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Speaker 1: Is pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. Welcome to Animal

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Rights on pet Life Radio. This your host, Tim Link,

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and I'm so glad you're joining us today. Got a

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super fun show, really heartwarming show.

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Speaker 2: One.

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Speaker 1: It will definitely tap into your heart, tap your intuition,

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your instincts and all this wonderful things. And of course

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it involves a dog, so we have to do that.

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Of course, we're going to be talking to author Jen

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Wilson about her latest book, Healing Powers of a Rescue

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Dog in Galaxy Books called Galaxy. So we're gonna talk

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to Jen a little bit about the book and how

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it all came about, and obviously hear some of the

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tales from Galaxy, which not giving away everything. And then

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we'll come back and talk to you a little bit

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about writing the book. How was that and was that

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super duper easier? Was that really hard? So we're going

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to pick her brain a little bit about that as well.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to animal rights on pet Life Radio. Joining

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me now is author Jen Wilson, and to her by

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her latest book, The Healing Powers of a Rescue Dog

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in Galaxy. Jen, welcome to the show.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: We're glad to have you on board. And obviously you

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know everybody's going to pick up a copy of the book.

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They're going to see the beautiful and talented and big

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hearted pity on the front named Galaxy. So tell us

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a little bit about Galaxy and a little bit about

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the book in general.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, absolutely. Galaxy is a seventy five pound laptoc.

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She is a giant couch potato. People are her favorite

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things aside from food. She will do anything, go anywhere

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to get food. And yeah, the book is really just

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her story and how we found her from a shelter

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years ago now and the lives that she touched and

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the influence that she made. And now she's retired, so

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she's a full time couch potato. But we still go out,

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we still have fun, she still makes all of her friends,

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and yeah, it's it's a really good story.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely absolutely. And I always tell people, you know,

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I'm a former president of a humane society, so I

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know a little bit about that, and I've adopted obviously

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numerous numerous dogs and cats and other animals over the years.

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But I always say that animals tend to find us.

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We don't always find them. And so on this particular day,

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you went to a shelter with some expectations and were

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those expectations exactly what you walked down the door with?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I absolutely agree with you. You don't choose the dog,

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The dog chooses you. And that was absolutely the case

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with us. When we went to the shelter. They were

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having a special event that weekend where they were waiving

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all adoption fees, and my son had been hounding us

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for a dog for years, so we finally decided we

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would go and we would see. And the only thing

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we knew was that, you know, we wanted a big dog,

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and I had more experience with dogs and my husband did, so,

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you know, the final decision on temperament, energy level, things

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like that would be mine. And so we went to

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the shelter and we walked in and we'd actually found

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another dog, and that was the one that we're like, yeah,

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this one looks good. And then my husband had walked

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off to find an employee to bring the dog out

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and kind of let us socialize with the dog a bit,

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and my kid and I continued walking down the aisle

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of kennels and we found this big, giant, bulky tank

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of a dog, the chopped off ears, just laying in

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the front of her kennel, just quietly watching everyone walk by.

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because there were new people and new things to be

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excited about, but she was just lying there, and they

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had bags of treats on the edge of the kennel that,

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you know, you could give the dog a treat if

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the dog was calm. So I reached in and gave

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her one, and she was so gentle, and so when

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all my husband came back with the employee, I said, actually,

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let's let's let's try this one instead, and we pulled

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her out and fell in love instantly.

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Speaker 1: She was our one nice. So she super intelligent obviously

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because she's thinking, hey, everybody else is causing chaos, I'm

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gonna be nice and calm. That'll be something different. Of course,

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we know, yeah, because we know there's there's always the

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heart connection there. And as I mentioned, you know, they

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always find us in some fashion. And I love the

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love these stories because people will say, you know, I'm

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gonna look for particular breed or particular size a dog,

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or you know, I'm not going to get a dog,

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I'm you know, and they show up at the doorstep

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or these type of things, and that's I agree with you,

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and I will hardly believe that the right and perfect

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one comes along. So you get Galaxy. Galaxy gets acclimated

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at home and finds the favorite couch to sleep on.

