{"id":12667,"date":"2017-09-19T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=12667"},"modified":"2017-09-19T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:50:29","slug":"katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Katherine\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bestselling author, animal activist and daughter of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and correspondent Maria Shriver used to be the kid who came home with random animals to adopt. Katherine Schwarzenegger would bring home salamanders, minnows, ducks, rabbits and pigs. Both her parents grew up on farms, so the family recreated this environment for the next generation in Los Angeles, which was interesting, Katherine revealed. She always had a heart for animals as a child and later in life, well, it was no different.<\/p>\n

Between fighting for animal rights and being named an ASPCA Ambassador, Katherine wrote\u00a0Maverick and Me\u00a0<\/em>to encourage kids to choose adoption. The book tells the story of Maverick, an abandoned puppy dumped on the side of the road. His fortune starts to turn when a vivacious big-hearted girl named Scarlett meets him at an adoption event. Scarlett is so moved by Maverick\u2019s story that she and her mother decide to give him the forever home he is looking for.<\/p>\n

Scarlett unquestionably sounds like Katherine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always wanted to help animals,\u201d said Schwarzenegger who fostered 8 puppies to find homes for. \u201cJust when I thought I was done I got a call to take in a 2-week-year-old puppy (Maverick) and it was such an incredible experience. I learned so much about myself and it\u2019s been such a responsibility and a gift. That\u2019s why I wanted to write this book.\u201d Dog rescue and pet adoption weren\u2019t talked about years ago as pet shops were the main source for consumers to purchase a pet.<\/p>\n

Katherine hopes when it\u2019s time for kids to get their first pet that they would prefer to adopt rather than going to a breeder or to a pet store to purchase a pet. \u201cI didn\u2019t have that option when I was younger. When I got my dog Maverick, I saw how little kids would react to him. He had this story of being found under a freeway, getting sick at a really young age and [being saved]. It was such an interesting story for kids. It\u2019s such a cool thing for kids to get a dog or cat with a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Katherine<\/a>Most animals sold in pet stores come from breeding mills and more stores are being banned by cities. Animal advocates like Katherine say store sales fuel the puppy mill industry, where dogs are bred and raised in inhumane conditions. The numbers remain grim as 4 million dogs are born in U.S. puppy mills every year, according to the Humane Society of the United States. When people stop buying from pet shops the need for puppy mills will cease.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s become a bigger deal. I personally feel that there is so much awareness around dog and cat rescue or animal rescue in general,\u201d she added. \u201cPeople are finding dogs that work for their families, or work for them in their lives and they\u2019re bonding with dogs who are really being given a second chance at life and having a future in a better home filled with love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some people have misconceptions about adopting and that they can\u2019t get a little puppy or they can\u2019t have a fluffy dog. This is false. Katherine stripped down these distortions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, rescue groups often have a variety of pets, including puppies and both purebred and mixed breeds. For kids, their first pet is such a big deal. It\u2019s something you remember your entire life.\u201d A dog will teach adults lessons as well.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI always tell all my friends to get a dog before you have children. It teaches so much about planning and just the overall responsibility of thinking about something else other than yourself, which for people in their \u201920s is a hard concept to wrap their heads around.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unconditional love you get from an animal has been an incredible gift to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maverick and Me <\/a>will introduce children to the concept of “adopt, don’t shop” and is available from Worthy Publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bestselling author, animal activist and daughter of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and correspondent Maria Shriver used to be the kid who came home with random animals to adopt. Katherine Schwarzenegger would bring home salamanders, minnows, ducks, rabbits and pigs. Both her parents grew up on farms, so the family recreated this environment for the next…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6],"tags":[1000,3491],"class_list":["post-12667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-celebrities","tag-books-2","tag-katherine-schwarzenegger"],"yoast_head":"\nKatherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger advocates for animal rescue in a new book for children based on her dog Maverick who she adopted.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger advocates for animal rescue in a new book for children based on her dog Maverick who she adopted.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Idol Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-19T13:37:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-19T13:50:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2017\/09\/Katherine-300x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Corine Gatti\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Katherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book","description":"Katherine Schwarzenegger advocates for animal rescue in a new book for children based on her dog Maverick who she adopted.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Katherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book","og_description":"Katherine Schwarzenegger advocates for animal rescue in a new book for children based on her dog Maverick who she adopted.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html","og_site_name":"Idol Chatter","article_published_time":"2017-09-19T13:37:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-19T13:50:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2017\/09\/Katherine-300x300.jpg"}],"author":"Corine Gatti","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html","name":"Katherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2017\/09\/Katherine-300x300.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-19T13:37:40+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-19T13:50:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/3013f619d142ceac521a13c1921d991a"},"description":"Katherine Schwarzenegger advocates for animal rescue in a new book for children based on her dog Maverick who she adopted.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2017\/09\/Katherine-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2017\/09\/Katherine-300x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/09\/katherine-schwarzeneggers-advocates-dog-rescue-new-book.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Katherine Schwarzenegger Advocates For Dog Rescue in New Book"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/","name":"Idol Chatter","description":"Beliefnet Entertainment blog, TV blog, Movie blog, Religion in entertainment blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/3013f619d142ceac521a13c1921d991a","name":"Corine Gatti","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/51f\/51fa4157b4c0c24fbc082089eb7db284x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/51f\/51fa4157b4c0c24fbc082089eb7db284x96.jpg","caption":"Corine Gatti"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/authors\/c\/corine-gatti-santillo.aspx"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/author\/cgatti"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12667"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12682,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12667\/revisions\/12682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}