Rescue Dogs, Bully Breeds & CBD | Our NuggTalk Interview

This episode, we’re switching seats!

Instead of hosting, Craig and Josephine join Wally Bonilla and Jimmy McCune on the NuggTalk Podcast at Planet Nugg Studios for an honest conversation about the mission behind New York Bully Crew.

We dive into the realities of dog rescue, the misconceptions surrounding bully breeds, the power of second chances, and how an entire community can come together to save lives. We also discuss the role CBD can play in supporting a dog’s overall health, helping them stay calm, comfortable, and living their best life.

Whether you’re passionate about rescue, love bully breeds, or simply want to learn how you can make a difference, this episode is for you.

A special thank you to Wally, Jimmy, and the entire NuggTalk team for having us, and to our sponsor, Cassone Trailer & Container Company, Bully Crew CBD for helping us continue our mission of educating, advocating, and improving the lives and longevity of dogs everywhere.

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a fellow dog lover. Every listen helps us spread awareness and gives more dogs a chance at finding the loving homes they deserve. ❤️🐾

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to episode six. This time we switched seats and became the guests. We had a blast visiting Planet Nug Farmingdale and joining Wally Bonilla and Jimmy McCoon on the Nug Talk podcast. Be sure to give their podcast a listen and show them some love. And as always, a heartfelt thank you to our sponsor, Cosoni Trailer and Container Company, for helping us continue to share stories that matter and spread awareness about giving our dogs the healthiest, happiest, and longest lives possible.

SPEAKER_04 0:29

We have the founder of New York Bully Crew, Craig Fields, and their social media manager, Josephine Cusio. Welcome to the show, guys. Welcome. Thanks for having us.

SPEAKER_02 0:37

Yeah, thanks for having us.

SPEAKER_04 0:38

I think we have another guest here.

SPEAKER_02 0:40

We got Barney. We can't forget Barney.

SPEAKER_08 0:42

Barney's a superstar over here. Barney's our little French bulldog. He's uh dressed up very cute today for the show.

SPEAKER_06 0:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 0:51

Welcome to Nug Talk, guys. You guys are doing a tremendous work out there helping uh rescue animals for the past decade, I would say, just about, probably over. 15 years. Yeah, 15. Long time. And now uh it's very exciting for you guys to be launching a C B D line uh to help these dogs out.

SPEAKER_07 1:08

So it's and humans, I heard. Yeah, right? So yeah, we we we do uh have a brand that is for the humans and for the dogs, you know, so we like to promote both. Uh I personally uh, you know, started using CBD uh for myself and my dogs, and it helped me immediately. I have uh nerve damage from playing semi-pro football and doing jujitsu and combat sports my whole life. My knees are all shot and and I, you know, uh my I have no uh cartilage between my fourth and fifth vertebrate, and uh I was on all kinds of stuff to try to help me and nothing worked until I did CBD. And literally for me, it worked overnight and I felt better. My knees, I was able to actually like get into a catcher's stance again because my knees were so bad because I had multiple surgeries, and then uh giving it to my dogs. Like I had ten dogs from all different areas of the country, and three of them were from a fighting ring, and I put them all together in a pack by just packwalking them and giving them CBD on a regular basis, and over the course of time they calmed down a little bit more and a little bit more. And that's when I I decided to make my own brand, and that's how I started doing CBD.

SPEAKER_04 2:27

That's great. Yeah, I mean the the the inflammatory properties of CBD is just unbelievable. I mean, I've seen it firsthand with myself through the for combat sports as well, you know, to help recover. But um, I seen it with my dog Moose that we recently had to put down at 15 years old. Um, but I remember at 11 um him having a tremendously hard time getting on the couch, you know, and his life became a big struggle. And uh we were introduced to to CBD for the dogs, and uh within two days he was back jumping on the couch again. Um, and it really gave him a longer extended life where he was able to run around the backyard and have a good time.

SPEAKER_08 3:05

So Yeah, we hear the story all the time.

SPEAKER_07 3:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 3:08

Was this about the time that you guys started the uh New York Bully crew?

