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After The Last Dog

After The Last Dog

Van: Jennifer Oppel
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After the Last Dog is a podcast for grooming and pet care business owners who are tired of feeling like everything depends on them. You may be booked, trusted, and working hard every day, but still feel like you are constantly putting out fires. Staff issues, pricing stress, client problems, training gaps, unclear expectations, and the same conversations over and over can make business ownership feel heavier than it should. This podcast is here to help you step back and see what is really happening inside your business. Each episode takes one real grooming or pet care business problem and breaks it down in a practical way: why it keeps happening, what pattern is underneath it, and what you can do next. This is not generic business advice. It is for owners who understand the pressure of a real salon, mobile route, home-based business, or pet care operation. You do not need to work harder. You need clearer standards, better structure, and decisions you can trust. Because you built something worth protecting, and you should not have to carry it all alone.Copyright 2026 Jennifer Oppel Management & Leadership Ökonomie
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  • Legacy or Liability: The People You Inherited — Clients, Team, and the Habits They Brought With Them

    Legacy or Liability: The People You Inherited — Clients, Team, and the Habits They Brought With Them
    13 Oct 2026

    Nobody teaches you how to lead a grooming business, you just end up doing it. In the final episode of the Legacy or Liability series, Jennifer gets personal (without getting confessional) about the relational side of what you inherited when you opened, bought, or took over a salon: the clients still bracing for the last owner's mistakes, the team carrying in habits from every job before yours, and your own default version of "boss" that you copied from whoever you last worked for. From inheriting a town's scar tissue after a hygiene-scandal salon sat empty for six months, to why training keeps failing when there's no system behind it, to the handbook realization that changed everything, this episode is about recognizing which people problems are actually yours to fix, and which ones you're just paying down for somebody else.

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    Hiring and Onboarding Masterclass

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    Introduction to the Salon https://www.growinggroomers.com/offers/qPF5DrfV

    After The Last Dog Website https://www.afterthelastdog.com/

    Bather Brusher Course https://www.growinggroomers.com/offers/EawtRyyV
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    16 min.
  • Legacy or Liability: I’m Not a Manager, But I Own the Business

    Legacy or Liability: I’m Not a Manager, But I Own the Business
    7 Oct 2026

    “I’m not a manager.”

    It’s something grooming business owners say all the time. But owning the business means you still need to understand what each role is responsible for, what good work looks like, where employees have decision-making authority, and how you know expectations are actually being met.

    In this episode of After the Last Dog, Dara shares how she learned that having a few employees who naturally “got her” was not the same as having a management system.

    We talk about what happens when growth exposes unclear expectations, why “they should know” can become a dangerous assumption, and how owners can accidentally recreate pieces of the workplaces they once wanted to escape.

    You’ll also hear why inspecting what you expect is not about micromanaging. It is about making sure the business your team experiences matches the business you believe you built.

    This episode is part of The Business We Inherited: Legacy or Liability?

    Ask yourself: Have I built a business where someone can succeed without having to think exactly like me?
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    23 min.
  • Why Good Groomers Quit: Grooming Salon Safety | The Business We Inherited (Part 3 of 4)

    Why Good Groomers Quit: Grooming Salon Safety | The Business We Inherited (Part 3 of 4)
    30 Sep 2026
    Why do good groomers quit, and why do some never sign on at all? In Part 3 of 4 of The Business We Inherited: Legacy or Liability, Jennifer Oppel, founder of Growing Groomers and creator of Missouri's first pet grooming apprenticeship and RTI program, looks at the physical side of running a dog grooming business through the lens of teams and training. Your tubs, tables, dryers, products, and mobile grooming vans are quietly training your team every day, and the habits they teach get passed from one groomer to the next. Jennifer explains how grooming salon safety gaps turn into groomer back pain, burnout, turnover, and lost profit, why not every setup is an automatic yes for every dog, and how to tell the inherited habits worth keeping from the ones that are costing you. If you're a grooming salon owner, franchisee, or mobile grooming business owner, especially one who never groomed before owning the business, you'll walk away with a simple team huddle you can run tomorrow to build written standards, improve groomer retention, and keep your salon running safely even on your day off.Resources mentioned in this episode:Introduction to the Salon course: growinggroomers.com/offers/qPF5DrfVHiring and Onboarding Masterclass, 25% off: Hiring and Onboarding MasterclassZenZap team app: try.zenzap.coReport covers for your written standards (affiliate): amzn.to/4vsSmRjBather Brusher Course: growinggroomers.com/offers/EawtRyyVThe Whole Pet Grooming Academy (continuing education for experienced groomers): wholepetnh.comBook a call with Jennifer: calendly.com/growing-groomers/better-training-in-salonsJoin the Growing Groomers email list: growinggroomers.com/signupGrowing Groomers: growinggroomers.comPet Grooming Apprenticeship: petgroomingapprenticeship.comAfter the Last Dog: afterthelastdog.comFacebook: facebook.com/growinggroomersResearch referenced: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pet groomers, Healthcare (2026), International Grooming Society Global Groomer Health Study, and Rural Veterinary Outreach on ear plucking.As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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    36 min.
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