Celebrating Two Years of Tails and Tales: The Story of My Pet Podcast Anniversary

I am so beyond grateful to be here still doing this two years later . Back in May of 2022 , when I recorded my first episode and published it along with my trailer , I had no idea where this journey in podcasting was going to go . Today , I have two podcasts and the story of my pet is going strong .

I am meeting new pet parents all the time and interviewing them from around the world to tell their stories . Through this journey , I not only have shared so many stories , but I , too , have learned so much myself . I never imagined when I started how much I was going to learn and how many new , amazing people I was going to meet .

Honestly , I started the story of my pet because I'm a pet lover . I've always had pets . I've always loved animals , been a huge animal advocate , but little did I know .

I only knew a little bit about the animal rescue world and I've learned so much more since starting the podcast from the people that I have interviewed pet parents , advocates , people who work in animal rescue , who work in animal shelters , who run nonprofit organizations .

I really have learned so much from my guests and I'm so happy to continue this podcast , to continue to educate you , the listeners , on things that I'm learning , things that I have learned and hearing from people who are on the front lines of animal rescue . In the last two years I myself have now volunteered at my local animal shelter .

I have also volunteered with the local dog rescue organization . I have also fostered for my local animal shelter . I've had episodes all about fostering . I've fostered many kittens since I started as a foster , including the litter of six where my baby , pumpkin the calico , came from . She became official part of our family after I fostered her and her five siblings .

You can hear an episode all about the adventures and fostering that I've had . I also worked for a while at my local shelter . I helped run the off-site dog adoption events on the weekends .

Again , being a volunteer and part-time staff , I have learned so much about the reality of what is going on in animal shelters around the country where I live in Kern County in California . We are in crisis with the over population , especially of dogs , and I have learned a lot about really what's going on , what we need .

We need to keep educating people on the importance of fostering and adoption . We really need people to understand the importance of spay and neutering and adoption . We really need people to understand the importance of spay and neutering , how the health benefits as well as the unwanted litters of dogs and cats that can be avoided by spay and neutering so much .

I have learned that from not only from this podcast , but firsthand being in the shelter , and I'm going to continue to tell those stories from my experience from others who are still out there on the front lines every day , so that we can just keep learning and sharing and supporting the animals so that we can save more . That's what it's all about .

So I really wanted to come on today to record this episode , not only to celebrate and share what I've learned , how having this podcast about pets has changed my own life . You're watching this on YouTube . You can see my wall of pets behind me .

Some are my own , some are just art that I love , that I'm inspired by wearing my sparkle cat ears to celebrate two years of the story of my pet . I want to thank you all for listening , for sharing to some of you listening right now , for being on the podcast and sharing your stories .

I know it's not always easy to do that to share stories of pets we've lost .

It can be hard , but celebrating our pets , past and present , is so important Helping each other to grieve , helping each other to get through difficult situations , managing health issues of our pets , supporting each other in our efforts as volunteers , as rescuers , as fosters all the ways that we can support each other and support animal rescue and animal shelters that

need us . So if you're listening to this and you have a story that you want to share that you think will inspire others , please let me know . You can check me out on Instagram at the story of my pet podcast . Send me a DM or go to the link in the show notes and you can find my direct email . Let me know what you want to share .

If you know someone who works in animal rescue , let me know what you want to share . If you know someone who works in animal rescue , animal shelters , animal nonprofit related organizations , anything that they're doing to help animals in need and think they should be spotlighted , please let me know . You can DM or email me directly .

I am always looking for more amazing people working in animal rescue who want to tell their story and who I can help spotlight and hopefully inspire others to get involved or educate them on an important topic . So please share your ideas , share who you would love to hear on the podcast .

And my biggest ask is to just help me continue the podcast , and you can do that in one of five ways . One , by continuing to listen , but make sure you are subscribed and that you download each new episode . That is really important for me and the podcast to show all the different people listening that they've downloaded and listened to each episode .

Next , you can share it . You can share the episode with a friend or a family member . You can do that by either sharing the episode directly or following me on Instagram and Facebook and just reposting my posts or directing people to my page Again , that's at the Story of my Pet podcast on Instagram and Story of my Pet on Facebook .

You can also help the podcast by going to YouTube and subscribing to my YouTube channel . You'll find my channel , julie Marty Pearson .

It's the channel where I host both of my podcasts , and if you subscribe , you will get notifications every time a new episode launches and lands on YouTube , and I will be sharing full video of my interviews for the last several episodes of season three on YouTube directly , and I'll be sharing more short videos and clips there as well .

So please go to YouTube , julie Marty Pearson , subscribe to my channel and you can see all of the upcoming episodes and videos there . Next , if you'd like to support the podcast financially , which I greatly appreciate , you can go to the link in my bio on social or in the show notes of this episode and buy me a coffee . It's as simple as that .

You can send me a coffee and that money will go to support the podcast . If you don't know anything about podcasting , it does actually require money to do this . I have to pay for the host site , for the editing software that I use , amongst many other things , and really the podcast is my passion .

I'm keeping this podcast going in order to educate and advocate .

