Here's a cool approach to dog training: Teach your dog that you are a benevolent god. A superhero, if you will. That is UK-based trainer Dominic Hodgson's approach. In this episode, Annie interviews Dom about his journey from actor to tobacco salesman to dog walker to dog trainer to pet business consultant through his company, Grow Your Pet Business Fast. Annie learns about several dog business areas she never considered, and gets some great business advice from this titan in the field. 

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Head over to Dom's Podcast, The Poodle To Pitbull Pet Business Podcast, to hear Dom interview Annie! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-poodle-to-pitbull-pet-business-podcast/id1395354685 

How To Be Your Dog's Superhero! https://www.amazon.com/How-Your-Dogs-Superhero-Transform-ebook/dp/B01IE1KTIO

Free offer from Dom: 33 marketing ideas for pet business professionals http://www.growyourpetbusinessfast.com/33ideas 

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Partial Transcript:

Annie:

There’s this thing that dog trainers  sometimes say, which is that the only thing two dog trainers can agree  on is that the other person is doing everything wrong. And, you know, I  kind of hate that kind of way of looking at things. It’s not how I see  things. I do think that there are some good dog trainers out there and  bad dog trainers. There’s maybe two large categories of dog trainers,  but there are so many good dog trainers who are doing so many cool  things and I’m always excited to learn about what they’re doing.

Today’s  conversation is with a dog trainer who is indeed doing so many cool  things. I am speaking to Dom Hodgson who went from being an actor to  being a tobacco salesman to starting his own dog-walking business,  realized he needed to learn about dog training in order to be a better  walker. And now he is a pet business coach and he has his own podcast  called the Poodle to Pit Bull pet business podcast.  I am on his podcast this week and he is on mine. And this meant that we  got to have two really great conversations recently. So if you want to  learn more about me, head over to his podcast, if you want to learn more  about him, keep on listening. I’m thrilled to be able to share this  conversation with you.

*Intro*

Dom:

Hello, and thank you for having me on the show, Annie. My  name’s Dom Hodgson. I am a dog trainer, a pet business coach and a  regular dog owner slash lover. And I live in Sunderland, which is a city  in the Northeast of England, probably near Newcastle. That’s probably  where most of your listeners will maybe be familiar with the nearest.

Annie:

What is your business called?

Dom:

So there are two, well, three, two main kind of arms to the business. So my original business, was Pack Leader Dog Adventures...

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