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PART 2: Lee Asher of The Asher House Animal Sanctuary | His Inspirational True Story · Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to Misunderstood. This is Rachel. You could tell
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  Speaker 2: your host. Thank you so much for listening to part one.
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  Speaker 2: If you haven't listened to part one, please do so
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  Speaker 2: because this is part two of my amazing interview with
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  Speaker 2: dog rescue extraordinaire Lee Asher of the Asher House. He
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  Speaker 2: could be found at the Asher House on Instagram. You
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  Speaker 2: have to go check it out. He has over a
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  Speaker 2: million followers there. And now for part two.
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  Speaker 3: Misunderstood.
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  Speaker 1: You were talking about the cleanup. How does it smell
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  Speaker 1: in your house over there?
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  Speaker 4: I have a lot of help in that department.
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  Speaker 3: I have three people that are cleaning the house Monday
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  Speaker 3: through Friday. I'm really big on things being neat and organized.
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  Speaker 3: I don't like any spots on the floor. People are
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  Speaker 3: always asking me how my house is so clean in
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  Speaker 3: my videos. Like, I like everything done. Like, it has
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  Speaker 3: to look good.
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  Speaker 4: You know, like, I.
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  Speaker 3: Invest a lot of money on keeping my life organized
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  Speaker 3: and my house clean. You know, I have two people from,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I have 28 employees. 30 now, actually. We
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  Speaker 3: have 30 employees. And two of them, all they do
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  Speaker 3: all day is clean outside. Like, literally from the morning
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  Speaker 3: to the afternoon, they're cleaning up dog poop. and spring
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  Speaker 3: and this, and it's, it's one thing that I make sure, like,
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  Speaker 3: if I'm going to do this, I'm not going to
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  Speaker 3: do it where people think because we have a lot
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  Speaker 3: of dogs equals a lot of dog shit. Like I
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  Speaker 3: want us to be pristine. You know, the dogs get, they,
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  Speaker 3: all the dogs get groomed every month. Some of them
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  Speaker 3: get groomed every weeks. Like I'm really big into keeping
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  Speaker 3: their nails, trim their ears, clean the fur, you know, brushing.
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  Speaker 3: Like we, I run a really tight ship.
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  Speaker 4: When it comes to that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You were talking a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: And I think every rescue should.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely important.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry, no, go ahead. No, no.
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  Speaker 1: You were talking a little bit ago about how you
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  Speaker 1: think it's really important to balance your life and what
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  Speaker 1: you're doing and how you need to maybe focus on
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  Speaker 1: you a little bit more. You bring us along on
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  Speaker 1: your journey of all these dogs and their story or
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  Speaker 1: animals and their stories. But we rarely hear about you
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  Speaker 1: unless people are really listening to what you're talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Because normally when you're talking about the dog and their story,
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  Speaker 1: you can, as the viewer, can really get a lot
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  Speaker 1: of insight into you and your head because you really
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  Speaker 1: talk more about, you know, a metaphor kind of. At
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  Speaker 1: least that's what I've picked up on. And I love that.
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  Speaker 4: You're absolutely right.
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  Speaker 1: Do you ever get lonely doing this?
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  Speaker 4: I really don't. I really don't.
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  Speaker 3: You know, lucky enough, I grew up alone. You know, I,
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  Speaker 3: I even lived alone. My parents moved out when I
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  Speaker 3: was 15. So I didn't have the childhood where if
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  Speaker 3: something was wrong, I go to mom or dad, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I went to me and, you know, I went to
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  Speaker 3: the beach and I remember looking at the ocean, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Spanish river, not too far from you, Spanish river beach.
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  Speaker 3: So I would go to Spanish river beach. I would
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  Speaker 3: a couple of miles and I would run there. And
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  Speaker 3: now it's my safe place as well. You know, it's,
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  Speaker 3: it's not a good thing. I'm really working on not, not, uh,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not isolating myself. But that's just my go-to. I
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  Speaker 3: like to be alone or.
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  Speaker 4: With the dogs. And I know what sounds weird.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what that feeling feels like, loneliness. Like
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  Speaker 3: my parents feel it a lot. I have a lot
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  Speaker 3: of friends who confide in me. A lot of people,
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  Speaker 3: you know, really, it's really open up to me. And
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  Speaker 3: being lonely is like a big thing. I don't feel it.
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  Speaker 3: I've never felt it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's probably because you're surrounded by so much love
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  Speaker 1: and you're so busy giving your exactly.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: It's like, you know, the dogs are the dog was
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  Speaker 3: really take up so much of my time.
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  Speaker 4: But to me, when someone wants to have lunch with me,
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  Speaker 4: it's more of a task.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 4: You know?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It takes you out of what you love to be doing,
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  Speaker 1: where you feel your most fulfillment.
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  Speaker 3: You're the, but one of the, one of the cleaning
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  Speaker 3: ladies who like, she's, I'm very close with.
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  Speaker 4: All my employees.
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  Speaker 3: And one of the cleaning ladies, like she loves work.
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  Speaker 4: Like people really do.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not just saying it, you know, people fucking love
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  Speaker 3: working here. Like it's a beautiful environment. Like a lot
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  Speaker 3: of love. The dogs are friendly and you know, it's.
