Dog Talk ® (and Kitties Too!)

Helping senior dogs & seniors to make plans for their dogs after they're gone; Dr. Elsey’s annual fund raising for multiple myeloma begins; Britt Collins on Strays

Nicole Georges discusses her amazingly beautiful graphic novel FETCH; how Michelson Found Animals used Tinder for dog adoptions; professional cat grooming

Camp Feline takes cat daycare & boarding to whole new level; Shirley Rousseau Murphy on CAT SHINING BRIGHT; Margaret Mizushima on HUNTING HOUR

Puttin’ on the Dog in Greenwich, Connecticut; ArtForCatsSake.org in New Orleans to raise money and awareness for deadly feline diseases; do dogs have souls?

Forming play groups to improve quality of life for shelter dogs; challenges for adoption groups in China; unusual dental surgery to extract all of kitty's teeth

Dr Michael Moyer: “terrible paradox” in training veterinary students allowing dogs to die after surgery; Dog's Guide to Happiness; get "down & dirty" with your dog

About those hilarious “Pets Are the Best Medicine” mock-ad videos; vet-owned and directed clinics; veterinary nutritionist discusses crude protein in pet food

Steve Lawrence on “The Cat Rescuers” film in production; how Pet Food Institute works with FDA to manage pet food recalls; diabetic-alert service dogs change lives

Connecticut Humane Society's challenges and triumphs; lack of training & guidelines for emotional support animals; Furry Foundation saves cats in LA

Liz Stainitis on being a mushing enthusiast, mushing on dry land; animal cruelty prevention & education course for offenders; O.C. shelter intervention program

Amazing little dog who ran ultra-marathon with Dion Leonard through Gobi desert; SF shelter manages 10,000 animals yearly; BichonFurKids.org adoptions

How do we know what our dogs are experiencing/understanding from us? Ingrid King (Tortitude); dogs as doorway to empathy for young men on probation

Robin Olson (“Covered in Cat Hair” blog) on kitten raising /fostering; Buddy Foundation of MD: financial support for vet emergencies; Dogs Love Kale treats

Using genetic markers to identify individual dogs’ potential for illness; experiences of former chief vet of Los Angeles; why cats are underserved, undervalued as pets

Lauren Fern Watt (Gizelle's Bucket List); rescuing handicapped baby goats; Denise Flaim's beautiful photographic essays in Little Kids, Big Dogs

Rita Mae Brown's newest historical novel, A HISS BEFORE DYING; Blue Path service dogs for autistic children; how to draw dogs & puppies

Scotlund Haisley (Compassion in Action) on rescuing abused animals; licensed P.I. investigates animal cruelty; topical protection: pets and parasites

A conversation with poet Billy Collins about dogs who have shared his life as he reads numerous poems of a canine nature

Marc Bekoff discusses his book The Animals' Agenda; ASPCA forensic vet's work on behalf of animals; police K-9 web series, Guardians of the Night

Rebecca Ascher-Walsh (Loyal) discusses extraordinary working dogs; Roadie pet transport; Humane Puerto Rico program for animals in crisis there

Connecting dogs with foster families until they find forever homes; new branding/mission to long standing shelter; Suzanne Berne (The Dogs of Littlefield)

A Dog's Way Home, wonderful book from dog's perspective; faked controversy about training of dog in A Dog's Purpose; directing dogs for film/TV

Michelson’s Found Animals's free microchip registry; Yale Comparative Cognition Laboratory studying intelligence of dogs; importance of supplements

Jackson Galaxy on new season of TV show “My Cat From Hell”; growing importance of pet insurance; Lap of Love, home pet euthanasia

Kitten nursery manager; radioactive therapy used to treat cats with hyperthyroid disease; Jessica Pierce, Run Spot Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets