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Deborah asks would you rather kiss your favorite celeb like Angelina Jolie or her husband Brad Pitt to welcome the New Year or your pets? Plus New Years resolutions your dog might write; cats wouldn’t bother because they think they are perfect already! Author and musician, writer and traveler, Greta Beigel joins us to talk about her book which shows us the Jewish holidays from a cat’s perspective. The book is done in gentle rhyme making it ideal for children ages 8+ to read themselves or read aloud to kids younger. Together Greta and Deborah discuss how Jewish pet owners pamper and spoil, overprotect and otherwise treat their pets like their own Jewish offspring. Are mice kosher? Do cats have cat mitzvahs? Do Jewish cats see the doctor more than non-Jewish cats? More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Greta Beigel, ‘Mewsings: My Life as a Jewish Cat’ with Deborah WolfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/animal-party-dog-cat-news-animal-facts--6666735/support.

A stinky cat saves a family from fire and Deborah tells you the story plus what is a salty dog? Bring one along to this party with Charlie Crosby, pet disaster relief coordinator. Noahs’ Wish has only one mission and that’s to help pets during disasters. They go where people are fleeing and rescue pets from situations like Hurricane Katrina, The Okanagan Fires, and more. In fact they are always looking for new rescuers so if you are good with animals and adventurous, sign up for ther 2011 courses and get the skills you need to actually go where the disaster hit and save the animals instead of just watching it play out on TV. Charlie explains how Noah’s wish works to keep animals safe from disasters all over America and Canada and tells about her own experiences in the flood and fires. www.noahswish.org to see photos of dogs rescued at Katrina, information on the upcoming courses and what you need to know to keep your own animals safe when you obey an evacuation order. More details on this episode MP3

Guest Stacy Mantle, editor of www.petsweekly.com joins Deborah to tell us what’s hot, new and different on her list of best pet gifts for this year. From the sheet that lets you sleep extra pets on your bed to the heated plug in pet beds, she’s got stuff you’ve never heard about and pet bling too. Do most people spend more on their pet presents or their in-laws at this time of year? Tune in and find out the answers to some holiday pet trivia. . Get Deborah’s safety tips to keep your pets healthy and happy through the holidays plus hear Deborah read some zingers from the Pet House Rules plaques customized for every breed with your own dog’s photo and the rules your dog presides over in your home. www.petplaque@gmail.com Want to give back then get the planet dog ball that costs less than $10. and every cent goes to helping dogs get trained to work for deserving people. www.planetdog.com. These balls glow in the dark and taste like mint giving your dog minty breadth; I bet your dog’s breadth doesn’t sm

Today Deborah invites to the party, cat expert and animal rescuer, Marci Kladnik from Catalyst for Cats. Marci does feral cat colony management and rescue work in California which has brought her hands-on knowledge of pets who have gone from terrible circumstances to happy homes after animal cruelty and violence sometimes committed by kids. Together host, Deborah Wolfe and Marci discuss the issue of animal cruelty with the emphasis on what you can do to make things better. Stats available through the ASPCA website and other sources show that there is a huge link between family violence and animal abuse. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - From Animal Cruelty to Creature Comforts with Deborah WolfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/animal-party-dog-cat-news-animal-facts--6666735/support.

Fat Cats And Lucky Dogs, author and lawyer Barry Seltzer talks with Deborah about American and Canadian Animal Rights laws and tells you which areas of both countries protect animals best. How can you keep your animals out of the shelter or worse if you die? How do you pick the right person to ask to care for your pets? Barry contributes stories of huge sums designated for pets and outrageous custody battles over dogs. Deborah asks what do George Washington, JFK, and Calvin Coolidge have in common pet-wise? More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Pets & The Law with Deborah WolfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/animal-party-dog-cat-news-animal-facts--6666735/support.

