In this installment of Small Business Origins, we listen to the entrepreneurial journey of Taryn Tyler, the visionary behind Teacher Turned Trainer, a dedicated dog training venture nestled in the heart of Kansas City, MO. Transitioning from a career in teaching to becoming a maestro in canine education, Taryn unveils her transformative path, imparting wisdom on how to effectively train and comprehend the intricate behaviors and necessities of our furry companions. Furthermore, she illuminates the array of services she provides to assist pet owners in nurturing well-behaved and happy dogs.

Key Quotes and Discussion Points:

"I was out on a walk with Sinclair, my pit bull...and I was just watching him walk, like thriving in his in his environment and not freaking out about other dogs and other people in the park and things like that. I'm like, this is what I wanna do. Like, I wanna work with dogs like Sinclair." [00:11:30]

On common misconceptions about dog training:

"I would say the biggest misconception that I've seen is, I think some people have the mindset that dog training you only need if your dog is showing unwanted behaviors. Whereas I am under the thought that I think every single dog could use some training." [00:26:14]

On whether dogs can be "too far gone" behaviorally:

"I think it I think it's a case by case situation...if you've exhausted all of those options and even a trainer is like, I don't think this is the best situation, then you have to do what's best for your family and for the dog and just Mutual decision of just trying to figure out what's next." [00:37:47]

Key Takeaways:

- All dogs can benefit from some level of training, whether it's basic obedience or help with more significant behavior issues. It's never too late to start.

- Make sure to find a trainer who uses positive methods aligned with your values.

- Look for opportunities to make training engaging - it should be rewarding for both you and your dog.

- Be patient, get to know your dog's unique needs, and build trust. With time and consistency, you'll start to understand each other better.

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[00:00:01] John Kelley: Tell me your story. How did it all start? Do you remember? Oh, I know what happened. All good stuff.

[00:00:31] Intro: Yeah. What is up, small business nation? It is small business origins. You're tuned into our nationwide search. We're looking for entrepreneurs that have a story to tell.

[00:00:54] Taryn Tyler: Hello. Thank you for having me.

[00:01:40] Intro: Oh, no.

[00:02:01] Taryn Tyler: So, you know, had got jealous that I didn't have a turtle. And so we got another turtle that I named Tulsa to go along with the t theme because, Obviously, I love the letter t. I can tell. Yep. Right.

[00:02:24] John Kelley: know, letting him go. And, I mean, I don't remember for sure. I think I maybe only had him for, like, a few weeks something

[00:02:35] Intro: There was probably enough time to chill your Curious child mind. You know? I find out with my kids all the time where it's like, I've gotta have this. This is so important. I'm gonna die if it doesn't happen, then it happens, and then 2 weeks later, it's like, you wanna stop doing this now?

[00:02:51] Taryn Tyler: Went back to, yeah, went back to the dogs we had in the house lived happily ever after.

[00:02:56] Intro: I have been kind of crazy on the pet spectrum, man. I have owned snakes, which, You know, people who know about snakes, it's ball pythons. So super tame, like, really docile. But I've owned a few of those. You know, 1 I had 1 and then I had 2, so 3 total.

[00:03:43] Intro: They forced me to get rid of my ferret, and I love that thing. Of course, you know My Oh, go ahead.

[00:03:59] Intro: Oh, nice.

[00:04:19] Taryn Tyler: Because he was trying he tried to keep up with the dogs. Like, he would run around the yard like he was one of the pets. But they had They had a skunk that they rescued because it had a broken leg, and so they brought it back, like, from injury and had it at as their Childhood pets.

[00:04:46] Intro: I know. I'm kind of the same way. I I had a hamster.

[00:04:50] Intro: Yeah. I feed those things to my snakes. So, you know, yeah, that's definitely I was like, I don't wanna sit here and have a pet rat, but I don't know. I've heard they're trainable. You know, like, you can and and they want attention.

[00:05:11] Intro: And then, you know, the the weirdest one that I probably ever had was, and only millennials will probably get this, Tamagotchis.

[00:05:20] Taryn Tyler: I never had one of those. It was like and it never sparked my interest as a kid, but I I'm Fully aware, but I yeah. I love that it wasn't classified as a pet.

