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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.

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All Episodes

00:39:25

The Art of Loving a Soul Dog (or Heart Dog)

The Companions Collective ·

2023/05/06

As a professional writer of 30-some years, words and phrases carry a lot of meaning for me. When I see one I don't know, I rush to look it up. Find out more about what it means, how it should be used. My husband and I have an unending squabble. I say "six of one, half a dozen of another," while he claims to should be "six to one, half a dozen to another." Same difference, I say, but he insists on correcting me whenever I say my version. (Feel free to let me know in the

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00:49:36

The Art of the Human-Animal Connection with Genie Joseph

The Companions Collective ·

2023/04/29

The name of today's episode, The Art of the Human-Animal Connection, comes from the book written by and the organization led by my guest today, Genie Joseph. Genie is a Ph.D., certified in the Trust Technique practice and the creator of the Act Resilient method, which combines drama and improv comedy to help lower stress and improve mental health in military personnel and their families. President Barack Obama presented her with the Silver Volunteer Service award for this work. Genie believes

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00:32:31

The Art of Lessons Learned

The Companions Collective ·

2023/04/22

For The Art of Lessons Learned, we have another roundtable with the professional photographers at One Last Network. Each one of us has a deep appreciation for the companion animals who have come into our lives and left behind not just lessons learned, but sometimes profound transformations. Incredible life changes. Shifts in personality. They've altered the way we see the world, the way we walk among our fellow humans. Animals, dogs in particular, have been our loyal companions for thousands

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00:52:52

The Art of Talking to Animals with Nancy Mello

The Companions Collective ·

2023/04/15

Our guest today talks to animals. And they talk back to her. Nancy Mello learned early in her life that she was able to hear what animals are trying to tell us all. Their likes, their dislikes, their wants, their needs … and when they feel it's time to go. Nancy reached out to be a guest on the podcast and share her abilities as an animal communicator and evidential medium. I told her in full disclosure that I'm a skeptic, that I may not fully believe what she does is real. She said that

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00:33:01

The Art of Honoring Izzie

The Companions Collective ·

2023/04/08

Izzie was a French bulldog whom Victoria lifted up into the next realm in February 2021 after a protracted battle with pulmonary hypertension. Izzie was the perfect mix of sweet and sass and resolved Victoria's fear of big dogs. They found love at first smooch. When Izzie was diagnosed, Victoria and her husband did everything they could. They spared no expense to ensure Izzie fought her terrible diagnoses and that she was comfortable and happy. After Izzie left Victoria's physical world,

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00:38:37

The Art of Remembering Zoe

The Companions Collective ·

2023/04/01

Zoe is one of Nicole Begley's many loves in this lifetime. She spent too few years in the comfort of Nicole's home in Pittsburgh and then North Carolina, after being found by firefighters in a bucket of water in Puerto Rico. Nicole is the lead educator at Hair of the Dog Academy, a platform that teaches pet photographers, like me, how to master our craft and launch then build our businesses. If it wasn't for Nicole, well, I don't know where a lot of us would be. And many of us met

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00:30:39

The Art of Becoming a Couch Potato

The Companions Collective ·

2023/03/25

There are dogs -- Belgian Malinois, German shepherds, pointers, retrievers -- who are shipped overseas to work in several different capacities. Many of them are bite trained. They live in kennels, their social interactions limited to what they gain from their handlers. Then they lose their drive to work. They don’t get to punch the clock at 65 and say, "Yo, bro, I'm out. I'm going home to get my Social Security check." They just have to lose their will to do the job. Then they

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01:01:29

The Art of Adding to the Family

The Companions Collective ·

2023/03/18

You were my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye. Every time I see that meme shared on Facebook, it pinches a corner of my heart. The day we bring our puppies home is the day we start preparing to say goodbye. No, we don't live our lives like that. That would suck, wouldn't it? Constantly thinking about the day we have to say goodbye. Instead, we revel in the in-between. The glorious time filled with adventure and snuggles and scritches and laughs and smooches. And then comes the silence

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00:36:07

The Art of the Adventurous Life

The Companions Collective ·

2023/03/11

If there's one topic that sets my heart soaring, it's adventure. Both of my dogs, Shep and Bella, have helped me realize the art of the adventurous life and my work at Big White Dog Photography is a tribute to every step I've taken with them. To see dogs exploring the great outdoors is to see their most core instincts at play, to see them sniff and watch and claim their territory with their pee is to see thousands of years of coded behavior at work. Our guest today, Britt Kascjak (KAZ-YAK), is a

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00:31:21

The Art of Holding On with Kayla Seifert

The Companions Collective ·

2023/03/04

"Just always get the pictures, don't hesitate on them." That's a quote from today's episode, The Art of Holding On, No. 24 of our podcast about this continuous, crazy journey called grief. Kayla Seifert is a past client with Jessica Wasik at Bark & Gold Photography in Pittsburgh. Kayla had a beautiful tri-colored beagle named Stanley whom she adopted from Forever Home Beagle Rescue eight years ago when Stanley was about two years old. He was 10 when diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure,

