For an All Dogs Unleashed franchise, what must a franchisee do regarding a proposed site for each Facility?
All_Dogs_Unleashed Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Under the terms and conditions of the Franchise Agreement, Franchisor has the right to approve the site for the Facility; and if the Facility premises will be occupied pursuant to a commercial lease, Franchisor has prescribed certain lease terms and has the right to condition its approval of a proposed site on inclusion of the prescribed lease terms.
If your landlord refuses to sign the Lease Rider in the form we require, we have the right to reject your proposed site for the applicable Facility.
- 3.2.2 Each lease for each Facility must provide that we (or our designee) may at our sole option, on the termination, expiration or proposed transfer of the Franchise Agreement for that location, take an assignment of your interest in the lease, without the payment of additional consideration (other than a reasonable assignment fee), and without liability for obligations you accrued as of the date of the assignment of the lease.
Our review of any lease before its signing will not be for the purpose of approving the legal aspects, economics, or rental terms of the lease.
Accordingly, we will have no responsibility to you with regard to the economics, legality or enforceability of any lease.
At all times during the term of this Agreement, you will promptly pay all rents and charges required by the lease for the Facility and must not be in default under the terms of the lease.
You must provide us with a copy of your fully signed lease for each Facility immediately when you receive it, and any amendments or renewals to the lease, to ensure that at all times we have a complete copy of the then-current lease for each Facility.
- 3.3 Franchise Agreement Signing Requirements. For each Facility you must develop under this Agreement, you (or a Developer Affiliate we approve) must sign our then-current form of Franchise Agreement, which agreement may contain materially different terms from the form of Franchise Agreement attached to the FDD provided to you before you signed this Agreement, and pay the then-current initial franchise fee and other initial fees due under that Franchise Agreement on or before the Signing Deadline for that Facility, even if you have not yet obtained an approved site or an approved lease.
The terms of each Franchise Agreement will control the establishment and operation of the Facility that is the subject of that Franchise Agreement; provided, however the opening deadlines stated in this ADA must govern.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 49–158)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All Dogs Unleashed's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor has the right to approve the site for each Facility. If the premises will be occupied under a commercial lease, All Dogs Unleashed has prescribed certain lease terms and can condition its approval of a proposed site on the inclusion of these terms.
Specifically, if the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Rider in the form that All Dogs Unleashed requires, All Dogs Unleashed has the right to reject the proposed site for the applicable Facility. Each lease must also provide that All Dogs Unleashed (or its designee) may, at its sole option, upon the termination, expiration, or proposed transfer of the Franchise Agreement for that location, take an assignment of the franchisee's interest in the lease without additional consideration (other than a reasonable assignment fee) and without liability for obligations the franchisee accrued as of the date of the assignment.
All Dogs Unleashed's review of any lease before its signing will not be for the purpose of approving the legal aspects, economics, or rental terms of the lease. Accordingly, All Dogs Unleashed will have no responsibility to the franchisee regarding the economics, legality, or enforceability of any lease. The franchisee must promptly pay all rents and charges required by the lease for the Facility and must not be in default under the terms of the lease. The franchisee must provide All Dogs Unleashed with a copy of the fully signed lease for each Facility immediately upon receipt, along with any amendments or renewals, to ensure that All Dogs Unleashed has a complete copy of the then-current lease for each Facility.
For each Facility the franchisee must develop, the franchisee (or a Developer Affiliate approved by All Dogs Unleashed) must sign All Dogs Unleashed's then-current form of Franchise Agreement, which may contain materially different terms from the form attached to the FDD. The franchisee must also pay the then-current initial franchise fee and other initial fees due under that Franchise Agreement on or before the Signing Deadline for that Facility, even if the franchisee has not yet obtained an approved site or an approved lease. The terms of each Franchise Agreement will control the establishment and operation of the Facility that is the subject of that Franchise Agreement; however, the opening deadlines stated in the agreement must govern.