[00:05:38] Intro: It was another spin off brand, but they would fight. And so you could, like, train them. Like, physically, they were buff little creatures or whatever, and you could train them. And then you could link them to the other person who has one And then make them fight, and one would win, one would lose. It was insane.

[00:06:17] Intro: Yeah. Like, if I was there or not, they don't care. So Yeah. Well, awesome. Before we hop into everything, I always take a second to stop and thank the sponsors of the show.

[00:06:55] Intro: So just like I ask every other guest that's on this show, who are you? Where'd you come from? And how'd you get into entrepreneurship? What's your origin story?

[00:07:24] Taryn Tyler: I graduated from KU. We already have our March Madness tickets. We're gonna go to, hopefully, Omaha and see them in March. Like, we, you know, we travel. We're we're big fans.

[00:08:06] Taryn Tyler: So we were sent home right around spring break. The kids were told to take their their Nobody was prepared for it. I mean, who thought, you know, who who thought? So kinda finished out that year, came back, and then was moved to 2nd grade. So it was my first You're in 2nd grade and or no.

[00:08:51] Taryn Tyler: And at one point, had 27 third graders It honestly, like, turned out to be one of my favorite years of teaching. I ended up that was the first taste I'd ever had from of working from home, And so that was kind of a nice change, but, had to that's where my creative side really came out. And, You know, I came up with alter egos. Like, the kids called me every Friday. DJ missus t came out in a different costume, and I had a a remix playlist that we do and, you know, just tried to make the best of it.

[00:10:00] Taryn Tyler: And so I finished out that school year, and then just started really thinking about What I wanted to do, what my new purpose was gonna be, and I was out on a walk one day with, one of my dogs. I have 3 dogs. I have a 6 year old pit bull, a 3 year old Great Dane and a 1 year old. We call her a thing. She's literally £8.

[00:10:36] John Kelley: she likes

[00:10:59] Taryn Tyler: So It was me and Sinclair in a 1 bedroom apartment with all of the dry the, blinds drawn because he just couldn't take it. So we we bonded very quickly. So flash forward, and this was about 2 years ago, and I was out on a walk with him and done a lot of training with him through a local trainer and then taking it over myself. But it was like just watching him walk do this walk and, like, thriving in his in his environment and not freaking out about other dogs and other people in the park and things like that. I'm like, this is what I wanna do.

[00:11:35] Intro: There we go.

[00:11:55] Taryn Tyler: And so that's when I got the idea to get my training certification because I figured people would be more willing to work with me if I opened this kind of business, if I had something to back my name to it of, like, you know, I'm not just trying this. I I've trained. I know what to do. And then once going through my, training certification, it was actually Sinclair. The same dog was going through a double knee And I was like, I have all this downtime, so that's when I I buckled down and I got my certification.

[00:12:53] Taryn Tyler: And it's it was the best career move I could have made for myself because it's like, I wake up and I'm so excited to spend time with these families. Who wouldn't wanna spend every day with different types of dogs and, you know, get to hang out with them? So it's it's awesome.

[00:13:23] Taryn Tyler: Yeah. Actually, I the the year that I ended up resigning, I was named teacher of the year for my building. So I it was absolutely a passion. I still sometimes you know, I get asked the question all the time if I miss it. And overall, my my my answer is no just because of, like, I'm so in love with what I'm doing now.

[00:14:03] Taryn Tyler: It's just it the normal wear and tear of being a teacher and not being able to enjoy The actual aspect of teaching and everything else that comes with it just it it took a really heavy hit on me, and it was It like, I felt almost, like, claustrophobic, you know, and, like, I needed to, like, I needed to break out and and figure out what was next.

[00:14:42] Intro: So if I didn't like them, I'd have already sold them. I'm just kidding. But, I cannot imagine being trapped in a room. That's how I would feel trapped in a room with, You know, 20, 30 other people's kids. Like, it just it drives me insane to even think about it.

[00:15:06] Taryn Tyler: a special person for sure.

[00:15:25] Intro: But, Unfortunately, I think nationwide, the story is pretty much the the same that teaching has really turned so political. And then, I mean, god, the fact that you you felt so relieved by being able to work from home because I know you had early mornings. I know you had late I know you had work to do at home anyway whenever you got off of work. You know, I've seen the lesson plans. I've seen the grading papers.

[00:16:16] Intro: You know? So that's gotta be a nice change for you.

