Happy Furry Friday!

The weather is unbelievable here in Dallas! Bernadette spent the morning outside playing with her newest rescue dog, Love! Furry Friday is brought to you by Castor & Pollux! As the leader and maker of America’s #1 organic pet food, Castor & Pollux has set a new standard with the most comprehensive portfolio of purposeful pet food. We have a great Furry Friday lined up for everyone today with Maura Davies, Patti Dawson, and Kathy Dawson of Rogers Wildlife! So let's get started with Maura Davies!

Maura Davies - Halloween Ideas For Pets

Maura Davies is the Vice President for Marketing & Communications at the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) of Texas. As a longtime friend of One Life Radio, Maura is with us almost every Friday!There are so many DIY ideas you can do to enjoy Halloween with your furry friend! Try dressing up your pet and show them off in the group chat, but be cautious! Make sure not to force your pet to dress up if they really don't want to. Baked sweet potatoes are a great orange treat for your furry companion! Click here for some dog treat recipes! Maura says you can buy pumpkin shaped ice cube trays and make little pumpkin treats! Animals can reduce stress and depression, so don't be afraid to adopt a family member!

Patti Dawson

Dallas DogRRR is a group of dedicated, animal loving volunteers who help rescue dogs in the South East Dallas area. Patti started volunteering with Dallas DogRRR in 2014 and began running the operations in January of 2016. When she’s not rescuing animals, Patti is a behavior specialist, wife and mom.

Virtual Adoptions and PitBull Awareness Month

October is PitBull Awareness month! Approximately 1,000,000 PitBull's are euthanized each year, that's over 2,800 PitBulls killed a day. The kicker is that most PitBulls that are euthanized are mixed breed! Pit Bulls are not actually a breed of dog. The term refers to a variety of breeds, like the American Staffordshire terrier, the Staffordshire bull terrier and other such mixes of dogs. In the early part of the last century, Pit Bulls were known as “Nanny Dogs”. It may be hard to believe now with all of the bad press they receive, but Pit Bulls were the breed of choice among parents with young children. If you left your kid with a Pit Bull, they were safe!Dallas DogRRR is launching virtual fostering! Dallas DogRRR has created a program where you email in and get issued a dog virtually! This is a way to network animals that need homes! Virtual fosters will share photos, videos, and personality facts to get dogs adopted all over the country, not just in the DFW area!

Kathy Rogers

Kathy is the founder of Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, a nonprofit rescue organization in the Dallas/Fort-Worth metroplex specializing in the rescue and rehabilitation of injured, sick and orphaned birds of all types. She began working with animals at Samuel Farm in Dallas where she was Livestock Manager for 15 years. Kathy has always owned parrots, and the neighborhood kids would bring her injured birds, leading her to form Rogers Wildlife. Currently, the Wildlife Center cares for over 5,000 birds per year. Find Kathy at her website, here!

The Life Saving Work Of Rogers Wildlife

Bernadette says that she saw two ducks at night last night and was very puzzled! Kathy says that the ducks that Bernadette saw were probably flushed out by a bobcat or other predatory animal and were fleeing to safety! Kathy says that their "baby" period is from March to December, and it is very labor intensive. Bernadette brings up dove hunting and seeing a repulsive Facebook post of a family friend's husband proudly showing off his kills. Kathy says that she is in the business of saving birds, not killing them. When you kill an adult dove, you are really killing two more as well. When you kill the parent, the babies in the nest have now been orphaned.If you find a bird outside, put it in a box with a towel and bring it to Kathy and her team and Rogers Wildlife! Consider making a small donation or purchasing something from their amazon wishlist! Put a bird feeder in your backyard and avoid using granular pesticides and insecticides because birds think that they are bird feed and seed! Respect the birds in your area, and remember that we are in their backyard, so be respectful.

Thank You!

A big thank you to our guests, Maura Davies, Patti Dawson, and Kathy Rogers! Please consider donating to Dallas DogRRR, as they are doing to life saving work that most in the city do not want to do.Thank you to all of our One Life Radio listeners. We truly appreciate each and every one of you, so If you’d like to hear more from One Life Radio, please subscribe to our podcast.If you have any hot ideas or burning questions, email us at info@oneliferadio.com. Bernadette loves hearing from listeners.And, last but never least, thank you to our sponsors. We couldn’t do the show without you; Crazy Water, Sunwarrior, Enviromedica, VEGWORLD Magazine, Castor & Pollux, Paleo Magazine, the Well Being Journal and the ISSN. Visit our sponsor page for some great offers just for One Life Radio listeners!