Friday, February 5:

10 PM Eastern Time in the Auditorium
In honor of our 12th Annual Chat Month focus on "Ending Pet Homelessness," PetHobbyist.com will be leading off the event with an interview with Bonney Brown, director of the Nevada Humane Society. Christie Keith will be asking her to answer a simple question: With shelter intakes in excess of 15,000 in the Reno area that you serve, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and sky-high foreclosure rates, how come you're smiling?

If you're an animal lover, shelter or rescue volunteer, or work in the shelter industry and are struggling with feelings of being overwhelmed, underfunded, and burnt out, come join one of America's most successful shelter directors and learn how Washoe County saved 90 percent of its homeless animals last year, and how your community can do the same, without bitterness, burnout or bankruptcy.

Brown is a dynamic and upbeat speaker, and we'll be listening to her via streaming audio, while guests can comment and ask questions in the text-based chat room. Join us in the Auditorium!

Sunday, February 7:

10 PM Eastern Time in the Auditorium
PetHobbyist.com's Christie Keith will be talking with Dr. Tony Johnson, a veterinary emergency care specialist and professor at Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Johnson's "Tails from the ER" are long on humor -- very long on humor, in fact, so be warned. He's a wonderful speaker and we're very excited to be welcoming him on streaming audio -- and bring your questions! You'll be able to type them into the chat room so Dr. Johnson can answer them.

Other Guests:

Chat Month runs throughout the month of February, primarily on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Other guests will include live interviews from reptile legislative summit in Chicago on the weekend of Feb. 12-14; Gina Spadafori on the "Backyard Chicken Revolution"; Dave and Tracy Barker; Good Morning America and the Dr. Oz Show's resident veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker on "The Other Side of the Stethoscope: How to communicate with your pet's veterinarian"; Nathan Winograd; Dr. Marion Nestle; Dr. Patty Khuly; Darlene Arden; BAD RAP's Donna Reynolds and Tim Racer on "Pit bull rescue in a post-Vick world"; Terry Phillip; Mark Malfotty; and many, many more!

To keep up with our chat schedule during the month of February, follow us on Facebook for PetHobbyist and kingsnake.com chats -- and on our Twitter feeds for PetHobbyist and kingsnake.com, too!

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Audio chats will be available as podcasts for downloading on the site later.

We'll see you there!