Teddy - Grooming software that actually works for you

Ask any groomer what they'd do with an extra ten hours a week and you'll get a fast answer: more dogs, more time with family, or just a lunch break that isn't spent buried in a booking system. That's the problem Ask Teddy is built to solve. Live now across every Teddy plan, it's an AI assistant that runs the business side of grooming by simple conversation — you tell it what you need in plain language, and it does the clicking. No menus, no digging, no "where is that setting again?"

Most grooming software hands you a pile of tools and leaves the work to you — hundreds of clicks and hours of admin every week. Ask Teddy flips that. Instead of you operating the software, the software operates itself when you ask. Here's what it does and why it matters.

What Ask Teddy actually is

Ask Teddy is an intelligent assistant woven directly into the Teddy platform. Rather than clicking through calendars, client files, and reports, you just ask — by text or voice — and it carries out the task. Think of it as a front-desk manager who already knows your whole book: it can pull up a client, move an appointment, run payroll, or text your lapsed customers, all from a single sentence. It builds on the tools groomers already use in Teddy — calendar and scheduling, the client and pet CRM, and unlimited two-way texting — and puts a conversation on top of them.

What you can ask it

The quickest way to understand Ask Teddy is to see the kinds of things you can say to it. These are real example commands:

No training, no command syntax to memorize. You talk the way you'd talk to a coworker, and it figures out the rest.

The busywork it takes off your plate

Ask Teddy reaches across the whole operation, not just the calendar. Here's where it does the heavy lifting.

Scheduling and your calendar

Book, reschedule, or cancel appointments, block time off, and check availability — all by asking. "Who's coming in tomorrow?" gets you the day; "Book Bella for a full groom Thursday morning" fills the slot. It's the fastest way to manage a book when your hands are usually full of a wet husky.

Clients and pets

Ask for any client's details, a pet's grooming history, or the notes you left last visit, and it's there instantly. Because it sits on top of your client management, you're never digging through profiles mid-appointment to remember that a certain doodle hates the HV dryer.

Reports and payroll

Two of the most-dreaded admin jobs get a lot easier. Ask for revenue, your busiest days, service performance, or per-groomer earnings and Ask Teddy builds the report. Come payday, "run payroll for the week" calculates commission-based pay automatically — no spreadsheet gymnastics.

Client outreach

This is where a quiet week gets fixed. Ask Teddy can identify clients you haven't seen in a while and text them a promo in one go, using Teddy's unlimited two-way texting. Reactivating lapsed clients is one of the highest-return things a grooming business can do, and now it's a single sentence.

Route optimization for mobile groomers

For van groomers, Ask Teddy generates optimized driving routes with maps, sequencing your stops so you spend less of the day crisscrossing town and more of it grooming. Efficient routing is the difference between a profitable mobile day and a busy one.

Settings, without the menu hunt

Services and pricing, online booking setup, intake forms, staff scheduling, automated reminders — the configuration that usually means clicking through settings screens can be handled by asking. It's the boring stuff, made quick.

Why this is different

Plenty of grooming platforms have added features over the years. What Ask Teddy changes is who does the work. As Teddy puts it, "the software should handle the business so you can focus on your clients without costing an arm and a leg." The tagline sums up the intent: "Meet Ask Teddy, the intelligent assistant that handles the busywork, helps grow your business, and gives you more time to groom."

That fits a broader shift in the trade. As we covered in the rise of AI in pet grooming, the useful applications aren't gimmicks — they're the ones that quietly remove admin. Ask Teddy sits alongside Teddy's other automation, like the AI receptionist that catches missed calls, as part of doing the work for you rather than just giving you more buttons.

What it costs and how to get it

The pricing is deliberately simple:

• Included on every plan. Ask Teddy comes with all Teddy subscription tiers — it's not a pricey add-on.

• Unlimited SMS, free. The texting Ask Teddy sends runs on Teddy's unlimited two-way messaging, so outreach doesn't rack up per-message fees.

• One monthly subscription, no hidden costs. What you see is what you pay.

• 14-day free trial, with complimentary data migration help to move your existing client records over.

Ask Teddy is live now across every Teddy plan. You can see it on the Ask Teddy page and start a free trial to try it on your own book.

Who it's for

Ask Teddy is aimed at grooming business owners and operators drowning in administrative work — the solo groomers, mobile groomers, and small teams who spend an estimated 40+ hours a month on tasks that have nothing to do with a pair of clippers. If your evenings disappear into rebooking, reports, and chasing lapsed clients, this is built to hand those hours back. It's the same reason a lot of independents have already been switching to Teddy: less software wrangling, more actual grooming.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ask Teddy?

Ask Teddy is an AI assistant built into the Teddy grooming platform that lets you run your business through natural language. Instead of clicking through menus, you ask it — by text or voice — to book appointments, pull client info, generate reports, run payroll, send outreach, and more, and it carries the task out for you.

How much does Ask Teddy cost?

Ask Teddy is included on every Teddy subscription tier at no extra charge, with unlimited SMS built in and no hidden fees. There's a 14-day free trial with complimentary data migration help, so you can test it on your real client book before committing.

What can I ask Ask Teddy to do?

You can ask it to manage your calendar (book, move, or cancel appointments and check availability), pull up client and pet histories, generate revenue and performance reports, run commission-based payroll, identify and text lapsed clients, optimize mobile routes, and handle settings like services, pricing, and reminders — all in plain language.

Is Ask Teddy good for mobile groomers?

Yes. Alongside the scheduling, client, and outreach features, Ask Teddy generates optimized driving routes with maps for mobile groomers, sequencing stops to cut drive time. Combined with hands-free voice commands, that makes it especially handy when you're working out of a van.

How do I start using Ask Teddy?

Ask Teddy is live now across all Teddy plans. Visit the Ask Teddy page at tryteddy.com, start the 14-day free trial, and take advantage of the free data migration to bring your existing clients over. Once you're in, you can start asking it to handle tasks right away

Grooming is the part of this job you actually signed up for. Ask Teddy exists so the rest — the booking, the reports, the payroll, the follow-ups — stops eating your week. It's included on every Teddy plan and free to try for 14 days, so if you've been losing evenings to admin, it's worth asking Teddy to take them back.