Seattle Pet Collective Podcast

Today's episode features Vicki Draper, a modern-day animal healer and author dedicated to helping animals and their people through all stages of their lives together. Her skill set includes massage, acupressure, craniosacral therapy, Reiki and animal communication, combining Eastern, Western and Energetic medicine. Vicki serves people and their pets locally and remotely, nationally and internationally. 

I have seen Vicki's work in real life, and it is amazing.

To learn more about how to work with Vicki, you can find a wealth of information on her website as well as a schedule of all of her amazing upcoming events:

www.HealingYourAnimal.com

In today's episode, we learn about CBD and how it benefits our pets! Annie McCall is the marketing director for All The Best Pet Care. They have 15 stores in the Greater Seattle Area specializing in natural foods and supplements for dogs and cats. In addition to being the marketing director for All The Best, Annie enjoys fostering for local rescues. 

You can learn more about All The Best Pet Care by visiting their website: 

www.allthebestpetcare.com

On today’s episode, I sat down with my friend Kate and her cutie pie dog, Bruce, to talk about their awesome adoption story. I met them both last Summer after putting a call out for great adoption stories on Instagram. I was so moved by the reaction that their followers had to their story, that I knew we had to meet.   

I invited Kate and Bruce to be guests on the podcast because I know there are more great stories like theirs here in Seattle. The more we talk about and share these stories, the more we can inspire other people to choose to start their own adoption stories.

This episode includes a few moments when my dog, Kerouac, decided to give her opinions on things. Kind of rude, but also cute because she’s my dog.

After the episode, we had a little studio portrait session for Bruce because I can’t not take his photo when I’m around him! He’s just so darn adorable!

Things Kate and Bruce would love for you to support:

Bruce was adopted from PUP Dog Rescue which is based out of Issaquah, Washington. Please go check them out to see how you can support them in the important work that they do!

Please donate extra pet food at your local pet supply store when you can. There are so many pets out there that could use the extra help.

Become a B.A.R.K. Ranger! There’s a great blog post from National Park Paws that explains this program, so please go check it out here.

Follow Kate and Bruce online:

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

On today’s episode, I sat down with my friend Tracy Campion, who is the co-owner and co-publisher of Pet Connection Magazine. In addition to that, she is just an amazing human being because she loves animals so much. And she really loves our community of people who do great things for animals. She is one of those people who is a connector, and she supports the community by basically getting out there and saying, “What can I do for you? Let’s tell your story.”

This lady seriously shouted out SO MANY organizations during our conversation, and it’s just evidence of how much she cares about this community.

I had such a great time talking with her. We talked about horses, including the story of how she travelled across the country to adopt her horse, Smarty, for one dollar. We talked about dogs and kittens, and Tracy talked about her book that was published last year too! We even talked about some of the projects we’ve worked on together, and at one point I get all choked up about the affect animals can have on children. Yes, I cried. It happened. Expect it to happen again because I’m emotional when it comes to this stuff!

Here’s how you can support Tracy:

Follow Pet Connection Magazine online:

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

Facebook: www.facebook.com/petconnectionmagazine

"All dogs, regardless of their breed or past, deserve love, dignity and kindness."

- Lauren Hartley, All Dog Kind

On this episode of Seattle Pet Collective, I sit down with my dear friend Lauren Hartley, owner of All Dog Kind to learn more about her amazing business and chat about how the work you do can give back to things you care about. Lauren gives 20 percent of her profits to rescue, and is committed to practicing environmental sustainability in all the work she creates. 

Lauren tells us about the things she creates that bring joy to people who love their dogs. The cornerstone of her creative business is her custom portrait packs that include a beautiful printed and framed digitally-drawn portrait that is then turned into a matching lapel pin and set of vinyl stickers. They're amaaaaazing.

It's hard to pick a favorite thing that Lauren creates, but I really love the hats she makes for dogs. I photographed my friend's corgi, Jack, wearing the pumpkin pie slice hat earlier this year, and it's basically the best thing ever.  

This lady is an inspiration, and I hope you enjoy getting to know more about her and the amazing work she does!

This episode is a bit longer than we had planned, but we ended up chatting about our recent creative collaboration that featured seven rescue dogs dressed up for the Met Gala. This project has been so incredible, and a lot of wonderful things have happened since the recording of this podcast episode. We will probably have to record another episode to follow up! 

There's seriously so much magic in this entire episode. Thank you so much for listening!

Some cool things to check out after listening to this episode:

Find Lauren and All Dog Kind online:

www.alldogkind.com

www.instagram.com/alldogkind

www.facebook.com/alldogkind

Check out our awesome project collaboration, "Dogs of Camp":

bit.ly/dogsofcamp

https://youtu.be/wo1S4efmKaE

 I’m Marika, and this is my podcast!

I’m going to be straight with you. I’m totally new to podcasting, and I’m just jumping in because I believe it’s time for me to start this thing that has been cooking in my brain for a few years. I have wanted to create a space for people in the pet community to connect through sharing their stories for quite a while, and this podcast is how it is all coming together. I really believe that we can do incredible things when we connect through shared passions.

Yes, it’s my podcast, but it’s not really about me. I’m hosting it, I’ll be talking a lot, but the real purpose here is to share the stories of other super amazing people in the Seattle pet community who are doing great things. Some of them are good friends of mine, some of them are soon-to-be good friends of mine. All of them are real. All of them love animals. All of them have stories to share.

I’m sure I’ll tell a bunch of stories of my own here and there as they relate to the conversations on episodes, but if you’d like to get to know more about me, you can also check out www.dirtiedogphotography.com, www.facebook.com/dirtiedogphotog and @dirtiedogphotography on Instagram. Or you can shoot me an email to set up a coffee date. I love coffee, especially americanos.

I hope you enjoy this intro episode. It was weird to record because I was just hanging out with my dog who had absolutely nothing to contribute to the conversation. It’s okay though because she’s still my favorite.