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  Speaker 3: So one of the cleaning ladies, she also followed me.
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  Speaker 3: So she gets really excited to come to work so
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  Speaker 3: she could be in the environment. And yesterday she's like,
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  Speaker 3: she said, you're always alone. Like, you're always alone. And
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  Speaker 3: I said to her, I'm never alone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So true, though. Your animals have such great names.
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  Speaker 1: Tell people, like, some of your favorite names and how
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  Speaker 1: you come up with names for these dogs.
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  Speaker 3: Unfortunately, I can't take all of the credit, you know.
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  Speaker 3: People like to give me their opinions when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to names. But a lot of times what people don't
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  Speaker 3: realize is I take the name that they already have
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  Speaker 3: And I just play off of that name so that
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  Speaker 3: they can still be somewhat familiar to the.
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  Speaker 4: Syllables in it. You know what I'm saying? Like I
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  Speaker 4: had a dog named Sarge that I named Roger, right?
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  Speaker 3: Because I felt like it was somewhat, maybe that's not
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  Speaker 3: the best example, but Sarge, Raj, like it's in the
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  Speaker 3: short and you know, but I would say the best
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  Speaker 3: name is probably, I never had a favorite until recently.
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  Speaker 3: And I, I rescued this dog that has, I forgot the,
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  Speaker 3: I'm so bad at names, but she has her frontal
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  Speaker 3: lobe is messed up. And she's very wobbly and she,
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  Speaker 3: you know, she tries to keep up with the pack.
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  Speaker 4: And one of my favorite movies growing up was Matilda.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And I named her Matilda after that character because
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  Speaker 3: she was so different but so special.
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  Speaker 4: Right. And I would say that's my favorite one.
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  Speaker 1: I love that story of Matilda. I watched it recently
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  Speaker 1: on your Instagram. So I knew you were talking about
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  Speaker 1: her because you show the viewer and people that are
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  Speaker 1: listening should really go on the Asher house at the
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  Speaker 1: Asher house on Instagram.
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  Speaker 5: And they think you're done for the day, but they
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  Speaker 5: don't know about the drawer, the drawer, just.
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  Speaker 6: The one square before bed or two, you know, Nobody's watching.
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  Speaker 6: You deserve a treat.
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  Speaker 5: With eight flavors to choose from, you can choose the
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  Speaker 5: flavor you favor with Cadbury Dairy Milk.
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  Speaker 1: Get the story of Matilda in, you know, as one
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  Speaker 1: of many, but this story was so inspiring because you
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  Speaker 1: really talk about, you know, you show the rescue, you
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  Speaker 1: show taking care her out of the cage or whatever
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  Speaker 1: you show her bringing her and introducing her to the
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  Speaker 1: pack you show she has such a hard time walking
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  Speaker 1: and then you show that transformation of how she looks
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  Speaker 1: so happy and so good yeah and you get teary-eyed
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  Speaker 1: which made me you know totally start sobbing because you
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  Speaker 1: were like listen if you've ever felt misunderstood or like
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  Speaker 1: no one loves you and everyone's going to give up
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  Speaker 1: on you this is just a pure example of someone
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  Speaker 1: who thrives with love and everyone just needs to be
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  Speaker 1: loved or stop and think I thought that was such
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  Speaker 1: a great message I mean it almost brings me to
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  Speaker 1: tears talking about it because it's so universal and, and
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  Speaker 1: makes so much sense. I mean, people are so harsh
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  Speaker 1: to not realize that you're walking down the street and
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  Speaker 1: people are going through so much, even though they look
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  Speaker 1: like they're not. And especially with now the social media
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  Speaker 1: we have where it's all smoke and mirrors and people
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  Speaker 1: can look their best and seem their best in photos inside.
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  Speaker 1: They're the ones that put their heads on the pillow
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  Speaker 1: and are sometimes going through so much. And I think
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  Speaker 1: just that story in particular, and I'm sure you have
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  Speaker 1: a million more, but was just a huge eye-opener of like,
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  Speaker 1: people need to realize that love can change someone's life
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  Speaker 1: and just not giving up on someone who's frustrating you
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  Speaker 1: or isn't the same. That was the other message. You
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  Speaker 1: were like, if you're not the same, embrace that because
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  Speaker 1: it's so beautiful as opposed to feeling different.
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  Speaker 3: And it's so complicated to accept, right? Like it's so
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  Speaker 3: complicated to accept, but it's just, there's no way around it.
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  Speaker 3: Like your differences are what make you beautiful. Like the
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  Speaker 3: things that you want to change about yourself, the things that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, maybe you got bullied about or someone broke
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  Speaker 3: up with you over, you're you. you know, it's what
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  Speaker 3: makes you so beautiful. I was talking to a friend
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  Speaker 3: of mine, this girl, and she's like, I really need
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  Speaker 3: a friend to talk to. I said, you know, okay,
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  Speaker 3: which I really don't. I got to be honest. I
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  Speaker 3: don't like being that person. I'm busy enough. But this
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  Speaker 3: was a very good friend of mine. And I said, okay, yeah, well,
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  Speaker 3: you know, let's talk tonight. And she said, I think
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  Speaker 3: my boyfriend is gonna break up with me. And I said,
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  Speaker 3: what's up? And she said, like, he gets so embarrassed
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  Speaker 3: by me. I said, how so? And she said, well,
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  Speaker 3: an example, we were walking in an outdoor shopping mall
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  Speaker 3: yesterday and this girl had these two puppies and I
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  Speaker 3: was like playing with them and they were jumping on
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  Speaker 3: me and I was on the floor. And he was
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  Speaker 3: so embarrassed that I was on the floor. And I said,
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  Speaker 3: break up with this guy immediately.
