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#55 – How to Sell Leftover Puppies

#55 – How to Sell Leftover Puppies

by Julie Swan | Sep 23, 2022 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes It happens. A litter is born, whether the market is a little wonky, you haven’t quite gotten your name out there like you wanted, or life happened and you plum forgot to really get out there with your advertising…and here you are, puppies are 6, 8,...
#52 – Recession Proofing Your Breeding Program

#52 – Recession Proofing Your Breeding Program

by Julie Swan | Aug 25, 2022 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Have you felt it? The market has been shifting, it’s like that feeling in the air when summer turns to fall and it smells a little different. If you’ve been watching the economy, fuel prices, and the price of dining at your favorite restaurant you...
#I-4 – Michelle Klump, Outwest Bassets, in Arizona – facility design & marketing to your ideal puppy buyer

#I-4 – Michelle Klump, Outwest Bassets, in Arizona – facility design & marketing to your ideal puppy buyer

by Julie Swan | Aug 19, 2022 | Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Hello Honest Dog Breeders! Today we are so lucky to have Michelle Klump of Outwest Bassets, in Arizona. Michelle has a brilliant business mind and a loving heart. She always wanted a Basset, but found she wasn’t able to easily find what she was...
#51 – Getting Started with Temperament & Drive Testing

#51 – Getting Started with Temperament & Drive Testing

by Julie Swan | Aug 11, 2022 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management

Enter your name and email to get the Temperament & Drive Testing Cheat Sheet! Jump to Show Notes As breeders, many buyers are looking to us to help them figure out what dog will be the best fit for them. Which puppy will fit their needs? They want the Goldilocks...
#I-3 – Jody Moffett, DVM on new puppy buyers, breeders and veterinarians, and how temperament affects vet care

#I-3 – Jody Moffett, DVM on new puppy buyers, breeders and veterinarians, and how temperament affects vet care

by Julie Swan | Aug 10, 2022 | Dog & Puppy Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes In this episode, I have Dr. Jody Moffett, my favorite veterinarian of all time, she’s simply the best and has put up with me for over 8 years, helping me solve problems with giardia, being patient with all my questions, and entertaining all my wild...
#50 – 3 Unexpected Life Lessons from Dog Breeding

#50 – 3 Unexpected Life Lessons from Dog Breeding

by Julie Swan | Jul 28, 2022 | Business Management, Dog & Puppy Management, Facilities Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Before we get started, I wanted to thank you, thank you for being with me for 50 episodes! When I started this journey about 25% of me thought that I would be that one weirdo dog breeder in the corner that everyone rolled their eyes at. Thankfully,...
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#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...

#120 – Puppy Buyers Are Changing – How Dog Breeders Can Adapt

Remember the Adopt-Don’t-Shop Movement? I wish they were easier to forget. This movement pioneered this push towards making breeders bad, and teaching the public that they were wrong for getting a dog from a breeder. It was in the movement’s best interests, of course....

#119 – Secrets to Discounting Puppies – When it Works, When it Doesn’t, and How to Do it

SHOULD YOU DISCOUNT OLDER PUPPIES?  Discounting older puppies is tempting. Discounting is what stores do as the seasons change. They’ll have sales for summer clothes as summer comes to an end. Yet, does it work for puppies? The answer? Well, sometimes, but not...

#118 – How to Manage Parvo Once You’ve Had It

If you’ve ever dealt with Parvovirus, you know it’s the worst. It is by far the worst thing I’ve ever dealt with in dogs and puppies. It is relentless in how it takes over their system, and it has nearly around 90% fatality in puppies. One summer I had my puppies on...

#117 – Planning the Facility Upgrade

Get the Paying for Your Facility Upgrade Cheat SheetOkay, so now that we know investing in facilities is the goal, how might we invest in facilities in a responsible way? I remember talking with a couple who had purchased a large piece of land and had a nice facility...

#116 – Should You Invest in Your Facilities or Retirement?

In the last few episodes, we’ve been discussing setting up your future for success, capitalizing on your heyday, and creating a retirement that can support you whether or not you want that to involve puppies. If nothing else, having that retirement to provide for you...

#115 – Invest for the Future

Get the Getting Started with Cryptocurrency Cheat SheetShe said to me, “If I don’t sell at least 20 puppies per month, my business will collapse, I couldn’t afford it.” It was her opening sentence to the free strategy call she scheduled with me. It caught me off...

114 – Is Your Breeding Program Creating Your Future Or Just Getting You By?

Breeding is an emotional rollercoaster. You get excited for puppies to be born... then the pressure of selling them sets in. You get excited to match puppies with buyers… but then you have to figure out what to do with the one left over. You’re absolutely exhausted...

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