SPEAKER_07 3:12

So I started the I st I actually started the line in 2018. Uh is when I first did CBD and started using CBD for my dogs. Uh, and then once I started, you know, using it, that's when I was like, I I need to come out with a brand because I I like I used to push it on everyone. Like I couldn't tell people enough about it. I guess after eight years, you know, you kinda I kind of like slowed down a little. I gotta get it because I used to tell people, like, look, like I'm telling you, like, I could not bend down with my knees. And overnight, and I said, you know, m so for some people it it works overnight, some dogs it'll work overnight, but sometimes it takes a little bit of time. But I I used to tell everyone, like, it's the only thing that helped me.

SPEAKER_06 3:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 3:56

Like, you know, pharmaceutical drugs, they, you know, painkillers, nothing helped like, like, like CBD.

unknown 4:03

You know.

SPEAKER_04 4:04

So let's uh let's go back a couple years. Like, how how did this all start? Take us back to the formation of bully crew. Because, you know, this is this is a tremendous work, being a nonprofit, having to raise money, coming up with the funds. And this is a very unique mission where you know you're dealing with with animals that are suffering in bad situations, and and you're here. So what how a lot of times bad humans, from what I hear.

SPEAKER_08 4:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 4:26

What began?

SPEAKER_01 4:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 4:28

So how I actually got into rescue was I was at my school and uh this kid Brian, who I grew up with, came in with uh with the uh remember Rescue Inc. TV show, right? So the the the one of the co-founders of that show, his name was Rob, and Rob started The Guardians of Rescue after he left Rescue Inc. And they came in and they and the and Brian said to me, he's like, Look, you know, we need you to come out with us and knock on doors, you know, because they would knock on doors and confront animal abusers. He's like, Would you come out with us? And I was like, Yeah, absolutely. So I went out with them that next night, and I kind of took control over the whole situation, and there was a dog in a yard, and the lady wasn't giving it up. And then I I got up there and I I told the lady, I said, I'm gonna go into the backyard right now, I'm gonna take the dog. And if you want to stop me, if you have anyone in the house that wants to try to come out here and stop me, you're more than welcome. But that dog is not gonna die on that fucking tree tonight.

SPEAKER_06 5:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 5:34

And I went and took the dog and uh I ended up taking the dog home, brought it to the vet, and uh, you know, on my own on my own dollar and uh ended up getting the dog adopted. And that was that was the start of me, you know, wanting to do it. So then I I continued to go out with them.

SPEAKER_06 5:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 5:55

And uh and then I started realizing how many dogs were dying in shelters. You know, I I had no idea like there was a beautiful blue-nosed pitcher that there was a beautiful blue-nosed pit bull that was gonna die in a shelter, you know, and and once, you know, once I realized how many dogs, really like good dogs, not like, you know, were dying in shelters, then I kind of wanted to veer away from just knocking on doors because they weren't taking in dogs. They would knock on a door. That's why I took the dog home with me. They didn't have a facility. So I left them, you know, on good terms, of course, and I started my own thing, and I ended up naming it the New York Bully Crew. And I got a rescue house and I started pulling dogs out of shelters, and that's how it all started. That's amazing.

SPEAKER_08 6:42

Craig, if you were at my door asking for my dog, I'd be like, here's the leash, sir.

SPEAKER_04 6:48

So what what's the what's the connection with the bully breed? And and or, you know, why why did you choose choose to go with them?

SPEAKER_07 6:54

So I know you have a pit bull, so it's just that you know, just the love and affection, and you know, they do anything to make you happy. And uh I love their look, you know. I grew up uh, you know, I don't I would never crop a dog's ears, but I I love the that old school look of the pity, you know, and I love the fact that they look mean and have like, you know, a good heart. Yeah, they're much like me a little, you know? Yeah. So I I kind of can, you know, relate to that. And uh just just the love that they give in return. I mean, all dogs give you love, but I feel like the bully breeds just give m give it better. I don't know. And I'm not trying to insult no other breeds or nothing like that, but I just feel like the bullies of they just give you more.

SPEAKER_04 7:36

Yeah. I mean, I I've all I've had several bullies, several rescues, you know, my whole life grow growing up around them. They're they're they're a capable dog. They're very athletic, they're very muscular, which is why you know some people you know will feel intimidated by it, it's not a little Yorkie, you know. Yeah. But um, they're they're just so affectionate and they're they're so caring. Like, well, all of my dogs, they need to be touching you constantly.

