What actually happens when ambitious pet business owners step away from their facilities
and into a room built for growth?

How do these businesses move faster in three months than others do in three years?

And what changes when you stop trying to solve problems alone and start tapping into
collective experience?

In this episode, I'm back home at Town Farm after a whirlwind trip to the U.S., sharing
behind-the-scenes audio and reflections from our first Elite Mastermind of 2026 in Austin,
Texas. You'll hear directly from members as they walk out of the room admittedly tired, fired
up, and already implementing serious changes. This meeting, new facility plans were being
redrawn in days, there were pricing breakthroughs, and business expansions taking shape on
the spot.

I also unpack the recurring themes that surfaced across the two days: why most owners still
default to chasing volume instead of raising value, why pricing must become a standing
agenda item in any serious business, and how decisive action, even when something doesn't
work out, is a hallmark of high-performing operators.

If you've ever wondered what Elite actually looks like inside the room, this episode gives you
a front-row seat.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The Speed of Leverage – How the right inputs can collapse months of decision-
  making into days.
• Pricing as a Growth Lever – Why increasing prices is still the most underused tool in
  pet business.
• The Power of the Room – What happens when experienced operators openly share
  what's working.
• Decisive Leadership – Why fast, clear action beats waiting for perfect conditions.
• Cross-Pollination of Ideas – How fresh perspectives unlock opportunities you can't
  see alone.

Before our next Elite meetings, we've got IMPACT 2026 coming up in Florida on February
16th and 17th — two days dedicated to Disneyfying your dog daycare and building a
premium, future-ready business. Half-price tickets are available until January 31st.

Go to www.petbusinessmarketing.com/impact2026

Seriously, if you're tired of being busy, burned out, and underpaid… and you're ready to transform your daycare into a premium, experience-heavy, profit-driven powerhouse… then IMPACT 2026 is the event you've been waiting for.

And if you want one of the first 50 tickets — and the $500 savings that comes with them — go to www.petbusinessmarketing.com/impact2026

To grab a copy of my latest book Mission Enrich, click here now

Huge thanks to our sponsors PawPal, who's amazing services you can find more about here:

When was the last time you actually stopped to look at how far you've come in your business?

What would change if you judged progress over three or five years — not the last three months?

And how different would your goals be if you truly believed the next chapter could be bigger than anything you've built so far?

In this episode, I check in from the middle of the Caribbean, recording from a cruise ship en route between speaking engagements in the U.S. Sharing travel chaos stories, football fandom, and my own evolution as a business owner, we explore why most entrepreneurs underestimate what they can achieve over time while massively overestimating what should happen in the short term.

And, I'm challenging you Mr and Mrs Listener to zoom out, regain some perspective, and recognise that short-term setbacks are often just blips on a much longer upward curve.

The episode also dives into goal setting, ambition, and why many pet business owners unintentionally cap their own growth by setting goals that are too safe, too vague, or too small. I explain how clarity, vision, and properly defined targets create momentum and why the best breakthroughs tend to come when you stop reacting and start intentionally designing the future of your business.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why Perspective Matters – How looking back three to five years changes how you view today's problems.
• The Danger of Short-Term Thinking – Why judging progress quarter-by-quarter can quietly kill momentum.
• Setting Bigger, Better Goals – How unclear or timid goals hold otherwise capable owners back.
• Resilience Through Experience – Why you're far better equipped now than you were a few years ago.
• Designing the Next Chapter – How to think intentionally about where you want your business to be heading next.

If you're tired of being busy, burned out, and underpaid… and you're ready to transform your daycare into a premium, experience-heavy, profit-driven powerhouse… then IMPACT 2026 is the event you've been waiting for.

And if you want one of the first 50 tickets — and the $500 savings that comes with them — go to www.petbusinessmarketing.com/impact2026

To grab a copy of my latest book Mission Enrich, click here now

Huge thanks to our sponsors PawPal, who's amazing services you can find more about here:

What actually happens during a full, in-person pet business consultation day with Dom Hodgson?

How does Dom spot hidden opportunities, fix leaks, and uncover an entirely new growth path in a single day?

And how can one focused conversation save you years of trial, error, and frustration?

In this first episode of 2026, I give you rare, behind-the-scenes access to a real consultation day I did with Adam Delderfield (PBIC Marketer of the Year) and Stella Seminerio. Rather than theory or tidy case studies, you'll hear raw audio recorded at the end of an intensive strategy day — capturing exactly what clarity, relief, and momentum sound like when the fog finally lifts.

Adam and Stella walk through what the day actually involved: stepping back to define what they do and don't want, tightening systems that were already working well, uncovering easy leverage points, and identifying a bigger "business within the business" opportunity that could reshape their future. Dom explains why these breakthroughs don't come from doing more — they come from seeing the business differently.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• What a Consultation Day Really Looks Like – Hear from Adam and Stella as they digest their BIG takeaways from the consult day.

• Fix Before You Scale – Why optimising what you already have beats chasing the next bright shiny object (or idea!)

• Finding the Business Within the Business – What hidden assets do you have in your existing business that could become your biggest growth lever.

• The Power of Fresh Eyes – Why clarity often comes from someone seeing what you've normalised. This is Dom Hodgsons Superpower.

• Why Direction Matters More Than Speed – How knowing what you don't want accelerates everything else.

If you're tired of being busy, burned out, and underpaid… and you're ready to transform your daycare into a premium, experience-heavy, profit-driven powerhouse… then IMPACT 2026 is the event you've been waiting for.

And if you want one of the first 50 tickets — and the $500 savings that comes with them — go to www.petbusinessmarketing.com/impact2026

To grab a copy of my latest book Mission Enrich, click here now

Huge thanks to our sponsors PawPal, who's amazing services you can find more about here: