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Deborah Wolfe interviews Kate Quinn about Pilots volunteering to fly homeless rescue animals to families who want them. Sometimes there is a crushing pet population problem which seems unsolvable yet has a common sense solution like sometimes there are homeless animals in one place and homes for them in another far away place and the animals suffer or get euthanized while families that want them g...

Darlene Arden author of 'Rover, Get Off Her Leg' & 'Small Dogs Big Hearts' joins Deborah Wolfe, Author of 'Good Dog!; Positive Dog Training Techniques' to discuss the top three dog problems; Come, Heel, and Jumping Up. You get two takes on these problems from two trainers who agree and differ so the advice is simple and comprehensive. Deborah asks 'Would you live in a building where you had to...

Darlene Arden author of The Complete Cat's Meow joins Deborah Wolfe to discuss the 3 most common cat issues and also answer a cat question about littermate kittens and their very different personalities. Have you got a cat who won't use the litter box, ignores you or attacks you or your furniture? Listen to this show and have your cat behaving peacefully and lovingly in no time. Questions or Comme...

Deborah Wolfe talks with Darlene Arden, Author of 'Small Dogs Big Hearts' & many others about social media and the pet world. What to use, what not to use and how to steer clear of some common mistakes. As usual these two pet experts ended up talking cats and dogs including advice on how to properly walk a small dog when a big, perhaps threatening, dog approaches. Questions or Comments? Send t...

Get the Oxytocin flowing with dog-human eye contact and you and your dog will feel great. Look into your dog's eyes briefly to get the love chemicals flowing explains Dr. Stanley Coren, Professor of Psychology at UBC, author of many books including 'Do Dogs Dream' & 'Wisdom of Dogs'. The latest results from the Japanese studies started twenty years back show that not only does the human get a...

'Bring your Friends, your dogs, your guitars, Drums.... to the Rally at Vancouver City Hall' reads the Facebook notice telling people to get out and bark for change. Pete Fry (from the Green Party, running for election next weekend, in Vancouver, B.C. Canada) joins us to talk about a rally to strengthen the local laws so that tied up dogs are no longer permitted. Deborah and Pete discuss when tyin...

Find your keys, your cell phone, maybe even your missing cat. Deb and Sue discuss how to train dogs to find things and people and how they do this kind of work. Author of 'Scenting on the Wind', Susan Bulanda offers concrete tips on how long to train, how to start, steps for teaching the find and flag sequence to many different types of dogs. She explains why dogs need work and Deborah helps adapt...

Deborah Wolfe talks with Stacy Mantle from petsweekly.com about stuff for pets including mud baths for pampered pooches, Earth Balance's new urine extractor cleaner, and a training trick treat device that Dr. Ian Dunbar helped create so it is control, and reward based and effective like Dr. Dunbar's methods. In the Dr. Ian Dunbar vs Caesar Milan debate Deborah picks Dunbar and she explains why. St...

Deborah interviews her good friend Dr. Stanley Coren, P.H.D. Psychology, Author of 'the Intelligence of Dogs' & many other bestselling dog books about the strange and empowering connection between service dogs and children on the autistic spectrum highlighting some of the difficulties for families with multiple kids or dogs and the solutions to making this work for everyone. How do you pick a...

Stacy Mantle, Editor of Pets Weekly joins Deborah Wolfe to talk about the best gifts for pets and pet loving people this year. Deb adds holiday pet safety tips for the cold and for gifting, decorating, dress up and tells you how to give tempting treats without giving too much. Plus you will hear a couple of Deb's homemade tricks for mattes and cat brushing. Stacy tells you about interesting gifts...

Deb shares facts about cats and cat training and how they think and act. Find out how to get an aloof or shy cat to be more cuddly. Learn how you can tell which cat is the bully and which the victim. And Deb tells you which four cat books are her all-time favorites. Litter box, and training tips are woven in with stories, facts and news and it’s all cat centered cat talk. Ciao Meow ! Questions or...

Deborah Wolfe goes solo today telling dog stories, but first she contrasts a good owner making travel plans for a puppy with Justin Bieber and his monkey meltdown. Training tips to stop your dog from pulling you to the park, get your dog to want to listen to you, and stop piddling little rescue dogs and dogs are woven into the conversation as Deb covers many different breeds and talks about the do...

