Lorrie Shaw, our guest co-host, and Dr. Kathy Cooney share best practices and stories from the growing field of hospice and palliative care for our companion animals.

Dr. Cooney is a veterinarian, animal hospice consultant, educator, and founder of Home to Heaven in beautiful Loveland, Colorado.

Dr. Kathy Cooney’s Website

• https://kathleencooneydvm.com

Previous episode with Dr. Cooney

• http://www.thisispawprint.com/149-dr-kathleen-cooney-dvm-kathy-talks-animal-hospice-palliative-care-for-your-pets/

Lorrie Shaw’s Website

• http://lorrieshaw.com

Lorrie’s Blog, “Animals Unfolded”

• http://lorrieshaw.blogspot.com

THE FIVE FREEDOMS

1. Freedom From Hunger and Thirst
   • By ready access to fresh water and diet to maintain health and vigor.
2. Freedom From Discomfort
   • By providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.
3. Freedom From Pain, Injury, or Disease
   • By prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
4. Freedom To Express Normal Behavior
   • By providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal’s own kind.
5. Freedom From Fear and Distress
   • By ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering

Dr. Cooney added a Sixth Freedom: Freedom To Die A Good Death

Dr. Cooney credits the sixth freedom to Jessica Pierce and Her Book, "The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives"

Thank you Dr. Kathy Cooney and Co-Host Lorrie Shaw!

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Bay Area Pet Fair 2018, Pleasanton, California. Part Three. Here are our talented guests.

Elizabeth Young and Nathan Buchar, Palomacy Pigeon and Dove Adoptions

• https://www.facebook.com/PigeonDiplomacy/

Lucy Brock, Whis-Purr Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/WhisPurrRescue/

Kay Schmieder, Community Concern For Cats (CC4C)

• https://www.facebook.com/CommunityConcernForCats/

Madison Hampton, Contra Costa Humane Society

• https://www.facebook.com/ContraCostaHumaneSociety/

Bay Area Pet Fair

• https://www.facebook.com/bayareapetfair/

Pet Food Express

• http://www.petfoodexpress.com

Thank you Mike Murray and the amazing people at Pet Food Express! See you next year!

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Bay Area Pet Fair 2018, Part Two! Here are some of our amazing guests.

Judy Edwards-Wright and Mark Scivener, Brandy Sled Dog Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/BrandySleddogs

Kim Labarber Smith, Tiny Paws Pug Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/TinyPawsPugRescue/

Shannon Shelby, Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS)

• https://www.facebook.com/FAAS09/

Amber Jocelyn, East Bay SPCA

• https://www.facebook.com/eastbayspca/

Ali Himsl, It’s A New Day Animal Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/ItsANewDayAnimalRescue/

Vanessa Borrero, Greyhound Friends For Life

• http://www.greyhoundfriendsforlife.org

Brenda Burke, Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch

• https://www.facebook.com/JamesonRescueRanch/

Bay Area Pet Fair

• https://www.facebook.com/bayareapetfair/

Pet Food Express

• http://www.petfoodexpress.com

Thank you Mike Murray and the amazing people at Pet Food Express!

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Bay Area Pet Fair 2018! Here are some of our amazing guests.

Brenda Andringa, South Bay Rabbit Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/southbayrabbitrescue/

Sarah Lorincz and Betty Wenker, Cat Welfare Advocates

• https://www.facebook.com/CatWelfareAdvocates.org/

Pamela Lee, Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/mickaboorescue/

Cameron Ishee, Berkeley Humane Society

• https://www.facebook.com/BEBHS/

Kimberly Benjamin, Family Dog Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/ilovefamilydog/

Susan Delgado, Pilots N Paws

• https://www.facebook.com/pilotsnpawsfanpage

Bay Area Pet Fair

• https://www.facebook.com/bayareapetfair/

Pet Food Express

• http://www.petfoodexpress.com

Thank you Mike Murray and the amazing people at Pet Food Express!

