Good Dogs! (06-23-2021) #6086: Carol explains the laws and ethics of what constitutes a true service dog — specific tasks for which the dog is trained for that individual — unlike Emotional Support Animals who, like Therapy Dogs, have no special training or skills and are simply cherished companions. MP3 Audio [16 MB]DownloadShow […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (03-23-2019) #615: Featuring Alexandra “Sasha” Protopopova, “Anonymous”, and Shelly Roche. Tracie talks to Alexandra “Sasha” Protopopova at Texas Tech University who is researching the use of therapy dogs for children with Autism spectrum disorders, and the concept that being able to play with the therapy dog IS the reward; “Anonymous” […]
Dogs, the Christmas spirit and Tracy of Batavia, Ohio – an “Ordinary Hero” Look out, St. Francis: we’ve got a new contender for the “patron saint of animals!” For a very special holiday episode of Dog Talk I interviewed Tracy, a listener from Batavia, Ohio. Her story exemplifies the very best of the holiday spirit […]
Dog Talk (10-31-2015) #445: Greyhound defender Christine Dorchak of the Grey2KUSA is publicizing how the greyhound racetrack Canidrome on the island of Macau near Hong Kong is a death sentence for greyhounds, hundreds of which are shipped into Macau from Australia every year despite laws against it; NJ State Certified Animal Control officer and State […]
Dog Talk (04-04-2015) #415: Annie DeChance talks about the United States Dog Agility Association being the pioneer of the fascinating sport of dog agility in North America and welcoming mixed-breed dogs right along with purebred ones; Meg Donohue’s book DOG CRAZY is about a pet bereavement counselor whose own traumas have left her afraid to […]
Dog Talk (1/11/2014) #355: Robin from the blog Covered in Cat Hair talks about her kitten fostering passion at KittenAssociates.org; pet portraitist Sarah Beth Ernhard discusses how she captured her life size portraits of little kittens in her photographic book Kittenhood; Amy McCullough from the American Humane Association discusses their Canines and Childhood Cancer Project, […]
Dog Talk #348: Sue Halpern’s book A DOG WALKS INTO A NURSING HOME (http://www.suehalpern.net/) is inspiring people across the country to join the ranks of therapy dogs; Tracie discusses the HOWs and WHYs of the dangers of Chinese chicken jerky with veterinary clinician Dr. Urs Giger, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Metabolic Genetics Laboratory, […]
Dog Travel Experts (9-04-2013) #4004: Holistic veterinarian Dr. Laurie Coger tempts Paris and Tracie with the upcoming session of Canine Camp Getaway Sept 21 at Lake George, where people stay in style with their dogs, who swim, hike, learn how to be therapy dogs and see demos from police bomb-sniffing and attack dogs. Tracie wants […]
