The latest business was purchased by Randy Robinson in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area.

Bark Busters started in Australia in 1989 and came to the United States in 2000. The company's U.S. headquarters is in Denver.

Bark Busters USA is ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as 278 of the top 500 franchises, 137 of the top 200 global American franchises, 75 of the top 101 home-based franchises, and 73 of the top 140 low-cost franchises.

"Bark Busters' remarkable growth stems from both the strong market demand for our services and our commitment to helping people achieve the flexibility and freedom to control their lives through business ownership," said Andrew Brooke, CEO of Bark Busters USA, in a statement.

The company attributed its growth to two factors:

Americans' on-going love affair with their dogs. More than one-third of all U.S. households are dog owners.
Bark Busters' business approach, which includes a its own home-based training system, coupled with increasing brand awareness, large protected territories, comprehensive training, and on-going support for its franchise owners.
The company's call center fields more than 3,000 calls per month, Brooke said in the statement.

The company's training technique uses the same communications methods -- body language and voice control -- that dogs follow as part of their instinctual pack mentality. All training takes place right in the home where the problems generally occur. And Bark Busters' says it guarantees the training for the life of the dog.

Bark Busters said it plans to sell another 80 to 100 franchises in the U.S. in the next 12 months.

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