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Susan Briggs

Pet care business lessons learned

5 Pet Care Business Lessons Learned from Covid-19

December 12, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

As 2020 comes to an end, let’s look at the top 5 pet care business lessons learned from Covid-19. These ideas are great opportunities to increase your pet care operations in the future. Know Your Numbers – profitable pricing and understanding your fixed and variable costs were key to success. Understanding the financial numbers allowed …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Evaluating Your Facility

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How Your Personal Brand Affects Your Pet Care Business

November 19, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

Looking for ways to make sure your pet care business stands apart from others in your community? You opened your pet care business with a plan to help as many dogs as possible. Now learn how your personal brand can make a difference! Listen in as we talk with JuliAnn Stitick the CEO, Recalibrated Living, …

Filed Under: Communication, Daycare Owners

Top Tips to Running a Pet Care Facility

Top Tips to Running a Successful Pet Care Facility

November 13, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

The pet care service industry is an unregulated industry so how do you know if you are operating an average or excellent operation? How do you know if you’re running a successful pet care facility? Here are a few tips to help you evaluate your operations. Review the number of medical emergencies you have each …

Filed Under: Daycare 2.0, Daycare Owners, Evaluating Your Facility

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How to Safely Evaluate Dogs for Doggie Daycare

November 5, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

Dog daycare should be a safe and fun environment for every dog in the group. Ensuring the dogs that come to dog daycare enjoy the outing and are not just tolerating the play is the result of two key systems. When creating your dog evaluation process there are several components that lead to success. Obtaining …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Dog evaluations

Solutions not problems

Let’s Talk about Software

October 31, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

Confused by the multiple software choices for pet care businesses? Looking for guidance on how to select the right vendor and software for your business? The Dog Gurus are frequently asked for our software recommendations so we were very happy to have one of our choices join us to share insight on this important business …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Finances

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Tips for Monitoring, Managing and Communicating Dog Behavior

October 28, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

As a pet care business owner operating a dog daycare or boarding facility, when you think about dog, it’s important to remember that you have control of the dog behaviors you allow in the dogs that use your services. In fact, creating a list of the appropriate and inappropriate behaviors from dogs for the services …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Evaluating Your Facility, Managing Playgroups

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Pet Care Budgeting

October 2, 2020 //  by Susan Briggs

You have a pet care business up and running- congratulations! Whether you took over an existing dog grooming business or built your doggie day care from the ground up, learning how to make or keep your business sustainable is important. Every 6 months to a year, you should assess the current state of your business. …

Filed Under: Finances

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