DOG TALK® (and Kitties, Too!) originated on the only NPR station on Long Island, WLIW-88.3, where it has been on the air for 13 years and numerous consecutive shows. This Gracie® Award-winning show (for “Best entertainment and information program on local public radio”), is produced and hosted by pet wellness advocate Tracie Hotchner. Each show features Tracie’s interviews with authors and pet experts from around the world, discussing far-ranging topics involving practical and philosophical ...
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Welcome to Sasha and the kitties where we talk about everything
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Nomad Kitties, are a group of first-generation immigrant-American travelers. Some of us are U.S. born citizens/ some of us are/were/ "illegal aliens who have had parents who have been deported and are now U.S. voting citizens.We are photographers, filmmakers, musicians, educators, immigrant rights organizers, life coaches who are driven by the passion of our family history, neighbors, culture. We have been documenting the stories on the streets we grew up in, noticing rapid urbanization and ...
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#906A: Bruce Cameron’s novel “My Three Dogs” takes us inside a pack of three dogs who are separated after being put in a shelter when their owners die in an accident — but the hero is the Australian Shepherd who cleverly finds a way to reunite his pack.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Top French Pet Psychiatrist Unravels Kitty Cats
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#906B: Dr. Claude Beata (who is one of only 5 “animal psychiatrists” in all of France”) discusses his psychological theories about bipolar disorder, ADHD and OCD in cats in his book “The Interpretation of Cats: Understanding the Psychology of Our Feline Companions,” conditions which he says are treatable with medications and behavior/environmental …
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A Training Book from School for the Dogs
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#905B: Annie Grossman, founder of School for the Dogs in Manhattan's East Village, has written “How to Train Your Dog With Love + Science,” which even those without a dog can enjoy because it is more than a dog training book — as funny as it is useful.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Dog Rescue Seen From a Different Angle
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#905A: In her book “Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets,” Carol Mithers did a deep dive into the life of Lori Weise, the champion of pets of the homeless in Los Angeles, offering a different perspective on how we approach pets and people experiencing homelessness.…
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Danger to Man and Beast in the Forest
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#904A: Margaret Mizushima has written another gripping Timber Creek K-9 mystery “Gathering Mist,” in which the forest is integral to the dangers confronting heroine K-9 Deputy Mattie Cobb and her tracking dog Robo.Af Tracie Hotchner
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A Renaissance Man With Talents Beyond a Love of Spiders
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#904B: Chris Buddle is a renowned entomologist (emphasis on arachnids) who has been chasing spiders throughout his academic career, while developing astonishing skills as a watercolorist of natural subjects. He has turned his work into a gorgeous book "A Portrait of Astonishing Nature" with pithy Haiku poems accompanying every drawing — with 100% o…
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Celebrating the Association of Service Dog Providers for Military Veterans
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#903A: Shannon Walker, the Executive director of the National Association of Service Dog Providers for Military Veterans (and also the Founder of Northwest Battle Buddies, which trains and provides PTSD service dogs for veterans) talks about the Association’s support from Purina Dog Chow and now the NY Dog Film Festival, presented by Purina, featur…
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Visionary Award Winner Returns in the 6th Annual NY Cat Film Festival
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#903B: Filmmaker Kim Best — who was awarded the Visionary Award from the NY Cat Film Festival for having at least one film in every year of the Festival — will be flying back to New York City again on October 15th to be applauded for having yet another two new films in the 6th Annual Festival.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Acclaimed Dog Photographer Becomes Winning Filmmaker
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#902B: Ron Schmidt is a conceptual photographer creating iconic images of dogs that people hang on their walls — he and his wife Amy took the bold step of creating their first short documentary for the Purina Dog Chow Service Dog Salute category of the NY Dog Film Festival — and they wound up being one of only three prize-winning finalists!…
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How to Help Your Fearful Dog Feel Safe
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#902A: Zazie Todd’s newest book “BARK! The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful or Reactive Dog” explains what can make dogs fearful or anxious (which are actually two different emotions!) and how to create a safe space to help him cope.Af Tracie Hotchner
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NYC Firehouses Brimming with Dogs, Horses and even Monkeys!
