Raising Your Paws - Your Pet Parent Resource

Raising Your Paws

Podcast & Blog

Live More Happily Together by Knowing:

  • HOW your pets communicate.
  • WHY they behave the way they do.
  • WHAT to do in caring for the canine and feline members of your family.
How to Adjust To and Train An Adopted Pet.  (Blog #71)

How to Adjust To and Train An Adopted Pet. (Blog #71)

Have you ever seen your cat get itself into a dangerous physical situation, that you’re sure is going to kill it, but somehow, they make it out okay? There is the myth that cats have 9 lives, because what else explains the perilous things they do, like leaping madly into the air or falling hundreds of feet and still live to meow again.

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What Is Leash Reactivity? (Blog #70)

What Is Leash Reactivity? (Blog #70)

Dogs can act differently towards other animals and/or people when they are attached to a leash or restrained in some way.  Does your dog, who normally and peacefully greets other dogs running free at the dog park, start barking and jumping and lunging aggressively at...

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What To Do So Your Dog Will Listen To You. (Blog #69)

What To Do So Your Dog Will Listen To You. (Blog #69)

Want to improve the odds that your dog will listen to and follow your cues? Look into it's eyes. This is what two researchers from the University of Vienna, discovered when they conducted an experiment to find out how dogs decide when it is safest to disobey their...

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How Your Cat Could Go Along on a Bike Ride. (Blog #68)

How Your Cat Could Go Along on a Bike Ride. (Blog #68)

How can cats possibly go along with you when you go hiking, biking, kayaking or even simply to the beach? We are used to dogs always accompanying us in our adventures, but we rarely if ever conceive of the notion that cats can do these things as well.  And for many...

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Do You Have a Story to Tell About Your Pet? (Blog #67)

Do You Have a Story to Tell About Your Pet? (Blog #67)

One of your pet's stories could be heard on the Raising Your Paws Podcast.  I've started a new feature on the show - telling true, funny, scary, crazy or heartwarming stories about dogs and cats from pet parents and owners like you.  And you just might have the...

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Cats Doing Dog Agility? (Blog #66)

Cats Doing Dog Agility? (Blog #66)

Nonsense you might say!  If you are a dog owner who believes that dogs are THE rock stars of agility and would not deign to think that a feline could ever be as good or proficient as a canine or there be any point in the first place, for cats participating in the...

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