Pet Sitter Confessional16 Feb 2022

258: Working at the Pace of Dog with Jen Walmsley

What does it mean to actively help our clients and their pets reach their ideals? Jen Walmsley is a trainer and dog walker in Bedford and operates Fetch Club, with a mission to provide top quality mental and physical stimulation to her clients. She shares how the growth of her business helped her be more creative and why hiring was so important to her. We also discuss what it means to focus on training fundamentals and how she makes her group walks function. Jen gives some awesome advice on what it means to learn from your mistakes, and dog behavior tips we should all know.

Topics on this episode:

Group walk dynamics
Off-lead routine
Being active in your client's care
Mistakes are ok!
Avoiding burnout

Main take away? By being pro-active in our care and services, we set our clients up for success.

About our guest:

Jen is a dog trainer and dog walker based in Bedford, England. Training wise, she specialises in behaviour, obedience and house training, but enjoys trick training with her own dog Red who is a Belgian Malinois.

Jen created her business, Fetch Club, almost 3 years ago with a view to offering pack walks with an element of training as she felt that's what her own dog would thrive on. Business really took off after about 1 year and as the pack sizes grew to 8 dogs on a walk, the company grew too with the business securing a second vehicle and multiple staff members. Jen also started offering training and began to build a buzz and community in her town after seeing lots of success with clients. Jen has big plans for the future and is constantly excited about what's next for the business!

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