September 1, 2025 • 9 mins
Ever wondered about the extraordinary work of service dogs and the organizations behind them? We're kicking off our second month of Junkies Care by spotlighting Canine Companions, a remarkable nonprofit transforming lives through expertly trained service dogs provided completely free to people with disabilities.
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DJ NICK (00:07):
Welcome to Junkies Care , a special edition of the
Dysfunction Junkies podcast,where we celebrate great people
and celebrate great causes.
And now here are your hosts,chrissy and Keri.
Kerry (00:21):
Hello Junkies, I'm Kerry
Chrisy (00:24):
and I'm Chrisy.
Kerry (00:25):
Happy Labor Day.
Chrisy (00:27):
It is Labor Day.
Kerry (00:29):
September 1st.
Where did the summer go?
Chrisy (00:33):
Where does it always go?
I have no idea.
Kerry (00:37):
Well, we are really excited.
We're going into our secondmonth of Junkies Care, and
Junkies Care is our initiativefor community awareness,
recognition and engagement.
We started this last month andit's our way of reaching back to
the community and giving ashout out to some great
organizations.
So last month we started withour alma mater.
(00:59):
Chris, you want to talk aboutUrsuline real quick.
You had a recap last month.
Chrisy (01:02):
Yeah, we were really excited about their golf outing.
Funds, help with alumni causes,I guess, and students and just
anything with our alma mater welike supporting, because without
that we wouldn't be here.
Kerry (01:19):
So is Ursuline High School in Youngstown Ohio is our
alma mater.
Yes, and we also introduced anational organization called
Canine Companions.
Canine Companions is a nationalnonprofit that enhances the
lives of people withdisabilities by providing
expertly trained service dogsand ongoing support completely
(01:39):
free of charge.
This is an organization that'svery near and dear to my heart.
My husband, Jim, and I, farmboy Jim, have raised 12 puppies
for this organization.
Chrisy (01:48):
Oh, wow, that's a lot.
I didn't know you did 12.
Yeah, 12.
Good for you.
Kerry (01:52):
We're on a little temporary hiatus from puppy
raising.
I know that we will do it again, but just with everything going
on in our life right now.
So we are taking this time tojust spread awareness for Canine
Companions.
Chrisy (02:03):
So I'm very excited about this too.
Kerry (02:05):
Yes, because this month our goal is to really shout out
Canine Companions and we aresponsors for the North Central
Ohio Dog Fest and Dog Fest isCanine Companions.
It's their signature event thathelps raise funds and awareness
.
It's a really fun day.
It's all throughout the country, different regions, and for
(02:27):
Ohio, our Dog Fest is going tobe on Sunday, september 21st at
the North Central TrainingCenter, which is in New Albany,
ohio.
So if any of you listening arewithin the Columbus, even
Youngstown, cleveland area,cincinnati area it's not too far
of a drive you can join us thatday and you can meet Chrissy
and I because we're going to bethere.
(02:48):
Yes, we are, we're going to bethere.
So the event starts at oneo'clock.
You can bring your pet dog, aslong as they are well behaved
and leashed, but it is a greatevent and we are very, very
proud to be part of that.
We are also trying to raise$500 for canine companions that
day and all of this informationcan be found on our website, and
(03:09):
that is a new website that wejust released last night or last
night it's been a long weekpeople Last month and that
dysfunction junkies podcastcom.
So those are our goals for ourjunkies care initiative that we
(03:29):
are going into our second monthon.
Chrisy (03:31):
Yes, and I'm excited to go to the event.
I'm excited to see people thereand meet people, so I'm really
looking forward to that anemotional support dog or animal
versus a therapy dog, versus aservice dog there's differences.
Kerry (03:58):
We're also going to talk about service dog etiquette.
So if you should happen to seea service dog in public, what
should you do or not do?
And we'll also talk aboutservice dog fraud.
I'm sure you've all seen in thenews or read on Facebook about
you know someone trying to passoff a peacock on the plane as a
service animal or theiremotional support alligator.
(04:19):
So we're going to talk aboutsome things like that, but it's
going to be all on our Facebookpage.
So you got to make sure you'rechecking out our Dysfunction
Junkies Facebook page becausethere's going to be some great
information throughout the monthon that.
Chrisy (04:31):
What does that say about where we are with people?
That we've put all of thispressure on animals now to
provide us with all of this helpand support and we've run out
of the typical animals.
The dogs are wonderful andstill that's like the OG.
You're not going to really getrid of that.
(04:52):
But, now we've like resorted tohaving alligators and birds,
and you know a gerbil or aguinea pig somehow be emotional
support for us.
