Building Insulated Shelters for Feral Cats

In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we interview Mary Pecarski, Department Coordinator for the Shelter Health & Wellness Department at the Ontario SPCA about the new feral cat shelter program. Learn more about this program and other feral cat programs and how you can get involved by listening now.

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Mark Pecarski

In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we speak with Dr. Pelletier, DVM, and Dr. Ritzie, DVM, at Royal Canin Canada. If you have questions about pet nutrition, then this is the episode for you! Dr. Pelletier and Dr. Ritzie go over some frequently asked questions regarding pet nutrition including what you can do to entice your pet to eat if they’re a picky eater, why it’s important to feed senior pets a different diet and much more!

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Dr. Pelletier and Dr. Ritzie

www.royalcanin.ca

To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we honour Connie Mallory, the first female Chief Inspector at the Ontario SPCA! Connie has been with the Society for many years and has accomplished some great things during those years. In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast we interview Connie about her experience as the first female Chief Inspector and what it means to her.

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Connie Mallory

www.ontariospca.ca

In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we speak with Sabine Maarse, PRO Shelter Representative at Royal Canin Canada about an exciting new partnership! Royal Canin Canada, as of January 1st of 2015, has become the exclusive feed or food provider for all Ontario SPCA Branches and facilities across the province! In addition, they’re supporting the Ontario SPCA and Animal Welfare in many other ways like a Royal Canin iAdopt campaign and helping the Society to promote the value of spay neuter and the importance of good nutrition and care after your pet is altered. Sabine sat down with us to talk more about this partnership and the other ways Royal Canin is supporting the Society.

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Sabine Maarse

Email: [email protected]

We’re joined by a very special guest this week on the podcast! Mieshelle Nagelshneider, one of the world’s most renowned and sought-after cat behaviorists, also known as the Cat Whisperer, is here to talk about her work at the Cat Behavior Clinic and her new book. Mieshelle also offers some tips on dealing with common cat behavior issues. If you have a cat that is not behaving the way you would like them to, this episode will offer some insight into why cats do the things that they do!

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Mieshelle Nagelshneider

Website: www.thecatbehaviorclinic.com

Outstanding volunteers in the Ontario SPCA Community were nominated for a chance to attend the 2014 Ontario SPCA Educational Conference in June. Names were placed in a hat and a winner was chosen! The winning volunteer was Faith Wilson from the Ontario SPCA Leeds & Grenville Branch in Brockville! Faith attended the conference and is on our podcast today telling us all about it. Faith also chats with us about her role and gives advice to those looking to become an Ontario SPCA volunteer.

For available volunteer opportunities, please contact your local Ontario SPCA Branch.

On this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we interview Barbara Walmer, Department Head of Behaviour at the Calgary Humane Society. Barbara chats about the various behaviour programs at the Calgary Humane Society. She also explains why dog training is so important and gives some useful tips! If you’re trying to train your dog, or looking for a professional dog trainer, Barbara has some great tips to share!

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Barbara Walmer

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.calgaryhumane.ca

In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we interview Mark Stephenson, Chief Veterinarian at LifeLearn. Mark is here to chat with us about the Voyce Experience – a new device that records data from your pet, such as resting heart and respiratory rate, and delivers robust, objective data that helps veterinarians connect the dots between visits. Learn all about this new device and how it can benefit your pet by listening now!

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Mark Stephenson

Website: www.lifelearn.com

MARS Canada, one of the leading global manufacturers of branded products, spent a day volunteering at the Ontario SPCA Provincial Education and Centre. In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we interview Leslie Brams-Baker, Communications at MARS Canada. Leslie speaks about why MARS Canada chose to support the Ontario SPCA by volunteering and why they chose to come to the Ontario SPCA Provincial Education and Animal Centre.

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Leslie Brams-Baker

www.mars.com/canada

In this episode of the Animals’ Voice Pawdcast, we interview Dr. Gwen Zellen, Vice President, Quality, Risk Management and Service Operations, at Chicken Farmers of Ontario. Dr. Zellen sits down with us to talk about the new partnership between the Chicken Farmers of Ontario and the Ontario SPCA. She explains why they have partnered with the Ontario SPCA, how this partnership will benefit chicken farmers and the animals.

This is an interesting episode, so start listening now!

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Dr. Gwen Zellen

Website: www.ontariochicken.ca