
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Sarah Lauch
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Real talk from the animal welfare front lines.
The gist
Unmuzzled is an animal welfare talk show rooted in rescue work, veterinary care, grief, mobility, training, and everyday pet chaos. Sarah Lauch keeps the tone personal and direct while guests bring practical experience from clinics, nonprofits, grooming vans, pools, classes, and search teams.
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About Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Sarah Lauch
Unmuzzled is built around animal welfare as lived work, not as a slogan. Sarah Lauch speaks with vets, rescuers, trainers, groomers, and founders who spend their days with animals and the people attached to them. The episodes feel immediate and lived-in. Dogs interrupt. Dinner time intrudes. Small-business stress sits beside rescue joy. That texture is part of the show’s appeal, because the conversations rarely sound detached from the homes, clinics, vans, pools, and nonprofit back offices where the work actually happens. One episode can move from Dr. Bean’s care for Mac, Miss Mabel, and Einstein into continuing education, clinic collaboration, and new flea and tick options. Another can shift from pet grief into the limits of tidy grief-stage thinking and the support Live Like Rue has helped fund for people facing loss or cancer diagnoses with their pets. Cindy from Splash Dog brings the world of dog swimming, water treadmills, senior mobility, and confidence-building in a controlled pool. Brooke Basaran brings rabbit rescue, specialized vetting, nonprofit pressure, and the story behind Happy Rabbit Co. Taylor Carpenter explains SAR Sheps, volunteer search and rescue training, and the power of giving rescue dogs serious jobs. Mary from Happy Hound University grounds dog training in positive reinforcement, client schedules, classes, and private lessons. Gabby the Groomer turns grooming into a story about skill, risk, clients, mobile vans, storefront growth, and independence. Alex from Movement Lounge brings rescue-centered yoga, consent, community norms, and criticism of puppy events that use animals poorly. The show is caring, candid, and sometimes raw. It is strongest when practical pet care meets emotional honesty.
Made for: For rescue-minded pet people, animal welfare supporters, and owners of senior, fragile, anxious, or deeply loved animals. It also fits listeners curious about the people behind clinics, training rooms, grooming businesses, rescue nonprofits, and rehab facilities.
What sets it apart: The show blends rescue advocacy with granular working knowledge from animal-centered businesses and care providers. Its edge comes from Sarah Lauch’s personal rescue world, where pet grief, hospice dogs, nonprofit labor, and practical care advice all sit in the same conversation.
In their own words
An insight into pets, vetting, superhero dog rescuers, cancer in animals and SO MUCH MORE! Sarah Lauch is an animal-lover that will expose the good, bad and wonderful in the animal world! To request a guest, please email [email protected].
As heard by us
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sarah Lauch connects animal care with rescue realities, making veterinary choices, positive-reinforcement training, and pet grief easier to understand.
Sarah Lauch builds lively guest conversations around the practical and emotional work of caring for animals. Veterinarians discuss treatment choices and continual learning, while groomers and positive-reinforcement trainers explain how their work operates day to day.
Why you'd press play
Sarah Lauch turns animal-care specialists into the people you wish were already in your contacts.
Press play if you want
- practical candor from vets and positive-reinforcement trainers, without pretending anyone knows everything
- the human stories behind groomers, rescue founders, and people who build their lives around animals
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Episodes
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Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dr. Bean, Medical Director at Boulevard Vet
Hidden gemDr.
Apr 3, 2026·35m·3 clips - 2
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Author and Art Therapist Sarah Vollman
Hidden gem["Sarah Lauch\u2019s Unmuzzled episode with Sarah Reed Vollman focuses on pet loss grief, anticipatory grief, and the strain of waiting through Leo\u2019s cancer diagnosis.", "Vollman explains that U.S.
Mar 27, 2026·22m·1 clip - 3
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Cindy from Splash Dog
Hidden gemSarah Lauch interviews Cindy from Splash Dog about her facility with an in-ground pool and water treadmill for dogs, plus basic grooming services.
Mar 20, 2026·19m·1 clip - 4
Unmmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Happy Rabbit Co's Brooke Basaran
Hidden gemHost Sarah interviews Brooke Basaran, the bunny queen, about her rabbit rescue work and chaotic pet-filled life.
Mar 13, 2026·23m·1 clip - 5
Unmuzzled a Padcast: The SAR Sheps: Search and Recovery
Hidden gemTaylor Carpenter discusses her non-profit SAR Sheps, which uses German Shepherds for search and rescue operations.
Mar 6, 2026·20m·1 clip - 6
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Mary from Happy Hound University
Hidden gemSarah Locke talks with Mary from Happy Hound University about how Mary went from music education and vocal performance into dog training after volunteering with shelter dogs and interning at a training business.
