The Lassie Effect
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (09-22-2018) #589: Featuring Jim Gorman, Margaret Mitsushima, and Karen Killian. New York Times writer Jim Gorman talks about his recent article on a study exploring the “Lassie effect” and whether all dogs would eagerly “get help for Timmy in the well”; Margaret Mitsushima discusses her newest Timber Creek K-9 mystery BURNING RIDGE as well as her own life raising Angus beef cattle with her veterinarian husband in their pristine Colorado mountain pastures; dog portraitist Karen Killian discusses her Watermark Studio in North Carolina and particularly Tracie’s favorite of her paintings, “Two Redheads.”