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  Speaker 4: Immediately. I said, I think that that's the best thing
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  Speaker 4: about you. That's the best thing about you.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's like if I said, don't wouldn't you
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  Speaker 3: rather have instead of changing that about yourself? Wouldn't you
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  Speaker 3: rather have a boyfriend who would be on the floor
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  Speaker 3: with you? Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And she was like, she never looked at it that way.
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  Speaker 3: Instead of thinking of what she could add to her life,
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  Speaker 3: she was thinking about how to change her life.
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  Speaker 4: For this guy. And she did. She broke up with him.
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  Speaker 3: And it's like, we should never change ourselves based off
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  Speaker 3: what other people think. It's what makes you different. That's
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  Speaker 3: what's so hard is because there would be way more
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  Speaker 3: successful people, not just financially, definitely financially, but also, you know,
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  Speaker 3: as far as finding your purpose and all these things,
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  Speaker 3: if we didn't let the world or people shape you,
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  Speaker 3: if you accepted that you were different, loved that you
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  Speaker 3: were different, embraced that you were different and then acted
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  Speaker 3: on your differences, that's your ticket to success. And again,
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  Speaker 3: I don't mean that financially, I mean success in every way, love, relationship,
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  Speaker 3: you name it, you know?
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  Speaker 1: You do such a good job of showing these stories
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  Speaker 1: in your content and these heartwarming stories. And most people
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  Speaker 1: are sharing in tears of joy with you as they
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  Speaker 1: watch these stories happen. But there are times when obviously
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  Speaker 1: the animal is at the end of their life or
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  Speaker 1: sick and does need to be put to sleep. And
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  Speaker 1: we go on that journey with you as well. And
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  Speaker 1: we're sharing in those tears with you as you have
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  Speaker 1: to say goodbye to animals. What's that like for you,
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  Speaker 1: having to do that? so often.
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  Speaker 3: Which part, dealing with it or sharing it for both?
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  Speaker 1: Well, first of all, the dealing with it. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the sharing with it, I'm assuming it helps you get
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  Speaker 1: through it so you're not doing it by yourself almost.
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  Speaker 1: And we can talk about that. But what's that like
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  Speaker 1: to have to care for these animals and then put
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  Speaker 1: them to sleep? I mean, I know watching pom-poms, let's say,
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  Speaker 1: you put to sleep. And every time they leave you,
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  Speaker 1: it must be so difficult.
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  Speaker 4: You know, now.
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  Speaker 3: I know this sounds really weird, so let me know
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  Speaker 3: if I explained this the right way, please.
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  Speaker 4: Now, I'm so.
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  Speaker 3: Grateful that they're able to leave with me. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I used to have this like, I used to, I
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  Speaker 3: used to be by the animal crying, you know, saying
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  Speaker 3: I'm sorry and I'm, I used to tell the animal
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  Speaker 3: what I wish I could have done differently and tell
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  Speaker 3: the animal I wish I had more time and I
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  Speaker 3: would cry. And I regret every time I did that
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  Speaker 3: because the animal just felt this pain from me. I
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  Speaker 3: wish I did what I do now where I tell
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  Speaker 3: the animal everything I love about her and I tell
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  Speaker 3: her tell him how amazing, just how amazing of a
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  Speaker 3: dog they are to me and how grateful. I mean, I, I,
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  Speaker 3: I kiss them with, with a smile. Cause I know,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I know that like, they will feel this positive.
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  Speaker 3: This is a good feeling. It will be a beautiful passage.
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  Speaker 3: And By doing this, it's much more peaceful for me.
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  Speaker 3: Once the animal is gone, I'm bawling and crying. But
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  Speaker 3: during our last few moments together, it is nothing but joy.
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  Speaker 3: It's a celebration of life. It's a celebration of the
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  Speaker 3: life that this animal gave to me and the celebration
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  Speaker 3: of life that this animal has given to everyone, including
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  Speaker 3: the pack.
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  Speaker 4: And it should....
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  Speaker 5: They think you're done for the day, but they don't
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  Speaker 5: know about the drawer. The drawer.
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  Speaker 6: Just the one square before bed. Or two, you know.
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  Speaker 6: Nobody's watching. You deserve a treat.
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  Speaker 5: With eight flavours to choose from, you can choose the
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  Speaker 5: flavour you favour with Cadbury Dairy Milk.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's hard, but for anyone listening, when you say
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  Speaker 3: goodbye to your loved ones, do it with a beautiful
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  Speaker 3: sense of passion and love and not sadness or regret.
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  Speaker 3: Make sure to only grieve once they're gone. Don't grieve
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  Speaker 3: for a second that they're here. And when you do
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  Speaker 3: grieve while they're here, don't let them see it. Because
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  Speaker 3: they don't know what you're doing. They just said that
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  Speaker 3: this doesn't feel good. I sometimes reflect back on the
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  Speaker 3: times where I was so emotional, you know, saying goodbye
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  Speaker 3: and I, boy, oh boy, do I regret those moments
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  Speaker 3: so much in my life. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I didn't know any better, but I.
