A Super Smiley Adventure with Megan Blake - Pets & Animals - Pet Life Radio Original

Hero Dogs! A War Dog that Saved our Troops’ lives and now works with Veterans with PTSD; A Law Enforcement Dog that despite shattered bones, came to the aid of his partners; A Therapy Dog once set on fire, now changing Animal Abuse Laws; A Service Dog who accompanied her person into the operating room to monitor her reactions and keep her alive; An Arson Dog who has worked over 200 fire scenes; an...

From Shelter to the Big Screen, Luna is lighting up the world in her newest film, ‘Hector And The Search for Happiness,’ staring the coolest actors like Christopher Plummer, Toni Colette and Jean Reno. How does one become a dog actor? What’s it like to hob nob with Lassie? Find out on this Super Smiley Adventure! Woof! Questions or Comments? Send them to: megan@petliferadio.com. More details on th...

I’m invited inside the Montgomery Correctional Center in Florida to intimately witness the New Leash On Life Program! Shelter dogs in danger of being killed are trained for adoption! Inmates learn life skills from the dogs that help them reenter society! Meet the inmates, the Jacksonville Sheriffs’ Officers who passionately work to make this happen, and First Coast No More Homeless Pets' Kelly and...

Pit Bull Elle is a big girl and could be very intimidating if it weren’t for her sweet nature and mission to work with children as a reading dog, therapy dog and ambassador for dog safety. This gentle giant with an extraordinary message was named Top Hero Dog at the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards! Meet her beautiful person Leah Brewer and hear what it takes to be a hero dog. Super Smi...

Emmanuelle Vaugier, the gorgeous actress from ‘Lost Girl,’ ‘Smallville,’ ‘CSI NY’ and ‘Two and Half Men,’ shares with us how animals are intimately intertwined in her busy international lifestyle. From her little poodle at Doggie Boot Camp and riding Equestrian Cross Country in Ireland, to judging at The American Humane Association Hero Dog AwardsTM and staring in the Animal Advocacy film, ‘Susie’...

Jacksonville, Florida, my hometown, is one of the nation’s largest cities, and like other sprawling metropolises, shelters are loaded. How have they gone from 23,000 killed in shelters to Zero? - Starting 2014 with a no kill quarter! Smiley and I head back home to talk with the Man with the Vision and Founder of First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Rick DuCharme, along with Program Director and Flor...

Win a Luncheon with Melissa Claire Egan, the stunning 5 Time Emmy Nominee who’s using her celebrity to help the Riedel and Cody Fund raise money to help pets with cancer! Listen now to take part in this intensely creative auction and to meet this pet lovin’ luminary on one of the most fun Super Smiley Adventures ever! She plays an ex-con but is a super sweetie! Questions or Comments? Send them to:...

Regularly raiding puppy mills, placing 1000’s of dogs, and recently saving another burned dog, savaged at the hands of an abuser - that’s Marsha Williams, Rock Star Shelter Director of North Carolina’s Guilford County Animal Shelter. Marsha has been honored as one of the country’s top shelter directors by the Humane Society of the United States. She has hosted The Super Smiley Flash Mob 4 Pet Adop...

Ten year old Max Charles is about the coolest and most adorable actor on the big screen today! He’s Sherman from ‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman!’ He’s the young title role character in ‘The Amazing Spiderman 2!’ This mini mega star believes 'Every dog should have a boy.' And he should know - He has a dog of his own and has worked red carpets with Mr. Peabody, Lassie, and RinTinTin! Join us for this show...

Whether you want some super insight into relating to your personal dog or you’re thinking about becoming a trainer, vet tech or groomer, join us now with the founder and president of the largest dog training college in North America! Steve Appelbaum! He was named one of the top 25 most influential people in the pet industry, and his training programs are in Petco! And, it’s all for the love of dog...

This Pawsome Dog Walk and Festival helps keep pets in their homes forever! 4 Paws Up! Pamela Magette, Executive Director of Paws LA, shares this 25 year major mission and all the fun comin’ up at this mega event! The Zoom Room’s Dave Essex drops in with a few dog behavior ideas, and he’ll be bringing their agility course to the event along with The Super Smiley Flash Mob 4 Kindness! Listen now and...

What’s Up in The Bu? Brad Garrett and Dr. Lisa with an uber event featuring the Woofstock Dog Walk, Dog Games, Music- all to support Healthcare for Homeless Animals! And... To Celebrate Pacific Coast Animal Hospital providing this vet care so the dogs get a real 2nd chance for a home! On this adventure, hear about the way cool things these pet lovin’ peeps are doing, and if you can make it, come t...

Hear the amazing journey of Afghanistan War Dog, Ivy, who continued saving troops as a bomb detection dog after her Marine handler returned to the US. Mission K9 Rescue President, Kristen Maurer, shares their mission to retrain, re-home and sometimes "re-career" these hero dogs backed by the belief that we owe it to them to ensure they are taken care of. When Ivy was retired, Mission K9 Rescue reu...

