A rundown of last week’s animal events, accompanied as usual by the dogs. Even though I would love to say that all that banging around resulted in them putting an addition on the back of my house while I was recording, in reality they were just playing. For reasons unknown–the days getting longer perhaps?–there was less vocalizing and a lot more plowing into things, including each other.
Read more →The plot thickens as StClair learns more about schutzhund and her canine suspects. Alas, some of it leads right back to her quasi-partner…
Read more →When you’re trying to hire a good burglar, who needs a lecture? Why does McCarthy insist on complicating something so simple?
Read more →The cold still lingers, but this podcast does prove that it’s possible to ignore a dog fight as well as jangling dog tags. Actually, the dog fight wasn’t really a dog fight. It was just BeeBee doing her snarky thing and Frica telling her to stuff it up her tailless behind. A “New York Times” review of The Snoring Bird, Bernd Heinrich’s wonderful memoir, can be found here.
Read more →Now that she’s free to focus on her suspects again, StClair gets a crash course in canine body language.
Read more →No, I haven’t asked my reclusive twin brother to record this podcast for me. Nor am I considering a second career doing breathy phone calls or, more likely, entering frog croaking contests. I don’t have a twin of either sex and can’t think of any career aspirations that would make my current lower croaky voice an asset. I simply have a bad cold.
Read more →You would think that McCarthy would be eternally grateful when StClair finds his goat, but no. Well, maybe a little…
Read more →This is a sort of on-the-fly podcast in that I recorded it amidst the rush of getting ready to go to Orlando to speak at a veterinary conference. I can’t say that it’s not up to my usual high technical standards because my technical standards aren’t that high. Still there are some rough spots. For those who are interested, here’s a link to the article discussing the study I meandered around this week from a bond and animal behavioral point of view.
Read more →So where would you hide a very valuable goat once you found her? The answer seems so obvious to StClair, she can’t imagine why McCarthy doesn’t agree.
Read more →This podcast comes with one addition, one link, and an invitation for anyone who wants to accept it. The addition is the name of person to whom nature photographer and author Fritz Polking attributed the quote, “All the technology in the world can’t compensate for the inability to notice anything.” His name is Elliot Erwitt. Here’s the link to Fritz Pölking’s amazing work that sadly opens to a page announcing his death. But you’ll also find links to his portfolio, gallery, and books, including At the Pulse of Life, the one I received as a gift. Third, the invitation:
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