Deborah shares some Halloween safety tips for dogs and cats and Dusty Rainbolt adds some must-do advice to help you keep your pets safe through Halloween. KEEP YOUR CATS INSIDE TILL A FEW DAYS PAST HALLOWEEN no matter what they are normally used to or they can be killed in cruel pranks. Can owls turn their heads all the way around? Do scorpions glow in the dark plus some more Halloween trivia as we take this party on a ghostly ride with some real pet ghost stories. Ghost Cats who dent the bed with their imprint, Ghost dogs who come with their collars jingling and pets who come to say goodbye like a horse on Christmas. Did you know there are hotels, libraries and other public places known for pet ghosts? Dusty’s book has a list if you want to travel on the creepy side. Actually these ghosts leave the humans with a feeling of good will and happiness. These aren’t scary stories just ghost stories even though some pets appear with no head like Deborah’s dog that was seen as a ghost by a six-year-old boy an

Party with 2 pet experts with their pet take on ‘True Blood’ (HBO) & its animal connections. Deborah Wolfe welcomes the editor of www.petsweekly.com, Stacy Mantle back to the show to talk about ‘True Blood’, the HBO TV show, the ancient myths, Halloween lore and wolves. Deborah describes the on set training of wolves, and Stacy contributes the ancient stories behind creatures like werewolves and werecats, & shapeshifters who take on animal form and how they interact with each other and humans. If you love the show ‘True Blood’ you’ll like learning about Kristin Bauer and Alexander Skarsgard and their animal charity work. Or maybe you missed a few episodes and can’t quite figure out how werewolves are created, or how shapeshifters are born, then catch up with us. If you’ve never watched the show, tune into this party for facts about rescue and hybrid wolves, safety tips for Halloween and a trick you can play with bats in your neighbourhood. Farley Mowatt, author of ‘Never Cry Wolf’ is being ho

Win a ‘Catio’ prize or a replacement for your ratty (not hot anymore) dog collar. Stacy Mantle, Author of ‘Conquering the Food Chain;Living Amongst Animals (Without Becoming One)’ brings the hot off the press reviews from Pets Weekly to tell you all about recyclable dog beds from www. poochplanet.com , organic cat beds (smartykat.com), non-toxic hot spot, flea and skin remedies that work (www.dermagic.com) and amazing cat furniture that allows your indoor cats to enjoy the outdoors with safety. In between product reviews Deborah gives you pet news, information and training advice plus pet facts and Pet Insider tips. Why does your pet like small places? Which animals do you think suffer most from the heat? Go to petsweekly.com to find out about all of the products mentioned on today’s show plus many more and you’ll also find pet quotes, and jokes and all kinds of fun for pet lovers including horses, small caged pets, and critters that usually get outshone by cats and dogs. At the end of the show S

Have you ever wondered if all cats are born with blue eyes? Or How hot does it get in a closed car on a summer day and how fast does it heat up? These answers plus a recipe for home made weed killer and homemade flea spray are at this party with Deborah Wolfe and her guest, Joan Miller Vice President of the Cat Fanciers’ Association & All breed Judge, joins Deborah to talk about CatsCenterstage.org a website made for lovers of every type of cat from pet pedigreed to feral and all the many ‘cat-next-door’ types. For the first time ever the website is designed to represent and work for those who love pedigreed, feral and random cats and it offers a huge medical database to help cat owners figure out what to ask their own Vets when their cats are sick. There are games and quizzes for kids and grownups, information, stories, photos and the future is wherever you want it to go with this site which will be growing and evolving to meet the needs of those who post. Deborah asks Joan to contrast cats to do

News about Pamela Anderson’s latest Peta poster and the Rodeo gone wrong and right plus information on how to stay safe this summer and have happy times with your pets at home, on the road, the beach, the dog park and vacation trips. What can we copy from how we act with pets to make our love relationships better? Deborah shares the recipe for anti-skunk stink cleaner and more practical pet tips. You may want to check the moon next time you plan to go surfing because sharks attack more often in certain moon phases. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Summer Party with Deborah WolfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/animal-party-dog-cat-news-animal-facts--6666735/support.

