Must a Principal Owner of a Hydrodog franchise complete the initial training program?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (g) a Principal Owner of your HydroDog Business Entity (defined as a person with at least a twenty percent (20%) ownership interest in you) must: (i) have management responsibility and authority over the "Business" (defined as your HydroDog Business) on a day-to-day basis; (ii) be actively employed on a full-time basis to manage your HydroDog Business's operations; (iii) be present at your HydroDog Business for at least fifty percent (50%) of the hours your HydroDog Business is open to the public for business; (iv) be bound by our then-current form of Confidentiality Agreement (or other form satisfactory to us); and (v) satisfactorily complete our initial training program and any other training programs we request during the Term; and
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a Principal Owner must complete the initial training program. A Principal Owner is defined as someone with at least a 20% ownership interest in the Hydrodog Business.
The FDD states that a Principal Owner must have management responsibility and authority over the HydroDog Business on a day-to-day basis, be actively employed on a full-time basis to manage the HydroDog Business's operations, and be present at the HydroDog Business for at least 50% of the hours the business is open to the public. In addition to these requirements, the Principal Owner must also satisfactorily complete Hydrodog's initial training program and any other training programs Hydrodog requests during the term of the agreement.
Furthermore, each Principal Owner must sign and deliver Hydrodog's standard form of Principal Owner's Guaranty, which binds them jointly and severally to all provisions of the Franchise Agreement and any other agreements between the franchisee and Hydrodog. This underscores the importance Hydrodog places on ensuring that Principal Owners are thoroughly trained and committed to upholding the standards and obligations of the franchise system.