Home-Based Dog Fence Dealership in a Protected Local Territory
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Own the dog containment business in your own backyard.
Dog Guard has designed and assembled electronic pet containment systems in Troy, New York since 1988. We do not sell through big-box retail. We sell through independent local business owners we call Local Pros. There are 55 of them today, and we are opening new markets in Texas, Arizona, and Colorado.
What you would run
A home-based install and service business. You meet the homeowner, walk the property, design the boundary, trench and lay the wire, set the transmitter, and train the dog to respect the line. Most jobs are done in a day. Gross margins run about 65 percent, and every fence you install becomes a service, battery, and referral relationship that lasts for years.
Why homeowners call a Local Pro
Retail kits and wireless systems are cheap and often disappointing. A professionally installed Dog Guard system follows the real property line, gets tuned to the individual dog, and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a limited lifetime manufacturer's warranty. When something needs attention, the homeowner calls you directly, and you are the one who shows up.
What you get
- A protected local territory. We do not appoint a second Local Pro in your market.
- Your opening equipment package at wholesale: transmitters, receivers, boundary wire, training flags, yard signage, and demo gear.
- Product, installation, and sales training from the manufacturer, not from a franchise sales office.
- Marketing support, a dealer portal, technical support by phone.
- No franchise fee. You own the business outright.
Who does well here
Someone who wants to sell and install one product line and build a local name around it. A trade or home-service background helps. Sales instinct helps more. You do not need a storefront, employees, or any prior pet-industry experience.
What it takes
About $50,000 all in: a $20,000 opening equipment package at wholesale, plus roughly $30,000 for a trencher, vehicle outfitting, tools, your local website and launch marketing, insurance, and working capital.
Next step
Send a message through this listing, or read the full program at our website. We will talk through your market, what is open, and whether this fits what you are trying to build.
Dog Guard has designed and assembled electronic pet containment systems in Troy, New York since 1988. We do not sell through big-box retail. We sell through independent local business owners we call Local Pros. There are 55 of them today, and we are opening new markets in Texas, Arizona, and Colorado.
What you would run
A home-based install and service business. You meet the homeowner, walk the property, design the boundary, trench and lay the wire, set the transmitter, and train the dog to respect the line. Most jobs are done in a day. Gross margins run about 65 percent, and every fence you install becomes a service, battery, and referral relationship that lasts for years.
Why homeowners call a Local Pro
Retail kits and wireless systems are cheap and often disappointing. A professionally installed Dog Guard system follows the real property line, gets tuned to the individual dog, and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a limited lifetime manufacturer's warranty. When something needs attention, the homeowner calls you directly, and you are the one who shows up.
What you get
- A protected local territory. We do not appoint a second Local Pro in your market.
- Your opening equipment package at wholesale: transmitters, receivers, boundary wire, training flags, yard signage, and demo gear.
- Product, installation, and sales training from the manufacturer, not from a franchise sales office.
- Marketing support, a dealer portal, technical support by phone.
- No franchise fee. You own the business outright.
Who does well here
Someone who wants to sell and install one product line and build a local name around it. A trade or home-service background helps. Sales instinct helps more. You do not need a storefront, employees, or any prior pet-industry experience.
What it takes
About $50,000 all in: a $20,000 opening equipment package at wholesale, plus roughly $30,000 for a trencher, vehicle outfitting, tools, your local website and launch marketing, insurance, and working capital.
Next step
Send a message through this listing, or read the full program at our website. We will talk through your market, what is open, and whether this fits what you are trying to build.
About the Business
- Facilities & Assets
- Home-based. No storefront, no retail lease, and no employees required to start.
What you operate out of: a work van or pickup, a walk-behind or tow-behind trencher, standard hand tools, a laptop, and a phone. Many Local Pros run the first year out of a garage.
What the opening equipment package includes: Dog Guard transmitters and receivers, boundary wire, training flags, yard signage, installation supplies, and demo equipment, all purchased at wholesale.
What the home office holds for you: inventory in Troy, New York, with restock shipped direct, so you carry only what fits on the truck. - Market Outlook / Competition
- The market: roughly 65 million U.S. households own a dog, and containment is a recurring need rather than a trend. Demand follows new homes and suburban growth more than it follows the economy.
The category splits three ways: DIY kits and wireless systems sold at retail, national brands sold through franchised installers, and independent local installers.
Where Dog Guard sits: professionally installed and professionally serviced, priced below the national franchise brands, and doing what a retail kit cannot. Systems are designed and assembled in Troy, New York, and carry a 30-day money-back guarantee and a limited lifetime manufacturer's warranty. The current transmitter offers 32 levels of correction, so a system can be set to the least correction a given dog needs.
You compete locally, on service and reputation, inside a territory that is yours.
About the Sale
- Transition Support
- Training: product, installation, and dog-training instruction, plus sales, estimating, and pricing. Delivered by the home office and alongside established Local Pros.
Onboarding: a start-up plan covering your first installations, your local launch marketing, and how to quote a job profitably.
Ongoing: a dealer portal, technical support by phone, marketing materials and campaign templates, referrals from the Dog Guard site and dealer locator, and warranty administration handled by the manufacturer.
The network: 55 independent Local Pros who share what works. Most owners say the fastest learning comes from the other owners.
Home office: Troy, New York, where the products are designed and where final assembly and testing are done. You are dealing with the manufacturer directly, not a franchise sales office.
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