Tim Link joins the party to talk about animals and how they think and communicate with thoughts. He can read your pets. Deborah asks him if they think in words or pictures or something else and he explains. Plus Tim does some readings for pet life radio listeners who emailed photos and questions. Why does one cat bully another? Can Tim help teach some cats to wait to be called before jumping up on their owner’s claws out? Tim does a special reading for Deborah and connects with Squeak the blue heeler who died June 2009. Find out what Tim receives from pets that are no longer alive. Tim also shares lighter readings including a message from Thump who wants his owners to know that yogurt is okay but Thump wants meat and actually any scraps of any kind; He loves the variety and the surprise. Tim explains how all of us can send picture messages to our animals when we want to give them commands or make requests. At first Deborah was somewhat sceptical but since the show was made she has enjoyed amazing

The party gets started with a party joke as Deborah reads a funny paragraph about dog poop from the book, ‘A Year in Merde’ by Stephen Clarke. A whole lot of goldens, labs and mixes of the two are coming to the party and they are all so well behaved walking on their harnesses and laying down politely without raiding the buffet; these aren’t the rude Labs and Goldens we often see counter-surfing and begging -- they must be well trained ever so polite Guide Dogs. Barry Dunner explains what its like to walk the blindfold walk with only a seeing eye dog for eyes. And Deborah asks what exactly Autism support dogs do for the kids they serve. Did you know the dog stops the child from rocking and helps in ways besides keeping the child from running away? Barry brings touching stories about the impact of the dogs he’s seen trained to serve. It costs $35,000 to train a Seeing Eye dog and the blind person pays nothing, but there is a wait list and demand is high. Barry and Deborah discuss the training, placeme

Marci Kladnik joins the party from Santa Barbara California where she works inside the world of wild feral cats.. Marci explains why TNR (Trap, Neuter & Release) is the best technique for feral cat colony management. Together Deborah and Marci discuss the lives of feral cats and the conflicts- real and political that occur between bird lovers and TNR cat advocates. When a feral cat population truly is threatening a vulnerable bird nesting area, the colony is moved; most of the time the conflict is based on myth not fact and the cats are actually helping the birds with rodent patrol. Eggs and chicks get eaten by rodents constantly on every farm unless either cats or poison are at work. The Tweety vs Sylvester model just doesn’t match up with our rat, and mouse infested, pollution, and fertilizer reality. Why should you spay or neuter your cat? Deborah gives you the selfish, safety and training reasons to alter your cat, and Marci gives you the scary numbers. 3+1= 20 explains Marci who has a whol

Marilyn Krieger, is the Cat Coach for Cat Fancy Magazine, catchannel.com and now for us at Animal Party. She’ll explain her new book ‘Click Your Cat to Better Behavior’ by solving our own email cat problems about cats who attack us, hide on stairs, jump up on counters, dart out doors, destroy furniture and avoid litter boxes. Plus she’ll share her party tricks for getting cats to do fun tricks using the clicker and her new book. If you’ve got a cat of any kind you can use her tips to curb the mischief and get some great two-way communication going with trick training. You can also use your cat’s new ability to come or sit or high five on command to silence the smug cat hater in your family. We ask Marilyn her opinion on Trap, Neuter and Release feral cat management efforts, her opinion on the indoor vs. outdoor debate for pet cats and what she knows about declawing. Deborah adds news items from around the world that match the topics plus contrasts dogs with cats in places to keep you dog lovers enjoy

Teri Wilson, author of Dog books, and Romance books including ‘Cup of Joe’, ‘All Creatures of Our God & King', ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’, ‘Rodeo Redemption’ (& others) took her southern self to the Alaskan Iditarod and worked a dog team. See www.spanieldiaries.blogspot.com to see what volunteering at the Iditarod is like. Teri explains the unbelievable tug-of war style power of a team of pulling dogs and how she got trained to roll out of the way. What does an ice hook have to do with mushing? Listen to the show and find out. Teri describes the sites of the region including the historical dog journey from Anchorage to Gnome of over 1,000 miles, which brought diphtheria medicine to children and saved lives. This is a great example of dog work that helps humans and teamwork human with dogs. Would you like to go next year and volunteer? More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - I Did The Iditarod with Deborah WolfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/animal-par

