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The Companions Collective

Angela Schneider

The Companions Collective explores the incredible, profound bond humans share with their pets. We shine the spotlight on pet-related issues and the professional pet photographers who are creating in ways that are changing the way we view our companion animals.

kids & family pets & animals

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00:47:57

The Art of Checking Your Phone

The Companions Collective ·

2023/09/23

In a world that often feels fast-paced and impersonal, dealing with grief can be an isolating and challenging experience. Go back to episode 49, The Art of Exploring the Loneliness Within, to hear my thoughts on why that isolation becomes compounded when we lose our beloved pets. When a companion animal leaves our physical world, our grief is profound and often misunderstood by people who haven't experienced such a bond, including those who may be closest to us. Recognizing this need for

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00:36:16

The Art of Working Through Grief

The Companions Collective ·

2023/09/16

After the death of her son Jimmy in 2014, Margo Fowkes (Folks) created Salt Water, a blog and online community that provides a safe harbor for those who are grieving the death of someone dear to them. Inspired by Jimmy’s determination to live a rich, full life despite his cancer diagnosis, Salt Water’s articles and other resources focus on healing and building a new life in the aftermath of a devastating loss. Margo is also the founder and president of OnTarget Consulting, Inc., a firm specializing

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00:53:45

The Art of Aging Gracefully

The Companions Collective ·

2023/09/09

Dennis Wormald loves to find creative ways to educate dog owners on the misconceptions of dog behavior. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Dennis has a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine, focused on canine anxiety. As a vet, he exclusively treats dogs with mental health conditions and come to him with a wide range of behavior issues, such as aggression or separation anxiety. He recently published his first book titled "A Dedication to Difficult Dogs," which gives a fresh perspective on canine

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00:44:09

The Art of Seeing the Individual

The Companions Collective ·

2023/09/02

A few weeks ago, I drove out to the northwest side of Spokane, so far northwest I was at the tip of the beautiful Riverside State Park. I met with Kit and Pete Jagoda, the founders of River's Wish Animal Sanctuary. River's Wish saves animal lives through rescue, education and advocacy. Kit and Pete strive to treat animals as individuals and to express their wonder and plight through visual art forms, from painting to jewelry-making. The sanctuary is named for River, a dog who inspired Kit

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00:08:16

The Art of Exploring the Loneliness Within

The Companions Collective ·

2023/08/26

Grief can bring with it periods of loneliness and isolation. Some may choose to find comfort in messages, hugs and social interactions after their pet's death, while others may need solitude to process their emotions and memories. Our founder, Angela Schneider of Big White Dog Photography in Spokane, Washington, has experienced both. In today's episode she explores the deep emotional connection people have with their pets and how the grief of losing them can lead to isolation. She dives

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00:31:07

The Art of Learning to Walk Again

The Companions Collective ·

2023/08/19

Many dogs come to Dr. Masami Seplow after injury or when age is starting to attack their old bones and muscles. She gets them walking again. Dr. Seplow was born and raised in Japan where she earned her bachelor's degree in sociology and then moved to Miami, Florida, where she was working on her master's in Hospitality Management. Then she heard the call of the wild. Or rather the howl of a dog. Maybe the mew of a kitten. She decided to be a veterinarian before receiving her degree. She

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00:59:35

The Art of Joy and Pain

The Companions Collective ·

2023/08/12

Welcome to One Last Network and The Art of Joy and Pain. One Last Network has a mission to provide you with the support and services you may need as your pets enter their twilight years and ultimately leave our physical world. We are all pet photographers, and we are one of the services we encourage you to find so that you create beautiful, everlasting memories of the love you have for your best fur friend. Many of us, too, have become educated in what grief means and how we can best support you

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00:44:07

The Art of Shuffling the Deck with Erica Messer

The Companions Collective ·

2023/08/05

Welcome to One Last Network and The Art of Shuffling the Deck. Erica Messer encountered tragedy in 2020. Just months after finding her soul cat, Wolfgang, he had an accident and left her physical world. Her grief was overwhelming, especially since it was complicated with mental health issues. Wolfgang's death broke her in many ways. But like kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing ceramics with gold, she put herself back together and found her way down a new path, helping others see light

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00:13:52

The Art of Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda with Angela Schneider

The Companions Collective ·

2023/07/29

One Last Network founder Angela Schneider digs deep into the complex, intertwined emotions of guilt and grief. Angela is a grief educator certified by David Kessler and grief.com and a pet loss grief companion certified by Two Hearts Pet Loss Center. Losing a pet can be an incredibly challenging and heartbreaking experience, and understanding the psychological aspects behind guilt and grief can help us navigate this difficult journey. The loss of a pet has a profound impact on our lives. Our pets

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00:50:23

The Art of Chasing Rainbows with Beth Bigler

The Companions Collective ·

2023/07/22

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, your pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water, and sunshine, and friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who have been ill and old are restored to health and strength, those who were hurt are made better and strong again, like we remember them before they

