1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: This is Pet Life Radio. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,919 Speaker 2: Let's talk pets. 3 00:00:22,359 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: Well. 4 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 4: Welcome to Loving Animals. I'm your host, doctor Robin Ganser, 5 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,879 the President and CEO of American Humane Are Country's first 6 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:33,679 national humane organization. I'm so incredibly excited to share this 7 00:00:33,719 --> 00:00:37,039 week's episode with you, as it's one of my favorites. 8 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,600 We'll be catching up with country music superstar Naomi Jud. 9 00:00:41,039 --> 00:00:44,039 Not only do we love Naomi's or her beautiful voice, 10 00:00:44,039 --> 00:00:46,840 but we love her beautiful heart as well. She's a 11 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,799 passionate animal advocate of service animals for veterans and need. 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,920 She works on behalf of America's war dogs, and she 13 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:58,280 speaks out against horrific puppy mills. Don't go away well 14 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,200 hear back from Naomi Jud after this short break. 15 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: Tired of wasting money on giant bags, boxes and jugs 16 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:13,400 of litter that don't last, switch to World's Best Cat Litter, 17 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,040 the only litter that lets you use less and get more. 18 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,439 World's Best Cat Litter uses the concentrated power of corn 19 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:23,319 to deliver outstanding odor control and easy cleanup. It's lightweight, 20 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,920 ninety nine percent dust free, and pet people and planet friendly. 21 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,120 It's even fleshible. Make the switch to world's Best cat 22 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:33,680 litter and save two dollars. Visit www dot save on 23 00:01:33,799 --> 00:01:39,200 World's best dot com. 24 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 5: Let's talk pets on Petlife Radio dot com. 25 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:55,519 Speaker 4: Welcome to this week's episode of Loving Animals with Yours Truly, 26 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,120 Robin Ganzert. I am so thrilled that this week's episode 27 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,760 features in a amazing woman, a great mentor of mine, 28 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:06,000 a great friend. I have admired her for years for 29 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:08,759 her many talents, and as I've come to get to 30 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,479 know her, I get to know that her heart is 31 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,000 full of love for animals, which is why we're here 32 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,879 together today. Please join me and welcome me. Naomi Johd Hi, Naomi. 33 00:02:17,719 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 3: Well mighty, finding a great big hobbie from Nashville, Tennessee. 34 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,319 Speaker 4: I love Nashville, and I love your home in Tennessee. 35 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:25,319 It's beautiful. 36 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 3: Of course I don't talk like that, but so much 37 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:28,800 for stereotypes. 38 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 4: Right, that's exactly right, that's exactly right. I love it. 39 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,840 I love it. Naomi. You know I have so admired 40 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,960 you as a woman, as a mother, as a powerhouse businesswoman. 41 00:02:42,439 --> 00:02:45,919 What you've done in music has been just phenomenal. Just 42 00:02:46,039 --> 00:02:49,000 tell me a little bit about your inspiration with your music. 43 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,479 Speaker 3: Well, with the music, I was going to go on 44 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,080 to get my medical degree and become a doctor with 45 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,520 the Hillbillies back home in Appalachia. So miss Whine I 46 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,159 known I had, and they stamped on her forehead with music. 47 00:03:02,199 --> 00:03:05,520 I knew at age twelve that we had to eventually 48 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:10,360 come to Nashville, and that's what started the whole stinking thing. Nona, 49 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:12,319 I love it. 50 00:03:12,479 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 4: I love it. And of course everyone knows that you 51 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:20,000 are the powerhouse mother daughter duo the Judds. And there's 52 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:23,719 also another daughter that you had after why Nona Ashley, 53 00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:27,439 who's a blockbuster movie star. Tell us a little bit 54 00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:28,159 about Ashley. 55 00:03:28,439 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 3: Well, we lived on a mountaintop. This is hard for 56 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,520 people to believe, but I took them to a mountaintop 57 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:36,520 back home in Kentucky, where we're from. We lived in 58 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,439 isolations on a very remote mountaintop for about a year 59 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,560 without a TV or a telephone. 60 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 4: Wow, kids today have no idea what that would even 61 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:47,639 be like. 62 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: Right. 