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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 #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 That is very outdated.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, they would be 15 in human years and by 2 years old, they would be 24. Then for each additional year of their life, count another 4...
More Recent Episode & Blog Posts
(Episode #73) Top 3 Things To Know About Dogs & Solving Cat Litter Box Problems.
Full Show Notes for Episode #73. Title: Top 3 Things To Know About Dogs & Solving Cat Litter Box Problems. This is a “Best of Podcast” replay show of pillar episode 2. Intro Timestamps - 00:00 - 01:20. Segment 1 - 1:20 - 4:40. Get ready to re-count the age of your...
How To Know If Your Cats Consider Themselves Friends (Blog #72)
There are tell-tale signs that your multiple cats will exhibit that let you know if they consider themselves friends or enemies. Of course, it may be obvious to you that two of your cats are getting along. They play nicely, may groom each other and often will sleep...
Episode #72: How Dogs vs. Cats Cope When Sick & The Signs That Indicate Cats Do or Don’t Get Along.
Full Show Notes. Intro: Timestamps: 0:00 - 1:55 Segment 1. Timestamps: 1:59 - 8:37 When your pet is ill or injured, don’t you wish they could tell you with words how they are feeling? Would be nice, but what we have, is how they react and behave. When sick, dogs and...
How to Adjust To and Train An Adopted Pet. (Blog #71)
Have you ever seen your cat get itself into a dangerous physical situation, that you’re sure is going to kill it, but somehow, they make it out okay? There is the myth that cats have 9 lives, because what else explains the perilous things they do, like leaping madly into the air or falling hundreds of feet and still live to meow again.
Episode #71: Need to Know Advice if You’ve Recently Adopted a Dog and Why We Say Cats Have 9 Lives
Full Show Notes. Intro: Timestamps - 00:00 - 1:34 Segment 1. Timestamps - 1:38 - 8:58 Have you ever seen your cat get itself into a dangerous physical situation, that you’re sure is going to kill it, but somehow, they make it out okay? There is the myth that cats...
What Is Leash Reactivity? (Blog #70)
Dogs can act differently towards other animals and/or people when they are attached to a leash or restrained in some way. Does your dog, who normally and peacefully greets other dogs running free at the dog park, start barking and jumping and lunging aggressively at...
Episode #70: Why Dogs Whine and What to Do If Your Dog is Leash Reactive.
Full Show Notes for Raising Your Paws Podcast Episode 70. Title: Why Dogs Whine & What to Do If Your Dog is Leash Reactive. Intro Timestamps - 00:00 - 00:59 Segment 1 - 01:01 - 8:00 Do you get annoyed at times when your dog is whining? Making you feel...
What To Do So Your Dog Will Listen To You. (Blog #69)
Want to improve the odds that your dog will listen to and follow your cues? Look into it's eyes. This is what two researchers from the University of Vienna, discovered when they conducted an experiment to find out how dogs decide when it is safest to disobey their...
Episode #69: Keeping your Cat Interested in Toys & Solving your Dog’s Reactivity to Other Dogs.
Full Show Notes for Raising Your Paws Podcast - episode 69. Title: Keeping your Cat Interested in Toys & Solving your Dog’s Reactivity to Other Dogs. Intro Timestamps- 00:00 - 00:58 Segment 1 - 1:00 - 8:07 Does your cat get easily bored with its toys? At...
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