Guest:  Jill Kessler, Rottweiler Magazine Editor, breeder, dog expert & dog writer

Show Topics: Test your ethical self; which situation is the worst of three examples of animal cruelty from the news  then hear about some radical simple, easy effective solutions for your town or city.

Olympics and a possible boycott to support Tibet is in the news, as bird flu scare continues to appear and disappear the latest time this week in a remote village in China, and more products are yet again declared unsafe including many plastics imported from China and this is making legislation change to regulate imports and keep north Americans safe.  But what about the Chinese workers? And what about the athletes running in pretend conditions because real conditions are too dangerous doesn’t that mean real Chinese people are in danger every day and of course because of rain and weather and the flows of the earth, we all share the toxins in our water and air for years to come.  

Deborah calls for a broadening of the debate.   A busted Arizona puppy mill,  the Carolina pregnant dog dumped by politician in charge of shelter’s fate, Puerto Rico’s dead dog beach.   Deborah gives a few examples of dogs gone out of control where there are no workable solutions due to remote locations with no Vets and no possibility of controlling population through spay and neuter.  Jill joins in to give some solutions to these problems.  Anti breeding laws don’t work. They punish the good guys and create demand for imported dogs along with the parasites, and rabies that are coming too. Animal rights activists vs Animal Welfare workers and what happens when politicians get wrong advice according to Jill. 

ONE GOLDEN DOODLE  IS  AVAILABLE to be  donated and matched with the right family with special needs.  We are looking for a family that has an autistic child and is connected to P.A.D.S. or a similar assistance dog society and is waiting for a dog.  Our pups are half Standard Poodle, half Golden Retriever.  They are ideal for service work especially the type of safety buddy, friendly escort work required by an autistic kid who wants to walk around the block and interact with his brothers and sisters and their friends.   Golden Doodles train like Goldens which most programs are designed for and in most cases are a little bit faster to learn things (as poodles are generally smarter than goldens) but the cross gives the added bonus of non shedding properties.  Please send appropriate families to www.campgooddog.com to tell us about your family.  (Other special needs circumstances are also eligible.)  You can go to our website to see photos of the pups  that are for sale, their parents or just look up pet solutions to your pet problems (free) and listen to best of award winning radio shows too.  

Jill logs in on the mailman debate suggesting an airhorn as the best defense against pestering dogs.  She walks a rottweiler and packs of  tiny foo foo dogs attack. The air horn works for Jill and her mailman and the UPS van too.  Obey barriers and signs at zoos or wherever animals and nature could harm visitors.  Make sure your kids obey too.  Deborah reports a mauling at a zoo when a girl is coached to pose behind a barrier and too close for a photo.  Do you know what a lion can do with its nails, teeth and jaw? Deborah will tell you.  There are more tigers as pets in North America than there are in the wild. 

Guest:  Dusty Rainbolt, ‘Cat Wrangling Made Easy’

Show Topics:  Is your husband hung like a Poodle? You probably don’t know if that’s an insult or a compliment?  How good is your cat’s night vision? Why dogs have a bad rap sexually that they don’t deserve.  Some sex facts about dogs and cats you may not know.  The new corrected cat reproduction stat is that  2 in-tact cats, one papa + one mama and their offspring unchecked will result in over 400 cats in 7 years.  Don’t dump bunnies. ‘Dude, the rabbit is giving birth’ says the excited College student on the six o’clock news footage.  Don’t dump any pet in the ‘wilderness’ which is not empty; Its dense with life including predators who will eat your pet for lunch.   A new dog study out of Israel shows that Kids with dogs have less problems with high blood pressure than kids without.  If you’re planting trees this year consider planting a fruit bearing tree instead of mock trees or fake non fruit bearing ones.  We need more local foods and its amazing how much you and your garden wildlife will benefit.  A.S.P.C.A. rescues 110 cats from overcrowding, unsanitary, pest, illness infested waste ridden cat hoarder’s home.  The cats were friendly and loving to the rescuers despite their horrible circumstances and state of health.  How you know when the ‘cat lady’ (or ‘dog lady’) has a problem and has this mental illness which makes them keep in tact pets and their offspring and rescue others beyond the numbers they can properly handle with proper care.   How you recognize it and help.   One year ago  a Tiger killed the  wife of the  tiger trainer as children watched.  New proposed legislation is that anything not native to the area can not be brought here.  This is meant to control all foreign exotics from escape.

