Welcome Your Dog’s Love with Open Arms (Guest blog by Sindhoor Pangal) To put this piece in context, please listen to my conversation on DOG TALK® with the wonderful “dog lady of India,” Sindhoor Pangal, about being better friends to our dogs. [There was a previous interview about her revolutionary dog training theory and her […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (11-23-2019) #650: Featuring Clive Wynn, Alex Kava, and Dr Kristin Kirkby-Shaw. Clive Wynn returns to discuss the many ways that we share love with dogs as described in his book DOG IS LOVE; Alex Kava talks about two books from her action-packed series, DESPERATE CREED and LOST CREED; Dr. Kristin […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (02-09-2019) #609: Featuring Amanda Howland, Chris Blazina, and Wilma Melville. Amanda Howland, co-founder of Ellevet Sciences and Medterra, which makes CBD oil products for dogs, talks to Tracie about whether CBD oil really has all the health benefits ascribed to it — and the remarkable positive results of a double-blind […]
Take Fish Oil for Yourself & Your Pets… No Matter what some study says! There are basic facts about the health value of giving generous amounts of omega-3 fish oil every day to your pets (and yourself and your two-legged children, too!). I’ve been singing the praises of omega-3 fish oil for years, to anyone […]
Do You Love Your Dog? Want the Longest Healthiest Life for Her? READ THIS! I beg you to (finally!) follow my preaching — and my “practice” for myself and my dogs — and get Omega-3 oils into your dog’s diet! If you’ve been listening to me for years on the radio — reading my blogs […]
Top Entry Litter Boxes?? Cats Want to Know Whom to Thank for That Lovely Idea?! I got a great question recently for my show Cat Chat: “What’s up with top-entry litter boxes? Are they okay for cats or were they designed for human comfort?” I appreciate the fact that this gentleman intuitively recognized that there […]
Canine “Survival” Tips for (Very) Cold Winter Weather We’ve been having some bitter cold days recently in parts of the country and there are a number of things you can do to keep your dog comfortable — and safe — outdoors. Do not assume they have the “common sense” to come indoors when they begin […]
A “Medication Cocktail” for Senior Dogs — in a Tasty Activphy Supplement Ball The good news for us and our aging dogs is that modern veterinary care has increased their life spans so that they can spend more years giving and receiving love. The bad news for senior dogs is that with age comes arthritis—which […]
Cold Weather Dangers for Pets Here in Vermont where I live, the Vermont Temperatures are dropping, and with the colder weather, the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association wants you to know it’s time to think about the dangers this presents for our pets, both indoors and outdoors-only ones. By taking a few common sense precautions, you […]
Mobility is everything to an older dog — if they can get up and down, even painfully, and then get outdoors, then they still have control over their body and their life. But if getting outdoors presents too much of a physical obstacle, then they don’t really have a life with dignity. I was beginning […]
