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#92 – 3 Things Dog Breeders Do Wrong When Talking with Potential Puppy Buyers

#92 – 3 Things Dog Breeders Do Wrong When Talking with Potential Puppy Buyers

by Julie Swan | May 22, 2024 | People Management

Jump to Show Notes You ever talk with buyers and then they sort of ghost you and you’re worried you’ll never hear back? You’re in that place where you are questioning yourself, was it something I said? This happened to me the other day. Recently, in my own breeding...
#91 – The Alternative to Regulation & Licensing for Dog Breeders

#91 – The Alternative to Regulation & Licensing for Dog Breeders

by Julie Swan | May 11, 2024 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management

Jump to Show Notes Have you seen those DNA tests to see what dog breeds your rescue dog is made of? You know the ones where people get the data and it says a little Chihuahua, a little Beagle, some Great Dane, and 26% super mutt? I think it’s funny how no one stops to...
#90 – Should Dog Breeders be Licensed and Regulated?

#90 – Should Dog Breeders be Licensed and Regulated?

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

Jump to Show Notes I got a pretty nasty email the other day. It happens sometimes. Ironically, it wasn’t from someone who was a diehard adopt-don’t-shop person. Instead, although potentially debatable, it was someone who was trying to breed and hadn’t been able to...
#89 – 5 Ways to Prove Your Dog Breeding Program isn’t a Scam

#89 – 5 Ways to Prove Your Dog Breeding Program isn’t a Scam

by Julie Swan | Apr 15, 2024 | People Management

Jump to Show Notes Have you noticed that with the crazy economy many puppy buyers are getting scammed? People are posing as dog breeders, using images they often pull from real dog breeders, and they’re selling the dog and then ghosting the person because there was no...
#88 – 16 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Dog Breeding Program in Under an Hour

#88 – 16 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Dog Breeding Program in Under an Hour

by Julie Swan | Apr 7, 2024 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, People Management

Get the 16 Quick Things You Can Do To Improve Your Dog Breeding Program Cheatsheet! Jump to Show Notes Ever look at the clock and realize you don’t have anything specific to do in the next hour? Maybe you’ve taken the dogs out, you’re waiting on taking your kid to his...
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#132 – Purposeful Chaos in Your Breeding Program

The other day I was driving, and I saw a woman whose minivan license plate was ShipWrk. Then I saw the sticker on her back window and it said, “I run a tight shipwreck.” I had visuals of the Titanic and the crew saying the same: “We ran a tight shipwreck.” It did...

#131 – Why Dog Breeding Feels So Overwhelming – and What to Do About It

Welcome to the Honest Dog Breeder Podcast with me, your host, Julie Swan. Where each week, we dive in to discuss all things dog breeding, so you can build a breeding business you love, producing dogs that fulfill their owner's dreams. I believe you can have an honest...

#130 – The Breeder You Need to Stop Being

Watch the Webinar on Demand: Why Breeding Feels Overwhelming - and What to Do Instead In the last episode, we talked about what actually makes a good breeder. Not checklists, not rules, not appearances. Good breeders are defined by the quality of their decisions. But...

#129 – What Actually Makes a Good Dog Breeder?

Watch the Webinar on Demand: Why Breeding Feels Overwhelming - and What to Do Instead If you ask ten breeders what makes a good breeder, you’ll get ten different answers: Health testing. Registration. How many dogs you have. Where the dogs live. What you feed. What...

#128 – Q&A – All About Puppy Deposits

1. Should puppy deposits be refundable or non-refundable? Breeders love to use non-refundable deposits because they mean that they don’t need to worry about paying people back if they cancel, so in theory it locks in that they want a puppy. It’s also nice because, in...

#127 – Setting Up Your Year for Success

The new year always brings a lot of noise. Big goals. Big plans. Big pressure to do everything differently all at once. But before we rush forward, I think it’s worth slowing down for just a moment and taking an honest look at where we actually are. In today’s...

#126 – Is Your Dog Breeding Program the Bringer of Good Things?

I love that stores are closed on Christmas Day—it forces you to not go anywhere and not do anything. My favorite thing to do on Christmas is sit with the family, enjoy our new gifts, while we talk and share stories. Yet, as it always goes, when I have too much time to...

#125 – The Secret to Higher Priced Puppies

Recently I got rejected. The kind where you think everything is going well, and then it doesn’t. I was trying to get a guest on the podcast, and when I asked for them to come on the podcast, they were all excited. Then they realized that I had a smaller audience on...

12 Days of Breeders – 12 – Dana Filatova of Kismet Labradoodles

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 – 11 – Andrea Gardner of Desert Sky Poodles

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,...

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