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Step-by-step recipes for everyday Whelpkeep tasks — managing buyers, creating litters, taking deposits, adding records, generating listings, importing data and selling a pup.
Task-based recipes for the things you do regularly. Each one assumes you've set up your account; if you haven't, start with Getting started.
Everyday tasks
- Manage your waitlist & buyers — add buyers, set pick order, move them through the stages and assign a pup.
- Create a litter — record a mating, set the whelp date and add pups.
- Add pups — add individual puppies and keep their details current.
- Take a deposit — connect Stripe and send a buyer a secure deposit link.
- Sell a pup — set the price, generate and sign the contract, and hand over.
Records, listings & compliance
- Records & photos — upload documents and photos and let Whelpkeep read them.
- Generate a listing — turn a pup's details into a ready-to-post ad.
- Set up compliance — add your state breeder ID and work the checklist.
Bringing data in and sharing it out
- Import your data — bring in records from spreadsheets, PDFs, photos and documents.
- Buyer puppy pages — give each buyer a private page with updates, records and their contract.
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