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Mother's Day is coming up. How do you feel about the identifier or phrase dog mom.

I have mixed feelings about it because while I do feel like he is my child,

I think motherhood is such a special thing and I think more than being my child he is my companion.

This is Kylie Yang a dog owner through hiker and the New Jersey program

coordinator for the New York New Jersey Trail Conference.

It's worth noting that even though we talk about dogs a lot in this episode, so much of this conversation

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