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  • Do pets suffer from a mid-life crisis?

    Do pets suffer from a mid-life crisis?
    2025/07/27
    Dot Baisly, Executive Director of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) talks about why this organization stands strongly behind their science-based positive reinforcement approaches to dog training, and against the use of devices like shock collars. She also explains that IAABC certification isn’t only about dogs, there are also certified experts in equine and […]
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  • The incredible comeback of Heartland Animal Shelter in Wheeling

    The incredible comeback of Heartland Animal Shelter in Wheeling
    2025/07/20
    Jenny Schlueter is the Executive Director of Heartland Animal Shelter in Wheeling. And the comeback story there is quite incredible. After suffering from a devastating flood (all animals were heroically rescued but the facility suffered serious damage); this is a comeback story of perseverance featuring record adoption numbers. Anti Cruelty is the most established animal shelter in Chicago […]
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  • An in-depth conversation with Dr. Patricia McConnell about the current state of dog training, prong collars, and more

    An in-depth conversation with Dr. Patricia McConnell about the current state of dog training, prong collars, and more
    2025/07/13
    Dr. Patricia McConnell is the GOAT of dog training. Among her books, the classic, The Other End of the Leash. She discusses the state of dog training today, and her feelings about a movement among a vocal and perhaps increasing minority to use shock and prong collars. She also talks about the magic relationship we have with dogs. […]
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  • Puppy proofing your home to caring for senior pets and everything in between

    Puppy proofing your home to caring for senior pets and everything in between
    2025/07/06
    Kathy Callahan and Helen St. Pierre, co-authors Old Dog, New Dog: Supporting Your Aging Best Friend and Welcoming a New One talk about everything from “puppy proofing a home” to adjusting homes for senior pets to whether or not to mix it up, do you bring in a young dog to share space with an old dog? […]
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  • Tips to prepare your pets for the 4th of July and how CBD can help

    Tips to prepare your pets for the 4th of July and how CBD can help
    2025/06/29
    It turns out that by learning about cancer in dogs, we can help people with cancer too, it’s called comparative medicine. By studying and researching cancers dogs naturally get, we can save their lives and human lives – and it’s happening. Dr. Timothy Fan, veterinary oncologist and professor veterinary oncology University of Illinois College of […]
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  • Award-winning photographer Bob Walker discusses his latest book, the definition of community cats, and more

    Award-winning photographer Bob Walker discusses his latest book, the definition of community cats, and more
    2025/06/22
    Award-winning photographer Bob Walker’s latest book is a love letter to one very unlikely recipient who enters his cat house, a Chihuahua: A Lost Dog Finds Cat Paradise: Tails of Love and Mischief. The EveryCat Health Foundation’s 2025 Communications Award recipient is Stacy LaBaron for her podcast, The Community Cats Podcast. What exactly are community cats? Why do […]
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  • Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Christine Calder explains what cooperative care is all about

    Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Christine Calder explains what cooperative care is all about
    2025/06/15
    Co-editor of Low Stress Handling: A Practical Guide to Cooperative Care, Training, and Behavior Modification, veterinary behaviorist Dr. Christine Calder explains what cooperative care is about. For example, how you may train your dog or cat to comply contentedly with having nails trimmed. And what’s the most important cue you can teach a cat or dog? […]
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  • Puppy yoga classes using puppy mill pups are popping up all over Chicago and the city has taken action

    Puppy yoga classes using puppy mill pups are popping up all over Chicago and the city has taken action
    2025/06/08
    Illinois Director of the Humane Society for Animals Marc Ayers joins Steve Dale to explain how the seemingly harmless and fun puppy yoga classes may be sourcing puppies from puppy mills. In Chicago, this is illegal, and the City has taken action.
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