At this time of year and especially this particular year, you hear a lot of people talking about stress so I figured I might as well, too. The two sources who contributed to my thought processes were, first, the DVD of Stress: Portrait of a Killer, a show that originally aired on PBS and contained fascinating information about the effects of stress on humans and primates. The second was David Wroblewski’s The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. You can read a review of the book here.
Read more →Who wouldn’t have leaped at the opportunity to go through McCarthy’s papers given how uncommunicative he is? True, doing it so soon after StClair berates him for not trusting her is a bit inconsistent. But still…
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As we enter the holiday season with all of its different aromas, it seems like a good time to ponder the feline sense of smell, its role in the predatory sequence, and how this wild behavior can play out in our homes. One correction of a particularly egregious error. I referred to using lasers when playing with both dogs and cats, something I’m sure no thinking person would even consider. What I was actually referring to was laser pointers or laser pet toys of one sort or another. My apologies.
Read more →Preparing for a seminar always has its little challenges, but getting death threats usually isn’t one of them. And just where, exactly, is StClair’s supposed partner during all of this?
Read more →In spite of the fact that I am technologically challenged, I do like the way that links work on the Internet because this is the way my mind works. Rather than progressing in a predictable linear direction, a single word or image can cause it to jump in a whole new direction. This explains how I can start off talking about killer ferns and wind up pondering what our beliefs about pet love say about us. Lots of jangling dog tags and sloppy canine water-drinking noises this week in addition to a few audio hiccups, too. The dog part
Read more →It seems only natural that you could learn something useful about someone than from reading their professional writing. And that innocent chats with a postmaster and a pathologist couldn’t possibly lead to life of crime. Funny how life never turns out the way you plan.
Read more →This started out as a podcast describing the mediocre-at-best history of Presidential dogs, but turned into something quite different by the end. Below is the video of Barney, President Bush’s dog, having the breakdown in communication with members of the press that I describe in the podcast.
Read more →It just figures, doesn’t it? Monica’s neighbors at the lake all smell as fishy as the lake’s natural inhabitants. And, nice as goats are, how could any goat be worth millions?
Read more →Local gossip reveals intriguing details about Monica’s neighbors, but a first meeting with the mysteriously credentialed, minimally communicative Chandler McCarthy isn’t nearly so rewarding.
Read more →Before I forget again, for those of you who live or have animal-loving friends in the Washington, DC area, the seminar next weekend is going to be a good one. Be the first on your block to understand what those canine and feline behaviors really mean. Tell your friends. 🙂 For more information or to register, contact Debbie Winkler at deb@humanedomain.net or call her at (410) 549-1135. *** This week’s podcast immortalizes the end of an era, and it seemed only right to include pictures to enhance your experience as you listen to this touching tribute. This is what
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