Eleventh Annual Chat Month on PetHobbyist.com
February 1-28, 2009
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Check out our complete schedule for all species -- herps, dogs, cats, exotics, birds, and more!
Dog Chats
Sunday, February 1
Dr. Marion Nestle and Dr. Mal Nesheim
What Pets Eat
Sunday, February 1, at 10 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium
Whether we have pets or not, the last two years have made us acutely aware that all is not as it should be when it comes to the safety and wholesomeness of our food supply. One of the leading voices in the movement to reform how we deal with food and nutrition in this country is bestselling author Dr. Marion Nestle, the Paulette Goddard professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and a visiting professor in the College of Agriculture's nutritional sciences division at Cornell University. She'll be joining us along with retired animal nutritionist, professor of nutritional sciences and provost emeritus at Cornell University Dr. Mal Nesheim to discuss their forthcoming book "What Pets Eat," and Nestle's recent book on the 2007 pet food recall, "Pet Food Politics."
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Friday, February 6
Arden Moore
Healthy, Lean Dogs
Friday, February 6, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
Author and canine expert Arden Moore will be joining us to discuss healthy dogs and how to avoid an overweight dog. To learn more about Arden, her books, and her radio show Oh Behave!, visit her website.
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Saturday, February 7
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Date and Time TBA, in the Dog Den
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Sunday, February 8
Therese Kopiwoda
All About Pet Sitters
Sunday, February 8, at 10 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium
Therese Kopiwoda of PetSitUSA.com will be joining us to help us learn how to choose a pet sitter, what to look for, what to expect starting your own pet sitting business.
Friday, February 13
Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D.
Topic
Friday, February 13, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and Associate Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Patricia McConnell will be joining us and showing us to learn to speak dog. Patricia is the renowned author of many books about on how our dogs communicate with us and we with them, including "The Other End of the Leash" and "The Cautious Canine."
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Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori
The Furry Fountain of Youth
Friday, February 13, at 10 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium
We'd all like our dogs and cats to live forever. While that's impossible, we can get a lot closer if we keep two secrets in mind. Find out what they are from Dr. Marty Becker, the popular veterinary contributor to ABC-TV's "Good Morning America," host of "The Pet Doctor With Marty Becker" on PBS, and past Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year of the Delta Society and the American Veterinary Medical Association. Joining Marty will be bestselling author, nationally syndicated pet care columnist, and PetHobbyist.com BFF Gina Spadafori.
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Saturday, February 14
Laurie Kaplan
Magic Bullet Fund: Helping dogs with cancer
Saturday, February 14, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
Author Laurie Kaplan founded the Magic Bullet Fund to help people who have a dog with cancer but cannot afford treatment costs. Laurie will be joining us to discuss the work of the Magic Bullet Fund as well as her recent book, "Help Your Dog Fight Cancer: What every caretaker should know about Canine Cancer."
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Sunday, February 15
Dawn Capp
Fighting Breed Specific Legislation
Sunday, February 15, at 10 PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
Dawn Capp of Chako (Coalition of Human Advocates for K9s & Owners) will be joining us to discuss BSL and other legislation that affects dog ownership.
Friday, February 20
Darlene Arden
Training and Behavior of Small Dogs -- and big ones, too!
Friday, February 20, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
One of our most entertaining and popular chat guests, Darlene Arden is an internationally recognized authority on small dogs and their care, and the author of "Small Dogs, Big Hearts," "Rover, Get Off Her Leg!", and the critically acclaimed "Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care for Dogs."
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Saturday, February 21
Amy Shojai
The special needs of aging cats and dogs
Saturday, February 21, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium
Amy Shojai, author of "PETiQUETTE: Solving Behavior Problems in Your Multi-Pet Household," is a certified animal behavior consultant and nationally known authority on pet care and behavior. She began her career as a veterinary technician and is the award-winning author of 22 nonfiction pet books and more than 1000 published articles and columns.
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Sunday, February 22
Laurie Williams
Extreme Obedience!
Day, February 22, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
Laurie Williams, B.A., CPDT, and her 6-year-old Maltese dog Andrew may have been runners-up on the CBS summer reality show Greatest American Dog, but they are America's designated champions in demonstrating the beautiful, mutually respectful relationship that can result from positive, dog-friendly training. A canine education specialist, dog behavior counselor and trainer for over 25 years, Laurie will join us to discuss Extreme Obedience! CGC, Delta, and ways you and your dogs can work together.
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Friday, February 27
Panel Discussion:
Stopping Puppy Mills
Friday, February 27, at Time PM Eastern, in the Dog Den
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Saturday, February 28
Panel Discussion:
Rescue
Saturday, February 28, at 9 PM Eastern, in the Auditorium
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Rich Avanzino of Maddie's Fund
What you -- yes, YOU -- can do to get pets out of shelters and into good homes
February date and time TBA, in the Auditorium
No-kill trailblazer Richard Avanzino, former director of the San Francisco SPCA and current president of Maddie's Fund will join us to explain just how close we are to being able to put all adoptable and treatable dogs and cats in shelters into good homes, and sustain that achievement -- and what you can do to make it happen. It won't cost you a penny, but there's no way it can happen without your help.
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