• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation

Yellow, red, blue, green, and brown The Dog Gurus logo.

Launch And Grow A Profitable Pet Business

Header Right

  • Start Here
  • Meet the Gurus
    • Contact Us
    • Work With Us
  • Grow Your Biz
    • Starting A Business
    • Growing Your Business
  • Staff Training
    • Knowing Dogs
    • Pet Guru College
    • Daycare Games
  • Store
    • Business Consulting
    • Staff Training
    • Daycare 2.0/Enrichment
    • Online Courses
    • Canine Body Language and Behavioral Resources
    • Facility Operations
    • Finances
    • Products From Our Partners
  • Blog
  • Login 
  • Start Here
  • Meet the Gurus
    • Contact Us
    • Work With Us
  • Grow Your Biz
    • Starting A Business
    • Growing Your Business
  • Staff Training
    • Knowing Dogs
    • Pet Guru College
    • Daycare Games
  • Store
    • Business Consulting
    • Staff Training
    • Daycare 2.0/Enrichment
    • Online Courses
    • Canine Body Language and Behavioral Resources
    • Facility Operations
    • Finances
    • Products From Our Partners
  • Blog
  • Login 

Header Right

  • Home
  • Member Login
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy, Terms, & Conditions

Finances

Setting Profitable Pricing for Your Pet Care Business

3 Tips for Setting Profitable Pricing for Your Pet Care Business

January 15, 2021 //  by Robin Bennett

Setting profitable pricing is one of the most important decisions you make for your pet care business. How you determine your pricing is often the difference between feeling financial frustration and confidence in your cash flow.  We have three quick tips that can set you on the path to profitable pricing. Raise rates every year …

Filed Under: Finances

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

A box made out of one-hundred-dollar bills with a red ribbon tied around it.

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

A box made out of one-hundred-dollar bills with a red ribbon tied around it.

You Deserve a Pay Raise

August 27, 2018 //  by Susan Briggs

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 …

Filed Under: Daycare Owners, Finances

A blue and white graphic depicting and a crown and the words "Keep calm and track KPI's" on it.

3 Reasons to Prioritize Key Performance Indicators

August 13, 2018 //  by Susan Briggs

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 …

Filed Under: Evaluating Your Facility, Finances

A latte in a coffee much with a dollar sign styled into the latte foam.

Increase Your Paycheck While Drinking Coffee

May 2, 2016 //  by Susan Briggs

January is a great time of year to make the decision to take control of your pay and the financial results of your business. Most of you started pet centers to make money and follow your passion for working with pets. So The Dog Gurus could not spend a month focused on working on versus …

Filed Under: Finances

  • Home
  • Member Login
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy, Terms, & Conditions

Copyright © 2021 · The Dog Gurus · All Rights Reserved