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Full Show Notes Introduction timestamps - 00:01 - 01:52 Segment 1 - 01:55 - 09:28 You know your pet loves food but have you ever wondered what they actually can taste compared to you? I’ll explain the similarities and differences between your taste buds and dogs and...
When A Dog's Sweet Tooth And Cars Collide. Dogs like sweet things. They have taste buds that detect sugars just like we do. You can hear all about cats and dogs taste buds and what they taste compared to you, in the first segment, "How Good are Pet's Taste Buds" in...
Full Show Notes for this Episode. Introduction Timestamps: 00:02 - 01:32 Segment 1: 01:35 - 03:56 To start this episode, I’ll tell you another creature feature - short, true stories about animals. Do you remember the part in the movie, The Wizard of OZ when Toto and...
Fear and anxiety can be a big issue for cats. There is a reason we have the expression, "scaredy" cat and "fraidy" cat. You may notice the obvious times your cat acts scared of things - when at the Vets' office or if there is an abnormally loud truck that roars by...
Full Show Notes. (Feature photo - Mike and Abbie, from one of the Mutual Rescue™ stories. Photo credit: Christopher Briscoe) Introduction Timestamps: 00:00 - 1:05 Segment 1: 1:07 - 13:54 Does your dog ever initiate scrapes or scuffles with another dog? All of...
If you have adopted a homeless cat or dog, by bringing them home, you know you have given them a second chance for a better, happier life. In addition to saving them you may feel that in some ways, they have rescued you. In this week's episode of the Raising Your Paws...
Intro Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:09 Segment 1 - 01:12 - 03:32 I’m starting a new segment, called Creature Feature, which will be remarkable, funny, or heartwarming short tales about animals. Here’s the first creature feature, “Sometimes, wishes come true in the funniest...
Your cat is built to use its muscles and mind to find it's meals. They are hunters by nature, quick, strong and clever. Left to hunt for their food, wild cats spend a good amount of time each day in pursuit of dinner. Not so much for our pet cats. We call them to...
Full Show Notes for Episode #79. Intro Timestamps: 00:01 - 01:09 Segment 1: 01:14 - 07:55 Do you wonder why your dog loves to eat up your shoes and what to do about it if they’ve made a habit out of it? There are three specific reasons dogs chew slippers, high heels...
Full Show Notes for Episode 78. Intro Timestamps: 00:00 - 1:55 Segment One: 1:58 - 4:19 There is a simple way to tell if you are feeding your dog too much, that is not about how much the dog weighs. Find out what it is. Segment Two: 4:23 - 18:59 Then, being aware of...
It's always good to visit the issue of a cats need to scratch. Since they will always do this and much conflict occurs when your feline chooses your favorite chair, it's best to fully understand this behavior. It is a common belief that when your cat scratches the...
Full Show Notes For Episode 77. Intro Timestamps. 00:00 - 01:10 Segment One. 01:13 - 12:09 You and your cats share some of the same core emotions. One of them is called SEEKING which is “the basic impulse to search, investigate and make sense of the environment” A...
We like to compare our pets ages to ours - wondering how old they would be in human years. Forget the old information - every one year of your dog or cats life, is equivlent to 7 of ours. That is very outdated. Currently, the newer estimate for cats is at one year,...
Full Show Notes for Episode 76. Intro Timestamps: 00:01 - 01:04 Segment One: 1:06 - 11:35 Do you wonder if your pet has a happy life overall? You can increase their happiness and mental well-being by addressing the core emotions that both you and your pets share. This...
Get them SEEKING more. This is one of the core emotion systems in your dogs brain. In your's as well by the way. The SEEKING system is a combination of emotions - wanting, looking, curiosity. Overall, it makes us and our dogs feel happy. In this week's episode of...
As I'm writing this blog, on Sept. 8, 2020, it is startling to me to think that the events of Sept. 11, 2001 were 19 years ago. In recalling and paying respect to all those that lost their lives and the people and canines, that worked to save and recover others, on...
Full Show Notes for Episode 75 - A replay show from September, 11, 2018. Intro Timestamps: 00:00 - 00:58 Segment One: 01:00 - 34:50 First, Dan Hughes, a former secret service agent for the United States was reporting to work at one of the towers on 9-11, 2001 when it...
You, dogs and cats (and other mammals for that matter) have the same core emotion systems in our brains. These systems reside in the lower parts of the brain and evoke feelings whose basic, most elemental purpose is to tell us when something is good for our survival...
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