I Turned My Love For Animals Into A Growing Dog Training Business
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?
Hi! My name is Mary Thompson and I am the owner and founder of my dog training business, Happy Hound University, LLC. I offer private dog training, group classes, and in my home puppy board and train in the suburbs of Chicago, IL (Elk Grove Village, to be exact!)
When I started my business it was just my side job, but over the last 6 years, I’ve gone from a few clients a month to a full-time dog business, working with dozens of dogs every week and making an average of $6,000 a month and growing.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
I have always loved animals of all kinds, dogs especially, but when I went off to college I knew I didn’t want to go to vet school (WAY too much math and chemistry, there was no way I’d make...