Check out the book trailer on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA41sUirybU

Click below to visit Tom and Atticus’ Blog:

http://tomandatticus.blogspot.com/

Dogs’ sense of hearing is 28 times more sensitive than ours and they can hear a much broader range of frequencies – specifically higher frequency noises.

Ric Heidiger is the owner of Doctor Don’s Automotive and has been an automotive technician for 28 years.  Ric has a diagnostic tool called the “Ultrasonic Ear” that helps him find sounds from a car that the human ear can’t pick up.  These are all sounds that dogs CAN hear!

Check out Doctor Don’s Automotive online at www.doctordonsautomotive.com

Find Kymythy Schultze online at www.kymythy.com

Find the Animal Hospice, End of Life and Palliative Care Project online at www.AHELPproject.org

Check out these sites to learn more about the sport of Drafting/Carting:

Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America – www.bmdca.org

Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Greater Seattle – www.bmdcgs.org

Also – become a fan of Seattle Draft Dogs on Facebook and you can join their Yahoo group as well.

Check out this article from the NY Times about this dog that was sent back, on an airplane, with nobody to pick her up!  The behavior on both ends is questionable!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/nyregion/dog-bought-online-is-unloved-in-new-york.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Check out this video from King 5 News about the dog stolen out of someone’s yard in Marysville!  I can’t imagine!!!!

http://www.king5.com/video?id=131059183&sec=548792

Check out this video to go along with the book!

Listen to my interview this week with Vashon Sheepdog Classic coordinator, Maggie McClure.  Talking about the event itself, herding dogs and also why throwing a ball for an intense dog may not be mentally “healthy” exercise.

To learn more about the Sheepdog Trials visit:

www.vashonsheepdogclassic.com

Believe it, or not:  Pet waste is a major contributor to water pollution.

Today’s guest, Janet Geer, is the spokesperson for the Puget Sound Starts Here Campaign.  Learn about the impact dog poop has on our lakes, streams, rivers and Sound (Puget) and what you can do to minimize it’s impact.  Visit: www.pugetsoundstartshere.org and www.scooppoop.org.

***Watch the “Dog Doogity” video!  Click HERE

In honor of my boy, Chewy, here is a list of Episodes about Pet Loss/Grief.  A VERY important topic!

The Dog Talk Show #126-  July 27, 2011
Guest: Michelle Nichols, co-founder of AHELP Project – Animal Hospice, End of Life and Palliative Care Project.  Michelle and Julie discuss issues and feelings around our beloved pets’ end of life needs and care.

The Dog Talk Show #82- September 22, 2010
Guest: Judith Piper, Founder of Old Dog Haven: a network of over 140 foster homes that give homeless senior dogs a loving place to live out the rest of their lives, whether it be years, months or days.  To see how you can help, visit www.olddoghaven.org.

The Dog Talk Show #71- June 30, 2010
Guest: Kate Munson, Mental Health Counselor and Volunteer with Seattle Humane’s Pet Loss Support Group.  Julie and Kate talk about the experience of having a pet die, the grief process and Julie shares her experience losing her dog, Chewy, to cancer in September of 2009.  Giving a voice to the sadness and real grief that takes place when someone’s pet dies.

The Dog Talk Show #31 – September 23, 2009
Listeners call in to share stories about dogs they have loved and lost.  Julie talks about her experience making the decision to put Chewy down and grieving his loss.

The Dog Talk Show #30 – September 16, 2009
Guest: Jon Katz, author of “Soul of a Dog”.  Delightful interview with Mr. Katz, and very timely given the death of Julie’s oldest dog “Chewy”, just days before