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00:50:06

The Art of Learning from Your Dog

The Companions Collective ·

2023/02/25

"If they love me that much, why can't I love me that much," Maureen Scanlon asked herself one day. And it's true. It's a very common story I see in not only my Big White Dog Photography clients, but also in my dog-loving friends and, of course, myself. Maureen Scanlon is the founder and of Maureen Scanlon Life Coaching, an author, relationship expert, motivational speaker, positive change integrator and spiritual coach. From young professionals to middle-aged adults, Maureen has successfully helped

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00:29:49

The Art of Canine Rehab

The Companions Collective ·

2023/02/18

When Jennifer Lyons was 16, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament, and physical therapy allowed her to return to playing the sport she loved, softball. She went onto play college ball and ultimately settled studying physical therapy. She became a licensed physical therapist in 2010 but then became drawn to her passion, helping dogs retain and regain their mobility. She is a certified canine rehabilitation practitioner with a beautiful new clinic in Massachusetts. Her goal is improve mobility and

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01:05:10

The Art of Seeing Grief as a Gift

The Companions Collective ·

2023/02/11

Many people have never heard the term "anticipatory grief" even though you've probably experienced it. If you've had a family member fade in front of your eyes with cancer or another debilitating disease, you've experienced anticipatory grief. If you've watched your cat or pet slow down, struggle to rise to his feet and take his last walks toward the proverbial rainbow bridge, you've experienced anticipatory grief. I didn't have a name for it until I started studying grief, so it's OK if you're

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00:46:15

The Art of Growing Love

The Companions Collective ·

2023/02/04

Remy Bibaud is the co-founder of PetPerennials.com, an online resource of gifts for pet lovers that cover all the milestones of our pets' lives. She and Lori Davidson started out eight years ago wanting to create a personalized way to bring comfort to families going through pet loss. Because of Olive. A beautiful yellow Labrador retriever mix, Olive loved to play fetch, go on long walks with Remy and sniffing out the deer in the backyard. She went to work with Remy every day at her old business

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00:45:32

The Art of Creating Memories of our Pets

The Companions Collective ·

2023/01/28

Your host, Angela Schneider, brings together another roundtable of our member photographers. While the podcast is designed to connect you with resources to support you as your pet ages and you face those last walks together, our website supports a directory to help you find a professional pet photographer in your area. We had our first roundtable for Episode 7: The Art of End of Life Pet Photography, when several of us gathered to chat about why memorial sessions are such an important part of our

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00:36:56

The Art of Training Reactive Dogs

The Companions Collective ·

2023/01/21

Last week, Angela interviewed professional pet photographer Kylee Doyle of Kylee Doyle Photography in Sacramento, California. Kylee's journey in pet photography has shifted in the last several years. Since adopting an emotional Dutch shepherd named Omega, she has realized pet parents with reactive dogs may not feel confident in exposing their best fur friends to a portrait session. She wants to change that and ensure pet parents in Northern California not only have the opportunity but also the

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00:33:30

The Art of Photographing Reactive Dogs

The Companions Collective ·

2023/01/14

Our podcast is centred around connecting you, the human, to the support and services you may need as your pet ages and ultimately leaves your physical world. At the heart of those services is professional pet photography. All of the individuals who bring you this content are professional pet photographers. Some have niched down into what is known as end of life pet photography but none of us really like that term, since it's so clinical and cold. We prefer Rainbow Sessions or Legacy Sessions or

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00:42:06

The Art of Finding the Right Support

The Companions Collective ·

2023/01/07

Pet loss grief is a disenfranchised grief. That means it isn't always accepted by general society, and it can lead people to say inappropriate things to people in grief, be unsupportive or be entirely absent. These are people who don't understand the depth of love we have for our pets, the profundity of our connection to our best fur friends, and the pain we experience when we lose them. In today's episode One Last Network host Angela Schneider has some real talk with Beth Bigler of Honoring Our

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00:55:07

The Art of Living in Love

The Companions Collective ·

2022/12/31

After the death of her two sons, Cathy Cheshire walked away from a 30-year career as an executive in health care. She heard a calling to help other learn to heal from their grief. First, she studied what all the expert had to say about grief, then she created her own Master Grief Coach certification program. She learned from traditional and nontraditional professionals with various expertise in grief, including emotions, mindfulness, psychology and resilience. When Angela started the One Last

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00:22:01

The Art of Sending Comfort

The Companions Collective ·

2022/12/24

Penny Layne, or Aunt Penny as she's also known, is the force behind Pittsburgh Pet Prayer Blankets. She also runs her own grief companion program and does a wonderful job helping those who have lost a beloved furkid manage their grief. Penny also owns Aunt Penny's Professional Dog Training and is committed to providing the most effective, convenient force-free solutions for clients’ dog training needs, expectant families' dog challenges, shelter/rescue staff and volunteer safety education classes,

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