Westminster Opens Door To Mixed Breeds No longer is a dog required to be a purebred to compete in some of the Westminster events. David Frei explains that mixed-breed dogs still won't be eligible to compete for " Best In Show ." Listen Now Spring Brings Nasty Parasites Did you know fleas can transmit tapeworms to your pet, robbing your furry friend of 25% of its daily nutrition? Dr. Joel Ehrenzweig has the low-down on tapeworm and how to avoid being a statistic. Listen Now War Yorkie Smoky was a...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 24Ep. 1311
The Secret Service Dogs Did you know that the Secret Service has many dogs that have jobs protecting the President and other dignitaries? Maria Goodavage went on assignment to learn about the agency's furry employees. Listen Now Pets May Benefit The Mentally Ill An ever-growing body of evidence reinforces the health benefits of animals and pets. A new study published by BMC Psychiatry explores the role pets had in support, self-management, and personal networks of those suffering from long-term ...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 24Ep. 1310
Doggie Drive-Thru Amanda Brown opened a drive-thru fast food restaurant for dogs ONLY. Your dog can get the popular Bow Wow Bowl with their choice of protein, vegetables, or grains in an edible bowl. Bane and Vader 's opened their flagship store in Easton, Pennsylvania. Amanda plans to franchise this idea, which came to her when she saw research showing that humans often ordered food for their dogs when going through a fast food drive-thru. Listen Now Microchips and Misconceptions While microchi...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 24Ep. 1309
Comedian Seth Herzog Guests NatGeo 's science/comedy " Duck Quacks Don't Echo " will put to the test everyday common misconceptions. Host Seth Herzog joins us and shares some of the experiments he's doing with animals. Listen Now Pet Food Recalls On The Rise Nothing is certain in life except death and taxes and, increasingly, pet food and treat recalls. On average, there is one every 11 days. The Food and Drug Administration received over 2,500 consumer complaints regarding pet food and livestoc...
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1308
Picking Up After Your Dog Becomes Law A company called Poo Prints claims Dallas and other cities can cash in on dog waste through DNA tracking. Dallas City Council members chuckled Wednesday when they heard about the plan, but the company is dead serious about the opportunity to find irresponsible dog owners by lab testing turds. Eric Mayer describes to listeners how his plan works to clean up your city. Listen Now Dogs Shot By Police on The Rise In response to an alleged increase in dog shootin...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1307
Best Dog Tricks On The Planet Babette Haggerty has trained Jack Nicklaus ' Golden Retriever to bark the number of his major tournament wins on command, Curt Gowdy 's Rottweiler to say, "Go Reds," and Jimmy Buffett 's Maltese to dance on cue to "Margaritaville." Now, she's sharing her best on Animal Radio. Listen Now There's An App For That Steve Pelletier is a techie, a dog lover, and a fitness fanatic. Once an Economist at the Reagan White House , he's now focusing his attention on the pet obes...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1306
Jobs That Bite Jeremy Brandt has a strange and scary job. One minute, he'll be doing dental work on a lion. Next, he'll be tattooing a bear. It's all part of a day's work as a Nat Geo WILD television host. Listen Now Does Your Cat Have A Smart Phone? Yes, there's an "app" for that. Just released, the Human-to-Cat Translator . This intriguing app says it can translate human words into cat language. Speak a word or phrase into your phone, and the app plays back a collection of meows, supposedly tr...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1305
120 lb. Rodent as a Pet When Jackie Coleman Wren wanted a pet, she preferred something a little more exotic. That's why she got a Capybara. This strange animal looks like an oversized Guinea Pig or Gopher and apparently has an affinity for chewing everything. Listen Now Dogs and Their People Stacie Grissom started a subscription business that delivers a box full of toys and treats to your dog every month. The business morphed into a wildly successful celebration of dogs and a new book featuring ...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1304
Eric Lost 140 lbs. Thanks to His Dog Are you one of the 50 million people who have seen the viral video of Eric O'Grey and his dog Peety ? Eric used to weigh 320 lbs. But his doctor prescribed a dog that saved his life and helped him lose 140 lbs. Eric's on this week's show to tell his story. Listen Now Pig or Service Pig? A Winnipeg, Canada, woman's fight to keep her pot-bellied pig as a service animal isn't over yet. The City Council is holding off voting until early December on Emily Hydor 's...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1303
Every Dog Deserves A Second Chance Bestselling author Jon Katz is back on Animal Radio . A few years ago, he was on top of the world. Then came the end of his 35-year marriage, and he went broke. He needed a second chance. Along came Frieda , a Rottweiler-shepherd mix that also needed a second chance. Listen Now Suffering in Silence Often, when an animal is sick, it goes unnoticed. Some believe that's because they can't show weakness in the wild. Animal Radio Veterinary Correspondent Dr. Marty B...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 23Ep. 1302
