What must a Canine Dimensions franchisee purchase from approved suppliers?
Canine_Dimensions Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
In order to maintain our standards of consistent, high quality products and services, customer recognition, advertising support, value and uniformity in Canine Dimensions Businesses, you must purchase all of your required inventory, goods, equipment, supplies, forms, products, services, and advertising materials used in or sold through your Franchised Business, per our specifications and standards, only from us or our approved or designated suppliers and distributors. You will be permitted to carry only the specific items of inventory approved by us. We will provide you with a list of approved suppliers following execution of the Franchise Agreement.
If we do not authorize a product, service, or supplier, you are prohibited from using it in your Franchised Business. It is a material breach of your Franchise Agreement if you buy products, equipment, supplies, inventory, goods or services from anyone other than our designated or approved suppliers and distributors (which may include us or our affiliates) without our prior written approval.
We formulate and modify our standards and specifications based on the market for dog training and behavior modification businesses in general, as well as competitive and economic conditions, based on the experience of our affiliate's operation of a Canine Dimensions Business. We do not provide any material benefits to you based upon your use of approved suppliers.
Supplier Approvals
If you want to purchase or lease any products, equipment, supplies, forms, marketing, supplies, advertising or services from a supplier, other than from us or our authorized supplier, you must first notify us and obtain our written approval. We will provide you with our specifications and standards for approval. We will review your request and we will respond to you in writing (typically by e-mail) regarding our approval or disapproval of the alternative supplier within 60 days after we have had the opportunity to test the item or supplier. We have no obligation to approve any request for a new supplier, product, or service, but we will not unreasonably withhold our approval if the item, product, or service is not one that we require you to purchase or obtain from our existing suppliers.
You will be required to pay our costs of testing. If the supplier proposed by you meets our criteria, we will permit you to contract with that approved supplier. We reserve the right to re-inspect the facilities and to retest the product of any approved supplier and to revoke any approval if the supplier fails to continue to meet our high standards. Our approval will be revoked if we determine, in our reasonable discretion, that an approved supplier has not continued to meet our standards. In that case, we will inform you in writing of our decision to revoke our approval, and you will be required to cease contracting with that supplier immediately after your receipt of our notice of revocation. Other than our costs of testing (which will not be less than $250), we do not charge a fee for approval.
We do not make our criteria for selecting approved suppliers available to our franchisees, nor do we make our specifications known to suppliers. We do not issue specifications and standards to franchisees or approved suppliers.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 14–17)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Canine Dimensions's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to purchase specific items from Canine Dimensions or its approved suppliers. This includes all required inventory, goods, equipment, supplies, forms, products, services, and advertising materials used in or sold through the Franchised Business, adhering to Canine Dimensions's standards and specifications. Franchisees are only allowed to carry inventory items specifically approved by Canine Dimensions. A list of approved suppliers will be provided after the Franchise Agreement is executed.
Specifically, franchisees must purchase branded materials like marketing materials, workbooks, car wraps, brochures, business cards, and uniforms directly from Canine Dimensions or its affiliates, as they are the only approved suppliers for logo-bearing materials. Additionally, client workbooks and the initial inventory package must be purchased directly from Canine Dimensions or its affiliates. While Canine Dimensions reserves the right to be the only approved supplier for other inventory items, they are currently not the sole supplier for all inventory.
If a franchisee wishes to use a different supplier, they must seek written approval from Canine Dimensions. Canine Dimensions will review the request and respond within 60 days after evaluating the item or supplier. Canine Dimensions can re-inspect the facilities and retest the product of any approved supplier and to revoke any approval if the supplier fails to continue to meet their high standards. The franchisee will be required to pay the costs of testing, which will not be less than $250.
It is estimated that purchases from Canine Dimensions or its approved suppliers will account for 10% to 50% of the total cost to establish the Franchised Business and 10% to 40% of the total cost of operating the Franchised Business. This excludes amortization, depreciation, or replacement of worn or obsolete improvements, equipment, furniture, or fixtures. Franchisees must also purchase a laptop computer, which must be approved by Canine Dimensions, but can be purchased from a vendor of their choice.