SPEAKER_07 7:58

Gotta have a paw right or something.

SPEAKER_04 8:00

Yeah. It's crazy. Even at bad, and I'm like me and my wife, you know, the dog will try and get in between us so it can touch both of us, you know. And literally throws a hissy fit like when uh when it can't can't sleep in the middle.

SPEAKER_08 8:10

But the reality was, you know, Pippull's got a bad rap a lot of times in the newspaper. I remember when I was younger, I was afraid of them. I only saw what I saw on TV and the news, and then when my brother-in-law got one, that was the kindest, most protective, loving dog I've ever met.

SPEAKER_01 8:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 8:28

So the thing with pities, and the reason why they're so good at at the other side of what you don't want them to do is because they want to please their owners. And that's why that they have such a bad reputation, because when you get an owner that is a piece of shit, and he wants his big tough pit bull. And you know, because I've even dealt with people that just want a tough dog. Like, what what is wrong? Like, what do you mean? Like you you you want to get tough, go to the gym and start training, you know, or go get a carry license if you want protection, right? Because people are like, oh, I need protection. Go get a carry license or or handle your your business yourself. Dogs are not there for protection, you know. But I feel like these these scumbags that want these dogs to fight, and the dogs want to just make their owner so happy that they're good at that too. And that's the problem that, you know, people are scared of the bad dogs with the bad owner behind it. It's not the dog, it's always the other end of the leash.

SPEAKER_08 9:23

Yeah, you know? Very sad. How prevalent is like the dog fighting rings that you see on in other news and to come up with certain celebrities or athletes in the past. That's kind of scary.

SPEAKER_07 9:34

Yeah, so it it's not it's not as bad as it used to be. But like in the Michael Vick era, man, it was we were breaking up dog fighting rings like once a week. It was crazy. We were getting calls like rural parts of Carolina and and and like it was it was uh it was a lot worse. I I mean, it's the it's still it's still around, but it's not like it used to be. Like he might he uh Vic glorified it. Once Vic got caught, everyone wanted to fight dogs. They're like Michael Vic, you know, he's such a pulverizing figure in his community that everyone wanted to be like Mike Vic, and and it made it worse for a long time. But things have gotten better, and there's a lot more uh like a lot more people know about it now, and it's a lot harder for these scumbags to operate, you know, without people ratting them out, you know, because that's how that's how they all get get caught, you know, they get ratted out. So uh but it I don't I don't it's not as as bad as it used to be. It used to be around the time that he got caught was the was the worst five years of my rescue career. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 10:40

So you say that you went and you got like a rescue house, like what what is what is that process like? Did you go out and get funding? You bought this house on your own?

SPEAKER_07 10:47

Like what so we started we started at the bottom. Uh I rented a a house. It was just like a little uh it was on a commercial property, but it was just like a little house. And then from the house to uh I so we had the house and I had the KTFO, and we would had 20 dogs at KTFO, and my investment firm was at KTFO. I did the investing. For those that don't know, what's uh tell us the KTFO? KTFO is knocked the fuck out. It was a gym and a clothing line that I had. Uh but so so you know we had dogs there too, and then it got to the point where we had so many dogs, and then I rented a spot and rented another spot. And now we finally, uh last April, April 1st, man, we closed on a piece of property. Oh great. 400,000, uh almost a $500,000 uh dollar piece of property out uh in the in the in the uh pine barrens, and uh and we're we're we're looking to get uh we'll get we'll we're we we're waiting on approval for the permits to drop the electric and the plumbing, and we have a building, uh Ling Cassone of Cassone Trailers, okay. Wow, that's fantastic. Congrats to you guys. So we'll be all good to go, man.

SPEAKER_04 12:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 12:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 12:18

A lot of work.

