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Catexploring as a person of colour, with a cat and a dog – JoAnn, Ava & Patch

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JoAnn is mum to Ava, the cat & Patch, the dog. She is also a person of colour. We chat about introducing a cat and a dog, catexploring with them, the realities of catexploring as a person of colour, reacting to the comments you receive and redefining what normal means.

What we talk about

  • About Ava (cat)

  • Finding pet friendly rental properties

  • Managing cat allergies

  • Being a first time cat owner

  • About Patch (dog)

  • Introducing Patch & Ava

  • Ensuring that Patch & Ava get along

  • Training Patch

  • Catexploring with Patch and Ava

  • Importance of crate training

  • Being a person of colour while catexploring vs being a while person while catexploring

  • Reacting to the situations when people aren’t nice about catexploring

  • Being calm and courteous in those situations

  • Managing gas lighting

  • Importance of learning about other’s point of view

  • Experiences with learning about BIPOC

  • Breaking your normal

  • Feeling that catexploring wasn’t normal initially and how to overcome that

  • Learning to not to care about what others think

  • Realising that people are curious and positive with catexploring

  • Realising that by catexploring, we’re encouraging others to go catexploring

  • Advice for new catexplorers

  • Most entertaining comment while catexploring

  • Catexplorers that inspire JoAnn & Ava

  • Product & service that has been a gamechanger for JoAnn & Ava

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Guest – JoAnn, Ava & Patch

Instagram - @patch.upwith.ava

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Music

Music for this episode was composed and performed by Kory McIntyre.

Cover art

The photo used for the cover art for Season 7 of Catexplorer Podcast is of @spikie_spycat

Thank you to our superstar Season 7 Catexplorer Podcast Producers

Co-Producers

Roxythe_kitty, Ziggy & Charlie, luna_misty_blue, Adami, Mac, Patch & Ava, bowie_the_siberian

Senior Producers

Chester and Perry

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