Interpersonal Skills For Dog Training Professionals
Are you ready to change your dog training business? It’s time for you to be set apart from your competitors.
Have you ever said, “I work with dogs because I like them better than people?” Or, “I have no problem training dogs, it’s the business part I don’t get.” Or, “I love training dogs, it’s the talking to owners that I find hard.” The list goes on and on.
What if I told you that, after just one weekend, your dog training career could be put into high gear?
What if you could be saved from all the time and stress of figuring out how to relate and communicate with clients?
What if you could learn how to organically grow your business with little to no money?
Dog training has become a successful and popular industry. There are many qualified people and programs out there to show you how to train dogs. What there isn’t is a program that teaches you how to navigate the interpersonal relationships that come with dog training. You can’t have dog training without people and with people comes personalities. With personalities comes problems and friction.
Dogs are a very personal part of someone’s life. Sometimes they are much like children to their owners. So, how do you deliver bad news? How do you tell someone their dog isn’t the problem, they are? How do you give guidance when the person has no interest in dog training, or even really working much with their dog?
Over the 30+ years of individual experience working with animals and the public, Megan Hart (owner of Megan Trains Dogs), and Terry Harris (owner of West Tennessee K9), have decided to do a multi-state weekend seminar series. Their goal is to help existing trainers, as well as people, that are interested in training. This includes a guide and coaching to help with problems associated with being a professional dog trainer.
Both Megan and Terry have trained out of their homes and in large facilities. Each environment comes with its own unique obstacles. With this experience, they have created a program that covers every aspect and nuance of dealing with clients.
In this program, here are just a few things we will cover.
- How to present yourself in front of owners
- Making your business client focused, allowing you to help more dogs
- Learn how to communicate with clients simply and easily
- Setting realistic expectations for clients without compromising your work product
- How tdo navigate the myriad of emotions you’ll experience from clients
- When and how to deliver bad news
- Setting realistic boundaries with your business and directly with clients
- Navigating really difficult clients
- Honestly and effectively have a conversation about training tools and their use
- Social media, why it’s important and what is changing
- Knowing what type of business model is right for you
- Overcoming fear related to presenting and speaking in front of people
- How to speed up training while keeping the quality
- How to sell without selling
- Creating work and life balance in the 24 hour world of dog care
- And so much more….
If you want to learn any or all of this, now’s your chance!
Megan and Terry would like to share their years of trial, error, and failures, so you won’t and don’t have to make the same mistakes they did.
Are you ready for the cost? Another goal we have is to bring abundant value while keeping the price reasonable.
There are two types of spots available:
- Working 400.00 – Includes you and one dog to work
- Audit 250.00 – Be a part of the workshop without a dog
We only have 5 Working spots and 5 Audit spots available.
Course Schedule
- Friday – Evening meet and greet. 5 to 8
- Saturday – Training 9-4
- Sunday – Training 9-2
- Lunch will be provided Saturday and Sunday
Elkhart, Indiana
Purpose Bred Labs
22465 CR 104
Elkhart, IN 46514