ABOUT
BELIEF #1
The Professional Dog Training Industry does not have a "Dog Training" problem... it has a "Professional" problem.
BELIEF #2
Each day is made up of...
24 hours or 1,440 minutes...
You have time for you.
BELIEF #3
Individually and collectively we are more than just dog trainers...
so we should be more than just "dog trainers".
life...
You can face it prepared or unprepared... either way you'll have to face it.
I've spent more than half of my life studying motivation and challenges firsthand.
I almost lost my life in a few of them.
As I got older the struggles didn't get easier, they just changed. Often it wasn't life or death... those were the easy ones.
It was the daily small ones of trying to be good at what you do...
a good pro dog trainer and train your own dogs...
a good spouse and be present...
a good parent and get the field trip form signed...
a good entrepreneur and grow your business...
a good friend and check in...
and in all of that maintaining the motivation to work towards the many goals and hats needed to be successful in the modern world we find ourselves in.
As entrepreneurs often we don't have a team to fall back on.
As a coach, I help my clients juggle all of the domains and prepare them for success using a scientifically supported and results driven approach.
how I got here...
Dogs have always been a part of my life.
I came into the industry almost a decade ago...
and brought 20+ years of combined experience
from the military, law enforcement, at university and in corporate America.
I had the drive and I crushed goals.
It consumed more and more of my time and I became more "dog trainer" and less "dad"... less "husband"... less "friend"...
less John.
This is currently an industry epidemic but not unique to pet professionals.
You see it in others like the military, law enforcement and in corporate environments...
ones I'm familiar with.
The wisdom is to just "grind more" and it'll all work out...
I never had the opportunity.
April 2018
I had a medical emergency that sidelined me off and on for most of the year.
I was forced to take a break.
I had a lot of time to think that year... to read... to learn... to reset and find the answers to a lot of questions I had.
I returned full time in 2019 with a mission to focus on what matters and to use my experiences and lessons learned from a combination of 3 decades...
in the military...
in law enforcement...
in the corporate world...
at university...
and as a dog trainer...
to try to help my colleagues and my clients.
In 2020, I was named an Ambassador for the International Association of Canine Professionals and selected as member of the year (sharing it with a fellow colleague).
I have served on the Board of Directors as both Board elected and Member elected positions and held oversight roles of the Legislative, European Members and Education committees.
In addition to helping my clients and other trainers, I have been able to work with politicians, been interviewed for major pet related magazines, presented to veterinarians, senior physicians and have worked on international rescue cases.
The courses and/or approaches I teach... whether to humans or canines are backed by science and developed by leading mental health professionals, university academics and are currently standard in many professional industries.
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Organizations and companies I support or have supported me in this journey to help humans and dogs over the years...
