My Dog Is Better Than Your Dog

Dr. Lily Chen
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Welcome to My Dog Is Better Than Your Dog — where science meets soul as we explore what's possible when we reimagine pet care. I'm Dr. Lily Chen, integrative veterinarian and believer that our animals deserve extraordinary medicine. Each week, I talk with leading experts, pioneering vets, and devoted pet parents pushing the boundaries of animal health. Microbiome restoration, energy medicine, cancer hope, nutrition, and the mind-body-pet connection. Real science. Deep stories. A little magic. ✨ Follow IG: @dr.lilychen | @integrativepet | @the.unicorn.vet 📧 mydog@integrativepet.com

  1. What Pet Parents Need to Know About Corporate Vet Care, Longevity Drugs and Allergy Medications

    6H AGO

    What Pet Parents Need to Know About Corporate Vet Care, Longevity Drugs and Allergy Medications

    Three big stories on my mind right now that I think every pet parent should know about. Story one: Chewy just acquired Modern Animal, a tech-forward veterinary chain with 29 clinics. That means the same company selling your dog's food, supplements, and medications now also owns the vet clinics seeing your dog. Is that great news or scary news? Honestly, both. Story two: Loyal is developing a longevity drug for senior dogs that promises to extend healthy life by about a year. The FDA cleared a major safety hurdle in January 2026. But here's the thing: we already know how to give most senior dogs more good time. Lean body weight, good nutrition, exercise, sleep, connection. These things are powerful. So why are we reaching for a pill? Story three: New allergy drugs are hitting the market. NUMELVI and Zenrelia are JAK inhibitors that stop the itch sensation. But they don't fix the underlying immune issue. And one of them came with an FDA warning that dogs could die if vaccinated while on the drug. I bring these up not to scare you, but to help you think critically about what's happening in pet care right now and what questions you should be asking. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ Chewy now owns 47 veterinary clinics after acquiring Modern Animal. That's a lot of vertical integration and a lot of incentive to recommend their own products. ✨ Ask your vet who owns the practice. You'd be surprised how many clinics that look independently owned are actually backed by corporate or private equity groups. ✨ Always keep a copy of your pet's medical records and lab results. It helps when you need care somewhere else or have multiple providers. ✨ Loyal's longevity drug LOY-002 targets age-related metabolic dysfunction in senior dogs 10+ years old and weighing at least 14 lbs. It cleared FDA safety approval in January 2026. ✨ We already know how to extend most dogs' lives by a year or more: lean body weight, good nutrition, exercise, sleep, and connection. A study from 22 years ago proved this. ✨ The goal can't just be more days. The goal is more good days and quality days. ✨ NUMELVI and Zenrelia are JAK inhibitors that stop the itch sensation in allergic dogs. They don't fix the underlying immune issue. ✨ Zenrelia came with an FDA warning: do not vaccinate dogs while on this drug. Pause the medication for 28 days to 3 months before vaccinating. Some dogs died after being vaccinated while on the drug. ✨ Allergy drugs buy you time to work on the root cause. They should not be relied on forever because chronic immune issues can lead to more serious problems like cancer later in life. ✨ Corporate consolidation in veterinary medicine has actually slowed in 2026, which makes the Chewy-Modern Animal deal one of the biggest recent moves. FOLLOW:Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet LinkedIn: Lily Chen DVM, CVA 👉Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

    20 min
  2. How to Advocate for Your Pet's Health and Get Results w/ Weylie Hoang

