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Chicago's Dog Ambassador: One Dog, One Loss, and a Mission to Save Lives

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A deaf little dog named Horton changes everything and when Danya loses him in a tragedy, she doesn’t shut down. She builds a mission. Danya (known on LinkedIn and around town as the Chicago Dog Ambassador) joins us to share how heartbreak pushed her into animal rescue, fostering, and a bigger fight for animal welfare that goes far beyond feel-good adoption stories.

We talk about what rescue really looks like on the ground: pulling dogs from high-kill shelters, supporting underserved communities in rural Kentucky and the Appalachian region, and why spay and neuter programs are…

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