Running a small business is scary. It’s a lot of great things, too—freedom and control over your schedule, who you work with, and how you work, just to name a few. But it’s also scary. There’s a lot of uncertainty and a lot of responsibility. For most dog pros, owning a business also requires stepping […]
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
What To Say & How To Say It
A client calls to cancel a training appointment or dog walk, knowing it’s against your policy. You show up for a training session to find the client’s not done their homework again. You decide a student and her dog would be much better off in private training. You realize it’s time to let a client […]
Making Difficult Conversations Less Difficult
As positive reinforcement-based dog professionals, we tend to care deeply about others’ feelings, and naturally dislike conflict. For many of us, just the thought of a difficult conversation makes our stomach turn. But take heart when faced with one. It means you’ve made a decision to improve something in your situation. Hold on to that […]
Mastering the 3 S’s in Your R+ Dog Business
As a R+ dog pro, you know all about working the 3 D’s with dogs—that’d be distance, duration, and distraction, of course. But what about the 3 S’s in your business? We want to see you running a dog business that is financially Successful, without those stomach-dropping slow months. We want to see you doing […]
Looking Forward & Taking the Lead
The end of any year is a time for reflection, but of course this hasn’t been just any year. Let’s just say 2020 has provided an awful lot of reflection fodder. If last year has taught us anything, it’s how much is not under our control. At dogbiz it’s also reminded us of one very […]