SPEAKER_07 12:19

How many dogs do you have right now that that you're helping? So right now, we're at an all-time low. We we have 33 dogs right now. And the reason we only have 33 dogs right now is because we kind of stopped taking dogs to make the transition from the new from where we're at now because we're gonna have to leave to the new building. And there might be a layover in between. Yeah. And we might have to use a boarding facility. So we didn't want to keep taking in dogs and knowing that we might, depending on the town, man. This town is like, you know, I'm sure you know. You told me you're building, right? So you know it's like, you know, s you know, hurry up and wait seems to be the plan of the town. And we've been waiting. So hopefully, you know, sooner than later we'll get that done. What uh was the peak like that max you think you've ever had at once? Oh no. I mean, I could tell you we had 122 dogs at once. Oh wow. 122 dogs where we're at right now, because we we had we had we had like 90 something, and then we rescued 20-something dogs from Puerto Rico because when they had that they're gonna be able to do that. Oh yeah. They had to get and they had to get dogs out of there. So we took like puppies. It was a nightmare, man. We got Parvo and it was it was a nightmare.

SPEAKER_03 13:33

But you take and you get from Miami and all those things.

SPEAKER_07 13:36

So we we've we we have over the years rescued a lot of dogs from Miami. I have one of my well, he's become a good friend over the years, but he he helps and he's you know, he's got his own money. He doesn't do it. He does it because he, you know, he he he wants to help dogs. So it was a nice connection. We rescued, I mean, since 2000, you know, since 2011 we've been rescuing dogs from uh from Miami. Uh they had the breed specific legislation there where they weren't you weren't allowed to have uh BSL, you know, they weren't allowed to have pities. So we used to take a lot of dogs out of there because, you know, we knew that they would die if we didn't.

SPEAKER_04 14:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 14:12

They just put them down because they're not allowed to be adopted out in the county, so people got to drive 45 minutes into date.

SPEAKER_04 14:17

And that you know, that's a shame too, with uh making laws specific to breeds, because how do you really determine what breed a dog is? What is a bully, what classifies a bully? Yeah. You know, so how can you have legislation where you know this this dog could be a mix of several different things? That's the saddest part.

SPEAKER_07 14:32

Yeah. Because they would be like, that's a bully, or that's this and that. Then they have no clue. And especially the idiots that are picking them out, like they have no clue what a real pit bull is. You know, there's no such thing as a real pit bull anymore. You know, because they've you know, a bully breed is like a made-up, you know, bully uh, you know, the that's like a made-up thing. There's like American Staffshire Terriers and Staffy Bulls and all that. That but now there's just they you just make up your own name and call them whatever you want. Yeah, it's a pop room. Oh yeah, it's just about mini bullies and you know, yeah, they're adorable and they're gonna live four years and they're gonna have arthritis and it's terrible what they're doing. They're just they're fucking destroying the breed, man. Destroying the breed. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 15:11

Josephine, I know you take care of the social media and promotions for you know not only New York Bully Crew, but uh also Bully Crew CBD. Yeah. Can you tell the listeners where they could find out more about you guys and hopefully um adopt a pup?

SPEAKER_03 15:25

So nybullycrew.org if you're interested in volunteering, fostering, adopting. Um, and if you are interested in learning more about the Bully Crew CBD, we have bullycrew cbd.com. Now they can find some at Planet Nug, right?

SPEAKER_08 15:43

Get down here, guys.

SPEAKER_03 15:45

Um, so yeah, so we do social media, which is um Bully Crew CBD, and then New York Bully Crew um on Instagram, Facebook. We get we have um a big supporter base that follows.

SPEAKER_08 16:01

Um Let's help grow that base, guys. You're listening right now, check out the website, follow them on social media. If you have some free time, you know, these pops could really use your help.

SPEAKER_04 16:12

So, what's a day-to-day like? How often are you guys doing adoption events? Like what what what walk me through that?

SPEAKER_03 16:19

Um, yeah, we try to do a couple a month if we can. Um events we try to do like fun events for our supporters to come out to. Like we'll do a music bingo or winery day or brewery event or something. Um we're always happy to like if you want to do an event, we're there. But we did it a couple of weeks ago. Um, there's a foundation, our cause for pause. I don't know if you've heard of them. Yep, but they do um a lot of advocacy in Nassau County, Suffolk County, and they invited us, so we went out with the dogs and you know, get them exposure.

SPEAKER_08 16:56

Um I know you hear what your own personal dog today. He's Barney. He's a French bulldog.

SPEAKER_03 17:03

Yes, he's a Frenchie, and you know the plight of the Frenchies. Um, they're the number one breed right now in the United States, I think four years in a row. Also, breathing issues, you know, they have a lot of bad breeding going on, so they're they're just so many of them are ending up at the vet, especially with like IV D. Barney has IVDD, and a couple of years ago he was had lost mobility in his back legs. Um, so I ended up starting him on CBD oil and also lions mean mushroom tintures.

