Animals Get Fat & Overeat, Too!

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-02-2023) #812A: Barbara Natterson-Horowitz talks about the chapter entitled “Fat Planet” in her book “Zoobiquity: the Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health,” which describes how overeating and obesity exists in the animal kingdom, too. It’s not just us! What can we learn from animals about the serious problem of […]

Animals’ Hearts Beat—and Stop—Just Like Ours

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (10-24-2022) #802A: Tracie thinks that Harvard professor and UCLA cardiologist Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz deserves a MacArthur “genius” award for the imaginative ways she connects the dots between wild and domestic animals and how humans think, feel and get ill. Her book “Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health” […]

Jane Brody on Training her Havanese as Therapy Dog

Dog Talk (and Kitties Too!) (04-30-2016) #470: The New York Times columnist Jane Brody talks about her article describing turning her 16 lb. re-homed Havanese, Max, into an uber therapy dog [“Turning Your Pet Into a Therapy Dog” and  “The Drawbacks of Puppy Love”]; Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D., talks about her book ZOOBIQUITY: THE ASTONISHING CONNECTION […]