Sit, Stay, Lead
The dog trainer’s guide to leadership, people, and getting things done
What if the thing that would make you a better leader was not another MBA, another framework, or another consultant?
What if it was a dog?
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Bree Robbins has spent nearly two decades running one of Brisbane’s most successful dog care businesses — through two floods, a global financial crisis, a pandemic, a forced relocation, and a council that tried to shut her down.
She has also hired, led, developed, and occasionally fired. She currently has thirty-four people across two locations. And in doing both, she discovered something that changes how you see everything: the principles that build a balanced, happy, genuinely well-behaved dog are the same principles that build an engaged, high-performing, genuinely committed team.
This is not a book about dogs. It is a book about what it actually takes to lead.
Bree Robbins is a business owner, leadership coach, and animal behaviour specialist with nearly two decades of experience building and leading high-performance teams. The owner and director of Paddington Pups in Brisbane, Australia, Bree holds a human resources degree and has trained with some of the world’s leading dog behaviour specialists including Cesar Millan and Turid Rugaas. A sought-after speaker on leadership, team culture, and behaviour change.
You don’t have a people problem. You have a leadership problem.
The same principles that calm an anxious dog build a committed team. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.