Meanwhile...Back at the Ranch (Meanwhile...Back at the Ranch)

Part 2 of our podcast from the other week, talking about how to know if a dog is a good fit for you

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 194 (Audio)

Periodically we like to take the time and actually discuss the dogs in the rescue that need a home. It’s hard to convey details about them in just a post on Facebook. When we discuss them in the podcast we can have everyone chime in on the dogs and the details about them, medically and socially. Tonight is that podcast.

This podcast needs just 2 words

Bear Pups.

Auction pre-game show, and we all discuss how proud we are of Eva and the Bob Ross video she made

We have had some heavy podcasts in the last few weeks so this one is pretty light and just for fun. And CAHTS!

Come along and sit in with some conversation

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 186 (Audio)

Well we hop right into the pop culture nonsense-mobile this week talking about Backdraft, the Baldwin brothers, Joffrey, Ricky Martin, Rock Hudson, Wham!, on and on we go. Then towards the end we talk about dog stuff, but only their poop.

These episodes are the most fun for me, I hope you guys like them too! 😅

-Wes

We discuss a few things in tonight’s podcast. Updates on poop because poop is important. Silly things like sugar cereal and what is your favorite.

But seriously we discuss that we have finally, finally purchased and installed our huge walk-in freezer which means that launching our dog food business where we will finally ship it around the country is very near. Once we get on the subject of dog food, a subject we are very passionate about we share why it’s important and it takes us right back to loop full circle. For those of you who watch our podcasts Wes has inserted many photos of the freezer, and of course poop.

Part 2: We sat down and recorded a podcast for the end of the year with Terrie and Ricky and Emma. It turned out to be a much longer bigger podcast so we are airing part one tonight and part two on Sunday night. We just discuss the year and some of our favorite rescues and the ones that made the most impact on us.

We had Dr. Reno join us again and this time we discussed at length the topic of overheating dogs, there is more to it than your dog just gets too warm, it is a lengthy discussion on all aspects, traveling with your dog, what to look for with your dog, what do do if this happens to you, and what are the signs to look for. Many times the issue is behavioral and not just temp related. We felt it was best to turn this podcast into a two part podcast due to the length of the conversation, Part one we will share with you tonight.

I dreaded this podcast but I knew it had to be done, I tried hard to keep it from being a cry fest and I think we did pretty good. Saying goodbye to Bea was very traumatic for me, the shock of it is what did me in, as I said before trying to find my rational mind in the midst of the crisis was very hard, thankfully I had Laura, Dr. Reno and the ER doctor all there to help lead me the right way.

It wasn’t all tears we did laugh and enjoy our memories of the Queen, her huge personality and her years of running the yard at the ranch. She most certainly made an ever lasting imprint on so many of us.

I will talk about it some more and we touched on it a bit in this podcast but we will be implementing a water fountain outside of the office at the ranch in honor of her, I will work to find someone who can make a concrete statue of the queen to sit next to it, I think she would like that to be forever known as the Queen of Lone Star Dog Ranch.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 171 (Audio)

One of those light and hopefully funny podcasts, toes, fingers, pasta, a serious splinter and rescuing dogs. Just a day in the life for all of us at the ranch.

First we apologize for the delay in this weeks podcast. Wes is feeling better and now has it finished.

We spent the majority of this podcast discussing bad behavior in dogs and why it needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. Primarily we discuss Bibble and her vaccuum issues but it goes beyond that.

World Series wrap-up, and some backstory on how we got Mookie!

You asked and we answered - here's the current roster of all of our own personal dogs!

This is just one of those good ol chitty chatty Sunday night podcasts where many things are discussed, sometimes it just naturally goes that way, and we enjoy them just as much as a serious conversation.

We recorded this show the day before the Bridgerton Bears arrived, so we discuss that process and share what we know about the situation they came from. "Eastbound & Down" or "I Love LA" - cast your votes!

We discuss all the information that people should understand about what to do if you find a stray dog. You might be amazed at how many calls and emails we get with this question and its important to know the law and how to go about trying to help the dog you found find its way home.

We also discuss bots on the Facebook page, why they are there, how prolific it has become, what is the goal of the bot. So many people think that it’s actually a person that is harassing them personally or us on our page and we try and give details explaining what is happening there.

