DOGCO ACCELERATE · FOR DOGCO YEAR 2 GRADUATES
You've built the foundation. Now you choose what comes next.
An ongoing home inside DogCo for experienced owners.
Stay connected to the people and resources that keep you growing, all of your DogCo Benefits including CRM and Partner Discounts, a private community, and support as you need it.
$329/month. Pay in full and save 20%.
Look how far you've come
Over your time in DogCo, you've learned to read your numbers differently. You've worked on profit, labor, operations, retention, leadership, marketing, systems, and your own role.
And you've learned the most important thing: scaling isn't something you fix once.
You measure. You find the bottleneck. You fix it. You make room. Then you find the next one.
That's what building a company looks like. And after two years, we don't think the answer is another year of curriculum.
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You are here
Year 1
Build It
Learn the numbers, fix the fundamentals, build the systems and create margin.
"My business works better."
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You are here
Year 2
Strengthen It
Keep learning with DogCo while we strengthen what you built and find the gaps before growth does.
"I know how to keep making my business better."
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You are here
Year 3+
Accelerate
An ongoing home base with the people, resources and support to keep building.
"I don't have to scale alone."
What is DogCo Accelerate?
Your ongoing home base inside DogCo
Accelerate is the DogCo community for experienced owners who want to keep growing with the right people, resources and opportunities around them.
Current DogCo content as it is released in the first two years of the program
You decide what support makes sense, and when
You don't need everyone around you working on the same thing.
You need to know what your company needs next.
Accelerate is only open to owners who have completed Year 1 and Year 2 of the DogCo Scaling Mastermind. Everyone in the room has done the work, knows their numbers, and speaks the same language.
DogCo is excited to announce industry partnerships with other industry softwares and vendors for 2027.
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Current DogCo clients receive a 15% discount off of their insurance if they are an active client at the time of renewal.
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Members will have access to pre-built PPC tools and shortcuts that allow you to operate more quickly and seamlessly within DogCo methodologies. These shortcuts will allow ease of access to the information already existing inside of the platform with DogCo recommended reports and strategies at your fingertips.
PPC is removing the manual side of the data set up in PPC reporting through DogCo presets. Giving you easier access to visibility alongside the DogCo coaching strategies and implementations.
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Current DogCo Clients receive special pricing with TinyPaws Bookkeeping services.
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DogCo Coaches
DogCo Launch is proud to partner with pet care industry experts to enhance the DogCo Mastermind experience. Mastermind participants can connect with DogCo Coaches at weekly Office Hours and have access to exclusive content in the DogCo classrooms
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ROBERT STRICKLAND
AI, TECH, & AUTOMATION SPECIALIST
With over 18 years of experience in the pet care industry, Robert Strickland is an entrepreneur and automation strategist dedicated to helping pet business owners streamline operations, save time, and scale effectively.
As the founder of NextLevel Pet Businesses, Robert leads a community of pet care professionals, providing guidance on leveraging automation, AI, and technology to enhance client experiences and maximize efficiency.
In addition to coaching and consulting, Robert owns and operates a successful pet sitting and dog walking business, giving him firsthand insight into the challenges pet care professionals face.
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DOUG KEELING
HIRING & RETENTION SPECIALIST
Doug Keeling runs an award-winning pet care company and is an industry-leading speaker and business coach specializing in hiring and retention.
As the creator of The Pawsitive Hiring Course, Doug helps pet care business owners build their dream teams. The course includes lessons on preparing to hire, navigating a multi-step hiring process, and managing and retaining team members.
Doug can also be found on YouTube as “Doug the Dog Guy,” a leading YouTuber in the pet sitting and dog walking industry with over 8,000 subscribers.
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CORINNE MOORE
DATA, METRICS, & TRACKING SPECIALIST
Corinne Moore is the owner of Paws & Claws Pet Service and the creator of Pawsome Metrics. With Pawsome Metrics, Corinne offers Google Sheets templates specifically for pet care professionals to track and measure data in order to make smarter business decisions.
A core tenet of DogCo is equipping companies with the skills and resources needed to make strategic decisions based on metrics, tracking, and real data.
