The Highest Rated Dogs Of All Time (Part 1) | The Dogs Were Good (again) Podcast | Ep. 8

The Dogs Were Good (again)

Episode 8 of The Dogs Were Good (again) Podcast! This week Matt goes over the early history of the We Rate Dogs rating system, and then interviews Joanne George to talk about the first ever 15/10 dog, Smiley the Blind Therapy Dog. A great conversation you don't want to miss.


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Intro song by @HoveyBenjamin


Chapters

00:00 | Intro

00:32 | Our Special Guest Ohtani!

03:59 | The History Of We Rate Dogs

07:10 | Our First Ever 15/10 Dog - Smiley

07:54 | Smiley's Human - Joanne George

08:14 | How Smiley Came Into Her Life

11:22 | Smiley Becomes A Therapy Dog

23:45 | Smiley Builds An Online Community

29:00 | Smiley Helping Children

32:40 | Leaning On The Community After Losing Smiley

36:19 | Smiley's Bronze Statue

37:16 | Smiley's Reading Program

40:19 | Joanne's Pups Today

44:44 | Why Do We Love Dogs


Adopt Ohtani!

https://www.wagsandwalks.org/available-dogs-la/p/ohtani


Adopt Sloane from Episode 7!

https://www.angelcitypits.org/available-dogs#sl_embed&page=shelterluv_wrap_1673999443430%2Fembed%2Fanimal%2FACPB-A-6781


Adopt Carrot from Episode 6!

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/44282791-van-nuys-california-chihuahua-mix


Adopt Tortilla from Episode 5!

https://scgrrescue.org/pet/tortilla/


Adopt Joey from Episode 4!

Pending Adoption! :)


Adopt Curry from Episode 3!

Pending Adoption! :)


Adopt Hannah Banana from Episode 1!

https://www.realgood.dog/adopt#sl_embed&page=shelterluv_wrap_1735772816%2Fembed%2Fanimal%2FRGR-A-155


More from @dog_rates :

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Website - https://weratedogs.com

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2025-04-24 53 min

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