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A strong team is one key to success in owning and operating your successful pet care facility

Celebrate Success With Your Pet Care Team

December 21, 2020 //  by Robin Bennett

As a pet care business entrepreneur, you focus on growing your business and working through the trials of owning and operating your pet care facility. Once the current project is done you check the “completed” box and move right into the next challenge. However, this means you miss an important opportunity…the chance to celebrate with …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Staff Training

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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Generate More Revenue for Your Pet Care Business with Trick of the Month

December 5, 2020 //  by Robin Bennett

Are you a pet care professional looking for a quick and easy revenue stream that you can implement quickly? Whether you offer dog daycare, lodging, dog training, pet sitting, grooming or any pet care service, generating additional revenue and offering fun services to your clients is always critical. After all, who doesn’t want to increase revenue …

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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

5 Steps for Training Your Pet Care Facility Staff

5 Steps for Training Your Pet Care Facility Staff

November 4, 2020 //  by Robin Bennett

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. …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Hiring and Evaluating Staff

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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How Much Space Do You Need for Your Dog Daycare?

October 16, 2020 //  by Robin Bennett

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 …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Evaluating Your Facility

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