Dogged determination pays off for Ganahl

Turning tragedy into triumph has propelled Heidi Ganahl to success in the business, political and charitable worlds — success she might not have imagined just a couple decades ago.

The Camp Bow Wow chain of doggie day-care centers she founded in Broomfield in 2000 grew from a 10-employee startup to a $100 million juggernaut whose franchise owners employ about 3,000 people. But the path to that fetching fame wasn’t a walk in the park.

She’d sold pharmaceuticals, worked at advertising agencies and as a certified financial planner,…