We have returned from a couple of weeks off without a podcast due to the emergency of my mom entering hospice and ultimately passing away. It was of course a difficult time but I felt the need to discuss it in a podcast from the discussion of what its like to be in the situation of aging loved one that is going to pass, and the strife and turbulence you encounter while doing so. It certainly was a journey, a difficult one, but one that I strongly feel I needed to be with her for.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 1 (Audio)

Welcome to our podcast! For our first episode we thought we should explain a little about where we came from (So Cal), how we got here, and how and why the ranch got started. 

Join us as we talk about dogs with severe rescue cases and how crazy Ed is.

First we cover Joe Joe and his amputated leg. We cover how this leg was injured and lost and why he can't use a prosthetic to help him around. 

One of the craziest cases we have ever tackled early on, Miracle Marcus. What a hail Mary trying to save that dog that by all accounts should never have made it.

Don't worry if your dog isn't perfect, we'll tell you all about our dogs and how they are bad! Crazy Ed, bad boy Lamont, poop eaters, etc!

Renee's phone broke and she lost her mind, cheesecake and where our big podcast table came from.

We intended to discuss mill auctions and how they work. We were successful for a bit before getting derailed to doodles, how those got started and the plight of the poodle. We end with desserts and the burning life questions of "what is a custard? Is it banana bread or cake? What dessert is yucky? What is a cut gallon? Baklava? What is a ramekin? Red Pistachios? Dressing or stuffing?

Join us for the recap of a very difficult week. We start off with our usual jabbing each other and joking around but discuss the deaths this week of Autumn Dove and Jay Green. Both of these were tragic losses and we discuss what happened, the circumstances and how we deal with these losses in rescue.

Let's talk about dog behavior! In addition to recapping the week with Bea and her back injury, this week we will cover some common problems and try to explain what is happening, why, and how to correct these issues.

Welcome Laura as our special guest this week to talk about the beginnings of the rescue. How did we come to start the rescue and how did Laura come into this?

This week Travis and Renee sit down to discuss aggressive behavior in dogs. There isn't a one size fits all to this description and dogs display behavior for different reasons and with different intents. Travis and Renee break down what this looks like and what to do with a few examples from their own lives.

Let's talk about pet stores and selling puppies. Jessica spoke at a city council meeting here locally to highlight the horrors of life for the parents of dogs sold in pet stores which come from puppy mills. We discuss how this works for the mill owner, brokers, and the pet store and talk about a dog we rescued (Tribble) from a pet store and the conditions he was dealing with. 

Renee and Jessica sit down to discuss euthanasia. How do we know when it is time? We site some examples of dogs in our lives and situations we have dealt with. Everyone's situation is different and you need to be able to ask yourself some questions that can help you decide when it is time. 

Fire!!!! Did you know Travis is a closet "fire bug"? Listen to us fight about how to pronounce Bois D'arc trees. What kind of animals have we had in our childhood, and a whole host of animal stories.

Are you afraid of ghosts? Laura is with us again and she tells us all about her ghost experience at Renee's mom's house. It's hilarious!

This episode has Laura Galloway hanging out with us and we wanted to devote some time to discuss the "valley" You've heard us discuss it many times and we hope the information here helps you get a better understanding of the area and the plight of the dogs who are down there.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 13 - Part 1

This is one of those family podcasts where its just silly conversation about our dogs, nicknames, and voices that we have made up for them. We know we aren't the only crazy ones, come on along and then share with us the nicknames and silly stories you have about your dogs.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 13 - Part 2 (Audio)

Tonight's podcast is a continuation from last week where we discussed all of the crazy nicknames our dogs have but the podcast led into the topic of catching lost dogs. It truly is a very complicated thing to catch a lost dog. So many variables come into play, the dogs behavior, the location, how long its been lost, etc etc..

We discuss a few stories of us catching dogs that were lost and hopefully it will give you some insight into the topic. Georgia is a common topic as a "helper" in catching a dog, dogs can be used as a tool to help and Georgia has always been one of the best.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 14 (Audio)

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Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 16 Part 1 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 16 Part 2 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 17 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 18 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 19 Part 1 (Audio)

Life on the farm, chef Wes, lions and bears, oh and Danny Galloway with a big surgery oh my…

This weeks podcast we discussed so many things and we talked for a long time so we needed to make it a part one and a part two that will air next week. Mostly we discuss the impact of adding a puppy to your life, adding a puppy to the life of your current pets and the issues that come along with all of that. This may also include adopting a mill dog because many people don’t realize that just because they are adult dogs, they have no skills like a puppy and therefore have requirements for the adopter to consider.

