247: A Second Chance at Love: Senior Dog Adoption with Peggy Rew

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247: A Second Chance at Love; Senior Dog Adoptions with Peggy Rew

Peggy Rew is our guest on this episode. Peggy Rew is a professional pet nanny, published wordsmith, copy editor, and pet care educator. A pet rescuer since the ‘70’s, Rew has touched the lives of more than 4,000 animals: dogs, cats, horses, goats, reptiles, llamas, fish, bunnies, and birds, etc. Her penned creations include poetry, short stories and hundreds of published articles.

 

You may reach Peggy at: [e-mail] or at 775-830-0982

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/m.peggy.a.rew

 

Time Stamps - 

0:00 Introduction

1:20 Puppies can produce a lot of complication

2:11 The story of a senior dog adoption

4:00 Often seniors are available due to people going into senior living and they can’t keep their beloved pet.

8:00 Young doesn’t always mean healthy and a long life, and a 7 year old dog, in some cases is elderly and in others (say a Jack Russell) are just starting to mature!

10:00 Checklists of expectations and deal breakers

11:10 “Senior” often means 7, but sometimes it means 10 years old or older

12:44 An adult dog knows him or herself. They are just as easy to train. We know whether or not they are comfortable with a quiet or busy life, do they like kids, etc

14:30 What attributes does our family need, what attributes do we need to avoid?

20:50 Older dogs often make puppy raising easier

21:26 Breed specific rescue can be a huge help if you want a specific breed

27:51 If a family member is afraid of dogs, please resolve that before you get a dog!

33:00 If possible adopt dogs from groups that do matching assessments such as Meet Your Match® & Safer® assessments from the ASPCA. We tend to get better matches when such programs are utilized.

 

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