Dusty joins Deborah with information on a bounty put out on cats in Iowa City; $5/cat with no collar.  Alley cat rescue and Alley cat allies offered to do trap neuter and release instead of killing and giving bounty money.  Dusty explains why this is a long term solution whereas killing them would solve the problem today and new cats would be back tomorrow. Deborah asks Dusty what she can tell her emailers who are pro bird and anti feral cat.  Your cat needs to scratch and climb but it does not need to climb your curtains and scratch your sofa if you provide better.  Two very affordable solutions Dusty shares on-air and on-line at www.dustyrainbolt.com How you can tell which cat is the bully and which cat is the victim.   Why do cats always bug the person who is allergic or can’t stand cats?   If you have one cat you are 25% likely to have stains in your home; if you have ten cats you are 100% so listen to the show and get the book too. Quirky stats and facts will entertain you as you learn to be a cat wrangler.  Go to a bookseller’s site and look up ‘Cat Wrangling Made Easy’ to get your copy.   What will truly eliminate stains and stinks from cat sprays and marks?  How can you tell what kind of carpet stain it is? Is it marking? Is it pee?  How do you get all your cats to use the litter box properly?  Dusty explains why so many cats prefer the sofa as a scratch post.  kitty feng shuei is all about location, location, location and Height matters.  Create multi-levels and mini-turfs for cat harmony.    We misread cats by applying dog language; a cat lying on its side pretending to sleep is actually armed and in ambush and a cat wagging its tail?  Well let’s just say it is not the same as a dog!  Dogs fight over food, cats fight over the bathroom.   Meow is a word cats use on us and their mamas only.  They speak differently to each other verbally and visually and through scent.

 Deborah asks is a cat who hides unhappy?  Is it better to be top cat or Bottom cat in a colony? Female queens share nursing and kitten raising duties.  Deborah ends the show with emails and pet solutions including ‘heel’.  For dogs. Dusty will be back with Deborah talking about how cats invented the concept of time share, and other feline secrets like  how you can tell a cat’s status by the place it picks to hang out, and you  can use a drop or two of what she suggests on each cat to scent enemies and make them friends.  Dusty will be back with more good cat  wisdom on The Animal Magnet –Pet Radio, Live Thursday May 1, 2008 at 1.00 pm New York time, (10 a.m. in California).  Call during the LIVE show to ask Dusty your cat question! 1-888-873-4643.

Guest:  Dr. Ian Dunbar, D.V.M,  Dog training Guru, Author and Expert

Show Topics:  Dr. Ian Dunbar  is scientifically trained and eloquent on expressing the true nature of pets’ bodies and minds and how they relate to us, the human animals.  Who has more bones a cat or human?  Deborah answers last week’s pet trivia questions.  Plus updates on environmental issues and animal news including the blob floating in the Pacific and the fish we eat.  Can you guess how long it takes for a tin can to biodegrade? A roll of paper towel?  What about dental floss and diapers? How about an apple core.  There is a right way and a wrong way to toss an apple core.  New boat uses wave power to travel from Hawaii to Japan.  Imagine wave power moving all freight.  The chicken battle continues in Halifax.  Urban agriculture is more embraced in the U.S. than Canada with 53 cities in the U.S. officially condoning chickens in the city.  Did you know that in a flock of hens without a rooster, the most dominant hen crows like a rooster, acts like a rooster and mounts the hens?  It’s true.  Deborah explains why urban agriculture is so smart, and yummy. Paws up to California for methane gas energy.  What has three hearts, blue blood and eight legs?  An octopus - unless its the six legged one found this week.  Teenage kid recovers from unknown debilitating illness after no progress when doctor thinks to ask about dog treats.  Boy got two kinds of salmonella from partly cooked real treats.  Remember the pigs’ ear scare in the 80’s?  Wash your hands if you touch raw foods and treats and stay clear of pigs ears if you’re immune compromised, elderly or have kids under 5. 

 Mailmen vs. Dogs.  Is pepper spray a good idea? Deborah quotes an attacked mailman and reads from headlines and news clips from the last week and Ian Dunbar talks about making stupid irresponsible dog owners liable with their wallets.  After all it’s super easy to teach a dog bite inhibition as a puppy and teach him to come and socialize him and keep him controlled and with you when he encounters the mail carrier.  Ian and Deborah both agree that tazers won’t help if pepper sprays don’t work because good aim and a still dog is required for both and the potential for abuse is too high. Touch your dog all over his body every day especially when there are health issues.   If he hates his ears touched or his paws or his bum then listen to Ian describe how you can make him love being touched where he hates being touched now.

Ian describes his years of research watching puppies in labs.    Ian asks ‘Is there anyone here who has never had an argument?’ 
‘Is there anyone here who has never lost their temper and hit someone in anger even as a child?‘ and finally ‘Is there anyone here who has ever hurt someone so badly you put that person in hospital?’

He explains how this helps humans understand dogs and how to work with aggressive dogs in particular. This show is information packed like three textbooks combining philosophy, anatomy, and behavioral psychology but with Ian Dunbar chatting to Deborah the information is delivered like a story told by your favorite British Uncle.  He makes the dog mind and body make sense to the average human and fascinating too.   Why is abuse of dogs, horses and humans so much more prevalent than abuse of any thing else.  Ian explains why he thinks the horse whispering style training is negative reinforcement in training or mild punishment because its based on making the horse uncomfortable and confining him and it stresses the horses who like all animals learn better stress free.  Ian recommends lure training for everyone.  Using a reward object the animal wants which can be a toy or treat. If your dog is rude, listen to this show and Deborah will help you make Ian’s advice part of your life and your dog will be polite.  Seriously, in a day or two he will no longer jump on people. Ian says ‘it is blindingly simple’.   Ian explains the easy fast way to house train a dog.  How can you see Dr. Dunbar’s dog advice pod clips for free anytime you like?   www.dogstardaily.com.

Guest: Darlene Arden, Author of ‘Rover, Get Off Her Leg!’ & others

Show Topics: GMO foods, pesticides, frogs, spca news, plus guest on dog training and dog breeds

Deborah updates the audience on environmental, animal, wildlife and pet news.  Conflicts between Australia and Japan, problems with eating meat transported across borders and cruelty involved plus what it means for the meat you eat and how its labeled.  At half past Darlene Arden joins Deborah to talk about crotch sniffers, and piddle greeters and other naughty dogs and how these problems are explored with funny stories and easy to use tips in her book,’Rover, Get Off Her Leg! – Petiquette’

Guest: Arden Moore, Bestselling author of dog and cat books including, ‘Real food for Dogs’ 
Features:Cooking for dogs, plus wild animal news and pet advice and information
Topics: Deborah Wolfe covers animal news plus Holiday manners for pets so  they are good guests and good hosts for people who love them and hate them. How to reduce allergies from your pets. Holiday safety tips for cats and dogs. Pet news from around the world; environmental freighter with a sail, manatee, how to spot a puppy-mill operator in your neighborhood,

Casper the Kermode bear update and the fact that the Vancouver 2010 Olympics has picked endangered animals for mascots.  Are the marmots getting a cut of stuffed animal sales? Pet cobra bites – man sues hospital.  Arden explains how you can easily make meals for your dog and gives out a free recipe for ‘Fido’s Thanks Giving Feast;’the way to a dog’s heart is through their belly and if you give them something nutritious they are going to be paying attention to you.’  Want to stop your dog from begging? Tricks for your kids and dogs from Deborah plus Arden’s no-no food list, leftover and home made hints.

