by Julie Swan | Aug 31, 2023 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management
Jump to Show Notes You know what is super frustrating? Having a buyer call, looking for a puppy, and you don’t have one. You know what’s also frustrating? Having no one calling you when you do have puppies. Do you feel that pain? I know it was a pain for me for a long...
by Julie Swan | Aug 24, 2023 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, People Management
Jump to Show Notes Is the thought of having a giant litter stressing you out? Normally these are exciting things, all those puppies, all those options for buyers to pick from, but it can feel a bit stressful if your waitlist isn’t what it usually is. If you feel a...
by Julie Swan | Aug 17, 2023 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, People Management
Jump to Show Notes In the last episode we discussed the idea of pausing your breeding program, what that might mean, what is happening in the economy, not just in the dog breeding market, but also in the economy as a whole. Recently there has been a little confusion...
by Julie Swan | Apr 20, 2023 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management
Jump to Show Notes What makes an honest dog breeder? I wish I could tell you it was three females, two studs, you’d breed four litters with each female, retire her, health test your dogs, have a contract, and it would be perfect—but that wouldn’t be honest of me, it’s...
by Julie Swan | Mar 16, 2023 | Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management
Jump to Show Notes Recently I had one of the scariest days of my life. Bill called me and said he was driving himself to the Emergency Department because he had no idea what was happening, but he didn’t feel right, and was in a lot of pain. Now, if you ever met Bill,...
by Julie Swan | Jan 9, 2023 | Dog & Puppy Management
Jump to Show Notes I get this question asked a LOT…everyone wants to use guardian homes because it seems like a great way to grow your program without having all the extra work that comes with managing more dogs, it also seems like it would give the breeding dog a...