The Baroo: A Podcast for Dogs and Their People

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Shelby: The Dog That Helped Me Heal with Jon Lee Brody

Shelby: The Dog That Helped Me Heal with Jon Lee Brody4 aug50 min

He watched Shelby come into the world, then had to learn how to let her go. John Lee Brody joins me for a raw, deeply personal conversation about what it means to love a dog with your whole nervous system and what happens when that love turns into caretaking, vigilance, and grief. Shelby was a 21-pound corgi with a huge presence, and John’s story starts with a rare beginning: breeder updates, a webcam view of her birth, and the unmistakable instinct of “that one is mine.” From there, w...