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  Speaker 3: It's, it's really hard for me, but you know, at
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  Speaker 3: this stage with how many animals we rescue, I do
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  Speaker 3: realize like, look, you know, you have 50 dogs, dogs
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  Speaker 3: are going to die.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Dogs are going to get sick. Dogs are going to
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  Speaker 3: get hurt. Accidents are going to happen. you have 50
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  Speaker 3: dogs and you just have to, you just have to
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  Speaker 3: accept that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Death is as equal of an importance to life as
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  Speaker 3: life itself, you know?
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 1: That's right. And I think for a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: listening who've either gone through losing a pet or are
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  Speaker 1: dealing with making that decision on when to put a
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  Speaker 1: pet to sleep, know that, I mean, losing a pet
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  Speaker 1: is like, worse than having a broken leg. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it is so painful and I've lost a few pets
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  Speaker 1: in my life and it just, I couldn't get out
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  Speaker 1: of bed sometimes for a week because it devastated me
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  Speaker 1: so much. Um, and it's also hard, you know, sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you lose a pet early on in their life and
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  Speaker 1: that's really hard because you feel like they haven't, you know,
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  Speaker 1: had this big life and then You also can lose
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  Speaker 1: a pet after having it for 20 years, and that's
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  Speaker 1: just as devastating because you've spent all this time with
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  Speaker 1: this one animal that's been in your life. And if
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  Speaker 1: I can just indulge you for one second, one story
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  Speaker 1: of my animal. When I was about 26, I was
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  Speaker 1: dating a man, and his name was Andy. And we
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  Speaker 1: lived together, and he forbid me to get a dog. So,
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  Speaker 1: of course, on my way home every day, I would
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  Speaker 1: pass this dog store. And this was in Manhattan. And
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  Speaker 1: I would, you know, look at the dogs in the window.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, one day I came home with a dog.
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  Speaker 1: And Andy was like, are you crazy? I forbid you
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  Speaker 1: to get a dog. What are you doing? And I said,
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  Speaker 1: let's just try this for a week and see how
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  Speaker 1: it goes. And if you hate it, I'll bring it back. Um, so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I have all these pictures of Andy, you know,
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  Speaker 1: hugging the dog was a tiny little, uh, Jack Russell Terrier.
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  Speaker 1: We named it Mickey for Mickey blue eyes. And so
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  Speaker 1: I have all these pictures of Andy hugging the dog
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: when he thought I wasn't looking like he would sleep
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: and the dog would be, you know, next to him
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: or whatever and run around with the dog and whatever.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: So fast forward about three weeks later, we were getting
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: ready to go to Greece. And, um, And he proposed
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: to me. And I felt like this was this great
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: family that we were going to have now. This dog.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: And he loved the dog. He let me keep the dog.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: And out of nowhere, the dog developed seizures one day.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: And it ended up, we found out it had distemper.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: It came from a dog store here in Manhattan. No
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: fucking way. Which is a horrible thing. People really should
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: be getting animals from pet stores.
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: It will kill your dog.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: How long have you had the dog? I had the
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: dog for a month. And, um, he had to go
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: and put the dog to sleep and I was sobbing
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: and Andy came, you know, and met me from work.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: He worked on wall street and came, met me. Uh,
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: he left his job early and I was just sobbing.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: And he's like, Rachel, you have to realize that everything
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: happens for a reason. And I said, what, how could
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: you give me that metaphor?
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: Now?
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: Nothing happens for a reason. We've had this dog for
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: a month. It didn't get to have a life. And
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: he sat me down and he said, Rachel, You have
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: to understand you loved that dog more than anyone in
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: the world could have. And it thought that it was
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: its mom. And we loved the dog so much. It
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: didn't know that it maybe was supposed to live till
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: it was 15. It lived its life. And you should
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: really embrace the fact that it was loved so much
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: while you had it. And you were there for the
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: minute that it, you know.
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: It died.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: So I thought, okay, well, whatever. I'll figure out at
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: one point what, how this is going to, you know,
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: come to pass that I feel like it was meant
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: to be. So anyways, about a week later, so Andy,
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: and I went to Greece, we were leaving three days later,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: we went to Greece, we came back. And a day
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: after Andy and I got back from Greece, Andy was
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: killed in the World Trade Center.
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: Oh, my God. Yeah.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: And, sorry. And so I, I went back and I got,
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do. And So I went
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: back to that pet store. That happened on a Tuesday.
