Dog Talk® Photo Gallery

DOG TALK and THE DOG BIBLE are our human pack of dog-lovers and listeners and I want to celebrate some of the special milestones or individuals.

If they are canine— the youngest or oldest, smallest or largest, longest-survivor of diabetes or kidney disease or cancer—then they will get their photo posted. The only category we will NOT have is "Cutest" because that's impossible: each of you wins on that one!

So call in or email in anything about yourself or your dog that sets a standard and let's see who else challenges you:

Tracie at the Greenwich Kennel Club Dog Show

Pictured, below, Tracie at the Greewich Kennel Club dog show with the team from DAWGS (Disaster and Wilderness Ground Searchers), whose interview you'll hear soon on DOG TALK®. Click image to enlarge in new window.

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Willow

This is young Willow, the companion of Jodi Applegate who often hosts the afternoon show on the Martha Stewart channel of Sirius.

 

Bean

Bean went to Agway in Bridgehampton New York today and picked out a big ole' can of Wagatha's. YUMMMM!! (this was Bean's comment according to Bambi))

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Lucy

Laura's dog Lucy, in the studio.

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Monica's Whippet

This is one of Monica's whippets - her friend Romy took it the day of the Inauguration and much to their surprise, Aretha was wearing the same hat!

Pye & Joie

Ginger's twin Briards, Pye and Joie, lived to be an astounding 20 years of age. This was one of their birthday parties.

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ROMEO was the The Dog Talk® Holiday Dog

Hi Tracie,

My name is Romeo. I'm a 2 and a 1/2-year-old toy poodle. I was trained to pee and poop outdoors, but once in a while I'll suprise my mom and leave her a little present in our living room. She doesn't understand why I do this since I am usually well behaved. Can you explain to her why I do this?

Thank you, Tracie. My mom and I listen to your show, sometimes 4 or 5 in row, when my mom works from home. She learns a lot from you and your guests, but she still hasn't learned to make sure I don't poop or pee in the apartment.

xoxoxo,
Romeo

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Dear Little Romeo,

I do think you're the cutest little fella I've ever set eyes on — and with that snappy bow around your neck you look like a holiday gift all wrapped up. You asked for your fifteen minutes of fame, so I am going to make you the Dog Talk® Holiday Dog and you'll be featured right on the opening page of my website for everyone to oooh and ahhh over! As for your little boo-boos in the house maybe you should suggest to your Mom Diana that she get somebody to give her a copy of The Dog Bible for Christmas? It explains all about toy dogs and how small their bladders are and how often they need to be walked or given an indoor potty place and generally how hard they are to house train. You could also give her this number - 800-394-8830 - and tell her to dial it any Saturday from 11:05 Am to Noon (ET) and I'll talk to her about this on the air (I hope it won't embarrass you). 

—Tracie

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Medina (Bassett), Kula (cat)

Stephanie's critters, Medina the Bassett and Kula the cat, enjoying a shared moment on the cat tree.

 

Romeo's Brother, Tiger

This is Tiger, the little brother of Romeo, our holiday dog. Tiger seems even more festive and celebratory than Romeo!

Jack on the Bed

Jackson having a contemplative moment (his person, Neil, makes all the technical magic happen for Cat Chat on SIrius/XM).

 

Dash at 5 Months

Roberto & Maria's Irish Water Spaniel Dash - 5 months and way too cute.

 

Flapjack and Bijou

Susanna's Greyhounds, Flapjack and Bijou, ready for Christmas!

 

Stella

Heathe's Little Girl, Stella, telling santa what she's wishing for.

 

 

Liz Palika with her Aussies

Author Liz Palika (The Ultimate Pet Food Guide) with her Aussies.

Amber

This is Amber, who lives with my wonderful engineer on Dog Talk, John Lynch.

 

Sky

Welcome to Sky! A German Shepherd whose human and canine parents were met by Monday and her family before they brought him home - she followed my advice and has added a new member to her family from Shepherds of the Mount, responsible breeders in Pennsylvania. Congratulations! (Read the Blog entry about Sky.)

 

 

Halloween Lillie

This Lillie in her Halloween finery. She shares a life with Linda Blick, the Co-Founder of the wonderful charity Tails of Hope.

Here's Lillie in her every day life: a salivary gland carcinoma survivor, living with spondylosis - who volunteers for the tails of Hope Donor Dog program.

Spectacular View for the Dogs

Does a dog appreciate a view this spectacular? Tom Leigh has had as many as 5 rescued Border Collies and mixes on his place at Little Deer Isle, Maine but he's down to two right now. He teaches his own dogs to herd sheep and teaches herding to summer campers at Glen Highland Farm Border Collie Rescue.