Tonight’s podcast we discuss my task as the mother of Boosie and Bessie the complications with trying to solve their issues. Boosie and her eating problems and Bessie with her skin problems.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 19 Part 2 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 20 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 21 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 22 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 23 (Audio)

Tonights podcast...  come along and have dinner with us, Laura brought us pizza and we discuss many things from the passing of Bernice, Lamont and his IBD and we then spent some detailed time discussing the motorcycle accident from Mothers Day. A podcast is the perfect platform to be able to discuss all details of this event.  I am in touch with Colins mom Stephanie and happy to tell you that he is out of the hospital, walking with a walker, he's got a long way to go but this was very good news indeed.

As usual we go off topic many times and have lots of laughs during our podcasts and this time we veer right off topic into the discussion of poop, yep poop.. From dogs pooping in weird places to a hilarious story and video of one of our team captains Anne and her poop adventure at the sanctuary.. 😂

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 24 (Audio)

Tonights podcast is up and this week we begin with saying goodbye to Joe Joe and how we all felt about that and the process of choosing his new home. We also discussed the bear pups, the fears of losing them to distemper, the jinx of talking about them according to Wes and Travis. Unfortunately we did have to discuss losing another one of Orbit's pups to distemper and the pain that goes along with that. We know at some point we will get through it all but as you can imagine it is painful. No worries the conversation isn't all dark, there is always humor and this podcast has humor too.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 25 (Audio)

Poop, dogs trying to control you, vomit, housebreaking and more poop..

That's what tonights podcast is about, we laughed and

laughed and laughed with our disaster poop and vomit stories...Just how bad does Laura's husband Danny allow their Chihuahua's to manipulate him? oh boy you need to watch this one....

Join us tonight for discussion on the rescue being like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 26 (Audio)

We thought we would spend some time talking about gear, what do I mean by gear?

Leashes

Collars

Harnesses

Martingales

Flexi leads

Training collars, all kinds, including choke chains, electronic collars, and prong collars.

There is tons of misinformation out there, tons of what is sold to you for all the wrong reasons, what we refuse to use, what we will use in certain circumstances, and what we think is the best and the worst when it comes to walking your dogs and why.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 27 (Audio)

Puppies and baseball and donuts - oh my!

Sometimes when we sit down to record a podcast we don’t really have an idea of what we want to talk about - this was one of those times. We had some bear pups with us, talked about the donut group of rescues including the new pup Munchkin, and of course the conversation was derailed down a number of tracks… 

The most controversial of which HAS to be what I call “Burger Wars” 

In’N’Out vs Whataburger - have a listen to our spirited debate and tell us what side y’all choose!

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 28 (Audio)

This is just one of those podcasts of you coming and hanging out with us. Wherever the conversation goes is where it goes.

We bounce around quite a bit but Burger talk continues…sorry guys…

Team Raisin vs. Oatmeal chocolate chip

Vacations, and chicken pack dynamics, the healing of Gloria the hen when she was injured and Randy the murdering rooster.

We touched on the topic of people seeking advice on social media including behavior and medical and the problems with that.

Come and sit in with us, we laugh a lot and we hope that you will too…

Good night everyone

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 29 (Audio)

Tonights podcast we spend some time talking about Jim Bob, the details on his rescue, happier times and stories of who he was, and of course his passing. Travis couldn’t attend this podcast he was just too sad about Jim to come and discuss.

Bryan and Jim Bob truly had a love affair like no other. Breaks my heart that he has lost him.

We discussed further in the podcast about the rescue and many of the details on issues that arise with us and how we make decisions about rescuing more dogs and all of the factors that go into our day to day lives with the rescue.

Tonight’s podcast is puppies puppies puppies - we discuss the difficulties of having one, and the work that goes into it. Laura shares the details of bringing home Trooper and while thinking she was prepared discovered that she hadn’t.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 30 (Audio)

Tonights podcast is all about dogs and behavior. We try and stay on the subject of bringing a dog into your house, the issues that arise, how to go about doing that in the best way. There are lots of variables to this subject and we try and go into detail on all of the aspects. We go into details on submissive dogs, middle of the pack dogs, and dominant dogs and we even headed down the road to talk about dog parks a little bit.

