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Candy Valentino
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Welcome to the Candy Valentino show, the podcast for founders, investors, and entrepreneurs where we have honest conversations about what it takes to grow your business, build more wealth, and create financial freedom.
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Hey, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Candy Valentino Show. And if you are watching this on the very day that we drop it, happy Thanksgiving. So I wanted to put together something a little special because it is Thanksgiving. As you know, we drop episodes every Monday and every Thursday here at the show. And I thought, what a better time than to drop an episode of something that's really important to me because Thanksgiving actually is one of my favorite holidays, if not probably my first or second favorite holiday. Why is that? Oftentimes people love Christmas because of the holiday and decorating. But what I love about Thanksgiving is it really brings us back to what's really important. And it's about being grateful, about having gratitude not just one day of the year, but all throughout the year. No matter what it is that you're going through right now, no matter what you're facing, we always have just a few things that we can be grateful for. For our health, for life, for heart that beats without us thinking about it. For lungs that breathe without our effort to. To have an opportunity to wake up today. There's so many things that are going on in your life right now that other people would pray for. When I did the research for wealth habits, it is amazing to find that over half of the population of the world lives on less than $10 a day. So if you're watching this episode from a computer or from your phone, you're already doing better than more than half of the world. And that is something to really be grateful for. So obviously, one of the things that's really important to me is not just gratitude, but contribution. And as we go into this holiday season, I. I thought, what better time than to sit down and do an interview with one of my dear friends who is the founder of a nonprofit that's really special and very close to my heart. So that's what we're bringing to you today. A conversation and an interview with Christine Conroy, founder of Love Them All Rescue. So let's dive in. Look at this interview. And in the Meantime, I want to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving. All right, everyone. You know that I am always talking about how you should take a percentage of what you make and really contribute it to something that's important to you. So today we are going to delve in a little deeper into the incredible rewards that come with contribution and giving. Giving should always be a fundamental part of your life. This not just an occasion, not just an act of charity, but something that becomes part of your DNA, because when you do something genuinely good, you really make a positive impact in the world. And now I talk about this in my book, how the contributions that you make is really what's going to propel you into more wealth than you can even measure. And it's really fundamental on creating a rich life, because when you shift from a place of what can you get? And you replace it with the belief of what can I give? Life starts to make sense on a whole new level. And that's what we're doing today with our special guest, Christine Conroy. She is the heart and soul behind Love Them All Sanctuary and Rescue, a foundation that has touched the lives of so many animals in need, including one that I had the absolute honor and joy to share my life with. So, Christine, thank you so much for coming today and being on the show. Myra, oh, my gosh, it's hard to focus to work because I just want to play with all the dogs all day. But thank you for being here because there is such a need and we had a great opportunity meeting. For those that don't know, I adopted one of my dogs from Christine's rescue, and she was with me for a very short period of time. And the reason is because you're doing something uniquely different in the rescue world. And for those that don't know about the rescue world, they don't probably realize that a lot of the animals that come into a shelter that our owner surrenders or picked up as strays, they don't always make it out of the shelter. And typically, the older ones, the seniors, the ones with medical conditions, aren't finding their way out of shelters. And that's where you've really stepped in and bridged the gap. So can you talk a little bit about how your organization is uniquely different and what you are doing to help this immense need that we have in our area?
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Christine Conroy
Yeah. So we specifically focus on those dogs that are facing unnecessary euthanasia in our local shelters, the Humane Society. So a lot of times that's hit by cars. They need, you know, orthopedic surgery or, you know, cancer that needs to be removed, or a dental or valley fever kind of any of those really critical medical cases that they do deem unadoptable. But really it just takes compiling the resources, you know, to get them the help that they need. And then, and then we do adopt them out to amazing homes like yours.
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Candy Valentino
And I'm so glad that you do because I think what's really tough to balance in the nonprofit world and for anybody that doesn't have exposure to this, they. It's hard to understand because it's like running a business, but with something far more important than just meeting your first quarter goals. And so if we can talk about a little bit like of the expense, like, obviously a lot of these organizations aren't putting their resources into the animals that truly need us the most because of expense. Can you share with maybe what's different and how expensive it is for an organization to do those surgeries and provide those dentals and valley fever care?