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00:51:08

The Art of Being on Pins and Needles

The Companions Collective ·

2023/07/15

Acupuncture is a practice originating from traditional Chinese medicine that involves the insertion of fine needles into specific points on the body to stimulate natural healing processes. I had it done on my right hand when I was healing from a broken Bennet's joint and on my shoulder when I was healing from a torn rotator cuff -- both epically stupid softball injuries. I also had it done on Shep in Calgary when we couldn't get in to see his chiropractor. That was in 2011 or 12. Over the

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00:46:22

The Art of Turning Your Life Over to a Dog

The Companions Collective ·

2023/07/08

Lynn Sehnert has two senior dogs, both with their own share of health and reactivity issues. Her boy Lance has been struggling with a physical mobility problem in his shoulders and Lynn has been sleeping in the downstairs section of her house to keep him company while he stays comfortable. She has indeed turned her life over to managing Lance's and Lili's special needs, all while she keeps her focus on the photography business inspired by her two babies, Lance and Lili Pet Photography, based

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00:44:55

The Art of Staying Open

The Companions Collective ·

2023/07/01

I first encountered Bryn Souza several years ago as a member of a writers group called BlogPaws and through the Dog Writers Association of America. We met in person the first time at the DWAA annual awards ceremony in February 2020 and again this past spring at Global Pet Expo. To know Bryn is to see the sunshine in every day. She has a bright, engaging personality and she loves dogs. Oh my dog, how she loves dogs, especially her Boston terriers. A graduate of Quinnipiac University with a

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00:36:19

The Art of Caring Until the End

The Companions Collective ·

2023/06/24

Julie Gass of MSPCA-Angell in Boston is a veterinary social worker, who started her career in human medicine, working with serious illness and grief. She provided end of life and bereavement support to patients and their families at Mount Auburn Hospital but then turned to end of life care for pets and their families. She's combined her love of animals and her passion for helping people to heal from loss and trauma. With Darlene, Julie sheds light on the crucial yet often overlooked field of pet

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00:14:44

The Art of Unleashing Your Fury

The Companions Collective ·

2023/06/17

Grief comes with a set of complex, profound emotions, and anger is a particularly intense one. In this week's episode, One Last Network founder Angela Schneider launches a monthly series in which she aims to unravel the various emotions we encounter during the journey of anticipatory grief and post-loss grief. By combining her personal experiences with grief studies, she offers valuable insights and coping strategies for those navigating the depths of sorrow after losing a beloved pet. Grief, an

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00:50:18

The Art of Summer Lovin'

The Companions Collective ·

2023/06/10

Chris Miller is the eye behind the camera at MIL Pet Photography in Windsor and Ascot, United Kingdom. After a 40-year career in tech, he heard the call of the shutter release button … his dad having been a semiprofessional photographer, too. But he also heard the howl of dog, too, and settled on a second career in dog photography. With his wife Sue on his team, Chris created MIL Pet Photography with a goal to take pet guardians on magical adventures throughout their borough, which is about 30 miles

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00:39:56

The Art of Saving Our Sugar Faces

The Companions Collective ·

2023/06/03

Senior dogs are a vulnerable population in North American society. Family dogs may develop health problems that can be expensive to treat and require an investment of time to care when life is busy. A family's life circumstances may change, having to move to a new place … a rental where pets are not allowed. There may be changes in behavior due to cognitive decline and keeping the dog in the family may become challenging. Or cruelest of all the reasons, senior dogs are often abandoned

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00:38:52

The Art of Knowing When It's Time

The Companions Collective ·

2023/05/27

We don't want to think about the last day we have with our best fur friend, but as we've heard a couple of times from Coleen Ellis in The Art of Making Memories and The Art of Loving a Soul Dog (or Heart Dog), planning can help take some of the stress and pain away from the end. Today, Darlene Woodward of Pant the Town Photography in Massachusetts takes the mic to chat with her friend, Dr. Jennifer Cushing of Beloved Pet Home Euthanasia and Hospice in Reading, Massachusetts. Jennifer helped

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00:33:41

The Art of Counseling Pet Parents in Grief

The Companions Collective ·

2023/05/20

Nancy Kieffer of Nancy Kieffer Photography in Syracuse, New York, interviews Linda Colletti of the Pet Loss Resource Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Linda recently took the reins of the Pet Loss Resource Center, after acting as the director of support services for several years. She launched her grief career in the late '80s after experiencing the loss of several pregnancies. She chose to live her life in grief, becoming a grief counselor and working for Hospice Care Inc. for 21 years,

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00:26:57

The Art of Loving Midnight

The Companions Collective ·

2023/05/13

The business of pet photography draws many people who have experienced loss, the kind of loss that leaves a hole that often feels like it can never be filled. We may come from other genres of photography, landscape or wedding and family portraiture. We look at our cameras and know it's the tool that gave us so many great images of our own dogs. But we never turned the cameras on ourselves. We never got the great portraits of us and our dogs together. Then they were gone. Our best fur

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