide to stay
An owner who already boards with a barn compares it with the barn down the road whenever a bill or a problem arrives. They judge the barn by how quickly it answers, how clear the care notes are and whether they hear about a problem before they see it on social media. A portal that shows the facts builds the kind of confidence that keeps a boarder through a hard winter.
Many owners check on their phones from work or from a show grounds. The portal should show the horse's next farrier and vet visits first, load on a weak signal and let them download an invoice without digging through several menus. Those small details decide whether an owner stays for the next season.
What you get
Key features
Care and feed record
Feed rations, turnout notes and medication schedules are kept in one place for each horse.
Horse health record uploads
Coggins results and vaccination records are uploaded once and flagged when they are due or expired.
Equine boarding request tracking
Extra turnout, blanketing and farrier changes show their status until the barn closes them.
Barn board invoices online
Monthly board, add-ons and hauling charges appear with downloadable PDFs for every owner.
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Seasonal peaks a customer portal for equine boarding facilities must absorb
Workload peaks in spring, when vet and dental visits cluster, and again in late summer, when owners ask for fly control and show preparation. Winter brings blanketing changes, hay runs and cold-weather feeding adjustments, and each one creates requests that stack up over a few days.
Build the portal so a surge of requests can be sorted quickly. Group requests by horse and by the task they need, and let staff batch similar jobs, such as every blanket change on one afternoon. A clear queue keeps the busy weeks from turning into missed care.
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Information and access the barn must provide
Before the build starts, the barn provides its boarder list, boarding rates and add-on charges, the feed and hay program for each horse, and the vet and farrier schedules. It also shares the records it already keeps, such as Coggins dates and vaccination history, so the portal begins with accurate data.
Decide who can see and change what. The barn manager, the grooms and the bookkeeper should each have a separate login, and owners should see only their own horses. Name who approves a care change before it appears on an owner's record, and keep emergency contacts visible to staff at all times.
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Mistakes to steer a barn away from on a portal project
The costliest mistake is treating the portal as a billing tool only. If the care record and the invoice do not match, owners will question every line and the barn will spend its evenings explaining. Connect the two from the start, so an extra blanket or a farrier visit appears in both places.
Another is building for the owner's ideal instead of the barn's day. A long menu of options will go unused if the barn manager still answers the phone for every change. Keep the front screen to the requests owners make most, and make each one close as a task that a named person can finish.
- Care changes recorded only in the group chat
- Owners able to see other boarders' horses
- A menu too long to use from the paddock fence
- Invoices built separately from the care record
Our barn keeps records on paper and in a spreadsheet. How do we move them?+
We start with a clean export or a structured spreadsheet, then import one horse at a time and check each record with the barn manager. Paper records stay on file for reference until the portal copies are confirmed.
Can owners see a horse's care notes before they approve a change?+
Yes. An owner sees the current care plan and the requested change side by side. The barn manager approves it, and the record updates only after the change is confirmed.
How do you keep one owner from seeing another owner's horses?+
Each login is tied to its own owner record, and staff roles decide what can be viewed. We test the permissions with sample accounts before launch and write down who can see each section.
What sets the price of a customer portal for equine boarding facilities?+
The number of user roles, the amount of document storage and any link to your invoicing tool set the scope. Websites range from $300 to $2,200, depending on scope, and the free scoping call confirms the exact figure in writing.
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Let's make it happen
Plan a portal your barn can run
Tell us which requests fill your barn phone each day and we will design the portal around them. Call +1 254 323 2698 or email info@sizgroup.com.