[00:16:36] Taryn Tyler: And we figured out that'll be my 60th concert I've been to. Wow. So it's like, I love yeah. Like, so being able to, like, have, you know, those other fun hobbies and stuff like that and, like, Having my own business of, you know, if I need to take a few days off, then I can take a few days off. If I have a doctor's appointment, my husband has a doctor's appointment, Something for the dog, you know, my own dogs.

[00:17:16] Taryn Tyler: Mhmm.

[00:17:49] Intro: I can't have this on, you know, a regular Monday through Friday because like us, Yeah. Sorry. No offense to the education system, but I would rather my kids miss the 1st week of school and get the of going to 3 other countries and be on a cruise ship than, you know, being stuck in a classroom for those 5 days. I'm like, they'll get over it. They'll still learn.

[00:18:24] Intro: So she's stuck, and and that's gotta be rough. Now going into teacher turned trainer A little bit here. And I and I may put you on to something if you're not doing this, which is kind of when you talk to Andrew or myself, here at Beefy Marketing anytime, that's kinda like We always have a 1,000,000 ideas flooding our heads. You enjoyed so much being able to work from home and being in the online environment. You told me you come in home to do these trainings.

[00:18:56] Taryn Tyler: I have not done that. We actually, my husband and I were just talking about that last week of, like, being an option, but I'm a you know, different Facebook groups and different, training, groups and things like that. And a lot of people do offer Online sessions as an option so then they can reach farther than just their own city. But, yeah, I've I don't do it yet. It's, been something that I've talked about, but it absolutely is an option, especially now, you know, if there's if there's heavier behaviors to deal with, like, you know, reactivity, aggression, things like that.

[00:19:33] Taryn Tyler: it's just like, you know, I need help potty training. Need help, like, my dog not rushing the front door. Those are absolutely things that a trainer, myself, whoever, could teach you online. But, yeah, I I know quite a few trainers that offer that, and and people really seem to like it. And especially during the pandemic and post pandemic, like, online communication and stuff like that is something People started getting used to for sure.

[00:20:10] Intro: And then I've got a lot going on. Right? So I don't like leaving my house to have to go do something no matter what it is. Like, I don't care if you tell me there's free ice cream. I'm like, cool.

[00:20:27] Intro: And so I've got a PetSmart And at Petco, 2 big super chain stores that offer dog training, and one of them is, like, 5 minutes away. The other one's 10 minutes away. And in Texas time, that's a very short drive. And Yeah. So I've not taken my border collie to get trained like I wanted to from the moment we got him.

[00:21:39] Intro: And then that turned into 568

[00:21:45] Intro: do it. Yeah. So I got, like, 568 dogs sent to me, not by spammers, not by, you know, breeders, not by shelters, but by the people in my office And my wife telling me, like, hey. Here's all these dogs, and then we got one that was named hot dog. We we changed his name to Loki, but, you had hot dog and hamburger.

[00:22:14] Intro: Yes. And, so we Got there first. We were first in line sitting at the gate ready to go, and this lady pulled up when we finally got let in 5 minutes early Through the gate to the the front office, and they said, hey. Just hang out for 5 minutes because we're not open yet, so don't go in there bugging them just yet. Give them time.

[00:22:44] Intro: Well, screw the rules. I'm going. So I walked in.

[00:22:55] Intro: Well, sir, she walked in, and it's 1st come, 1st serve. And I said, I've been here 30 minutes prior to when you open, on my phone, in my car waiting, and then I followed the rules. Long story short, she was such a nice lady, and she was like, I've got 4 border collies at home. We were just gonna add to the collection.

[00:23:12] Intro: And I saw your vehicle when you pulled in. You're totally right. I'm gonna let you go see this dog. And we took him home, man. He was so loving right there, and then now he's so attached to my daughter.

[00:23:39] Intro: He'll lay down. He'll roll over. He'll ring the bells on the back door to go out to the bathroom, and I'm Yep. We did not do potty training. We did not do any of this Stuff like he's so smart.

[00:24:04] Taryn Tyler: just need guidance.

[00:24:30] Intro: I I used to have a German shepherd, and we had to get rid of him because he was aggressive. And he was not aggressive when we first got him. I know they're obviously a more aggressive breed than others, but, He wasn't just protective. He was, like, overly protective. And then all of a sudden, I took him to get professionally trained.