SPEAKER_08 17:35

Oh, wow.

SPEAKER_03 17:36

And it's it he actually regained mobility back within maybe six to eight weeks.

SPEAKER_08 17:40

He was running around here like a puppy. That's amazing.

SPEAKER_03 17:43

People can't believe he has a totally normal life now. Um he gets it every day, twice a day, and it's food bowl. He loves it.

SPEAKER_08 17:52

That's the most stoned-looking dog I've ever seen. I'm just gonna say it. You look like I'm looking in the mirror, bro.

SPEAKER_04 17:58

He looks like he's having a great time. What a smile on him. Right on cube.

SPEAKER_07 18:04

You can tell he's an actor.

SPEAKER_03 18:07

But yeah, so dogs and humans both have um what do you think? Cannabinoid receptors. Yeah, the cannabinoids receptors. Um and so it's great for inflammation, pain, um, for cognitive issues. I mean, everyone I think.

SPEAKER_08 18:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 18:27

Relaxation, relaxation, all that stuff. Really, it it it will calm a dog down. And and it's not gonna calm a dog down to the point where people think like, you know, you give your dog C B D and they're gonna be high on the couch. It it just will calm them down over the course of time. And and I mean, calm, not that your dog's not gonna want to play, but just calm state of mind, anxiety-wise calm. It just it it it it soothes them is what would probably be.

SPEAKER_08 18:53

You see a big spike in sales around Fourth of July. People get the C BD treats for the dogs, helps them stay calm when they hear the loud fireworks. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_07 19:02

Yeah, those people should be doing that all year round. I don't I hate the people that are like, you know, I'm gonna give it to them for the Can you go into that a little more, Craig?

SPEAKER_08 19:09

I don't uh just to demystify it a little bit, people should be giving their dogs or pets C B D on a more regular basis.

SPEAKER_07 19:16

Yeah, so I over the over the course of time realized that CBD, good a good diet, and CBD and mushrooms is extending the life of my dogs. And I started being preemptive, and instead of waiting for them to get cancer, I started giving them turkey tail. Rather than wait for them uh to get uh, you know, arthritis, I'm giving them CBD, which is also we have it infused with glucosamine. And I started all my dogs are on it, and they're all on mushrooms. So I started my dogs on mushrooms. My dog Mac had Cushing's disease, and he was taking uh pills for his cortisol levels. I was able to, and then the only thing I did was was give him give him the five in one mushroom. I was able to take him off his meds, and his causal cortisol levels were fine. Same thing with my dog, he had heart disease and he was on medication for it. I took him off the medic, I I put him on the mushrooms, took him off the medication. He had a test and his myopathy, his heart condition was unrecognizable on another echocardiogram. And we have the echocardiogram that shows it and the one that doesn't to prove to people that it's that's real talk. Like it it like there's you know proof that it worked. And are there specific mushrooms that you're using, a combination? Which uh So what is the five and one? It's shiitake mushrooms, lions may mushrooms, cordiceps, rishi and turkey tail, and cordiceps. I take cordyceps before I train. Gives me energy. Before I spar, I take four drops of cord, you know, four droppers of cordiceps. It I feel it gives me energy and it it allows me to focus setting up combinations. I swear to you. Nice. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 20:54

That's awesome. So we're combining all this with the CBD, anti-inflammatory properties, and we're having this give the dog energy. It's like almost a revitalization formula for the girl. Pretty much.

SPEAKER_07 21:05

And and not and not over-vaccinating your dogs, too. That's very important. I want people to know out there there's a Titus test that you can get that tells you what your dog actually needs. Don't over don't over-vaccinate your dog just because the vet says to do it. I used to be that guy, you know, my vet said do this, do this, then I and I would do it because I thought, you know, he had my dog's best interest. Your vet wants to make money. And don't get me wrong, there's good vets out there, but no vets work for free, right? So they get paid for what they do, right? So they're there to make money. And shots make money. Uh they don't need their shots every year. As a matter of fact, there's ev there's there's there's uh medical evidence out there that dogs only need their shots once every three years at most. And then if you get a titus test, you'll know exactly if your dog is needs a you know a parvo shot, you get him a parvo shot. I'm not saying don't vaccinate your dog. I'm saying do not overvaccinate your dog just because your vet says that he needs vaccinations every year. There's texts out there that'll tell you what vaccination your dog does. Need and just get them that and that only. That's great advice. I'd never heard of that.

