Tag: Radio Pet Lady Network

TRACIE HOTCHNER: WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE MOVIES

The inaugural DOG FILM FESTIVAL that my Radio Pet Lady Network produced last weekend in New York City was a rousing success. What had been a crazy idea amazed me by taking wing – with the New York Times devoting half a page in the Weekend Arts section to the festival, Time Out magazine picking
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: THE DOG FILM FESTIVAL – A DREAM COME TRUE!

When you hear “Dog Film Festival” what do you envision it might be like? Would you imagine a Gala Premiere cocktail party with dogs welcome on a Green Carpet with professional photographers the night before? Would you envision spending a whole day seeing a banquet of short films celebrating the remarkable bond between dogs and
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: FINICKY DOG? TRY A LITTLE CAT FOOD!

Some of us have dogs who are finicky eaters. This distinguishes them dramatically from other of our dogs, who view everything and anything as edible that is on the ground, a counter, in a child’s hand, on our unattended dinner plates or in a guest’s handbag. But those Picky Eaters can break a Mom’s heart
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: A BREEDER OF LITTLE DOGS WITH BIG APPETITES

Wikiwags is one of my more unusual sponsors on the Radio Pet Lady Network – unusual because a male belly band with disposable diapers inside is not your everyday pet product (it turns out there are a lot of dogs of every size who lift their leg in the house for a variety of reasons)!
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY – WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN?

So many companies, large and small, make reference to donating a portion of their profits to charity. Most of us don’t stop to ask what that actually means. How much are they really giving away – and what is their motivation? Is it cynical of us as consumers to wonder if a company’s claims of
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