[00:25:11] Intro: Well, when Max came back, he was different, And I think he was either abused or, I do know that I saw a shot caller on him whenever I got back to pick him up, and I was like, okay. So they're doing some type of therapy that is abusive to this dog. And after that, he was aggressive toward males. He bit my father-in-law. He bit my niece's boyfriend at the time.

[00:26:14] Taryn Tyler: I would say the biggest misconception that I've seen is, like, Dog training. I think some people have the mindset that dog training you only need dog training if, like, your dog is showing unwanted behaviors. Whereas I am under I'm under the thought that I think every single dog could use some training. Now it doesn't have to be like, even my 3 dogs have completely different needs. You know?

[00:26:48] Taryn Tyler: We came home. We opened the door to let him go outside. He wouldn't even go outside. He, like, Coward in the kitchen, wouldn't move, and we figured out it's because there had been fireworks that were going off. And he was so freaked out by the fireworks that he wouldn't even go outside.

[00:27:38] Taryn Tyler: You tried to do it on your own, and you probably did a lot of good of starting it starting that process and starting to build that relationship with your but you do need somebody that knows a little bit more than you might know and be able to come in and take it to the next level. But dog training is not just for dogs that are, You know, bad dogs. And I don't like to say that there's to me, there's not a bad dog out there. Dogs are misunderstood. You half of it is just learning how to communicate with them and speak their language because they obviously don't speak ours.

[00:28:24] Taryn Tyler: So I always tell all of my clients, and and I offer options to come back and do, like, individual sessions just because even just a refresh here and there is so helpful to a dog's Long term bean and their long term success.

[00:29:40] Intro: And we are definitely my wife and I are definitely just like those things that I'll deal with for now because at least they're here, But he's definitely not as connected to us. And then, if we leave, then our Furbo camera constantly is going off. Dog howling alert, dog barking, dog whining, all of those things because he's just losing his mind. True separation anxiety.

[00:30:12] Taryn Tyler: Mhmm. It makes a crazy difference.

[00:30:37] Taryn Tyler: Rings the bell? Mhmm. And then

[00:30:48] Taryn Tyler: She was a foster fail. And we just we couldn't let her go. So, you know, once she came into the mix, and she's so tiny and she has such a tiny bladder that we have to have different routines in place. But our when we first got Glenda, the Great Dane. She was we trained her on the bells, and it was we it happened by accident, and then we just continued it.

[00:31:15] Intro: going. It's awesome. And he'll even, He'll ring the bells when he wants to go out. Our neighbor has 2 dogs, and one of them is, like, his best friend in the world. Mhmm.

[00:31:28] Intro: You know? And they, it's kinda cute. There's, like, a little divot in between our yards under the fence, and both of Some will lay down and put their heads in there, nose to nose, just so they can, like, see each other and be with each other. So my neighbor, at some point, we're actually gonna do it. We've talked about it several times, and he's like, I'm ready to move forward with it, but we're gonna build a gate between our yards so that we can just open the gate and then Let the dogs kinda friggly go between both yards because we both have he's probably got, like, a little over a quarter acre property, and I have a half acre property.

[00:32:11] Intro: I definitely agree with you. Every dog needs some training. What about have you ever had anyone who feels like, okay. I've waited too long, and now it's too late. Like, I've I've thought about that with Loki.

[00:32:31] Taryn Tyler: Any time is a good time to start. I've had my the ages of my clients have ranged from I mean, I'll start as early as I tell families when they're getting new puppies that they should give themselves about a month to just build a relationship with the dog and just get They just need to get used to their routines of, like, when's bathroom time, when's food time, thing when's nap time, stuff like that. And then I'll come in, and we can start doing the basics and stuff. But, I mean, I'll start as early as 10 to 12 week old puppies, and then my, oldest graduate was a 9 year old chihuahua mix.

[00:33:26] Taryn Tyler: Like, if you have an issue that you want corrected or you need help figuring it out, even if they are old as as old as 7, 8, 9, whatever, their dogs are so intelligent, way beyond what we even realized, they're gonna pick up anything. I mean, Sinclair is you know, he's 6. He's kinda getting into the older age. And, I mean, I still he's my guinea pig for wanting to try new things because he's so incredibly intelligent that he just He picks it up so quick. Like, there's yeah.

