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 …
Daycare Owners
How Much Space Do You Need to Run a 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 …
Why We Don’t Budget
When fall arrives my thoughts go to football, pet industry seminars, pumpkins and budgets. All of these are fun and exciting to me. One thing I love about our business is helping other business owners create their budgets. However, I know that for most people fall does not bring thoughts of preparing a budget and made me …
You Deserve a Pay Raise
You definitely deserve a raise in pay if you are the typical pet business owner that participated in our financial survey. Recently we received the detailed final report of 2017 financial results that The Dog Gurus and the International Boarding and Pet Services Association (IBPSA) survey annually. Every year I look forward to this peek …
Meet Charter Member Monadnock Humane Society
This July The Dog Gurus are excited to celebrate our 5th Anniversary! To show our appreciation, we wanted to highlight one of our charter members. Charter members are facilities who joined The Dog Gurus as soon as we launched and have been with us ever since. We are thankful for their support and hope they …
Installing a Dog Pool? 5 Things to Know First
I love living in Houston even in the summer, but the past week it’s just been too hot. My mind keeps thinking about a nice cool splash in a pool and how Archie loves to swim at Urban Tails. Installing a pool at our dog center was a new experience for us and we definitely learned some lessons. So if …
Meet Charter Member Delightful Dog
As part of our 5th Anniversary of The Dog Gurus membership, we wanted to highlight a couple of our charter members. Charter members are facilities who joined The Dog Gurus as soon as we launched and have been with us ever since. We are thankful for their support and hope they have loved being a …
Communication as a Competitive Advantage?
We all know the importance of customer service, but can basic communication serve as a competitive advantage in your business? There is irony in the digital age that makes communication easier, that focusing on the basics can set your business apart. I just checked my emails and was pleasantly surprised to find an email from …
Meet VIP Member Inn the Dog House
This February The Dog Gurus are excited to celebrate their 4th Anniversary of The Daycare Games. For this member highlight, we interviewed Whitney Callahan, Owner of Inn The Doghouse in Lakewood, Ohio. Whitney’s team claimed the top spot in the 2017 Daycare Games in the large class.
Meet Charter Member Paws and Pals Pet Resort
As part of our 4th Anniversary of The Dog Gurus membership, we wanted to highlight a couple of our charter members. Charter members were facilities who joined The Dog Gurus as soon as we launched and have been with us ever since. We are thankful for their support and hope they have loved being a …
Meet Charter Member Happy Camper Doggy Day Camp & Sleepover
As part of our 4th Anniversary of The Dog Gurus membership, we wanted to highlight a couple of our charter members. Charter members were facilities who joined The Dog Gurus as soon as we launched and have been with us ever since. We are thankful for their support and hope they have loved being a …