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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 #80) Science Reveals Why and How Dogs Love Us & the Reason Cats Get Zoomies.
Intro Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:09 Segment 1 - 01:12 - 03:32 I’m starting a new segment, called Creature Feature, which will be remarkable, funny, or heartwarming short tales about animals. Here’s the first creature feature, “Sometimes, wishes come true in the funniest...
Stop Using a Bowl To Feed Your Cat. Here’s Why! (Blog #79)
Your cat is built to use its muscles and mind to find it's meals. They are hunters by nature, quick, strong and clever. Left to hunt for their food, wild cats spend a good amount of time each day in pursuit of dinner. Not so much for our pet cats. We call them to dinner, they run to the kitchen, and wait while we serve up their meal, munch, crunch and gobble a bit and then it's over. Maybe...
More Recent Episode & Blog Posts
(Episode #79) Why Dogs Chew Shoes & How to Create A Cat’s Dream Home.
Full Show Notes for Episode #79. Intro Timestamps: 00:01 - 01:09 Segment 1: 01:14 - 07:55 Do you wonder why your dog loves to eat up your shoes and what to do about it if they’ve made a habit out of it? There are three specific reasons dogs chew slippers, high heels...
(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...
(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...
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