[00:34:03] Intro: Do you think there's any any dog that's too far gone? Like, are you The Cesar Milan of, you know, dog whisperer. Like, you can work with any dog, or do you think you know, like, Max, when we had him, should I have gone and invested in some training to Try and get him better, or do you think there is a point where dogs are just too far gone with what they've gone through?

[00:34:38] Intro: Little babies.

[00:34:58] Taryn Tyler: No. But it's probably not the best situation for you anymore. Like, we talk about that like, that with Sinclair. I mean, he He you'll hear me talk about him a lot just between the 3 of them the 3 of my dogs. I love them equally.

[00:35:50] Taryn Tyler: And I didn't what Mikey was gonna say. I was gonna bring this out home. And it's one of those things where, like, looking back on it now, like, Sinclair was meant to be with us because we truly believe that if he was with anybody else, he he would not be at the successful point he is now Because he does have a bite history. He does have a reactive protective side, and you have to definitely be able to handle that. So if it's not right for your family, then, you know, you find the training help.

[00:36:30] Taryn Tyler: And you can bring in a trainer and help. I have a dog that I'm working with right now that I've I oh my gosh. I love her. I even brought her to my house for a full day. I sent my dogs to day care, and I did, like, a day train program with her.

[00:37:05] Taryn Tyler: Like, they it was it was a lot for them. And so We are still working together now. They we've got her part of it was medication. She need an anxiety medication. And once we were able to get her on the right and kinda get her her brain to slow down and be able to actually process what we're trying to teach her.

[00:37:55] Intro: You're obviously a dog lover, you know, so you are going to feel a lot different about someone getting rid of a dog than Yeah. Even I would feel, even though I don't like it.

[00:38:08] Intro: you you always, like, have that second guess. You know? And and we were in a very different position back then. I mean, this was years years ago, but, it it's reassuring to hear that sometimes things are just not fit for your situation, but I would say the overarching important thing here, the message out of that is talk to a trainer. They're the professionals.

[00:38:45] Intro: Like, that's just

[00:38:47] Intro: Yeah. And I don't have a Jamie here, you know, like Joe Rogan does. So I had to go do my own research while we were talking, but there's this really cool Netflix show. If you haven't seen it, it's called the future of, and they have a dog like communication episode. So what do you think the the differences are gonna be with AI, with technology, and these changes?

[00:39:33] Intro: Because you you talk to dogs. Like, You don't speak out of your mouth, and they understand everything, and and you understand what their barks mean. But when you do speak out of your mouth, sometimes they understand what you mean. When you use certain body language, they understand what you mean. You know, you're communicating with animals.

[00:40:22] Taryn Tyler: I don't know if you've ever seen Up. Oh, yeah. The dogs the dogs, you know, they Have the callers that, like, make them have the human voices and they talk. Now are we ever gonna get to something like that? I that's farther than my brain can comprehend, but, I mean, technology is definitely gonna play a part, especially if we're already at the at the, the stage where we have the buttons for dogs, and they can, like, Literally communicate somehow in a human voice.

[00:41:00] Taryn Tyler: And if there's a Fever and, you know, all of these crazy things that they didn't even have, you know, 10, 20 years ago.

[00:41:08] Taryn Tyler: It's It's crazy to me. Even, there's a there's a sock or something too that they wear that, like, kind of

[00:41:20] Intro: Owen's breathing at 22 times a minute or, you know, like, all these crazy things, which To me so I am a firefighter and a paramedic as well. And, being a paramedic gives you an inherent, like, fear of things happening to your own family. So I'm, like, one of those insane parents that I have my routine at night. And then especially when they were younger, I used to all the time just like I after I put them to bed, go downstairs, do my thing, and then I'd have to go back stairs, open the door, listen to them breathe.

[00:42:28] Intro: The thing about it is we can only understand that I had this conversation with somebody the other day, like the Jetsons. Everybody's like, well, the Jessens was a miss. Right? Or you have the other side that's like, they hit it spot on, and and I'll tell you why they hit it spot on It's because they only understood when that show was made technology to what they had available at the time, just like us right now. We couldn't imagine 6, 7 years ago That this learning capable AI was gonna be able to hear what you say and then dream up new things for you to do, say how to act or email to send or whatever the case may be by analyzing everything that was going on.

