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#101 – Should You Have Two Breeds or a Second Size?

#101 – Should You Have Two Breeds or a Second Size?

by Julie Swan | Aug 30, 2024 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Ford Motor Company makes cars, trucks, and SUVs. Bakeries sell bread, bagels, scones, and cookies, while serving coffee. Joanne’s Craft Store sells supplies for crochet, scrapbooking, and sewing, to name a few. When a company, like Joanne, starts...
#100 – How Dog Breeding Has Changed Me

#100 – How Dog Breeding Has Changed Me

by Julie Swan | Aug 26, 2024 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Sometimes the hardest things we’ve been through turn out to be the best things that happened to us. I went to a Dr. Joe Dispenza Conference last summer, and he talks about this inner evolution we can go through. He pointed out how the challenges in...

I-10 – Email Marketing for Dog Breeders with Tori Mistik of Wear Wag Repeat

by Julie Swan | Aug 16, 2024 | Business Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes You’ve heard you need to have an email newsletter to sell puppies, but “ugh” what does that mean! It’s sounds like just ANOTHER thing to add to your plate and a new thing to learn. In today’s podcast interview Tori...
#99 – Q&A – Form an LLC? Starting with Stud Dogs? How Many Females? How Do I Start Dog Breeding?

#99 – Q&A – Form an LLC? Starting with Stud Dogs? How Many Females? How Do I Start Dog Breeding?

by Julie Swan | Aug 10, 2024 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management

Jump to Show Notes July 31, 2014, I heard a ‘yip’ come from the bedroom. I ran inside and saw Nikki had started to have her puppies on my daughter’s toddler bed, she had pulled off all the sheets, and had her first puppy right on the toddler bed mattress. This little...
#98 – 3 Reasons Why Dog Breeders Quit the Industry

#98 – 3 Reasons Why Dog Breeders Quit the Industry

by Julie Swan | Aug 3, 2024 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Giardia was awful. Losing those puppies was absolutely awful. It was a hard way to get through my first year of breeding. You know what was worse? Parvo. Parvovirus has been by far the worst thing I’ve dealt with in puppies. Watching their little...
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12 Days of Breeders – 6 – Bill Wyatt of DubDub Danes

The 12 Days of Breeders is a series of interviews conducted with members of the Dog Breeder Society who are doing innovative, creative, and inspiring things in their dog breeding business.  In each of these interviews we cover challenges each breeder has encountered,...

12 Days of Breeders – 5 – Cynthia Kelly of Regis Regal German Shepherds

The 12 Days of Breeders is a series of interviews conducted with members of the Dog Breeder Society who are doing innovative, creative, and inspiring things in their dog breeding business.  In each of these interviews we cover challenges each breeder has encountered,...

12 Days of Breeders – 4 – Kari Roach of Chocie Paws

The 12 Days of Breeders is a series of interviews conducted with members of the Dog Breeder Society who are doing innovative, creative, and inspiring things in their dog breeding business.  In each of these interviews we cover challenges each breeder has encountered,...

12 Days of Breeders – 3 – Natalie Thurman of Apex Anatolians

The 12 Days of Breeders is a series of interviews conducted with members of the Dog Breeder Society who are doing innovative, creative, and inspiring things in their dog breeding business.  In each of these interviews we cover challenges each breeder has encountered,...

12 Days of Breeders – 2 – McKenze Ocampo of Twilight Doodles

The 12 Days of Breeders is a series of interviews conducted with members of the Dog Breeder Society who are doing innovative, creative, and inspiring things in their dog breeding business.  In each of these interviews we cover challenges each breeder has encountered,...

12 Days of Breeders – 1 – Kim McGuirk of NewBliss Chicago Lagotto

The 12 Days of Breeders is a series of interviews conducted with members of the Dog Breeder Society who are doing innovative, creative, and inspiring things in their dog breeding business.  In each of these interviews we cover challenges each breeder has encountered,...

#124 – The Small Hack to Pivot You From Survival Mode to Growth Mode

Has this happened to you? After a long-time planning, I upgraded the height on the final wall of my kennel fencing! Then for the overnight test. Don’t you feel like that’s the scary part when you have escape artists? You go back in the house and think to yourself,...

#123 – Reflecting on the Year of Dog Breeding & What I Plan to Change for Next Year

The holidays are coming up and maybe it’s like this for you: you’re going along, getting excited for some turkey and cranberry sauce, Aunt Julianne’s cheesy potatoes, and then you blink and you’re toasting cheers on New Year’s Eve. We toast at 10pm our time because we...

#122 – Which Kind of Breeder Are You?

Which kind of breeder are you?  The Reactive Breeder The first kind is what I call the reactive breeder. They’re passionate, hardworking, and they care deeply — but they’re always catching up. It’s like they can never get ahead, they’re running around with their head...

#121 – Does Placing Dogs in the Wrong Homes Make You a Bad Breeder?

You ever place a puppy in a home and almost instantly regret it? I’ve done it. You ever place a dog in a home that seemed perfect—only to find out months later they were nothing like they seemed? I’ve done that, also. You ever have to clean up a mess that a bad buyer...

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