Cara Achterberg's guest appearances

Cara Achterberg

Our Hen House

All My Children Wear Fur Coats with Peggy Hoyt

Believe in Dog

The MisFitNation

Daniella Monet

Lori Gruen

Neal Barnard

Julie Piatt

James Aspey

Melanie Joy

Damien Mander

Dominick Thompson

Keegan Kuhn

Dotsie Bausch

Olivia Rivers

Paul Shapiro

Leah Garces

Michele Simon

Miss Montana

OwlTail

This might be the most important conversation I’ve ever had on the Believe in Dog Podcast. Have you ever wondered why there’s a seemingly endless stream of homeless pets in need at shelters and rescues across the USA?  As a writer, Cara Sue Achterberg began documenting her family’s experiences fostering dogs for a local rescue and wrote the book Another Good Dog - One Family and 50 Foster Dogs. Cara shares with us her dog fostering wisdom learned from now more than 150+ dogs who have spent time in her home.  You may also be surprised to learn that fostering dogs brought Cara’s children and family closer than ever – even through their teen years! But Cara did wonder – where were all these dogs coming from? The answer was mostly the Southeastern USA.  So when she embarked on a book tour she decided to also make it a shelter tour so she could see firsthand where the dogs were coming from. And this decision changed her life. Cara will share with us what she’s learned from visiting 120+ animal shelters in 12 states over the past several years.  We’ll hear the 3 factors that lead to animal shelters successfully saving lives.  And about the unsung heroes who persevere through unimaginable obstacles to give dogs a chance. Cara created the organization Who Will Let The Dogs Out to support the shelters and rescues lacking budgets, resources and often a staff.  Who Will Let The Dogs Out is bringing awareness and resources to homeless dogs and the heroes who fight for them. Trigger Warning: The topic of animal euthanization is a theme of this episode. Please take care while listening.   Find Links, Show Notes &amp; Photos at: https://believeindogpodcast.com/episodes-1/episode75    The easiest way to improve your dog’s dental health is with a spoonful of Teef powder in their water.  Save 20% on your Teef orders when you use the code: ADM https://www.teefhealth.com/?aff=58   Support this podcast, subscribe on your favorite app and leave a rating or review.

This might be the most important conversation I’ve ever had on the Believe in Dog Podcast. Have you ever wondered why there’s a seemingly endless stream of homeless pets in need at shelters and rescues across the USA?  As a writer, Cara Sue Achterberg began documenting her family’s experiences fostering dogs for a local rescue and wrote the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Another-Good-Dog-Family-Foster/dp/1681777932/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Another Good Dog - One Family and 50 Foster Dogs</a>. Cara shares with us her dog fostering wisdom learned from now more than 150+ dogs who have spent time in her home.  You may also be surprised to learn that fostering dogs brought Cara’s children and family closer than ever – even through their teen years! But Cara did wonder – where were all these dogs coming from? The answer was mostly the Southeastern USA.  So when she embarked on a book tour she decided to also make it a shelter tour so she could see firsthand where the dogs were coming from. And this decision changed her life. Cara will share with us what she’s learned from visiting 120+ animal shelters in 12 states over the past several years.  We’ll hear the 3 factors that lead to animal shelters successfully saving lives.  And about the unsung heroes who persevere through unimaginable obstacles to give dogs a chance. Cara created the organization <a href="https://whowillletthedogsout.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Will Let The Dogs Out</a> to support the shelters and rescues lacking budgets, resources and often a staff.  Who Will Let The Dogs Out is bringing awareness and resources to homeless dogs and the heroes who fight for them. Trigger Warning: The topic of animal euthanization is a theme of this episode. Please take care while listening. Find Links, Show Notes &amp; Photos at: <a href="https://believeindogpodcast.com/episodes-1/episode75" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://believeindogpodcast.com/episodes-1/episode75</a> The easiest way to improve your dog’s dental health is with a spoonful of Teef powder in their water.  Save 20% on your Teef orders when you use the code: ADM <a href="https://www.teefhealth.com/?aff=58" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.teefhealth.com/?aff=58</a> Support this podcast, subscribe on your favorite app and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/believe-in-dog/id1485177521" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leave a rating or review</a>.