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: On Thursday, I went to the pet store and I said,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: my dog died. My fiance was killed by terrorists. I
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: need a dog. So they let me pick out any
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: dog I wanted. And there was a Brussels griffin sitting
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: in a cage. His eyes were like looking in different
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: directions and he was all furry and weird looking. But
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: he just, when I walked back and forth, he stared
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: at me every time I walked back. And I said,
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: that's my dog. I want that dog. And I named
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: that dog Rudy Giuliani. and because Rudy was such a
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: hero then, and I had the dog for 20 years,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: and through the 20 years that I had that dog,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: he was the constant man in my life, so to speak.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: He got me through everything, and I love that dog,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: but to spool back for one second, a year later,
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: you know, it was kind of easy to go through
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: that trauma, not easy, but easier to go through that
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: trauma because I went through it so publicly, and my
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: picture was on the cover of every newspaper in the
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: world because I have a famous photo of me looking
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: for Andy kind of in the rubble or whatever. And
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: people would check in with me and I had people
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: at my home for weeks and, you know, but eventually
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: that goes away. People go back to their lives and
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: I was alone with my thoughts and alone for the
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: first time. So a year after September 11th happened, I
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: had to take a leave of absence. I had a
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: really hard time dealing with it. And I went away
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: to kind of a sanctuary in Brazil to do like
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: a hiking trip for two weeks by myself with this group.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: And in the middle of the night, I woke up
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: and I had this dream and I sat up and
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: I said to my roommate, oh my God, I know
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: why Mickey died. And she's like, who the hell is Mickey?
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: What are we talking about? And I said, Mickey died
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: so Andy could be the one to teach me the
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: lesson that he wasn't supposed to live till he was
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: maybe 80 or 90, that he lived the life he
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: was supposed to live. And I shouldn't grieve and be
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: so upset and not be able to get through life
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: thinking like every time I'm in a cab, oh, Andy
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: should have been sitting here. We were supposed to get
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: married on this date or I'm supposed to have him
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: as my husband and I lost out.
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: They think you're done for the day, but they don't
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: know about the drawer. The drawer.
• 22:21
  Speaker 6: Just the one square before bed or two, you know.
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: Nobody's watching. You deserve a treat.
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: With eight flavors to choose from, you can choose the
• 22:36
  Speaker 5: flavor you favor with Cadbury Dairy Milk.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: I think he died so Andy could teach me the
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: lesson that when someone dies, that's their time. And that
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: as long as you love them and felt loved by them,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: that you know, that was their life. And so at
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: that moment I was like, I know my purpose of
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: why Mickey died. So Andy could teach me that story
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: so that I could get over Andy easier.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: Anyway.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: So the point is, is that dogs share such a
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: big story and their death can actually mean something if
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: you look for the meaning and it might take you
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: a long time and it hurts so bad when they go,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: but it's, you know, there is a meaning behind each thing.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: I truly.
• 23:16
  Speaker 4: You're so, you're so beautiful. My God. I mean, thank you.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: So much for sharing that with me.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: And Rudy, Rudy lived for 20 years and he was
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: just the best and putting him to sleep was also
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: very hard, but I knew, you know, at that moment
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: that it was right. And I did, I'm glad you're
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: telling me what the best way to do it is.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: Cause I sat there and I was brave and I
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: kind of, you know, held onto him until the end.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: And then when He was put to sleep. Then I
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: lost it. But, you know, I'm glad I had that
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: that lifetime with him. You know, I've it's been hard
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: for me not to have a dog in my life.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: You know, I said I would never one again, but
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I had to go get another and another, you know.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: So I think, yeah. So talk about the difference really
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: quickly about why people should adopt from a shelter. Um,
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: because I think so many people make the mistake of
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: thinking they have to get a dog, a purebred from
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: a breeder or from a pet store. Cause they're so
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: beautiful in the window.
• 24:16
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: First of all, I mean, it's hard for me to
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: just give up.
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: I just want to say like, not, you know, I
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: think the point you, you have proven the point of
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: why people go through hard times. You have proven why
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: people have, and many people use their experiences for reasons
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: of being, um, maybe not the best of people, right?
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: Either being very negative or cruel or things like that.
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: So for you to use your experience in such a
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: beautiful way and have such a meaningful and life-changing message
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: to even myself, I mean, I am now going to,
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: you know, adopt that belief as well, which I appreciate.
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: And boy, thank you so much for sharing that with me. Seriously,
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: that is incredible. I did not see that story going
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: that way.
• 25:06
  Speaker 4: I was.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: I mean, I can't believe what I just heard. So
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: thank you so much for being vulnerable with me. I
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: really appreciate it.
• 25:12
  Speaker 4: Of course.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: Now, when I started the Asher House, it was my
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: following that inspired the Asher House. Not so much me.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: That inspired the mission, I should say. So many people
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: were asking me about my dogs, Lily, St.
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: Bernard. Stella, who passed away, he was this beautiful pit bull.
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: She looked like she was $ 500, 000. Lily had been at
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: the shelter for a month. Stella had been at the
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: shelter for nearly four months. All of my different dogs
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: with these different stories, people are trying to buy them
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: from me on social media thinking. It hit me that
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: people don't go to animal shelters. People are too afraid
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: to go to animal shelters. I would have these conversations
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: on my life and they basically because of all the
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: commercials you see on tv you know where it's really
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: sick dog really scared dog a dog with one eye
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: you know begging for a donation the the shelters don't
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: show that the shelters aren't showing 99 of the the
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: dogs they're only showing that one that one section of
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: the shelter that you're that you're not even allowed to
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: go into you know So I was like, you guys
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: are afraid to go and shop. What do you think
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: is in shelters? And they said either really sick dog
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: or really mean pit bulls.
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: And I was like, no way, dude.
