Rock and Roll Saved My Soul

November is National Adopt A Senior Pet Month–a month dedicated to helping older pets find loving forever homes. Shelters and rescues across the country hope those looking to adopt a new furry friend will consider adding a senior pet to the family this month. If you care about sweet senior animals, help spread the word throughout November. We can help older pets find homes together. Here’s what you should know about older pets during Adopt A Senior Pet Month. Senior Pets Have Trouble Finding Homes: Many people walk into a shelter or scour a rescue’s website hoping to adopt a new puppy or kitten, completely overlooking the perfectly adoptable older dogs and cats in kennels and cages in their search. In many cases, the absolute most difficult group of homeless pets to place are older dogs and cats. Senior pets tend to spend the longest amount of time at shelters or rescues before finding their forever homes. That’s if they find one at all. Canines and felines of...

Every year seven million companion animals enter animal shelters and are later euthanized. Here at Rock and Roll Saved My Soul, we want to help decrease that number. We believe every pet deserves a second chance. This anthology is a collection of stories about rescue animals, strays, and the animals that have saved us. All proceeds benefit Pet Partners. Together we can save lives and help animals everywhere get a second chance. Scott Ryan 5.0 out of 5 stars So sweet! Rock and Roll does save my soul! But this is about the wonderful animals that share our lives, and the various stories here (and poems) made me feel a wide range of emotions; mostly good, but some bittersweet. Penny, we miss you. Amazon Goodreads

Pet Partners is our chosen charity for our Second Chance anthology series.  Together we can improve human health and well-being through the power of the human-animal bond. Pet Partners, formerly known as the Delta Society, is the national leader in demonstrating and promoting the health and wellness benefits of animal-assisted therapy, activities, and education. Since the organization’s inception in 1977, the science proving these benefits has become indisputable. With more than 13,000 registered teams making more than 3 million visits annually, Pet Partners serves as the nation’s largest and most prestigious nonprofit registering handlers of multiple species as volunteer teams. Pet Partners teams visit with patients in recovery, people with intellectual disabilities, seniors living with Alzheimer’s, students, veterans with PTSD, and those approaching end of life, improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond. With the recent release of its Sta...

If you consider your pet a member of the family, you are definitely not alone—six out of ten pet owners feel the same way! In fact, two-thirds of Americans have pets and the ASPCA estimates that there are 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats owned in the U.S alone. Fish, birds, gerbils, and turtles are not far behind too. There is one thing fur-sure—Americans truly love pets and National Pet Day is the purr-fect excuse to obsess over our furry, feathery, or scaly friends on April 11! Info from: https://nationaltoday.com/national-pet-day/ Check out these adorable pets submitted by our readers! Snowflake Obsidian  Buttercup Dexter Missy Violet Whiskey Boop Stormy Heidi (dog) and Oscar (cat) Oakley Cooper Leah Row 1: Biscuit, Saosin Row 2: Light, Einstien Row 3: Zachariah, Ed Sheeran Row 1: Jessica, Abu, Maxi, Lucy Row 2: Sugar, Holly, Lion Row 3: Lilly, Missy, Lola

Every year seven million companion animals enter animal shelters and are later euthanized. Here at Rock and Roll Saved My Soul, we want to help decrease that number. We believe every pet deserves a second chance. This anthology is a collection of stories about rescue animals, strays, and the animals that have saved us. All proceeds benefit Pet Partners. Together we can save lives and help animals everywhere get a second chance. Pick up your copy on Amazon today!

The Dog that Changed Everything By Andrea Meyer I have always been afraid of dogs ever since I can remember. I never wanted to be around them. They made me feel very unsafe and uncomfortable. Recently, my husband and I talked about getting a dog to complete our family. It took a few months to be okay with this idea and a few more months to find the perfect dog. We found Kaia on a for sale site and went to meet her. When we met her we instantly knew she was for us! She is an American Bully breed, which I had never heard of, but from doing extensive research it showed that those breeds are good family dogs, which she definitely lives up to that expectation! After having her only a few months she fits in perfectly with our chaotic family! To me, she’s not just an animal, but another child. I am so in love with Kaia. I had no idea I would have these feelings towards a dog ever!

All the time -Kate R.   All the time -Gina D. About everything -Charity L. Yep -Sarah H. Yes... full fledge conversations -Jenn W. Yes -Andrea M. Yes -Allison W. Yes. -Heather K. Yes -Jessica A. I talk to the horses at my college. Does that count? 🐎 -Vanessa R. Yes.....they listen more than my husband and kids do -Shauna Y. Constant chatter. Both ways. -Lisa S. Cruz Yes lol -Elena C. I talk to other people's pets even....I'd be more concerned if someone didn't. -Ashley B. Katy Rathbun Of course 👏 -Katy R. Duh! -Eric D. Of course but their cat so they don't care -Leanne Z. -Sarah L. Yep! yes -Vickie S. I talk to my dog all he time -Colleen R. They listen better than we do, so yes i do too!!! -Daniel R.

We have all had that horrendous flu or illness that has knocked us off our feet, but some of us have an extra healing aid around… our pets! When I’m sick, my dog stays right by my side, as if holding vigil until I recover. As a professional pet sitter and dog walker, even my clients’ pets seem to know when I’m feeling under the weather, cuddling up a little sweeter, and understanding that our walk might not be as energetic that day. But can dogs really know and sense when we are sick? The answer is yes! Dogs, in particular, have several special ways that help them indicate if a person is ill or not. One of those ways is with their amazing olfactory abilities, or rather, their miraculous sense of smell. Certain breed of dogs can have up to 40-50 times the scent receptors than us humans, making their sense of smell about 100,000 times stronger than ours! When a person is ill, their body chemistry will change, and a dog’s sensitive snout may be able to detect these subtle ch...

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