Matt of WeRateDogs. . .and meet my dog Zoey!

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

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Places & Travel, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

I sit down with my dog Zoey. . .and Matt Nelson, the creator of WeRateDogs, Thoughts of Dog, founder of the 15/10 Foundation and host of the podcast The Dogs Were Good (again) to find out how Matt took his love of dogs worldwide. He's compiled more than 25 million followers while helping place so many deserving pooches in loving homes. Hear how Matt turned his viral fame into real-world impact through his 15/10 Foundation, supporting dogs in need and giving back to the community that’s made him famous. And let's find out what rating he's going to give Zoey!!! @dog_rates @dog_feelings

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0:00.0	We posted that first GoFundMe because the dog in it, we'd featured previously, their family had always dressed up.
0:06.8	There were four dogs. They always dressed them up for the holidays.
0:09.9	So we featured them several times.
0:11.5	And one of them was a senior pug who needed a wheelchair, just an old age arthritis related wheelchair.
0:18.3	And the family made a GoFundMe. It was about $700.
0:22.1	And we featured that GoFundMe because we thought, and this is still when it was just me,
0:29.1	I'd just say we because it's we Ray Talks.
0:30.5	But I thought that my audience would be especially empathetic to the situation because
0:34.3	they were familiar with the dog already.
0:35.7	And we raised that $700 for that wheelchair in like 45 minutes.
0:45.7	Well, hello and welcome to another episode of In a Minute with Evan Lovett,
0:50.2	coming to you live from the IM studios in the heart of Los Angeles.
0:54.8	But you know, if you're in Los Angeles, like 5.3 million other folks in the county,
1:03.3	then your heart is with your dog or dogs in many cases.
1:07.6	Yes, Los Angeles is the city with the most dogs in the United States. And we have the person
1:13.7	here who is responsible for bringing maybe as many smiles and good-natured heartwarming anecdotes
1:22.5	as the dogs themselves. This is Matt Nelson from We Rate Dogs, Thoughts of Dog, the 1510 Foundation
1:32.4	nonprofit, which we'll get into, and the podcast, the dogs were good again. So, listen,
1:39.9	thank you for, thank you for being here. Thank you for bringing Javier. Of course.
1:44.6	That is your boy.
1:45.5	And this is our girl, Zoe.
1:48.1	Say hi, Zoe.
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