Get to Llama School!
This week!
How to not let a little dog boss you around.
How to know if you're being a nosy neighbor.
Plus, guide-dog parenting skills, bored lab rats, and Eve gets in an eclipse story in at the very last minute.
21. Risk Aversion Theory
This week, we answer your questions about limping cats, pet insurance, and fart diaries.
Plus, we look into a story examining the practice of temper testing at shelters, some more stuff about eyeballs, and a few seriously heroic rats!
20. Instagram Theory
The hoop! The hoop! The hoop is on fyah!
Should my dog sitter post pictures online of my dogs? And why does my cat torture everything before it kills it?
Also this week, we also look at a study that about the deep roots of emotion in our evolution and a team of cross-country runners takes shelter dogs out for a run.
Plus, we follow up with Olive Oyl's circus skills!
In the lab... everyone can understand your scream!
19. Attachment Theory
Do you eat Canine Crunchies?
This week—How do we know if the dogs we love love us back?
Plus, we talk about the history of the firehouse dog, a mysterious case of salmon poisoning, free water bowls for canines of New York, and an all-new trick!
We also mention some cool animal rescue organizations — check em out!
18. Explosive Theories
Are you a naughty bird or a nice bird?
This week:
We talk on and on about some dogs getting medical marijuana, hear about the world's largest collection of eyeballs (maybe one of yours?), and shame some naughty, naughty penguins.
Plus! Questions about unexpected explosions, cat roommates, and a follow up on birds.
17. Plant Theories
Second The Birds reference photo in a row!
In this week's episode:
A reader asks about an inheritance pet. Efrem attacks the media.
Plus, we talk about collies re-seeding Chile's felled forests, plague-ridden prairie dogs, and some more actual news for dogs.
Most importantly, here's your online database of Canadian crow attacks.
16. Allergy Theory
Lion around.
In this week's episode:
We hear about a cheetah's best friend (here's a great video of them in the snow!), a doggy search party turning into a sausage party, and of course, will my pet eat my face when I die?
Plus, we answer your questions:
How do you tell a client they're wrong? We recommend some hypoallergenic pets . . . And is Efrem allergic to lions—and ruining Eve's dreams of living like Tippi Hedren?
All this and funny bird-sounds!
15. Firework Theory
Tomb raider
Just in time for Independence Day, we give you some hints to help keep your pup happy while the bombs are a-bursting in air (that's fireworks suggestions for you folks not in the U.S.)
Plus your pet questions:
How do I know if my dog is panting, or smiling?
Building trust in a dog with a checkered past.
Intro to muzzles.
And a special breakfast question!
Plus, we talk about the dogs leading the search for Amelia Earhart, take a brief foray into piglet cognition, and review some tips for photographing birds and bats.
14. Circuit Theory
The Eel's Electrifying Embrace
New this week!
What to do about a gerbil on the loose! A cat using the bathroom, but not how you want.
Oh, and how do I get these birds to stop attacking my dog?!
Plus, we'll take a walk through Boston history, drug-sniffing dogs, and eel movements.
Suggested Links:
Check out the Kismet Podcast to hear more about Jasper, our visitor this week (it's toute cute.)
We also mentioned the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, which is an incredibly useful resource. If you eat seafood, you really ought to give them a look.
13. Shock Theory
Those were the days . . .
In this week's episode:
Sneaking in a pet — and is a positive-tone shock collar better than a clicker?
Plus! Dog Flu scares ! Rattlesnake scares! And a pup that's just too sweet for the job. All with some hot weather tips that could also save you some cash.
12. Roommates Theory
Professional shepherds on a closed course. Do not attempt.
In this week's episode:
How to handle cagey roommates, talking to crappy friends (literally), and does your food-aggressive dog want a friend?
Plus! We talk about boas hunting in packs, recent local puppy mill news, and award-winning dogs of filmdom!
Finally, Eve takes us on a whole different kind of walk in Beyond Sit.
11. Theory of Movement
Morkie Rothko
In this week's episode!
We take on a real tough question — how do you move two cats from Indiana to Massachusetts? By car? With all your stuff?!
