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Cindie Ambar on Animal Reiki and Animal Communication for Healing
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What Cindie provides involves communication with animals and therapeutic modalities we may not fully understand. Yet, if you feel a deep connection with animals, none of it seems too far-fetched.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Pets fireworks fear can be magnified by their humans' reaction to the fireworks. Thus, our over-the-top concern for frightened dogs and cats can actually frighten them even more on top of the explosives themselves.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Holiday Horror: How to Prevent Pet Suffocation
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Chip bags and other food packaging pose serious risks to our dogs and cats. Too many animals, especially dogs, have died from suffocating in chip bags, cereal boxes, snack bags, treat bag liners, and cat/dog food bags.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Rodenticide Campaign – Wildlife Emergency Services
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Anticoagulant rodenticides, specifically, brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone, difenacoum, diphacinone and chlorophacinone, pose a serious threat to wildlife and ecosystems.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Meet the owner, hear the story of a dog killed by fireworks stress
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I want you to be able to tell people that you heard Abby's owner describe this poor animal's horrible, frightening death. Maybe if we tell people that we know the person and dog this happened to, we can convince people to take the needs of animals seriously.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Best Dog to Work Ideas for Happy Canines (and Owners)
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The podcast is a mere 11-minutes long and the ideas are good anytime you want or need to take your animal to the office, regardless of the occasion. Some of the preparations might best be made well in advance.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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CA to Puppy Mills: Get Lost! Ditto LA to Wildlife Markets!
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Sabrina Ashjian, California State Director of the Humane Society of the United States, was on the June 21, 2020, KSCO Pet Radio program to talk about AB 2152, the anti-puppy mills legislation now before the California Senate.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Christy Caplan Makes Dog Treat Recipes & What About the Uses of Dawn?
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PODCAST: Most immediately useful is her testing of easy dog treat recipes for the Insider. Plus, she investigated a breed of Southern scent-hound called the Cur.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Podcast: UnChained Rescues Both Young People and Canines
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UnChained teaches at-risk youth how to train homeless dogs in basic skills, manners, and socialization, helping the dogs be adopted into permanent homes. The young people gain unconditional love and acceptance.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Podcast: AWI’s Blaney on Important Issues You Should Support
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Nancy is a great guest and if animal welfare matters to you -- if not, why are you here? -- please listen to both AWI podcasts.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST -- CEO Brandine Strand sold me on the concept of raw feeding -- I had many questions and concerns before our chat. I have also researched the company, and Brandine answered questions thoroughly and completely.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Podcast: Mutual Rescue Knows & Shows “Who Rescued Whom?”
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Mutual Rescue is a national initiative that highlights the connection between people and pets in order to inspire and support life-saving efforts in communities across the nation and world.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Podcast: Lifesaving SNIP Bus COVID Update
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PODCAST -- Melanie, who is the SNIP Bus founder, updated us on its work in Monterey County on our 5/17/20 program. The good news is the work continues.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Podcast: HSUS on Puppy Mills, Cruelty, and Preventing the Next Pandemic
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PODCAST -- HSUS their annual "Horrible Hundred" report on puppy mills. USDA released proposed changes to the Animal Welfare Act. And HSUS released an 11-point plan to prevent future animal-related pandemics.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Dawn Wolfe is a talent agent for animals and a "wrangler" for Pawsitively Famous, a company that helps place the animals you see into movies and television.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Podcast: Rescuer Shirley Zindler on “Me Too” Dogs, Happy Pandemic Adoptions…
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PODCAST: Talking about "Me Too" dogs that, like most people, at least initially don't like random touching without a proper introduction.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST -- I spoke with Meredith, who is a very fine writer, about the DAWGS book, her other projects, but also about the business and economics of writing about animals in the internet era.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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I have had excellent results using the classic and hemp RestoraPet formulations, each used once-a-day. The classic is primarily an antioxidant and the hemp is anti-inflammatory.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Caplan: Vet Visit Tips During Shelter-in-Place
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PODCAST -- Taking your pets to visit their veterinarian during shelter-in-place can be a troublesome and perplexing event -- even for an experienced vet tech!By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Dr. Kelly Diehl on New Hope for FIP & Cancer Cats
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PODCAST (21:25) -- Dr. Kelly Diehl of Morris Animal Foundation explains how research into Feline Infectious Perontinitis may lead to a COVID-19 vaccine for humans. (But there's more about cat cancer, too)By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Rachel Geller on Cat Behavior During COVID Times
