Guest: Barbara Florio Graham Author, publishing consultant,  cat-lover and interpreter for Simon Teakettle the third visits to discuss how you can train your dog like a cat.  Please check out www.SimonTeakettle.com for the free award winning article and more cat tips and cat facts too.  Barbara tells us step by step how you can train your cat to sit, stay, come on command, and other must do commands.  Dignity is key to training. Never laugh at your cat while he’s struggling to learn a trick; Cats want to please themselves and can learn tricks and commands that lead to rewards that please them Barbara teaches. Which animal has the best hearing; cats, dogs or horses?  Tune in for the answer and more facts about cats courtesy of Simon Teakettle.  Deborah delivers  world animal news; Bear safety warnings, rabies epidemics in Angola, Iraq & Montreal,  a study on irradiated food that links nerve disorders in cats to exposure to irradiated food.  How does this relate to human with MS?  Migration corridors and their importance especially now.  What a fresh idea!  www.goatcanucksgoat.com sends goats to poor families in Africa for every Canuck win.  Deborah gives gardening tips to attract or keep cats out.  Who hears  best- Dogs, cats, or horses? Tune in and find out.

This award winning show from the CKOV radio live shows features Deborah Wolfe answering live calls with Duane Grandbois as host.  Want to know more about Deborah? This show begins with Duane giving a full intro and talking about the DVD, ‘Dog Training That Works!’ featuring ‘Dogs Gone Wild!’ plus Dog School & Dog Games.  Order the dvd, find out more about Deborah Wolfe or print off her free pet advice organized by problem and solution at www.campgooddog.com.  This show begins with a description of the wildlife encountered on the drive between Vancouver, B.C. and Kelowna, B.C. which involves a drive from rainforest coast to desert. Eagles, bears, owls oh my. Does your dog trust you? How about your cat?  Deborah gives you trust tests you can try on your own dogs and cats.  Do dogs have instinct or knowledge? Are dogs safe with coyotes?   What does tail wagging mean in cats and dogs and what should you do when a dog attacks?  Callers ask about cats who bring home mice, cats sense of direction and mattes as well as dog and cat training problems and questions about ‘why’ their animals do what seems strange to them as humans.

Live callers are the Guests for today’s show with host Daune Grandbois & Deborah Wolfe from her award winning series on CKOV, earning  the  title of ‘best Pet Radio in America’ from the Dog Writers Assoc. of America. Callers include an Aging cocker spaniel who needs to see the Vet, Buttons the shitzu ‘vampire’ who gets possessed at night.  A house where the new dog hates the old dog and Etiquette for dogs who pull, snap at treats, steal food, and ignore commands. NO TRICK = NO TREAT  and other training games.  There is a tale of woe from crate training gone wrong and an explanation of how puberty occurs around the time dogs start to try aggression as a skill with other dogs.  One caller asks why does the chicken stay with the dog in the dog house? Deborah explains how wolves became retrievers through modern breeding.  Cats can learn and be trained- don’t give up on the rude cat.

Live callers are the guests for today’s show with host Duane Grandbois & Deborah Wolfe from her award winning series on CKOV radio, Kelowna, B.C. Topics include sun protection for dogs’ noses, how Golden-doodles are bred, How to pick the right pup or dog for your family and how to pick a pup from a litter of pups.  How to visit a shelter or breeder to find your ideal match.   Deborah explains how different breeds of dogs have different issues when it comes to making puppies.  Callers include Tika the malti-poo piddle greeter, a professional show handler and trainer with a Cane Corso (Mastiff ) that attacks,  a Golden Retriever who has pulled her owner for eight years, and a misguided Maltese who freaks out mock attacking his family when they swim plus a dog and cat with fears. Why does my dog roll in poop? An RCMP Dog squad officer joins the show to discuss car safety, heat safety, dogs sense of smell and searching abilities and face collars.  Deborah describes the traits of his breed, the most popular breed in America, the Labrador. Duane talks about  THE BAD DOG TOUR  when Deborah comes to town and trains the worst dogs, the winners of bad contests, live on stage. 

Any dog, any time, any where and she proves it dog by dog. 

Guest: Jennifer Conrad, D.V.M. joins Deborah to talk about her L.A. animal practice, overseeing animals in movies and most of all her passion, www.pawproject.org, to end declawing which she explains is amputation of the knuckle not just the claw.  Declawed cats are in constant pain and more often than not end up homeless anyhow with very few options.  Deborah and Jennifer talk about tips for training cats  to scratch cat-posts instead of furniture.  Deborah asks this Vet her opinion on the very controversial legislation the Veterinary Medical Association of New Brunswick has passed making it impossible for Vets in that Province to perform elective surgeries such as cat declawing, tail docking and ear cropping.  Deborah gives you animal jokes, trivia, news bits and begins the show with an update on swine flu, and how pigs are suffering in Egypt.  Another Rescue dog pays back his new owners and saves their daughter more than once!

Plus of course you get some homework to test  your animals to see if they are smart.

The weekly Guest is Stephanie Galinda, Author of 

‘Pet Lovers Guide to Find Your Own Home’

Deborah quotes David Suzuki in honour of Earth Day yesterday.

‘In fifty years, waterfront homes will be as desirable as a yurt in a garbage dump.’ Animal news includes a tragedy at the Greater Vancouver Zoo where two species which should never be together were put together and the weaker literally got stressed to death; flooded with stress till the zebras died from being confined with the stronger and territorial water buffalos.  Shame on us humans for allowing such mistakes.  ‘Fetchaholic dogs’ are not OCD – they are not mentally ill – they are athletic, healthy, sensible and frustrated by the ways of  modern couch potato life.  Find out about mypetfreebies.com and I love cats magazine on this show.