Episodes

  • Why the Heartland Animal Shelter needs your help and the best ways you can offer support

    Why the Heartland Animal Shelter needs your help and the best ways you can offer support
    Jul 21 2024
    Just like that, one morning Heartland Animal Shelter, a premier shelter in Wheeling, IL, was literally underwater. Executive Director Jenny Schlueter explains why help is needed, either by fostering or adopting animals, and/or to give money. Insurance isn’t going to cover all this. All the animals survived, though Jenny tells the story that if it wasn’t […]
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  • Tips on boarding dogs, dog bite numbers are on the rise, and more

    Tips on boarding dogs, dog bite numbers are on the rise, and more
    Jul 14 2024
    Jay Spainhour, owner of Tucker Pups Pet Resort offers tips on boarding dogs. What the facility should be offering, and what to watch for when seeking a place for doggy daycare. Dog trainer Jeff Millman agrees one of the most common problems is on-leash aggression. He’s written a book, which entails how to help these dogs, particularly […]
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  • Summertime pet safety, an update on FIP, and more

    Summertime pet safety, an update on FIP, and more
    Jul 7 2024
    Dr. Rena Carlson, immediate past president American Veterinary Medical Association on summertime pet safety. Heatstroke in dogs is all too common, yet nearly always preventable. And why are people still leaving dogs in hot cars? An update on FIP, which was detailed in a Steve Dale’s Pet World show from June 23. More and more people are traveling with pets but […]
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  • A nutritional supplement probiotic that can ease anxiety in your pet, Dr. Gary talks Fear Free, and more

    A nutritional supplement probiotic that can ease anxiety in your pet, Dr. Gary talks Fear Free, and more
    Jun 30 2024
    Dr. Julia Albright, Veterinary Behaviorist and Associate Professor at University of Tennessee School of Veterinary Medicine explains the brain to gut connection in humans and how in animals it’s nearly identical. Knowing this, a nutritional supplement probiotic called Calming Care can ease anxiety in dogs and cats. She also talks about how understanding gut health may help […]
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  • An in-depth dive into feline infectious peritonitis and more

    An in-depth dive into feline infectious peritonitis and more
    Jun 23 2024
    An in-depth deep dive into feline infectious peritonitis with Dr. Brian Holub, Chair of the Scientific Review Committee at EveryCat Health Foundation and retired Chief Medical Officer at VetCor. Our conversation includes breaking news regarding FIP treatment in the U.S. And we tell the FIP story filled with so much drama and intrigue it might be a […]
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  • Debunking myths regarding dog aggression and ways to most effectively treat these dogs

    Debunking myths regarding dog aggression and ways to most effectively treat these dogs
    Jun 16 2024
    Mike Shikashio, CDBC, is an expert on aggressive dogs. Why are some dogs aggressive? He dispels myths regarding causes of aggression and ways to help to most effectively treat these dogs. This is as detailed a discussion about this arguably increasingly common issue as you will hear on the radio – though, for more, Shikashio […]
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  • Legendary WGN Radio Broadcaster Max Armstrong on his most recent book

    Legendary WGN Radio Broadcaster Max Armstrong on his most recent book
    Jun 9 2024
    Phil Arkow is a co-founder of the National Link Coalition, the non-profit national resource center on the link between animal abuse and human violence. Animal abuse is a sentinel indicator that something is clearly wrong, so if animals are abused likely there’s additional violence in the home. Arkow explains why people are reluctant to leave […]
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  • Current state of the animal shelter scene in Chicago, 30th Annual Bark in the Park is approaching, and more

    Current state of the animal shelter scene in Chicago, 30th Annual Bark in the Park is approaching, and more
    Jun 2 2024
    Conversations with Darlene Duggan, interim president at Anti Cruelty, and Susan Cappello, Acting Executive Director of Chicago Animal Care & Control (CACC), about an honest appraisal of the animal shelter scene in Chicago, and why so many animals are being relinquished. At CACC, there’s an intense effort just to explain what they really do and that so many adoptable animals are […]
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