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Welcome to Raising Your Paws!
Podcast & Blog
Live More Happily Together by Knowing:
HOW your pets communicate.
WHY they behave the way they do.
WHAT to do in caring for the canine and feline members of your family.
Susan and Rosy
Latest Episode & Companion Blog Post
(Episode #78) How to Know if You’re Overfeeding Your Dog & A Truth About Cats We Overlook.
Full Show Notes for Episode 78. Intro Timestamps: 00:00 - 1:55 Segment One: 1:58 - 4:19 There is a simple way to tell if you are feeding your dog too much, that is not about how much the dog weighs. Find out what it is. Segment Two: 4:23 - 18:59 Then, being aware of...
Why Exactly Does My Cat Have To Scratch on Things? (Blog # 78)
It's always good to visit the issue of a cats need to scratch. Since they will always do this and much conflict occurs when your feline chooses your favorite chair, it's best to fully understand this behavior. It is a common belief that when your cat scratches the trees outside, the posts you provide indoors or on your furniture, they do this to sharpen their claws. There are many more...
More Recent Episode & Blog Posts
(Episode #77) Increase Indoor Cat’s Happiness & The 2020 Way to Figure A Dog’s Age in Human Years.
Full Show Notes For Episode 77. Intro Timestamps. 00:00 - 01:10 Segment One. 01:13 - 12:09 You and your cats share some of the same core emotions. One of them is called SEEKING which is “the basic impulse to search, investigate and make sense of the environment” A...
How to Tell Your Dog’s Age in Human Years. (Blog #77)
We like to compare our pets ages to ours - wondering how old they would be in human years. Forget the old information - every one year of your dog or cats life, is equivlent to 7 of ours. That is very outdated. Currently, the newer estimate for cats is at one year,...
(Episode #76) Making Sure Dogs Have Happy Lives & Specialists That Help Pets With Severe Behavior Issues.
Full Show Notes for Episode 76. Intro Timestamps: 00:01 - 01:04 Segment One: 1:06 - 11:35 Do you wonder if your pet has a happy life overall? You can increase their happiness and mental well-being by addressing the core emotions that both you and your pets share. This...
How to Increase Your Dog’s Happiness. (Blog #76)
Get them SEEKING more. This is one of the core emotion systems in your dogs brain. In your's as well by the way. The SEEKING system is a combination of emotions - wanting, looking, curiosity. Overall, it makes us and our dogs feel happy. In this week's episode of...
Do You Know about the Dogs that Helped on 9-11? (Blog #75)
As I'm writing this blog, on Sept. 8, 2020, it is startling to me to think that the events of Sept. 11, 2001 were 19 years ago. In recalling and paying respect to all those that lost their lives and the people and canines, that worked to save and recover others, on...
(Episode #75) From 9-11: A Secret Service Agent’s Tale of Survival & Dogs That Worked at Ground Zero.
Full Show Notes for Episode 75 - A replay show from September, 11, 2018. Intro Timestamps: 00:00 - 00:58 Segment One: 01:00 - 34:50 First, Dan Hughes, a former secret service agent for the United States was reporting to work at one of the towers on 9-11, 2001 when it...
What Core Emotions Do I Share With My Pets? (Blog #74)
You, dogs and cats (and other mammals for that matter) have the same core emotion systems in our brains. These systems reside in the lower parts of the brain and evoke feelings whose basic, most elemental purpose is to tell us when something is good for our survival...
(Episode #74) How to Improve Your Pet’s Mental Health & Help for Pets Fearful of Thunder and Fireworks.
Full Show Notes for Episode 74. Title: How to Improve Your Pet’s Mental Health & Help for Pets Fearful of Thunder and Fireworks. Intro Timestamps: 00:01 - 01:13 Segment One: 1:15 - 8:17 Do you wonder if your pet is happy, overall? There is something you can do to...
Figure Out Your Pet’s Age in Human Years -The New Way. (Blog #73)
You’ve heard that for every 1 year of your pet’s life, it counts as 7 human years, right? Well, there's new thinking in this regard that lets you be a bit more accurate. Our pets mature quicker than we do during their early years, so a dog and cat's first year is...
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