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Tracie Receives Gracie Award!
Tracie is very proud to tell all of you dedicated listeners and fans that she has received a GRACIE Award (the radio equivalent of an Oscar) from the American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT) as OUTSTANDING HOST OF AN ENTERTAINMENT/INFORMATION SHOW ON PUBLIC RADIO. She will be flying out to California to accept her GRACIE at the awards luncheon May 25th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel (where they used to hold the Oscars and now host the Golden Globes). If any listeners want to join her to celebrate, please write Tracie at radiopetlady@gmail.com so she can let you know how to get tickets. She wants to thank all of you for your enthusiastic support of her efforts on behalf of your four-legged family members.
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Humane Talk with Wayne Pacelle, Hosted by Tracie
I am soooo proud and excited to be hosting a new weekly podcast with the wonderful CEO of the Humane Society of the Untied States, Wayne Pacelle. He's a man I've come to admire over the years for his passion and moral consistency. I'm hoping this series, HUMANE TALK, will give many more animal lovers the chance to get to know and and appreciate Wayne, too.
Please listen! Tell me what you think!
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NEKOFLIES (New Sponsor)
NEKOFLIES - "Tracie's #1 favorite cat toy - The Only Toy Your Cat Will Ever Want"
"After years of searching for a perfect cat toy to recommend on my radio shows CAT CHAT® and DOG TALK® (and Kitties, too!), along came NEKOFLIES! This interactive wand toy satisfies a cat's physical and mental need for stimulation — and his human's desire to play with him and give him a fulfilling life. Other than a litter box, this is the one item that belongs in the home of any pussycat who expects the very best.”
Read more on the NekoFlies sponsor page.
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Announcing the Winners of Weruva's Oldest Kitty Celebration
I want to thank people for sharing so many wonderful older kitties who joined in the celebration. As I told you there is not just one winner but many -- a dozen, actually! All the entries were winners in every way, but the most special Senior Prize goes to THUMBELINA who was 17 years old when April adopted her from the shelter where she had been in a small dark metal cage for three months (and would probably never have left if she did not jump right into April's arms!) Thumbelina will receive a case of WERUVA food sent to her by Petflow.com and also a coupon for $20 worth of Dr Elsey's Precious Cat litter, too! Sandy's 18 1/2 year old TOBY won a case of WERUVA from Petflow.com and Fran's one-eyed 21+ year old kitty MAXWELL (adopted from ARF in the Hamptons) gets a case of BFF (Best Feline Friend) sent by Petflow.com; the Waggoner family switched their aging kitties to Weruva and noticed a huge improvement and their 17 year old MR. BILLUMS, an April Fool's baby, will also get a case of BFF. Kirsten's 13-year-old kitty POOCHIE (found in the streets of Paris!) will be getting a copy of my book THE CAT BIBLE inscribed to him, as will Caroline's cat TIFFANY. The following kitty cats will will each get a coupon for up to $20 worth of Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract litter: Justin's cat ELLIOT, Ruthann's HANNIBAL, Norma's GIZMO (a dryer survivor!) Susan's cat LUCY, Jacqueline's 21+ year-old Siamese manx BULLET and Kevin and Jennifer's seafaring kitty SPUMONI.
All seniors are welcome! Visit the Celebration Page.
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Weruva Cutest Kitty Photo Contest
Winners will be announced on DOG TALK® March 4 2011
Thank you all for the fantastic photos you sent in. I will be joined by David Forman, who owns Weruva, in deciding the outcome of the contest. The Grand Prize winner will get a case of Weruva sent by Petflow.com, along with a signed copy of my book THE CAT BIBLE. The runner-up will get a case of BFF (Best Feline Friend, made by Weruva),also generously sent out by Petflow.com (which carries these two brands and so many more). The nice folks at Nordic Naturals have also offered to celebrate the cutest kitties by sending bottles of their Omega-3 pet oil to the next five cutest cat photos. So there will be loads of winning photos, but every single cat is a winner in our eyes!
Go to the Cutest Kitty Photo Contest page.
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Tracie Joins DogTipper.com
I am so proud and excited to be a new part of the marvelous website Dogtipper.com.
Choosing Less-Processed Dog Foods
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Tracie's Appearance for Petco in Sacramento
Petco recently sent me to Sacramento California to appear on local TV to talk about traveling with pets - the local newspaper took a photo of me INSIDE a Petco, next to a big Petco Natural Section sign - so you can see the miracle of photo-shopping that I wound up out in the great outdoors! I certainly never expected to become a "cover girl" later in life! Just so you know, many of the products I mentioned, like the Sherpa bag and Drinkwell canteen, are available at Petco and Petco.com, as well as a collapsible, soft-sided crate to use in the car or hotel room which they did not mention in the article).
