Health & Nutrition


The Emotional Life of Animals

Award-winning author, Dr. Marc Bekoff wrote a book called “The Hearts and Minds of Animals.” He discusses the emotional life of animals, including elephants, whales and dogs with Karen Fazio. Click here to play or download podcast

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Pet First Aid Information

Karen speaks with Kathy Shroeder, lead instructor for the American Red Cross. Kathy gives a lot of excellent advice on how to help your dog if he’s choking or has swallowed a toxic substance like antifreeze. This is a hugely important show for pet parents to listen to! Click here to play or download podcast

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Keeping dogs cool during the summer

Karen Fazio offers many ideas on how to keep your dogs feeling cool and comfy during the hot weather months using the latest products available. Click here to play or download podcast

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Fresh Pet Natural Pet Foods

Karen and Renee talk to the owner of Fresh Pet dog foods, Richard Thompson. Mr. Thompson talks about the high quality of his foods and that there are no preservatives contained in any of his varieties. The foods need to be refrigerated, so they are found in the refrigerators in supermarkets all over the New […]

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What’s REALLY in your dog’s food?

Karen and Renee talk to noted expert on dog and cat nutrition, Tracie Hotchner. Tracie was such an interesting guest and we give this show a ***** rating!  To learn more about canine nutrition, read Tracie’s book, The Dog Bible, and listen to her radio programs,  Dog Talk at: http://www.traciehotchner.com/dt/ and Cat Chat at: http://www.traciehotchner.com/cc/ Click here to […]

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Good Communications Between You and Your Vet

Karen and Renee interview veterinarian, Dr. Tammy Anderson, who is also very knowledgeable about behavior.  Dr. Anderson talks about how she helps her clients open up so she can get a complete and detailed description of what medical issues the dog might have, and how that could possibly relate to their dog’s change in behavior.  […]

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Feeding your dog from the table and other dog diet questions

Lucy Postins, founder of The Honest Kitchen, talks to Renee and Karen about human table scraps to avoid giving to our dogs, especially during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. She also talks about the benefit of a raw food diet for dogs. For more information about her dehydrated foods, check out her website at: www.thehonestkitchen.com Click […]

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Caring for the senior dog

Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Board Certified Veterinary Behaviorist from Tufts/Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine returns to The Doghouse to talk about caring for the senior dog. If you have an aging dog, this is an excellent show to hear! Click here to play or download podcast

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Our dog’s health is very much affected when we put them in boarding kennels.

Renee and Karen interview Dr. Arthur Young, a homeopathic veterinarian from Mt. Laurel, NJ.  Dr. Young goes into great detail about both the physical and emotional stress that our dogs experience whenever they’re put into a boarding kennel.  Pet parents really need to listen to this very informative program because it is so relative to […]

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The importance of detoxing dogs

Dr. Arthur Young, homeopathic veterinarian, discusses why detoxing our dogs is critically important to do if we want our dogs to be healthy and have a good immune system. This is a very important “lecture” to listen to if you own any dog, particularly one who has digestion problems, allergies or other chronic health issues! […]

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