Roma Downey won our hearts on CBS’s Touched By an Angel with her Emmy nominated role of Monica, the Angel whose Heavenly glow helped light the way. This powerful, passionate and beautiful woman of faith shares her personal insights, love of animals and a behind the scenes look at the making of2013’s most successful mini-series, The Bible, and her newly released phenomenal film success, Son of God....

CEO and President of the American Pet Products Association, Bob Vetere, shares his bird’s eye view of the pet industry, an insightful prediction of trends, and more info on the profoundly deep dog/human bond we dog lovers experience. Can dogs help us in our careers? Can The Global Pet Expo fill 16 football fields with pet products? We’ll find out now, and coming up soon Smiley and I will join Bob’...

A desperate start in life turns into an amazing Super Smiley Adventure. A pit bull mix abused by humans; and a human almost killed by a pit bull. Both survived to find each other! Who could be set on fire, left to die, live to meet the Governor, change animal cruelty laws and have a feature film made about her inspirational life? Meet pit bull mix Susie and her person Donna Lawrence, the true-life...

A Film Festival for Animals! You bet! Festival Director, Shelley Frost, invites us to join the celebration. From wolves to horses, from companion animals to humans working to save them, the festival includes amazing true life subjects like a parrot who communicates in English, a man abandoning suicide after meeting a dog, and heartfelt stories like a cat and dog falling in love in their veterinari...

The Godfather of Hip Hop, Russell Simmons, uber rocks it for Animal Hero Kids along with Mega Kid Stars out to shine their light on animals: The Twilight Saga’s Boo Boo Stewart,Criminal Minds’ Joey Luthman, Disney’s Landry Bender, Smitty’s Brandon Tyler Russell, Deadtime Stories’ Elise Luthman, Doc McStuffins’ Jaden Betts and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Fival Stewart. Kids Against Animal Cru...

Louis Gossett Jr. is a true light in the world. From his Academy Award for an Officer and a Gentlemen, to acclaimed television series like Boardwalk Empire and Touched by an Angel, and a Lifetime Achievement Award, this angel on earth lives a higher purpose to feed the homeless, help kids, 'Eracism,' and love his dogs! Questions or Comments? Send them to: megan@petliferadio.com. More details on th...

Saving troops, saving lives, and helping us embrace the lives we have, the Hero Dogs are here! The Hero Dog Awards strut out the country’s top K9 Heroes along with the most brilliant stars to shine their light on Dogs. Icon Betty White, Academy Award Nominee Ryan O’Neal, funny lady Jennifer Coolidge, Criminal Mind’s AJ Cook, NCIS Pauley Perrette, and "Positively" Victoria Stilwell join us along wi...

Come meet the hero dogs! Betty White shares the love right from the last Hero Dog Awards Red Carpet as we introduce This Year’s Hero Dogs all vying for the Top Dog spot... to be announced at the star studded Hero Dog Awards in Beverly Hills. Hallmark brings us the televised event, and you can meet the Hero Dogs right here now along with our own Super Smiley, the National Spokes-Dog for the Hero Do...

Kindness Weekend Rocks! A Kindness Super Zoo with 5 Super Stars! All five here now and live at our Kindness Weekend and Film Festival! * Dr. Jennifer Conrad with the nationally acclaimed film 'The Paw Project' fights to keep Kitties’ claws! *Lauren Warfield presents Wag and Walk, the mega event to save Seal Beach animals! *Doug Erickson and The Pet Post present the Kindness Weekend with *Smiley an...

A beautiful film. A powerful revolution. 'The True Story of How One Woman Started a Movement and Changed Everything.' Across the U.S. a David vs. Golliath grassroots movement to share the truth about declawing. The film is opening across the U.S. and at The Awareness Film Festival where Smiley’s 'Dogumentary’ is also showing! Dr. Jennifer shares her experience, wisdom and passion. This show gets 8...

Two-time OSCAR Nominee, co-writer of the iconic theme song from Rocky, champion for the under-cat, and American Humane Association spokesperson for Adopt a Cat Month! Carol Connors is a KNOCK OUT Rockin’ it for the Kitties! Tout Suite the Travel Kitty and Smiley give this show 8 Paws Up! Questions or Comments? Send them to: megan@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - A Super...

From Saving Street Dogs Every Weekend - to Executive Directing the Spay Neuter Project of Los Angeles - to Presenting the Compassion Now Gala at the Ritz Carlton! Arianna Buturovic. And- Megan is Compassion Now’s Mistress of Ceremonies. Ya’ll Come! Questions or Comments? Send them to: megan@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Meet our Super Hero for Dogs on Pet Life Radio...