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Baby Pack Leader – Aileen Cronin

This week, on All My Children Wear Fur Coats, Aileen Cronin discussed the balance between pet ownership and parenthood, and provided tips for integrating newborn babies into families with dogs.

Aileen Cronin is an expert canine behavior consultant with over a decade of experience. Her transformative journey through motherhood inspired her to establish Baby Pack Leader, a company dedicated to helping expectant parents prepare their canine for a new baby’s arrival and address behavioral issues in the home. Baby Pack Leader offers various resources including workshops, downloadable guides, and training programs. They also provide the Bringing Home Baby board and meet service, which involves boarding and training a family’s dog during the baby’s first week to help everyone – people and dogs through the transition.

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Pet Partners – Taylor Chastain Griffin

Recently, on All My Children Wear Fur Coats, Taylor Chastain Griffin illuminated the healing potential of cats, and explained how Pet Partners is working to enhance accessibility to therapy animals.

Taylor Chastain Griffin holds a Doctorate Degree in research psychology with a concentration on animal assisted therapy. She is the executive director of the Association of Animal Assisted Intervention Professionals (AAAIP), and the national director of AAI advancement for Pet Partners. Pet Partners is an international therapy organization that provides training and resources for volunteer therapy animals. The organization matches volunteers with suitable populations within their community, while providing liability insurance to handlers.

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Bully Grip Holders, Get a Grip! – Vaso Karras

This week, on All My Children Wear Fur Coats, Vaso Karras discussed the benefits of long-term dog chews, and explained how Bully Grip promotes the safe enjoyment of chews and bully sticks.

Vaso Karras is the president and founder of Bully Grip. Bully Grip produces chew-resistant bully stick holders that secure the treats firmly in place, enabling pets to chew safely. The Bully Grip is comprised of sustainably sourced, non-toxic materials including natural rubber.

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Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss – Anne Marie Farage-Smith

This week, on All My Children Wear Fur Coats, Anne Marie Farage-Smith shared her expertise in pet-loss grief counseling, and introduced her new book, “Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss: An Animal Lover’s Guide to Grief.”

Anne Marie Farage-Smith is a licensed mental health counselor and educator in private practice in Rochester, New York. While training to become a mental health counselor, Anne Marie gravitated toward helping people process grief. Throughout her tenure, she has offered clinical guidance to many individuals and groups experiencing grief and loss. Anne Marie’s background as a grief counselor, along with her personal journey through pet loss, served as the inspiration behind, “Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss”.

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AnimalBiome Releases 2024 State of the Gut Report: The Importance of Studying Our Pets’ Poop for Their Health and Longevity

OAKLAND, CA – AnimalBiome, a leader in pet microbiome science, announces the release of the 2024 State of the Gut report as part of its mission to improve the health of companion animals worldwide. Based on a survey of 2,224 pet parents and AnimalBiome’s database of over 50,000 stool samples, the State of the Gut Report provides crucial insights with best practices for supporting companion animal gut health for pet parents, those working with animal rescue organizations, and anyone involved in the pet care industry.

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