Dec 24, 2025·27m·1 clip - 7
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Gabby the Groomer
Hidden gemSarah Lau's Unmuzzled episode with Gabby the Groomer centers on a dog-care business that moved from a vet-hospital closet to three vans and a storefront with 2,700 active clients.
Dec 19, 2025·33m·2 clips - 8
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Alex from Movement Lounge
Hidden gem["Alex's Unmuzzled interview centers on a yoga studio that treats rescue dogs and bodily autonomy as the same design problem.", "Sarah ties the discussion to Live Like Rue Foundation's animal-cancer support, which she says reaches people worldwide, including Europe and Canada.", "Alex says she started teaching group fitness in 2018, first hosted free yoga in the park with dogs on leads, and now has five rescue dogs at home.", "She argues puppy yoga only works when dogs can opt out, and her long-term plan includes a 2026 200-hour teacher training and a future building purchase."]
Dec 12, 2025·24m·1 clip - 9
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Mila's Painted Paws
Dec 5, 2025·15m - 10
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dr Murray, Hospice Vet
Nov 28, 2025·19m - 11
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Tamara from VuVuv Pet CBD
Oct 31, 2025·24m - 12
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dr. Picking from The Vital Spark
Oct 24, 2025·25m - 13
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Gabe from Pawster
Oct 17, 2025·26m - 14
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Kym from Koko's Kitchen
Oct 10, 2025·25m - 15
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with The Henry Haven
Sep 19, 2025·24m - 16
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Matt East from Paws for a Cause
Sep 12, 2025·20m - 17
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Good Boy Vodka
Sep 5, 2025·17m - 18
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Rescue Pack
Aug 8, 2025·26m - 19
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dr. Julie Austin of Pawprints Care
Jul 25, 2025·27m - 20
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with filmmaker Renee Baffert
Jul 18, 2025·24m - 21
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Development Dir Erin from Hinsdale Humane Society
Jul 11, 2025·32m - 22
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Jessica from Pittie Chicks
Jun 27, 2025·16m - 23
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with John Fabiano with Wags Around the World
Jun 13, 2025·35m - 24
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Mark Luther Photos
May 30, 2025·21m - 25
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Kibbies Founder Matthew Anderson
May 16, 2025·27m - 26
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Freedom Run Farm Sanctuary
May 9, 2025·23m - 27
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Imelda from Tanimu
May 2, 2025·53m - 28
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Sara Sanctuary
Apr 25, 2025·24m - 29
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dr. Morton of Bond Vet
Apr 18, 2025·40m - 30
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Chicagoland Pig Rescue
Apr 11, 2025·32m - 31
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Trees for Pets Founder Marlen Farley
Apr 4, 2025·24m - 32
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dave from Furever Home Dog Sanctuary
Mar 21, 2025·29m - 33
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Megan from Chicago Rescue Authority
Mar 14, 2025·34m - 34
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
Mar 7, 2025·24m - 35
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Pet Cremation by Water
Feb 28, 2025·24m - 36
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Mary from Cage to Couch
Feb 21, 2025·35m - 37
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Smithic Air, Drone Pilot for Lost Dog Recovery
Feb 14, 2025·32m - 38
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Kristina from Ruff Haven Crisis Sheltering
Jan 31, 2025·26m - 39
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Author/Photographer Paul Koudounaris
Jan 24, 2025·29m - 40
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Pete and Cailen from SEED on Livestock Auctions
Jan 17, 2025·24m - 41
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Rachel from Rescueber
Rachel from Rescueber discusses the origins and future of her dog rescue organization.
Jan 10, 2025·26m - 42
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Pete on Puppy Mills
Jan 3, 2025·32m - 43
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Author Alicia Boemi, the Founder of The Lake Dog
Nov 22, 2024·21m - 44
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Abby Smith from Felines and Canines
Sarah interviews Abby Smith about her 23-year journey with Felines and Canines Rescue Center in Chicago.
Nov 14, 2024·23m - 45
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Dr. Lily Chen, Integrative Vet Med
Nov 8, 2024·28m - 46
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Indiana Barnyard
Host introduces a sanctuary for barnyard animals in Indiana and discusses the importance of saving animals often considered disposable.
Nov 1, 2024·30m - 47
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Scott from 4 Ever Tails
Scott from 4 Ever Tails discusses innovative ways to showcase rescue animals outside of shelters to increase adoptions.
Oct 25, 2024·28m - 48
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Tom Bates from K9 Rescue Ukraine
Tom Bates discusses his work with K9 Rescue Ukraine, rescuing dogs affected by the war in Ukraine.
Oct 18, 2024·23m - 49
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Jon Davis, Manager of Data Analysis at Best Friends
Oct 11, 2024·39m - 50
Unmuzzled: A Pawdcast with Jeanette Garlow of Microchip Hunters
Oct 4, 2024·33m