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We talk about feline behavioral issues while we are all staying home. Why you should not use a laser pointer as a cat toy. Demystified the danger cats pose to pregnant women.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Christy Caplan on Essential Grooming in COVID Times
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On this podcast, vet tech and blogger Christy Caplan discusses important home grooming tasks that your dog requires, COVID or not. They are trimming toenails and ear cleaning, both of which she describes in detail.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Dr. Lucas Pantaleon on Protecting Pets from Infections, COVID-19
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PODCAST (19:57) -- On our 3/19/2020 program, Laura discussed avoiding infections and COVID-19 with Technical Veterinary Advisor with Ogena Solutions', Dr. Lucas Pantaleon.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice & Home Euthanasia
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PODCAST (21:34) -- "When the time comes" is something most pet owners should spend more time thinking about. On the 4/5/20 program, we discussed home euthanasia with a local vet for whom caring for hospice pets has become a specialty.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST (20:27) -- Author Marc Benevenga is often asked whether his Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, named Arya, is well, a wolf or a dog?By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST (8:19) -- Resources for pet owners during COVID-19 with Sabrina Ashjian of HSUS California.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST (25:57) -- Dr. Jim Ha's book, Dog Behavior: Modern Science and Our Canine Companions is a bit of a mind-bender, bringing hard science against what we think we know about our canine friends.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Palo Alto Humane Society: No Shelter But Lots of Help for Animals
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PODCAST (14:09) -- PAHS has a number of interesting, well-proven, and repeatable programs that can be adopted by other animal advocacy and welfare groups and even individuals.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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Amanda Wight, HSUS, Against Trophy Hunting
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PODCAST (22:07) -- Amanda Wight is Wildlife Protection Manager at the Humane Society of the United States. This was a return visit as her first appearance -- on a terribly windy Sunday -- was repeatedly interrupted by weather and traffic updates.She discussed trophy hunting, wolves, bobcats, subsistence hunting, rattlesnake round-ups, and so on, an…
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Ask Dr. Diehl: Cat Clots Paralyse Rear Legs
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PODCAST (11:26) -- If your cat suddenly loses control of its hind legs and is in severe pain, get her to the vet immediately. It's probably Feline Aortic Thromboembolism.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST (19:46) -- The first-time seizure in a dog or cat is a true medical emergency that requires immediate treatment. Why? Because seizures originate either inside the brain or someplace else in the body. Neither Is good and both can kill your pet.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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PODCAST (23:52) -- SNIP Bus founder says low-cost spay/neuter continues despite COVID-19.By David Coursey and Laura Pakis
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ODIE Pet Insurance: Demystifying Needed Coverage
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PODCAST (21:15) -- ODIE Pet Insurance is a small, family-run business that offers a variety of pet insurance products. I had a nice chat with Miles Thorson, managing partner of the firm, on the 3/15/20 edition of Pet Radio.Our discussion was low-hype and I learned about pet insurance from the buyer and seller points of view. Pet insurance is becomi…
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DAWGS: True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them
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PODCAST (22:51) -- We can all make a difference. Elementary-school teacher Diane Trull’s life-defining moment happened when her fourth-grade reading class saw a photo of a cardboard box overflowing with homeless puppies. Trull was no stranger to rescuing abandoned animals. She and her husband Mark had made it their mission to find permanent homes f…
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Bird Overpopulation? Too Many Birds, Too Few Buyers
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Help for Dogs When Other Vets Give Up –Dr. Martin Goldstein
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Podcast: Separation Anxiety — Dr. Judy Korman, CalmerK9
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Podcast: Starting a Therapy Dogs Program to Help First Responders
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Sabrina Ashjian, Humane Society of the US
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The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Family Violence — Nancy Blaney
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Five Pillars of Cat Behavioral Health — Dr. Kelly Diehl
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Pets Fighting Loneliness — HABRI’s Feldman
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Coronaviruses and Our Pets — Dr. Kelly Diehl
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Patti Strand, National Animal Interest Alliance
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Podcast: Dr. Villalobos asks “Does your sick pet still have Quality of Life?”
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Dr. Alice VillalobosVeterinary oncologist Dr. Alice Villalobos has prepared two pet Quality of Life Scales (below) to give pet parents and professionals an objective way to assess the effects of cancer, aging, and other diseases upon an animal's life. This information can be used in making euthanasia decisions in the animal's best interest.During t…
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Rescuer Sharon Lohman on Paws for Life prison dog program
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Alley Cat Allies at 30: Pres Becky Robinson
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Dogwalker: What a pro knows/Josh Stephens
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Canine Influenza, All that you MUST know Ask Dr. Diehl: Canine Influenza, what owners must know
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