Discover practical strategies to reduce employee turnover and elevate your company’s performance in our recent Facebook Live session. We explore the factors contributing to absenteeism, offering actionable insights to cultivate an executive mindset and take control of internal challenges. Learn about the costs of employee turnover, from decreased productivity to financial burdens, and uncover effective …
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Essential Summer Safety Tips for Pet Care Business Owners
As travel season is in full swing, pet care business owners and staff are working fast and hard to ensure all the guests are well and cared for. Unfortunately, the risk of accidents rises as our occupancy levels increase. Implementing essential measures and precautions can help keep dogs happy, healthy, and protected during summer. This …
Avoiding Fights & Bites in Your Off-leash Dog Playgroups
Let’s talk about avoiding fights and bites in your pet care facility. Did you know that you should have less than 2 fights/ bites requiring medical attention each year? How did we arrive at that figure? And how do you keep that number so low? Keep reading to find out that and other actions you …
Exhaustion is not the Measure of Success
You want a tired dog after a day of play with their buddies. We understand your goal and good dog play sessions will help you tire out your best friend while also monitoring the overall safety and health of your dog. It’s important that exhaustion is not the only measure of success when you bring …
Getting Burned out by Your Pet Business?
It’s been a long 18 months and we know many are getting burned out by your pet business. First the pandemic, then shutdowns and lack of clients, then the world opened up more powerfully than we imagined only to suffer from staffing shortfalls and an inability to hire new people. How are you doing? How’s …
The Two Most Important Factors to Operating a Safe Dog Daycare
Do you wonder what it takes to really operate a safe dog daycare? There are actually two key factors to operating a safe dog daycare. Proper dog evaluations Proper staff training Check out the video below to learn why these two factors are so important.
Celebrate Success With Your Pet Care Team
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 …
5 Pet Care Business Lessons Learned from Covid-19
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 …
How Your Personal Brand Affects Your Pet Care Business
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 …
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 …