French Bulldog Nellie is proud to be named Member of the Month at the Zoom Room.

Host Bill Handel interviewed Zoom Room CEO & Founder Jaime Van Wye for his “Success from Scratch” radio show.

Zoom Room COO, Mark Van Wye, is the featured guest on the “6 Figure Dog Business” radio show with host Ty Brown, in an episode entitled “Socialize Your Way to the Top.”

The Zoom Room is the featured franchise in the July issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. After a mere nine months of franchising, we’re thrilled to receive this important recognition of the blazing speed of our early growth. Then again, we are an agility franchise…

Echelon Magazine, the premier publication serving LGBT business professionals, has launched their first digital issue, which includes a video by the Zoom Room. There is no subscription fee so everyone is welcome to a good read!

The Zoom Room is pleased to announce that Chopper has been named as the first Member of the Month.

Construction of the Zoom Room Austin is underway. We are looking forward to bringing the Zoom Room to the Austin dog community!

The monthly Yorkie meet up was held at the Zoom Room on Saturday. Approximatley 30 Yorkies and their parents partied with new and old friends over the weekend.

The Pride in Business Expo will take place at the Petersen Museum on September 11 and 12, celebrating the GLBT business community. The Zoom Room is extraordinarily proud to be an exhibitor at this year’s event, helping to support the concept of conscientious business ownership and community awareness.

In order to better serve the dogs (and their owners) of Hollywood, West Hollywood, and surrounding areas, the Zoom Room will be opening a new flagship location on La Brea, near Melrose, conveniently (and strategically!) located directly across the street from Pink’s Hot Dogs. And pretty darn close to Runyon Canyon, too!

The abnormal amounts of rain we had in the winter are making allergy sufferers, well, suffer.

Over a million pet owners in America currently have health insurance for their pets, and the numbers are rising. Clever employers understand the need to provide their employees with exceptional coverage in order to stay competitive, and providing perks to pet owners has proven to be a successful approach.

On November 16, Honda will finally roll out their special Dog-Friendly edition of their Honda Element. We’ve driven our own dog around in the “non-dog-friendly” Honda Element for the past several months with some degree of success. (Pros: roomy, low to the ground for easy load-up, easy to hose down interior; Cons: the combination of windows that barely crack open and a very rumbly ride have led to more than a few bouts of upset tummy for our pup; thank goodness that one of the Pros is “easy to hose down.”)

Hairstylist Roberto Fabiano and esthetician Gloria Florianopolis were searching for a new business enterprise after “Coração de Amador,” the telenovela they’d worked on for the past two decades, was cancelled. Combining their love of dogs and beauty, it didn’t take Fabiano and Florianopolis long to launch the Instituto de Beleza de Cães, or the “Dog Beauty Institute.” Although they also offer traditional services such as bathing, styling, and of course pedi-pedis, they weren’t prepared for the overwhelming response they’d receive for their unique Brazilian Wax for Dogs service.

Dog-friendly businesses are becoming more widespread as business owners and city officials discover the positive economic benefits of welcoming dogs and their owners.