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Mind Your Own Dog Business, hosted by Dog Business Strategist Kristen Lee, is a podcast focused on dog business entrepreneurs on being unapologetically successful and ready to disrupt their dog training and dog walking businesses. In this podcast, Kristen Lee challenges you to not only transform your business but transform your life while stepping into your real power as a dog business owner. You'll learn cutting-edge, proven 7-figure marketing and sales strategies, luxury branding skills along with mastering your mindset that will smash all the glass ceilings and catapult your dog business to the next level with actionable steps. While allowing sustainable growth without the burnout that’s going to empower you to step into your real, authentic self as a dog trainer, dog walker, or whatever slice of the pet industry you find yourself in. Kristen Lee coaches and consults with some of the most elite dog business entrepreneurs and experts. Her mission is to disrupt the current norm, cut through the noise and empower the incredible women of the dog business to step into the spotlight, reclaim control and transform not only their business but their lives. It's real. It's raw. It's uncensored. It's what the dog business has been waiting for.
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*The following episode contains discussions on topics such as alcohol abuse and trauma that may be triggering some listeners. Please exercise caution and consider your personal experiences and sensitivities before listening. We approach these subjects respectfully and aim to provide insight and support, but we acknowledge that everyone's journey is unique*On this episode of Mind Your Own Dog Business, Kristen Lee and Maggie Christina have a very open and vulnerable discussion of what has been...
Great dog-owning clients aren't found. They are created. In this badass episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Biz, Kristen and Ashley discuss dog trainers' issues with getting their dog owners "compliant" in their training programs. Because one struggle that's across the board with any dog trainer? Getting owners to "do the work". Kristen and Ashley cover the steps to creating, yes, creating, awesome fucking dog training clients that want to do the work and actually do it.They outli...
Don't postpone your peace because chaos is familiar. In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee talks to the dog trainers of the industry who find themselves employed by toxic AF employers, whether that is employees of training facilities that do group classes, board and trains, day trains, or even dog training businesses without a facility. Kristen explains the toxic dynamics that send truly great, experienced dog trainers out of employee roles into busi...
"You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you deliver..."This episode of Mind Your Own Dog Business, a podcast for dog trainers and dog business owners, delves into the crucial aspect of delivering value in dog training businesses. This episode is a must-listen for dog trainers and dog business owners aiming to optimize their profitability while enhancing their services.Kristen and Ashley stress the importance of redirecting efforts toward providing high-quality training programs ra...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business podcast, Kristen Lee covers the toxic AF Hustle Crisis Cycle that many dog trainers and dog businesses unexpectedly find themselves cycling in and out of, leaving them in financial crisis mode and completely burned out.She covers what exactly the cycle and toxic dynamics are in your dog training business and how throwing more money and effort into marketing your dog training business can throw you further into the cycle. She also covers how to...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business podcast, the Grassroots Dog Biz School team sits down and talks about finances for dog trainers and dog business owners. Now, in true Dog Biz School style, this isn't just the basic bitch advice of "knowing your numbers" or what accounting software to use. Kristen, Maggie, and Ashely deep dive into the mindset of money with dog trainers, how to financially plan for the lifestyle and business you want as a dog business owner, WHY charging a hig...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee & Ashley Emig sit down and have the must-have conversation about dog training models. You know, the traditional dog training program styles of board and trains, private sessions, group classes.They dive deep into how they keep dog trainers stuck, bored, burnout, and consistently need a rotating door of new dog training clients to make it work. They also cover dog training fusion programs, what they are, and how they're...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee & Emily Nolan sit down and have a brutally honest conversation about getting your shit together when it comes to hiring in your dog training business because getting your shit together when it comes to bringing in employees isn't as easy as posting a job, hiring, and throwing someone into an onboarding process. It's nuanced as fuck and can wreak HAVOC on any dog business when you don't have the systems in place f...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee covers getting your shit together when it comes to money and finances as a dog trainer and dog business owner. Everyone wants to make 6 or 7 figures, but what does making all that money actually mean? Because if you’re shit with making 5k a month, imagine the fuckery with having a massive influx of cash Making more money as a dog trainer won’t solve all your problems, especially if you’ve had/have money-related i...
