Grooming Franchise Scenthound Hires New VP of Franchise Development

Florida-founded grooming franchise Scenthound recently announced the addition of Patti Rother as its new VP of Franchise Development.

Rother comes with eight years of experience in the franchise sales and development space, most recently serving as the Director of Franchise Development at Blink Fitness. In two and a half short years, Rother sold 130 units for Blink Fitness and restructured the brand’s franchise development strategy.

“We are so excited for Patti to join Scenthound to help us manage this new phase of growth,” said CEO Tim Vogel. “As we continue to expand, Patti will allow us to create an in-house, organic franchise development department so we can continue growing through the partnership of excited and qualified franchisees.”

Just 16 months after launching its franchise opportunity, the Scenthound grooming franchise has sold 31 units and is on track to hit 40 franchises sold by the end of 2020. As Scenthound’s franchise offerings are gaining momentum, the brand decided to hire Rother to manage their expected influx of new franchisees in the next 18 months. By the end of 2021, Scenthound plans to have an additional 100 units sold, primarily to multi-unit operators.

Scenthound was founded in 2015 after Vogel spent more than 10 years running both a mobile grooming business and local grooming ‘Scenters,’ and seeing first-hand the shortcomings within a booming pet industry and the lack of education surrounding dog grooming.