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: So I made it my mission to show people the
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: dogs that are inside shelters. And still today on purpose,
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: like I just rescued this. I mean, in my opinion,
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: the Akita to me, as far as looks go, the
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: Akita is the most beautiful dog in the world. Like
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: it is just beautiful. an exquisite animal. And I've never
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: had one because I wanted to rescue one. And just
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: at the shelter that I go to all the time,
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: they had this, you know, she had a broken hip.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: She was hit by a car, but now she's fine
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: in this beautiful Akita. And I can tell you, you know, A,
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: if you want a purebred, I just want you to
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: know something. That dog, most likely, it doesn't matter where
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: you go, most likely that dog, and I'm sorry to
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: say this, I'm just going to be really blunt here, okay?
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: is going to not have a long life. It's most
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: likely going to have a shorter lifespan than a mixed breed.
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: Why is that? Because most purebred dogs are in-bredded.
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: There are no, no matter what laws you hear of,
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: the animal like laws, welfare, you know, it's not very strict.
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: That's why we're always getting these neglected animals, the animals,
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: care won't do anything about because they can't do anything
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: about it.
• 28:02
  Speaker 4: Dogs are just property. Unfortunately, it's just property.
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: So when people don't care about their property, they don't
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: care what happens to the property, as long as it's
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: making them money and you shouldn't, it's, it's, it's like,
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: it's terrible because they're forcing their dogs to basically have
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: sex and get, get pregnant as many times as they
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: can until they're done with that dog. You shouldn't be
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: supporting that in the first place. But if that doesn't
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: bother you, if that's not a reason, then for your
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: own financial purposes of spending that kind of money on
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: a dog, the health risks that are going to come
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: with that are extreme. There's just a long list of things.
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: And as far as the smart thing to do, it's
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: not even about just the conscious, good, compassion act of rescuing.
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: It's literally the smart thing to do. It's better for
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: the dog, but it's also better for you. It's going
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: to save you time in the vet's office and many
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: other things. And I just encourage people, you know, if
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: you can't decide whether or not you should adopt or
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: go to a breeder, I ask you to just for
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: a month, it doesn't have to be just once, for
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: a month, every week, you know, go to two different shelters.
• 29:20
  Speaker 4: Go to two shelters a week for a month. And
• 29:23
  Speaker 4: if there's only three of them in your area, go
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: to the same ones for that month.
• 29:29
  Speaker 5: They think you're done for the day, but they don't
• 29:32
  Speaker 5: know about the drawer.
• 29:34
  Speaker 6: The drawer. Just the one square before bed. Or two,
• 29:41
  Speaker 6: you know. Nobody's watching. You deserve a treat.
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: With eight flavours to choose from, you can choose the
• 29:51
  Speaker 5: flavour you favour with Cadbury Dairy Milk.
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: And if you don't fall in love with a dog
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: in the next month, and if you're not in a rush,
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: please extend it to two months.
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: And if you're not in a rush, extend it to three.
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: But if you're like, I want a dog in the
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: next three weeks, or I want a dog in the
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: next six months, then I want you to just continue
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: visiting your shelter. And I can guarantee you, you're going
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: to find a dog to rescue. You're going to fall
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: in love. You're going to have that. You're just going
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: to know. And you're going to find your soulmate. You're
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: going to find your dog. But you have to try.
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: You know, it's very easy to go to a breeder's website,
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: see all the cute puppies, pick one, and then, you know,
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: you're set. I always encourage people, get the dog that
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: you want. Don't let the rescue world bully you into
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: any sort of breed, into any sort of dog. No
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: one's trying to bully you here. I just ask you,
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: not tell, I ask you to please visit a shelter
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: a few times a month or a few times a week,
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: whatever you have time.
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: And I think that you'll find your dog there.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: That's such great advice. And also people have to realize that,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: you know, it's a lifelong commitment. So you should take
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: some time to really do that involved because so many
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: people are just, you know, their kid says, oh, I
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: want a puppy and they see a cute puppy and
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: they want it. And then, you know, it becomes something
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: that's like a doll to them and they put it
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: aside when they find a better toy, you know?
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: And one thing, if I can please add, you know,
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: if you are breed specific, which means if let's say
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: you're set on having a golden retriever or you're set
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: on having an Akita or whatever type of dog, there
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: isn't a breed out there that doesn't have a specific
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: rescue group. Every breed has a rescue group. So if
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: you're not in a rush, which you just mentioned, you
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: shouldn't be when you're getting an animal, get in touch
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: with a rescue. There's a variety of them. You can
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: have three rescues that you build a relationship with and
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: have them.
• 31:52
  Speaker 4: It's their job. Have them help you find this dog
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: that you're looking for.
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: But be willing to get a dog. Let's say you
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: want an eight-week-old puppy. It's not going to happen. But
• 32:02
  Speaker 3: you don't really want an eight-week-old puppy. I mean, there's
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: nothing harder to take care of than a puppy. So
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: if you want a puppy, be willing to get a
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: five-month-old or a six-month-old dog, which is a great age
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: for you. That way you can really already see the behavior,
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: you know, of the dog and take your time and
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: go to a rescue and have them help you.
• 32:20
  Speaker 4: Get the dog that you want.
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: Right, right. A lot of these dogs have inspired creations
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: for you. I think it was Lily, I'm not sure
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: if I'm right, has helped you create your CBD line?
