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 …
Evaluating Your Facility
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 …
3 Reasons to Prioritize Key Performance Indicators
Being a finance person, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are fun to me, and provide a different perspective on your business. In this post you’ll learn three reasons why making KPI’s a priority in your management toolbox will help you improve your business. 1. Provides Non-Financial Success Measures For most of us financial success is a …
Creating a Customer Referral Program
Competition is increasing. Enlist your customers to grow your database by developing a referral program. Here we’ve provided an easy recipe to get you started. Click on the links below to see information and samples Customer Referral Program Customer referral tracking sheet Sample Friends and family referral letter Sample Reward letter for a referral Sample …
Daycare Operational Standards
The Dog Gurus have been involved in the dog daycare industry for over 20 years. We started when people had no idea what daycare was or why a pet parent would want such a service and have seen it grow to a much larger part of most pet businesses. Take Robin’s daycare: She started her …