What is the Hydrodog franchisee's obligation regarding the Territory Development Schedule?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You are required to meet the Territory Development Schedule, which requires you to maintain one (1) HydroDog Vehicle for every 100,000 population (or fraction thereof) in your Territory. You must add each required additional HydroDog Vehicle within six (6) months after commencing operations or within six (6) months of any population increase that triggers the requirement for an additional vehicle. Your failure to achieve either the required customer satisfaction index score results or the required customer retention rate results is grounds either for us to require your mandatory attendance at any remedial training program that we specify or for us to allow other franchisees to operate in your Territory, or for us to terminate the Franchise Agreement. In addition, if you do not open the number of mobile pet grooming vehicles as required by the Territory Development Schedule, we may terminate your Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 30–32)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to adhere to a Territory Development Schedule. This schedule mandates that franchisees maintain one HydroDog Vehicle for every 100,000 residents (or any fraction thereof) within their designated territory.
Specifically, a new Hydrodog franchisee must add each additional required HydroDog Vehicle within six months of starting operations, or within six months of any population increase in their territory that necessitates an additional vehicle. This means that if the population in a franchisee's territory grows to exceed 200,000, they would need to add a second vehicle within six months of that population milestone.
Failure to meet the Territory Development Schedule can have serious consequences. If a Hydrodog franchisee does not operate the required number of mobile pet grooming vehicles, Hydrodog has the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement. Additionally, failure to achieve required customer satisfaction index scores or customer retention rates can lead to mandatory remedial training or allow other franchisees to operate within the original franchisee's territory.