I don't know if that speaks alot about the animal or about
you as a human being.
Kerry (05:08):
It shows how dysfunctional we are as people,
that is, we're really excitedfor the month.
So be sure to be tuning inthroughout the month on all our
episodes and also to check outour Facebook page and our
website.
Hey, chrissy, since it is LaborDay, why don't we talk just
briefly about Labor Day?
Sure?
(05:28):
Any special thoughts you wantto share with the listeners?
Chrisy (05:31):
about Labor Day?
Yeah, sure, go for it.
Don't wear white anymore,unless it's winter white.
Kerry (05:37):
There is a difference.
There is.
Yeah, I had no clue.
Chrisy (05:41):
Like around Christmas, you can wear a certain white.
Unless you're getting married,I guess you wear white then.
Is it like ivory white?
Yeah, I don't think it's like atrue white white.
It sort of has like a deepertone to it, maybe a muted white
type thing going on yeah andthen dj nick made sure I had a
little bit of history on laborday.
(06:02):
So let me see here, if I canremind it's president, grover,
cleveland made labor day afederal holiday in 1894.
So wow, thank you for lookingthat up.
I did not.
Did they say why he thought itwas important to make this a
federal holiday?
Can you give us some info onthat please?
DJ NICK (06:23):
Well, I think there was some labor issues going on,
like I don't know if there'sactual strikes or anything like
that, but I think there wasdefinitely some discord between
a lot of industry employees andindustry management and owners,
I suspect.
Chrisy (06:38):
That actually makes sense for that time period, that
time period.
DJ NICK (06:41):
you know, there was a lot of factories who were
starting to get into theindustrial age.
At that point in time,definitely, so we have a lot to
do with that.
But, yeah, obviously,celebrating our workers and
that's where it all started itgives us a day off extra.
Kerry (06:56):
It does there, you go how funny.
Chrisy (06:59):
We celebrate this and we totally do not even connect it
with what it was intended for.
Oh no, it's more about school'sgoing to start for the kids or,
when we were in school, it'sgoing to start for us.
Summer is over.
Don't wear white.
I don't understand that wholething.
Kerry (07:17):
we should have looked that up, but I didn't and if
you're from the youngstowncleveland, young's more
youngstown area, what it reallymeans is the camfield fair oh
yeah, I've been gone for a whileso I totally forgot that, but
uh, so the camfield fair is theMahoning County Ohio annual fair
(07:38):
agricultural fair and it is oneof I think it's boasted as like
the third largest county fairin the United States or
something like that.
But that was a big deal growingup and it really was the true
mark of the end of summer andLabor Day was the Canfield Fair.
So for all of you fair goersdown at the Canfield Fair in
(07:59):
Canfield, Ohio, Mahoning County,Ohio, hey, I'll meet you at the
Big Rock.
They'll know what we mean.
Chrisy (08:04):
Yeah, yeah for sure.
And where I am right now, nottoo long after Canfield Fair, we
have our Wayne County Fair,which is the second week of
September usually, and it'sactually considered the largest,
one of the largest agriculturalfairs in the state In Ohio.
(08:25):
In Ohio, yeah, in the state ofOhio, and it's a very nice fair
also, so we can send a shout outfor that too, and all the
people who participate in that.
It's a very good fair and niceto go to.
Kerry (08:38):
DJ Nick, you look like you want to add something.
Nope, okay, he had a look like,oh, I want to add something.
Chrisy (08:45):
He keeps us with our research.
Thank you, because I didn'teven think to look this up.
DJ NICK (08:48):
I'm more than just a DJ .
Yes, he is, oh boy.
Kerry (08:52):
He absolutely is.
We couldn't do what we're doingwithout him.
Chrisy (08:55):
Absolutely.
Kerry (08:56):
Alrighty.
Well, so I know this is kind ofa short episode, but we really
just wanted to talk a little bitabout our junkies care for the
month of September.
Be sure to, like I said, checkout our Facebook page, check out
our website and, hey, we reallyhope to see you all.
If you can come down to theCanine Companions Dog Fest on
September 21st in New Albany,ohio.
(09:17):
You can learn more about themon our Facebook page and our
website, but you also can go tocanineorg and learn all about
the amazing things that CanineCompanions does.
Chrisy (09:28):
Yes, and please consider donating.
It's a wonderful cause and ithelps so many people.
Absolutely.
Kerry (09:35):
And you can go to the link on our website to donate to
that and it'll help with our$500 goal.
Yes, all right, everybody.
Have a great Labor Day weekend,be safe and we look forward to
seeing you throughout the month.
