7 Oct 2025 11:00
247: A Second Chance at Love: Senior Dog Adoption with Peggy Rew
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247: A Second Chance at Love; Senior Dog Adoptions with Peggy Rew
Peggy Rew is our guest on this episode. Peggy Rew is a professional pet nanny, published wordsmith, copy editor, and pet care educator. A pet rescuer since the ‘70’s, Rew has touched the lives of more than 4,000 animals: dogs, cats, horses, goats, reptiles, llamas, fish, bunnies, and birds, etc. Her penned creations include poetry, short stories and hundreds of published articles.
You may reach Peggy at: [email protected] or at 775-830-0982
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/m.peggy.a.rew
Time Stamps -
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Puppies can produce a lot of complication
2:11 The story of a senior dog adoption
4:00 Often seniors are available due to people going into senior living and they can’t keep their beloved pet.
8:00 Young doesn’t always mean healthy and a long life, and a 7 year old dog, in some cases is elderly and in others (say a Jack Russell) are just starting to mature!
10:00 Checklists of expectations and deal breakers
11:10 “Senior” often means 7, but sometimes it means 10 years old or older
12:44 An adult dog knows him or herself. They are just as easy to train. We know whether or not they are comfortable with a quiet or busy life, do they like kids, etc
14:30 What attributes does our family need, what attributes do we need to avoid?
20:50 Older dogs often make puppy raising easier
21:26 Breed specific rescue can be a huge help if you want a specific breed
27:51 If a family member is afraid of dogs, please resolve that before you get a dog!
33:00 If possible adopt dogs from groups that do matching assessments such as Meet Your Match® & Safer® assessments from the ASPCA. We tend to get better matches when such programs are utilized.
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