210. Ten Years In: The Award, The Mud, and What We'd Tell Ourselves Now

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Ten years ago, the LWDG was bringing in about two hundred pounds a month and felt more like a nice idea than a business. This week marks ten years of the LWDG and ten years of Claire Denyer's Family Dog Services, so to celebrate, Claire turns the tables and interviews Jo in a business blind date. They talk about the exact moments it stopped feeling like a hobby (a national award for one of them, a very muddy fall on her bottom for the other), the bit of the job they still find hardest, how training has changed over a decade, and where they hope to be in another ten years. It's funny, it's honest, and it's the story behind the brand you've been part of.</span></p><p></p><p><strong><em><u>Thanks for being here. </u></em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>If this episode gave you something, a laugh, a lightbulb, or just the feeling that someone gets it, that's exactly why we make it.</p><p>📚 <strong>Not sure where to start with your gundog training?</strong> Grab the <a href="https://ladiesworkingdoggroup.com/lwdg-level-finder/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>LWDG Gundog Progress Gap Map</strong></a><strong>. Work out where</strong> you exactly where you are and what to work on next, no more guessing needed.</p>