In this episode of The Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee and Ashely Emig, a Dog Biz School student coach, talk about getting your shit together when it comes to sustainability as a dog trainer and business owner. Because, at the end of the day, we, as the dog training industry and dog training business owners, need to focus on sustainability when it comes to running a dog training business without wanting to burn everything down in a few years. We also cover money mindset as dog...
Guess who is back, back again. Mind Your Own Dog Biz is back again.Hello to all of our amazing, patient listeners. The team is back in the air with some fresh, hot, steaming piles of the best dog business information out there. But first. Tea. We mean updates on what's new, what's been going on behind the scenes, and what's to come. The Get Your Shit Together Webinar --- a live session with the Dog Biz School Team, Tuesday, May 24th @ 5 pm EST. REGISTER USING THIS LINK.https://us02web.z...
Attracted to creating a subscription-based dog training membership model for your dog training business? Then, we need to talk. Like, now. In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee and Maggie Christina discuss in-depth the most popular dog training concept that's making its rounds to dog training business owners: Membership based dog training and subscription-based dog training model. And what's not to love about these newfound, low-input, max passive-income ...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen and Maggie have a conversation about the business of board and trains and how more force-free dog trainers should be offering board and trains to their services to leverage and grow their business. Let's get this clear and not twist the episode's title; it's NOT a conversation on methodology or training camps, but an honest conversation on why many force-free, R+ trainers shy away from a board and train option when they c...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business, Kristen sits down with the badass Ashely Emig of Lil Rascal's Dog Training, based in Asheville, NC & Southeastern PA. Over the last year, Ashley has seen some shit and gone through some heavy shit in her personal life and business life after a series of events. Events that would bring most dog business owners to their knees and make them throw in the towel.Ashely shares her story and journey of this transitional part of her life as she le...
Be the most expensive dog trainer in your area.Why you Should be the most Expensive Dog TrainerDog trainers chronically undercharge, yet they overdeliver. Unless you are in it for charity, you have to get real with your money. In general, price and quality are inversely related. You either get a great price or great quality. Not both. And clients know this! In today's episode, Kristen is joined by Emily for an insightful discussion on pricing for dog training, what to charge, and how you...
5 Outdated Marketing Practices You Should DitchWhen it comes to marketing, times are changing. Keeping up with these changing marketing trends is especially important for pet business owners or dog trainers. Marketing ain't easy and isn't an instant gratification project. In today's episode, Kristen sheds light on outdated marketing practices you should ditch asap. She dives into marketing strategies that when scraped off will save you time, energy, and money, and provides you with pragm...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee talks about recessions and how to prepare your dog business for a recession. All we've been hearing lately from the news is inflation and recession. It's anxiety-inducing and dreadful, and we're all living it now. Here's the thing: the more knowledge and prep you can do, the better off you'll be as a pet business owner.Because economic recessions are part of life, we'll all face one (or two or three) at some point in our l...
In this episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business podcast, Kristen Lee talks about the signs that it's time to fire that toxic dog owner client. Yep. Even if you've been putting it off. For a moment, dog peeps, it would be an ideal world that every dog-owning client that comes to your dog training and pet business is the motherfucking ideal, perfect, dream client. Oh, the dog trainer business land of perfect clients that do everything you prescribe them in your dog training program, tha...
Dog Biz School is open for enrollment starting March 27th! Apply today.In this fucking badass episode of the Mind Your Own Dog Business Podcast, Kristen Lee sits down with Hannah Richey, dog trainer and owner of Western K9 CA, an elite dog training company on the West Coast. Hannah (a Dog Biz School student) shares HOW she closed over 45k in dog training sales in Feb. A month, notoriously "slow" for the dog training industry. What's even better than closing 45k in sales? She reignited he...
Dog Biz School is Open for enrollment starting March 28th!6 + Figures As A New Dog Trainer, Healing Trauma, & Catastrophic Injuries - Ruth's StoryIn this episode, Kristen Lee sits down with Ruth Smith Hayter of AZ-Dogs and Dog Biz School's students. Ruth is a complete badass, and it's an honor to share her story with our listeners of the Mind Your Dog Business podcast.Ruth shares her story of starting, yes, starting a dog training business at the beginning of the pandemic, experiencing ra...
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