Where Do All the Shelter Dogs Come From? With Cara Achterberg

In this episode of All My Children Wear Fur Coats, we had the pleasure of speaking to Cara Achterberg, Founder of Who Will Let the Dogs Out. WWLDO is an organization looking to raise awareness for the small shelters around the country that are struggling to keep their doors open. Cara shines a light on the issues taking place in our country that most people would never know about.Support the show

In this episode of All My Children Wear Fur Coats, we had the pleasure of speaking to Cara Achterberg, Founder of Who Will Let the Dogs Out. WWLDO is an organization looking to raise awareness for the small shelters around the country that are struggling to keep their doors open. Cara shines a light on the issues taking place in our country that most people would never know about.<a href="https://www.animalcaretrustusa.org/donate/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Who Will Let the Dogs Out - Cara Achterberg

 PLAY THIS EPISODE  Cara Achterberg joins the podcast this week for an important conversation about the many dogs currently in animal rescues and shelters waiting for a home that may never come. Author of 2020’s One Hundred Dogs and Counting: One Woman, A Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues, Cara shares how she gradually came to the realization that shelters will never have enough money or space to care for all the dogs in need. She dives into the reasons so many have the mistaken belief that we have fixed the homeless dog problem and why she set out to educate herself about the real story behind the headlines. Cara also discusses why she has focused her interest on dog pounds in the rural south, why so many abandoned dogs are still being killed, and how fostering is absolutely crucial to saving dogs and how people interested in fostering can dip in their toes. Cara and her family have fostered nearly 150 dogs and puppies, plus two kittens, for Operation Paws for Homes, an all-breed rescue made up of a network of foster homes in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, and south-central Pennsylvania. She is an author, blogger, and creative writing teacher who is passionate not just about saving dogs, but about organic gardening, writing fiction, and the mountains of Virginia. A successful novelist, Cara has written two non-fiction books about her experience fostering rescue animals and working with shelters all over the southern United States: Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs, and One Hundred Dogs and Counting: One Woman, A Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues.  “The bare fact is that we don’t have an overpopulation of dogs. If just one third of all the people who are currently looking for a dog chose to adopt, we would empty our shelters in a day.” – Cara Achterberg Highlights:  How Cara and her family became involved with Operation Paws for Homes Why Cara’s mission is to tell people what is still going on in shelters and rescues across the southern states, and elsewhere in the United States Why many dog pounds don’t even attempt to arrange adoptions, their policies primarily consisting of shipping dogs to other places where hopefully they can be saved, or simply killing them The reasons people are ignorant about and therefore reluctant to adopt dogs they consider to be pit bulls How to encourage dog owners to spay and neuter How to change people’s attitudes so they see that dogs have intrinsic value Why shelters are overwhelmed with dogs even after the phenomenon of the ‘lockdown dog’ when so many families decided it was the right time to get a companion animal Why people are negative about moving dogs from the rural south to localities that still have their own homeless dog populations, or bringing in dogs to adopt from abroad, and how Cara feels about the issue The problems of statistics and shelters, what shelters mean when they talk about their live release rates, and whether we’re really getting accurate information Why Cara believes the North Carolina model requiring accurate statistics is a step in the right direction How a small, rural shelter turned its fortunes around by becoming a community resource  Connect with Cara Achterberg:  Who Will Let the Dogs Out? Website Who Will Let the Dogs Out? on Facebook Who Will Let the Dogs Out? on Instagram Who Will Let the Dogs Out? on YouTube   Connect with Our Hen House:  Our Hen House Website Our Hen House on Facebook Our Hen House on Instagram Our Hen House on Twitter  __________________________  This episode is brought to you in part through the generosity of A Well-Fed World. A Well-Fed World provides the means for change by empowering individuals, social justice organizations, and political decision makers to embrace the benefits of plant-based foods and farming. Learn more at awfw.org. __________________________ You can listen to our podcast directly on our website, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcatcher! Also, if you like what you hear, please rate it and leave us a comment on Apple Podcasts! Of course, we would be thrilled if you would also consider making a donation, or becoming a member of our flock (especially if you’re a regular listener). Any amount is hugely appreciated, and Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible! Thank you for helping us create quality content, and for helping us bring you a new podcast episode each week! Don’t forget to tune into Our Hen House’s other two podcasts: The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and The Animal Law Podcast. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

