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Sept. 18, 2025

Good News about Mom's "Toy Story" surprise for son PLUS Dog Holidays!

Good News about Mom's "Toy Story" surprise for son PLUS Dog Holidays!
Good News about Mom's "Toy Story" surprise for son PLUS Dog Holidays!
5 Good News Stories
Good News about Mom's "Toy Story" surprise for son PLUS Dog Holidays!

A mom surprises her college-bound son with a hallway filled with his childhood toys, inspired by Toy Story; a lab mix named Raider becomes the first morale dog on an active-duty Navy ship; SIP of Hope coffee shop donates all its proceeds to suicide prevention and mental health education; Doogie Sand Tiger sets a Guinness World Record with 3,569 pairs of Crocs; and a humorous rundown of 49 unofficial dog-related holidays.

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0:03 Calaroka Shock Media. Holy cow, I would never get through this first story in real life. Hi, I am Johnny Mack with five good news stories. So one mom sent her son off to college and she made a video. It's gone viral. Here's what she did. Her son walks out of his room and breaks in with smile as he heads towards the hallway and sees it lined with his childhood photos, toys and Teddy Bears, along with notes that read we love you and good luck in college. It was inspired by the movie Toy Story. The young man said, And I'm leaving for college today and my mom told me she had a surprise. All my childhood toys came to say bye. I as a dad, as an eighteen year old, I would never go through that without totally crying. The young man said. I was in shock.

0:50 He was so shocking because I had forgotten those Teddy Bears even existed. So seeing them and my mom telling the stories behind it, and even seeing the pictures of me and those Teddy Bears, it was a lot in a good way. One year old lab mix Raider is the Navy's first ever morale dog to join active duty Marines and sailors. One year old lab mixed Raider underwent special training and is now the first ever morale dog to join active duty Marines and sailors on USS and Macon Island. For the past decade, San Diego nonprofit Shelter to Soldier has trained shelter dogs as psychiatric service animals for US veterans. When the training director, Nikki, started bringing therapy dogs and Navy ships, crews had won request, they were like, wish we had a dog that stayed on board.

1:36 Can we take this dog on deployment with us? Nicky says, we were kind of like, actually, yeah, Raider, the dog now lives on the ship full time. He's been training to go to the bathroom on a potty patch, learning how to wear booties, protect his feet from hot surfaces, wearing eye protection, just getting used to all the noises on the ship. Meanwhile, another black lab rescued named Lady, is training to join the USS. Boxer. I find the name of the ship funny because it's a lab and it's a boxer. You get it, The organization says of Lady, She's already a star. That's awesome. Nice job out of Chicago. Local Coffee shop, Sip of Hope is the first coffee shop in the world putting all of its proceeds towards proactive suicide prevention and mental health education. The founder, Johnny knows nine people who have died by suicide. He formed the organization Hope for the Day as a way to take action. Sip of Hope has collaborated with Dark Matter Coffee, which supplies coffee beans for the shop. Both the shop and Dark Matter Coffee see no profit. The shop's mission is simply to raise funds for Hope for the Day.

2:38 Very nice job there, all right, record time the Kroc King as a Guinness World Record. Dougie sand Tiger, is that your birth name? That is an awesome name regardless. Dougie sand Tiger said his fondness for Crocs footwear began at age sixteen due to his childhood and foster care. He grew up not knowing how to tie his shoes, he told local TV. Part of the foster care system, and people don't realize there is a lot of things kids don't get taught or miss along the way. Well, he now has thirty five hundred and sixty nine pairs of Crocs. He started to seek the Guinness World Record. In twenty twenty three, when his collection hit two thousand, he was awarded the record of thirty five sixty nine, but says now he's over thirty eight hundred. He hopes to eventually show off his collection by opening a croxium.

3:24 And last time I promised you I would tell you the forty nine unofficial holidays with dog in the name. Are you ready? You got a pin, you got a piece of paper, You're gonna write these down. Let's fly through these. What if cats and dogs had a posable thumbs Day, French Bulldog Day, Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day, Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, Dog Theft Awareness Day, Little Pamp Dog Day, Spoil your Dog Day, Work Like a Dog Day, Take your Dog to Work Day, National Dog Day, Bond with Your Dog Day, Dog Photography Day, Dog Walker Appreciation Day, Twin with Your Dog Day, Thankful for My Dog Day, Dog Separation Anxiety Awareness Day, Dogs in Politics Day. There are days celebrating ten different dog breeds and many many others.

4:08 As for me, I want to celebrate Hey dog, will you come inside? Day? No joke in real life. It is now on the day I'm recording this it's twelve thirty three PM. I let my dog out somewhere around eight. I have pictures that I sent my wife with the dog being q at eight thirty, another one at ten thirty saying still out there. And now it's twelve thirty and the dog won't come in. It's this little, tiny dog that I can't catch. But I have some errands to run, so I want to celebrate. Hey dog, will you come in day? Those your five goodness noise for today. If you like the program without commercials, go on Apple Podcast. Click the banner. It says Uninterrupted Listening short version five bucks a month. You have a great day.