Peter Mutabazi with Simba & Rafiki the dogs

Kate is genuinely honoured to speak to foster father Peter Mutabazi for this episode. Peter has an astonishing story: he ran away from his abusive father in Uganda when he was just 10 years old and decided to repay the kindness once shown to him by getting into the foster care system. He now lives in South Carolina, where he shares his experience being a single dad with more than 120,000 followers on Instagram and YouTube. He’s given a safe, loving home to 16 foster kids over the years but currently lives with his adopted son Anthony, three other children and two dogs. He tells Kate about how two enormous puppies called Simba and Rafiki have changed their lives, his wish to give every kid living with trauma a dog, and who exactly does all the dog-related chores in the household. 

Please! Follow Peter on Instagram and watch his lovely videos on YouTube. You can buy a plushie dog for someone, too, and another will be given to a child who needs one. And you can sign up for updates on Peter’s work here. 

You can find Kate on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Her book, Good Dog, is published by Harper Collins in Australia, the US and the UK. 

Who’s A Good Dog? is a Stripped Media podcast, produced by Arlie Adlington. 

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