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I'm sure. But there was a lot more, a lot

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more going on in Galaxy, and a lot more Galaxies

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did offer and continues to offer. You want to share

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a little bit more on Matt, Yeah, actually with us.

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Speaker 2: You know, we knew nothing about her when we brought

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her home, only that she had been adopted previously and

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then returned. But there was no idea as to why,

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no ideas to were passed before she was first brought

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to the shelter, So we knew nothing, and we brought

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her home and within a week inside our house and

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with us, she was absolutely perfect. She knew what could

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be chewed on and what couldn't. She was house trained,

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she was polite, like she understood the broundaries. I never

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had a dog so in tune with me as she is,

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because I grew up with shepherds and cattle dogs and

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herding dogs, which always I adore them so much. But

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there's always the air of independence that Galaxy absolutely did

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not have. And it was probably the easiest time I've

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ever had teaching a dog rules of a new house.

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behavioral issues, and anytime anyone new came into the yard,

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anytime anyone new came around her, she would be utterly petrified.

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Just this high pitched, squeaky, constant barking, and she'd be trembling,

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she would be Yeah, she would be a mess. And

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even trying to take her to the vet for her

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first checkup was unordeal. She got herself so stressed out

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and so worked up she actually made herself sick. And

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time ever owning a pit bull breed, But now I

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have a dog that is so utterly terrified. She absolutely

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loses her mind and one day, if I don't fix this,

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she's gonna bite somebody and it'll be out of absolute terror.

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is gonna get worse if we don't fix this. So

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we hired a professional trainer to help us work through

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some of her issues. We got her to the point

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where she could handle a vet visit, and we learned

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quite a few things. She had been treated absolutely horrendously

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by her first owners. Her ears were cut off with

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scissors and no anesthesia, and the vet told us he

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can always tell immediately because the first ear looks okay.

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the puppies obviously in pain, it's struggling, and it's always

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kind of crooked and kind of jagged, and that was

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one of the mildest things that they did to her.

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issues and it did help because it gave our trainer

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a more concrete plan for how to move forward and

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how to work her through those issues and work her

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through that fear. And now you know, eleven years, ten

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years later, she views every new person as her new

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best friend. She will go right up to people, want

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to be petted, want to lean against their legs so

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they can.

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Speaker 1: Pet her whole body.

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Speaker 2: It's it was Our trainer was amazing. He definitely helped

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us so much.

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Speaker 1: That's great. Yeah, so it's you know, getting the dog

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that catches your heart, but don't give up on them

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because they still have to figure it all out themselves,

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specially if they've been through some challenges in her life.

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And then Galaxy has become through all these challenges, all

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the things that she went through in all these years

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before finding her right and perfect forever home. She then

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sort of became more known for being having these great

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healing qualities. And actually helping others even when she looked

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like she's the one that needed the most help of all. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, actually she became AA she's a certified therapy dog.

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dog and that was her mission. It got to the

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point she like, that was her passion. She loved it.

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be in a dead sleep and she would hear someone

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say the word work, and all of a sudden she

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would be up and bounding at the front door, like,

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Can we go to work? And it was it was

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really amazing how much she just kind of threw herself

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into that and the ability that she had to make

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connections with people and see them when they were lost

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in their own darkness. And I try not to anthropomorphize,

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you know, a dog, and I understand they process trauma

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very differently than we do. But I like to think that,

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you know, she endured her own personal health and maybe

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that gave her a little bit of insight to help

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others who were lost in their own.

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spot on with that for sure, and it's great that

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you recognize that, because, yeah, they're always here for a purpose.

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but animals hold true to that the best they can.

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past for them and make it their story, we allow

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them to release the past and go on with their purpose,

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which obviously Galaxy is a master healer, so that's a

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wonderful thing.

