This episode was originally published on August 26th, 2017. In this episode, adventures in animal ownership! The Sugars, along with Julie Barton — author of the memoir Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself — answer letters about pet dilemmas and the ways these creatures affect human relationships.
The universe has good news.
For the lost, lonely, and heartsick.
The sugars are here speaking straight into your ears.
I'm Steve Allman.
I'm Cheryl strayed.
This is dear sugars.
Oh, dear song won't you please share some little sweetness with me?
I check my bell vibes every day.
Oh, in the sugar you see in my way hi, Steve.
Hi, Cheryl.
So today we are the much anticipated episode on cats and dogs.
Yes, we promised it, because, you know, whenever we do those pet questions, we get a lot of mail.
And I'm sort of famous for always siding on the side of the cat.
Whoever loves the cat most to me is just always right.
I am an absolutely unrepentant cat lady, and, as long time listeners know, grew up poor.
Many years of my life with a single mom for a big chunk of my childhood and my house ever changing as it was, from my mom and dad being married, to my mom being the single mother, to my mom being with my stepfather.
The one thread was that we always had animals, and the reason we always had animals is because my mother was the person who took in every animal that she came upon.
Any animal that needed help or veterinary care or love ended up living with us.
And it was really a great gift of my life for a couple of reasons.
One, the love that animals bring into your life, the adventure, you know, the funny things that happen.