[00:43:17] Intro: They had these little transportation devices where your kid could go to school in that transportation device that ran under everything or attend school on a TV, and it's like Pandemic showed us that, yes, kids can go to school without having to be there. Like, it was spot on for the tech that they had in that day, and I think we're probably in that same Era where it's like, maybe the dog collar would work because with AI, it could have some type of learning tool built into it where it senses the dog's pulse rate, breathing rate, you know, its reaction to what it's doing, how it's moving, the Bark, the tone of that bark, all these different things, and be able to formulate, an educated guess on what the dog is wanting to say. So instead of clicking one button In getting one word, a sentence is formed. You know? Right.

[00:45:10] Taryn Tyler: There's no vibration. There's no shock. It's literally just like A beep that's like a tap on the shoulder of, hey. I'm across the yard, but I'm asking you to listen to me. That's as far as I go.

[00:45:45] Taryn Tyler: I've worked with quite a few families with kids, and they've said, you know, well, I am, like, a positive reinforcement parent, so why wouldn't I do that with my dogs as well? So they appreciate the practices that I use, and then also trying to figure out, like, your schedule and what works best for your setup. And that's why I love that my offer is private in home trainings because, one, It takes the stress off of you to have to go somewhere and find a trainer and take them to a facility. I come to you so that I work your schedule. And then also the behaviors that you're seeing are happening in your home.

[00:47:03] Taryn Tyler: It's just it's finding what is what works best for you.

[00:47:55] Intro: And he doesn't bite, but he's nipping and letting you know, like, hey. I don't like that. Stop. You know? So there's definitely some things I think we need to work on there.

[00:48:26] Intro: I'm sure that it's situational dependent how far the drive is, how many trainings you're doing, or, you know, all of these things. But on average, is this something where I need to have $500 saved up, $1500 or $5,000 to work with you specifically, but also just for training in general.

[00:49:11] Taryn Tyler: You know? It depends on what kind of trainer, what kind of program. For me specifically, my most expensive package is less than 700, and that is an 8 session package. So that's a lot of training that you can get done in those 8 sessions, whether it's once a week, twice a week, if it needs to be spread out than that. But I for me, Specifically, I offer individual sessions, and then I have a 4 session, 6 session, and 8 session package.

[00:50:15] Taryn Tyler: So like I said, for me, my max is I wanna say it's, like, 6:40, And that's where the full 8 sessions that you can I mean, an 8 sessions goes a long way? So it's it's a lot more if you find the right trainer, you're not gonna have to, You know, take out a loan to do dog training. It can be very affordable and something that's very manageable. I like to offer, I offer payment plans. I offer, first responders discounts.

[00:51:04] Intro: Gotcha. And and the training that I'm getting from you, is that something I can use? Like, I know AKC, I think, has some, Like, you know, basic obedience training, like, almost certificates that you go through. Is that something I can use for you if I go into more advanced training like search and rescue or something crazy, or is yours mainly just for personal enjoyment of your dog and for your dog?

[00:51:56] Taryn Tyler: Her name is Betty. We did the first time I met her for we did it in the driveway, and she would not let me within 5 feet of her and her mom because she was so protective of her owner. And she didn't I was a stranger. I was a threat. She didn't want me anywhere around.

[00:52:34] Taryn Tyler: So we started we did it backwards. And instead of starting in the home, we went to parks, and we did outside sessions and field trips to where I wasn't coming into We I took a video, and I was sitting on the I was sitting on the ottoman trying to get my camera out because, you know, everything that I do is teacher themed. So we I I have a valedictorian package. I have a straight a's package, an honor roll package. They graduate.

[00:53:21] Taryn Tyler: So that just shows you in that 8 sessions, she hated my guts the first time she met me because I was a Scary scary stranger. And then now it's to the point where the owner has even told me, I offered a I have a nice camera that I'll do the The graduation photos with and stuff. So around the holidays, I offered a photo package where they could buy a photo package, and I came and took family photos for their Christmas cards. And so she signed up for 1. And so she said when she was getting Betty ready, she was like, do you wanna see Taryn?

[00:54:21] Intro: And and I think regardless, you you gotta start somewhere, and this is a good start. You know? Because I'll tell you, like, Max, I thought I thought I was gonna be, like, one of the most badass, like, dog owners in the world. I was like, German Shepherd. He's gonna be amazing.