Read the article. (PDF, 3.43MB)
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Canine Nutritition University: Canine Gassiness
Does your dog toot? And I do NOT mean "toot his own horn"?
If your dog gasses people out of the room, you need to read my newest course in the Canine Nutrition University on Proportions.com
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Tracie's Pet Travel Tips - TV Appearance
Here's me, sent to Sacramento by Petco to chat about pet travel issues. You can see it's pretty fun! Sacramento & Company TV Appearance.
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Best Tracie Videos (Vodpod)
Watch over 10 of the best Tracie Hotchner Videos, hand selected by the Vodpod community.
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How Tracie Unwinds at Home
Tracie with her donkeys and dogs. (Photo credit Tim Hotchner)
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Dog Food Advisor Dr Mike Sagman on Cat Chat® June 9
The Dog Food Advisor (DogFoodAdvisor.com) is a remarkable accomplishment in offering a thoughtful score to every dog food out there. Dr. Mike Sagman IS the Dog Food Advisor and the brains behind the site. He'll be on Cat Chat® June 9th to discuss how he does it - and how each of us can score our own dog foods. He lsitened to Tracie's show Dog Talk® on June 5th (available for download or listening had this to say:
Your shows are not just enjoyable... I'm finding them educational, too. Learning a lot. Just finished listening to your "editorial" on Jane Brody's article and Marion Nestle's book. You were spot on. Looking forward to being with you this week. Radio is new to me (of course) and maybe a bit intimidating. But I find the way you bond with your guests very reassuring.
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10 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint
Read Tracie's article on 10 simple things you can do to reduce your pet's carbon pawprint.
Exerpt...
1. Go bio-degradable and sustainable to clean up after your pet- Who wants to populate the landfill will plastic bags full of waste? And are you aware that cat-litter made from clay is mined much like coal? Use bio-degradable bags when walking your dog and an eco-friendly cat-litter in the kitty box. [Read 2-10.]
The article was mentioned in the ChickSpeak round-up: Celebrating Earth Day Chicks: Celebrities, Authors & Supporters
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Tracie on Fox TV in Detroit for Halo
Tracie Gave Away Halo to the Fox TV Host in Detroit Yesterday
As part of Earth Day 2010, PETCO flew Tracie Hotchner to Detroit to appear on FOX TV to talk about "Reducing Your Pet's CO2 Paw print. Tracie talked about the many ways to be more eco-friendly in your pet-related choices of food (like HALO) which manufactures in an environmentally responsible way and creates less pet waste because the ingredients are more fully digested), organic toys (The Natural line of dye and chemical-free toys that Petco sells) biodegradable poop bags (also at Petco) corn-based compostable pet bowls, Bison leashes and collars made from recycled plastic water bottles which are spun into woven material, and eco-friendly cat litter.
There was a happy moment right after the live filming when the on-air host expressed interest in the bag of HALO Spot’s Stew and the can of Spot’s Stew and now his dog is going to be a convert to the best quality nutrition available.
Tracie was also in Detroit to celebrate Petco’s adoption weekend nationwide – which they held in partnership with HALO Purely for Pets – and Tracie as able to distribute HALO’S nifty $5 off coupons to everyone who attended.
While she was there she gave a talk on pet nutrition to a packed audience at the Westland store – all organized by the inimitable Kenn, who has often talked to Tracie on the air on her SiriusXM show on the Martha Stewart channel (two of his four cats are called Sirius and Martha, to give you some idea of his devotion). He is a driving force behind the Friends of Michigan Animal Rescue (FMAR).
There was a book signing with many copies of THE DOG BIBLE and THE CAT BIBLE flying out the door in the goody bags made by Kenn – with all profits going to the rescue.
On the air last year, Tracie orchestrated the generous donation to FMAR by HALO of Liv-a-Little treats and Dinner Party protein sprinkle – and she had Kenn on the air on CAT CHAT® with HALO’s David Yaskulka.
In addition, at Tracie’s suggestion this year, PETCO sent 800 cans of their own brand of SOULISTIC cat food (made by Tracie’s favorite cat food company Weruva just for Petco) to Friends of Michigan Animal Rescue.
She was so excited to have the opportunity to tour this 5013C non-profit shelter, which Tracie has been championing on CAT CHAT®. She met all the volunteers at the small private and charming facility that Marcy & Pete and all the Friends of Michigan Animal Rescue supporters have built into an admirable facility.