This Dog Knows A Thousand Words You may have heard about Chaser , the Border Collie that not only knows 1000 words but can understand sentences. John Pilley got Chaser when he was 72, and has chronicled this amazing story. Your dog may be just as brilliant! Listen Now What Does "Made In The USA" Really Mean? Meat or plant-based "jerky" pet treats have been tied to mysterious illnesses in thousands of dogs, according to the FDA. Bernadette Dunham , director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medi...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 23Ep. 1301
Does This Collar Make My Butt Look Big? The very amusing Dena Harris joins us as she parodies all the self-help diet books with tips to reduce the fat in your cat. You'll hear purr-actical tips like, eat whatever you want, throw it up at 3am right in the middle of the bedroom floor. Listen Now What The Dog Knows Cat Warren trains cadaver dogs to look for dead bodies. How does she do it? And just how good is your dog's nose? So good they can sniff a corpse at the bottom of a lake for 100 years. W...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1300
Air Hollywood Actress and animal advocate Megan Blake is teaching dogs to fly on airplanes using a Hollywood studio set and aircraft simulator. For $300, you can desensitize your pup from all the noise and vibrations that happen on a real plane. Listen Now One Cool Black Cat As Halloween approaches, we examine all the strange superstitions, from Black Cats to Fat Rats. Self-proclaimed expert Kim Campbell Thornton shares the stories behind the myths and legends. Listen Now Condoms For Cats & ...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1299
Date Me, Date My Dog 70% of female respondents would marry their dog, according to comedian Leigh Anne Jasheway . Leigh Anne barks up all the major problem issues single women with dogs face when trying to mate and relate with a human male - and how to successfully have sex in front of the dog without causing dogus-interruptus . Listen Now More Ha Ha What's better than one animal-loving comedian? Two, of course. Joey Camen and his multiple personalities visit with Animal Radio . He shares an exc...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1298
Barking Blondes Anna Webb and Jo Good are perhaps the two funniest ladies you've ever heard. They have an affinity for our "fur-kids" - and they'll tell you how two bitches taught two bitches to survive without men. Listen Now Flea Fodder Once again, we are having a record year for fleas. And this has, quite by accident, become the thrust of today's show. Dr. Cristiano Von Simpson and " Dogfather " Joey Villani offer up great advice for ridding your pet of fleas once and for all. Can you use Lis...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 23Ep. 1297
10 Pets That Inspired Great Songs From the Rolling Stones to Queen to Norah Jones, they all wrote or sang songs about the important animals in their lives. MNN.com 's Laura Moss has the stories behind the music. Listen Now Fatal Canine Disease Spreads from Ohio Veterinarians across the country are stumped about a new disease, similar to Parvo, that seems to have originated from a service dog in Ohio. So far, 10 cases of Circovirus have been reported. Animal Radio Veterinary Correspondent Dr. Mar...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1296
Get Your Licks on Route 66 We're checking in with Susan Sims and actress Ashely Bell as they trek across America on the annual adoption tour. Ashley shares the stories behind her pets at home. Listen Now My Dog Eats Drywall We hear it all at Animal Radio . This week, we'll be helping a listener's dog to stop eating the sheetrock walls. And we'll uncover the reasons our dogs have chewing fetishes and give you solutions to stop this kind of bizarre behavior. Listen Now Dare to Look Ripley's Believ...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1295
Dog To English Translator Leave it to the Swedes and Tomas Mazzetti , Project Manager of " No More Woof ," a device that straps onto your dog's head and translates their thoughts into one of eight different voices. While Tomas admits the technology is far from perfect, he has been able to raise over $10,000 on a crowd-funding website. Listen Now Choosing Pets Over Kids It may come as a surprise, but young couples opt to have furry kids instead of human children. While the causes are still unknow...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1294
Our Pets Can Get Dementia Dr. Jennifer Bolser confirms that our dogs and cats do indeed suffer from the same mental disabilities that humans do. From depression to OCD, some of the same medicines we use are also valid for our companion animals. Listen Now Connecting With Your Pet Technology changes the way we live, usually for the better. Dave Clark created a device that allows you to connect with your pet while you're away using a smartphone. This new gadget has raised nearly $80,000 on IndieGo...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 23Ep. 1293
Lost Cat Pet Detective How does someone become a certified cat detective? Kim Freeman became certified, and now she helps cat owners find their lost furr-balls. She's even authored " How to Find Your Lost Cat. " Kim will share her story and even give us tips on finding the lost kitty. Listen Now What Are The Odds? Amram Shapiro spent the better half of a decade compiling "odds" for his book. He has a fascinating peek at the probabilities that govern every aspect of human and animal life. Odds ar...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 23Ep. 1292
Open Wide Dr. Peter Emily is a human dentist AND a wild animal dentist. One day, you'll find him putting a crown in a person's mouth; the next, he might do a root canal on a polar bear. What happens when the anesthesia wears off one of his four-legged patients? You'll have to tune in to find out. Listen Now Dogs Good For Our Hearts The American Heart Association (AHA) has declared that pets, especially dogs, are good for a person's heart. Dr. Glenn N. Levine , director of Baylor University's car...
