Does the Canine Dimensions questionnaire acknowledge the existence of business risks?
Canine_Dimensions Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| 18. Do you understand that any training, support, guidance or tools we provide to you as part of the franchise are for the purpose of protecting the Canine Dimensions® brand and trademarks and to assist you in the operation of your business and not for the purpose of controlling or in any way intended to exercise or exert control over your decisions or day-to-day operations of your business, including your sole responsibility for the hiring, wages and other compensation (including benefits), training, supervision and termination of your employees and all other employment and employee related matters? | ||
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| Yes | ||
| No | ||
| 19. | ||
| Do you understand that we are relying on your responses to this questionnaire to help us | ||
| determine whether we, and any brokers or consultants that work with us, complied with applicable state | ||
| and federal law? | ||
| Yes | ||
| No | ||
| If you have answered No to questions 9, or Yes to any one of questions 10-17, please provide a full | ||
| explanation of each answer in the following blank lines. (Attach additional pages, if necessary, and refer to | ||
| them below.) If you have answered Yes to question 9, and No to each of questions 10-17, please leave the | ||
| following lines blank. | ||
| I signed the Franchise Agreement and Addendum (if any) on, 20, and | ||
| acknowledge that no Agreement or Addendum is effective until signed and dated by the Franchisor. | ||
| Please understand that your responses to these questions are important to us and that we will rely | ||
| on them. By signing this Questionnaire, you are representing that you have responded truthfully to the above | ||
| questions. In addition, by signing this Questionnaire, you also acknowledge that: | ||
| A. You recognize and understand that business risks, which exist in connection with the purchase | ||
| of any business, make the success or failure of the franchise subject to many variables, including among | ||
| other things, your skills and abilities, the hours worked by you, competition, interest rates, the economy, | ||
| inflation, franchise location, operation costs, lease terms and costs and the marketplace. You hereby | ||
| acknowledge your awareness of and willingness to undertake these business risks. | ||
| B. You agree and state that the decision to enter into this business risk is in no manner predicated | ||
| upon any oral representation, assurances, warranties, guarantees or promises made by Franchisor or any of | ||
| its officers, employees or agents (including the Broker or any other broker) as to the likelihood of success | ||
| of the franchise. Except as contained in the Disclosure Document, you acknowledge that you have not | ||
| received any information from the Franchisor or any of its officers, employees or agents (including the | ||
| Broker or any other broker) concerning actual, projected or forecasted franchise sales, profits or earnings. | ||
| If you believe that you have received any information concerning actual, average, projected or forecasted | ||
| franchise sales, profits or earnings other than those contained in the Disclosure Document, please describe | ||
| those in the space provided below or write "None". |
C.
Source: Item 20 — OUTLETS AND FRANCHISEE INFORMATION (FDD pages 33–35)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Canine Dimensions's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Franchisee Disclosure Acknowledgment Statement includes an explicit acknowledgement of business risks. The questionnaire requires franchisees to recognize and understand that business risks exist when purchasing any business, making the success or failure of the franchise subject to many variables. These variables include the franchisee's skills and abilities, hours worked, competition, interest rates, the economy, inflation, franchise location, operation costs, lease terms and costs, and the marketplace.
The questionnaire emphasizes that the decision to enter into the Canine Dimensions franchise is a business risk that the franchisee is aware of and willing to undertake. It also states that this decision should not be based on any oral representations, assurances, warranties, guarantees, or promises made by Canine Dimensions or its agents regarding the likelihood of success, unless those are contained in the Disclosure Document. Franchisees are acknowledging that they have not received any unauthorized information concerning actual, projected, or forecasted franchise sales, profits, or earnings.
This acknowledgement serves to protect Canine Dimensions from potential legal claims based on misrepresentation or unrealistic expectations. By signing the questionnaire, the franchisee confirms their understanding of the inherent risks and uncertainties involved in operating a franchise, and that they are not relying on any unverified claims of potential success.