Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (10-17-2022) #801A: What was it like for world-renowned dog scientist Alexandra Horowitz to have a puppy blast into her life? She talks about her wonderful new book “The Year of the Puppy — How Dogs Become Themselves” and how her son and husband immediately embraced the whirlwind little Quiddity, while […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (07-03-2022) #786: Featuring Alexandra Horowitz, Dr. Dalma Heyn, and Iris Berrios. Alexandra Horowitz talks about having her own podcast “Off Leash” at Freakonomics Radio; Dalma Heyn is a psychologist who changed the focus of her work to pet grief consulting because the need was so great; Iris Berrios from Bobbi […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (10-26-2019) #646: Featuring Alexandra Horowitz, and Sean Cassels. A double-length interview with Alexandra Horowitz (the celebrated “dog observer” for whom the Horowitz Canine Cog Lab at Barnard is named), who discusses the socially relevant and disruptive ideas she explores in her new book OUR DOGS, OURSELVES: THE STORY OF A […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-20-2018) #556: Alexandra Horowitz talks about her best-selling book BEING A DOG: FOLLOWING THE DOG INTO THE WORLD OF SMELL; Dr. Susan Roecker in St. Louis, Missouri was a human chiropractor who became certified as an animal chiropractor and has never looked back. To fInd a chiropractor for your dog, […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (12-31-2016) #505: Alexandra Horowitz talks about how dogs experience the world through their amazing olfactory abilities in her newest book, BEING A DOG: FOLLOWING THE DOG INTO A WORLD OF SMELL; Mel Miskimen talks about her uplifting memoir SIT, STAY, HEAL: HOW AN UNDERACHIEVING LABRADOR WON OUR HEARTS AND BROUGHT […]
Dog Talk (and Kitties Too) (04-23-2016) #469: Alexandra Horowitz is back with a young reader’s edition of her hugely successful book INSIDE OF A DOG, and the idea that “We treat kids and dogs as unsatisfactory adults rather than meeting them where they stand — closer to the ground!”; Alice Calabrese is the CEO of […]
Dog Talk (6-14-2014) #375: Ann Phinney’s book FINDING MY WAY TO MOOSE RIVER FARM is about what happens when you make a childhood dream come true — and discusses the differences between dogs and pigs and how they learn and cohabitate with people; Stan Yocum is a puppy raiser for Canine Companions for Independence and […]