Jamie talks to John McGuigan, Glasgow Dog Trainer & Behaviour Consultant, about his evolution as a dog trainer and the challenges involved in running a rapidly growing business.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Pets Mean Business - Episode 33 John McGuigan: On Thoughtful Dog Training and Running an Unapologetically Successful Business on Pet Life Radio.

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Jamie talks to Larry Kay of Positively Woof about cause marketing for shelter dogs, how great innovations are informed by empathy for both pets and people, and boldly using your strengths to create a life and career that you really love.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Larry Kay: Empathy, Innovation, and rocking your Strengths on Pet Life Radio.

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Jamie talks to Aimee Beltran of BlogPaws about the growth, increasing professionalization, and extraordinary strength of the online pet blogging community and how it led to the creation of the Social Learning Center.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Aimee Beltran: Creating a Satisfying Life and Career as a Pet Influencer on Pet Life Radio.

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Jamie talks to Alex Robertson about how the first-ever World Dog Expo (June 9-11, 2017) aims to educate and entertain both pet professionals and dog lovers in a big way, and what is involved in bringing a major international event like this - described as a cross between the World’s Fair and the Olympics - to the public.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Alex Robertson: Bringing the World Dog Expo to Life on Pet Life Radio.

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Jamie talks to Alicia Obando, founder of Pitter Patter Parenting, about how she combined her degree in counseling psychology and background in community organization with her love of animals in a way that has materially impacted the ability of pets and their families to live together in a safe, responsible, and mutually respectful way.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Alicia Obando: Helping Families and Pets Stay Together Through Pitter Patter Parenting on Pet Life Radio.

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Nicole Stewart talks about the winding path that led her from being an actress in LA to becoming the national Director of Training and Behavior at Paradise 4 Paws. She also talks about how she manages her work-life-family balance and leverages her creative side by developing innovative programs that foster the human-animal bond and blogging about human and canine behavior in her very funny blog, Dog on Everything.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Nicole Stewart: Dog on Everything on Pet Life Radio.

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In this episode, Jamie talks to Jennifer Whaley, owner of Fetch Portraits, about her experiences as a business owner and how she developed the Pose-a-Pet app to help increase the placement of adoptable companion animals. She also talks about the life choices (as part of what she calls her "annual inventory") that led her from a corporate job to a satisfying full-time career as a pet photographer and animal rescue advocate.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Jennifer Whaley: How Self-Awareness Can Help Grow your Business (Even Without a Formal Business Plan) on Pet Life Radio.

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This week Jamie talks to Tricia Montgomery about how her quest for better health for both her and her dog led not only to dramatic weight loss but to the founding of K9 Fit Club. K9 Fit Club is now a national franchise dedicated to transforming the lives of dogs and their people through healthy activity and the strengthening of the human-canine bond.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Tricia Montgomery: Transforming the Lives of Dogs and their Humans through K9 Fitness on Pet Life Radio.

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Jamie talks to Betsy Lane, founder of PetKiDo, about her journey from office job to small business owner, dog trainer, and Certified Tellington TTouch® Practitioner for Companion Animals. They discuss how her career change combined her earlier training in education and her love of animals in a way that reflects and honors the increasing importance of pets in our lives.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Betsy Lane: Following Your Dreams - and Your Heart on Pet Life Radio.

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Jamie talks to Brian Koester, founder of Better Walker, about how he turned his entrepreneurial talents from his own pet care company to a software application designed to help other pet care professionals run their business more profitably and efficiently.

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More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Brian Koester: From Bricks and Mortar to High Tech Pet Industry Solutions on Pet Life Radio.

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