63 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,039 Speaker 3: That was way before the Internet, even before al Gore 64 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:56,759 invented the Internet. But during that time and that splendid isolation, 65 00:03:56,879 --> 00:03:59,520 it was kind of a magical year because without a 66 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,120 new form of entertainment. We became really close. Discover the 67 00:04:04,159 --> 00:04:08,159 guitar and missus Ashley was only eight. She discovered books. 68 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,520 I started reading to her old Chronicles of Narnia. That 69 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:15,360 whole set and her imagination flourished at blossomed. And now 70 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,759 of course she is an actress. I was just with 71 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,800 her yesterday because she lives on the adjoining farm. We're 72 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,120 at here south of Nashville in a valley. One ownA 73 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,639 actually lives over the hill behind us, but I was 74 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,399 at Ashley's. She's just home for a couple of days 75 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:35,600 from Berlin. She's filming a new TV series in Berlin, Germany, 76 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,000 where she plays the director of the CIA. 77 00:04:38,879 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 6: Wow. 78 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: It's sort of like typecasting because she sit to dynamo herself. 79 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,680 So I love that it's called Berlin Station. I'm not 80 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,879 sure when it's going to air. They're filming it right now, 81 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,959 as I said, And it's just so wonderful having my 82 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,639 girls so close. They can come here on a four wheeler, 83 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,279 they can literally walk here. And I always feel for 84 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,480 mothers who have kids that live in other states, and 85 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,519 certainly grandparents as well. But I've got my as long 86 00:05:07,519 --> 00:05:09,800 as we're getting on, as long as we're getting along. 87 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:10,920 It's wonderful. 88 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 4: That's the truth about families. Right when it's good, it's 89 00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:16,720 really good. 90 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,399 Speaker 3: I think that's what was in George Burns. Instead, my 91 00:05:20,439 --> 00:05:23,199 idea of a perfect family is a close family that 92 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,920 lives at least three hundred miles away. 93 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,759 Speaker 4: They gotta love George Burns. Oh, my goodness, that is great. 94 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,240 That is great. Well, you know, these wonderful women, Waya 95 00:05:35,319 --> 00:05:37,680 and Ashley were so blessed to have you as their mother. 96 00:05:37,959 --> 00:05:42,879 And I just love to see multi generation powerhouse women 97 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:46,240 do so many great things for the world. And Naomi, 98 00:05:46,439 --> 00:05:48,839 I bet a lot of our listeners don't know how 99 00:05:48,879 --> 00:05:51,879 active you are in humanitarian and social issues. I mean, 100 00:05:51,879 --> 00:05:55,560 you've done food drives in your hometown of Ashland, Kentucky, 101 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,199 which is where my mother's from, so a big shout 102 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:01,959 out to Ashland, Kentucky. I've been on the National Advisory 103 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:05,360 Board for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the boards for Saint 104 00:06:05,439 --> 00:06:10,639 Louis University Liver Center, the Parents Television Council, on and 105 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:16,120 on your work with World Peace Initiative, National Domestic Violence Hotline. 106 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,120 I mean, you are amazing in terms of your charitable work, 107 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,000 your humanitarian work. But then well, you started to work 108 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,360 with animals, right. 109 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 3: I remember being in a board meeting with you one 110 00:06:27,439 --> 00:06:30,160 time and I you asked everybody to go around and 111 00:06:30,199 --> 00:06:32,920 say whatever was in their heart, and when it came 112 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:34,680 to me, I just said, I kind of looked down 113 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,680 at my lap and I said, sometimes I like animals 114 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,480 more than people. 115 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 4: Isn't that the truth? I love that. I remember that. 116 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,040 I remember that. And Naomi, we're so grateful at American 117 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:51,600 UMaine because you've been a board member since twenty fifteen 118 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:54,399 and you have done so many incredible events for US. 119 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,360 Hero Dog Awards, the Lady in Red Gala or Congressional 120 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,879 Briefing with kids with cancer are K nine military awards. 121 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,319 And I will never forget how you advocated for war 122 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,160 dogs on Capitol Hill to make sure that every single 123 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:12,279 war dog gets a ride home and gets to retire 124 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:13,879 on US soil with dignity. 