DJ NICK (09:48):
Bye, everybody have a great Labor Day weekend.
Be safe and we look forward toseeing you throughout the month.
Bye everybody.
Welcome to Junkies Care , a special edition of the
Dysfunction Junkies podcast,where we celebrate great people
and celebrate great causes.
And now here are your hosts,chrissy and Keri.
Kerry (00:21):
Hello Junkies, I'm Kerry
Chrisy (00:24):
and I'm Chrisy.
Kerry (00:25):
Happy Labor Day.
Chrisy (00:27):
It is Labor Day.
Kerry (00:29):
September 1st.
Where did the summer go?
Chrisy (00:33):
Where does it always go?
I have no idea.
Kerry (00:37):
Well, we are really excited.
We're going into our secondmonth of Junkies Care, and
Junkies Care is our initiativefor community awareness,
recognition and engagement.
We started this last month andit's our way of reaching back to
the community and giving ashout out to some great
organizations.
So last month we started withour alma mater.
(00:59):
Chris, you want to talk aboutUrsuline real quick.
You had a recap last month.
Chrisy (01:02):
Yeah, we were really excited about their golf outing.
Funds, help with alumni causes,I guess, and students and just
anything with our alma mater welike supporting, because without
that we wouldn't be here.
Kerry (01:19):
So is Ursuline High School in Youngstown Ohio is our
alma mater.
Yes, and we also introduced anational organization called
Canine Companions.
Canine Companions is a nationalnonprofit that enhances the
lives of people withdisabilities by providing
expertly trained service dogsand ongoing support completely
(01:39):
free of charge.
This is an organization that'svery near and dear to my heart.
My husband, Jim, and I, farmboy Jim, have raised 12 puppies
for this organization.
Chrisy (01:48):
Oh, wow, that's a lot.
I didn't know you did 12.
Yeah, 12.
Good for you.
Kerry (01:52):
We're on a little temporary hiatus from puppy
raising.
I know that we will do it again, but just with everything going
on in our life right now.
So we are taking this time tojust spread awareness for Canine
Companions.
Chrisy (02:03):
So I'm very excited about this too.
Kerry (02:05):
Yes, because this month our goal is to really shout out
Canine Companions and we aresponsors for the North Central
Ohio Dog Fest and Dog Fest isCanine Companions.
It's their signature event thathelps raise funds and awareness
.
It's a really fun day.
It's all throughout the country, different regions, and for
(02:27):
Ohio, our Dog Fest is going tobe on Sunday, september 21st at
the North Central TrainingCenter, which is in New Albany,
ohio.
So if any of you listening arewithin the Columbus, even
Youngstown, cleveland area,cincinnati area it's not too far
of a drive you can join us thatday and you can meet Chrissy
and I because we're going to bethere.
(02:48):
Yes, we are, we're going to bethere.
So the event starts at oneo'clock.
You can bring your pet dog, aslong as they are well behaved
and leashed, but it is a greatevent and we are very, very
proud to be part of that.
We are also trying to raise$500 for canine companions that
day and all of this informationcan be found on our website, and
(03:09):
that is a new website that wejust released last night or last
night it's been a long weekpeople Last month and that
dysfunction junkies podcastcom.
So those are our goals for ourjunkies care initiative that we
(03:29):
are going into our second monthon.
Chrisy (03:31):
Yes, and I'm excited to go to the event.
I'm excited to see people thereand meet people, so I'm really
looking forward to that anemotional support dog or animal
versus a therapy dog, versus aservice dog there's differences.
Kerry (03:58):
We're also going to talk about service dog etiquette.
So if you should happen to seea service dog in public, what
should you do or not do?
And we'll also talk aboutservice dog fraud.
I'm sure you've all seen in thenews or read on Facebook about
you know someone trying to passoff a peacock on the plane as a
service animal or theiremotional support alligator.
(04:19):
So we're going to talk aboutsome things like that, but it's
going to be all on our Facebookpage.
So you got to make sure you'rechecking out our Dysfunction
Junkies Facebook page becausethere's going to be some great
information throughout the monthon that.
Chrisy (04:31):
What does that say about where we are with people?
That we've put all of thispressure on animals now to
provide us with all of this helpand support and we've run out
of the typical animals.
The dogs are wonderful andstill that's like the OG.
You're not going to really getrid of that.
(04:52):
But, now we've like resorted tohaving alligators and birds,
and you know a gerbil or aguinea pig somehow be emotional
support for us.
I don't know if that speaks alot about the animal or about
you as a human being.
Kerry (05:08):
It shows how dysfunctional we are as people,
that is, we're really excitedfor the month.
