Dog Talk ® (and Kitties Too!)

Jonathan Balcombe (Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Creatures); Greek cat sanctuary and public advocacy non-profit, Let's Be S.M.A.R.T.; Fern Watt (Adventure Dogs)

Working on behalf of undomiciled people living with their pets; Dr. Loretta Potts (Dr. Dan's Animal Hospital); "Pages for Paws" sending used children's books to Hindi's Library

Dr Keirsten Forsyth on use of rapamycin in Dog Aging Project; what's wrong with dog training industry; Laurie Zaleski (Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals)

Patrick Aryee ("Evolve" series on CuriosityStream) discussesn biomimicry; Stacy LeBaron on upcoming United Spay Alliance online conference; Dr. Catherine Raven (Fox and I)

Dr. Candace Croney, visionary veterinary educator, on Canine Care Certified Breeders and how to produce happy, healthy litters from happy, healthy canine parents

Jonathan Balcombe ("Animal Sentience") on torturous reality of fish farming; alternative protein treat sources for dogs; Kimo Pokini (Ruff Haven Crisis Sheltering) on "Kimo and Jazz"

Laura Hobgood-Oster (Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals in the Christian Tradition); North Texas Spay Neuter Network; true stories of extraordinary assistance dogs

Justin Goodman (White Coat Project) on defunding NIH's cruel experiments on puppies; dog fighting on Long Island, Connecticut; ridiculousness cats using toilets

Julie Forbes (Puppyhood with Julie Forbes); Dr. Virginia Maxwell dedicating her work to animal cruelty investigation; helping sick neonate kittens

A philosophical discussion on changing our perceptions about dogs with Sindhoor Pangal (Dog Knows: Learning How to Learn from Dogs)

Rebecca Evans defends study questioning if cats have "psychopathic" gene; Tracie & Dr. Mikel Delgado question study vs. normal feline behavior; Kristin von Kreisler (A Reason for Hope)

Tara Parker Pope discusses her NYT article "Does ‘Dogsomnia’ Keep You Up at Night?"'; 5 foods you shouldn't eat; addictive qualities of dry food for cats

Stacey Weingarten ("Rescue Rue---a Musical Fairytale") on her puppet live musical; Kristen McKanagh (The Twelve Days of Snowball); sustaining The Cat Counsellor virtually during lockdown

What sustainability & being a "social mission company" means in pet industry; filmmaker inspired during Covid lockdown; problems with dominant/strict dog training approach

Tracy Beckerman reads from Barking at the Moon; new evidence about how dogs & people co-evolved; Dr. Bruce Elsey on supporting research on lesser-known cancers

Marc Bekoff (A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans); Priscilla Dean's cat sanctuary, Purradise Ranch, and her YouTube films, Adventures in Purradise

Laura Hobgood (A Dog's History of the World0; Peter Abrahams' latest Spencer Quinn mystery, It's a Wonderful Woof; Mel Futorian on her NY Cat Film Festival film, "Mel & Bobcat"

Sindhoor Pangal (Dog Knows) on demands we should not be making of dogs; Companion Animal Wellness and Nutrition Institute; Barbara Nickless (Gone to Darkness, Blood on the Tracks)

Jenna Blum (Woodrow on the Bench) on devoting herself to aging dog; Great Dane doesn't like other dogs; award-winning groomer Gabriel Feitosa as contestant on Pooch Perfect

Catherine Raven (Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship) discusses fascinating aspects of natural world; Christina Ha on Dr. Elsye's adoption initiative, the Power of Purrsuasion

Thiago Kocher ("Affection in the Streets") on homeless people and their dogs; Alice Mayn (Lily's Place) on Saving Senior Dogs Week; Marcel Heijnen (Shop Cats of China)

Mark Rivers (The Cat Flap); Jane Goldman's years of commitment to Muttville, joys of adopting older dogs; how Tal Anderson's cat helped her through Covid isolation

Matthew Salleh & Rose Tucker discuss their 2 documentaries in 6th Annual NY Dog Film Festival and Netflix series; do dogs recognize their names; Cate Conte (Claws for Alarm)

Cynthia Branigan's memoir, The Last Diving Horse in America; Kyle Scoble (The 2nd Time I Got to Know My Dog); Andrew Graham (Winston the Kitty Who Couldn't Pee)

"Marty's Place" senior dog sanctuary featured in the upcoming NY Dog Film Festival; lifestyle changes to mitigate decline in senior dogs; value of using pheromones when interacting with kitties