125 00:07:14,399 --> 00:07:14,879 Speaker 7: Wow. 126 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 4: Tell us your thoughts about how it was to advocate 127 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:18,560 for war dogs. 128 00:07:19,079 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: First of all, I love German shepherds. Where I live 129 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:26,040 here in Williamson County in Tennessee, we didn't have a 130 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,240 bomb dog. For schools. The county schools at here, they 131 00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:32,560 get youth books. They always get the nobody ever thinks 132 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,639 about them. But we were able to find a bomb dog, 133 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:40,240 a beautiful German shepherd for the schools at here. I'm 134 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:43,519 just crazy about German shepherds because they're so darn smart. 135 00:07:43,959 --> 00:07:46,759 But these war dogs, I don't think the average person 136 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:50,079 has a clue that they saved between one hundred and 137 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,600 twenty and two hundred lives of our military over in 138 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:58,519 the war zones every sinking day. Yes, they advanced into 139 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,639 the villages with dogs. And I didn't realize this until 140 00:08:01,639 --> 00:08:04,199 I actually got involved with you guys, But they trained 141 00:08:04,199 --> 00:08:07,199 the dogs. These dogs cost about eighty five grand apiece. 142 00:08:07,639 --> 00:08:09,959 They trained them for a year. They stayed with the 143 00:08:09,959 --> 00:08:14,240 same handler. And a dog is either trained for bombs 144 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,319 or they're trained for drugs. That was new to me. 145 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:20,839 But anyway, these beautiful war dogs will advance into the 146 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,160 villages over in Fallujah, wherever the hotspots are where they 147 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,680 take them, and they can sniff out IED's, they can 148 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:33,600 sniff out ammunition and anything having to do with military warfare. 149 00:08:33,759 --> 00:08:37,559 They are so brilliant and they saved so many lives. 150 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,720 And you and I saw what happens when some of 151 00:08:41,879 --> 00:08:45,679 our marines, some of our awesome military guys stepped on 152 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,080 IED's and the bomb dogs were there. They were injured, 153 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,919 and then these poor soldiers, these mighty men, had severe 154 00:08:53,919 --> 00:08:56,600 PTSD because they didn't know where their dogs were. 155 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,519 Speaker 4: Right right, They had no idea did they even make 156 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,559 it back to the States? Were they even alive? And 157 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,879 these were their battle buddies. 158 00:09:03,159 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 3: Yes, these dogs are military. We had an occasion here 159 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:10,639 in Nashville where a bank robber was almost caught. There 160 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,159 just happened to be a police cruiser in the area. 161 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,320 The bank robber ran into the dense woods behind the 162 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,840 bank with his stash, and a female officer appeared from 163 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,600 the Franklin Police Department right here where I live, ran 164 00:09:23,639 --> 00:09:26,919 into the woods. Shots rang out. She was hit three times. 165 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,559 Her beautiful German shepherd ran into the woods. We heard 166 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,159 a shot ring out and we saw the dog being 167 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,399 carried out on the stretcher with a drape over him. 168 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,799 The bank robber had killed the dog, and we found 169 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,279 out that it was just a misdemeanor for a dog. 170 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:47,879 One of our military police dogs was killed at the scene, 171 00:09:47,919 --> 00:09:50,440 and at that time it was just a misdemeanor. So 172 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,679 a hammer and I by the way, that the policewoman survived. 173 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,919 She was shot three times, like I said, but she 174 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,399 did make it good. But an officer and I with 175 00:09:59,759 --> 00:10:03,399 his canine went to the legislature here in Nashville and 176 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,200 got the law changed to it being a felony instead 177 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,759 of a misdemeanor. So I'm just saying that ordinary people 178 00:10:09,879 --> 00:10:12,960 like me can raise their hand and say this isn't right. 179 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,279 I'm not gonna sit still. There is something I can do. 180 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,080 You can change the laws. We've got to stop puppy mills. 181 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:23,039 We have hidden camera video. You can watch Dog by 182 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,559 Dog if you dare on Netflix. Unfortunately, I can't watch 183 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,519 it because once I see something, I can't unsee it. 184 00:10:29,799 --> 00:10:32,320 And there's so many people that and I know a 185 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,440 lot of people. Nashville's pretty has a real wealthy area too. 186 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,600 It These women go to lunch, they get their nails done, 187 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,200 they have to take tranquilizers because they don't have anything 188 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,879 meaningful in their lives. I'm just gonna give a shout 189 00:10:44,919 --> 00:10:47,919 out to all those people out there that would really 190 00:10:48,519 --> 00:10:51,360 love and need to have a purpose. They need to 191 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,039 have a goal, and they can find out through the 192 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:59,240 American Humane Association what they can do. It's not hard. 193 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 4: You know what, Naomi, what you just said was so 194 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,279 inspirational right there. I mean, really talking about having a purpose, 195 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,159 making the life better in our own hometowns, and how 196 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,320 you've inspired people in your hometown, which happens to be 197 00:11:12,799 --> 00:11:16,360 Nashville and the world. I think many many hometowns would 198 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,000 claim you, naw Me as a hometown leader. I just 199 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,879 think it's amazing what you've done. The story of the 200 00:11:22,879 --> 00:11:27,039 policewoman being shot and the police dog being shot, I 201 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,399 mean that was life changing for you, wasn't it. 202 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,919 Speaker 3: Oh yeah. We have a cemetery for these k nines 203 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,080 because they're officers too. They work right alongside the handlers. 204 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,000 They put their lives at risk every time they get 205 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,879 a call. But there's literally a cemetery right next to 206 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,919 the men and women, the policemen and women. They have headstones. 207 00:11:47,399 --> 00:11:50,679 I just want to check the veterinarian place last week 208 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,480 to make sure that we have funding for any of 209 00:11:53,519 --> 00:11:55,840 the k nines that might have just run of the 210 00:11:55,879 --> 00:12:01,159 mill diseases, injuries, whatever. And my we've been able to 211 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,279 raise a lot of money, so we have a fund 212 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,000 that's available because these police officers, as everybody knows, don't 213 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,919 make the money that they should. Don't get me started 214 00:12:10,919 --> 00:12:14,120 on that, because it's the firefighters, the nurses, the EMTs, 215 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,919 and the police that really should be making what entertainers make. 216 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,480 They leave home in the morning and kiss their wife, 217 00:12:20,519 --> 00:12:22,639 could buy at the door and see their kids get 218 00:12:22,639 --> 00:12:24,320 on the school bus. They don't know if they're coming 219 00:12:24,399 --> 00:12:28,720 home that night. I have a grandson, Elijah Judd, that's 220 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:31,440 a deputy to shareff out here where I live, and 221 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,320 I hear stories he tells me at my dinner table. 222 00:12:34,519 --> 00:12:37,679 But anyway, I get in my soapbox because we have 223 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:42,000 to appreciate that animals really make our lives richer, they 224 00:12:42,039 --> 00:12:45,000 make our lives better, they make our lives safer. And 225 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:47,679 if anybody out there listening to the sound of our 226 00:12:47,759 --> 00:12:51,080 voices Robin wants to get involved in something they will 227 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,360 absolutely fall in love with and get as passionate as 228 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:57,279 you and I are. Find out what you can do 229 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,200 through the American Humane Association. 230 00:13:00,399 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 4: Naomi. Well, with that in mind, we're going to take 231 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,960 a brief break and come right back and talk about 232 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,039 this service dog program that Naomi, I know you're the 233 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,200 great champion of You're listening to loving animals, and we'll 234 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,240 be right back after this brief message. 235 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,799 Speaker 2: We'll be right back right after these messages. 236 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 5: Stay tuned. 237 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 7: When Helen Brown ran away to New York City five 238 00:13:25,759 --> 00:13:28,360 years ago, she had no idea that a homeless cat 239 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,879 with a punk rock haircut and enough catitude to light 240 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,200 up the Empire State Building would be the one to 241 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,600 teach her the true meaning of love and a forever home. 242 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:41,440 In the tradition of her internationally best selling memoir Cleo, 243 00:13:41,639 --> 00:13:44,960 Helen Brown's Bono, The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat 244 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,399 Who Inspired a Community, is a heartwarming true story about 245 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,519 a woman without an anchor, a homeless cat without much hope, 246 00:13:52,759 --> 00:13:55,600 and finding a forever home in the city that Never sleeps. 247 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,320 Modern Cat Magazine calls Bono an uplifting tale about how 248 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,320 everyone deserves love and a second chance. 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Try 259 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,840 dog osides by two, Get one free at dinavite dot com. 260 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:39,559 Speaker 1: D I N O V I t E dot com. 261 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 5: Let's talk past it, Let's pass on a pet Life. 262 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:55,879 Speaker 6: Radio Hetline Radio, Petlight Radio dot com. 263 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,279 Speaker 4: Well, you're back and listening to the loving animals, and 264 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,879 today we're so scrubled to have Naomi Jud. She's known 265 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:05,840 to millions and millions of fans as Mama Jud. I 266 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:09,399 know her as a passionate animal advocate and a person 267 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:13,120 who loves veterans on both ends of the leash. We're 268 00:15:13,159 --> 00:15:16,200 talking four legged veterans, these incredible war dogs that have 269 00:15:16,279 --> 00:15:19,320 served in the most unimaginable of circumstances in Iraq and 270 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,399 Afghanistan fighting the war on terror with our two legged 271 00:15:23,559 --> 00:15:27,039 veterans and heroes who have served, and I know when 272 00:15:27,039 --> 00:15:29,559 they come back, Naomi, you and I both know that 273 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:35,080 our wounded warriors come back with a diagnosis of PTS PTSD, 274 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,840 and American Humane has fought hard to develop the first 275 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,679 ever national training standard for service dogs for these wounded warriors. 276 00:15:42,799 --> 00:15:44,960 And we're going to have a graduation of our very 277 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,240 first class of service dogs for wounded warriors coming up 278 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,200 in the Hamptons this summer. Naomi, tell us a little 279 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:55,399 bit about particularly you have the scientific background as a nurse. 280 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,840 Tell us what you think in terms of the healing 281 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,559 power of the human animal bond. 282 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 3: We know, beyond a shadow of a death, the PTSD 283 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,440 post traumatic stress disorder is a huge and growing problem 284 00:16:07,919 --> 00:16:11,360 in this country. These men are the bravest men on 285 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:15,600 the planet. When they go into these unimaginable situations, we 286 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:18,000 can't fathom. I mean, we can't watch the History Channel 287 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,039 all we want, but we honestly can't even fathom what 288 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,919 these men and women are going through for us and 289 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,440 the rest of the world. But when they come home, 290 00:16:27,679 --> 00:16:32,639 they cannot reconcile the whores that they've seen with living 291 00:16:32,679 --> 00:16:36,080 in a suburb, living in an apartment, maybe in a city. 292 00:16:36,399 --> 00:16:39,960 So their dogs are absolutely crucial. And you and I 293 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,039 saw the five Marines down in Florida that were reunited 294 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,440 with their war dogs. It is something I'll never forget 295 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,960 as long as I live. Those primal grooms from the 296 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,960 dogs when they were reunited with their handlers, their partners, 297 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,120 and they are partners. I mean, the guys sleep on 298 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,480 them them full time. They understand it's really hard as 299 00:17:02,519 --> 00:17:06,799 a soldier to understand what they've seen, what they've been through, 300 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,680 what's haunting them. And at the event that we had 301 00:17:10,759 --> 00:17:13,480 just a couple of months ago, we got to see 302 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:16,240 last year's therapy dog, and I want to give a 303 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,759 shout out for all the dogs that are therapy dogs. 304 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,720 I used to be an RN. I worked in the 305 00:17:21,759 --> 00:17:25,079 cancer ward. I worked in pediatric cancer for a while. 306 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,240 It wasn't for me. Frankly, I had to switch over 307 00:17:28,279 --> 00:17:33,000 to ICU. I'm okay with trauma and well you know 308 00:17:33,039 --> 00:17:36,119 what trauma is. It's like an er but trauma base. 309 00:17:36,559 --> 00:17:39,960 But I just absolutely it wasn't in my personality to 310 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,599 deal with pediatric cancer. So God bless all the people 311 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,519 that work with these beautiful children that are dying from cancer. 312 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,680 And one of the wonderful things that's happening, and this 313 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,519 is a this is a great thing is the dogs. 314 00:17:53,799 --> 00:17:55,720 And the dog from last year, wasn't it a. 315 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 4: Main golden Poodles? The dog we did have a golden 316 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,359 little bit. Mango was the little therapy dog in the wheelchair. 317 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,759 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I thought that. I thought Mango was this year. 318 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, this year's, that's right, this year's. And before that, 319 00:18:08,079 --> 00:18:10,279 we had a Stella who's a doodle. 320 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,759 Speaker 8: Yes, yes, Stella sitting next to me at the table 321 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,279 at this really nice party, and every time I would 322 00:18:17,319 --> 00:18:19,799 pick up my fork, she would put her paw on 323 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,960 my forearm as if to say, hey, I'm here, give 324 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,440 me a bike. 325 00:18:24,599 --> 00:18:25,519 Speaker 3: That's all. 326 00:18:27,839 --> 00:18:32,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's Stella, all right, that's definitely Stella. She's got 327 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:32,920 a nice. 328 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 3: I had a TV show and I did a couple 329 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,279 of experiments. One time I had a we write a 330 00:18:38,279 --> 00:18:41,279 Scripts Institute, which is one of the most recognized and 331 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,160 venerable research labs in the country. I had an empty room, 332 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,279 an empty lab room. I put down five cups of urine. 