Your Successful R+ Dog Training Business

The updated KPA Business Curriculum Recording Sessions

We’re revamping our Karen Pryor Academy business module to bring it up to date for you—and we invite you to join us live as we do!

We’ll be sharing all our best advice for enjoying a thriving R+ dog training business in these changing times, whether your business is in daydream stage or you’ve been in full swing for years. This is an opportunity to learn best business practices for today’s climate and challenges, and to get all your biz questions answered.

You’ll be given access to the new recordings once they’re ready, but we encourage you to make room to attend live if you can. We’ll be welcoming active participation in the chat, providing guided exercises to apply our teaching to your business, and we’ll be answering your questions throughout the sessions—it’s an unprecedented opportunity and a great way to jump into 2023!

Register to attend live & get the recordings

Recording Schedule:

Setting Up For Your Success

January 17
9:30am-11:30am Pacific / 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern

Building a successful dog training business isn’t only about financial success. To be sustainable for the long haul, your business must be enjoyable, to run too. One key to ongoing success is serving clients who fuel you up, rather than those who sap your energy. In this module you’ll learn the tricks to building and running a business that draws your ideal clients.

Crafting Services That Sell & Serve

January 17
1:30pm-3:30pm Pacific / 4:30pm-6:30pm Eastern

Your services—what you offer to dog lovers in need of training—will make or break your business—and your clients’ and students’ training success, too. We’ll show you the common mistakes to avoid and share today’s best practices for crafting private training, group class, and hybrid training services, whether you’re teaching in-person, online, or both.

Money Matters

January 18
9:30am-11:30am Pacific / 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern

We’ll give you the strategies and understanding you need to set your prices with confidence and to write policies that protect your income as well as your clients’ and students’ training success.

Smarter Marketing

January 18
1:30pm-3:30pm Pacific / 4:30pm-6:30pm Eastern

Without marketing there are no clients. Without clients there are no opportunities to change dogs’ lives. But marketing doesn’t have to be a chore or feel uncomfortable. In fact, done right your marketing can be an educational force for good while it fills your training dance card. You’ll learn an approach to marketing you can feel good about, including how to build a website that brings eager clients to your door.

Planning Your Transition

January 20
9:30am-11:30am Pacific / 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern

If you’re looking to transition to full-time dog training business owner, whether from your hobby or part-time business or from a non-dog job or career, don’t miss this section! Get in touch with your goals, understand your financial needs, and build a customized transition plan to get you where you want to go.

Your Path to Success

January 20

1:30pm-3:30pm Pacific / 4:30pm-6:30pm Eastern

Long-term success and enjoyment of your business requires mastering life/work balance—and that requires mastering your schedule. We’ll teach you our favorite trick for getting—and feeling—in control of your day-to-day so you can pursue your goals with focus. You’ll also learn the yearly rhythm of running a thriving dog training business and get clear on the next steps toward achieving yours.

dogbiz coaches Veronica Boutelle and Gina Phairas are excited to host this private event to share their business expertise exclusively with KPA students and graduates serious about enjoying their own success while helping dogs and dog lovers achieve theirs.