Mind Body Paws: Holistic Living For You And Your Animals

Dogs are astounding the medical world with their amazing abilities to detect diseases and alert their owners to debilitating health conditions, such as diabetes, strokes and heart attacks. Charly Kayle learns more from best-selling author and award-winning journalist Maria Goodavage, about her investigation behind the scenes of cutting edge science, from her new book "Doctor Dogs: How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine".

Is your money happy? Are YOU happy? Charly Kayle asks the "Zen Millionaire", Ken Honda, author of "Happy Money", how those of us who break the bank for our animals' welfare can have a more prosperous relationship with money... so we can save more animals! (And ourselves.) Find out how to change your mindset about money so you can change your life.

Round 5 of highlights of past shows #17 through #21, such as how to inspire youth to advocate for animals, how a dog became a social media influencer, dealing with the death of a beloved pet, gaining the trust of traumatized animals, and rescuing backyard chickens.

Referenced:

Show #17 - Inspiring Animal Advocacy In Young Adults with Christopher Locke,

Show #18 - Life Lessons From 'One Up Max' the Canine Social Media Influencer with Lisa Schawver,

Show #19 - Navigating the Rainbow Bridge with Marla Steele,

Show #20 - Advice Round Up From My Guests, Part 2, and

Show #21 - What You Never Knew About Chickens From the Chicken Rescuer, Lori Woods.

Then, Charly and her producer Remy talk about how they are helping shelter animals get adopted!

Don't buy a Piglet, adopt a PigPet" is the slogan for VegasPigPets.org, a non-profit organization helping re-home abused and abandoned potbelly pigs, and educate owners about their specialized needs. Charly Kayle gets the truth about pigs as pets, and the "mini" myth, from founder & CEO Crystal Kimhan. Please know, there really is no such thing as a "teacup" pig.... it's a piglet who still grows up to be a large potbelly pig!

What's better than beach dogs playing in the waves? SURF DOGS RIDING THE WAVES! Host Charly Kayle, who's a 3x World Dog Surfing Championship Judge, talks to the winningest surf dog ever, Abbie. Her daddy, Michael Uy, explains how this rescue dog from the shelter learned to surf so well she's become an international celebridog who's in the Guinness Book Of World Records and International Surfing Hall Of Fame. Hint: It's all about trust, not training. Once again, rescue dogs rock!

Ever considered adding a lizard to the family? Charly Kayle finds out how easy - or not - it can be from animal lover Danielle Bauman, who shares her story of blending her bearded dragons into an established dog & cat family, then adding a skeptical new husband into the mix! Great advice on dragon care from a longtime lizard mama who sets the record straight on many misconceptions.

Rats, mice, hamsters, chinchillas and cavies (also known as guinea pigs) are wonderful little animal companions! Charly Kayle finds out more about these misunderstood creatures from Ratical Rodent Rescue founder Jenn Paz.

Even the most tuned-in animal parent wants extra confirmation or validation when our pets are nearing the end of their time with us. Charly Kayle finds out from animal communicator and grief expert Val Heart how to go a little deeper to know we're reading the signals correctly. It's never an easy decision to make, but our animals tell us all we need to know.

Plus: A special offer from Val Heart for Mind-Body-Paws listeners! Enter code MINDBODYPAWS for 50% off "Coping With Pet Loss" course at https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/product/pet-loss/

Losing a beloved animal can plunge you into the depths of grief so immobilizing, you feel like you're moving through wet concrete. It's exhausting. Charly Kayle talks to animal communicator, master healer and grief expert Val Heart about using the pain to propel past the physical and into a lighter, calmer, more peaceful place, where you can once again feel the energy of your animal on the other side.

Ferrets are lively, lovable, adorable additions to our animal family, yet are still illegal in the state of California. Whaaaat? Being a ferret lover herself, Charly Kayle finds out the facts from Megan Mitchell, founder of Angel City Ferret Club in Los Angeles, who is actively working on changing legislation to decriminalize domestic ferrets.