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Speaker 2: Yes, And honestly I found out about it by accident.

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We had just finished her. Part of her training to

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work her through her fears and to help her build

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confidence was to put her through the AKC canin Good

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Citizen program and to sign her up for the tests

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and get that certification. And she passed that with flying colors,

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the six months and all the training and all of

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the working and all of the having that purpose and

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having that goal to work for it. It felt so amazing,

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and I feel like it helped me bond with her

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on such a deep level that once it was over,

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I was trying to think of what I would do

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with her now. And at that point I didn't know

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that she could make that connection with people. I'd never

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seen it until one day we were at the store

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and this woman came up to us and said, your

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dog is so beautiful. She's so well behaved. And I

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was like, oh, thank you, she's friendly. You competit her

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And the woman said, oh no, I'm too scared. I

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don't want to pet her. I just I think she's

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very beautiful and she's very well behaved. And I thanked

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her and wish her a good day and we went

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on our way. In two different times, as we were

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walking through the store, she came up to us again

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to compliment Galaxy, but every time she said that she

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was too scared, she didn't want to touch her, And

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every time I was like, I really appreciate that. That's

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kind of making my day, Like thank you, Well, like

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I agree with you. I think my dog is pretty

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awesome too. And then finally at the while we were

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standing in line at the checkout, she came up to

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me again, and this time she confessed the reason for

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her fear. She had a curly hair that was kind

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of over her her ears, and she pulled her hair

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back on one side, and her ear and the side

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of her face had been completely mauled and shredded. And

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it turns out when she was a child, she had

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gotten attacked by a pit bull. And my heart just

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broke for her. I couldn't even imagine what that must

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be like. And then to see the scars and see

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that in the mirror every time you look in the

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mirror every day, and to carry that with you for

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so long, Yeah, I was. I didn't know what to do.

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I didn't know what to say. All I could say was,

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you know, I'm so sorry that happened to you, But

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that feels like not enough. But Galaxy was sitting, you know,

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right at my heel, on my left side, where she's

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supposed to be. And finally the woman, I guess, decided

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that she was going to try and touch Galaxy, and

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she reached out this hand to her, and it was

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so slow, and Galaxy seemed to understand what was happening,

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because normally, any time somebody acknowledges her existence in any way,

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she's on top of them, wanting attention. But she seemed

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to understand that, you know, moving toward the woman would

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scare her and that that wasn't the right move to make.

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So she stayed so still and let her whole big,

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blocky face. Her expression just became so soft, and there

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was this moment between Galaxy and this woman that was

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profound to me. I had never seen anything like that

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before and certainly had no idea that Galaxy could do

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any thing like that and connect to this woman who

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has been carrying this pain for for so many years.

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And that was kind of I feel like that was

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kind of Galaxy's way of telling me, like, Hey, this

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is what I want to do, This is what I

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want my life to mean. And I called the next

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day one of the Therapy Dog Associations in Vegas to

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get her certified and get her through the testing. And

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I found that she can do that with anybody. It's

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it's been a really amazing journey.

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Speaker 1: Love it. I love it allowing her true colors to shine.

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So I do love that for sure. Well, we're gonna

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take a quick commercial break. We'll come back and container

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conversation with author Jen Wilson about her book Galaxy, The

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Healing Powers of a Rescue Dog and figure bring a

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little bit about the book and how it is to

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write a book like this. So everybody hang tight. We'll

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to inter Rights on pet Life Radio. Continue

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our conversation with author Jen Wilson in her book Galaxy,

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The Healing Powers of a Rescue Dog. So we know

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how wonderful Galaxy is and how you allowed her to

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have her true colors shine through and actually did a

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lot of good for a lot of people. And now

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she's got her just rewards being the couch potato and

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choosing her very own couch as it should be. So

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when you're looking back on all this and you see

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and you remember all these wonderful stories, all the wonderful

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things she's done throughout her life since she's been part

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of your family, how did that transpire from these are ideas,

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These are stories I probably tell friends and family to Hey,

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I got to write a book and put all these

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into a bound memoir. We'll say, who Galaxy really is.