Two experienced Cat & Dog Trainers, your host, author Deborah Wolfe and guest Darlene Arden, author of many pet books including 'small dogs big hearts' joins Deborah to give you two takes on dog training issues and problems with some cat advice thrown in too of course. In between stories and facts and training tips we managed to help out Maureen from Success Dog Grooming, with her little dog p...

What happened to Pets in the Holocaust? Sue Bulanda, Author of Faithful Friends joins Deborah to discuss the Holocaust and what happened to the pets separated from their Jewish families. Deborah and Sue discuss that war and events now and delve into issues relating to extreme kindness and hardship in the worst of times. Sue promised to join us in future to talk about scenting dogs and how they do...

Angela Kerslake joins Deb Wolfe to discuss trips and fundraisers for a Guatemalan Animal shelter. Do you want to make a difference for animals or have an exotic vacation or maybe both? Questions or Comments? Send them to: deborah@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Aware Guatemala Trips and Rescue with Deborah Wolfe Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker....

Guest Dr. Carol Osbourne talks about what works with homeopathy and pets and when she prescribes it. The fact that vaccines based on the same concept are still given legitimacy is a troubling sign that this recent decision will not benefit pet health overall. If vaccines work and anecdotally other homeopathic remedies work and there are studies to prove so than it seems not right that the AVMA (an...

Dr. Carol Osborne talks about pot and pets; Marijuana for pets with arthritis, and other painful conditions. Deborah points out that President Obama and PM Harper are making huge recent changes to legislation for humans using legal or decriminalized marijuana and the two men and two countries are going in different directions with Canada taking a surprising turn recently. Dr. Carol tells why you m...

Stacy Mantle from Pets Weekly joins us LIVE from BarkWorld in Georgia to tell us about the social media and blogging event and what's going on there, the latest products like really affordable home delivery pet foods, Quaker Pets Catnip infused toys, an activity monitor for dogs, and disaster prepared training like first aid and CPR for pet owners. Deborah and Stacy talk about every thing from sle...

Stacy Mantle Editor, of www.petsweekly.com joins Deborah Wolfe to talk about the newest items at SuperZoo in Vegas and the upcoming Bark World, in Georgia. Find out about gps for your pet, a cat litter genie with no odor and stories of pets both Stacy and Deborah have encountered; guess their combined current pet total. Bet you can't. Get your Halloween safety tips plus costume hints and surprisin...

Are you afraid of pit bulls? Maybe you are more afraid breed bans. Listen to this show for facts & stats & true stories that will help you decide how you want your community and its kids safe. Questions or Comments? Send them to: deborah@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Pit Bull Bans, Vicious Dogs & Bad Owners with Deborah Wolfe Become a supporter of this po...

Laura Cook joins Deborah to talk about tomatoes spliced with fish, and bananas that taste like ice cream sundaes. Is it bad to eat meat grown in a lab? Is a hot dog engineered to be 1/3 as fat as the ones we have today bad because it is made with a new engineered fake fat? What about allergies? How will our bodies recognize the foods we eat or will we fight them getting sick from what our bodies t...

Deborah Wolfe hosts solo talking about a cat poop in the house problem, a dog that is afraid of Disney World and a cat who is picked on by the house dog and cats after returning from the Vet. Advice you can use to get peace in your house and happy pets and cleaner carpets. Check out the free training tips on YouTube under Deborah Wolfe or go to Facebook for cool posts every week on Deborah Wolfe,...

Deborah explains why it isn’t so bad that two dogs now have to be meal fed rather than free fed because of their cat roommate who got sick from eating their food. Training advice for dogs that jump up, or on things and rude dogs and cats generally. Sightings of manatee and dolphins plus a gorilla attack in Colorado and a polar bear getting breakfast in someone’s kitchen make Deborah’s animal news...

Deborah tells funny holiday pet stories and gives pet safety tips. Deborah talks about a NYC policeman with a dog problem and his email in case he doesn’t get to a phone because he’s enjoying retired life too much in Florida. Deb Wolfe jokes with her guest Jane from jane@thepridecartoon.com about her 12 days of Christmas cards series and finds out about the 18 feral cats Jane feeds and the house w...

Laura Cook, body talk practitioner, nutritionist and holistic allergist joins the party to share some healing stories for itchy, scratchy pets that may help you figure out what to tweak in your pet’s diet with an itchy scratchy pet you know. Deborah answers Laura’s questions about her dog who is both in heat and afraid to get into the car. After some dog talk, Laura explains how the immune system...