333 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,480 One of them had the urine from a woman who 334 00:18:51,519 --> 00:18:55,640 was suffering from cervical cancer, and this gorgeous, amorous ginger 335 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:58,960 sandrey poodle ran straight into the room and set by 336 00:18:59,319 --> 00:19:03,000 the urine came from the cancer victim. Oh, they have 337 00:19:03,319 --> 00:19:05,960 like two thousand times ol factory since then. We do. 338 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,079 That's why we hear about dogs that'll sniff out a 339 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,799 place on their owner's body that has cancer. There's the 340 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:17,240 acid base balance, and cancer cells are very acidic. So 341 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,599 somehow these dogs are also able to warn their owners 342 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,319 before they have an epileptic seizure. There's a place that 343 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,319 in Charlotte, North Carolina that trains and I worked with 344 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:32,079 a Snauzer, giant Snauzer, very hensent fula named Caesar, who 345 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:35,839 could tell and warn his owner before she was going 346 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,119 to have a seizure. That allowed her to pull her 347 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,480 Dodge minivan with all of her kids in it, over 348 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:42,000 to the side of the road so she didn't have 349 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:43,079 a seizure on the highway. 350 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 4: Wow. Wow, amazing what they can do. These best friends 351 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,319 of ours have been best friends for ours for thousands 352 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,000 and thousands of years, and now we're just gaining some 353 00:19:53,079 --> 00:19:56,599 insights as to how they can save our lives. It's amazing. Oh, 354 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,839 absolutely amazing. And I love this medical background that you 355 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,960 bring to your work at American Humane. And I'll never 356 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:08,039 forget back to something that was absolutely so much fun 357 00:20:08,039 --> 00:20:11,200 that we did and so important now in today's challenging 358 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:14,200 political times. Is a couple of years ago you and 359 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:18,559 I launched for American Humane the Humane Bond Caucus on 360 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,640 Capitol Hill, where we had members of Congress come together. 361 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,920 We had the beautiful Crystal, the Kopuchin, who's the number 362 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,319 one animal star in Hollywood. The Diva Monkey was there 363 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,279 celebrating with us and really helping to educate members of Congress. 364 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,359 And here we are, just a couple of years later 365 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:41,079 and challenging polarized times. This is a true bipartisan caucus. 366 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,319 We have just as many Republicans as Democrats on board, 367 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,480 all celebrating our healing power and love of animals. What 368 00:20:47,519 --> 00:20:50,000 are your fond memories of that day on Capitol Hill 369 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:51,119 just a couple of years ago. 370 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 3: Well, the first one one that jump started me was 371 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,680 you telling me about it. You put it all together, 372 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,359 you rock and roller, you had it. 373 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,599 Speaker 4: You're right not I'm not not at all, But that 374 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:03,519 was as you are. 375 00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 3: You've got three laws changed. 376 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 8: Thanks. 377 00:21:06,039 --> 00:21:09,079 Speaker 3: One was about bringing home if we lose somebody, if 378 00:21:09,079 --> 00:21:13,480 we lose a man or woman over there in the battlefield. Hm, 379 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,400 the government has what is it, forty eight hours to 380 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,039 ship the dog they back home to the widow or 381 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:20,720 to the family. 382 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,559 Speaker 4: Yeah, they have to get that dog back home. 383 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And I think you said it only costs the 384 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,720 government like twenty six bucks, which matters to them, it 385 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,759 doesn't matter to us. But also one of the things 386 00:21:31,799 --> 00:21:34,920 you did was make sure that all the animals, all 387 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,880 the service animals, because they're putting their life at risk 388 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,720 alongside of their human partner, make sure that they have 389 00:21:41,079 --> 00:21:42,519 medical coverage. 