"Pet Shape Up Challenge Successfully Promotes Healthy Weight Control for Pets"

We talk about new diet trends, weight loss programs and exercise everyday, but do we consider this for our pets as well? Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured in Pet Business for their focus on pet health and their pet shape up challenge. Preview the article below or read the full story here.

"Pet Shape Up Challenge Successfully Promotes Healthy Weight Control for Pets"

BY: Jennifer Boncy 

For the past couple of days, the topic de jour at many water coolers has been the dramatic weight loss achieved by the winner of the NBC TV show The Biggest Loser. Here at Pet Business Media, however, we’ve been awaiting the results of a very different weight loss program: the Pet Shape Up Challenge, a Dog and Cat Weight Loss Program.

Fetch! Pet Care, a dog walking, pet sitting and boarding franchise, joined forces with natural pet food manufacturer Halo, Purely For Pets, not too long ago to launch a pilot program designed to fight pet obesity and promote healthy pet lifestyles. The program emphasized exercise—particularly walking and getting active with Fetch! Pet Care pet professionals—and also included a nutritional component. A resident nutritionist from Halo custom-designed the daily feeding routine for each pet in order to control calorie intake and ensure proper nutrition during the Challenge period. Owners were then coached on how to properly feed and exercise their pets as well during the challenge.

In the fall, we introduced our readers to three participants of the pilot program: Wilbur, Bandit and Dixie (pictured above taking a hike during the challenge), and although we don’t have detailed results on the three animals, Fetch! Pet Care’s founder and CEO recently gave us an update how the pets fared during the challenge and what the companies learned from the pilot. He also filled us on in on a possible national rollout.

Full article here. 

Fetch! Pet Care at the International Franchise Expo

Do you live near NYC and are you interested in learning more about owning a Fetch! Pet Care Franchise? Come visit our booth at the International Franchise Expo on June 15-17 at the Jacob Javits Center. Fetch! Pet Care will be at booth #553 and our team would love to have you stop by.  For more information, click here. 

Fetch! Pet Care featured in 1851 Online

Fetch! Pet Care's founder, Paul Mann, was recently featured on 1851 Online in an article titled, "How to Work with Gen Y."  Paul Mann expands on the topic of Gen Y within a franchising industry.  Particularly how the majority of Fetch! Pet Care's Franchisees have been under the age of 30.  Read on below to discover why Gen Y flourished with Fetch! Pet Care or click here for the entire article.

How to Work with Gen Y
By: Brian Diggleman

2012 is a tough time to be entering the work force. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment still hovers at 8.3 percent and although jobs are slowly coming back to the market, the competition is steep.

Young professionals aren’t just competing against each other. Former executives and managers with decades of experience are vying for some of the same jobs as recent college graduates.

The reality of the job market has many young people searching for an alternative means of building a future. More and more, they’re turning to franchising.
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Fetch! featured on Fox Small Business Center

Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured on Fox Small Business’ website in an article titled, "How Walking the Dog became a Franchise."  The article details the inception of Fetch! Pet Care and Paul’s original idea behind the business. Cindy goes on to write about the development markets Fetch! is looking to expand into, and discusses the fees associated with starting a Fetch! franchise. Jamie and Sandy are quoted on their experience of running a Fetch! franchise, with Sandy noting the support and training Fetch! provides its franchisees. Harry Loyle, chairman of Fetch!, is also quoted about the Fetch! growth potential.  Click here to read the entire article or begin below.

How Walking the Dog became a Franchise
By: Cindy Vanegas

With approximately 78.2 million owned dogs in America, the pet care industry is flourishing with puppy-loving entrepreneurs looking to service dog owners, who now account for 39% of U.S. households, according to the American Pet Products Association 2011- 2012 National Pet Owners Survey. In this week’s American Franchise Spotlight, we find out how one business owner scaled his pet sitting and walking service into a national franchise.

According to Paul Mann, the company’s founder and CEO, Fetch! Pet Care grew out of a simple need. “I was looking for pet care and couldn’t find someone who I felt comfortable giving the keys to my house to and entrusting with my pet,” said Mann.

Mann said his background in business process re-engineering inspired him to create a highly automated business for pets everywhere. He spent two years developing the concept and launched the first service out of San Diego in 2004.

Since then Fetch! has grown to 124 franchises in markets made up of baby boomers, young working professionals and dual-income family households. The company is looking to expand in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, Ohio and from Florida up to the northeast.

Fetch!’s initial franchise fee is $15,000 for a territory of 50,000 households. Franchisees pay a 5% royalty and a 1.5% brand development fund, both paid monthly.

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Fetch! Pet Care featured in Austin Business Journal

Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured in an online article in the Austin Business Journal called, “Got the best pet ever? Compete for the title.” The article features Ken Diebold, Fetch! Pet Care owner of Austin, Texas. The article discusses Fetch! Pet Care’s social media contest hoping to find the Best Pet Ever this summer. Also included in the article is a synopsis of Ken’s business in Austin and highlights the franchise opportunity that Fetch! Pet Care provides. The article also discusses how Facebook users can enter their pet in the contest. A portion of the article is included below and can be read in its entirety by clicking here.


Got the best pet ever? Compete for the title

Pet care chain Fetch! is running a social media campaign in search of the best furry, feathery or scaly friend in the nation.

The animal sitting and walking business is giving enthusiastic pet owners the chance to compete for the "Best Pet Ever" title and a year of free services. The contest, which partners with treat maker Milk-Bone, requires a photo and application explaining why he or she is the best animal friend in the U.S. Facebook fans will then vote on a winner.

Applicants have until Aug. 5 to apply by clicking here and navigating to the "Best Pet Ever" tab.

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