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Christine Conroy
Yeah, I mean, to be honest, we probably. Our average cost per dog we take in is about $1,500. So even our easy, our easy puppies, you know, you'll see a little later, they're, you know, $500. One that has more extensive medical care. 1,500 surgeries can run up to three, three to 4,000. And that's a very discounted, you know, we get rescue discounts and we, you know, partner with actually a really great organization who, because they're a nonprofit, they don't mark up a lot of their vet care. And we're still at those numbers because just what's required of vet care.
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Candy Valentino
Yeah. And obviously so worth it. Like Myra here, obviously she was older.
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Christine Conroy
Yes.
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Candy Valentino
And what were some of the care that you had to provide for her?
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Christine Conroy
So Myra's about 10 years old. She had severe valley fever that was affecting this back leg here. And so she was holding it up, she couldn't walk on it. Horrible mouth dental disease and actually really bad infected eyes with glaucoma. So we've. It's kind of been a couple months of, you know, getting the eyes taken care of, the mouth taken care of, her leg. Now she'll, you know, kind of tap and go here and there. But she's really doing so well. And she's a little sweetheart.
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Candy Valentino
She is so cute. And she does not have an adopter yet, right?
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Christine Conroy
No.
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Candy Valentino
So she would be available for anyone looking to adopt. She is so well behaved, so perfect. And I think for me, what's always shocking is to think that somebody wouldn't have put the resources in for her to have a second chance at life. It's like the animals that need you the most are the ones that you're taking in. What? What got you into this?
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Christine Conroy
Yeah.
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Candy Valentino
What made you start this?
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Christine Conroy
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Candy Valentino
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Christine Conroy
With another rescue and they were great and amazing, but they did not take a lot of dogs from the euthanasia list at the shelters and they also did not save all breeds. So that's kind of one thing too that's really important to us. And our mission is that we do believe that every dog, you know, no matter how critical, sick or injured, deserves a chance. So we kind of just fell into the little niche that we're in and it's been great.
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Candy Valentino
And for those that are watching or listening or tuning in in some way, if you don't know this in the United States and you can correct me if the stats are wrong because I've been in this world for a long time, but the most euthanized breeds in America are pit bulls and Chihuahuas. Is that still accurate? So when you look at a little Chihuahua like Myra, it's a reminder that she wouldn't have had a chance had your organization not exist. What are some of the greatest challenges that you're facing right now in the nonprofit world and at Love Them All?
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Christine Conroy
Definitely funding, for sure. I mean, times are tough across the board, you know, right now, and then just over. The need is overwhelming, to be honest. It's overwhelming. So our county shelters are double and tripling up on kennel spaces right now, which just means that, you know, more dogs are being euthanized as a result. Yeah.
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Candy Valentino
And if I remember, was this stat correct? I saw something that there was over, like, 1,000 dogs at one facility, and they only had 600 runs, which is our term for kennels to house the dogs. So 600,000. So they're doubling up dogs in every single one because they're trying to do as much as they can. So when we really look at the problem, what do you think is the root of the problem? Obviously, what you're doing is you're trying to treat a symptom of the problem, Right. Take care of the animals that are being displaced. What do you think the root of the problem truly is? The root?
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Christine Conroy
I think there's kind of two parts to it. You know, first, I think there are people who are truly struggling right now. And, you know, we get asked every single day, you know, I'm getting kicked out of my apartment. I'm being evicted. I've got my dog. Can you take my dog? What am I supposed to do? Those dogs end up at the shelter. Then. I think there's also a societal problem of how we do view our pets. You know, and I can only speak for here in Phoenix, but, you know, there definitely seems to be. You know, they're just sometimes viewed as property. They're not viewed as true companion animals, you know, that you and I look at them as. So I think it's also kind of quick and easy for people to just let them go, let them run the desert, let them out, drop them off. You know, it's. It's. There's definitely struggles. And then I also think there's kind of a.
