Dog Treat Business Software
Most homemade dog treat makers price by feel — and leave money on the table. Craftybase is dog treat business software that tracks your ingredients, costs every recipe, and keeps your COGS ready for tax time. Built for cottage makers, not pet food factories.
Dog treat business software is a management tool that helps homemade dog treat makers track ingredients (flour, peanut butter, oats, eggs), cost each recipe per treat or per batch, manage ingredient inventory levels, and calculate COGS for tax time. Unlike general retail tools, it handles recipe-based production — when you log a batch of peanut butter biscuits, it automatically deducts the right quantities from your stock and records the cost of each treat made. Craftybase is dog treat business software built for cottage makers and Etsy sellers who need accurate ingredient tracking, recipe costing, and COGS reports without enterprise-level complexity.
Just getting started? Read our guide: How to Start a Dog Treat Business.
Craftybase calculates your cost per treat and cost per batch automatically, using your actual ingredient purchase prices. Add flour, peanut butter, oats, and eggs as materials. Build a recipe for each treat type. Your cost updates in real time whenever ingredient prices change.
Most dog treat makers undercharge because they only count the obvious ingredients and forget packaging, labels, and bags. Craftybase includes everything in the calculation — so you know your true cost before you list a single product.
No credit card required · Takes about 15 minutes to set up
Keep track of every ingredient on your shelf: flour, oats, peanut butter, eggs, honey, coconut oil, and even your kraft bags and labels. Craftybase shows you current stock levels at a glance, and alerts you when anything runs low before you run out mid-bake.
When you log a completed batch, ingredient levels deduct automatically. No more guessing what's on your shelf — and no more mid-batch trips to the store.
With Craftybase, every order you log is automatically assigned a material cost based on your recipe and inventory history. Your COGS tally grows as you make and sell — so when tax time arrives, the numbers are already there.
No more trying to reconstruct a year of sales from memory or spreadsheets. Craftybase calculations are GAAP compliant and use IRS-approved methods, making COGS tracking straightforward for U.S.-based cottage food businesses.
Craftybase connects directly to Etsy and Shopify, importing your orders automatically each night. See exactly how many treats you need to make, what each order costs you, and what your profit margin actually is — across every channel where you sell.
Selling at farmers markets or local pet stores? Log those orders manually in seconds. Every order — online or in-person — feeds into your COGS and inventory tracking automatically.
Craftybase generates the reports your bookkeeper actually needs: Profit & Loss, Inventory Valuation, Expenditure & Revenue, and Schedule C (COGS). One click, and your numbers are ready for your accountant or your own tax return.
Plus, Popular Product reports show you which treat flavors and sizes are genuinely profitable — so you can focus on what's working and stop making products that eat into your margins.
Everything a homemade dog treat business needs to run like a real business
Recipe costing
Etsy & Shopify sync
Low stock alerts
Pricing guidance
Schedule C & COGS reports
Works from any browser
Trusted by makers worldwide
I'm impressed with the ability to track minute quantities of essential oils and other materials used in multiple products. I love the conversion from purchase to tracking units, and love the ability to make components and recipes.
Elise WishlowElise Wishlow
Craftybase has given me the tools amp; resources to accurately track my materials, recipes, and inventory. I love that I can build out my recipes and make adjustments to see my cost in real time.
Tiffany JensenTiffany Jensen
My favourite feature is the software's ability to calculate the cost of our products in real-time, taking into account the increase in the costs of raw materials.
Lina AndreasLina Andreas
Craftybase allows us to be lean with our materials inventory so we won't have any overage of inventory. It provides a great easy-to-use analysis of COGS to help us better manage our margins.
Duke AhrensDuke Ahrens
Craftybase is inventory and bookkeeping software built specifically for small-batch makers and artisan food producers — including homemade dog and cat treat businesses.
It's designed for:
Craftybase is not designed for industrial pet food manufacturers, large-scale commercial operations with complex ERP needs, or businesses that don't manufacture their own products.
Dear maker...
Hi there! I'm Nicole, and I started Craftybase in 2011 to help small-batch makers get real insight into the cost side of their businesses.
Dog treat makers face the same challenge every cottage food business does: it's easy to be busy and still not know if you're actually making money. The cost of flour goes up. Packaging adds more than you expect. And pricing by feel — or by copying what other sellers charge — is a recipe for leaving money on the table.
Craftybase gives you the numbers. I'd love for you to give it a try and see how much easier baking becomes when you know exactly what each batch costs. Start your free 14-day trial here — no credit card or commitment required.
No credit card required · 14-day full-featured trial