3 oz of baking chocolate could kill your 25 lb. dog and  onions and antifreeze hurt both cats and dogs. Listen to the show to hear what you need to know.  Email Deborah by going to www.campgooddog.com with your questions, comments and problems for the show or call when we’re live on air and ask Deborah your pet question yourself. 

Guest:  Jennifer Jones calls from California during the fires to report on horses, hormone replacement drug creation horses need rescuing right now
Features:Horses, Dogs, Cats, Pet, Animal & Marine Mammal News, Consumer reporter calls in plus Halloween Safety and Pet Fun
Topics:  Japanese dogs – are they better off than N.American dogs?  Listen to Deborah explain how it’s a dog’s life over in Japan!  Healing touch on pets and how Deborah uses it to train dominant tough dogs and super shy dogs too. Why are you single? Is it because you have too many pets?  Jennifer Jones  calls in to describe the life of horses bred and used for urine collection to make fake hormone drugs for menopausal women.  Now that the drugs have been shown to hurt people, the horses are being dumped, babies and adults after years of service. They are mostly healthy young, sweet mares and their babies. They are untrained but they can learn, and some have been shown and placed in competitions after rescue and training. So far Jennifer has helped to save 1,000 horses.  Model horses are sold for $300. on ebay to help this cause.  The horses are actual handmade and decorated to look exactly the same as the real horse needing rescue. The people making them are volunteering their time and skills.

Farms all over the U.S. are expecting deliveries of these horses. Go to www.theanimalifarm.com to see pics of horses that need you.Stacy Mantle at www.petsweekly.com   joins Deborah half way through the show to give her pet consumer report.  A bird house that keeps other dogs from barking and disturbing the peace of your yard.  Animal news good and bad about whales and dolphins. Humpbacks are singing again for the first time since the early 80’s.   Listen to the last part of the show  for Halloween safety tips and Deborah explains how to get your pets, both dogs and cats to wear costumes and there is a top ten list of what spooks horses list that will make horse lovers run to get a pen.

Guest:Amy Shojai, Bestselling Author of ‘Petiquette’ and  many wonderful books. Seewwww.shojai.com

Topics:  Bad dogs, bad breeds, safety with dogs and kids in particular, 

Dangerous Breed lists by insurance companies are ridiculous. Dog and Cat emails answered on-air. 

See www.campgooddog.com for free advice on the top ten problems cat and dog owners face.

Plus pet news, jokes, games, tricks and pet advice emails.   Why is dog growling good?  Mail-slots are dangerous in today’s times; your dog has always known that.

Are there bad breeds? Why is the Chow Chow not feared like the Pitbull and why do Shepherds and Dobies have bad raps but not bad bite stats?  Is Hollywood to blame or is it drug culture? Deborah gives you the bite power stats on the different breeds including Rotties and those listed above. What dog should you get?  Does its nature play a role or is it just training?

Deborah asks Amy if she believes in breed bans (BSL) and why or why not?  Deborah puts the bite stats in perspective by giving other injury stats. A person in America is 60X more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than a pit bull. Children under 10 years old get bit the most and usually in the face.  ‘Be a tree’ and more advice for parents plus a website that shows kids what dogs look like when they need to back off.

Check out the HSUS websites for the humane society’s educational tips that cover so many pet topics.  Pets and kids should be together; for allergy reasons, caring reasons and more.  Amy talks about the tremendous gift of communicating with animals and Deborah talks of the effect on your heart rate and well being.  Ways you can have pets in your kids’ lives but not in your home.

Next time Amy comes on we’ll talk about how you can get different animals to get along and have your own Garden of Eden (and not war of the worlds).