Fetch! Pet Care Aligns with PetCareRx

If you take a look at Fetch! Pet Care’s partnerships, they are in line with the best pet product and service brand names in the industry, from Trupanion Pet Insurance to Halo, a natural pet care product provider. The booming national pet sitting and dog walking services franchise has made another strategic decision to align itself with the nation’s leading online pet pharmacy, PetCareRx, to spread the message of pet health and wellness.

PetCareRx offers the highest quality pet medications and pet supplies of most major brands at discounted prices. In conjunction of the newly-formed alliance, Fetch! Pet Care has invited its loyalty club members to take advantage of an ongoing 15 percent off their purchase as well as free shipping on orders of $35 or more on PetCareRx.com.

“We hold the health and wellbeing of pets near and dear to our hearts,” said Paul Mann, founder and chief executive of Fetch! Pet Care. “PetCareRx provides superior pet medications and supplies in addition to being a reliable and professional company dedicated to pet health.”

Since 2002 when Mann founded Fetch! Pet Care, he and his company have made it their mission to provide quality pet care to customers. Their goal is to raise the bar of professionalism in the pet services industry by providing consistent, reliable and engaging care for family pets. In every partnership that Fetch! Pet Care forms, that mission is taken into consideration for the pets and their parents.

“With the recent partnership with PetCareRx, we continue to increase the unique value we provide to pet parents as customers of our service,” Mann said. “We will continue to add additional products and services to our customer loyalty club that improve the health and happiness of pets everywhere.”

Fetch! Pet Care featured in The Hartford Business Journal

Fetch! Pet Care was recently featured in The Hartford Business Journal, in an article titled “Bloc of franchises eagerly target Hartford.” The article highlights Fetch! Pet Care’s desire to expand, and features the brand’s role in participating in franchising roundtables to spur franchise growth throughout the country. The roundtables also help Fetch! Pet Care provide educational opportunities to potential franchisees to learn about various businesses and see what is involved in starting a business. Click here to view the full article!

Bloc of franchises eagerly target Hartford
By Brad Kane

Twelve franchises which share the burden of not being familiar names have banded together to push into the Greater Hartford market.

Either the franchises already have a presence in Connecticut, have excellent sales from limited locations and want to expand; or the franchises exist in far off places and are lured by the promise of higher incomes and positioning between Boston and New York.

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Fetch! Pet Care featured in Dayton Business Journal

Recently the Dayton Business Journal published an article about the newly-formed operating partnership between Fetch! Pet Care and Cybeck Capital Partners led by Harry Loyle, managing director of Cybeck and treasurer of the International Franchise Association. The article details that Cybeck will be responsible assisting Fetch! in its long-term growth goals. A portion of the article is included below and can be read in its entirety by clicking here.

Dayton investors buy stake in Fetch!

A Dayton investor group, Cybeck Capital Partners LLC, recently acquired a 50 percent equity stake in the Fetch! Pet Care franchise.

With the acqusition, Cybeck Capital Partners, which manages MotoPhoto and The Connor Group, among others, will guide Walnut Creek, Cali.-based Fetch’s strategic direction, according to a news release.

At its peak, Fetch, which was founded in 2002 by Paul Mann, had 200 franchises. The company — a franchisor for professional pet sitting and dog walking services — now has 150 franchises nationwide.

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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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PET TITLE BOUT: Animal Lovers Vie for ‘Best Pet Ever’ Through Social Media Application

In the world of social media, two topics rule the universe: Children and pets. With plenty of parents vying for the title of “Best Child Ever” with their frequent photo and status posts, Fetch! Pet Care, the largest pet sitting and dog walking franchise in the United States, figured the 72.9 million U.S. households with a pet would do the same via Facebook — especially since there are 500 million users on the social site.

Together with Milk-Bone®, a leading dog biscuit company, Fetch! built a Facebook application where pet owners (dogs, cats, birds, fish, etc.) can pronounce why they have the “Best Pet Ever.” Through the application, pet owners will first submit a photo and description about why they have the best pet, which will then be put up for voting. The winning submission will receive a year of Fetch! Pet Care services, plus a prize package from Milk-Bone®.

“As a brand, it was important for us to find more ways to interact with our current and future customers,” said Paul Mann, founder and CEO of Fetch! Pet Care. “Through the power of social media, we can learn more about our customers while interacting with them in their personal space. The value of this process to both the brand and our franchisees is priceless. We want to know our customers, fans and pets by name.”

From June 13 through Aug. 5, pet lovers around the nation can enter their pet via Fetch!’s Facebook Fan Page’s “Best Pet Ever” application (www.facebook.com/FetchCorporate). With Facebook users spending more than 700 billion minutes a year within the social network — plus more than 50 percent of users logging in daily — Fetch! is preparing to let the rumble begin.

“The beauty of Facebook is anything can go viral,” said Elyse Marks, director of marketing for Fetch! Pet Care. “Just imagine the entries that may come through.”

The foundation of the contest was built from founder Mann’s passion for pets. An avid dog lover himself, Mann started the business when he needed a pet sitter while he was traveling. After tirelessly interviewing local pet sitters in his search for someone to entrust his furry babies and his house to, he had an "Aha!" moment. It wasn't a simple problem at all — it was really hard to find someone reliable and loving to care for his pets the way he did, and was a common problem experienced by most pet parents.

Today, Fetch! Pet Care is the nation's largest and most trusted provider of professional pet sitting and dog walking services, serving thousands of pets and pet parents from coast to coast. Fetch! Pet Care pet sitters are experienced, highly trained professionals who are pet parents themselves, intuitively and professionally understanding what pets and pet owners need. The sitters care for all types of pets, no matter the size or species — they’re dog, cat, bird and even snake and spider people.