Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (12-20-2020) #706: Featuring Avery Sontheimer, Mark Cushing, and Cynthia Cohen. Thirteen-year-old cat-lover Avery Sontheimer launched Avery’s Pawsitive Change on Facebook and GoFundMe to send $5 gift cards to shelters around the country (her goal was 500 shelters and she’s already way over 1,000 donations) but the amazing thing is that […]
Make A Shelter Dog’s Day: Take Him for Ice Cream I recently interviewed a multi-faceted graduate student, Allison Andrukonis, at the Animal and Food Sciences Department of Texas Tech University. She is doing a study on “compassion fatigue” in shelter workers—specifically “burn-out” and the emotional effects of euthanasia on the spirits of shelter workers. I […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (05-11-2019) #622: Featuring Dave Barry, Carol Novello, and Allie Andrukonis. The wonderfully funny Dave Barry reads from his new book “Lessons from Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog;” Carol Novello, who created the “Mutual Rescue” film series, talks about her book “Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless […]