So be sure to be tuning inthroughout the month on all our
episodes and also to check outour Facebook page and our
website.
Hey, chrissy, since it is LaborDay, why don't we talk just
briefly about Labor Day?
Sure?
(05:28):
Any special thoughts you wantto share with the listeners?
Chrisy (05:31):
about Labor Day?
Yeah, sure, go for it.
Don't wear white anymore,unless it's winter white.
Kerry (05:37):
There is a difference.
There is.
Yeah, I had no clue.
Chrisy (05:41):
Like around Christmas, you can wear a certain white.
Unless you're getting married,I guess you wear white then.
Is it like ivory white?
Yeah, I don't think it's like atrue white white.
It sort of has like a deepertone to it, maybe a muted white
type thing going on yeah andthen dj nick made sure I had a
little bit of history on laborday.
(06:02):
So let me see here, if I canremind it's president, grover,
cleveland made labor day afederal holiday in 1894.
So wow, thank you for lookingthat up.
I did not.
Did they say why he thought itwas important to make this a
federal holiday?
Can you give us some info onthat please?
DJ NICK (06:23):
Well, I think there was some labor issues going on,
like I don't know if there'sactual strikes or anything like
that, but I think there wasdefinitely some discord between
a lot of industry employees andindustry management and owners,
I suspect.
Chrisy (06:38):
That actually makes sense for that time period, that
time period.
DJ NICK (06:41):
you know, there was a lot of factories who were
starting to get into theindustrial age.
At that point in time,definitely, so we have a lot to
do with that.
But, yeah, obviously,celebrating our workers and
that's where it all started itgives us a day off extra.
Kerry (06:56):
It does there, you go how funny.
Chrisy (06:59):
We celebrate this and we totally do not even connect it
with what it was intended for.
Oh no, it's more about school'sgoing to start for the kids or,
when we were in school, it'sgoing to start for us.
Summer is over.
Don't wear white.
I don't understand that wholething.
Kerry (07:17):
we should have looked that up, but I didn't and if
you're from the youngstowncleveland, young's more
youngstown area, what it reallymeans is the camfield fair oh
yeah, I've been gone for a whileso I totally forgot that, but
uh, so the camfield fair is theMahoning County Ohio annual fair
(07:38):
agricultural fair and it is oneof I think it's boasted as like
the third largest county fairin the United States or
something like that.
But that was a big deal growingup and it really was the true
mark of the end of summer andLabor Day was the Canfield Fair.
So for all of you fair goersdown at the Canfield Fair in
(07:59):
Canfield, Ohio, Mahoning County,Ohio, hey, I'll meet you at the
Big Rock.
They'll know what we mean.
Chrisy (08:04):
Yeah, yeah for sure.
And where I am right now, nottoo long after Canfield Fair, we
have our Wayne County Fair,which is the second week of
September usually, and it'sactually considered the largest,
one of the largest agriculturalfairs in the state In Ohio.
(08:25):
In Ohio, yeah, in the state ofOhio, and it's a very nice fair
also, so we can send a shout outfor that too, and all the
people who participate in that.
It's a very good fair and niceto go to.
Kerry (08:38):
DJ Nick, you look like you want to add something.
Nope, okay, he had a look like,oh, I want to add something.
Chrisy (08:45):
He keeps us with our research.
Thank you, because I didn'teven think to look this up.
DJ NICK (08:48):
I'm more than just a DJ .
Yes, he is, oh boy.
Kerry (08:52):
He absolutely is.
We couldn't do what we're doingwithout him.
Chrisy (08:55):
Absolutely.
Kerry (08:56):
Alrighty.
Well, so I know this is kind ofa short episode, but we really
just wanted to talk a little bitabout our junkies care for the
month of September.
Be sure to, like I said, checkout our Facebook page, check out
our website and, hey, we reallyhope to see you all.
If you can come down to theCanine Companions Dog Fest on
September 21st in New Albany,ohio.
(09:17):
You can learn more about themon our Facebook page and our
website, but you also can go tocanineorg and learn all about
the amazing things that CanineCompanions does.
Chrisy (09:28):
Yes, and please consider donating.
It's a wonderful cause and ithelps so many people.
Absolutely.
Kerry (09:35):
And you can go to the link on our website to donate to
that and it'll help with our$500 goal.
Yes, all right, everybody.
Have a great Labor Day weekend,be safe and we look forward to
seeing you throughout the month.
DJ NICK (09:48):
Bye, everybody have a great Labor Day weekend.
Be safe and we look forward toseeing you throughout the month.
Bye everybody.
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