On this week's episode, Saige chats with Rachael Nestor, who fosters dogs in Texas. Rachael talks about how she fosters through Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue and tells us about her experience fostering for approximately 2 years with close to about 15 dogs in that timeframe. We learn about how the foster dogs integrate with Rachael's 4 permanent dogs and how TGPR pairs dogs with fosters. This is episode 1 of 6 with Rachael. 

Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue:

Website: tgpr.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/txpyrs/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TexasGreatPyrRescue/ 

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!

On this week's episode, Saige shares the news that she got foster kittens! She talk about how they're doing, where there is room to help them and how much progress they've already made so far.

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On this week's episode, Saige continues speaking with Shira Scott Astrof, who created the rescue, The Animal Rescue Mission (ARM.) Shira shares where ARM's rescue animals come from, how they find animal abusers and how ARM handles those situations. Shira also talks about there being both responsible owners as well as irresponsible owners who are living on the street as well as living in homes. We hear from Shira about how amazing it is to see animals find loving and happy homes. 

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This is part 4 of 4 revisiting an earlier full length episode with Shira. 

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On this week's episode, Shira Scott Astrof, who created the rescue, The Animal Rescue Mission (ARM,) discusses the financial costs of starting an animal rescue as well as navigating personal finances when dedicating so much time to the rescue. 

Follow Shira & The Animal Rescue Mission: https://www.theanimalrescuemission.org/    https://www.instagram.com/shirascottastrof/  https://www.instagram.com/theanimalrescuemission/ 

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This is part 3 of 4 revisiting an earlier full length episode with Shira. 

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!

On this week's episode, Shira Scott Astrof speaks about how dog fighting still happens, how to handle the emotional side of fostering, what people can do to help and the importance of fostering. 

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This is part 2 of 4 revisiting an earlier full length episode with Shira. 

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!

On this week's episode, Saige revisits her conversation with Shira Scott Astrof. Shira is the founder of the dog rescue, The Animal Rescue Mission. She shares her experience with founding the rescue and rescuing dogs who largely come from abusive situations. 

Follow Shira & The Animal Rescue Mission: https://www.theanimalrescuemission.org/  https://www.instagram.com/shirascottastrof/  https://www.instagram.com/theanimalrescuemission/ 

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This is part 1 of 3 revisiting an earlier full length episode with Shira. 

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!

On this week's episode, Saige shares the news that she will be getting foster kittens soon! She tells us about some of her considerations when going into fostering as well as the typical steps that a kitten takes during and after being fostered prior to landing at their forever home through the rescue that she's associated with.

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!

On this week's episode, Saige shares the story of coming across a deceased cat that was recently hit by a car. She tells us what she did 1) for the dignity of the cat and 2) in order to help provide closure to a potential family that might have been looking for their cat.

Trigger warning: this episode covers the topic of animals passing away/getting hurt. 

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On this week's episode, Saige speaks with Emily, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager at Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, which is based in Washington, D.C., with a rescue campus in South Carolina. On today's episode Emily shares insight on why it's important not to go to backyard breeders and if you choose to go a breeder, how to know if it's ethical. Emily and Saige also discuss there being purebreds for adoption and what puppy mills are. 

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue's website: https://www.luckydoganimalrescue.org/

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!

On this week's episode, Saige speaks with Emily, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager at Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, which is based in Washington, D.C., with a rescue campus in South Carolina for part 2 of 3 episodes with Emily. On today's episode, Emily tells us about the sad realities of euthanasia in shelters, what stray hold laws are, what surrendering an animal means for that animal potentially being euthanized and the difference between private and county shelters. 

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue's website: https://www.luckydoganimalrescue.org/

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Season 8 is focused on animal rescue, animal adoption, animal advocacy, stories of coming together with our pets and related topics about cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, wildlife and more. Saige's insight is from her experience; this is not professional advice nor professional insight. Adopt don't shop!