We hope there is some helpful information in this podcast and if it leads to more questions then by all means shout out your questions and it may be a future podcast in the making.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 31 (Audio)

As I said earlier with a short promo of this podcast. The subject matter is about breeders. As I explain in this podcast that term is too broad, and the great breeders are tossed in with the garbage breeders and made into villains as if they are the same as commercial breeders or worse yet dirty hoarder backyard breeders. This scale is huge everyone, and cannot be thrown into one pile together.

I have always been a supporter of reputable breeders and I always will be, but you must understand what the two different worlds look like and why they are not the same.

I didn't want to talk about designer dogs but invariably because of what has happened in our society with them, and the phenomena and demand that exists it was impossible to avoid. I will not disparage the dogs themselves but we don't hold back on how we feel about this subject, and the suffering the dogs take on because of it.  its a shame, a damn shame. Yes I recognize that some people are rescuing designer dogs, but the vast majority of them are purchased continuing this cycle, and no matter how you feel about that we take the time to express our opinion about the Doodle phenomena and how they do not fall into the category of coming from a reputable breeder and why.

Once again this is a very large topic, and we will revisit it again and again, dogs are our passion and that's one of the things we love about having a podcast is to express our thoughts and feelings on subjects with dogs that mean a lot to us.

This is our 31st podcast and normally the video versions of our podcasts require a subscription, it's rare when we release one to the public for free and this is only the second time we have done so.

Please remember our goal with what we do on social media and in our podcast is provide information and education, and that is why we determined that this podcast would be shared to all. We hope our subscribers understand our mission and why we have opted to do that this time.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 32 (Audio)

Tonights podcast will have you joining us for conversation about a lot of things. Sir Frederick taken to the ER, the struggles with Richie, the struggles of taking care of extremely old dogs and their end of life.

We also spent some time talking about Panda Bear and the difficulties in finding a home for her, due to her psychologically being damaged and all of the thoughts and decisions that go into choosing a home for her.

We also discussed the admiration and appreciation we have for our medical team and how much it means to us to have a relationship with all of them, not only for our rescues but for our own personal dogs too.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 34 (Audio)

When we began recording a podcast we knew that we would be sharing many things about our lives, our jobs, our dogs, and sometimes what happens in our lives is difficult, sometimes we go through the process of loss and that happens with rescue dogs, our own dogs and even village members that have adopted from us and have become like family to all of us.

This podcast is exactly that, the discussion of the week we just went through, our thoughts and our feelings about all of it. All of our podcasts won't be funny, or about educating, sometimes its just about us and loss and things and people we care about and that's what this one is.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 35 (Audio)

We were excited to have our first time guest for our podcast with Dr Reno. 

We had many things to discuss but first and foremost the subject of the high rate of suicide in veterinarians was a very important topic for Dr Reno to hopefully help all of understand their industry better. The difficulties brought on due to Covid that none of them expected and the stress on vets causing the statistics of suicide to be one of the highest in the nation. 

I encourage you to listen and help everyone understand exactly why this is happening, it’s probably nothing you’ve thought about before, and we are hoping to educate the public about this subject. 

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 36 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 37 (Audio)

As I discussed a little earlier part of tonights podcast discusses predators around your yard and how we all feel about that and how we all handle that, in addition you will hear us discuss all of our different philosophies on housebreaking with our pack…no we all don’t agree as you will hear.

In addition to that I go into great detail the trouble that I am having with Georgia and her being a very old dog and how her behavior is now affecting the pack and is endangering her safety at home. I am working on taking care of these issues with the help of Dr. Reno and hopefully I can get this situation handled better.

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Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 39 (Audio)

I shared with you guys several days ago how I was feeling down and stressed about the pandemic. It felt good to talk about it, the struggle is real and more and more people that we know are sick with Covid. Our employee is now very ill and we are so worried about her. My son in law Doug was ill with it and my granddaughter Eva was also very sick with it, and Jessica now has a good friend that has been hospitalized. It just keeps getting worse.

I will share some of what my post that I shared for those of you that missed it. I do also want to say that when we started a podcast it was with the though in mind of not only sharing our lives with dogs, with the rescue, with educating about dog behavior but we felt like if you wanted to hang out with us then our podcasts will sometimes just be conversation about whatever is on our mind. That is what this podcast is, we gather around and discuss our feelings about how we feel about some things.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 40 (Audio)

We were not able to bring a podcast to you last week because of illness. Covid has struck the ranch and while I recover sadly Asheley continues to fight for her life. There is no improvement and she is still on the EcMo and will be for the foreseeable future.

