Full Show Notes for Episode 74. Title: How to Improve Your Pet’s Mental Health & Help for Pets Fearful of Thunder and Fireworks. Intro Timestamps: 00:01 - 01:13 Segment One: 1:15 - 8:17 Do you wonder if your pet is happy, overall? There is something you can do to...

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.
Figure Out Your Pet’s Age in Human Years -The New Way. (Blog #73)
You’ve heard that for every 1 year of your pet’s life, it counts as 7 human years, right? Well, there's new thinking in this regard that lets you be a bit more accurate. Our pets mature quicker than we do during their early years, so a dog and cat's first year is...
(Episode #73) Top 3 Things To Know About Dogs & Solving Cat Litter Box Problems.
Full Show Notes for Episode #73. Title: Top 3 Things To Know About Dogs & Solving Cat Litter Box Problems. This is a “Best of Podcast” replay show of pillar episode 2. Intro Timestamps - 00:00 - 01:20. Segment 1 - 1:20 - 4:40. Get ready to re-count the age of your...
How To Know If Your Cats Consider Themselves Friends (Blog #72)
There are tell-tale signs that your multiple cats will exhibit that let you know if they consider themselves friends or enemies. Of course, it may be obvious to you that two of your cats are getting along. They play nicely, may groom each other and often will sleep...
Episode #72: How Dogs vs. Cats Cope When Sick & The Signs That Indicate Cats Do or Don’t Get Along.
Full Show Notes. Intro: Timestamps: 0:00 - 1:55 Segment 1. Timestamps: 1:59 - 8:37 When your pet is ill or injured, don’t you wish they could tell you with words how they are feeling? Would be nice, but what we have, is how they react and behave. When sick, dogs and...
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.
Episode #71: Need to Know Advice if You’ve Recently Adopted a Dog and Why We Say Cats Have 9 Lives
Full Show Notes. Intro: Timestamps - 00:00 - 1:34 Segment 1. Timestamps - 1:38 - 8:58 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...
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...
Episode #70: Why Dogs Whine and What to Do If Your Dog is Leash Reactive.
Full Show Notes for Raising Your Paws Podcast Episode 70. Title: Why Dogs Whine & What to Do If Your Dog is Leash Reactive. Intro Timestamps - 00:00 - 00:59 Segment 1 - 01:01 - 8:00 Do you get annoyed at times when your dog is whining? Making you feel...
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...
Episode #69: Keeping your Cat Interested in Toys & Solving your Dog’s Reactivity to Other Dogs.
Full Show Notes for Raising Your Paws Podcast - episode 69. Title: Keeping your Cat Interested in Toys & Solving your Dog’s Reactivity to Other Dogs. Intro Timestamps- 00:00 - 00:58 Segment 1 - 1:00 - 8:07 Does your cat get easily bored with its toys? At...
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...
Episode #68: Why Pups Are Snapped At By Older Dogs & How Cats Can Go Hiking And Biking.
Full Show Notes for Raising Your Paws Podcast, Episode 68. Title: Why Pups Are Snapped At By Older Dogs & How Cats Can Go Hiking And Biking. Announcement! We have a Raising Your Paws Facebook page. Quick ideas and fun video’s about how and why dogs and cats behave...
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...
Episode #67: Add This Cancer Fighting Food to Your Dog’s Bowl & A trick for Getting a Pill into the Cat.
Big Announcement! You'll now find Raising Your Paws on Facebook. There you'll find lots of photos, fun videos, great tips and insights about the how's, why's and what to do's about your pet's behavior. Check it out and if you like it, please "like it" and leave your...
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...
Episode #66: Service Dogs Taught Without Training Commands and Why Cats Are So Agile.
First, I answer a question from a listener – Scott Martin from Highland Park, Illinois asked why cats are so agile with their feet? I go into the juicy details but overall the secret has to do with them needing to be great hunters. Next, there is a newer revolutionary...
What Rocket, NutriSource’s Childrens Hospital Health Care Dog, Did When He Knew A Child Was In Desperate Need. (Blog #65)
Rocket, a Golden Retriever, that works in the M Health Fairview Masonic Children's hospital in Minnesota, due to the generous funding of the program by NutriSource Pet Foods, has skills that go way beyond what therapy dogs do. In this week's episode of the Raising...