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Posted on April 13, 2018April 13, 2018
Posted in Bloggers, Shelters and Rescues, Talk Radio, Tracie Hotchner
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Get Working Dogs From Shelters – Not From European Breeders!

Why does the United States military – and various police departments around the country – continue to spend tens of thousands of dollars per dog to buy potential working dogs from Eastern Europe? Not long ago on DOG TALK® I spoke to Dr. Karen Overall at the University of Pennsylvania vet school on the topic of

Posted on April 7, 2018
Posted in Bloggers, Cat Food, Holistic Cat Food, Natural Cat Food, Tracie Hotchner

Are Cats More Sophisticated Gourmets Than Dogs?

I read many interesting articles in the New York Times pertaining to dogs and cats, and I was especially curious about this article, which considered which of the two species has a more highly attuned sense of taste and smell. The big question posed in the article is why cats are more finicky about their

Posted on March 22, 2018March 29, 2018
Posted in Bloggers, Pet Travel, Tracie Hotchner

What Can We Learn from the Puppy Who Died on United Airlines?

There are a lot of people who – when they learned about a puppy who died in an overhead luggage bin on a United Airlines flight last week – were filled with moral outrage against the airline. They went ballistic, telling everyone on social media that they were going to boycott United Airlines and so

Posted on March 16, 2018
Posted in Bloggers, Pet Books, Tracie Hotchner

Two Fun Books to Enjoy and Share

This week I wanted to bring two very different books into the limelight – because they show the broad range of the ways in which dogs inspire and delight us, in real life and on the page. Boze Hadleigh’s delightful book “Life’s a Pooch: Quotes About Dogs By People Who Love Them” is chock full

Posted on March 6, 2018
Posted in Bloggers, Pet Health, Pet Nutrition, Tracie Hotchner

Sammie Gets Breakfast (Finally!)

My friends Marianne and Julien are the sweetest, kindest people you’d ever like to know — and they are devoted to their darling rescued mutt, Sammie. They are both brilliant retired college professors, so I was astonished to discover that their ideas about canine nutrition and wellness were stuck in the Dark Ages! They had

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Get Working Dogs From Shelters – Not From European Breeders!

Are Cats More Sophisticated Gourmets Than Dogs?

What Can We Learn from the Puppy Who Died on United Airlines?

Two Fun Books to Enjoy and Share

Sammie Gets Breakfast (Finally!)