50 min

The force-free trainer's guide to the business of board & trains with Maggie Mind Your Own Dog Business

    • Entrepreneurship

In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen and Maggie have a conversation about the business of board and trains and how more force-free dog trainers should be offering board and trains to their services to leverage and grow their business. 
Let's get this clear and not twist the episode's title; it's NOT a conversation on methodology or training camps, but an honest conversation on why many force-free, R+ trainers shy away from a board and train option when they can be using and leveraging them for growth, reinvestment back into the community and continuing education... ALONG with the judgment they might face when offering a board and train and subsequently making more money. 
During this conversation, Kristen and Maggie discuss:
How can LIMA, force-free positive dog trainers, optimize a board and train program for future growth.Pricing your force-free board and train.Reinvest your continuing education using the cash flow from your board and train programs.How the standard model of group classes is going the way of the dodo.Why you SHOULDN'T offer a membership-style dog training program, because it'll keep you broke.Dealing with the financial judgment of making more money as an ff positive dog trainer. Starting your first force-free board and train.This conversation is spicy; it's transparent, raw, and for everyone, that has thought about offering a board and train.

Episode Links:
The Business of Board & Trains Masterclass Sign Up
Work with Dog Biz School
Dog Biz School Website 

In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen and Maggie have a conversation about the business of board and trains and how more force-free dog trainers should be offering board and trains to their services to leverage and grow their business. 
Let's get this clear and not twist the episode's title; it's NOT a conversation on methodology or training camps, but an honest conversation on why many force-free, R+ trainers shy away from a board and train option when they can be using and leveraging them for growth, reinvestment back into the community and continuing education... ALONG with the judgment they might face when offering a board and train and subsequently making more money. 
During this conversation, Kristen and Maggie discuss:
How can LIMA, force-free positive dog trainers, optimize a board and train program for future growth.Pricing your force-free board and train.Reinvest your continuing education using the cash flow from your board and train programs.How the standard model of group classes is going the way of the dodo.Why you SHOULDN'T offer a membership-style dog training program, because it'll keep you broke.Dealing with the financial judgment of making more money as an ff positive dog trainer. Starting your first force-free board and train.This conversation is spicy; it's transparent, raw, and for everyone, that has thought about offering a board and train.

Episode Links:
The Business of Board & Trains Masterclass Sign Up
Work with Dog Biz School
Dog Biz School Website 

50 min