Pet Wellness Advocate
Dr. Elsey’s Precious Cat is Bringing Joy to Cat Lovers & Shelters Nationwide I was filled with hopeful excitement last year when Dr. Elsey’s Precious Cat --- my “precious” devoted sponsor of DOG TALK (and Kitties, Too!) (my NPR radio show) --- encouraged me to create a cat film festival to give kitty cats their... Read more »
Myth #2 Fat Cats are Happy Cats When you hear the words “fat cat” you smile, right? You think fat cats look happy or funny --- you see social media pictures of enormous cats and get a kick out of it. You hear the saying about a person that “he’s a fat cat,” as though... Read more »
Where Does Your Pet’s Fish Come From in Their Food? Our pet’s food can once again teach us some good lessons and good practice in choosing our own food. A major area of concern in the food chain is where and how fish is obtained, how they are handled or treated, and what the ramifications... Read more »
Hot Dogs in Hot Cars in Hot Summer --- DON’T DO IT! A Good Samaritan tried to save two dogs who were locked in a boiling hot car --- with the windows up (which in any case makes no difference to the internal temperature of the car anyway, as you will see if you read... Read more »
Is a Quiet Cat a Happy Cat? Myth #1 about cats: A still, quiet cat is a content cat. We’ve all gotten used to the image of cats adopting a sphinx-like pose, all tucked up, staring off into space in a mysterious, meditative way. We’ve come to believe (or want to think) this means they... Read more »
Walk Your Dog to Improve Your Brain We’re all getting older (this is true even for you 20-year-olds); we wonder whether our brains are sagging as much as our necks? Are you worrying about your brain and feeling your memory is slipping? Do you think you aren’t as mentally sharp as you once were? Concern... Read more »
Myth About Your Dog #1: Do Dogs Share Happily? I’m starting a little summer series of “myth busters” about the way we misunderstand our dogs and cats, unwittingly applying human-type emotions and desires to animals, who are actually cut from a different piece of cloth than we are. I hope these will serve as little... Read more »
Music Specially for Kitty Cats A few years ago, scientists from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the University of Maryland, wanted to study whether cats could respond to music. And so they created some music especially for feline sensibilities, as described in this article outlining the whole study. It describes how Charles Snowdon... Read more »
Does Your Dog Get Car Sick? Car travel is one of the great joys of life for many dogs, while for others it is a small nightmare because they get nervous and queasy in the car. Sometimes dogs get nervous precisely because they get nauseated, which can even lead to vomiting in the car, further... Read more »
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... Read more »