    MAY 17

    How to Advocate for Your Pet's Health and Get Results w/ Weylie Hoang

    A cardiologist told Weylie her dog had only six to nine months to live. That was over 15 months ago. Her dog's heart disease has actually reversed. And her cardiologist doesn't have a great explanation for it. Weylie Hoang is not a vet. She's not a doctor or a researcher. But she is an expert on her pet. She grew up with zero experience with animals, trusted everything her vet said, fed kibble because that's just what you do. Never questioned it until the day her dog was put on steroids after a dental procedure and nobody told her what was coming. The thirst, the weight gain, the personality shift. By the time she figured out what was happening, her dog was never quite the same. That moment changed everything. Fast forward and Weylie is now the pet parent who drives over an hour each way for integrative care, who researches at midnight, who does nightly positive affirmations with her dogs, and whose dog Navi, the one given six to nine months after congestive heart failure, is still here thriving with documented reversal of her heart disease. This conversation is for anyone who has ever sat in a vet's office and felt dismissed, anyone who's been told "just watch and wait" when your gut is screaming that something is wrong, and anyone who is curious about holistic care but doesn't know where to start or is scared of being judged for even asking. Weylie's been there. And she's going to tell you exactly what she did about it. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ You are the expert on your pet. Your daily observations are clinical data. No one has more of it than you. Trust what you see. ✨ A defensive vet is a red flag. If asking questions makes them defensive or they don't explain things clearly, consider a second opinion. ✨ Integrated medicine isn't choosing sides. It's choosing more. Navi is on heart medication AND gets acupuncture, fecal transplants, ozone therapy, and amnion cell treatment. None of these cancel each other out. They compound. ✨ Being proactive is always cheaper and more effective than being reactive. Catch issues early before they become full-blown crises requiring stronger medications. ✨ Healing isn't just physical. Nightly positive affirmations, calm energy, and intentional moments of love create measurable changes in your pet's wellbeing. ✨ If you're doing the same thing, you're only going to get the same results. If what you're doing isn't working, try something different. ✨ Amnion stem cell therapy changed everything for Navi. Her resting breath rate dropped from 26 to 12. Her allergies improved. Her heart disease reversed from stage C to stage B1. ✨ Fecal transplant combined with amnion helped Navi's chronic allergies so much that she no longer needs Cytopoint injections. ✨ Thoughts and energy carry measurable vibration. Dogs feel our energy. What started as silly affirmations became a nightly ritual that both Weylie and her boyfriend now do together. ✨ Get pet insurance as soon as possible. It gives you options when your pet needs care. RESOURCES: FOLLOW: Weylie Hoang:Instagram: @Weylie YouTube: @Weylie Hoang FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet LinkedIn: Lily Chen DVM, CVA 👉Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

    1h 14m
  3. We Missed the First Step — What 50 Years of Cancer Research Got Wrong w/ Dr. Loren Nations

    MAY 10

    We Missed the First Step — What 50 Years of Cancer Research Got Wrong w/ Dr. Loren Nations

    For 50 years, we thought we knew what caused cancer. Billions of dollars in research, the entire human genome sequenced, all of it built on one assumption: cancer is a genetic disease. And then the data came back. And the data said we got it wrong. Dr. Loren Nations is a board-certified veterinary practitioner with almost 35 years in internal medicine, oncology, and cardiology. He's pioneered hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ketogenic nutrition, mistletoe therapy, and microbiome medicine in veterinary care. But what makes his story powerful isn't the credentials. It's the moment that changed everything. After three decades of practicing conventional medicine with tremendous success, he lost his wife to triple negative breast cancer. Five weeks from diagnosis to her passing. In the wake of that loss, he started asking questions the entire medical system had stopped asking: Why did the genetic theory fail? What's actually driving disease at the cellular level? And what would happen if we stopped treating symptoms and started optimizing the body's own metabolism instead? We talk about the health continuum from optimization to disease, why most wellness appointments aren't actually about wellness, and what it means to heal from the cellular level up. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ Cancer is not a genetic disease. After 50 years of research based on the somatic mutation theory, the data showed no correlation between genetic abnormalities and cancer types. ✨ The real driver of cancer is metabolic dysfunction. Cells lose their ability to produce energy properly through mitochondrial damage and oxidative phosphorylation breakdown. ✨ Cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease all share the same foundation: inflammation and metabolic dysfunction. ✨ The health continuum runs from optimization (Olympic athlete level) to wellness (healthy but room for improvement) to disease. Most pets live in the wellness space, not the optimization space. ✨ Wellness appointments as we know them (vaccines, parasite prevention, bloodwork) are maintenance, not optimization. They don't move the needle on metabolic health or longevity. ✨ Medicine 3.0 asks "why is this happening?" instead of just treating symptoms. It's about finding a cure for the cause, not a pill for the ill. ✨ Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been used for acute inflammation, snake bites, non-healing wounds, pancreatitis, IBD, neurological issues, and even cancer therapy in Dr. Nations' practice. ✨ The gut microbiome is 25-50% of what's needed for optimal health. Pets don't get healthy microbes from kibble or sterile environments the way wild animals do. ✨ Metabolic health is the life force. It's the body's ability to convert and utilize energy. When that breaks down, disease follows. ✨ Vaccines were the foundation of veterinary medicine for decades. The profession is built on annual vaccines, and shifting that paradigm requires courage and scientific questioning. ✨ One flame can light the world by lighting one more flame at a time. Change happens through curiosity, courage, and community. RESOURCES: Veterinary Healthcare Associates (VHA): https://vhavets.com Instagram: @vhavets LinkedIn: Veterinary Healthcare Associates Facebook: Veterinary Healthcare Associates Contact: vhavets@vhavets.com Neoterric Institute: https://neoterric.com/ Instagram: @neoterricinstitute LinkedIn: Neoterric Institute Facebook: Neoterric Institute LLC Contact: support@neoterric.com COMING SOON: The Optimized Pet System (Canine Masterclass) — Online course for pet parents on how to optimize metabolic health FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet LinkedIn: Lily Chen DVM, CVA Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

