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HELPING YOU ADD Profitability TO YOUR PASSION

Pet Boss Nation believes pet businesses are a lifeline to creating thriving communities, impacting their local economies and acting as positive change agents in the lives of pets, customers, employees and other small business owners. They create legacies that go beyond the four walls of their business.

Pet Boss Nation is a business development group for pet professionals and pet businesses around the world. We give you the business advice and tools you need to turn your passions into profits, and the community you need to encourage and support your success.

How We’re Different
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Meet Candace
CEO & Founder

From failing to scaling, broke to naming her price and selling businesses, and from chained to her storefront to traveling the world, Candace has experienced first-hand the extreme struggles and ultimate successes of pet entrepreneurship since 2004.

The one thing she wished she had but couldn’t find was a support system of industry peers who believed in community over competition, mentors who could guide her, and a resource for the best marketing ideas around.

It didn’t exist, so she created it!

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Candace D'agnolo standing in from of Dogaholics store
Candace posing with other pet business owners and a large group of dogs
Candace D'agnolo and fellow pet business owner holding up signs that say Happy Howl-oween
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Candace D'agnolo holding up check for Dog-a-holics with pet business owner
Candace D'agnolo standing with dog and other pet business owners
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The Dogaholics Years

Candace owned and operated three brick and mortar pet businesses with 27 employees before she turned 30 called Dogaholics. And by the time the recession rolled around in 2010, she was buried in debt—to the tune of $400,000. WOAH. Despite the outward appearance of success, her health, wealth and happiness were so far out of reach, she wondered when she’d ever see them again.

But then, the tide changed. She invested in the support she desperately needed from mentors and went on to hit the multiple 7-figure revenue mark. Even after selling three pet businesses, one to Bentley’s Pet Stuff and another to Destination Pet (together totaling a multiple 7 figure exit), her proudest moment was actually going from a negative $5,000 in the bank on the regular to three months worth of business expenses saved. It proved she was on the right track and could do anything!  

Her original brick and mortar retail pet supply stores transformed into multiple revenue streams including retail, grooming, doggy daycare, boarding, training, dog walking, play park memberships, online informational products, books and merchandise.

The Original Pet Boss

Pet Boss Nation was founded in 2017 because Candace knew the pet industry was craving connection, needed leadership from the trenches and some business secrets to add to all the love of health and wellness knowledge for animals!

Having created a community from 0-4,000+ in a short amount of time, Candace and the Pet Boss Nation team now teach business growth strategies through coursework, seminars, private sessions, brand partnerships, one-on-one sessions, and through industry magazine columns, webinars and blogs.

Founder of Pet Boss at Community Event
Founder of Pet Boss at Community Event

The Original Pet Boss

Pet Boss Nation was founded in 2017 because Candace knew the pet industry was craving connection, needed leadership from the trenches and some business secrets to add to all the love of health and wellness knowledge for animals!

Having created a community from 0-4,000+ in a short amount of time, Candace and the Pet Boss Nation team now teach business growth strategies through coursework, seminars, private sessions, brand partnerships, one-on-one sessions, and through industry magazine columns, webinars and blogs.

Are you a pet boss

Are you a

Pet Boss?

You Didn’t Come This Far To Only Come This Far.

Pet Bosses range from entrepreneurs who manufacture pet products, run a pet sitting business or own 1-10 pet supply stores, pet boutiques, grooming salons or dog daycares. Whatever their business, they’re likely seen as “the boss.”

A Pet Boss wants to bring value to their customers and team, while financially supporting their families. Some may want to scale to new territories and grow a large team, while others want to keep living the dream in the nitty gritty and keep it local. Some want to move from burnout to booming and some are looking for help to keep up with all the business.

They all have one thing in common, though.

Pet Bosses all want their business and personal life to be better.

OUR most popular PET BIZ PROGRAMS

It’s one thing to RUN a pet business and another to let it RUN YOU. Is your personal life suffering because you always put your business first? Are you worried about how to pay next month’s bills? Is your phone blowing up with employee drama? 

The good news is it doesn’t have to be like this. You can absolutely build a thriving pet business that gives you flexibility and freedom in your personal and business life, while bringing home your perfect paycheck.

Pet Boss Club

Learn how to master your pet business with less stress in our monthly membership program. Offering a tight-knit community of Pet Bosses, live q+a’s with Candace, marketing planners, biz templates, and more.

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Mastermind

Take your pet business to the next level with intimate group coaching in our mastermind program. Offering even more support and feedback 1-1 with Candace, plus Virtual Accelerator Training and Mastermind Intensive Days, AND additional bonus content not available anywhere else!

Coming Soon
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VIP Experiences

Make massive movement on your pet business goals with help from the head Pet Boss – Candace D’Agnolo. Tailored to your schedule, this private working session will help you overcome roadblocks and create actionable steps to get the business results you want.

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