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Mike Murray, Director of Community Outreach for Pet Food Express and the person in charge of the Bay Area Pet Fair, is our talented guest today. The Bay Area Pet Fair is the largest animal rescue event of its kind on the West Coast of the United States, and very likely the whole country (and possibly the entire solar system?). We discuss last year’s extremely successful event and what to look forward to this year.

Saturday and Sunday, September 15 and 16, 2018. Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, California. 10:00am to 5:00pm. Free admission and parking.

Last year, there were over 140,000 animal lovers in two days looking for a wonderful new companion. Around 1,500 adoptions!

Great live music, delicious food, Splash Dogs, Police K-9 demos, even Jackson Galaxy from My Cat From Hell! Dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, rodents, and you may even spot a miniature horse rescue.

Website

• https://www.bayareapetfair.org

Facebook

• https://www.facebook.com/bayareapetfair/

Orphan Dog Rescue

• https://www.facebook.com/OrphanDog/

Pet Food Express

• http://www.petfoodexpress.com

Thank you Mike Murray and the amazing people at Pet Food Express!

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Anna Bischoff is our wonderful guest, who is fostering Bugsy the Dog in Southern California. Bugsy is a beautiful seven year old Shar-Pei Pittie mix. Anna shares her experience with fostering, including the challenges of overcoming obstacles in trying to find the right adoptive family.

Bugsy’s Petfinder Page

• https://www.petfinder.com/dog/bugsy-40772542/ca/rancho-palos-verdes/h-dot-el-dot-p-a-home-for-every-living-pet-ca308/

Bugsy’s Facebook Page

• https://www.facebook.com/southerncafosters

Rita Earl Photography

• http://ritaearl.com

Chinese Shar Pei Network

• https://www.chinesesharpeinetwork.com

Thank you Anna and Bugsy! Photo credit to Rita Earl Photography

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Soledad Robledo is our amazing guest today. She is an animal rescue podcaster in Chile, and she mentions that the Pawprint Animal Rescue Podcast was one of her inspirations! The name of her podcast is Narices Humedas, which means Wet Noses in Spanish.

Soledad shares some moving stories, such as the death of Chalito the Street Dog. She also discusses her motivation for the podcast and the message she hopes to spread. Listen now to our new wonderful friend, Soledad Robledo.

Listen to her on your favorite podcast app.

• Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/narices-humedas/id1386750573?mt=2
• Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/user-356638596

Check out Soledad’s website http://www.nariceshumedas.cl

Thank you Soledad!

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton

Dr. Danielle Boyd is our incredible guest today. She is a veterinarian in the middle of her ophthalmology residency in San Antonio, Texas. She is known for being the amazing human companion to a beautiful dog named Squish whose story has gone completely viral through The Dodo, Rachael Ray, and many other features in print, social media, and television.

Squish’s story began as a puppy when he suffered blunt force trauma to the head. With the help of rescue organizations and surgeons, they saved Squish’s life. He lost an eye and lives with a famously crooked jaw, which his fans cannot stop sharing about through photos, videos, and news articles. Some of his fans even share original drawings and other artwork!

A lot of animals would not have survived this far in the journey. Learn how an encounter between Dr. Danielle Boyd and “A Pup Named Squish” made a big difference.

Instagram with over 125,000 followers

• https://www.instagram.com/apupnamedsquish

The Dodo article

• https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/deformed-dog-squish-saved-by-vet-ohio

Rachael Ray show

• https://www.rachaelrayshow.com/celebs/26334_rach_fights_back_tears_talking_to_vet_who_saved_dog_with_cracked_skull/

Thank you Dr. Danielle Boyd and Squish!

Photo credit: Heidi Hagelstein

About Nancy and Harold Rhee

We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats!

If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000

About Pawprint

Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com

Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list.

If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/

About Pawprint’s Music

All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton