You Miss 100% of the Shots You Do Not Take- Todd Angilly, Rachel Goguen , and Owen Goguen

Todd Angilly:  Married, 2 children, Cassie and Luke. Bachelor's Degree, working on Master's Degree. Trained Opera Singer.  Began working at Fenway Park in the culinary department. Was asked to sing the National Anthem several times for the Boston Red Sox. Later began working at the Boston Garden and was asked to sing the Anthem at various times. When the permanent Anthem singer for the Boston Bruins retired, Todd auditioned and was named the permanent National Anthem Singer for the Boston Bruins.

 

Rachel Goguen: Began working with service dogs in 2011. Service dogs were given to Veterans and people with physical and developmental disabilities. I got Owen in 2013 and he brought so many smiles to people. I wanted to do something special with him. We became a therapy dog team. We've gone into hospitals, nursing homes, hospice centers to visit patients. A few months ago, we went into an office building where they had just lost a beloved colleague to Covid. The head of the company had reached out to me to come and visit. The staff did not know we were coming.  We walked in and immediately had people in suits sitting on the floor playing with Owen. They then began talking about their colleague, laughing, crying, all the while playing with Owen. 

 

How this came about: I taught Owen to "Stay" during the National Anthem. Todd and I have been friends for a long time. During the pandemic, Todd was doing Christmas parades and singing. Todd asked if Owen could come and we did parades. One day Todd said "We should do a cartoon about Owen and I." I said "How about a book?" And the rest is history...

 

Find Your Own Bark is our company and our statement. We want kids and people overall to find their bark, find who they are. We are doing more books as well. www.FindYourOwnBark.com