Fresh Start w/ Mark Imhof

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How “The Dog Guy” Figured Out A Simple But Incredibly Effective Way To Help Rescue Dogs

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About The Episode

When Mark Imhof adopted his dog, Cleo, with his fiancé, the dog was a bit dirty. Mark cleaned her up and had the initial thought of how great it would be for shelter dogs to have someone to do that for all of them.

At this time, however, he was working an extremely busy professional life as a consultant for anti-money laundering (he is also a certified public accountant and internal auditor).

When that job ended, his fiancé suggested he do something with animals. He went to grooming school for a 4-week course and while there saw the magic of his previous thought come to life. Learning how to properly groom the dogs and getting that experience, Mark noticed how much of a difference it was making both for the dogs looking better for now being instantly adoptable - to also just how the dogs felt about themselves.

This inspired Mark to start volunteering at shelters around New York City, working with shelters all over and grooming hundreds of dogs. He saw how much of a difference it made and how pretty much every single dog would get adopted after, often following struggling before that to capture people’s interest.

Mark became known as “The Dog Guy” and kept volunteering. Not long ago, he received an investment to expand the business and make it The Dog Guy Foundation, where he hires other staff to help him in doing additional grooming sessions at shelters around the city and covering more ground.

About The Guest - Mark Imhof

At a time of professional crossroads, Mark Imhof decided to go to grooming school after realizing with his own rescue dog how much difference a cleaning had made. He started volunteering at shelters around New York City, grooming hundreds of dogs over time. Not only did it make a big difference in the dogs being rescued (those groomed would often instantly get adopted), but it also lifted the dog’s spirits themselves and gave them confidence. After becoming known as “The Dog Guy” around the city, he ended up starting The Dog Guy Foundation, a non-profit organization where he now has a team of people where they all go do groomings at different places in New York City and help dogs get a fresh start.

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