Glenn Cooke is a true pet care rock star, with a ton of accomplishments throughout his more than 25 years in the pet care industry. His expertise ranges from basic obedience and behavioural problem solving for family pets, seminars for trainers in the dog industry, right through to the highly specialised training and development of law enforcement, detection and sporting dog roles.

Glenn is the general manager of Pet Resorts Australia and is the current director of boarding, training, day care and pet sitting for the Pet Industry Association of Australia.

When he’s not busy doing all this, he is the co-host of the podcast “The Canine Paradigm” and riding motorcycles or swimming with sharks.

Topics we cover:

• How Glenn got into the pet care business
• Why training “pet parents” is just as important as training the pets themselves and the challenges of training the owners of pets
• Controversy within the training sector with the different philosophies and methods that are in direct conflict with one another
• Challenges with running a boarding facility where dogs might not be as well trained
• Glenn’s podcast The Canine Paradigm
• Changes and trends within the industry
• Competition and marketing in Australia
• Finding time to do everything

Links:

• The Canine Paradigm podcast on Apple Podcasts