Deborah reports on a treatment that is both new and old and gets rid of allergies in people and pets. About four treatments is all it takes to handle most allergies and for severe peanut allergies there is a 100% guarantee. Did you know that recently Canada changed its regulations so now all Canadian flights must have animals in cargo? Why? Because 1 in 10 passengers surveyed complained of severe pet allergies when confined on planes. Deborah tells you some things you can do to help the allergy sufferers in your family when they visit your pet filled home. Laura Cook from Zero Allergies joins the party with her expertise and she’s brought with her samples of every thing that allergy sufferers avoid from pollen to wheat to cat hair and vacuum lint. It is March right now- cherry tree season- on the west coast and for the first time ever Deborah is doing radio with no allergy meds thanks to these treatments. Plus Deborah is finally winning her long battle with cat allergies and the cats are sleeping wher

Deborah asks Caroline Coile the most common questions she gets when on tour plus her own questions too; Are some cats gay? Do cats masturbate? Facts about the cat penis. What is the cat purr all about? Do cats hate car rides? Are cats bothered by sound pollution? Cats hear better and see better in most ways than dogs but their sense of smell though worse than dogs. Caroline explains the amazing facts of cat vision and contrasts the cat to its fellow mammals. Do cross eyed cats see okay? Can cats count? Is catnip like pot? Deborah adds to the discussion with information on dogs and large cats, Hans the horse, and Caroline gives you the most interesting science behind the cat and how experiments are structured to test pets and babies for abilities. Are some feline breeds smarter than others? Deborah tells you how to teach your dog or any dog how to accept cats and learn not to chase and bug them. Deborah complains about the myth that all cats are like high-strung snobby women and all dogs

We all know a cheetah is faster than a man running, but is a cheetah faster than a gold medal speed skater? Find out how humans rank against animals in sport. Deborah shares the results of the Camp Good Dog Dog-Olympics so far with guest camper dogs competing in several events including hockey! A big thank you to the working dogs of the Olympics as Deborah explains how avalanche, airport and police dogs are selected, trained, and assigned to the Games. 56 dogs are keeping the Games going and horses too with the RCMP. The British and Russian press has been blasting Vancouver and the Olympics with criticism which is interesting given that they are next to host and given that Britain has no medals and Russia has lost face winning fewer medals than they’d hoped and losing to the Canadians (yay) in men’s hockey last night. Men’s hockey seems to trump all in both Russia and Canada even though it is Canadian women that bring home hockey medals most ( and hopefully will again tonight). In fact 13.5 of the 16 C

Caroline Coile, PhD, author of ’Why Do Dogs Like Balls?’, and ‘Silly Dog Tricks’ (+29 other books) joins the party with answers to the funniest doggy questions Deborah can find from her book. Are dogs gay? If not why do boy dogs form a line of humping bunny hopping two legged dancing males, asks Deborah? Can dogs hear pet deterrents and collars? Why do female dogs often think they are pregnant when they are not? Get the best recipe for de-skunking your stinky dog or getting stubborn dark eye stains off pretty fur when Caroline and Deborah laugh and chat and party together. Pick up some great easy tricks to teach your dogs and listen to Caroline and Deborah party with their dogs. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Why Do Dogs Like Balls with Deborah WolfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/animal-party-dog-cat-news-animal-facts--6666735/support.

7-year-old autistic, James Deloney is found after 48 hrs in sub zero weather with no coat; The dog came home and when rescuers followed his reverse tracks they found this lost boy with no language. GOOD DOG! All the volunteer searchers and all the police men, couldn’t bring him back like the family dog can! Now there is a nursery rhyme that ought to be told. How many rat descendents will come from one mama rat in a year? Deborah explains how Rottweilers are like Rhinos. Author Melanie Coronetz joins the party to talk about her book ‘In the Shadow of Mercury: A memoir of mid-life and dogs’ which delights New Yorkers with a real sense of place. Melanie explains how she fell into dog owning and competing and schipperke paws plus she talks about the terrible loss of her first Mercury and the brutal attack and slaughter of her next two schipperkes on leash at her feet in Central park. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Melanie Coronetz, Author of ‘In the Shadow of Mercury: A Memoir of Mid-Lif