    1h 24m
  4. How Microbiome Medicine Is Transforming Pet Health w/ Sanjit Basak-Smith

    MAY 3

    How Microbiome Medicine Is Transforming Pet Health w/ Sanjit Basak-Smith

    Sanjit Basak-Smith has been doing veterinary work since he was five years old when his father opened their family practice in 1997. He started with kennel work, moved to answering phones, and eventually became a veterinary technician working alongside his dad for years. About 10 years ago, Sanjit started specializing in integrated modalities like stem cell therapy, PRP, photobiomodulation, and microbiome medicine. And through that work, he helped transform his family's traditional Western practice into a local leader in integrative care. But here's where it gets really interesting. When Sanjit was about 12 years old, a doctor wanted to put him on steroids for his psoriasis. His father, a veterinarian, said absolutely not. He found a natural alternative and it worked. Years later, when Sanjit started working closely in the clinic, he noticed something he couldn't let go of. The same steroid his dad refused for his own son, he was prescribing to his patients every day. That one question changed the entire trajectory of their practice: Why is this okay for your patients, but not for your son? We talk about why probiotics alone aren't enough, what microbiome testing actually reveals, why your dog's skin problem might really be a gut problem, and how to start making changes that actually stick. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ If your pet doesn't have diarrhea, it doesn't mean the gut is fine. Skin issues, chronic allergies, and inflammation are often rooted in microbiome imbalance. ✨ The microbiome is responsible for breaking down food and regulating immune response. When it's off, symptoms show up everywhere. ✨ Probiotics are great for a healthy gut, but when there's dysbiosis, you need fecal transplant to reintroduce native bacteria the body actually needs. ✨ Prescription diets are meant to be used for 30 days to diagnose food allergies, not as a lifelong diet. ✨ Drugs like Apoquel and Cytopoint suppress the immune system. Never start them if infection is present. Microbiome testing helps identify hidden infections before starting immunosuppressants. ✨ Microbiome testing should be done preventively throughout a pet's life, just like bloodwork. It can detect issues before organs start failing. ✨ After antibiotics, use fecal transplant capsules for seven days to restore native bacteria. Probiotics alone won't reintroduce what was wiped out. ✨ Fresh food is superior to kibble. This isn't controversial anymore. Processed food and poor farming practices are affecting our pets' health. ✨ Sanjit's father was ready to sell the practice and leave veterinary medicine. Integrative medicine and microbiome treatment brought the love back and saved him from burnout. ✨ You are allowed to ask questions and advocate for your pet. A good vet will welcome that conversation. RESOURCES: Monroe Town and Country Veterinary Hospital: https://monroectvet.com Instagram: @monroetowncountryvet Animal Biome: https://www.animalbiome.com Instagram: @animal.biome/ FOR VETERINARIANS: Feeling stuck in the cycle of treating the same chronic cases with limited tools? Vets in Dr. Lily's first microbiome training cohort said learning this work literally saved them from burnout and brought the passion back to their practice. The Magic of Microbiome Course (Veterinary Microbiome Training): https://theunicorn.academy/ Learn how to: Interpret microbiome tests and create treatment plans Integrate fecal transplants into your practice Have confident nutrition conversations with clients Prevent disease before bloodwork shows organ damage See fewer chronic cases and more long-term healing FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet LinkedIn: Dr. Lily Chen 👉Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