Watch Video of Tracie's FOX 2 Morning News Appearance
Feedback from Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue (FMAR):
Tracie,
WOW! Words just can not express our appreciation of the blessings you, Cat Chat®, on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius 112 / XM157, and your sponsors have poured over our shelter and the animals who come to stay while waiting for a new start...even if their new life is a lifetime of love from Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue (FMAR).
Our heartfelt thanks to Precious Cat for their generous donation of a load of CAT ATTRACT cat litter. We can't wait to try it and we will be sure to let everyone know about the litter box progress of our incontinent kitties. We also appreciate your note about the risks and possible consequences of declawing your cats.
Just to recap our success with your sponsor's donations...
Halo canned food was instrumental in getting a couple of our puppies with Parvo disease back on the road to recovery. Halo food was the only food we could get them to eat which was vital to getting them hydrated and back on their feet.
Soulistic food was used to feed and nourish 5 abandoned kittens who had lost their mom while they should have still been nursing. They devoured the Soulistic food and were able to digest it, grow and they are now thriving. It wasn't hard to encourage them to eat once they got their first smell.... it was also fun to watch them enjoy their food! All of our cats and kittens LOVE Soulistic canned cat food.
It takes more resources than most can imagine to run a non-profit organization. The money and dedication to run a great shelter is only made possible through people like Tracie Hotchner and her sponsors. Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius 112 / XM157 sponsors have made it possible for our shelter animals to get the nutrition and care they need to become and stay healthy. We appreciate the kindness of everyone including Kenn Sheats for keeping in touch with Tracie through Cat Chat® and setting up her visit through Petco.
We appreciate all of you!
Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue.
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Best Interview of Me. Ever.
Best Interview anyone has done with me - tells you everything you need to know about who I am and how I work. I am delighted by the great job Kenn of Friends of Michigan Animal Rescue did with this interview with me. (SAT, APR 3, 2010)
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The Whole Dog Journal
If you care about your dog's nutrition and teaching him well and kindly, you want to subscribe to The Whole Dog Journal.
This remarkable publication is advertising-free, making it the only source of information about living a healthy life with your dog that is not influenced by corporate pressure from advertising dollars.
Go to The Whole Dog Journal page.
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Tracie's Explains Halo Spot's Stew Recipe on CALIF TV
PETCO sent Tracie to Sacramento (and Phoenix, see below) to get on local TV and explain the recipe for Halo's Spot's Stew to Californians. Watch TV Spot
On ABC 15 (Arizona) TV appearance: I had so much fun going on the local lifestyle show, Sonoran Living in Phoenix, when PETCO sent me there to help get out the message about better natural nutrition for pets and share the HALO Spot's Stew recipe for pet lovers to make at home. Watch TV Spot
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PETCO Donates 800 Cans of Soulistic Cat Food
PETCO donated 800 cans(!!) of their own brand of Soulistic cat food to Kenn at the Friends of Michigan Animal Rescue (FMAR) where once they learned the dangers of feeding dry cat food they took all their 300 cats off of "kitty crack" and feed them wet food exclusively. Hurray for FMAR! Hurray for PETCO. (P.S. PETCO is sending Tracie to FMAR for a book signing and pet nutrition talk on April 18th - try to be there!)
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PZI Human Insulin for Diabetic Cats
Did you hear Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins on DOG TALK speak about the brand new PZI human insulin product that is great for diabetic cats?? It's called PROZINC and you can ask your vet for it. More information at http://www.prozinc.us.
Read more:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/pzi.htm#_What_is_PZI
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The Dog Bible: 38 HR Audio for Visually Impaired
My wonderful listener Gil Lutz - who depends on his beautiful guide dog Evie to be his eye as he travels the world making it a better place for the visually impaired - just gave me the great news that THE DOG BIBLE has been recorded in a 38 hour version!! and is now available from the National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped (NSL) where it is listed as follows:
The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know
Hotchner, Tracie.
Read by Very Dukin.
Reading time 38 hours 15 minutes.
Animals and Wildlife
Comprehensive approach to raising and training canines. Covers selecting a dog, providing proper nutrition, grooming, encouraging socialization, crating, and dealing with travel issues. Discusses emergency care. Explains dog psychology, genetic tendencies, and natural instincts including wolf-pack and alpha-leader behaviors. Describes warning signs of aggression. 2005.
Download The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know, DB68198
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Buy The Cat Bible & Get A Super Duper Gift!
