The Managed Chaos of Having Kids and Dogs with Kate Tong

In this episode of Girls with Dogs, Cathy (Groovy Golden Doodles) and Kimberly (Keep the Tail Wagging) chat with Kate Tong about juggling a family, a career, and two active dogs.

CHAPTERS:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00.32 The Jolly Ball / change in pack dynamics
• 04:10 Dogs vs. Dogs + Kids with Kate Tong
• 11:35 First biggest change Kate noticed when adding a 2nd dog
• 13:40 Balancing dogs and kids
• 21:08 Matthew McConaughey
• 22:15 Why Weimaraner?
• 31:40 Reality of a 2nd dog vs. assumption
• 35:17 Walking on lead or hands-free
• 39:17 Taking small children to the dog park
• 46:31 How to safely allow a child to pet your dog 
• 55:28 Wrapping up

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Jolly Pets Medium Soccer Ball Floating-Bouncing Dog Toy: https://amzn.to/3Zeqtx4
• William Wegmen: https://amzn.to/3PudIKu
• Weim_Crime_Sisters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weim_crime.sisters/?hl=en

OUR BLOGS:

• Cathy: Groovy Goldendoodles, GroovyGoldendoodles.com
• Kimberly: Keep the Tail Wagging, KeepTheTailWagging.com

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MUSIC:

• Good Feeling by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031
• Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
• Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-good-feeling
• Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/6lvyX-1

Thank you for listening. Cathy (Groovy Goldendoodles) and Kimberly (Keep the Tail Wagging) are two black women who met at a pet blogging conference and quickly bonded over a love of dogs. Their weekly conversations were transitioned to a podcast in 2021.