Dog Talk ® (and Kitties Too!)

Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz ("Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health") on altering the perception of mental and physical wellbeing

Director Alex Astrella ("Underdogs") on his film about the unusual program at the prison where convicted murderers work to train dogs to be service service animals

Carol Borden (Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs) describes new non-profit teaching medical facility for their service dogs

Alexandra Horowitz (The Year of the Puppy --- How Dogs Become Themselves) on all the stages of puppy development and the individual way each develops

Tracie was blown away by "Adam," a stunning narrative film about a young girl and the old dog, which she discusses with the brilliant young actress, Ruth Smith

Sarah Jayne Portelli and Ivan Malekin ("The Cats of Malta") on how Malta inspired them to make their documentary film because the island's community cat minders are delightful

Dr. Amy Attas (City Pets) on her experience tending to Search & Rescue dogs brought to Ground Zero after the World Trade Center attack

14-year-old filmmaker Nathaly Orrego ("Super Pup," featuring in 7th Annual NY Dog Film Festival) on adopting a Pitbull, breed discrimination, challenges of having a Pitbull in public

Filmmaker Marcus Nunez speaks to Tracie from Santiago, Chile about his tongue-in-cheek film, "L'Histoire de Lilliput," chosen for the 5th Annual NY Cat Film Festival

Amy Fusselman ("The Means") on her social satire featuring a talking philosophical dog who lampoons the striving and material aspirations of his mistress

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (09-26-2022) #798C: Tracie talks to Deepanjali, a young design student in New York from India (whose parents chose not to give first names to her or her brother so they are single-named people!) For a school project, she created \"Gone for Good???\" a deeply-felt animated film that will be in the 7th Annual NY Dog Film Festival on October 23rd --- and Deepnaja...

Cate Conte ("Gone But Not Furgotten") on her latest Cat Cafe mystery and serious mental health component of animal hoarding

Cara Giaimo ("Detector Dogs, Dynamite Dolphins, and More Animals with Super Sensory Powers") on use of carrier/homing pigeons to carry messages throughout history

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (09-19-2022) #797C: Justin Goodman, Director of the White Coat Waste Project (which investigates the travesty of tax-payer dollars being thrown away on often pointless experiments, and studies which require animal cruelty) talks with Tracie about how massive millions of dollars are funneled from government funding to universities for research, lining the coffers of the...

British dog behaviorist Louise Glazebrook ("The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read") on seeing things from a dog's perspective

Dr. Bob and Susan Goldstein (Earth Animal) discuss their pledge to Better Chicken Commitment

Christina Thomas (co-director of "Free Puppies") discusses the new documentary, which details spaying/neutering dogs in impoverished areas in Georgia

State Senator Bill Stanley on putting a stop to --- and driving Envigo beagle breeding/experimentation facility out of Virginia

Veterinary nutritionist Ryan Yamka discusses what "crude protein" refers to in pet food and how that value is determined

Christina Couch ("Detector Dogs, Dynamite Dolphins, and More Animals with Super Sensory Powers") on detection dogs helping identify cause of killer whale declining health, population

Sue Bell (Homeward Trails) on taking 500 of 4,000 Beagles removed from Envigo Beagle breeding facility, helping expose/shut down U.S. Government funded Beagle breeding industry

Peter Abrahams (as Spencer Quinn) is back to discuss the newest installment of the Chet & Bernie mystery series, "Bark to the Future"

Lanie DeLong (K2 Solutions Canine Training Center) on breeding and training dogs for detection work with law enforcement, Special Operations Forces

Feline behavior expert Dr. Mikel Delgado of FelineMinds shares Tracie's consternation that the dog button-pushing craze has extended to cats

Aaron Hancox ("Running Wild: the Cats of Cornwall") discusses the problem of feral cats in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, the work of volunteers, and lack of TNR program