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title: "Franchise Times: Hounds Town USA Makes Their Pups Their Highest Priority"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5536f667-3bb6-47d2-ae9b-affe1b3cf602
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-hounds-town-usa-makes-their-pups-their-highest-priority-2707496
category: "Daycare & boarding"
industry: "Pets"
segment: "Daycare & boarding"
published: 2018-08-14T22:17:36.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:10.464Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4920961d7c3b6515472ee5c7c5edb09b6424.jpg
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# Franchise Times: Hounds Town USA Makes Their Pups Their Highest Priority

**TL;DR:** Hounds Town USA focuses on the needs of dogs in its dog daycare business model, grouping them by personality and temperament. The company's CEO and founder, Mike Gould, has a background working with dogs, including as a founding member of the NYPD canine unit.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-hounds-town-usa-makes-their-pups-their-highest-priority-2707496).*

## Story

New York-based Hounds Town USA is forging a new path in doggie daycare by focusing on the needs of the dogs, not on the needs of the owners. According to Franchise Times, Hounds Town USA CEO and founder Mike Gould has worked closely with dogs for nearly his entire life as one of the founding members of the NYPD canine unit in 1983. He also ran a canine scent-detection company prior to starting his Hounds Town USA franchise. “I’ve always had a particular interest in dog behavior,” he said.

Hounds Town USA brings a unique business model to the doggie daycare industry, with an emphasis on grouping dogs based on their personality and temperament along with the inclusivity of all breeds. Hounds Town’s president Jackie Bondanza told Franchise Times, “Although we all want the very best for our pups, we focus on removing the projections and labels that owners can sometimes have surrounding their dog and let the dogs be themselves while they are with us."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Pets (sector)
- business model (topic)
- Hounds Town USA (company)
- franchise (topic)
- Jackie Bondanza (person)
- dog daycare (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-hounds-town-usa-makes-their-pups-their-highest-priority-2707496). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5536f667-3bb6-47d2-ae9b-affe1b3cf602).