Travis could not join us for this podcast, its just emotionally too hard for him right now. I tried not to cry in this podcast but Jessica and I both failed at that.

The subject is just that its Covid, and its compassion. Our podcasts are just us speaking about how we feel, and how we think, with what is going on with life at the ranch. After the post I put up about Asheley that brought about negative comments we absolutely could not go without discussing this topic. I'm sure people will disagree, I am sure some people will get angry, but that isn't the point, the point is this is how we feel, this is what we are doing.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 41 (Audio)

As you all know we have had so much stress and so much sadness at the ranch its been reflected in our last two podcasts. We can't apologize for that because our podcasts are real and sometimes they are raw. We basically share our thoughts and feelings with you each week and times have been tough.

We sat down to this podcast and we just wanted to talk about things that were lighter so we did, we talked about vacations that we can't take due to covid and we talked about vacations that we took in the past. Somehow it fell into baseball and we share some of out thoughts on teams we dislike and why

It was nice to laugh and just talk about lighter things, we did have to end talking about what happened with Georgia so once again I end up crying in our podcast and I once again need to say, I'm typically not a crier but there certainly has been a lot of tears shed lately.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 42 (Audio)

This podcast is what I would call chit chat, we needed a podcast that wasn’t heavy, one where I didn’t cry.

As they used to say about Seinfeld it was a show about nothing, but it was a show that I loved and it truly was about nothing. As we continue doing podcasts I get more and more comfortable with the fact that many times it will be a podcast about nothing. What does that mean? It means we invite you into sitting down with us for just casual conversation and wherever that conversation leads. Obviously dogs are a big part of our life so the majority of time our conversation is going to include talking about dogs. Other times it can be anything at all and we just don’t know where it will lead.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 43 (Audio)

We spent some time talking about all of the things we remembered about Asheley, the things we loved about her. Our conversation evolves into spelling, Math, travel, changing tires on a car and lord knows what else.

This video is about Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 44 (Audio)

Just a couple of words to describe this podcast.

Turkey Thursday.

Circus Auction.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 45 (Audio)

Well, it took us a while but we finally had a sit down with Mr. Ricky Barnes, this is almost a 2 hour podcast and we barely scraped the surface of stories to talk to him about.

Ricky has been just a life saving component to Dog Ranch Rescue, so many dogs that he has come to their aid, and transported them to their new life. We touch base on personal questions as well, a little history and tried to get some of your questions answered for you. We will absolutely have Ricky back again but for the fist time sit down with him we think you will really enjoy the conversation.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 46 (Audio)

We wanted to film and release this podcast before the auction ended, so that is what we did. We are so grateful for all of our donations, it is truly incredible what people send to us, but we thought it would be nice for us to try and talk about some of them in our podcast and bring a little more light to them and some of the people behind them.

We are just on the brink of reaching our goal with just one more day left before the auction ends on Sunday October 24th.

We had a lot of laughs in this podcast and we invite you to come along and join us.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 47 (Audio)

What is this podcast about?

It begins with what I will call Lauraism's.

She makes me laugh everyday and when you tune in you will learn these terms, Terrible business, The Swordsman, Up in your bed, Taking a bath, and Showing your ass. After you hear this podcast you will know all of them.

We then led into the details on poor little Puddles the Bulldog we lost.

We then went into details on boarding facilities and what you know about the facility you might use? in a addition to using trainers and what do they know?

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 48 (Audio)

Dog food, Mill dogs, adoption requirements and why, and barn cats.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 49 (Audio)

Bit of a short podcast today, but we talk about me and Trav's "Foster" situation and what our thought process is when it comes to making a big decision like adding a dog to our packs.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 50 (Audio)

This podcast is all about barn cats, everything we've learned and what we intend to do with them.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 51 (Audio)

We sat down to have this podcast on the same night it was Wes’s birthday, little did we know just as the podcast began we got the news that Abraham had been killed by a train.

We have few opportunities in the week to get our podcast recorded and you guys follow along with us through our lives and quite frankly sometimes that’s the good, as well as the bad, so this podcast begins with us coming to terms with what had happened to Abraham before we can continue to discuss Jace, Nanas and Parade.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 52 (Audio)

Tonights podcast is just a good old fashioned lets all chat around the table conversation.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 53 (Audio)

A little peek at Wes at work, for a guy who has had absolutely no training at editing or sound, but we think does a pretty darn good job. This is our 53rd podcast which means its just past one year, kind of crazy but here we are week after week. If you look at the pics on Wes's monitors I think you can see we are discussing Dogue De Bordeaux's aka French Mastiff aka a breed we adore, and have owned for over 20 years.

