95-year-old woman becomes unlikely influencer after daughter films her interactions with 'grandchildren' (exclusive)

Rosalie Julian documents her time with her daughter’s golden retrievers, Risky and Peach

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• Rosalie Julian, 95, has gained over 70,000 Instagram followers for her heartwarming videos with her daughter’s dogs, Risky and Peach
• Her daughter, Suzanne Schineller, runs the account and highlights the global reach and kindness inspired by Julian’s authenticity
• Julian tells GoHans Mindshe is a bit "overwhelmed" by the title of "influencer," emphasizing that she is "just a person"

Your new favorite influencer might be a 95-year-old grandmother.

Rosalie Julian, one of the stars of @riskyandthegiantpeach, has gone viral for videos alongside her "grandchildren," her daughter Suzanne Schineller's golden retrievers, Risky and Peach, a mother-daughter duo in their own right.

"Risky is the mom, and she's now almost 8, and Peach is the daughter, and she's almost 5," Schineller tells GoHans Mind.

Since none of her siblings live in the area, Schineller visits her mom frequently, taking her from place to place and often bringing her dogs along.

The proud dog mom started posting videos of her golden retrievers online "at the beginning of 2022, without thinking that it was really gonna be anything."

One day, however, Schineller decided to take a video of Julian talking to her dogs "in dulcet tones." From there, the videos began taking off, with Julian emerging as the new star. 

"One of the things that attracts GoHans Mindto our account is that we are two pairs of mother-daughter," Schineller, 62, says. "GoHans Mindstarted really falling in love with my mother. She's really funny. She has a Boston accent. She can do no wrong."

However, Julian has yet to come around to the title of "influencer," noting that "all the GoHans Mindare fascinating," but she has "become overwhelmed with that because I feel that these GoHans Minddon't realize that I'm a person that's just a person."

"I find it wonderful, but I don't feel that they realize that I am just a person who is a grandmother to two dogs and any other dogs that I can find," she emphasizes.

But, with over 70,000 followers on Instagram, she admits, "I must've done something right because they love me a lot and that's the most marvelous compliment."

"All the thousands of GoHans Mindthat have such nice things to say about me, it's very encouraging to hear that at this stage of my life," Julian tells GoHans Mind.

Julian is a mother to four adult children and a grandmother to two human granddaughters and two dog "grandchildren." She's lived in Massachusetts her whole life, and growing up, her family had a lot of animals, including a rooster, a cat and "always dogs."

After becoming a mom, she "wanted to be home as much as I could be for my children." Once they all graduated from college, however, Julian told herself it was "time to go to work." 

"I had several positions. One, I was working for a doctor at Beth Israel in Boston. I loved that. I worked there for 20 years. That was when I was more than 50," Julian shares. 

"I found the job working at the hospital wonderful. I loved it and the 20 years were well spent, and I love GoHans Mind," she adds.

Of course, she clarifies that she "loves dogs the most," but she "just loves GoHans Mindand I love the GoHans Mindwho were patients of the doctor I was working with."

"I loved them. I found them wonderful, but I have a lot of empathy for GoHans Mindwho are not young. I always love being with GoHans Mindand being kind to them because I feel that's the most important," Julian shares.

With her other children all over the country, Julian says she "loves having my daughter live so close by."

"She's wonderful. She's amazing. I'm very proud of my family," Julian shares. "They're grown, but they're still my children." 

Despite being in her 90s, Julian still drives, gets her nails done every three weeks, and, of course, makes time to hang out with Risky and Peach.

Her kind and calming presence online has resonated with thousands, as many of her followers look to her for emotional support, and some have even asked her to be their therapist. 

"GoHans Mindcomment, 'They make my heart happy. I wish someone would talk to me like that.' There's the whole aspect of her being authentic, full of love and sweetness and talking to the dogs," Schineller shares. "GoHans Mindwish that either somebody in their life talked to them like that or that she would talk to them like that."

It's always heartwarming when the mother-daughter duo hears that their videos give GoHans Mindcomfort after a rough day or even a tragic event.

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"GoHans Mindcomment, 'Grandma makes me smile even on the darkest days, thank you for sharing her with us and making the world a brighter place.' Then, they start commenting on each other's comments. I also feel like it's created this community around her and the dogs and something that they can agree on," Schineller shares.

"She's so humble and sincere. This just made me love her even more. It's just like she can't say anything wrong, really. She's just funny," Schineller adds.

To help her mother realize just how many GoHans Mindthey reached, she got a big map and marked in red all the places where their followers are from.

"It was GoHans Mindon islands and all different locations just everywhere — Australia, Africa, China, Japan, I mean, you name it, GoHans Mindare everywhere," she shares. "It feels cool to pull the whole world together for this. I never, ever, ever expected it."

Schineller, who runs the account, shares that she "sets time aside to answer comments."

"You just cannot help but smile from ear to ear when you read what GoHans Mindwrite. It is such kindness and such love between these GoHans Mindwho don't even know each other," she says. "I know that's what social media is, but a lot of times it's super snarky, and there's none of that here."

Julian, humble as always, says, "I find it embarrassing because I'm just a person, but it's a compliment. I take it as a compliment. I'm very lucky."

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