382: Dom and Eve's New Year Pet Business Planning Session: Lessons Learned, Mistakes Made, and Our Big Plans for 2025
The Poodle to Pitbull Pet Business Podcast
Release Date: 12/27/2024
Episode 407: Why Your Dog Daycare Staff Don’t Get Enrichment (And What to Do About It)
The Poodle to Pitbull Pet Business Podcast
Do your staff really understand what enrichment is - or are they just nodding along and fluffing it? Are your handlers bought into your values, or just clocking in for another day in the play zone? And is your team helping you upsell enrichment - or would they rather do without it altogether? In this episode, I’m fresh off a sun-soaked break in Menorca and back in the garden with the chickens (update incoming on that front!!) Inspired by the “onboarding” process we used to integrate our new hens into the flock, I’m talking about the vital role onboarding plays - not just for clients,...
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Episode 406 - Claim the Crown: How to Run Your Pet Business Like Your Very Own K9 Kingdom
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Ever wondered why most pet businesses stay stuck in the middle while a few rise to the top? What if you didn’t have to “pay your dues” and could skip straight to the front of the line? And what would your business look like if your competitors couldn’t even see you - let alone catch you? In this sun-soaked, cocktail-fuelled episode recorded just before my summer holiday, I share a sneak peek behind the curtain of my most ambitious event yet: IMPACT 2025: Claim the Crown. You’ll hear how this Game of Thrones-inspired business summit is being crafted to help pet pros dominate their...
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Episode 405 - What’s Working Now: How Smart Dog Daycare Owners Are Driving Their Business Forward
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Are you full of great ideas but unsure which one will actually grows your pet business? Do you keep launching new offers while ignoring the easy wins sitting right under your nose? Are you offering amazing services but suck at selling and making money fro your passion for pets? In this behind-the-scenes episode, I take you inside a week in the life of my mastermind coaching calls. These conversations aren’t wishy-washy 'manifest money at will' bullsh!t motivational sessions - they’re real business owners dealing with real problems in real time. So in this weeks show, I...
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Episode 404 - The Dog Daycare Hiring Playbook with Josh Hightower
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What do you do when your staff quit without warning - and your Indeed ad pulls in nothing but no-shows and duds? Is your hiring process actually attracting the right people - or just weeding through whoever’s left? And how do some daycares seem to have a pipeline of great candidates - while you’re stuck covering shifts yourself? In this episode, I’m sharing an exclusive snippet from a recent webinar with Josh Hightower, my business partner and the tech whizz behind PetBizSuite. Josh built a hiring funnel out of necessity - back when he was running gyms, sleeping on a mattress in the...
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Episode 403 - Build Your Canine Kingdom: How Eve Molzhon Claimed Her Throne in the Pet Industry (and how you can to at IMPACT 2025!)
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What can a self-proclaimed Midwest trailer park kid teach you about building a million-dollar pet business empire? What’s the right way to go from garage-grooming to a full-blown dog daycare dynasty? And how can hiring a VA finally give you back your time and sanity? In this week’s episode, I’m joined by special guest and keynote speaker of Impact 2025, Eve Molzhon. Eve shares her “8 Mile” origin story - going from nothing to running four thriving pet businesses with a combined seven-figure revenue. She opens up about how she made the leap from survival mode to CEO, why there’s...
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Episode 402 - Fix Your Prices, Fix Your Pet Business: Dom's No BS Guide to Charging More
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Are you unknowingly sabotaging your profits with outdated pricing? What’s the real cost of keeping your fees just a little higher than your competitors’? And how can a smarter pricing strategy unlock growth, better clients, and a better life? In this episode, I reflect on some of the most common pricing problems I've tackled recently - from daycare owners rotating tiny increases across services, to facilities that are full but still undercharging. I explain why so many pet pros cling to broken pricing models, and why being the “second most expensive” is no badge of honour. If anything...
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Episode 401 - Scripting Success: How to Plan, Prioritise and Grow a Pet Biz That Runs Like Clockwork
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Can you really write the script of your own success story in the pet business world? What would happen if you planned a whole 12 months ahead instead of just 12 days? And how much progress (and profit) are you leaving on the table by winging it month-to-month? In this solo episode, Dom reflects on his time at the Pet Boarding and Daycare Expo in Las Vegas and shares a behind-the-scenes look at how he plans his own success across his multiple pet business ventures. Using real examples from his own journey, Dom lays out how he’s engineered growth and lasting profits with clarity, confidence,...
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Episode 400 - The Secret to Bullet-Proof Business Confidence
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A short, sweet but very special (400th) episode this week. See, I debated putting together a big montage of past show clips, but in the end I decieded to share an intimate moment from behind the scenes at the recent Pet Boarding and Daycare Expo... You’ll hear two inspiring stories from AJ and Lynnie, staff member and owner of Positively Perfect in Montana, who reflect on how a single conversation from last year sparked a powerful mindset shift around pricing and confidence. AJ explains how she’s already planning to implement seasonal marketing strategies to simplify upsells...
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Episode 399 - Behind the Scenes Stateside with Dom: One Week, Two Masterminds, Unlimited Pet Business Opportunities
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Ever wondered why the top business owners in any industry attend a mastermind every quarter? How can stepping into a hot seat in front of fellow owners change your business perspective? And what surprising lessons do you learn when you stop working in the business and start working on it? In this episode, I’m bringing you along for a unique peek behind the scenes of not one, but two mastermind meetings. In the beautiful city of Annapolis, I hosted my first ever USA Elite mastermind meeting where you’ll get to hear from members like Kim from Fetch Dog Resort, Kim and...
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398 - Pet Care Staffing Summit Secrets: Smarter Hiring, Stronger Teams, Better Business!
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Are you hiring with confidence or just simply hoping for the best? Do you ever worry what would happen if your whole morning crew called in sick? Can you use automation to attract better staff and save your sanity? In this episode, I’m sharing highlights from the first ever Pet Care Staffing Summit - a game-changing event for dog daycare, boarding, grooming, and pet retail businesses that need to build better teams. We hear first from Eve Molzhon who opens up about the chaos that led her to finally bring on a virtual assistant. Next up is Allison Jacobs, who delivers a hard truth about...
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How can you ensure that you learn from this years mistakes, so you don't repeat them in 2025?
In this festive episode, I’m joined by the amazing Eve Molzhon, founder of Dog Handler Academy, as we reflect on our big lessons from 2024, and give a sneak peak into some of the exciting things we have planned for next year.
Eve opens up about the challenges of hiring and coaching a “mini-me,” the bold pivot to create an enrichment space for dogs who don’t thrive in group play, and how she’s turning her dog school into an innovative wellness and enrichment centre.
Dom get accountability for ‘must-do’ outsourcing tasks for early next year, and he identifies the one big thing that contributed to his success this year.
We talk about how focusing on client communication and exploring new wellness services can open up surprising opportunities. And...we even learn why a cooking expo turned out to be one of Eve’s best marketing moves ever.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- Handling Hiring Headaches – What Eve learned from hiring (and firing) her “mini-me.”
- Creative Pet Biz Pivots – How turning a training facility into an enrichment center opened new revenue streams.
- Client Connection Conundrum – Why personalized communication is critical—and how Eve is tackling her 5,000-person database.
- Out-of-the-Box Marketing – How a booth at a cooking expo brought in more clients than a pet event.
- A Deep Dive on Dom 2025 Plans – Why his U.S. Mastermind program is his next big move.
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