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Author and studio animal trainer, Sue Chipperton joined me in this episode to talk about her recently released book, A Famous Dog’s Life: The Story of Gidget, America’s Most Beloved Chihuahua. While Sue has trained many animals for roles in commercials, television and movies, her book mainly focuses on her life with Gidget the famous "Yo Quiero, Taco Bell" dog and the fascinating world of Hollywood animal training. Sue shared with me what it was like to train such a famous dog, how she selects animals that will be trained for roles in movies, commercials and television, and how Gidget surprised everyone by biting Antonio Banderas on the nose when he got to close. This is truly an inspiring story!

Are you a dog lover who barely tolerates cats? Or maybe you are a cat lover who finds dogs terribly messy. This show will give you ammunition for water cooler, or cocktail party arguments about which is better Rover or Kitty. Then again the Professor tells us there are three types of people; the cats only people, the dogs only people and the cats & dogs people who love both the felines and the canines like Deborah does. Whatever your camp this show will teach you something about both cats and dogs while you enjoy a funny, lively debate between experts. Dr. Stanley Coren, Professor and Author of ‘Intelligence of Dogs’ is barking for the dogs while Darlene Arden, author of ‘The Complete Cat’s Meow’ will be meowing for the cats with your host Deborah Wolfe sitting on the fence as moderator and stirring up trouble like the cat on the fence with the dogs sitting below-. Maybe there aren’t any ‘Seeing Eye cats, but cats can work.

You can find more shows with these two experts separately if you scroll back through the animal party. These two are among Deb’s favorite guests because they are informative and great fun.

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Best-selling multiple book author, Linda Francis Lee, joined me in this episode to talk about her latest novel, Emily & Einstein. Her novel is about getting second chances, the strength of the human spirit and the danger of taking life for granted. During this podcast, we talked about why Linda decided to write a novel with a dog as the main character, what getting a second chance would mean to her and what she hopes readers will take away from reading Emily & Einstein. If you’ve ever wondered what you would do if given a second chance to make things right, be sure and check out this episode.

Do you have what you need in your first aid kit? Listen to this show to find out what you need to add to your kit for your pets. Would you know how to stop the blood if kitty or rover cut his paw? Lisa Wagner from www.walksnwags.com joins Deborah to talk about first aid for pets. Cats and dogs are different from humans making first aid different too. Add to that the fact that pet emergencies tend to happen far away from help or often when every thing is closed, and you need some basic skills to keep your pets safe in emergencies. Deborah tells you about some close calls describing how Mike was saved by the Vet at Starbucks, and Chopper went to the clinic with half a bench in his body. Walks And Wags Pet First Aid courses teach you what you need to know in just ten hours of classroom time. You can also take the course long distance. And you can become and instructor yourself and set up a franchise teaching pet first aid to the pet lovers where you live with only ten hours more.

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Blogger, author and Georgia Writers Association President, Cherie Miller, joined me to talk about her entertaining and popular blog, Pet Peeves. During the podcast, we talked about how she got started with blogging, the types of articles and advice that are featured on her blog and how having a Master’s degree in Professional Writing has helped her with being the author of this blog. She also shared one of her pet peeves that she has with one of her dogs. If you have a pet peeve with one of your pets, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode to find out more about the Pet Peeves blog.

Deborah opens the party with four organizations doing good work for animals hit by the disasters in Japan and how you can help. Our guest, Ellen Tsuyuki from Nekochan Enterprises, sent toys to Japan to help the refugee pet cats deal with their confinement until they can be reunited with their families. Nekochan donates cat toys to shelters to help animate and exercise homeless cats so they come of their shells and connect with people and better their chances of finding forever homes. Ellen set up the company with this pro cat shelter charity work built in and that means with every Nekochan purchase you are helping rescue cats. Your own cats will love these toys because they are totally different and more fun than any thing you’ve bought before. Cats need exercise in fact an average house cat is faster than you might think. Tune in to find out how fast a cat can run plus hear two nice animal news stories about pet loving truckers.

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New York Times best-selling author and veterinary surgeon, Dr. Nick Trout, talked with me about his recently released book, Ever By My Side: A Memoir in Eight Pets. We discussed each of the eight pets featured in his book and how they have helped shape him into the person he is today. He also shared how this book is different than the others that he has written about veterinary medicine, the lessons that he’s learned from each of the pets and what prompted him to write this book.

Emmy-nominated writer and author, Martin Kihn, joined me to talk about his recently released book, Bad Dog: A Love Story. His book is a memoir about his struggles with sobriety and taming his unruly Bernese mountain dog, Hola. Martin shared with me how Hola helped him change his perspective on life, what prompted him to write this book and how the love he shares with Hola has helped him. If you’ve ever wondered how a dog can change your life forever, be sure and listen to this episode.

Author, radio show host and the star of Animal Planet’s It’s Me or the Dog, Victoria Stilwell, joined me in this episode to talk about her book by the same name and the current projects that she is working on. The work that she does with dogs of all types and their families is featured in her book, It’s Me or the Dog. She also shared information with me about her participation in National Dog Bite Prevention Week (May 15-21, 2011), some of the most common challenges she is asked to assist with, her Positively network (podcast, training, website) and how the attitudes of the families play a part in the success of the training that she recommends. If you’re a fan of the It’s Me or the Dog television show or the book and the work that Victoria does to help animals and their families through her training and guidance, be sure to check out this episode.

‘How many sniffer dogs did it take to keep the royal couple safe at their wedding last week?’ Today’s show is all about rescue and the gratitude you get from rescued pets. Susan Kars joins us to talk about her work fostering cats for Vokra. Teaching a cat to trust and then giving it up can be tough she explains, but she finds fostering cats very rewarding and she keeps on doing it. She describes how volunteers are placed first with very easy to handle cats, ex-pets and that the job of fostering is relatively easy but hugely rewarding. Her latest cat in residence can be seen on the Vokra website at www.orphankittenrescue.com along with many others who need homes.

Fostering helps by keeping cats (and dogs) out of cages until they can find forever homes. It also allows the foster moms and dads to give to a cat and bond with a cat and do good work while not incurring the costs of cat ownership. For adopting homes, it allows them to truly get to know and see the cat or dog that is in foster care before they bring it home and they continue to receive support and advice as needed once the foster pet is home with them. Got pet questions or guest interview suggestions? Please contact me through www.deborahwolfeonline.com where you’ll find wildlife and pet photos, pet blogs, my favorite animal video clips and great pet radio. You can also find me on Facebook at Deborah Wolfe, Pet Expert.

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