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#901A: Peggy Gavan’s book “The Bravest Pets of Gotham: Tales of Four-Legged Firefighters of Old New York” is a wonderful window on the animals that used to be essential to firehouses in the late 1800s — and to the men who populated them.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Thunder, Lightning and Hiding in the Closet
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#901B: Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Amy Pike of the Animal Behavior Wellness Clinic in Maryland talks about the ways you can help calm a thunderstorm-phobic dog, including a new anxiety medication called Sileo.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Service Dogs Know the Smell of PTSD
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#900A: Carol Borden of Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs explains how dogs can distinguish the chemical components of emotions, particularly the scent of PTSD for which they can be trained as service dogs — about which her organization made a film for the Purina Dog Chow Service Dog Salute category of the upcoming NY Dog Film Festival.…
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Bill Wither’s “Lovely Day” Interpreted by a Joyful Dog
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#900B: Mustapha Khan, an Emmy-Award winning director and Brooklyn College Film School professor, talks about his film “Freddie Bear’s Lovely Day,” set to Bill Withers iconic tune, which he will be there to see in person at the 9th Annual NY Dog Film Festival premiering in NYC October 24th.Af Tracie Hotchner
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#899A: Jessica Pierce’s newest books focusing on dogs — “Dogpedia” a Brief Compendium of Canine Curiosities” — is a cornucopia of carefully curated topics, encyclopedia-style, that will delight and surprise even the most well-versed dog lovers.Af Tracie Hotchner
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The Dogs Who Have Left Us Haven’t Really Left at All
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#899B: Cathryn Michon’s gorgeously illustrated prose poem book “i’m still here - a dog’s purpose forever” is a panacea for those of us who have lost a dog, with the assurance that while we still miss that dog so much, s/he never really left us. It is a most comforting, rewarding, uplifting, adorable, funny book.…
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Academy Award Winner’s New Film in the NY Cat Film Festival
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#898B: Joan Gratz, a pioneering film animator who won an Oscar in 1992 for Best Animated Film, is coming to NYC to see two of her innovative cat-centric films premiering at the 7th Annual NY Cat Film Festival October 15th.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Loving Five Dogs Softened the Pain
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#898A: Marianne Leone’s memoir, “Five Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy,” relays how a series of adopted little white dogs helped her recover from the death of her son.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Thunder, Lightning & Trembling Dogs
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#897B: Dr. Amy Pike, of the Animal Behavior Wellness Clinic outside Washington, D.C., talks about dogs who become thunderstorm phobic — ways to manage their environment and medications that can help calm the dogs, especially the oral gel Sileo — which works for Tracie’s trembling pooch, Wanda.Af Tracie Hotchner
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A Border Collie with a Career Change
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#897A: W. Bruce Cameron talks about “Ripley, Fire Station Five,” the newest title in his “Dogs With a Purpose” series for school age children — seeing the world from their point of view, along with the dog’s eye view, for which Cameron is famous.Af Tracie Hotchner
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Tail-Wagging Doesn’t Always Mean Happiness
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#896C: Erin Jones, author of “Constructing Canine Consent: Conceptualising and Adopting a Consent-focused Relationship with Dogs,” explains that a wagging tail doesn't necessarily mean a dog is happy — it’s up to us to distinguish their body language that says “No” or “Maybe no.”Af Tracie Hotchner
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#896A: Peter Abrahams is back with another dog-driven mystery novel in his renowned Chet & Bernie mystery series — as fun as ever!Af Tracie Hotchner
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Is Your Dog A Violet, a Dandelion or an Orchid?
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#896B: Wendy Lyons Sunshine takes her knowledge about raising adopted children from difficult circumstances and applies it to meeting the challenges of bringing out the best in adopted dogs in her book “Tender Paws: How Science-Based Parenting Can Transform Our Relationship with Dogs.”Af Tracie Hotchner
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The Tao of Dog & the Principle of Wu Wei
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895B: Linda Kohanov, author of “The Tao of Equus,” describes a similar magic of communication we can have with dogs, and how we can transfer her principles of Wu Wei (not doing, not forcing, not striving) from our relationship with horses to that with dogs.Af Tracie Hotchner
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The Ultimate Bond Between Man and Dog
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#895A: Director Les Owen discusses his short film “One Mind,” which celebrates the relationship between a veteran with PTSD and his specially trained service dog — one of the semi-finalists being considered for the new Service Dog Salute category of the upcoming 9th Annual NY Dog Film Festival, presented by Purina Dog Chow…
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