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

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 with fabric and then...

#100 – How Dog Breeding Has Changed Me

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 our life–the thing...

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

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 Mistik explains what email marketing is, why it...

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

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 white puppy came...

#98 – 3 Reasons Why Dog Breeders Quit the Industry

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 bodies fighting, too...

#97 – How to Write Better Puppy Ads and Website Copy

You ever hang out with a little kid and they ask you a question, so you explain it, and they ask, “Why?” to that answer? So you answer. Then they ask, “Why?” again? It’s so common that we can laugh about it, and I’m betting there’s at least one time in your life when...

#96 – Using the Good, Better, Best Model to Improve Your Dog Breeding Program

You ever get up in the morning, all fired up to make some progress in your breeding program? You slept well, you made some excellent coffee, and you’re ready to get started, ready to make things happen. You sip your coffee, glance out to your dogs, they’re having fun...

#95 – How to Handle Someone Coming After You or Your Program for Breeding or Your Breeding Practices

Has anyone ever tried to hurt your breeding program or come after you? Maybe they make a snide comment about your program or one of your breeding practices. One of the breeders I work with has built a nice Instagram following. She has beautiful dogs and has been...

I-9 – Michelle Stern of Pooch Parenting on Kids & Dogs – Important Considerations for Breeders

Have your buyers ever been frustrated with normal puppy behavior? They might say - "This dog is aggressive," or "I thought you said they were good with kids." These are common complaints that arise from buyers during the first few weeks with their puppies, while...

#94 – How to Break the Cycle of Overwhelm in Dog Breeding

“I’m not sure what to do Julie. I have a thousand things to do in my breeding program. I have puppies to sell. I have pens that need to be built and organized. I have buyers that need things and have questions to answer, and I have no idea how I’m going to find the...

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