#868B: Stephanie Zolo from Earth Animal discusses the company’s support of the non-profit “Pets in the Classroom” and the benefits these dogs are bringing to the learning experience. 

#868A: Dr. Doug Mader (author of “The Vet at Noah’s Ark”) discusses the importance of “antibiotic stewardship” and why the FDA sent warning letters to Chewy and other online pet suppliers. See your vet for any medical issues — don't try to diagnose yourself and use antibiotics recklessly and in ignorance.

#867C: Rikhil Bahadur, a filmmaker originally from India, via London, now lives in Vancouver where he extols the dog culture permeating every aspect of life there, right down to baby carriages filled with dogs on Sunday strolls. He discusses the scripted film set in Vancouver that he submitted to the next NY Dog Film Festival, which is called “Homeless” starring a magnificent pooch named Rocco.

#867B: Feline specialist Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins is concerned with a brand new (very expensive) (only partially effective) drug for cats with diabetes that comes with an FDA “black box warning” about its dangers, like you see on a cigarette package. She discusses how diabetes is an avoidable disease in cats if you stop feeding “kitty crack” (any dry food), urging everyone to feed only wet food in a can with high quality protein. 

#867A: Dog trainer Annie Phenix (author of “Positive Training for Aggressive and Reactive Dogs”) discusses dogs that might snap at the vet. "Emotional contagion” can go down the leash if you are anxious at the doctor/vet and it’s your responsibility to prevent a bite. A basket muzzle is a really good thing for a dog who might bite.

#866C: Dr. Linda Rhodes discusses One Health and how animal drug companies have saved lives of many animals — including a vaccine created for bees — and how drugs for humans have migrated to dogs and vice-versa.

#866B: Cat behaviorist Rachel Geller — whose nonprofit “All Cats, All the Time” offers free support and advice to people with cat problems — talks about the challenge of making peace with two newly adopted bonded cats who double-team attack Daisy, the unsuspecting resident dog. 

#866A: Legendary dog trainer Ian Dunbar talks about his new book “Barking Up the Right Tree: The Science and Practice of Positive Dog Training” and the value of teaching your dog ESL to communicate, always with positive reinforcement, which is his hallmark training style.

#865C: Dr. Maciej Parys, veterinarian from the University of Edinburgh is CEO of CanCan diagnostics where they created a blood test to monitor the progress of cancer in dogs or help diagnose it, without having to do biopsies.

#865B: Nina Jackel and her Lady Freethinker just won an award for exposing animal cruelty globally, whether in Thailand zoos or bringing dogs out of Ukraine to the U.S.