Tag: Cat Chat Radio

TRACIE HOTCHNER: GET A CO MONITOR FOR YOUR PET’S SAKE – IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE IT FOR YOURSELF!

It never hurts to repeat a safety message, especially when it pertains to dangers to our pets. You don’t necessarily think about carbon monoxide, the deadly odorless gas that can come from a malfunctioning space heater, but it can kill everyone in your house. A year ago I wrote about the serious need for a
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: XENA THE (HALO HEALTHY WEIGHT CHALLENGE) SUPERSTAR!

When we welcomed a darling little Pomeranian named Xena into our challenge she was not an obese doggy – just a chubby one. Luckily, her people John and Pam knew that they had let her tip the scales in the wrong direction with too many treats but they had not been able to figure out
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: CANINE “SURVIVAL” TIPS FOR (VERY) COLD WINTER WEATHER

We’ve been having some bitter cold days recently in parts of the country and there are a number of things you can do to keep your dog comfortable – and safe – outdoors. Do not assume they have the “common sense” to come indoors when they begin to get hypothermia or frostbite on their ears
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: WHAT TO CALL YOUR NEW DOG? WHAT NAME CAN YOU GIVE LOVE?

On this week’s “Dog Talk” I interviewed Kim Dower, a wonderful California poet who read aloud many of her dog-themed poems. I was struck by one in particular, that will be appearing for the first time in her upcoming third book of poetry, “Last Train to the Missing Planet.” She gave me permission to reprint
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