Labradoodle Foursome

They start young! Just a few of the Colorado Mountain Labradoodles who like to listen to the show —- especially the part where their human mother was talking about them on October 4th 2007.

Super Friendly Akitas

These some of Rene'e Russell's handsome and super-friendly Akitas that I visited in Carthage, Missouri - Ben is the row and white and Bear is seen as a baby boy and grown up.

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Moose, the Leonberger

Moose is a Leonberger - a German breed with only 4,500 in the U.S. and not quite recognized yet by the AKC, but when that day comes there will be a long waiting list for this enormous mellow, gentle giant. Those red-draped tables are normal table height- and Moose's human Scott is a large man, so you get the general idea!

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Obi Wan Kenobi, Nina & Chico

This is the Feliciano Pack from East Hampton: Obi Wan Kenobi, the Pit Bull rescued from a store in New York City, Nina, the French Bulldog and Chico, the Chihuahua

 

Bolo and Willy

Meet Bolo and Willy, John's Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, who live on the Upper West side of Manhattan and like gazing out at the Hudson River

 

Sebastian

This is Sebastian, from Atlanta Georgia - was there EVER a more handsome fellow? He has bladder stones and his mom Chrissy and I have been comparing notes on diets since my Scooby Doo has had them too.

 

Mike's enchanting little guy, Goozy

 

TaterChip & Lucky

Here are Pam's two wonderful dogs TaterChip (the yellow Lab) and Lucky in Arizona, where it gets mighty hot. These two have figured out how to hydrate and refresh - makes you want to put your face right down in the grass with them, doesn't it? Pam is a CAT CHAT® listener on Sirius, who also sent the photo of TaterChip allowing herself to be vacuumed while napping - an amazing gal!

 

Little Willie joins Gracie with Scott  in Aurora Illinois

Rufus Rider

This wonderful photo and note are from Judy, whose lovely boxer Rufus has severe arthritis. She got him on Platinum Performance Plus Joint Supplement which helped a lot, but he can still only walk short distances so she found this amazing large dog stroller. She wanted to share the information with anyone experiencing similar problems. she said:

So far the stroller is great! (I have  renamed it : Rufus Rider.)  Except for the people who think I am crazy! Not dog folks at all. I mean, who could leave someone so special at home?
Now I can go for the length of walks I want while Rufus has a great ride too!
I found the best price through: coastalpetsupplies.com/servlet/StoreFront
Quite a savings compared to other companies. Rufus and I thank you again for your advice about the Platinum!

—Judy

Charlie on Wheels

Fred's beloved Corgi Charlie, who got a new lease on life with her wheels.

Taylor, Weimaraner, Counter Surfing

A wonderful California listener and fellow Weimaraner adopter from Friends for Pets just became a new mom to Taylor, an eleven month old girl who is a professional Counter Surfer from the looks of it! Congrats to the new arrival on choosing such a nice new home and years of happiness ahead for Elizabeth!

 

Tracie Reporting from Westminster Dog Show

Tracie, Girl Reporter in the Field, interviewing a contestant at the Westminster Dog Show in Madison Square Garden.

 

Ori Pei

Mallory listens to CAT CHAT® with her Sharpei-Pug named Ori Pei - he's pretty darn cute!;

Baxter

Here's Baxter, the lovely natural-eared Boxer of the super human Dog Warden of Putnam County, Ohio, Mike Schroth - whom you heard on the April 26th Dog Talk® talking about closing the dreadful Chute.

Tracie's God Dog Enjoys New Toy

My god-dog Stella Saatchi is very glad that I am now the online Pet Tip podcast lady for www.Orvis.com because now she gets really great gifts like the world's biggest fleecy dog bone!

25 YEARS OLD! Opie is the Oldest Dog I've Ever Heard of!

Therese is a listener to CAT CHAT and mentioned that her handsome Beagle Opie was 24 when he died - but his dates were 10/6/76 to 4/23/01 so that made him 25 years young when he passed away. What a great life he must have had! 7 year old Sunny and 13 week old Noah have taken his place.

Ashley listens live from Oceanside, California with the cutest brood of dogs on the West Coast! Pictured below: Lily, Zebulon and Misses

Mollie on the Beach

Mollie, a new West Coast listener and the love of Marcia's life - romping on the beach in California.

Maren with Lark & Quinn

This is Maren with her mother Jill Morstad's Belgian Tervurens Lark and Quinn - Jill was the one discussing how "dogs don't have dictionaries" on the last show of 2007.