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1291
Whose Poop? Advances in forensic science have created a worldwide effort to catch up with people who don't clean up after their dogs. Many apartment owners are now requiring in their leases that dogs of tenants submit to DNA testing. There's actually a company to do the dirty work. PooPrints offers special leak-proof containers and spatulas to make the job easier. A thumbnail-sized sample of the suspect poop is sent to the lab ... and that leads back to the dog and owner. Listen Now Setting A Fi...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1290
Mother Nature Is Trying To Kill You Animal Planet's " Monsters Inside Me " host Dr. Dan Riskin is stirring up the airwaves with the truths about nature's ugly side. No wonder he is so entertaining. Maggot eggs got into his brain, and he lives to tell you why parasites really rule the world. Listen Now Animals In Vineyards Sara Bennett 's family business, Navarro Vineyards , uses tiny sheep to keep the weeds under control. But that's not the only thing they do. Hal asks hard-hitting questions lik...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1289
Hero People We kick off this week's Hero People series by showcasing humans going above and beyond the call of duty to improve our animals' lives. Greg Mahle spends much of his time on the road delivering death row animals to adoptable homes. Listen Now Performance Standards for Pet Travel Safety Products Nearly all of us drive with our dogs in the car. And now there are car seats to ensure safety in case of a sudden stop or an accident. The Center for Pet Studies has teamed up with Subaru of Am...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1288
Pet Bucket List Our Hero Person this week is Riina Cooke . When she discovered her dog had a terminal illness and only months to live, she created a bucket list of stuff to do with " Romeo " before he passed. She shares how the idea originated and some fun things she did with her dog in his last moments. Listen Now Where Animals Go To Retire Ellie Laks spends her days caring for a menagerie of abandoned or neglected animals. From cows to kitties, her property is home to over a hundred animals th...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1287
Preventing And Treating Cancer In Your Pet Cancer is no longer a death sentence for dogs or cats. Amazing technological breakthroughs allow vets to treat cancer fairly effectively. Dr. Gerald Post from The Veterinary Cancer Center is back to answer questions. Listen Now Traveling With Your Dog Kelly Carter has traveled the world with her Chihuahua, Lucy . Now she's telling us the best places to take your pet. She even has tips for making the journey more pet-friendly and comfortable. Listen Now ...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1286
I Could Pee On This Our special guest is Francesco Marciuliano . He's the author of the Sally Forth comic strip that runs in over 700 newspapers and a series of pet poetry books that he says he transcribed from his cat. Not bad for a kid with a "Bucket List" at ten years old. You'll laugh until you hurt! Listen Now $1 Million Lawsuit Over Dog That Was Supposed to Euthanized The story of the vet in Fort Worth, Texas, who is charged with keeping several dogs alive who were supposed to be euthanize...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1285
Being A Vet Saved Her Life When Veterinarian Dr. Sarah Boston noticed a lump on her body, she insisted that it was cancerous, even though other doctors said no. She did an ultrasound at her office and validated her worst fear. The lump was removed, and she is now cancer-free. Listen Now What Would You Do For Your Dog? When this week's Hero Person found out his pup had Ventricular Tachycardia, a rare condition where a dog has a rapidly fast and sometimes irregular heartbeat, Scott Clare drove alm...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 23Ep. 1284
Skunk Explosion Skunk researcher Christopher Kemp joins us. He's from England, and they don't have skunks in Europe. Ironically, Pepe' le pew is from the Americas. But the most important thing you'll learn is that tomato Juice doesn't remove the smell. Christopher will unlock the true secret to remove the stink and some other interesting facts about the mostly misunderstood critter. Listen Now Small Town Hero This week's Hero Person is making a big difference in a small town. Businessman Barry K...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1283
Dean Koontz is Back Award-winning, best-selling author Dean Koontz returns to Animal Radio airwaves to tell us the story about his dog, Anna . According to Dean, Anna purchased a computer and started answering advice emails. Tune in to hear the rest of the story. Listen Now Dog Food Advisor Dr. Mike Sagman was a dentist until he gave that up to create an unbiased website that reviews every pet food on the market. Nobody is in his pockets...although they try. He's here to tell us how pet food man...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 23Ep. 1282