I want to advocate for the animals in our country , in my local community , that need help , and I want to educate people on the importance of spay and neuter , on fostering adoption and supporting animal rescue and shelters in your area , but in order to do that , I need help myself financially in order to keep the podcast going .

So , like I said , click the link , buy me a coffee , and that is a great way to help the podcast . Lastly , there's a new way that you can help the podcast , and this is something that I will be adding to episodes from here on , which are some ads that I will be reading during the episodes .

Now , I will never have an ad for something that is not something I actually use myself or use with my pets and can tell you that it works and that it is a value and that you should try it .

So I will only be running a few ads and I'll tell you a little bit about the two companies now , but , just so you know , these ads will be very short within upcoming episodes . If you want to learn more , you can click the links in the show notes of the episode You're listening to learn more about the ad that I have read .

So the first company I'm going to be sharing with you is NuVida . Nuvida is a CBD company that I have actually been using for several years , off and on . I recently came back to it to try one of their new products .

It's a detox bundle that they have that I've used both products of and they have helped me so much , and we'll talk more about those specifically in the ads when I create them .

But Nuvita is a CBD company and what I love about them is they create products not only for me as a human , but they also have a very special pet formula of CBD and I have used it with my own cat recently . He has a lot of anxiety . He does not want to go into a carrier , if you know .

You know does not like going to the vet and having a little bit of that pet formula CBD about 30 minutes beforehand . It relaxes him , makes him less anxious and less scared of going in the carrier , the car and to the vet . I learned about Nubita through a friend on Instagram .

I have followed her for years and years Joanne , who you can find at For the Love of Smiley . I followed her years ago when she posted about Smiley , her blind gold retriever who became a therapy dog , and through the years I feel like I know her . She's a friend of mine and she's been using NuVita for years as well .

She's who I learned about it years ago and came back to it again when she mentioned it , and she's used it with her pets , so she will be on an upcoming episode to talk all about her experience .

She's been a dog trainer and a vet tech and now has a small farm with dogs and cats , and horses and a donkey , and she has used CBD with all of them for different reasons , and she will be sharing her experience to give you a little bit of how you might be able to use NuVita's pet formula with your own pets . So I really look forward to that .

If this is something that's of interest to you now , please go to the link in the show notes , as well as on my social media pages , go to NuVita , look around , and the best part is you can use my code , julie10 , for 10% off your order .

There's no minimum purchase , no certain amount you have to buy , and you can use that code every single time you shop Nuvita , and that's what I love about them they always have great deals , and so I am proud to be an affiliate for them . The other company that I will be doing short ads about is Little Words Project .

Again , this is a company I have bought from for years and years at least five or six years , maybe longer , probably since pretty soon after they came out , I learned about them and have purchased items from them . It is a jewelry company .

Their main product are beaded bracelets what most people call friendship bracelets but I find theirs to be super high quality and they have an amazing variety of colors and gems and all different things . They started out the idea of spreading kindness and now they are a huge company . They have shops in various places across the United States .

You can buy some of their products in Target around the United States , as well as through their of their products in Target around the United States , as well as through their website , littlewordprojectscom , and I will have it linked in the show notes .

And why I love them is because they create all these different types of bracelets with different words or sayings , but they also have custom , so you can choose your color , your type and put whatever word , date or words that you want . I use them all the time . I have bought them many of them myself for myself .

I've also bought them for many friends and family as gifts . This episode is being recorded in early May , right before Mother's Day . It is a great gift option for your mom and for your grandma , your friends , your sisters , anybody . I have them in a variety . I have my name , I have my podcast name on one .

I have several with my pet's names on them , which I love . They also have a special collection right now for moms with all different types of moms Grandma Nana , all the moms with all different types of moms . Grandma Nana , all the moms , cat moms too , dog moms . They also do special collections helping to raise money for different causes and organizations .

They're just a great organization themselves and I love their products and I love getting them and giving them as gifts . So check out littlewordprojectscom link in the show notes and use my code BIRRMOM for 15% off your order . Again , no minimum purchase needed and you can use the code more than once .

They ship very quickly and it is a great idea for gifts for Mother's Day , for graduations , birthdays . Anyone I know would be happy to get one of their bracelets . So again , thank you so much for being here , for listening to this episode , for being here on this journey with me , for the story of my pet for the last two years .

Thank you for listening , thank you for sharing . Thank you for sharing your stories , for suggesting guests , for telling me about organizations to follow and continue to do that .

I hope you continue to listen to the podcast , subscribe , share it with friends and family and , if you love it , please support it One of the ways I've mentioned in this episode and I cannot wait to share more inspiring pet stories with you in the episodes to come , hopefully for many years to come .

Thank you , my friend and fellow animal lover , for being here and supporting the podcast . Much love to you and your pets . Thank you , my friend , for being here and listening to this episode of the story of my pet podcast . I hope you were inspired and touched by this amazing pet story and I hope you come back to listen to more episodes soon .

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Every review helps get the podcast in front of more people and heard by more listeners , so that the podcast can inspire more people to rescue , foster and adopt animals in need today . Thank you so much for being here and much love to you and your pets .