How long is the virtual portion of the Dog Haus Pre-Opening Initial Training Program?
Dog_Haus Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
General Manager and/or other supervisorial or managerial personnel must attend and complete the Pre-Opening Initial Training Program to our satisfaction. Your Principal Owner must attend and complete 2 days of marketing training at our corporate office as a part of the Pre-Opening Initial Training Program.
The Pre-Opening Initial Training Program will consist of approximately 2 weeks of virtual training that must be completed before the Franchised Restaurant opens for business. After completion of virtual training, you will participate in 8 to 13 days of in person training at a Dog Haus Restaurant in Los Angeles, California or at another location we designate. If the Franchised Restaurant is the first Franchised Restaurant you will operate, we will provide a training manual and other materials at no charge to you. However, you may be required to pay us reimbursement for up 2 round trip flights, 2 hotel rooms, 2 rental vehicles, and a per diem in the sum of $60 for each of our employees who provide training to defray a portion of our direct cost to provide the Pre-Opening Initial Training Program. (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.1). You must pay all travel, living, compensation, and other expenses incurred by your Principal Owner, each General Manager and other supervisorial or managerial personnel while attending the Pre-Opening Initial Training Program.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, MARKETING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 38–53)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dog Haus's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Pre-Opening Initial Training Program includes approximately 2 weeks of virtual training. This virtual training must be completed before the franchisee opens their Dog Haus restaurant for business.
Following the virtual training, the franchisee will then participate in an in-person training program lasting 8 to 13 days. This in-person training takes place at a Dog Haus Restaurant in Los Angeles, California, or at another location designated by Dog Haus.
Dog Haus may deliver any part of the Pre-Opening Initial Training Program remotely using a virtual communication platform. This means that the entire training, or portions of it, can be conducted virtually at Dog Haus's discretion.