Dog Talk ® (and Kitties Too!)

Filmmaker Gorman Bechard ("Old Friends, a Dogumentary") on the film's celebration of one special senior dog sanctuary

Stephanie Rousseau ("How to Raise a Puppy: a Dog-Centric Approach," co-authored with Norwegian dog behaviorist Turid Rugaas) on the book's life-altering philosophy

Ashley Hermans (Director of Animal Services, Bastrop County Texas) discusses her shelter, which is next to town incinerator, and how she's raising funds to buy 15 acres, build Animal Care Campus

Tracie's own vet, Dr. Linda Morris (West Mountain Animal Hospital in Shaftsbury, Vermont) discusses topic of Tracie's most popular blog, black gunk in dogs' ears

Tommi Wolfe (Executive Director, GRACE Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center) shares a webcam from Eastern Congo gorilla sanctuary

Annie England Noblin ("Christmas in Blue Dog Valley") on her novel about a Los Angeles veterinarian who buys a clinic in a rural area and the challenges she has to overcome

Dr. Sarah Cutler (Behavior Clinic for Dogs & Cats) cautions against using incorrect words like "aggressive dogs" that don't get to root of the problem, which is fear

Alison Watts (translator for Seishu Hase's novel "The Boy and the Dog") on challenges of interpreting another person's writing

Steven Mornelli (Waggle Foundation) on how his non-profit crowdfunding platform raises funds for medical care for animals at risk for euthanasia

Kim Best on how she invents and creates her films in a variety of styles, telling stories with documentaries

Sangkyung Lee (Humane Society International, South Korea) on how a government task force has failed to evaluate dog meat trade's part of economy, and how industrial level farming is behind the trade

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (11-21-2022) #806C: Jen Danna, who writes as Sara Driscoll, talks about her newest book in the series, \"Still Waters,\" in which search and detection dogs from multiple government agencies participate in a water detection competition --- and several of them wind up dead.  

Jeff Flocken (Humane Society International), discusses South Korean meat market, and 34 dogs brought to Washington, D.C. as ambassadors to shed light on dog meat trade

Jules Howard ("Wonderdog: How the Science of Dogs Changed the Science of Life") on "the L word," "heart dogs," and how canine scientists "feel" about love between dogs & humans

Melissa Jenkins (Operation Catnip) on how they worked for years in M.A.S.H. style clinics to perform up to 200 sterilizations of stray cats in a matter of hours

Shana Aufenkamp describes volunteer work in Ukraine with UK-based non-profit Breaking the Chains, providing care and evacuation for animals of war for U.S. adoption

Oliver Soden ("Jeoffrey - The Poet's Cat") discusses his imagined biography of renowned cat belonging to esteemed British poet Christopher Smart

Dr Sharon Eisen (Complete Cat Vet Clinic in Brookfield, Connecticut) talks about benefit to cats and their people of a clinic just for cats, and her passion for breeding British Shorthairs

Jeremy Cohen (Boston Dog Lawyers) on how to protect yourself legally when using a boarding facility, doggy day care or a dog walker, and consider legal ramifications

Suzanne Elshult ("A Dog's Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team") on how volunteer search and rescue dog teams rise to the occasion

Sami Carroccio (Cat Cavorting) on challenges faced during height of the pandemic when veterinarians were unavailable to spay and neuter cats they trapped

An Heir(ess) to James Herriot (the veterinarian who wrote "All Creatures Great & Small")

Adam Parascandola (VP, Animal Rescue Team for Humane Society of US) on recent HSUS raid that shut down South Carolina dog fighting properties, rescued over 275 dogs

Sally Bahner ("The Art of Raising a Kitten") on fostering whole litters of kittens or adopting just one

Margaret Rockwell ("Faithful Friends: Norman Rockwell and His Dogs") describes the way dogs were woven through the life of iconic American artist Norman Rockwell