Welcome to Happiness Unleashed with your host, Brittany Darenbacher, presented by Live Happy.

We know that the bonds we have with our pets are special, but today's guest may have you thinking about that connection on a deeper level.

Jen Goldbeck is the creator of social media's popular channel, The Golden Ration,

dedicated to sharing photos and videos of her rescued golden retrievers.

With her new book, The Purist Bond, understanding the human canine connection,

she provides the science behind those incredible

bonds and offers new insight into how we can use that information to improve our relationships

with our own animals. Listen in as Jen and Brittany talk about how our pets can improve our

well-being as well as our community. Hi, Jen. Hey, Brittany.

How are you?

Good.

You know, it was so interesting because when we were looking for guests for the show, I was just looking on Amazon for books that were coming out.

And I saw your book and was just immediately drawn in because of the cover and the topic.

But when I started reading your book, I realized that I had already followed you on

Instagram.

And yeah, so tell us a little bit about the golden ratio.

Yeah.

So we rescue special needs, goldens.

So a lot of seniors, medical cases, hospice cases, usually, occasionally somebody else

sneaks in there.

We've been doing that since, I guess, 2016 is really when we grew from having a couple

dogs and an occasional foster to four and five and six and sometimes seven.

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