390 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 4: Yes, and you know what we have decided is that 391 00:21:45,599 --> 00:21:48,240 government's not going to do enough. So American Humane will 392 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,079 pay for those war dogs for their veterinary care. And 393 00:21:51,079 --> 00:21:53,880 that's been a powerful You know, we are acting like 394 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,440 the VA for war dogs without the bureaucracy, Thank goodness, right, 395 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,640 too much bureaucracy for the VA. 396 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 3: Some of the folks like me and the folks out 397 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,480 there listening, we don't have a clue about this kind 398 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,400 of stuff. It never occurs to us, of course, unless 399 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,559 we have a family member or it were intricately involved 400 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,480 with one of those situations. But when I found out 401 00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:16,559 about it, I had to raise my hand and stay 402 00:22:16,559 --> 00:22:20,799 pick me. I'll fall Robin anywhere. And you took us 403 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:21,640 to Capitol Hill. 404 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,519 Speaker 4: There we went, There we went, and we have to 405 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:28,519 go back, Naomi, because we just now this month the 406 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:32,480 new bill, Pups for Patriots has been introduced, and this 407 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:37,000 Pups for Patriots legislation requires these service dogs for wounded 408 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:40,960 warriors to be trained under this first medically approved national 409 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,920 training standard, so that the wounded warrior and the service 410 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,759 dog are both trained under the latest animal welfare and 411 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,039 human medical research, so that we can provide for the 412 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,839 highest level of healing around the human animal bond. So 413 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,799 we need to go back to Capitol Hill and make 414 00:22:56,799 --> 00:23:01,039 sure they understand pups for patriots is a must today's times. 415 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,079 Speaker 3: Oh no, I've got to get another suit and wear 416 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,119 high heels. 417 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,279 Speaker 4: Shucks, right, we got to go shopping, So that's a 418 00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:12,359 good problem to have. Absolutely the jeans and T shirts there. 419 00:23:12,799 --> 00:23:16,079 That's right, Oh, Naomi, I know your latest passion and 420 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,039 we're going to work together in the year ahead on 421 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,119 happy meals. What really drove your heart to open up 422 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,599 for these poor animals raised in these horrific conditions. 423 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 3: I go by the animal shelter. I lived in Franklin, Tennessee, 424 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,720 and I went by the Franklin Animal Shelter. Several months ago. 425 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,440 I had two friends. One had lost their dog, who 426 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,079 was their soulmate, the love of their life. I knew 427 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,279 before long they were going to be ready to introduce 428 00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:44,599 another dog to their home. And somebody else had kids 429 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,440 that were like five and six, in other words, were 430 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,079 ready to help take care of a dog. So I 431 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,400 went by just to look check out the shelter so 432 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,119 if I could let them know there were some dogs 433 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,279 that might be a good match for their families. While 434 00:23:58,319 --> 00:24:01,359 I was there, I started talking to the folks that 435 00:24:01,559 --> 00:24:05,279 volunteer there, and just it really hit me. My last dog, 436 00:24:05,319 --> 00:24:08,720 my four year old, is a rescue. A friend called 437 00:24:08,759 --> 00:24:09,880 me in the middle of the night and said she 438 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,279 had a box of eight puppies, and I remember I 439 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,400 just closed my eyes and reached in and grabbed one. 440 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,000 I was so terrified that well, anyway, I just didn't 441 00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:19,279 want to if anything happened to the other ones. You 442 00:24:19,279 --> 00:24:22,000 know what I'm saying. I was just going to pick blinded. 443 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,359 But I just knew that I had to speak up 444 00:24:25,519 --> 00:24:28,039 for the folks who were interested in having a dog 445 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,839 and send them to the shelters. Don't buy a dog. 446 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,920 We've got a place here in Franklin where I live 447 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,680 called Perfect Puppies. I went in the other day, and 448 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,599 you know that they keep these poor mothers. That's all 449 00:24:41,599 --> 00:24:44,400 they do is breathe them. The mothers of these puppies 450 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:48,480 never get out of their cages. You're not supposed to 451 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,200 breed a female dog, but every two years at the most, 452 00:24:52,519 --> 00:24:54,720 and they just breathe them, breathe and breathe them. It 453 00:24:54,799 --> 00:24:58,880 is the most tragic, despicable thing you can even imagine. 454 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,079 So anyway, I walked in this perfect puppy place and 455 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,400 pulled up my camera and I said, Okay, smile for 456 00:25:06,519 --> 00:25:09,519 the camera. You're famous. Now. We're gonna shut you down 457 00:25:09,559 --> 00:25:13,160 within three weeks, so you better be thinking of another vocation. 