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Emergency Evacuations & Safety Protocols in Your Pet Business
Recent tragedies in the pet industry have us all reviewing our emergency evacuation and safety protocols for our pet business. What safety measures do you have in place? Do you require overnight staff? Do [...]
Use Video to Make Your Pet Business Unstoppable
Let's talk about how to use video to make your business unstoppable! It's no surprise that video is the most important medium these days. Have you noticed people rarely like to read anything anymore? [...]
How to Talk to Clients in Challenging Situations
Things are crazy for the pet industry right now and you need to adapt to the busy, understaffed environment with systems that help you talk to clients in challenging situations. You can take great care [...]
Tips for Recruiting Groomers and other Team Members
The rules to finding staff have CHANGED! Get the latest tips for recruiting groomers and other team members in our latest video. You have to adapt, embrace reality and compete for employees in today’s [...]
Secrets to Evaluating Dogs for Your Playgroups
One secret to employee retention and fewer dog fights is making sure you are evaluating dogs for your playgroups. A great evaluation process for the dogs in your care is critical. Do you know what [...]
Getting Burned out by Your Pet Business?
It's been a long 18 months and we know many are getting burned out by your pet business. First the pandemic, then shutdowns and lack of clients, then the world opened up more powerfully [...]
Advanced Enrichment Skills to Play with the Dogs
Want some new ideas you can use in your enrichment program? Then you won’t want to miss our talk with Jamie Popper, CPDT-KA from Blue-9 Pet Products and learn about some great foundation skills [...]
