OverDog: Dog Daycare & Boarding Business Tips

Most dog daycare businesses find themselves busy the same days every week, while the other days are consistently slow. As a business, the obvious opportunity for more revenue is to get more dogs in o…

As you grow your dog business I'm guessing you spend lots of time and attention on how to improve your facility, your services, your operations and everything else in your business. However, you prob…

After working with dog daycare businesses for the past few years I've noticed a few things that are consistently done by the top players that lead them to amazing, long-term success. 

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I run a lot of different marketing campaigns throughout the year for my clients. A few of them I run again and again because they always produce big results and help the dog daycare businesses that I…

If you're looking to start a dog daycare, are interested in expanding your existing space or want to add an additional location, finding the money to fund your dreams can be a big obstacle. There's g…

If you're thinking of jumping in and starting a dog daycare business there are two main ways to do it: create your own or buy into a franchise. Both options have positive and negatives and which one …

Setting a price for the services you provide can be tricky and difficult to decide upon. Should you put your prices lower than the competition? Should you just charge what everyone else is? Or do you…

To see your dog daycare business succeed long term you need to continually evolve your service offerings and add in new ways to take care of your customer base. There are a lot of new things you can …

If you want to reach people for your business (whether it's customers or prospects) you need to do it in the way that's easy for THEM. In todays very digital society, text messaging is the number one…

Many dog daycares have small splash pools that the dogs can play around in but what about offering swimming as an additional service? Not only is swimming great for dogs with injuries and physical li…

For your marketing to be successful, you not only need the right message going to the right target market but it also has to be delivered at the right time. Timing is everything! 

In this episode we'l…

Working with live animals can often be unpredictable and no matter how careful you are, eventually dogs are going to get into a fight. When it happens, it can be frightening and leave you, your staff…

As the dog daycare industry evolves, gets more crowded and attracts more attention, it becomes more important to showcase that your business operates at a high level. There are many ways to do this, …

There's a trend in every industry that's become one of the most popular and successful business models available. Very few pet businesses, however, are taking advantage of it and I think that needs t…

One of the first questions I ask new clients is "what makes your business different and better than the competition." It's a question you need to have a very clear answer for because it will dictate …

Everyone is alway so focused on getting new people interested in your business that sometimes we forget to take care of our existing customers. Yes, bringing in new leads is important, however if you…

One of the hardest part of running a dog daycare business is dealing with the many facets of having employees. It's difficult to get good people, train them properly, create an environment that they …

One of the most in demand services in pet businesses right now is training. And one of the biggest opportunities for revenue growth for pet businesses is with day training and board & train programs.…

Your website is one of the most important business assets you have. It can either draw people in and help them to become customers or it can turn people away, never to return. Think of your website a…

A lot has happened in the dog industry over the past 12 months. There were ups and downs, and sometimes all you could do as owners is hold on tight. With the new year upon us, it's a great time to lo…