Spreadsheet or kennel software: when to make the move?
Excel or Google Sheets: many kennels start that way. It's flexible and free, until the day you copy the same information into five places.
In short
A spreadsheet is enough if…
- you have a litter now and then and few families to follow;
- you like building your own tables and formulas;
- you don't need a website or to share tracking with families.
Affixe will save you time if…
- you track several litters, daily weighings and a waiting list;
- you copy the same information into the register, contracts and site;
- you'd rather get reminders than reread a sheet every morning.
Point by point
| Point by point | Spreadsheet | Affixe |
|---|---|---|
| Free to start | Yes | Yes |
| Fully customisable | Yes | Partly |
| Weighings with curves and weight loss flagged | Partly | Yes |
| Care, heat and whelping reminders | No | Yes |
| Registers kept from your data | Partly | Yes |
| Contracts and transfers filled in automatically | No | Yes |
| Kennel website linked to your litters | No | Yes |
| A private space for each family | No | Yes |
| Usable by several people, on a phone | Partly | Yes |
“Partly”: possible with manual work or add-ons.
Spreadsheet
What a spreadsheet does well
A spreadsheet is flexible, free and lets you organise your data exactly the way you want. For a kennel's beginnings or very personal tracking, it's genuinely useful.
Where Affixe goes further
Moving from a spreadsheet to Affixe
- 01
Create your account and add your breeding dogs (or import them from LOF Select).
- 02
Enter your current litters and their puppies: tracking starts at once.
- 03
Keep your spreadsheet as an archive; your Affixe data can be exported anytime.
Frequently asked questions
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Comparison made in October 2026 from each tool's common use. Products change: check their current offers.
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