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COLLIN FUNKHOUSER
WORKFLOW & PRODUCTIVITY
Collin helps pet care business owners stop running their companies out of their heads. Most owners aren't short on ideas, they're short on a system for turning those ideas into finished projects while the daily fires keep burning.
His approach comes from his training as a scientist. During his graduate work in biology, Collin learned to define the outcome first, isolate what matters, and let results drive the next decision. He coaches owners to run their businesses the same way: prioritize what actually moves the needle, break big initiatives into work that gets done, and protect time for the important things so they stop losing to the urgent ones.
Collin co-owns Funky Bunch Pet Care with his wife, Meghan, serving central and southwest Missouri since 2012. He also co-hosts Pet Sitter Confessional, a podcast for pet care business owners with more than 740 episodes.
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MARIS MILLER-SONNABEND
MARKETING & BRAND
Maris is the founder of House of Paws Pet Care in St. Louis, where she has grown the company from a one-woman operation into a team of 40+ staff in just five years.
With a background in marketing and brand strategy, Maris helps pet care business owners clarify who they are, say it consistently, and turn local visibility into booked clients. She focuses on the practical side of brand: positioning, messaging, offers, and the marketing systems that keep new clients coming in without constant hustle.
At DogCo, Maris coaches owners through building a brand that actually holds up as the business scales, from first impression to repeat client. -
LAUREN DUNKLE
DATA & INSIGHTS STRATEGIST
Lauren Dunkle is the owner of The Pet Lady, Ltd., a professional dog walking company serving Chicago’s western suburbs since 1991. Since taking over in 2015, Lauren has developed a passion for using client and business data to make smarter, more strategic decisions.
As DogCo’s Data & Insights Strategist, Lauren helps pet care business owners understand the numbers that actually matter. Her focus isn’t just on tracking data; it’s on understanding what that data tells you and turning those insights into practical action.
Her philosophy is simple: you don’t have to be a “numbers person” to use your data well.
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DAVE PETERSON
SALES
Dave Peterson is the owner of Bethesda Dog Walkers, an award-winning pet care company serving hundreds of client households with a team of professional employees.
After acquiring Bethesda Dog Walkers in 2024, Dave rebuilt the company’s sales and onboarding systems, growing monthly recurring revenue 4X in one year while shortening the onboarding process from weeks to hours.
As DogCo’s Sales Coach, Dave helps pet care business owners turn more inquiries into long-term recurring clients through better offers, faster follow-up, and a simple, question-led sales process.
Coach’s Bonuses
Every year, the DogCo Coaches offer an exclusive bonus to the DogCo Launch Client Base that they can’t receive from their teachings elsewhere.
Check out our Coaches Offers below - you’ll receive access at the start of the program in January, if you enroll!
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Quarterly reset workshops: “The Quarterly Personal Retreat is a two-hour guided virtual workshop that gives DogCo members space to step back, reflect, and make an intentional plan for the next 90 days. You’ll take stock of what’s working, what’s getting in the way, and where your time and energy would be best spent. You’ll leave with 1–3 clear priorities, a realistic quarterly plan, and your first steps on the calendar—with time to think and plan built into the session.”
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An expanded version of her Pawsome Metrics Spreadsheets, with Precise Pet Care versions of spreadsheets that could not previously be run.
Plus, a Financial Dashboard - Personalized to Companies with their data!
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"The Meet & Greet Method" E-book and a DogCo Sales Course with pre-filmed lessons!
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The Pawsitive Hiring Course - helping companies grow their teams! Additionally, Doug has included DogCo exclusive offerings:
NEW for 2027: Leadership & Retention Training — The Pawsitive Hiring Course has been expanded beyond finding and hiring great employees. Doug is adding brand-new lessons designed to help you successfully lead the team you worked so hard to build.
Hiring the right people is only half the battle. Keeping them is where great pet care companies are built. In the new Pawsitive Hiring Course lessons, you'll learn how to lead and retain the team you worked hard to find!
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Data Course for DogCo Clients: “Tracking Data for Your Pet Care Business and Setting Up Strategic Insights & Strategy for Your Company”
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DogCo Brand Builder (Brand Positioning training + resource to build prompt for bot) + DogCo Brand Building Training with Maris!
