Dog trainer Jeff Millan is back, and talks about his second book Triggers and Reactions: A Guide to Fixing Dog Behavior Problems: Volume Two: Jumping, Barking and Biting. We don’t cover everything in the book but we do discuss jumping and barking. Also, he explains when clicker training may be helpful, and how to do it. 

Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research by Melanie D.G. Kaplan, as her unique book is part memoir, part investigative reportage and part sleuth – and the sleuth is her Beagle Hammy. She reveals the reality of animal research. 

Steve offers 12 tips safety tips for the howlidays. And you’ll hear the Steve Dale howliday tradition, A Pet’s Night Before Christmas, a very dramatic reading.