Canine Body Language

Karen Fazio hosts today and discusses very common and important signals that dogs offer in order to communicate to both other dogs and to us. Anyone who lives with or works with dogs should have a basic understanding of “dog-speak.” Click here to play or download podcast

The link between puppy mill dogs and pet shops

Renee & Karen interview Betsy Banks Saul, co-founder of the very well-known website; www.petfinder.com  Betsy explained how her site works to get thousands of dogs adopted every year.  She also informed listeners that each time people purchase a puppy from a pet store, they only increase the sales of puppy mills who are mass producers of unhealthy […]

Renee & Karen answer emails from listeners today

Karen answered an email from a listener whose mini-poodle is suddenly growling at people when they approach her. This little dog has cataracts and can no longer see very well.  Listen to the advice Karen and Renee offer this listener.  Renee then answered another email from someone whose Black Lab can’t control his excitement when […]

Protocol to help hyper, overly-energetic and nervous dogs to RELAX!

Renee & Karen talk to New Hampshire trainer, Jessica Janowski about a pre-relaxation protocol she’s created to teach dogs how to calm down. If you have a dog who never seems to tire no matter how much exercise you’re providing, or if you have a dog who becomes out of control, or paces around your […]

Victoria Stilwell, from “It’s Me Or The Dog” talks about her very popular TV show on Animal Planet.

Victoria Stilwell, TV dog trainer on “It’s Me Or The Dog,” talks about the challenges of working with dogs while filming a TV show. She also talks about how important it is to use positive training methods, and how she hopes her TV program will help spread that word to the dog-owning community. Click here […]

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 […]

California woman trains shelter dogs for search and rescue missions

Renee and Karen interview Wilma Melville, founder of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. Wilma was spotlighted this year (2011) by CNN as a hero for her wonderful work training shelter dogs to partner with firefighters in order to save lives after major disasters in our country.  Listen to Wilma’s heartwarming story of how she […]

A discussion with Jim Gorant, author of The Lost Dogs

Renee and Karen talk to Jim Gorant who wrote the book, The Lost Dogs. The book is about how Michael Vick ran his dog-fighting ring and recounts stories of the 47 individual dogs that survived a horrendously abusive situation. Click here to play or download podcast

Canine Body Language and the Definition of “Dominance”

Renee and Karen were honored to interview Dr. Roger Abrantes this morning. Dr. Abrantes is a well-known expert on why animals do what they do. He shared lots of information about what body language cues our dogs offer to each other and to us to express themselves and their emotions.  Dr Abrantes also offered his […]

Irresponsible Owners of Pit Bulls

Renee and Karen talk about an unfortunate incident that happened in North Philadelphia this week. A woman was killed by the 5 Pit Bulls who lived with the family. These dogs were known to run the streets and have attacked the neighbors, biting people very severely.  They talked to a caller about responsible ownership, especially […]