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Robert is doing a full tutorial on using Claude to implement automations in a pet business, and he's sharing four of them you can build yourself.
The whole build is shown on screen. You follow along and end up with working systems.
■ Payroll. Claude logs into his booking software, pulls the reports, calculates what everyone is owed, checks mileage entries for errors, and uploads to his payroll processor.
■ Client success stories. Generated weekly from your visit reports. These are real moments from real visits, which gives your marketing a kind of authenticity you can't write from scratch, and they're ready to drop onto social media or your website.
■ Visit report monitoring. Many businesses spend a lot of time reviewing client visit reports, and this makes it fully automated. Claude reads every report and alerts management immediately when something needs attention, whether that's an emergency, an incomplete report, or a client who isn't happy.
■ Google Analytics. Reviewed automatically each month with specific steps to improve your Google rankings.
You shouldn't need DogCo to tell you exactly what to do forever.
We spent two years helping you get better at looking at your company, seeing what needs attention, and making stronger decisions.
Now we want to give you the place to keep doing it.
You still need new ideas. You still need perspective. You still need great relationships.
Sometimes you'll need extra support. Sometimes you won't.
HOW ACCELERATE LOOKS DIFFERENT
Choose the support your company needs
Strategic Sprints
Short, focused implementation with structure, accountability and other companies working the same problem.
Topic matches your priority? Jump in. Doesn't? Sit it out.
In-Person Workshops
Step away from the day-to-day and go deep on one problem, decision or opportunity.
Accelerate members get first dibs on seats.
Pick the ones that match where your business is that season.
Monthly
$329 / month
Your Accelerate home base, month to month.
Pay in Full
20% off
Pay for the year up front and save 20%.
Your peers change as your company does
The other owners building alongside you have always been one of the best parts of DogCo.
Accelerate puts more focus on helping you find the relationships that matter at your stage - compare notes, talk through decisions, and see how other companies your size are handling the same problems.
These are your people. And as you grow, the room grows with you.
RELATIONSHIPS THAT GROW WITH YOU
Start accelerating your growth.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Owners who have completed Year 1 and Year 2 of the DogCo Scaling Mastermind. There's no skipping ahead into this room, and that's deliberate: everyone here has done both years of the work.
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No. The base membership stands on its own. Add-ons are there for when your company needs them, and there's no expectation that you take every one.
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That's the point of the price. For $329/month you keep office hours, roundtables, networking rooms, every DogCo resource and all new content. You're paying for the room and the resources, not for a curriculum.
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DogCo Mastermind is a 12 month program. Participants that actively engage for the full year get the most out of the program.
However, we understand that flexibility is necessary sometimes, and it is never our intention to force anyone to remain in the program if it’s not a good fit for them.
This is why we offer two payment plans:
Monthly
Participants are required to complete the first 90 days of the program. A 30-day notice is required to withdraw.Pay-in-full
Participants who pre-pay for the full year receive a discount. Discounted items are nonrefundable.
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Yes. That's the whole design. Look at what your company is working on and jump in when a topic matches.
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Yes. All Year 1 and Year 2 content, plus everything new as it's released.
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Yes! The Manager Community is now included in your enrollment so you can add all of your managers, team leads, admin, etc at no additional cost.
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Office hours with the DogCo coaches, in the smaller Year 2 room.
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Pricing depends on the workshop, and travel and lodging aren't included. We'll share details as each one is scheduled, and Accelerate members get first dibs on seats before anyone else.
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Yes. Add-ons are billed separately from your base membership.
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No, you can renew right here on this page through the form above. If you'd rather talk it through first, there's a link at the bottom of this page to schedule a quick 15 minute call.
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Reach out. We can't promise a spot after the class starts together in January, so don't sit on it.
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Accelerate DogCo will have access to it’s own Skool community, where all of the content is uploaded and members can network and access.
Year 1: Build it.
Year 2: Strengthen it.
Year 3+: Accelerate.
There's no list of boxes to check before you've "finished" DogCo.
Keep building your business, with DogCo around you, for as long as it serves you.