Unleashing Stories: How Unique Dogs Inspired Children's Books with Leia Barrett

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Julie Marty Pearson interviews Leia Barrett about how unique dogs inspired her children's books and the challenges of rescue adoptions.

Unleashing Stories: How Unique Dogs Inspired Children's Books with Leia Barrett. Host Julie Marty Pearson welcomes children’s author and rescue advocate Leia Barrett, who shares growing up with dogs (including longtime family “unicorn” Dixie) and later adopting her own unicorn rescue, Layla. They discuss common challenges in rescue adoptions, why quick returns can traumatize animals, and the widely used “3-3-3 rule” describing dogs’ adjustment over the first three days, three weeks, and thre...

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Host: Julie Marty Pearson

Guest: Leia Barrett

Topics covered

• dog rescue
• children's books
• animal adoption
• pet stories
• challenges in rescue
• 3-3-3 rule

Keywords

• dog rescue
• children's author
• animal adoption
• 3-3-3 rule
• pet stories

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