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, …
Top Tips to Running a Successful Pet Care Facility
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 …
How to Safely Evaluate Dogs for Doggie Daycare
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 …
5 Steps for Training Your Pet Care Facility Staff
One of the biggest challenges to owning and operating your own pet care facility is training your staff. In fact, here at The Dog Gurus we so often hear the phase “The staff sucks the life out you me” from exhasuted business owners who are tired of the revolving door of turnover on their team. …
Let’s Talk about Software
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 …
Tips for Monitoring, Managing and Communicating Dog Behavior
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 …
How Much Space Do You Need for Your Dog Daycare?
I frequently encounter new dog daycare business owners either at seminars, workshops, on Facebook or through email. When folks are first starting their own pet care business, they have many questions (and rightly so…staring your own business is not for the faint of heart!). One of the most commonly asked questions has to deal with …
Starting a Dog Daycare and Boarding
While many are aware that pet care is a billion-dollar industry, the steps required to successfully open one’s own boarding, grooming, daycare, or all-encompassing pet facility is less understood. Yes, having a love of animals is important, but that alone will not sustain a profitable business. You must be willing to take on areas such …
Pet Care Budgeting
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. …