What are some examples of Training Expenses that a Hydrodog franchisee might incur?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
well as on-site within your Territory. You must complete the initial training to our satisfaction and pay all expenses of your personnel to attend such training, including tuition, travel, lodging, meals and salaries.
- 7.2 Initial Training Fee. We will provide our HydroDog Academy training as stated herein. At the time you sign this Agreement, you must pay us a five thousand dollar ($5,000) nonrefundable initial training fee (the "Initial Training Fee") per trainee in consideration of the pre-opening initial training program that we will conduct for you. You are responsible for all expenses and costs that you incur for training or attending conferences, including wages, travel and living expenses. If you transfer your franchise, we may charge the new franchisee the then-current Initial Training Fee for each of the transferee's owners and employees that attends our initial training program. All training fees and expense reimbursements are due ten (10) days after invoicing.
- 7.3 Additional Training. We reserve the right to require you and/or your previously trained owners to attend periodic refresher training courses at such times and locations as we may designate. If we require you, and/or your previously trained owners to re-take or attend additional or extended initial training at your expense ("Additional Training").
- 7.4 Completion of HydroDog Academy. Successful completion of HydroDog Academy, any other initial training and any additional or extended initial training we require before opening is a condition to the opening of your HydroDog Business to the public.
- 7.5 General Guidance**.** We will advise you from time-to-time regarding the operation of your HydroDog Business based on reports you submit to us or inspections we make. In addition, we will furnish guidance to you with respect to:
- (a) standards, specifications and operating procedures and methods utilized by the HydroDog Businesses;
- (b) purchasing required equipment, signs, products, materials and supplies;
- (c) Product and Service inventory practices and purchasing practices;
- (d) use of suppliers and approved products and supplies
- (e) sales, pricing policies and the like;
- (f) owner and management training; and
- (g) administrative, bookkeeping and accounting procedures.
- (a) standards, specifications and operating procedures and methods utilized by the HydroDog Businesses;
Such guidance will be furnished at our sole discretion, in our Manuals, bulletins or other written materials, during telephone consultations, or during consultations at our office or your HydroDog Business. At your request, we will furnish additional guidance and assistance. If your requests for additional or special training and guidance are, in our opinion, excessive we may charge you our actual expenses that we incur in connection with such training or guidance, including per diem charges and travel and living expenses for our personnel.
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Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees can expect to incur various training-related expenses. Before opening a HydroDog Business, the franchisee and one additional trainee will receive initial training at the HydroDog Academy, for which Hydrodog charges a $5,000 nonrefundable initial training fee per trainee. The franchisee is responsible for all expenses, including wages, travel, and living expenses, for themselves and their personnel to attend this training. This initial training must be completed at least thirty (30) days before opening the HydroDog Business.
Hydrodog also reserves the right to require franchisees and their owners to attend periodic refresher training courses. If Hydrodog requires additional or extended initial training, the franchisee will be responsible for these additional training expenses. Furthermore, if a franchisee hires a replacement Designated Owner or General Manager, they must pay Hydrodog's then-current fee for the replacement's training, as well as cover the replacement's costs for travel, lodging, meals, wages, and other related expenses.
If a franchisee has less than five (5) years' experience in grooming or is not a certified groomer, they must purchase an Initial Tools Package from Hydrodog. If the franchisee is not already a dog groomer, they must hire a lead groomer and complete Hydrodog's designated online grooming training program before initial training, with all associated costs being the franchisee's responsibility. If the franchisee fails to meet Hydrodog's standards in a skills assessment, they will be required to attend a dog grooming academy of Hydrodog's choosing at their expense before initial training. These examples highlight the multiple layers of potential training costs for a Hydrodog franchisee.