The Wall Street Journal today released an article surveying the best pet franchises available in the U.S. Topping their list is the Zoom Room.

Adopt-a-Pet.com is North America’s largest non-profit pet adoption website, helping 10,000 animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue groups, and pet adoption agencies across the United States and Canada advertise their homeless pets to adopters for free.

An hysterical clip from the January 17 Ellen Degeneres show in which guest Seth Rogen relates his experiences in Shy Dog class at the Zoom Room. Seth offers an hilarious take on positive reinforcement training, or as he puts it… now his rescued dog, Zelda, is no longer shy… just fat!

The Best Friends Animal Society of California features an article about the Zoom Room’s commitment to supporting pet adoptions, rescue organizations and animal welfare.

When TMZ reported this week that Mark Zuckerberg was trying to decide between a Komondor and a Puli, we thought we needed to step in with some friendly advice.

Here’s our round-up of all the exciting, challenging and breathtaking dog agility events happening throughout the U.S. in the Spring of 2011, including trials, leagues, competitions, fun runs and the very best in dog sports.

The Zoom Room has been selected for the 2011 Franchise Hot 100 List by RedHotFranchises.com, named one of the top two pet franchises. This is an exclusive list of franchises that have demonstrated superlative performance, demonstrating that their business models stand out from the crowd of over 5,500 franchises in over 100 different industries.

Today marks the release of the Disney movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, and we’re delighted that Clyde the Komondor, our Zoom Room mascot, has a cameo appearance!

The Zoom Room’s Jaime Van Wye is featured on Animal Radio, the most listened to radio show about pets in the nation. Jaime discusses dog agility, fitness and socialization.

We found this great mention today on eHow – an article about eco-friendly dog products that singles out the Zoom Room’s use of recycled materials in our building design, products and practices.

Jaime Van Wye, founder of the Zoom Room, is the daughter of L.A. Lakers Hall-of-Famer Gail Goodrich. Jaime was invited to write a guest column on the intersection of sports and business for Franchise Times.

The American Express OPEN Forum selected “Seven Innovative Small Businesses You May Have Overlooked in 2010.” At #4 is the Zoom Room, a tech-forward pet business in a sector not often known for innovation – dog training.

Reporter Bettie Cross of CBS station KEYE-TV in Austin, Texas visited the Zoom Room Austin on Monday to explore the fitness benefits of dog agility training for both dogs and humans. This timely story, airing just after New Year’s Eve, addresses that resolution so high on so many people’s lists: getting in shape. The trick, of course, is finding an active pursuit that you actually love. And for dog lovers, what could be more perfect than agility training?

Seth Rogen likes to play the funny guy, but he’s a serious dog owner. After completing a six-week Shy Dog training class with his rescue pooch Zelda at the Zoom Room in L.A., they posed with other classmembers for a graduation photo on Dec. 15.

Inc. Magazine has just released its overview of the world of franchising for 2011 and has included a great mention of the Zoom Room’s rapid rise to success in its first year of franchising.