Episode 226 - Growing and Selling Your Dog Training Business, with Laura Ward of Minds Alike Animal Behaviour

This weeks guest is awesome animal behaviourist, and one of my Diamond coaching clients, Laura Ward.  A childhood love of animals led to Laura leaving school and becoming a Vet Nurse, a career she held for 10 years. In that time she also nurtured a love of dog behaviour, and eventually she left employed life to start her own training business.  Steady referrals from her network of Vet colleagues meant the new business thrived, and pretty soon she had a full diary and was hiring other trainers to help with demand.  Laura is a self confessed 'people pleaser', and not wanting to let clients down - or referring vets - plus guilt about taking a proper cut from her staffs earnings meant she ended up with a big business with a long waiting list, loads of clients, lots of staff, lots of stress, but little money left over for a very busy and overwhelmed Laura.  After almost burning out and rapidly approaching the VAT limit, Laura finally reached out to Dom for help. We put together a simple plan, she took action and quickly took back control of her beast of a business. Now, she has time to concentrate on herself, her family and her true passions, behaviour work and mentoring.  You'll be inspired by Laura's story and it'll give you the confidence to take back control of your pet business.  If you want to join Laura inside of Dom's Pet Business Development Programs go to www.petbusinessmarketing.com/diamondoffer