Autism and Companion Animals

Dog Talk (07-11-2015) #429: Vance Malone talks about the inspiration for his short documentary “The Poodle Trainer” which will be featured at the Dog Film Festival October 3rd; Maguerite O’Haire — who teaches courses in human-animal interaction at the Center for the Human Animal Bond — discusses research about autism and companion animals; Alissa Gander […]

NYT Bestseller Rita Mae Brown

DOG TALK (07-04-2015) #428: The amazing author Rita Mae Brown (whose ground-breaking, multi-million-selling book Rubyfruit Jungle has just been re-released) spends a long time with Tracie discussing the importance of animals in her life, her idyllic Virginia hunt country habitat and the inspiration for Tail Gait, the newest book in her hound-centric mystery series; Alan […]