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Speaker 2: It was actually a very serendipitous process. I think I've

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written stories about Galaxy online, little articles in different places,

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and one day I got a response from a woman

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who said, I'm an editor in New York and I

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love this story. I think this would be an amazing book.

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Would you be willing to work with me and write it?

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And I said okay, And so I wrote the book.

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It took me about five months to write it, and Judy,

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my editor, she took over and she handled, you know,

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polishing it, getting it ready for a publisher, and she's

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she's the one who handled all of the back end.

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So from my perspective, it was a very very smooth experience.

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And the only thing was just patience.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, because it's a long well, five months is nothing

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when you're putting together a book. I've talked to people.

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The last author I spoke to said it took her

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five years to put it all down, but she didn't

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have Maybe, you know, the right editor came along. Judy

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Katz is your editor and co writer on the book.

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And obviously Judy knows what she's doing.

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Speaker 2: Oh keep amazing, But I love that.

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Speaker 1: Fact that you know, in my mind, I when I

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read through the book and from talking to you is

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you know it's not like, hey, I've got to get

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these out in the book and then I've got to

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find somebody help me edit and I've got to find

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it maybe an agent or I've got to find a

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publishing house and pushing it forward. And like you said,

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it was serendipitous, it was almost organic. You got these

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great stories you wanted to share with people, you put

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them out there in little bits, and of course when

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the right, perfect opportunity came along, they're going to touch

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someone's heart. And just so happens to be someone in

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the Judy Katz who wanted to edit and push it

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on down the road. And I just love that how

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that just happened because in my mind's I it was

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these stories need to get out. People need to know

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what Galaxy is all about. And also how you know

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you can learn from that. I'm sure there are people

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out there saying, wow, I've experienced the same thing.

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Speaker 2: Roll.

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Speaker 1: I've had these same worries about you know, fear or

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I've had these own self doubts and fear, and now

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I see that, you know, a dog like Galaxy can

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help me through those m absolutely.

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Speaker 2: And the pull process was, like I said, it was

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very smooth. The hardest part for me was I have,

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you know, going on ten years now worth of stories

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that are for me or silly or heart warming or scary,

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and and that was something that Judy was so wise

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and she was so helpful with was helping me pick

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and choose the stories that would go into the book

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and making sure that the entire book was telling the

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message that we wanted to share with the world, which is,

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you know, Galaxy story is a dog who saw the

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absolute worst that humanity has to offer and was able

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to turn that around. And now she's also seen the

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best the humanity has to offer, and that's where she

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chooses to align herself.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it so as I always say,

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write a great story about the animals in your life,

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and you know who knows you not only will be

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on this show, but you'll have a great book and

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get a great message out there. So the kudos, thank you. Well,

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where can people find out more about Galaxy and you

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and your escapade, where you're going to be, Where to

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get the book all that wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, we have a website Galaxythhealerdog dot com and

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we also have an Instagram Galaxy dot Pitbull. And yeah,

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we're going to be doing interviews and book tours and

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book signings mostly in Vegas, a little bit in Salt

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Lake City as well, but yeah, we'll.

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Speaker 1: Be around fantastic. Well, we'll get that message out there

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for sure, so everybody can track all the wonderful things

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going on with author Jen Wilson and her brilliant dog Galaxy.

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And of course the name of the book is Galaxy,

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the Healing Powers of a Rescued Dog by Jen Wilson

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and Judy Katz. Jim, congratulations, a wonderful job on the book.

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Love the stories. We'll definitely love the message, and we'll

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look forward to seeing you out there and definitely have

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Galaxy big hype from me. Okay, oh absolutely, all right,

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Well we're coming to end the show today. I want

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to thank everyone for listening to Animal Rights on pet

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