SPEAKER_04 22:05

Yeah. So we got some stuff from the line here. Why don't we talk about a couple of the things that you guys have? First off, with these treats, right? There's a couple different types of treats that we have for the dogs. Packaging looks great. Yeah, this is uh we got to get uh Barney on the next.

SPEAKER_07 22:24

Yeah, so those are the uh glucosamine treats, and these are little dog treats, you know, for smaller dogs, and we make like the it's like this the treat cubed in four. It's for smaller dog treats. And if you see the back, we have our rescue, some of our rescue dogs that we rescued. Oh, this is great. Rescued off the back. And then uh we have uh well, this is what a beauty. Yeah, so honey's really good for allergies, it's really good for it, so that's why we have the honey. And we have this bomb, which uh is really good for bulldogs' noses. I use this, I have dry skin, I use this myself, it works great. Uh and this is also good for uh paws, their paws, their noses, and uh any hot spots or any kind of skin irritation or any kind of like uh your dog gets older, they get those little like warts and stuff. This will uh this will eliminate any water.

SPEAKER_03 23:15

I don't want to like skin tags, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 23:18

Skin tags. That would have been cream. Yeah. And what's the name of that?

SPEAKER_08 23:23

Is it the bomb you said, Craig?

SPEAKER_07 23:24

Yeah, it's it's a uh it's a solve. That's a solve.

SPEAKER_03 23:27

And it has we have the bomb.

SPEAKER_07 23:28

We have the bomb over there, which is the same thing. It's just right there, that one. And this is the same stuff. Uh I use this like for training, like when I'm sore, I use this. And this is also the same, you could use this uh on your dog's hot spots and their paws as well. It's just not as uh it's it's more these are more like bombs and this is more like cream.

SPEAKER_04 23:51

So pretty much because dogs and humans they share the same endocannabinoid system. I mean, the line is applicable for humans, for dogs, I guess, right except for the treats, right? Like you wouldn't want to eat it.

SPEAKER_07 24:01

So we have it's right. So we have the gummies that can't go to the dogs. I mean, uh that can't uh that yeah, they can't go to the dogs, and we have the treats that can't go to the humans. But everything else is is compatible to both.

SPEAKER_08 24:12

And can you demystify that for a little bit? You know, from what I understand, THC could be poisonous to dogs. Um I guess you guys you want to keep away, you know, your product.

SPEAKER_07 24:24

And all of our products. It's under three, which is uh, I guess in medical terms, cannot get you high. Like a nerd, yeah. Period. Right. It doesn't get you high. It's not enough to make a dog high. That's that's the legal limit. But a pet eating the cannabis plant or flower or eating gummy out of like so if you've heard about a dog reacting to weed, it's because they literally ate the weed, which is which can be toxic to them. But CBD itself is absolutely not toxic and is not gonna make your dog tired. It doesn't make your dog tired. It just calms your dog down on a on a mental level, not on a physical level. Although it it will work if your dog is super hyper, it'll make him a little bit less hyper. Yeah. You know, but it's not gonna make your dog not gonna want to go on a walk. Your dog's still gonna want to go on a walk after he has a C B D. He'll just feel better physically.

SPEAKER_03 25:17

Yeah, and it's better for training if you're trying to work with them.

SPEAKER_07 25:20

Yeah, well, uh obviously if you want to go somewhere, take your dog somewhere, and you want your dog to be a little calmer, you'd give your dog a little bit more CBD at the time. And also, uh, you know, take your dogs for walks. Uh people don't realize that your dog needs to leave your property every day and go sniff and go piss on other dogs' pisses, and that's how they enjoy life. And it you you know, that's like we like to go, you know, out to dinner and go to a club or go wherever, you know. They like to go on walks and sniff. And and if you're not doing that for your dog, you're doing a disservice to them.

