Tag: dog talk radio

TRACIE HOTCHNER: SHAMPOOING YOUR DOG – MAKING IT FUN AND FREQUENT

On my NPR radio show DOG TALK this past week I interviewed humorist Merrill Markoe, several of whose amazing videos will be featured in the Dog Film Festival October 3rd. I invited her to read one of the fall-down-funny essays from her book “What the Dogs Taught Me.” “Showering with Your Dog” has many hilarious
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: EVERYONE CAN BE A WINNER: JUST SWITCH TO HEALTHY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT FOOD

I wanted to dance a little jig today when I learned that an old friend of mine (he’s literally old, too – a very vibrant 80 years old!), was inspired by listening to THE EXPERT VET to put his own 12-year-old Lab Maverick on Halo’s Healthy Weight food. Bob heard me on the show, discussing
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: I HAD A DREAM – THE DOG FILM FESTIVAL – AND IT’S COMING TRUE!

How often do you have a dream – and then it comes true because other people have been dreaming it, too?! The Dog Film Festival is my first experience of what it feels like to “imagine it and they will come” – and it’s a pretty wonderful feeling. Not so very long ago, I had
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: THE NEW DOG FLU – WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW

By now you’ve probably heard about the brand new H3N2 strain of dog flu that has swept through Chicago, sickening and killing dogs. Halo’s own veterinary expert, Dr. Donna Spector, happens to practice in Chicago, where she is a board certified internist so I asked for her help in giving us reliable, up-to-date information. She
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