How many of you love cats and traveling? Well that's what my next podcast is about, Ashi and Audrey's travels throughout Japan in a book titled Whiskers Abroad! I have Carrie Carter, the author of Whiskers Abroad joining me Thursday evening to talk about her love of cats, her experiences in Japan during her multiple visits, and how she decided to write a book about traveling with a cat in Japan! So join us!

My first podcast of the new year is about climate change, an interesting topic to many people. My guest Dana Rodney is an author who has written a book titled The Last Polar Bear, which is a story about the last polar bear on earth being hunted by poachers and the Inuit scientist that tries to save her. Dana and I will be discussing her book and hear her opinions on climate change. So tune in!

Well this is my last podcast for the year! I have Roy Newport joining me to share his experiences as a dog walker, he owns his own company Ruff Walkers, a dog behaviorist, and a pet grief counselor. Roy has had some interesting experiences in his professions and I also thought it was interesting he was a grief counselor for pet parents. So if you would like to hear more about Roy's experiences please join us!

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! This Thursday we're back with another very interesting podcast to discuss The Animal-Human Health Connection with Carlyn Montes De Oca, animal-human health expert. She's going to give us more information about how our dogs can be our doctors and our cats can be our nurses, in other words how our pets can help us with our health, how they can make us feel better and heal quicker. Many people are already aware of some of the healing effects our pets have on us, but if you are interested in learning more or are just hearing about this effect, then please join us!

Have you ever looked at pet health insurance? If you have then you know many of them don't cover preventative care or they offer it as an additional cost. Vetted Pet Health covers that preventative care because they believe doing preventative care helps you to not have unexpected vet bills. I have the CEO and Co-Founder of Vetted Pet Health, Maya Shaposhnik Cadena, joining me this Thursday evening to talk about her company, why they started it, how it works and what it covers. Please join us and get some more information about this type of pet health insurance!

How many of you are Lab lovers? Well if you're a Lab lover then you're going to love the next podcast. I have Bryce Anderson from Southwest Oasis Lab Rescue chatting with me. He's going to tell us all about their rescue, what they do, and why they do it. So if you want to learn more about Labs and one of the rescues that helps them, then tune in!

Some of you may know my next guest as he is a well-known and respected dog agility trainer and competitor. He's also a judge for different K-9 competitions, such as The American Dog Rescue Show. I'm happy to say that Terry Simons is my next guest although our topic is a serious one, it's about canine lymphoma cancer. After Terry lost his beloved dog Reveille to this cancer he started the CLEAR(Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness and Research) Foundation to provide information, resources, and research into this disease. We are going to talk more about this disease, Terry's foundation, and what it does. This is going to be a good podcast so I hope that you can tune in!

Have a special podcast this Thursday, October 6th. It's an update show for Doobert.com that was a guest on the podcast a while back. Chris Roy the Founder of Doobert.com is launching an online store called Doobert Forward. It's similar to Amazon Smile, where you can pick any rescue/shelter in the drop down for your purchase to support with a 5% donation from those proceeds. That's more than Amazon Smile gives. The store has many different products and they're adding more distributors and products all the time! The store is already up and running and you can shop now, here's the link for you to check it out: https://www.doobert.com/app/shop/ If you're rescue/shelter isn't listed let them know about the store and tell them to go to Doobert.com to apply to become a partner so they can benefit from the shop or one of the other services that doobert.com offers free of charge to rescues and shelters! The podcast will be from about 6-6:30, it's only a half hour this time. Please tune in to hear more!

Who won the race? The turtle or the hare? If I remember right the answer to that question was the turtle and that's what this podcast is all about, turtles and tortoises! I have Sue Tellem, Founder of American Tortoise Rescue on the podcast with me to talk about tortoises and turtles. She's going to give us more information about her rescue, why she rescues these creatures, and what it takes to take care of them. To learn more about tortoises and turtles please join us.

Have you been feeling grief about losing a pet? Or are you trying to understand your pet better? Do you know that your emotions and moods can affect your pet? Would you like to learn more? Well if your answer is yes to any of these questions then you should probably tune in this Thursday night when I have Sue London, The Animal Communicator on with me to discuss all of these subjects and her own near death experiences. So join us!