In celebration of my newest website sponsor - Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract litter (which reduces out-of-litter-box problems by making the box appealing) - the next 50 people who buy The Cat Bible will get a coupon good for a free bag of Cat Attract litter! (If you have a senior or long-haired cat, tell me that when you write because I have separate coupons for Dr. Elsey's super-special litter just for those kitties). Write me at DogandCatBibles@gmail.com to ask for your autographed bookplate for the book - and I'll send that with a bunch of cool goodies AND that valuable coupon (a $17 to $21 value)
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LOVE TO KNOW Interview with Tracie
I recently had a chance to think about things I often take for granted when I did this interview. Periodically re-evaluating aspects of my life can help reveal what gets me up in the morning — so I'm grateful I had this opportunity.
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Honest Kitchen Newsletter
Want some well-explained advice on why yearly vet visits are so valuable - but routine vaccination are not? Read what Kathy Daily, a Vet Tech from Kansas, had to say in the recent The Honest Kitchen Newsletter.
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Don't Ditch Cats When You're Pregnant!
As I mentioned on the air, there was a terrible segment of a new and apparently popular show called "The Doctors" on network TV during which a supremely ignorant doctor ("supported' by the show's "fact checkers" who should be vetting her out and educating her) gave the horrible advice to someone wanting to become pregnant that she should get rid of her cats. As I shouldnt have to tell you, this is untrue and cruel advice. Green Mountain Animal Defenders in Vermont were kind enough to alert me to this travesty and to supply the following information links: the truth about cats and babies, and where you can give your two cents of opinion to "The Doctors" show folks. Please do it - for the sake of cats everywhere.
Here is some helpful information from the Humane Society of the US, including
some facts that would be beneficial to the doctors on the show, as well as their
viewers and the cats in their families:
www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/pregnancy_and_toxoplasmosis.html
Please visit the website below & educate the show's producer, as well as politely
making your views known on this serious threat to cats!
www.thedoctorstv.com/main/contact_show_form
Also, please send this along to your animal protection contacts and spread the
word that pregnant women and cats can safely live in the same household.
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Get Tracie's Tips Every Weekday at Dogster & Catster!
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A Cool New Partner Ready to Support Causes I Love
We're kicking off this new partnership by owner Ted Rheingold's offer to take charities I respect and have all the new sign-ups from DOG TALK® and CAT CHAT® listeners count as contributions to my wonderful charitable choices.
Sign for Dogster.com and Catster.com with the links below. Your Dogster sign-up will fill a piggy bank for the Canine Cancer fund at the Morris Animal Foundation and sends much-needed help to Feline Outreach when you sign up for Catster. Click below - it takes only a second, costs you nothing, will actually be fun for you, and may be life-saving for dogs and cats someday.
Dogster Sign-Up
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The Dog Bible (Omega-3 Oils Correction.)
Hi Tracie - we met at Glen Highland (I'm the herding instructor) after your talk on nutrition. I'm really enjoying your book (as I am your podcasts) and have a question; re giving your dog oil.......you gave each of us a wonderful bottle of Nordic Naturals fish oil in our “doggy bags”and touted it's benefits, but your book says giving dogs oil generally produces little effect as they tend to pass it on through.
I know I'm missing something - could you clarify please?
Thanks in advance.
Tom Leigh
Tracie responds:
Tom - I am SO glad you caught this. Very astute of you - I had realized it myself and the contradiction was frustrating. As it turns out, I was in the process of working out how to update/replace that piece of The Dog Bible on oils. Believe it or not, when I was researching the book - let's say from 2003-2004 (the book was published in 2005) - there was NOTHING about omega-3's anywhere. Now it is such a hot topic.
So you are the FIRST person to see the new paragraph, which will be in the next printing of the book starting very soon:
OMEGA-3 FISH OILS (page 452)
Even dogs on great diets are still deficient in the Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil. Research suggests that daily supplementation is a "health tonic" for dogs (and for us, too) - important for skin and coat health, the well-being of the eyes, heart and brain, and proven to reduce inflammation, especially in the joints. The oil capsules sold by vets usually don't even contain fish oil. I recommend and use the brand Nordic Naturals because the oil comes from fish in the cleanest waters with the strictest oversight by the Norwegian government in the purity of the oil.
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House-Train a Puppy in 24 Hours
(Tracie's Howdini Video)
House-training a puppy means house-training you, too. If you follow dog expert Tracie Hotchner’s simple rules, you’ll have your puppy going where he’s supposed to, and not on the carpet, in no time.
Watch Tracie's Howdini video on How to House-Train a Puppy in 24 Hours.
Other Tracie Howdini videos:
How to Greet a New Dog
How to Pick a Healthy Puppy
How to Pick the Right Puppy for Your Family
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