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🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Today, we’re bringing you a very special episode of Walking The Dog! We’ve teamed up with Dr Alex George and his brilliant podcast Stompcast to take a special walk, thanks to ManyPets pet insurance.
We met Alex and his adorable dog Rolo on London’s Clapham Common. Ray didn’t join us on this one - we promise he wasn’t being lazy - but it was a hot day when we met Alex and because Raymond is elderly and his breed is particularly sensitive to heat, we decided to let him sit this one out.
Dr Alex is a presenter, bestselling author and podcaster. As a former A&E doctor - Alex has used his platform to become a leading advocate for making mental health support more accessible for everyone.
We chatted to Alex about how dogs can help connect you to people and how our pets can be a real support during tough times. We also spoke about the deep emotional bonds we can have with our pets and how it’s important to be there for them when they need us the most.
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Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence - with thanks to the Stompcast team for editing and production on this episode
Music: Rich Jarman
Artwork: Alice Ludlam
Photography: Karla Gowlett
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0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Emily here with a very special episode for you with something a little bit different. |
0:06.7 | I've teamed up with Dr Alex George and his brilliant show Stompcast for this one, |
0:11.7 | to go on a special walk with him and his lovely dog Rolo, and it's all thanks to many pets, |
0:17.4 | pet insurance, who've won Pet Insurance provider of the year four times at the |
0:22.1 | Money Fax Consumer Awards. Now, you may notice Ray didn't join us on this one. I promise he wasn't |
0:28.2 | being lazy. It's actually because it was a pretty hot day and pet safety in high temperatures |
0:33.3 | is so important. Rolo, I should say, was actually fine to walk in the shade with us, and there were |
0:39.3 | some other dogs out too, but Asre's elderly with a very thick coat and his breed is especially |
0:44.3 | at risk of heat stroke, I've been restricting his walks to super early or late evening when it's cooler, |
0:50.1 | just to make sure he's safe and comfortable. It's a small but really important step in being a responsible pet owner, |
0:57.0 | something many pets really champions, |
0:59.0 | and it was great to work with a brand that truly puts pet well-being first. |
1:03.3 | So today it's me, the fabulous Dr Alex and the adorable rollo, |
1:08.1 | having a good old stroll and a lovely chat about the world of pets, what they |
1:12.3 | mean to us, and how having the right pet insurance can really give you peace of mind. Let's get right |
1:19.1 | into it. And I'll take care of you along the way. My love one day the time will be our troubles behind |
1:32.3 | Emily welcome to the stump cast how are you? |
1:35.3 | I'm so thrilled to be here with you and your fabulous dog who I've just met and this is |
1:42.3 | Rollo. |
1:43.3 | Rollo, yeah. Oh, Rolo. Rolo. So named after the chocolate, which is my favourite chocolate. And he did used to be a lot darker actually, but he has, he's three in a bit now and he's got a bit lighter, but he was really chocolatey when we started, you see. But he's got it, but the caramel centre is reflected in Rollo's coat. I think so. I think it has. |
2:01.6 | It's become more caramel over time. |
2:02.6 | But yeah, he's a beautiful little dog. |
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