[00:54:55] Intro: So I think it's it's very important to get this type of training regardless of what you wanna do after it. And I heard you say yet, so I'm just assuming that the Sky could be the limit here, and you never know what you're gonna be offering in the next 1, 2, 3 years. I mean, you said you've been doing this a year now. So, we gotta give the company Time to grow, and who who knows what's what to what is to come. That's for sure.

[00:55:42] Taryn Tyler: But one thing that I've done specifically for my training business is not only do I offer, dog training and things like that, but I also do weddings. So I'm you can hire me as, like, a pet handler for your wedding. So I have different packages that people can buy. And, basically, the goal is if you want your dog incorporated in your wedding day at all, hire me and let me take care of it. So I I had, I had a the most recent wedding that I did was in November, and it was 3 dogs.

[00:56:30] Taryn Tyler: I go to the wedding. We did them in photos. We, I took my mom as my secondhand because I needed there's 3 dogs. I can't do 3 dogs on my own. We walked the dogs down the aisle like they were the ring bearers, but it was, like, it was such a joy for the the couple That they were able to have their dogs in this special day because the dogs mean so me so much to them, but they didn't have to worry about it.

[00:57:32] Intro: I'm going to Force myself to stop asking you questions. I have, like, 30 more, and we just probably don't have time for that today. So

[00:57:50] Taryn Tyler: all day long. I was

[00:58:05] Intro: Like, are you making any content, TikTok, anything yet? And then just how do I connect with you and get in touch, especially if I'm a listener and I'm like, you know what? I kinda wanna hire her to take care of my dogs.

[00:58:40] Taryn Tyler: I have all of my pricing, and then I have links to my social media through there. So that's where I'm doing the content. I do a lot of I take videos, I, of all of my clients and all of the fun things we're doing with that. I have a fun series that I call, it's called will Glenda eat it? Because my great dane is literally the pickiest eater I've ever met.

[00:59:35] Intro: And we'll have all those links in the show notes, of course, like we do for every episode. So if you're wanting to check out what she has going online, all you have to do is head over to our show notes, which should be right below where you're listening right now, And click that link, and it'll take you to whichever way you wanna connect with her for sure. I lied. I'm gonna I'm gonna bring one more thing up just because you triggered something in my head when you said Linda is so picky. So our Oh, yeah.

[01:00:03] Taryn Tyler: Yes. I I

[01:00:07] Taryn Tyler: I was I don't have I don't have necessarily, like, actual,

[01:00:20] Intro: Right? It doesn't even if you don't want him to eat it, sometimes it's gonna get eaten.

[01:00:27] Intro: Everything. And so I was like chicken liver, you know, as I'm getting ready to smoke this chicken, beer butt chicken, and I'm like, He's gonna love this. So I just plop it on my ceramic tile, and he comes over and probably pulled a Glenda move and, like, sniffs it And then immediately kinda wrinkles his nose, like, what are you trying to do to me? And then walks away. And now I had to wipe up chicken liver off my floor.

[01:01:00] Taryn Tyler: I mean, we've tried to you know, we I've I've tried I've done a variety of things because coming from having Sinclair First who will literally eat anything, like, even he jumped up on my counter And ate chocolate on Christmas Eve, which resulted in a 10:30 emergency vet appointment for him and I on Christmas Eve this I mean, he will eat everything, and we we have to you know, we're we're we're training that. We've put in some new, some new tricks, since Christmas Eve for that. But, I mean, for Glenda, we've tried I've tried watermelon, strawberries, apples, vegetables, fruit everything. Literally, the only episode that has been successful was pumpkin. She liked pureed pumpkin.

[01:01:49] Intro: That's what I figured. I mean Mhmm. I'm not an expert on it, so I definitely don't wanna speak out of turn. That's why I always ask. But yeah.

[01:01:57] Taryn Tyler: Lowering calories high in protein.

[01:02:05] Taryn Tyler: Not quite.

[01:02:24] Intro: Maybe we will have something launched Pretty soon where we can get her online at least some training videos you can buy or something. I mean, we gotta have something because I need it. It's a selfish ask here, but That's how it is. Taryn, you've been an absolute delight. Thank you so much for being on the show.

[01:02:42] Taryn Tyler: Thank you for having me. This was awesome. Thank you so much.

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