Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Does A Judge Choose a “Best in Show” Dog?
#917A: Don Sturz, who is President of the Westminster Kennel Club [which has put on America’s most prestigious dog show every February for 149 years!…
1 year, 5 months ago
Dive Into a Pile of Delicious Puppies
#917B: Vanessa Woods, co-author with her husband Brian Hare of the delightful book “Puppy Kindergarten: The New Science of Raising a Great Dog,” imme…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Can You Tell if Your Puppy is a Genius Dog?
#916A: In his book “Puppy Kindergarten: the New Science of Raising a Great Dog,” co-authored with his wife, Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare talks about how…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Tortoise Taxi
#916B: A philosophical discussion about how much sacrifice we “should” make for our pets. Tracie asks whether Dr. Doug’s desire to stay in Florida to…
1 year, 5 months ago
Do Geriatric Kitties Have Clues to Healthier Aging for Humans?
#915A: Dr. Carlo Siracusa, Chief of the Animal Behavior Service at Penn Vet at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses their study of geriatric cat…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Can Veterinarians Keep Feeding Their Own Cats the Wrong Food?
#915B: Dr. Rick LeCouteur — a veterinary neurologist and surgeon — agrees with Tracie’s long-standing credo that dry foods for cats are “kitty crack”…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Nine Very Long Lives of Tito the Cat
#914A: Ettore Farrattini Pojani talks about his centuries-spanning novel “The Nine Lives of Tito d’Amelia,” imagining one cat reincarnated as a vital…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Glory of Cats Worldwide
#914B: Hannah Shaw talks about “Cats of the World,” the book she created with her husband, feline photographer Andrew Marttila, as they traveled the …
1 year, 5 months ago
Is It Fair to Bring a Puppy Into an Older Dog’s Life?
#913A: Carol Borden [of Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs] gives Tracie advice on how to best prepare and “protect” her senior dog, Wanda, from th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Puppy Class is Not Boot Camp — It Should Be FUN!
#913B: Dog trainer Annie Phenix [of ChooseToTrainHumane.com] sympathizes with Tracie’s concern that the puppy classes she has tried with her young Vi…
1 year, 6 months ago