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Oct 21

What’s Hiding in Your Dog’s Treats?

What’s Hiding in Your Dog’s Treats? Dr. Donna and I recently had a most delightful participant in our Halo Healthy Weight Challenge. Lola was a chubby Pug (quite honestly I don’t think anyone has ever actually seen a slender Pug?!) whose Mom, Heather, was a champ at documenting every little thing Lola ate each day… Read more »

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Oct 9

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… Read more »

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Sep 29

Dog Film Festival Visionary Award to Steve Marton

The New York Dog Film Festival Visionary Award to Steve Marton The First Annual Dog Film Festival will have one award in its first year — the Visionary Award, which was created to recognize an individual who best exemplifies the intention of the Dog Film Festival: “celebrating the remarkable bond between dogs and their people.”… Read more »

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Sep 24

Joan Rivers Dogs Coming to the NY Dog Film Festival

Joan Rivers Dogs Coming to the NY Dog Film Festival Joan Rivers was my godmother and I miss her more than ever right now. I know she would have been thrilled about my creation, the first ever New York Dog Film Festival, which will be held October 3rd at Symphony Space at Broadway and 95th… Read more »

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Sep 17

The Dog Film Festival — a Dream Come True!

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… Read more »

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Sep 14

Adoptapalooza in Union Square, NY

Dog Talk (09-14-2015) #438: Stephanie Mattera talks about what the NYC Mayor’s Alliance does for shelters and rescues in the city, and describes the big Adoptapalooza in Union Square on Sunday September 20; Dr. Rachel Barrack is a veterinary acupuncturist who takes care of race horses and provides house call acupuncture for dogs and cats… Read more »

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Sep 4

Finicky Dog? Try a Little Cat food!

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… Read more »