Mohamed Abu Khadra, author of Before You Say Yes to the Dog and After You Say Yes to the Dog

Speaking

Mohamed Abu Khadra — Author, Before You Say Yes to the Dog

I'm not a dog trainer, and that's the point. I failed three times to keep a dog in my own home before the fourth attempt worked. What changed wasn't the dog and it wasn't the training — it was the household. The rest of my working life is business: twenty years running companies, most recently CowPay, where I was CEO, and the first Egyptian case study in Philip Kotler's Marketing Management. That is the lens I bring to a family and a dog: systems, roles and who owns the morning.

Enquire about a talkBio, photo and book covers

Three talks

Talk 1

The Household Systems Audit: why clients' dogs fail

For: trainers, vets, pet-care professionals, shelter staff.

Takeaways

  • the four household failure points that precede every behavioural referral
  • a one-page audit to hand a client at the first visit
  • what to ask a family before you take the booking

Talk 2

The Bad Week

For: new and prospective owners, parenting audiences, employee wellbeing programmes.

Takeaways

  • why the first three weeks break people and the eighth month breaks dogs
  • what a reset is and why trying harder makes it worse
  • the conversation two adults need to have before the puppy arrives

Talk 3

The Answer Nobody Sells: when a family shouldn't get a dog

For: welfare organisations, rehoming and relinquishment-prevention audiences, media.

Takeaways

  • why every page ranking for "am I ready for a dog" is published by someone who sells dog food or insurance
  • what an honest readiness test looks like
  • what happens to the families who are told no

Formats

  • One-hour virtual session
  • 45-minute conference breakout
  • Panel
  • Podcast interview

Remote, in any time zone. In person, with travel covered.

$350 for a one-hour virtual session, open to in-kind.

Based in Cairo — short-haul to the Gulf, Europe and North Africa.

Book a talk

Write to me at mo@mohamedabukhadra.com, or use the form.

It helps to know the organisation, the date, the format, the size and kind of audience, and whether travel and fee are covered.

Name, email and organisation are all I need to begin. The rest helps me reply properly.

For hosts and organisers: the press kit has a bio in three lengths, a photo and the covers. The books: Before You Say Yes to the Dog and After You Say Yes to the Dog.