Open a RIOS Location
You know the profession. This is how you build the operation.
Opening a RIOS location is for people who already work professionally with dogs and are ready to run their own operation. If you are learning to become a professional trainer, Trainer Development is the school path; this is the business path that comes after the professional foundation.
Public directory listings
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Active organizations with public visibility enabled -- not a traction or adoption measure.
Application team sizes
Solo to multi-site
The form accepts solo operators, small teams, and larger or multi-location applicants.
What you bring
Professional dog work
Existing professional practice comes first; Trainer Development is the school path.
Why join RIOS
Running a canine operation adds bookkeeping, marketing, client communication, and software administration to the professional dog work itself. RIOS is designed to bring those operating tasks into one system.
The implemented RIOS surfaces cover scheduling, client and dog records, invoicing, public pages and lead intake, package setup, reviews, and reporting. Release readiness is assessed pack by pack. Organization knowledge remains private; cross-organization shared learning is not represented as operational.
The application accepts professionals preparing to open their first business, current owners, small teams, and larger or multi-location applicants. It asks for the operating context directly so the first conversation can start from the applicant's actual situation.
What opening a location actually takes
What the application asks about, and why -- so nothing on it is a surprise.
Where you are today
Already running your own business or preparing to open one after working professionally -- both are valid business starting points. What matters is an honest picture of your hands-on professional experience, education or apprenticeship, and current work.
What you're working with
Team size, a facility or the plan for one, liability coverage, and roughly what you have available to put toward opening. See the location starter kit list for what that actually costs, category by category, at a fair-quality baseline -- not the cheapest option, not the most expensive one either.
How you work
One real question, answered in your own words: how you handle a dog that's struggling. That tells us more than any checklist could.
Public RIOS organization directory
0 active organizations have public directory visibility enabled.
Browse organizations that chose public discovery in RIOS. A listing provides a route to that organization's public page and sign-in; it is not certification, endorsement, traction evidence, or proof of comprehensive product use.
Ready to talk?
The application below takes about ten minutes. Nothing on it locks you into anything -- it's how we get a first, honest read on where you're starting from, so the conversation that follows is useful instead of generic.