<a href="https://ourhenhouse.org/podcastepisode611.mp3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> PLAY THIS EPISODE </a> Cara Achterberg joins the podcast this week for an important conversation about the many dogs currently in animal rescues and shelters waiting for a home that may never come. Author of 2020’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085GKW38X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_A3CCZH0B5XAB6KCY7NJP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Hundred Dogs and Counting: One Woman, A Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues</a>, Cara shares how she gradually came to the realization that shelters will never have enough money or space to care for all the dogs in need. She dives into the reasons so many have the mistaken belief that we have fixed the homeless dog problem and why she set out to educate herself about the real story behind the headlines. Cara also discusses why she has focused her interest on dog pounds in the rural south, why so many abandoned dogs are still being killed, and how fostering is absolutely crucial to saving dogs and how people interested in fostering can dip in their toes. Cara and her family have fostered nearly 150 dogs and puppies, plus two kittens, for Operation Paws for Homes, an all-breed rescue made up of a network of foster homes in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, and south-central Pennsylvania. She is an author, blogger, and creative writing teacher who is passionate not just about saving dogs, but about organic gardening, writing fiction, and the mountains of Virginia. A successful novelist, Cara has written two non-fiction books about her experience fostering rescue animals and working with shelters all over the southern United States: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085GKHKKQ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_SFYBVZAAEZ41JHM44CHY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085GKW38X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_A3CCZH0B5XAB6KCY7NJP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Hundred Dogs and Counting: One Woman, A Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues</a>.  “The bare fact is that we don’t have an overpopulation of dogs. If just one third of all the people who are currently looking for a dog chose to adopt, we would empty our shelters in a day.” – Cara Achterberg Highlights: <ul> <li>How Cara and her family became involved with <a href="https://ophrescue.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Operation Paws for Homes</a></li> <li>Why Cara’s mission is to tell people what is still going on in shelters and rescues across the southern states, and elsewhere in the United States</li> <li>Why many dog pounds don’t even attempt to arrange adoptions, their policies primarily consisting of shipping dogs to other places where hopefully they can be saved, or simply killing them</li> <li>The reasons people are ignorant about and therefore reluctant to adopt dogs they consider to be pit bulls</li> <li>How to encourage dog owners to spay and neuter</li> <li>How to change people’s attitudes so they see that dogs have intrinsic value</li> <li>Why shelters are overwhelmed with dogs even after the phenomenon of the ‘lockdown dog’ when so many families decided it was the right time to get a companion animal</li> <li>Why people are negative about moving dogs from the rural south to localities that still have their own homeless dog populations, or bringing in dogs to adopt from abroad, and how Cara feels about the issue</li> <li>The problems of statistics and shelters, what shelters mean when they talk about their live release rates, and whether we’re really getting accurate information</li> <li>Why Cara believes the North Carolina model requiring accurate statistics is a step in the right direction</li> <li>How a small, rural shelter turned its fortunes around by becoming a community resource</li> </ul> Connect with Cara Achterberg: <ul> <li><a href="https://whowillletthedogsout.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Will Let the Dogs Out? Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WhoWillLetTheDogsOut/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Will Let the Dogs Out? on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/whowillletthedogsout/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Will Let the Dogs Out? on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnj9duaO2TmQvO4StJoFqQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Will Let the Dogs Out? on YouTube</a></li> <li></li> </ul> Connect with Our Hen House: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ourhenhouse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Hen House Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OurHenHouse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Hen House on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ourhenhouse/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Hen House on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ourhenhouse/statuses/1271155904805769216" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Hen House on Twitter</a></li> </ul> __________________________ This episode is brought to you in part through the generosity of <a href="http://awfw.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Well-Fed World</a>. A Well-Fed World provides the means for change by empowering individuals, social justice organizations, and political decision makers to embrace the benefits of plant-based foods and farming. Learn more at <a href="http://awfw.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">awfw.org</a>. __________________________ You can listen to our podcast directly on our website, or subscribe on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/our-hen-house/id350069146" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> or your favorite podcatcher! Also, if you like what you hear, please rate it and leave us a comment on Apple Podcasts! Of course, we would be thrilled if you would also consider <a href="https://www.ourhenhouse.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">making a donation</a>, or becoming a <a href="https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/ourhenhouse" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">member of our flock</a> (especially if you’re a regular listener). Any amount is hugely appreciated, and Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible! Thank you for helping us create quality content, and for helping us bring you a new podcast episode each week! Don’t forget to tune into Our Hen House’s other two podcasts: <a href="https://www.ourhenhouse.org/cooking/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast</a>, and <a href="https://www.ourhenhouse.org/animallaw/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Animal Law Podcast</a>. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by <a href="http://michaelharren.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Harren</a>.

Episode 611: One Hundred Dogs and Counting w/ Cara Achterberg