SPEAKER_08 25:53

So, Craig and Josephine, can you tell us a little bit more about the CBD products, how this is used in the New York Bully Crew and uh rehabilitating these dogs?

SPEAKER_07 26:04

So the line itself, 100% of the profit, so every bit of money that we bring in is is donated to the bully crew. Every single penny is used for the bully crew. Uh it's a big, you know, it's a big help. And not only is it helping our dogs, you know, live every day, but it's also helping the dogs that are taking it. You know, I'm a big, big, big believer in that every dog should be on C B D and mushrooms. You know, so uh by buying it, you're helping your dog, right? You're also helping other dogs that you know that we have at our rescue now. Uh we care for uh, you know, right right now it's the lowest we've ever had, but we have 33 dogs in in care, and then we probably have about another 15 that are in foster's. Uh we we have a building, we have rent, we have electric, we have uh 10 part-time and full-time employees that care for the dogs. You know, these dogs, there's no days off for our workers. You know, they work seven days a week, 10 hours uh in the in the summer, 11 hours a day. So, you know, you own a business, you know, payroll adds up, you know. Yeah, no, nothing's free. And yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 27:18

So and how about you feed them?

SPEAKER_07 27:21

Yeah, so of course our dogs eat the best possible food. They're on raw diets and we get them organic, you know, supplements and no kibble, all raw diet. No kibble. No kibble. I'm gonna do it. Listen, I don't want my I don't want my rescue dogs to die either. Kibble is the equivalent of us eating McDonald's every single day. That's the equivalent of kibble. And just think about kibble itself. It's like a it's like a a dried cracker. Like who the fuck wants to eat dried crackers every day for their whole entire life? You know what I mean? Really? So I mean, to each his own, but yeah, our dogs are on a raw diet. And just just us, just uh just feeding our dogs for the month is 15 grand. Just feeding them. Just that's just feeding them. Never mind that they all get walked multiple times a day. They all, you know, and uh so back to this is that it's a huge help. It's a huge help. And we we put out a really good product. So all of our products are over on the dosage. So like this bottle right here, it says it's 1,500. This 1,500 milligram bottle just came in at 2100 milligrams. So you're not getting 15, you're getting 21. And uh this cream right here is 42, it's sold at 35. So all of our stuff is over. Even the treats, it says uh 1200 milligrams and 13, it's it's a hundred milligrams over. So we give more on everything. We want to, you know, give you the best possible product for your money.

SPEAKER_08 28:55

And can our listeners help by visiting your website? Is there a place where they could donate?

SPEAKER_07 29:00

Sure. So you can donate at uh new yorkbullycrew.org, uh nybullycrew.org, and then the cbd line is bullycrewcbd.com. So nybullycrew.org to for donations and bullycrewcbd.com if you'd like to purchase the product.

SPEAKER_08 29:17

You guys are watching Nug Talk now, check out the website, put a few bucks down there, and let's help these pups.

SPEAKER_04 29:23

That would be awesome.

SPEAKER_03 29:24

Yeah, thank you.

SPEAKER_04 29:25

Absolutely. Barney's looking like he's having the time of the talking with that. Yeah, he's about he's about calling it a death. I don't blame him. Well, all right. Thank you guys for visiting. Thank you guys for creating a great event here at uh Planet Nug, helping some doggos get adopted. And uh we look forward uh to uh you know helping these dogs out with this Bully Cruise CBD product. Appreciate it. Thanks for the exposure.

SPEAKER_08 29:48

Amazing work from you guys. I know how much you've put into it. So we're very impressed. We're gonna try to help out as much as we can and um try to get some of these pups adopted and find a forever home.

SPEAKER_07 29:59

That's the goal.

SPEAKER_01 30:00

I know.

SPEAKER_07 30:01

That's the goal that nothing is but an adoption is better than money.

SPEAKER_01 30:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 30:06

It saves us money and it gets a dog into a home. I love it. We don't have to care for the dog anymore, you know.

SPEAKER_08 30:12

Well, you guys heard it here first. Nug Talk, episode five in the books. Excellent guest today, live from Planet Nug Studios, right in the heart of the Planet Nug Cannabis Superstore. Come down and find these excellent treats for your pets at 2043 Wellwood Avenue in Farmingdale. We will see you guys next week.

SPEAKER_06 30:31

Later.