• 32:30
  Speaker 4: Exactly. Yeah.
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: Just tell us about that.
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: Well, like you mentioned, which I'm sorry to bring up,
• 32:37
  Speaker 4: but you mentioned distemper.
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: Luckily, it wasn't distemper, but Lily, you know, the fourth
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: day after adopting Lily, I realized that she had these
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: awful seizures, and they were just getting worse. At the time,
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: I was very new to actually rescuing animals, you know,
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: so I was pretty nervous. It really freaked me out
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: witnessing a seizure. It's like a scary thing now. I've
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: witnessed many, but I was trying all these different things.
• 33:03
  Speaker 4: She.
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: I was spending a lot of money that I really
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: couldn't afford. It was the first time where I didn't
• 33:10
  Speaker 3: know what to do or the doctors had recommended putting
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: her down. And somebody recommended CBD to me. And CBD
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: sometimes can take a week or two to work. But
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: with Lily, it worked right away. And CBD was something
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: that I was taking for my back pain. I didn't
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: know we could give it to the dogs. This is six,
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: seven years ago. So it wasn't as popular. And She
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: hasn't had a seizure since. So it was something that
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: I became very passionate about. I believed in it because
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: it worked for my own dog. You know, we talked
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: about earlier about don't talk about experiences unless you experience them, right?
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: So this was for me an experience for me that
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: changed my dog's life. And I just wanted to share
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: it with the world. So I bought that same CBD
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: line and created and started my own.
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: That's amazing. All right, last couple of questions here. The
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: Asher House kind of started as a short-term dream, maybe
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: going on a drive for three months or whatever, but
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: now it's turned into your career. How do you fund
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: all of this and how can people help get involved
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: and donate?
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: So 100%, the only way, because there's a lot of
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: scammers out there, so thank you for asking, is the
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: only way to donate to the Asher House is on
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: our website. There is no other place to donate. And
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: everything on theasherhouse.com is 100% non-profit, all of it. It's
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: 100% non-profit. So if you go to theasherhouse.com, all of
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: the merchandise is non-profit. And of course, if you click donate,
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: there is a monthly option as well. And that's all
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: non-profit too.
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: And is there a goal that you have every year?
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Like how much does it cost you a year to
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: keep this up and running or a month?
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: For Animal Sanctuary alone and the dogs alone, It's about,
• 35:00
  Speaker 3: I would say, around $ 700, 000 to $ 800, 000 a year, our
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: bills are. So it's not cheap. But it's not just dogs.
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: Let's not forget. It's that much because we have horses, donkeys, goats, alpacas, llamas.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: Birds, like we see your parrot behind you.
• 35:20
  Speaker 3: We have a lot of different dogs, a lot of
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: different animals. And we have seven cats now. We're about
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: to be nine cats. So, you know, you think about
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: how much the average dog costs a month. You multiply
• 35:34
  Speaker 3: that by 50 as well with the space and everything.
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: It's literally a fortune. Right.
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah, literally. So, and I'm sure any donation helps. Like,
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: you know, people should go on the website. It's theasherhouse.com.
• 35:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah, theasherhouse.com. Even, you know, guys, like when it's that
• 35:51
  Speaker 3: many people, what people don't realize, even in a dollar,
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: you know, it's like you do what you can and
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: And what I will say, if it's not to our shelter,
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: excuse me, to our sanctuary, please donate to your local shelter.
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: Please donate to your local rescue.
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: If you are passionate about an animal shelter, although I
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: really appreciate, Rachel, you talking about my foundation and my organization,
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: giving is a habit.
• 36:18
  Speaker 4: So if this is not a habit for you.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: And you're about to give one time and your only time,
• 36:24
  Speaker 3: then I'd rather you give it to your local shelter.
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: But if you are looking into making giving a habit,
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: whether it be a dollar a month or $ 5 a month,
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: then my organization would be very grateful to be a part.
• 36:36
  Speaker 4: Of that giving.
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: Just out of curiosity, because you talked about your former boss,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: I think he said his name was Al, who was
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: disappointed in you. Do you still talk to him now?
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: What does he think of you?
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: Oh, my God. What have you... You're so funny. I
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: love him so much. He loves me so much. He is.
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: a better mentor to me now than, than before. You know,
• 37:00
  Speaker 3: we have a different sort of relationship now where it's
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: not just me asking for advice.
• 37:06
  Speaker 4: It's now a friendship. And, um, I have to tell you,
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: I don't have many people in my life, but I
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: have him in my life and he has me.
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: And I love that guy. You know, I love him
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: so much. Like I really, I love him, you know,
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: and I have to tell you something. he never does
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: anything without reason. Like he does everything for a reason.
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: And I never asked him this because I don't want
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: to bring it up, but I wouldn't be surprised if
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: he did it on purpose to, you know, I think
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: he may have told me that to really light the
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: fire under my ass because I.
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: Really needed it at the time.
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: And I think that he taught me, no one needs
• 37:49
  Speaker 3: to believe in you.
• 37:50
  Speaker 4: If you believe in yourself. Yeah.
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: Well, I'm sure he does not think you're stupid anymore
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: and thinks your decision was the best one for you
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: and for so many other people and animals.
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: Most definitely.
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: The last question I have for you is what is
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: left on your bucket list that still needs to be done?
