By Paul C. Grzella
Brothers Jason (left) and Steve Parker, founders of the K9 Resorts Daycare & Luxury Hotel, are about to open six franchise sites in 2013. / Kathy Johnson/Staff Photographer
Their parents were resistant to the idea, so in 1999, the boys, then 14 and 12, respectively, decided to start a dog-walking business based from their Scotch Plains home.
“We wanted to show our parents that we had enough responsibility to have our own dog,” Steve Parker said.
Within a short time, the brothers were responsible for 25 regular accounts, so they went back to their parents and asked about that dog again.
“I never doubted that you weren’t responsible enough to have dogs,” replied their father, Alan Parker. “We just don’t like dogs.”
“We realized then we weren’t getting a dog, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t keep our business,” Steve Parker said.
After 13 years of walking and planning, the brothers’ passions for man’s best friend and hard work are culminating early next year with the opening of a series of pet luxury resort franchises based on the K9 Resorts Daycare & Luxury Hotel the brothers have operated in Fanwood since 2005.
“We are very fortunate,” Jason Parker said. “This has been a great combination of our love and passion for dogs that we have been able to couple with our entrepreneurial spirit.”
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