Plus, a listener asks what to do about a spoiled pup.
Meanwhile, we review a recent dog-curated art opening, and talk about an eerie cat-napping case out in California.
And Eve tells you how to solicit slobber-free kisses from your dog.
10. Introductory Theory
"Once I realized that this horse has lots of stripes I had to make sure I wasn't hallucinating and I'm like, 'There is a zebra in my backyard."
In this week's episode!
Do my cats like it when I leave music on for them? How do I introduce a new dog to a house full of cats? And how young is too young to get a pet?
PLUS! — Zebra on the loose! And a new map shows where dogs and people are at risk for Lyme disease. (Spoiler Alert: It's everywhere.)
And in Beyond Sit, we talk about how your syntax can affect the way your dog takes to training.
9. Rehousebreaking Theory
Run roo run!
This week!
Can dogs get poison ivy? Can my carpet not get pooped on? And how do you feed two cats at once?
Meanwhile, Hampshire rules how many dogs is too many dogs, and a roo raids race down under (srsly watch the vid). All that, plus a little vaudevillian trickery.
As always, please rate and review us you know how it is!
8. Dachshund Theory
Doesn't this make you want groceries?
In this week's episode:
We answer your questions about dachshunds. And then your other question about dachshunds. And then about yappy brats on the street (not dachshunds).
We also talk about Silver Muzzle Cottage, a hospice in Michigan for older pups, and The Coalition to Unchain Dog in Durham, NC, which has just changed its name to Beyond Fences.
And a new exhibit at the Milwaukee Zoo. Sendik's!
The thrilling return of Efrem's Bat Eaves! With bonus bat questions!
And in our conclusion to last week's Beyond Sit, Eve builds on an old trick with "Say Your Prayers."
7. Greetings from Asbury Park Theory
Will that be regular or unleaded?
In this week's episode:
We answer your questions about invisible fences, people who encourage bad behavior in the elevator, and some ROAD RULES!!!
We also talk about dogs working the pumps in Brazil, cats working as baristas in Asbury Park while dogs enjoy Yappy Hour, and we weigh in on a proposed new law in NJ banning cat declawing.
Plus, Eve teaches us the building block trick "Paws Up," part 1 of a two-parter continued next week.
Recommended Reading this week: What is a Dog by Raymond and Lorna Coppinger
6. Mock Walk Theory
The paws of greatness
In this episode:
We'll answer your questions — How can I help my nervous dog greet people on the street? And is my cat afraid of its scat?
Plus, we talk about a new organ chip replacing beagles in the lab. Toby, the record breaking Whippet of Canada (seriously you have to watch that video). And how it turns out the whole ocean has been aglow this whole time.
And Eve has some tips on teaching your dog how to shake paws.
Recommended Reading: Eve mentioned the book Feisty Fido this week, by Drs. Patricia McConnell & Karen London. Check it out!
5. Vampire Cat Theory
It takes a big mustache to save a little dog.
In this episode:
Our listeners ask about the challenges of fenceless yards, a bloodthirsty cat, and Eve lays out a multilayered ethics of poop disposal.
We also discuss the ins and outs of faking a therapy animal (don't do it, Richard), doggie CPR, and the listening habits of dogs and cats
Speaking which, check out David Teie's Music for Cats, which is bizarre and fun as all get-out.
Oh, and Eve mentions the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, who are doing great work – help them out, why dontcha?
4. Game Show Theory
This dog's paws. They smell like the Fritos.
In this weeks' episode:
Horses who like blankets . . . except when they don't.
Dogs chasing rats chasing dogs..
Plus, joint custody of kittens, manners at the dog park—and why do my dog's toes smell like Fritos, anyways?
The Fritoaromas! How they taunt us!
And for this week's Beyond Sit, we pull a little New York-style street hustle on your pup. It's tricky.
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3. Germ Theory
This guy knows a tool when he sees one.
The soon-to-be-notorious "overflowing garbage can" episode.
For this week's Beyond Sit, Eve takes us through the incredibly useful Bell Trick.
And seriously, check out these tool-using crows they are amazing (The video is on the right rail of their site. Strongly recommended.)
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