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: I know you said your vision board was accomplished, but
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: is there something you're looking forward to and hope to achieve?
• 38:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I haven't announced it. So this is my first
• 38:15
  Speaker 4: time announcing it. So you're the first to hear it.
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: We're opening up an animal shelter. Wow.
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: And we're going to have, you know, it's going to
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: be very similar to the layout. We'll be able to
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: go there and volunteer and adopt a dog and adopt
• 38:30
  Speaker 3: a cat. And it's going to be really something special.
• 38:35
  Speaker 3: So that's the next step is opening up this animal shelter.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: And when is that going to happen?
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: If I had to guess, I think it will be
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: open and running at this time next year.
• 38:48
  Speaker 4: That would be my estimate.
• 38:51
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: Amazing. So I'm sure we will all look out for
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: that information. Um, so people can get involved. Um, all right.
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: So tell people where they can find you, where they
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: can again, donate and how people can find you on
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: Instagram and on YouTube. Yeah.
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, it's, uh, the Asher house and there's
• 39:09
  Speaker 3: no other, uh, way to get ahold. There's a lot
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: of fake Asher house accounts. I hate to say it, but, um,
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: there's a lot of, you know, fake accounts that ask
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: people for money I don't answer direct messages.
• 39:23
  Speaker 4: I don't speak to pretty much anyone. I don't have
• 39:27
  Speaker 4: the time.
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: So if you're ever speaking to me, it's not accurate.
• 39:34
  Speaker 4: So please be careful. That's the first thing I want
• 39:36
  Speaker 4: to say.
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: But all the ways to contact us, to contact our organization,
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: or anything like that to donate, all the information is
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: on theacturehouse.com.
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: And I think you also have nine puppies, I think
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: you said, that are coming in that you're going to
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: need to adopt?
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: Yep, yep.
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: So next Sunday, we have six German Shepherd golden retrievers
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: coming in, two Akita Husky mixes, and a Doberman. So
• 40:04
  Speaker 3: we'll have to bring them in. They're coming from Texas,
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: which Texas needs a lot of help when it comes
• 40:08
  Speaker 3: to animals. But we'll be rehabilitating them, and then they'll
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: be available for adoption at our partner rescue, which is family.
• 40:17
  Speaker 4: Dogs, new life animal shelter.
• 40:19
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: And do they have an Instagram so people can follow that?
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Family dog, new life animal shelter as well. Yeah.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: Okay, perfect. Well, thank you so much. I cannot wait
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: to see where all of this takes you. And, uh,
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to meet you in person one day and.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: as I said to you before we started, I feel
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: like part of my purpose that I found is to
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: tell other people's stories. It makes me feel good. It
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: makes me feel great getting to meet them and, and
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: asking the questions that I want to know. And I
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: think other people would want to know too. And you literally,
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: I feel like is one of the reasons I started
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: this podcast so I can meet you, hear your story
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: and make sure that people hear your story. Cause I
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: think it's so inspirational for everybody.
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: I got to tell you, I, I, viewers I'm sure
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: already know it but I've done a lot of these
• 41:06
  Speaker 3: and you are the fucking best you are so good
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: and so genuine and just pure and beautiful it's not
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: my place to say since you kind of invited me
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: if you will to give my opinion I not agree
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: with you more I think that that is a beautiful
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: purpose to help people tell their stories stories are what
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: inspires people and connects people and makes people feel that
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: they can relate.
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: And I personally have never had someone do it better
• 41:39
  Speaker 4: than you.
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: So I really, really appreciate the opportunity and I look
• 41:43
  Speaker 3: forward to doing it again with you if you'll have me.
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: Thank you. I would love to have you again. And
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: I think for anyone that feels misunderstood, they should definitely
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: hop on to the Asher House. Really watch what goes
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: on with these animals because you will find some insight
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: into your own life. And I think it's just so,
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: you know, it's gotten me through times and I'm sure
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: it'll get other people through times as well. Answer a
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: lot of questions internally for themselves.
• 42:06
  Speaker 4: And I just want to remind people, I promise you,
• 42:09
  Speaker 4: I don't even know you. I promise you this.
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: The more misunderstood you feel, the more special you are,
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: but you have to use it for a force for good.
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: Just remember that if it's not a force for good,
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: it's not your purpose. you're a force for good, a
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: force for beauty. And, um, I, I really wish how
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: powerful people knew that you were, you know, like you,
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: you really are here for a reason and you could,
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: there's no time limit.
• 42:39
  Speaker 4: You could spend your whole life trying to figure that out.
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: As long as you're.
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: Doing goodness, just, just keep doing good stuff and it's
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: going to happen.
• 42:48
  Speaker 4: I promise. Goodness always prevails.
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: Uh, Someone who's like a mother to me, Rebecca, who
• 42:52
  Speaker 3: you'd spoken to, she always says that, goodness always prevails.
• 42:56
  Speaker 4: And she's so right. Do the right thing. Do good.
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: Do a good job. Do the best that you can.
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: And it's all going to work out. And when it's
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: not working out, it's for a reason. It's because that's
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: not right for you yet. And just keep going.
• 43:10
  Speaker 4: I promise.
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much. What an amazing message. Okay. Take care.
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 43:17
  Speaker 4: Bye-bye.
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