Articles: Decoding Your Dog
Decoding Your Cat and Decoding Your Dog with Dr. Debra Horwitz
cat behavior, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, dog behavior, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Dr. Debra Horwitz is a veterinary behaviorists and co-editor of two books that are great choices for a holiday gifts, Decoding Your Dog (which was released in 2015) and Decoding Your Cat (released this year). In the first of a 2-part interview on my national Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show, we chat about if decoding cats is even possible.…
Decoding Your Dog and Decoding Your Cat
cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, dogs, Featured, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Dr. Debra Horwitz is a veterinary behaviorist and contributing editor of two books, which are great choices for a holiday gifts, Decoding Your Dog (which was released in 2015) and Decoding Your Cat (released this year). Listen HERE to my conversation with Dr. Horwitz on Steve Dale’s Pet World, WGN radio, first about why she…
Dominance Dog Training, Absolutely Makes NO Sense
Decoding Your Dog, dog behavior, dog training, Fear Free, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Back at the height of Cesar “the Dog Whisperer” Millan’s popularity, I quickly realized his dominance dog training techniques are potentially be dangerous if others truly follow that advice, ultimately causing more harm than good. On the Board of Directors of the American Humane Association, we negotiated with the National Geographic Channel to create warnings…
Finally Chicago Closing a Loophole so No Dogs, Cats or Rabbits are Sold at Pet Stores; Also Enriching Cat Lives
cat behavior, cat training, cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, pet store, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Steve Dale, veterinary health, veterinary technician, WGN Radio
Because of puppy mills, over 355 cities and many counties have now banned the sales of dogs and cats (and also rabbits in some cities) at pet stores. Cari Meyers, founder of the Puppy Mill Project and Illinois Director of the Humane Society of the United States Marc Ayers join me HERE on my Steve…
Chicago Shelter Scene Now; Decoding Your Cat and Veterinary Professionals Against Puppy Mills
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, American Veterinary Medical Assocation, animal news, cat behavior, cat training, cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, dog behavior, dogs, pet adoption, pets, Puppy Mill Project, Steve Dale, veterinary health, veterinary technician, WGN Radio
Listen HERE to this week’s Steve Dale’s Pet World on WGN Radio show with Emily Klehm, CEO of South Suburban Humane Society describes not only what’s going on at her shelter but also talking about the overall Chicago shelter scene – and so far, so great. Adoptions and fosters remain way up. Klehm comments on…
Stay Present with Your Dog; Decoding Your Cat
American Animal Hospital Association, animal shelters, Animal Stories, cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, dogs, pets, Steve Dale, veterinary health, WGN Radio
Beginning Steve Dale’s Pet World with Dr. Heather Loenser, senior veterinary officer of the American Animal Hospital Association discusses those dogs who might do too much too fast when the weather warms HERE on WGN radio. Now, when it gets really hot out the dogs Dr. Loenser is most concerned about are the braceophallic dogs…
Talking Cats: Decoding Your Cat with Dr. Meghan Herron
cat behavior, cats, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, Steve Dale, veterinary health
Some say the task is absolutely impossible, even Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t be able to decode cats. If anyone can decode cats, it’s the combined efforts of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. Following the top-selling and critical acclaim of Decoding Your Dog, finally Decoding Your Cat is available (pre-order on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com) and is…
Pucks and Paws and Decoding Your Cat
animal shelters, Decoding Your Cat, Decoding Your Dog, dogs, entertainment, Steve Dale, WGN Radio
Pucks and Paws is a celebration of the Rockford Ice Hogs and pet adoption. How can I not love that? Listen HERE to my Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show with Mike Peck, business operations manager of the Ice Hogs. Rockford, as a Blackhawks minor league team, has provided nearly 100 players for the major…
Dr. Karen Overall on How We Can Create Aggression by the Way We Walk Dogs
Decoding Your Dog, dog behavior, dogs, Steve Dale
Are we walking dogs correctly, and reading what they are telling us? On my national Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show, legendary veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Overall says “no” We force our dogs sometimes to be in situations which they have no choice, as other dogs they don’t know get into their space. And once…
Naperville, IL Does It! Bans Sales of Dogs and Cats at Pet Stores
Decoding Your Dog, dogs, human animal bond, pet adoption, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
It’s happening all over the country, and now Naperville, IL has now banned the sales of dogs and cats at pet stores because of where these animals are sourced, as NO responsible breeder ever sells to a pet store. The subject has been brought up previously, dating back to 2014; the final vote was narrow,…
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