    1 hr
  5. Animal Kinesiology: How Pets Mirror Our Emotional Wounds & Why They Choose Us w/ Claire Forsyth

    APR 26

    Animal Kinesiology: How Pets Mirror Our Emotional Wounds & Why They Choose Us w/ Claire Forsyth

    I sat down with Claire Forsyth, a specialist animal kinesiologist with over 25 years of experience, knowing almost nothing about her work. What I got was one of the most fascinating conversations I've had on this show. Claire started in animal behavior, running dog training classes. And she kept noticing something she couldn't explain with training alone. Dogs and their people were walking the same way. Anxious about the same things. Even learning at the same pace. That led her to kinesiology, a practice that uses muscle testing to access the body's energy systems. Through precise protocols, Claire can identify the root emotional patterns driving an animal's behavior, trace them back to a specific age or wound, and then bring in the human. Because the animal and their person are almost always holding the same pattern. Not because the human is stressing the animal out. But because they found each other. Because something in this shared vibration drew them together. We talk about what a session looks like, how muscle testing works through a surrogate, why separation anxiety is actually an attachment problem, and the story of a Labrador named Gus that changed how I think about the bond between pets and their people. This one's going to stretch your mind a little. And I think that's a good thing. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ Dogs and their people mirror each other in walk, limp, learning pace, and anxiety patterns. ✨ Muscle testing accesses chakras, meridians, and aura through the nervous system. Corrections include tuning forks, flower essences, essential oils, and energy healing. ✨ Animals aren't absorbing our stress. They mirror it. They found us because we share the same vibration, the same emotional wounding. ✨ Separation anxiety is not a training problem. It's an attachment problem. ✨ Gus's story: A Labrador with separation anxiety and his human Tina were both abandoned by their mothers. Both had insecure attachment. When Claire healed the abandonment wound for both, Gus stopped being destructive and Tina stopped over-functioning in relationships. ✨ We don't care enough about ourselves to heal. But for our animals, we'll explore all our emotions if it means they'll be okay. ✨ Conflicting emotions cause inflammation. When we hold two conflicting things, the conflict creates inflammation in the body. Animals hold these too. ✨ Claire works with animals worldwide online through Zoom or photographs. RESOURCES: Claire Forsyth: www.animalenergytherapies.com Instagram: @animalkinesiology Facebook: @animalenergytherapies The Animal Mirror Method: Learn muscle testing and explore shared emotional patterns FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet 👉Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

    1h 11m
  6. Root Cause Care & Holistic Health Coaches: A Better Way Forward for Pets w/ Dr. Ruth Roberts

    APR 19

    Root Cause Care & Holistic Health Coaches: A Better Way Forward for Pets w/ Dr. Ruth Roberts