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Candy Valentino
How we look at commitments or lack thereof, because it is a lifetime commitment or it should be, not a convenience, which is what I had seen in the rescue world of a lot of people. It's just. It's inconvenient now, so it's somebody else's problem. But do you feel that it's. You guys could Only hear the little noises that she just made. It's so cute. Do you feel that it's gotten worse since COVID Because I don't know about for you, but I read a few things and just our work involved seemed like a lot more adoptions happened through Covid, but now we're on the other side of it. Do you see that there's a greater need?
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Christine Conroy
Well, it's funny because we started in. Covid started the rescue in June of 2020. So that was an adventure. But so I've only seen really post Covid numbers and every single year they're going up. I mean, I don't think our county shelter has seen this number of volume coming in like ever before, but so many people are moving here. So many people. Like Phoenix is growing immensely by the day, and yet we still have, you know, two county shelters and, you know, then the surrounding, you know, smaller cities. But really it's, it's, it's tough and it's challenging and they're just, they keep coming.
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Candy Valentino
When I first moved here, I was shocked by the. Because we had need also, but I was shocked by the immense need in the area. If I were to give you a magic wand that you could just wave and anything would happen to start to solve the problem, what do you think that some of the first steps that you would take in making sure that this got better for the area, maybe there's a politician or the mayor, the governor's watching, and we can wave a magic wand and make something happen for their lives. What would it be?
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Christine Conroy
I think it's awareness. I think education and awareness. You know, and specifically here in Phoenix, educating people on spay and neuter and the importance and just letting them know that the crisis that we're in because truly to fix, you know, to stop the bleeding, we've got to stop it where it's starting. And that's at spayneuter. So I would say just general awareness and education and then being able to provide those resources to the community where lower income families can bring their dogs and get them vaccinated and altered and chipped. And, you know, I think it's, I would need a few magic wands because there's a few different areas.
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Candy Valentino
Oh, it's magic.
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Christine Conroy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that's, that's where it needs to start. It's just overall awareness.
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Candy Valentino
I think it's good. I think that's really great for people to hear. Now we're going to bring out two other dogs that have not had any applications or looks. And so I want to touch on Myra's black. The other two dogs are black dogs. I know this from being in the shelter world, but a lot of people don't. So what is the stigma with black colored dogs that you see?
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Christine Conroy
I honestly have not figured it out myself. And you know, people see them in person and they're like, oh my gosh, they're gorgeous. They're so beautiful. You know, but they say that there's something about photos and when you're scrolling through, say, pet finder or you're looking for a dog that the black ones just seem to get overlooked. It's harder to capture their faces and their expressions. And I don't know, I really, I have not figured that one out. But it, I. It is true.
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Candy Valentino
They do get passed over.
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Christine Conroy
Yes, they do.
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Candy Valentino
So someone, if you're watching and you really want to make a difference, adopt a senior, adopt a special need. I have shared my home more times than I can count and have foster failed hospice dogs, special needs dogs, senior dogs. There is something about the love of a senior dog or a dog that came from the shelter that was on death row. They know it, they are grateful, they are happy. And so I would just encourage you to open your heart to a senior, a special needs or a black colored dog because there are more of them in the shelters as well as I believe the stat of 30% of all dogs in shelters are purebreds. So they were at one time owned. So even if you're looking for something special, go to petfinder.com, go to lovethemallrescue.org, go to all of these different places that you can start to find and at least have the conversation. Because you don't just rescue one, you actually rescue two, because you rescue the one that's in Christine's arms, but you also rescue space for another dog to take her spot. So I want to be able to bring out. Can you tell us a little bit about Myra before we bring out the other two?
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Christine Conroy
Yep.
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Candy Valentino
Is anything. What would be her perfect home?
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Christine Conroy
Her perfect home would be a lap that she could sit on just like this. This is her. She is your total typical little Velcro cheat. Like, she just wants to be with you.