Emma

This is Emma, the new adopted love of artist Ron Burns, who does so much for all dogs through his gallery and his association with the Humane Society of the United States as their official artist.

Hand Made Costumes

Hand made for the two handsome sons of Jocelyn Santos, the amazing producer of all pet programming on Martha Stewart Living Radio.

From Helen, a longtime CAT CHAT Listener & Doberman Rescuer

Dependents Not Descendants

These are the gorgeous and adorable "dependents not descendants" O Jocelyn Santos, the overall producer of the pet programming on Martha Stewart Living Radio where CAT CHAT comes from - they are enjoying some gourmet biscuits I sent them from DoggieDelivery.com.

 

DOG TALK'S FAN FROM "DOWN UNDER"

Pluto, the Australian Labradoodle (who wants to be an ambassador for his breed's official recognition) never misses a podcast, Tracie loves having such far-away listeners.

YOU THINK YOU HAVE OBEDIENCE CLASS PROBLEMS?

Meet Cody, who's still trying to get it right after 7 classes!

Dear Tracie,

It was a pleasure to speak with you on Cat Chat this week. I was the caller with the 2 year old German Shepherd named Cody who has been to 7 rounds of obedience classes and still counting. he has been to: 1 puppy class, 1 beginning obedience, 2 intermediate classes, 2 CGC classes and 1 clicker training class. He actually passed both CGC classes, I took the second one, just to make sure. He is such a wise-guy, he does just barely enough to get through class, then once class is over, forget about it. You asked me to send a picture, it is so hard to decide which to send because he is quite the character in all of them.

On a more serious note I wanted to send my sincere thank you for all that you do for companion animals. I listen to both your dog talk radio and cat chat religiously, I also own your dog bible. You provide such a valuable educational service and are one of the few out there with a sincere concern for the well being of all animals. The world is truly a better place for our pets because of you.

Thank you!
Julie and Cody
Eaton, Colorado

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SMOKEY, Our Southern Ambassador

Smokey in Atlanta Georgia is Dog Talk's Southern Belle, under the loving care of Bob, who called in to the show live to tell me how he listens to the DOG TALK on his iPod right in that dog park while Smokey plays ball.

CHRISTIAN (Sag Harbor) is 11 and our youngest caller - with his Italian Greyhound

GAYLE MARTZ (Paris, France) was our first international phone caller, with her company's Sherpa Bag donation to the Dog Bible Pooch Party at Alison's to raffle for good causes

MATTHEW (Swedesboro, New Jersey) is 13, and our first and most successful "virtual dog" owner with his NintenDogs—a Golden Retriever named Star Light, a black Lab named Lightning and a Dalmatian named Spot. Matthew is wheelchair-bound at the moment because of the inoperable brain tumor he has had since he was 7, so his virtual dogs are a virtual necessity (although his real live Golden, Sadie, thought she was enough!)

If you heard 13-year old Matthew on the show Dec 30th, you're probably wondering where to get the NintenDogs for your child—whether they have physical limitations like Matthew, or cannot have a dog for any reason but would love one. You can get them a "virtual" dog to name, train and take care of. Even good to prepare younger kids for the future responsibility of dog ownership. you'll need a Nintendo DS handheld gaming system (Polar White, Coral Pink, Electric Blue & Onyx Black), and you can choose from several versions of NintenDogs, including Labrador Retriever & Friends, Dalmatian & Friends, Dachshund & Friends & Chihuahua & Friends.

BOB (Port Jefferson)- is our oldest Dog Talker at 75, with his black Lab Toby who eats furniture

GiggleGarb.com is the first locally-based business (an online pet boutique) to wave the flag for DOG TALK and the DOG BIBLE POOCH party dinners at Alison's Restaurant - GiggleGarb proprietor Amanda Sherwin will give a surprise door prize at every dinner.

 

FARTHEST LISTENER(S)

Khristina Oestermann, with her 8-pound Maltese, listens to DOG TALK on her iPOD from Geneva, Switzerland.

Another CONTINENT heard from!! Iyke from Kaduna State, Nigeria, who has four dogs, wants to know how he can get a copy of The Dog Bible since they cannot buy online in their country. I am no honored to be listened to in Africa that I will find a way!

 

AMUSEMENTS

Dogs Welcome!

A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwest town he planned to visit on his vacation. He wrote: "I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?"

An immediate reply came from the hotel owner, who wrote: "I've been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I've never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or pictures off the walls. I've never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I've never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed, your dog is welcome at my hotel. And, if your dog will vouch for you, you're welcome to stay here, too."

—Our first Dog Talk Amusement came from Farley, Heidi and Bailey Cartter in Beverly Hills, California