    Dr. Ruth Roberts has been practicing integrative veterinary medicine for over 30 years. She's the creator of The Original CrockPet Diet, which has helped thousands of pets with everything from kidney disease to cancer to chronic allergies. And she's the founder of the Holistic Pet Health Coach Certification Program, training a whole new generation of people to fill the massive gap in how our animals get care. But this conversation isn't just about what she's built. It's about what's broken in veterinary medicine and how we fix it. We talk about why your vet appointment feels so rushed, why you leave the clinic feeling like you still don't have answers, and why preventive medicine is still such a hard sell. We talk about the shift from pets as property to pets as family, how corporate consolidation is changing the care your animal receives, and why the real value isn't in prescription sales but in the doctor's brain sitting in front of you. We also get into the hard stuff. The animals that changed the course of our careers. The promise Dr. Ruth made to her dog Arnold when he died. The black lab named Lucy who taught me that I never wanted to euthanize another pet just for arthritis. And why coaches and veterinarians can actually work together instead of fighting each other. This one gets emotional. But it's also hopeful. Because Dr. Ruth isn't just talking about what's broken. She's building the bridge. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ Veterinarians are overwhelmed. With corporate consolidation, many vets are seeing patients in as little as 6-minute appointments. The average is now 15-20 minutes. ✨ The shift from pets as property to pets as family happened fast. In 30 years, we went from dogs chained outside to dogs sleeping under the sheets with us. ✨ As pets became family, people wanted specialist care. But generalist vets started learning "here's when to refer" instead of "here's how to treat." ✨ Corporate veterinary medicine (Mars Pet Care and hedge funds) now owns 60% or more of veterinary practices. The motive has shifted. ✨ The real value isn't in prescription sales. It's in the veterinarian's brain and their ability to sit with you, listen, and guide you through your pet's health journey. ✨ AI recently scored 95-98% on Japan's veterinary board exam. Knowledge won't be the advantage anymore. Critical thinking, experience, and presence will be. ✨ Holistic Pet Health Coaches fill the gap. They sit with pet parents for an hour, help them navigate all the information from specialists, and create nutrition and supplement plans. ✨ The program is accredited for 40 hours of CE for vets and vet techs in the US and Canada. But most graduates are human health coaches, groomers, trainers, and pet sitters who see pets regularly and want to help. ✨ Some vets see coaches as competitors. But they're colleagues and allies. They free up the vet to stay in their zone of genius while the coach handles education and follow-up. ✨ Preventive medicine is the hardest sell. Human nature reacts to problems, not freight trains coming miles away. But if we can shift the train to another track before it reaches the station, we're miles ahead. ✨ The future: In 20 years, Dr. Ruth hopes we stop fighting to protect our dogma and start listening to each other. That we evaluate options purely on whether they help the animal in front of us. RESOURCES: Dr. Ruth Roberts: www.drruthroberts.com Find a Holistic Pet Health Coach: www.drruthroberts.com (Find a Coach tab) The Original CrockPet Diet: Home-cooked diet based on functional medicine and TCVM principles Holistic Pet Health Coach Certification Program: 16-week intensive program, accredited for 40 hours of CE Instagram: @dr.ruthroberts YouTube: Dr. Ruth Roberts Facebook: @crockpetdiet Tiktok: @dr.ruthroberts FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶

    1h 15m
  7. Preventive Pet Health: Testing and Treatments You Might Not Know Exist

    APR 12

    Preventive Pet Health: Testing and Treatments You Might Not Know Exist

    This is a quick conversation I had with Esa after we finished our rescue episode. She asked me the questions I think a lot of you might be wondering but maybe don't know how to ask. What am I most excited about in holistic medicine? What new modalities are coming to the practice? How did Integrative Pet Wellness Center even start, and why does it feel so different from a traditional vet hospital? I pull back the curtain a little bit. I talk about the bioresonance scans I'm obsessed with right now, the hyperbaric oxygen chamber I want to bring into the practice, and the hormone replacement therapy I think we've been overlooking in animals for way too long. I also share my origin story: why I started this practice, how I started it, and my story of doing house calls and how that shaped everything about the way I practice medicine today. We also talk about Remi's story. Remi came to me with a cough that lasted over a year. He'd done all the testing, all the diagnostics, all the medications. Nothing worked. We did one ozone UVBI treatment, and the cough was gone in seven days. One week. This is a quick conversation for anyone who's ever wondered what's possible beyond what's already been offered. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ Bioresonance scans are the future of preventive medicine. They pick up frequency shifts in cells before disease manifests, allowing us to prevent cancer, immune issues, and slow aging. ✨ When a cell is diseased, it emits signals different from healthy cells. Bioresonance scans detect those signals using hair samples or saliva swabs, even for pets who live far away. ✨ Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is coming to the practice. Cellular oxygen is essential, and we are so depleted in modern life. ✨ Hormone replacement therapy is overlooked in animals. Pets spayed and neutered young miss critical developmental hormones, and hormone deficiencies contribute to many diseases we see in aging pets. ✨ Ozone UVBI therapy (ozone mixed with blood and activated with UV light) can resolve chronic issues conventional medicine can't touch. Remy's year-long cough disappeared in seven days with one treatment. ✨ The practice was built on the house call model. Dr. Lily saw that animals heal better in their own environment, so she created a clinic that feels like coming to her home. ✨ Trust is the foundation of healing. When people trust their vet enough to enter their personal space, that trust translates into better outcomes for the pet. ✨ Every team member at Integrative Pet Wellness Center found their way to the practice organically. Dr. Lily has never placed an ad or actively recruited anyone. ✨ We're all on the same team. The best outcomes happen when clients trust their vet, vets trust their clients, and everyone is working toward the same goal: the pet's health. RESOURCES: Bioresonance Testing: Non-invasive scans using hair samples or saliva swabs to detect frequency imbalances in the body (available at Integrative Pet Wellness Center) Ozone UVBI Therapy: Ozone mixed with blood and activated with UV light for chronic immune issues, infections, and inflammation (available at Integrative Pet Wellness Center) FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