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Candy Valentino
Velcro chi. That's so cute.
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Christine Conroy
Yeah, yeah. She just wants to be with you always. She's so snuggly and cuddly and great with. I mean, I've got. I won't say how many my house bigs and littles and she's Great with everybody. Kids, adults. She's just a sweetheart. Yeah.
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Candy Valentino
So someone chill. Someone that just wants lunch. Snuggle. So that is Myra. And you can find out more information. We will link the information here to her website. And so I want to bring out Maggie and Mia, two other small lab mix dogs. Let's see if we can make this happen. And we actually bring them out in an organized way. They're getting love over here from our team, so they are chilling. I will take. Can I take. Hi, baby.
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Christine Conroy
Hello.
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Candy Valentino
This is, like, my most comfortable place in the world. So who is this?
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Christine Conroy
This is Maggie.
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Candy Valentino
Maggie. Hi, baby. And how old's Maggie?
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Christine Conroy
They are six.
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Candy Valentino
Months. I was gonna say months. Six months old.
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Come on, Mia.
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And for puppies. Oh, my goodness. They've been so well behaved.
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Christine Conroy
So well behaved.
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Candy Valentino
How are you guys not in homes? Come on, Mia. And I'll let everyone that's listening in on another little secret. Listening or watching two is actually easier than one.
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Christine Conroy
Yep.
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Candy Valentino
So you've got their sisters.
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Christine Conroy
They're sisters. And they are just so well together. Both six months. Yep. Yep.
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Candy Valentino
So well behaved.
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Christine Conroy
They're so sweet. We actually have dad in the rescue as well, and he's a total sweetheart. Yeah.
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Candy Valentino
Oh, my goodness. You're so good girl, Mags. Oh, my gosh. So no, they're Maggie and Mia and Myra. You can find out more information on their stories on the website. Fill out an application. Oh, my gosh. Please drink my water. That will be so stinking cute. Find out more information on these two precious girls. And I do think. I don't. I mean, I'm being funny, but I do think that having two when they're younger is easier. Totally, because they are companions of each other. You don't have to walk them and play with them as much because they're playing with each other. So we always recommend, when you're taking puppies, take two. It's a lot easier on you and them, huh?
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Christine Conroy
Yep. Yep. They're good girls.
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Candy Valentino
Anything else you want to share? How can people find out more about you? How can they? I mean, I know your greatest need right now is funds, and you are building a beautiful facility here in Arizona, which I am so proud to be a supporter of a donor of a prior adopter. So share with just people how they can find out more about you and get involved, because what you're doing is so incredibly needed.
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Christine Conroy
Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. The sanctuary has been a big undertaking, but we're now we're up and running, and we're now to the point of just wanting to fill all the rooms with all the dogs. So really, truly just animal care funding is kind of going to be our focus for this last part of the year and on into next year and probably forever because you know, we're always going to need the funds to take care of the babies. But yeah, they can go on our website or Instagram. Love them all. Rescue, yeah, everything's there. They can follow along. It's an adventure every day.
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Candy Valentino
And I think it's so important too to share that Christine does not have some elaborate paid board and a lot of paid staff. They've really been all volunteer based to this point. So what your donations are going to are to the animals. And as we listen to this journey, remember that giving isn't just an act, it's really a way of life. It's about finding purpose and contributing to something larger than just yourself. I dive into all the psychological and health benefits of giving and highlight just how acts of generosity like this will lower your stress, will improve your self esteem, will even create a longer life expectancy. And so I think it's just really important to just focus on the power of contribution. And so thank you for being here. Thank you for having me, for sharing with us and these little sweet girls. Go fill out an adoption application. Get involved. There is such a great need, not just in this state but in the entire country. Thanks so much for tuning in. Hey guys, thanks for tuning in to this episode and if there was something that you loved or you had a specific takeaway, share it and tag me at Candy Valentino.
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Christine Conroy
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Christine Conroy
Spending this time with me today guys. We'll see you next time.
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Candy Valentino
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