A 2025 Pooch Playoff sponsor and dog lover, Peggy Shroeder shares what she’s learned from dogs and how hers help her give back.

Kona videos on YouTube.com/RosieFund:

Will You Be This Dog’s Hero? Adopt Kona!

What You Get When You Adopt Kona the Dog

To learn more about Kona or to submit an adoption application, go to AlwaysAndFurever.org.

From the Dog Words archive:

0515: Melissa & Jon Hill with Tripawd Phillip

Support Rosie Fund by booking a session with BigfootPetPhotography.com.

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

Creator and designer Linda Brown brings Nicole Rilinger and Nic Bair from her team at Dub Dog Designs to discuss the company’s founding, growth, and spirit of giving.

Dub Dog online:

DubDog.pet

Facebook.com/DubDogDesigns

Instagram.com/DubDogDesigns

Dub Dog was one of the generous sponsors of the 2025 Pooch Playoffs. Adoptable dog Kona—pictured in this episode’s thumbnail wearing her Dub Dog collar—represented our region and won the international round of voting. She is a worthy champion but she’s still looking for her forever home. Visit her page on the Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary website and share her Rosie Fund YouTube video to help sweet Kona find her forever family.

Support Rosie Fund by booking a session with BigfootPetPhotography.com.

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

Writer, speaker, and memorial and wedding celebrant Patricia Eagle discusses her new book Dog Love Stories: The Canines Who Changed Me.

Patricia Eagle online:

www.patriciaeagle.com

Mercy Me: Reflections on Love and Life

https://www.facebook.com/patriciaeagleauthor

www.instagram.com/patricia.e.eagle/

Support Rosie Fund by booking a session with BigfootPetPhotography.com.

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

Jim Umlauf, entrepreneur and co-founder of 4knines, discusses the journey from consumer pain point to holding over 20 patents on car seat covers, cargo liners, and other accessories that protect your pet and your vehicle. Jim has generously shared the code DOGWORDS15 for our listeners to receive a discount when ordering from 4knines.com. Support an innovative company that gives back to the community by shopping on their website today. While you’re at it, buy something to donate to a local shelter or rescue group. I guarantee you they’ll appreciate the gift and put it to good use.

We’re excited to announce that Kona—the sweet and beautiful foster dog from Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary—won the international round of the 2025 Pooch Playoffs. To learn more about Kona or to adopt, visit AlwaysAndFurever.org.

Everyone is invited to join us for a celebration of this year’s Pooch Playoffs at Bar K on Kansas City’s river front on Sunday, April 13 at 2 pm. If this is your first visit to Bar K, speed up your entry by completing the Guest Entry form under the Plan Your Visit tab at BarKDogBar.com. All human guests have free entry to Bar K. Without a membership, your first dog costs $16 on weekends and each additional dog is $5. If you don’t think your dog would enjoy the dog park environment, please come without them and enjoy food, beverages, and the infectious energy of dogs at play.

We’ll hand out prizes to our Final Four pups and crown the champion. Phillip won but graciously abdicated his crown for Kona to represent our region, a wonderful example of saving each other. Melissa and Jon Hill, Phillip’s adopters, shared his story on Dog Words last year.

0515: Melissa & Jon Hill with Tripawd Phillip

Support Rosie Fund by booking a session with BigfootPetPhotography.com.

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

Author Carol Foote introduces us to the book Trouble Dog: From Shelter Dog to Conservation Hero. Learn more about the book or order your copy at CarolAFoote.com. Find out how some of the high energy, intense dogs in shelters can become a detection dog at Rescues2theRescue.org and check out Working Dogs for Conservation wd4c.org.

From the Dog Words archives:

0314: Scent Detection Dogs with Julianne Ubigau

This year’s Pooch Playoffs is already a great success but you can help us do even better by visiting BigfootPetPhotography.com/PoochPlayoffs2025 to vote starting March 27. There are multiple rounds of voting as dogs advance through the brackets so keep checking in.

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

John Reider, the Bubble Man, shares a safe and simple way we can entertain and exercise ourselves and our pets. Not only are bubbles fun, they’re fun to talk about, especially with a guest who is clearly passionate about his work. Learn more at AtomicBubbles.com.

Don’t forget to support Rosie Fund by registering your dog for the 2025 Pooch Playoffs. All participants will receive a Wag Bag full of goodies that includes a bottle of Puppy Love Bubbles. Even if you don’t enter this year’s competition, you can still participate by voting for contestants and spreading the word. If you are in the greater Kansas City and Lawrence area, register your dog or dogs at Bigfootpetphotography.com/poochplayoffs2025.

YouTube.com/@rosiefund:

Peaches, the Bubble Obsessed Dog

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

Award-winning author Shelley Fraser Mickle delights us with stories of her dog Buddy from the wonderful book Itching To Love: The Story of a Dog. Its release date is March 11 but you can pre-order at shelleymickle.com.

Don’t forget to support Rosie Fund by registering your dog for the 2025 Pooch Playoffs. Even if you don’t enter this year’s competition, you can still participate by voting for contestants and spreading the word. If you are in the greater Kansas City and Lawrence area, register your dog or dogs at Bigfootpetphotography.com/poochplayoffs2025.

From the Dog Words archives:

0505: Dog Trainer Alex Peacock

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund

Claire Shelley, owner of Bigfoot Pet Photography returns to discuss the Pooch Playoffs, an exciting opportunity to support Rosie Fund and also get great photographs of your dog.

If you are in the greater Kansas City and Lawrence area, register your dog or dogs at Bigfootpetphotography.com/poochplayoffs2025. Once voting starts, we will announce it on the podcast and the Rosie Fund social media. Please spread the word. The more people who vote, the more people find out about Rosie Fund.

From the Dog Words archives:
0503: Pooch Playoffs 2024 with Claire Shelley
0508: Jessica Gordon & Hamilton
0511: Angie Hunsucker & Hugo
0512: Angie Splittgerber & Buddy

Music for this episode is provided by alternative string duo, The Wires. Visit them at TheWires.info. Learn fiddle and cello-fiddle online — even if you've never played before — from Laurel Morgan Parks and Sascha Groshang at FiddleLife.com.

Make a donation at RosieFund.org or through our Facebook page. You can contribute by making a purchase from the store on our website or buying a t-shirt at Bonfire.com. Also check out our page on BarkYours, the online mall with gifts for people who love their dogs.

Rosie Fund online:
RosieFund.org
Facebook.com/rosiefund
Instagram.com/rosiefund
YouTube.com/rosiefund