458 00:25:13,799 --> 00:25:14,039 Speaker 8: Wow. 459 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 3: He called nine to one one and chased me out 460 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,880 of the store and all that. 461 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 4: So many cases of abuse have occurred, and people just 462 00:25:21,559 --> 00:25:23,880 don't understand. We've got a lot of work to do 463 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,319 in this area now me and I'm so thrilled that 464 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,079 you want to champion it with the American humans. Thank you, 465 00:25:29,559 --> 00:25:30,000 thank you for. 466 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,799 Speaker 8: Being One of the big problems, frankly is agriculture because 467 00:25:35,319 --> 00:25:36,319 they need well. 468 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,519 Speaker 3: I won't get into all that. You've got more important 469 00:25:38,519 --> 00:25:40,680 things to talk about right now, but thank you for 470 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,640 giving me a chance just to let people know they 471 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,279 need to go to their shelters. Do not buy from 472 00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:50,640 pet stores, certainly, don't buy from any of these breeders. 473 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:53,000 If you want a specific dog, maybe you were raised 474 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,680 with the beagle and for nostalgia. You want to get 475 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,240 a beagle, go online. We have rescue sites for all 476 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:02,319 the dogs. Don't realize that on the internet they have 477 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,359 specific categories to get a dog. 478 00:26:04,759 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 4: That's right, they do. And you can go and find 479 00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:10,640 any breed, any shape, size or form of an animal 480 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,799 that needs a forever, loving home, a second chance at life, 481 00:26:13,799 --> 00:26:17,319 and a home like yours. And Naomi, you have several 482 00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:19,920 precious pops in your home right now. What are their names? 483 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,559 Speaker 3: The first one is Teddy Bear, and my grandson named 484 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,480 him because he looked like a little Teddy Bear when 485 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,720 we got him. We've got Lulu, We've got Biju. Biju 486 00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:34,359 means in French little perfect treasure or Jim. And then Maudi, 487 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,680 named after the woman next door to me when I 488 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,599 grew up. Matty is my soulmate. Somebody asked me yesterday 489 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:44,559 what she was and I said, Brown, I love that. 490 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:45,599 Speaker 4: I love that. 491 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:46,759 Speaker 8: One of the. 492 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,559 Speaker 3: Things that I have to let people know that you've 493 00:26:48,559 --> 00:26:53,200 been doing are these huge eighteen wheelers that are traveling 494 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,759 that clinics, the emergency VET clinics to go into disaster sites. 495 00:26:57,039 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 4: Yes, we do, and these rescue vehicles are stated the 496 00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:03,519 art and they're loaded with all sorts of equipment. We've 497 00:27:03,519 --> 00:27:06,640 got a new truck for the great state of Louisiana 498 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,680 that we'll be debuting very soon. Well, Naomi, thank you 499 00:27:09,759 --> 00:27:12,599 so much for being with us today. What a great 500 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,440 time together. I love you, I adore you and your family, 501 00:27:15,559 --> 00:27:18,240 and I'm so glad that you're a part of our 502 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,400 family at American Humaine. So thank you. 503 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,799 Speaker 3: Well, right back at your girlfriend, and if you want 504 00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:27,279 to run for president, I'll hit your campaign. Okay, thank you, fabulous, 505 00:27:27,599 --> 00:27:29,839 thank you three words, sab you. 506 00:27:30,519 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 4: Oh you are so sweet. Nay we thank you so 507 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,000 very much. 508 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 2: Hell I'll see you says see you soon. 509 00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:41,559 Speaker 4: Absolutely take care Naomi. Oh wow, oh, what an incredible episode. 510 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,079 Naomi has truly dedicated her life to making the world 511 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,759 a better place for so many both two and four Leggan, 512 00:27:48,039 --> 00:27:50,880 American UMaine and I are so lucky to count her 513 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,839 among our biggest advocates and friends. I hope hearing from 514 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:58,359 Naomi inspired you, educated you, and allowed you a fascinating 515 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,279 peek into the life of one of Country news six 516 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,759 biggest stars and one of the country's biggest animal lovers. 517 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,039 Thanks so much for joining us and friends. Remember this 518 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,480 week and every week We're Loving Animals, See you next time. 519 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,799 Speaker 5: Let's Talk pets every week on demand only on petlife 520 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:41,240 Radio dot com