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.