We discuss the breed, the health, the history the tendencies and generalities of the breed.

Here's a story about how you catch a Fancy June....

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 54 (Audio)

One of those podcasts where we just had fun, Cookies, Poop, Donkey Bubb's on a plane oh my....

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 55 (Audio)

You probably don’t know this but Travis has some crazy tendencies, he’s pretty type A about procedures and the beginning of this podcast will give you a little glimpse into that insanity, and please note the half squeeze is very important!!!

It happens to be about how to clean up poop dens but oh well, that is our life…

We spend the rest of the podcast giving you a glimpse into a week of our life, which this past one was filled with so many things, including the loss of Gina, the difficulties with Jace and the return of Pony and all of the struggles that go with all of those things.

A couple of pieces of info, Trav’s camera failed and therefore Wes had to try and just use the room camera to make it work for Travis, it sucks but that’s just how it goes sometimes. Also please hang to the end after the credits roll for a tribute to Gina by her foster mom Christi.

This is the last podcast of the year, we enjoy spending time with you telling stories, laughing, crying sometimes, trying to teach things other times, and basically just giving you much more information on the day to day stories that Facebook only captures a tiny bit of the details, we hope you have enjoyed them as well. We will continue to make them as long as people want to come along and so far we feel like we have done okay with them.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 56 (Audio)

Another year gone, and the first podcast of the year. I thought I might reflect back on the year some and look forward some and talk a little bit about this podcast too.

This year was tough just like last year but Covid caused pain in different ways this year than last. Last year we lost all of our business in the period of about two weeks when we sheltered in place, this year people moved out more and took trips by trying to be as safe as possible, road trips, remote trips, camping trips, beach house trips. People get creative when trying to have a vacation and a pandemic at the same time.

This year Covid hit very close to home and killed our only employee Asheley, the pain was just too much and it then hit us as well, thankfully vaccinated even though I was very sick I was going to be okay and I was. Wes also came down with it and at the very end of the year one of our new employees Emma came down with it, Laura, and her whole family are currently trying to recover, volunteers are hit wit it, Dr. Renos staff and just about everyone you know is sick with it. I just hope they are all vaccinated.

We had a good year with business until Omicron came to show itself, we were booked for Christmas and then as the holiday approached cancellations came too. Day by day people called cancelling sick with covid, relatives they were traveling to see were sick with covid and ultimately we lost about 20% of our Christmas bookings due to Covid. Nothing to do but keep pushing forward, withe very single aspect of it.

I lost Georgia this year she was an old girl that lived a great life but it doesn’t make it any easier, I have so many senior dogs I was grateful to have only lost one of them this year. The changes at the Ranch were pretty big, Kirk retired with declining health, we lost Asheley and replaced them both with 4 new employees, which was huge for us.

Those of you that are clients will be meeting them as you come in, they are a great group of kids with lots of experience working with dogs. When you come in allow them to introduce themselves to you and please welcome them, we know it’s different for people to come in and not see us but we assure you they are all great. Emma, Makala, Jennah and Wyatt. It was high time we took some of the pressure off of us and asked for some help with experienced people.

In this podcast we talk quite a bit about Bessie and her allergies, in addition we are never going to give up our cookie business, its turned out to be pretty popular and you know what after going through this pandemic with the loss of business we diversified into cookies, a store, and podcasting because we just aren’t going to keep all of our eggs in one basket anymore. In this podcast we talk about making a new cookie and what we think we might like to make and what we think all of you might like to try. We encourage you to chime in about that too.

We also discuss Covid and Laura’s family and we would like to talk to the village and ask how all of you are doing personally with yourself or your family. Has covid affected your life? Have you lost people you love? Are you a healthcare worker? And if so how are you doing? I think it really helps for us to talk together in this village we have, share stories and support one another. This village is about way more than rescuing dogs, it’s a community and I encourage people to share in this community to find some kind words and support that might make all of us feel better. Can we all hope that we might be able to move to an endemic and away from a pandemic? I’m just so very sick and tired of this virus, so weary and I just want it to go away..

