Author Archives: Kristin
Ep. 163: When to Hire Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers in Your Business
Genevieve has a pet sitting and dog walking business in Indiana and she’s recently added the service of pet wedding attendant to her pet services. She is trying to figure out when is the right time to hire staff. She’s also feeling like she should do some tasks in her business, but she does want to because…
Ep. 162: How to Pivot to Provide a Brand-New Pet Service
Today’s coaching client is Randye, a pet business owner in Pennsylvania who is pivoting her .. business to create a totally different type of service: she wants to create a mobile cat nail trimming business. The good news: she has no competitors in her area and in the past she created a successful service-based pet…
Bonus: Money Affirmations
If you’re struggling to make money and/or you’ve got a scarcity mindset that is making you feel hopeless about your financial future (example: “there’s not enough”, “I can’t earn enough”, “I’ll never earn enough”, etc.), or you just want to give yourself a leg up when it comes to improving your financial situation, affirmations can…
Ep. 161: Do the Work to Grow Your Pet Sitting Business
Today you’ll hear me work with coaching client Pretteek, a pet sitter and dog walker in Northern California. He’s got a new business and already has 3 five-star Yelp reviews! He has had a lot of pet owners reach out via Yelp but rarely do those leads turn into actual clients. He feels frustrated by…
Bonus: Recover from Pet Business Burnout
If you’ve got pet business burnout, this is the episode to listen to! Heather Gibson, from Big Hearted Breeders, interviewed me for her Pet Breeder Summit and this is the interview. I overcame burnout in my own pet business and built a pet business that allowed me to have lots of time off and even…
Ep. 160: How to Make More Money as a Pet Sitter or Dog Walker
Today’s coaching client is Nicole, a long-time pet sitter and dog walker in San Diego, California. She’s had some big challenges that impacted her pet business, including helping her dad during his illness and an injury she got from dog walking. She’s needs to make more money because the cost of living in San Diego…
Ep. 159: Grow Your Pet Business
Today’s coaching client is Kai, a pet sitter and dog walker who has had her business for a few years but has had some personal setbacks including a recent divorce, and some business setbacks including having to change her business name because of a similar name in her area and losing some lucrative clients. She is…
Ep. 158: Create Your Dream Pet Business Life
That dream of a pet business, promising a life of freedom? Yeah, it probably didn’t pan out exactly as planned, did it? More hours, less you-time? You’re not alone if you can relate to that. If the daily grind of running your pet biz is suffocating your initial vision of a flexible life, and you’re…
Episode 157: The Power of Affirmations in Your Business
This episode is different from the pet business coaching sessions you’re used to hearing lately on this podcast! Today’s episode is about how affirmations can help your pet business. Whether you’ve never done affirmations before (and maybe you even think they are a bunch of hokey woo-woo) or you used to say affirmations, but it’s…
Episode 156. Revamp Your Pet Sitting Business – Or Other Pet Biz
Brooke is a long-time pet business owner who has a large pet sitting and dog walking business in Los Angeles. She no longer does the pet sitting and dog walking visits herself; she has a large team of staff to help her. One of the challenges Brooke is currently struggling with is how to get…