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You Deserve Some Help: Building The Perfect Staff

Whether you’ve already got staff, or it’s just time to start hiring, don’t miss this class. From finding and hiring the right people to training and reviews, get practical, hands-on tips for building a productive team culture for your training, daycare, or boarding facility or your pet sitting or dog walking business. Avoid the mistakes that plague employee-based businesses, and learn effective solutions if it’s already too late.

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who’s it for?

Any dog business owner or manager who has employees or is thinking about hiring them.

what you’ll learn

  • How to know when it’s time to hire
  • How to find the right people, including writing an effective job description—and where to post it
  • Staff training do’s and don’ts
  • Staff reviews that actually work
  • How to reduce turnover
  • How to change staff culture– for the better

who’s teaching

Veronica Boutelle teaches this class based on years of experience coaching dog businesses ranging from single employees to large staffs, and her own time as Director of the world-renowned San Francisco SPCA Behavior & Training department.

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Access – Basic Manners, Open Enrollment Style

Hello there,

Thank you for purchasing the Basic Manners, Open Enrollment Style web seminar.

RECORDINGS:

Simply click on the link to launch the class recording. Save this link, as you can view the class whenever and how often you like.

Part I: Basic Manners, Open Enrollment Style – Part I

OE Basic Web Seminar 1 (PDF)

Company For Coffee (PDF)

Part II: Basic Manners, Open Enrollment Style – Part II

OE Basic Web Seminar 4 (PDF)

 

Deborsha Lashway

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Our business is to help yours succeed.
510.525.2547

Easy Tax Do’s & Don’ts for Dog Pros

Can I deduct my dog’s food and veterinary bills? What about my training supplies? Which parts of my conference trips? If you’ve wondered about these or similar questions, join us for a web seminar with our guest Marie Poliseno of Dollars & Scents. Both a certified dog trainer and certified public accountant, Marie specializes in accounting services just for us dog pros. In this web seminar, Marie uses straightforward lay language and lots of dog-related examples to walk us through which dog pro expenses are tax deductible—and which aren’t. Join us to make sure you’re maximizing your deductions while avoiding common dog pro tax deduction mistakes that could land you in trouble. Marie will also share some practical tax planning tips and strategies to help lower your tax bills.

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Who’s Teaching?

Marie Poliseno, CPA, CTC, CPDT-KA

Marie Poliseno is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), and an honors graduate of the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers. In addition to running her own dog training business for many years, Marie has spent the past thirty years working in the financial services industry within both public accounting as well as investment banking. Marie now artfully combines her passion for dogs with her savvy business acumen and accounting experience to run Dollars & Scents Accounting Services, a full service accounting firm designed to meet the needs of dog professionals.