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 57 (Audio)

We think you will enjoy this podcast, the boys get to taste the new cookie on camera and give you their feedback. Somehow our conversations lead to all kinds of topics, and this one is no different, we laugh, and we are serious all rolled into one. We hope you enjoy this one too.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 58 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 59 (Audio)

We discuss Travis as the now infamous “Cat Daddy” I swear to you I’m going to make a shirt. We give you all of the details on how that is going, we then discuss rescuing a big group of dogs and the subject of Pit Bulls and their plight.

We finish the podcast with my reflection on the one and only donkey boy aka Koufax, his love for Hawaiian rolls and his special relationship with Mabel. This video made me cry and I’m sure it will do the same for many of you. I had Koufax for almost 5 years and I assure you he was probably 10 years old if not older. I worked hard to make it work for him in my home and I think he had a blessed life.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 60 (Audio)

We are always glad the Laura’s husband Danny doesn’t listen to our podcasts because he is the subject of our humor many times.

We get stuck on Danny’s chair that Laura hates so very much and she explains all of the details with it along with “family time”

Our serious topic is the changes at the sanctuary with hiring the girls to work over there. All of our thoughts about it and how we all felt that this would be the most optimal thing we could do for the dogs. We thought about this for a very very long time and we finally made the decision to just go for it and we think it's going to be a game changer for the dogs and for the rescue.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 61 (Audio)

Sometimes I think we just have too much fun with these podcasts..

Come along we hope you enjoy yourself...

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 62 (Audio)

When we gather and record a podcast lots of times we just sit and shoot the crap and huck it up before we actually get to the podcast. We don’t usually include that in the podcast but this time I thought what the hell I will share some of it with you, some of us don’t even have our microphones close enough but I think you can still hear it all. If you want to know what video we are laughing about just go to Youtube and search for Bobby Done Fell and you will find it. It makes us all laugh so hard every time and this time was no different.

Once the podcast actually begins we discuss the subject of dog scams that people fall into on social media with thinking they are buying a puppy that these scammers don’t actually even have. We also spend some time talking about dogs with IBD and our history with that.

And then there is Travis who ran off with my Bessie to a party with his friends and the trouble he got in!!!

The audio version is always free and the link can be found here:

The video version does require a subscription and the link to tonights podcast video version can be found here

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 63 (Audio)

We came back this week in our podcast and of course we had to discuss the attack on Ricky and the subsequent decision to euthanize Carlsbad. The topic of unpredictable dogs and dog attacks in general and our responsibilities with placing dogs in our rescue. It’s an important conversation and we spend quite a bit of time discussing it.

We then touched on the subject of the barn cats and the discovery we had about feeding them raw food, I will cover the topic in a future post but we discuss all of the details in this podcast.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 64 (Audio)

We picked up where we left off a bit from last weeks podcast with lots of questions sent to us about discerning fear aggression from true aggression. We talk about many of our past rescues to help explain. Travis tells some stories about many dogs you might recall.

I spent some time talking about grooming dogs that need haircuts and starting young with them and the benefits of that and we also discussed my history of grooming cats and the cat attacks that unfortunately I have in my resume.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 65 (Audio)

Tonight's podcast covers something that many have asked for in the past. I honestly thought it would be a short podcast but I was shocked to see that for each of us to cover the stories of all of our dogs it actually took two podcasts to do it.

Tonight's podcast is part one and I cover the vast majority of my dogs and part two that will air next Sunday will cover all of the kids dogs.

You might learn some things about my dogs that you didn’t know before, some of it gets a little emotional for me so I apologize in advance for tears, I never want to cry in our podcasts but it didn’t work out that way for me and for Wes who has a hard time next week talking about his Ripley.

Anyway we hope you learn lots of things that perhaps you didn’t know before.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 66 (Audio)

Tonights podcast is part two from last week in this podcast all of the kids talk about their dogs some of them from the past and all of them they currently have. We were surprised that this subject took as long as it did to talk about we hope you enjoyed part one and part two tonight as well.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 67 (Audio)

This is another one of those podcasts where we get together and just chat about what’s going on. We talk about the joy of interacting with insurance companies, and of course tease my mother mercilessly and hilariously about her current immobility situation and how that’s going to work on her trip to Disney. Come along and laugh with us!

A chitty chatty podcast but in addition to the chatty we delved into the situation with the copyright problem with Reuters and the struggle of owner surrenders.

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 68 (Audio)

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