Yes. SleekAI reads your pricing table from ACF, mapping breed group and weight band to a precise quote. Add-ons (de-matting, hand-stripping, nail grind, anal glands, teeth brushing, blueberry facial, paw pad shave) all price from the same table. Update the pricing on the page and every conversation reflects the new number. The bot quotes honestly when an in-person assessment is required, for example mat severity that affects de-matting time.

Dog name, breed, age, weight, temperament (good with handling, nervous, reactive, bites), mat status (none, light, severe), last grooming date, vaccination status (rabies and Bordetella as standard), preferred style (kennel cut, breed cut, puppy cut, hand-stripped), and any health flags (collapsing trachea, allergies, senior, recent surgery). All captured conversationally. Mat status and temperament drive scheduling decisions automatically.

Yes. The bot quotes a de-matting estimate range based on stated severity, then sets the expectation that the groomer assesses at drop-off and adjusts if matting is worse than described. For severe matting on doodles, poodles, and long-coated breeds, the bot raises the welfare-shave option proactively rather than pretending a 2-hour de-matting session is humane. Owners appreciate the honesty and the salon avoids painful sessions and unhappy outcomes.

Standard requirements are rabies and Bordetella, current as of the visit. The bot captures vaccination status during intake and reminds the owner to bring or have their vet email a copy. If your salon has additional requirements (DAPP, canine influenza), the bot reads those from your service page. Dogs without current vaccines get a polite explanation that the salon cannot accept them until the records are updated, with no judgement on the owner.

Through quiet-hour scheduling. The salon's quiet hours (typically the first hour of the day before other dogs arrive) are flagged in the scheduler. When intake captures "nervous" or "reactive" temperament, the bot books into those slots automatically without forcing the owner to ask. For bite-history dogs the bot can route to specific groomers who handle that population, or defer to a phone call so the salon can assess fit before accepting the booking.

Yes. Health flags like open wounds, sudden lumps, severe lethargy, recent unexplained weight loss, persistent scratching beyond normal, or any sign of distress get a polite "please see your vet first" rather than a grooming booking. The bot does not diagnose anything, it just defers grooming when a vet visit makes more sense. The boundary is conservative because grooming a sick dog is bad for the dog and bad for the salon.

Yours. SleekAI is BYO API key. Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter key, and the model bills you directly. No per-message markup. For a single-location grooming salon the monthly model cost is usually $5 to $20 in actual API usage. GPT-4o-mini handles grooming intake well because the prompt context is bounded (pricing table, intake fields, salon hours, vaccination policy).

Yes, through the JS API. After intake the bot can post the captured fields to your scheduling software (Gingr, Pawfinity, MoeGo, Daysmart Pet) through a webhook or direct API integration. Many salons run a custom WordPress booking flow with availability stored in custom post types, which the bot reads natively. Either path works, the bot adapts to whatever scheduler stack you have configured.