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#70 – How to Downsize Your Breeding Program & Retain Your Bloodlines

#70 – How to Downsize Your Breeding Program & Retain Your Bloodlines

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...
#69 – Ethical Breeding & The Economy…how are they related and unrelated

#69 – Ethical Breeding & The Economy…how are they related and unrelated

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...
#64 – Dog Breeder Insecurities – and What To Do About it?

#64 – Dog Breeder Insecurities – and What To Do About it?

by Julie Swan | May 27, 2023 | Business Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Recently I had a breeder steal a Dog Breeder Society Badge, edit someone’s kennel name off it, and put her own. If you aren’t familiar, I host the Dog Breeder Society, it is the spin off community from my podcast and coaching programs, where I...
#63 – Maintaining Boundaries with Buyers

#63 – Maintaining Boundaries with Buyers

by Julie Swan | May 22, 2023 | Business Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes Your phone pings… you glance down… your chest deflates with a sigh… oh yeah, it’s that buyer again. You know the one I’m talking about, they think because they bought a puppy they can chat your ear off about anything and everything whenever they...
#61 – 5 Contract Clauses That Make Me Cringe

#61 – 5 Contract Clauses That Make Me Cringe

by Julie Swan | Apr 28, 2023 | Business Management, People Management

Jump to Show Notes I thought about titling this episode: How many people can Julie piss off in one episode…but I feel like I’d be doing you a disservice if I pretended this stuff wasn’t an issue. Contracts are so much more than liability protection especially when it...
#60 – What Makes an Honest Dog Breeder?

#60 – What Makes an Honest Dog Breeder?

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...
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#104 – 4 Marketing Problems and Their Solutions

Marketing in dog breeding is an evolving world. It’s been fun. I’m enjoying the journey, the ups and the downs. Today I want to share with you four common problems in marketing and the root cause behind them, and, naturally, I’ll give you some solutions. I dive into...

#103 – 5 Things I Wish I Did Sooner In My Dog Breeding Program

You ever look back at your life and think … gosh I wish I did that sooner? I am always reflecting, analyzing, and trying to assess my best moves. What will make the most impact for me right now? What will help me move forward? What will help me have more of the life...

#102 – Q&A – Dog & Business Insurance and Discounting Puppies

You want to do things right, you want to take good care of your dogs, and yet you also don’t want to waste your money, and you don’t want to spend unnecessarily. You’re looking for the sweet spot, Isn’t that what we all want in our endeavors? Today we’re going to...

#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...

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