Pet Boarding & Daycare

Party Time! Events for Business Promotion

Party Time! Events for Business Promotion

After restrictions across the country are lifted, everyone will want to celebrate! Here are some ideas to get the party started. Hosting an event to promote your business introduces new clients to your services and creates multiple networking opportunities—or can even be a way to recruit new staff. When you decide to host an event […]

It’s Time to Start Rebuilding

It’s Time to Start Rebuilding

At long last, summertime is just around the corner. The days are longer, the sun is brighter—and people are hopefully willing to start going on vacations again.  For pet care businesses, summer means more than warm weather. We hope that individuals will be back to work and families will make travel plans. We can’t wait […]

Behavior Modification vs Obedience Training and How to Teach Them in a Boarding Environment

Behavior Modification vs Obedience Training and How to Teach Them in a Boarding Environment

If you are considering teaching dog training in your boarding or daycare facility, let’s talk about managing client expectations.  Most dog owners tend to lump obedience and problem solving into a single category they call “training.” They want a dog that doesn’t jump on people, chew the furniture, pee on the floor and run out […]

Is Crate-Free Boarding Right for Your Business?

Is Crate-Free Boarding Right for Your Business?

As the pet boarding industry has evolved, crate-free options have become increasingly popular for overnight care. Rather than the traditional suites or enclosures, crate-free boarding allows for a more “like home” experience—usually, dogs sleeping together, often in a cozy environment that has been curated to feel like a room that might be in their homes. […]

The Value of Written Systems & Operations

The Value of Written Systems & Operations

Whether you call them written policies, standard operating procedures (SOP’s), business strategies or your modus operandi, you probably have one or two of these lying around your facility. So, how do you take them from collecting dust to utilizing them as live, valuable tools? And why would you even want to bring them off that […]

Dog Boy’s Dog Ranch: Pet Care Pioneers

Dog Boy’s Dog Ranch: Pet Care Pioneers

a person who is among the first to research and develop a new area of knowledge or activity. When Bart (DogBoy) and Courtney (DogGirl) Emken began their careers in the pet care industry, they didn’t set out to be pioneers—they just had their own ideas about how to run a pet care facility. Some of […]

Creating a Stress-Free Ambience in Your Feline Boarding Area

Creating a Stress-Free Ambience in Your Feline Boarding Area

When thinking about how to make the environment in your boarding facility more comfortable for the felines you service, ambience is a great starting point. There are many inexpensive and free adjustments you can make to your boarding facility that will improve the comfort of the cats in your care. While aesthetics are important to […]

Always Be Thinking LTV (Lifetime Value) of the Customer

Always Be Thinking LTV (Lifetime Value) of the Customer

Let me guess…you would like your business to make more money? Quite a bold and obvious statement, but something I think we can all agree upon.  Yes, you love what you do—nobody gets into the dog business if you don’t enjoy it—but we still need to earn a living and try to get the most […]

What You Should Be Doing Right Now to Help Your Pet Care Business

What You Should Be Doing Right Now to Help Your Pet Care Business

Let’s be real here—this sucks. Most of our businesses are either shut down or are operating on minimal capacity; we’ve had to lay off staff and no one is making any money. Add to that all the depressing media coverage, and it makes most of us just want to curl up in our pajamas and […]