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Are Principal Owners of a Hydrodog franchise required to complete additional training programs beyond the initial one?

Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

  • 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.
  • (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 You must at all times faithfully, honestly, and diligently perform your contractual obligations. System Standards may regulate the staffing levels and employee qualifications, training, dress, and appearance of your HydroDog Business. Any Designated Owner or General Manager must complete the mandatory training to our satisfaction. If your Designated Owner or General Manager resigns, is terminated, or is otherwise no longer performing as a Designated Owner or General Manager, you must designate a replacement Designated Owner or General Manager (either, a "Replacement"), as applicable, and we must pre-approve the Replacement in writing. Before being employed as Designated Owner or General Manager, the Replacement must complete the mandatory training to our satisfaction. You must pay our then-current fee for the Replacement's training and you must pay for your Replacement's costs in attending training, including travel, lodging, meals, wages, and any other related expenses. We may require additional training if you or your staff fail to meet our then-current performance or compliance standards. If we require or you request, and we agree to provide, additional training or assistance, which may be conducted on-site (in Territory), online, at our location, or at another location we designate, you must pay our then-current fee for additional training (the "Additional Training Fees") plus all travel and living expenses for each trainer (the "Training Expenses"), regardless of training location.

Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, principal owners may be required to attend additional training programs. Hydrodog reserves the right to require both the franchisee and previously trained owners to attend periodic refresher training courses. Hydrodog may also require franchisees and their owners to retake or attend additional or extended initial training.

Successful completion of the Hydrodog Academy, any other initial training, and any additional training that Hydrodog requires before opening is a condition for opening the Hydrodog business to the public. A Principal Owner of the HydroDog Business Entity must satisfactorily complete the initial training program and any other training programs Hydrodog requests during the term of the agreement.

If a franchisee is an entity, and the Designated Owner or General Manager resigns, is terminated, or is no longer performing their duties, a replacement must be designated and approved by Hydrodog. Before being employed, the Replacement must complete the mandatory training to Hydrodog's satisfaction. The franchisee is responsible for the replacement's training fees and costs in attending training, including travel, lodging, meals, wages, and any other related expenses.

Hydrodog may also require additional training if the franchisee or their staff fails to meet Hydrodog's then-current performance or compliance standards. If Hydrodog requires or the franchisee requests, and Hydrodog agrees to provide, additional training or assistance, the franchisee must pay Hydrodog's then-current fee for additional training plus all travel and living expenses for each trainer, regardless of training location.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.