    26 min
  8. Dog Rescue & Adoption: The Real Truth About Fostering & Shelter Work w/ Esa Van Dusen

    APR 5

    Dog Rescue & Adoption: The Real Truth About Fostering & Shelter Work w/ Esa Van Dusen

    Most of us can't imagine doing rescue work the way Esa Van Dusen does. This isn't about fostering a dog here and there. This is about finding a pit bull chained to a tree with no access to water. Getting a video of a terrified dog living in spray paint cans and bushes. Driving straight into a hurricane to pull animals out of abandoned boarding kennels. Esa has been rescuing animals for 15 years in Austin and LA. She's a digital writer, advertiser, energy healer, and someone who shows up for animals in ways most people never will. Her vision? A healing sanctuary ranch for animals and people. But this conversation isn't about feel-good adoption photos. It's about the real version of rescue. The version where you have to reconcile with the fact that you cannot save them all. The version where you sit in your car crying because the weight of it is too much. And the version where you learn to follow the energy of one. Esa found a blind and deaf Catahoula dog (originally called Possum) in an abandoned kennel during a hurricane and found her a magical home with two Australian Shepherd brothers where she's still thriving today. But here's what makes this conversation so important: we talked about the reality. Suffering is inevitable. We're not always in charge. We can't decide the outcome. The work isn't about saving them all. It's about showing up for the one right in front of you and trusting that something bigger might be running in the background. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨ Follow the energy of one animal at a time. 100% of the time, a miracle happens when you do. ✨ Suffering is inevitable. We're not in charge of the outcome, but we can show up for the animal right in front of us. ✨ You can't be helpful if you're sitting in your car crying. Develop the strength to do this work without burning out. ✨ Every single breed is represented in rescue right now. Wiener dogs, doodles, even "bulletproof" breeds that used to never end up in shelters. ✨ The overbreeding crisis means perfectly good family dogs are being euthanized, not because they're difficult, but because there's no room. ✨ Petfinder is still one of the best resources to find rescue dogs by breed, location, and specific traits. ✨ Private rescues are foster-based and easier to volunteer with than municipal shelters. Look for breed-specific Facebook groups and Instagram communities. ✨ You don't have to foster to help. Volunteer at adoption events, transport dogs, share posts on social media, donate supplies, or network for animals who need homes. ✨ Not all rescues are created equal. Some run like businesses, some are emotionally charged. Find one that matches your energy and values. ✨ Rehoming is the closest option to rescue. If you know a family rehoming their dog, help them network to find a new home before the shelter becomes the only option. ✨ Saving one dog will not change the world, but for that one dog, the world has changed. RESOURCES: Adoption & Rescue Search: Petfinder: www.petfinder.com (search rescue dogs by breed)Rescue Organizations: Austin Pets Alive: www.austinpetsalive.org (incredible rescue organization)A Purposeful Rescue: www.apurposefulrescue.org (organization that needs volunteers)Hollywood Huskies: @hollywoodhuskies (Instagram)Community Resources: Nextdoor: Find local rescue activity, rehoming opportunities, and animal lovers in your communityFacebook & Instagram: Search breed-specific rescue groups (e.g., "Dachshund Rescue Southern California")CONTACT ESA: If you have questions about rescue, fostering, or need guidance on where to start, Esa is happy to help. Instagram: @esavandusen Phone: 512 775 6999 Email: esa1010@gmail.com FOLLOW: Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.com Instagram: @integrativepet Dr. Lily Chen: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vet 👉 Sign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛

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Welcome to My Dog Is Better Than Your Dog — where science meets soul as we explore what's possible when we reimagine pet care. I'm Dr. Lily Chen, integrative veterinarian and believer that our animals deserve extraordinary medicine. Each week, I talk with leading experts, pioneering vets, and devoted pet parents pushing the boundaries of animal health. Microbiome restoration, energy medicine, cancer hope, nutrition, and the mind-body-pet connection. Real science. Deep stories. A little magic. ✨ Follow IG: @dr.lilychen | @integrativepet | @the.unicorn.vet 📧 mydog@integrativepet.com

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