Pet Talk Audacy

Laurie weighs in on the Kristi Noem news story about her shooting her dog and goat. Can any dog be trained to do anything and can most dogs be trained to be good pets? A caller wanted to share some humor by sharing the definition of an "ask-hole".  Another caller wanted to know how to stop her dog from constantly pawing her and jumping on the back door.

Today's show was about aggression in dogs and cats. There are many different types of aggression. Laurie discusses some of these and makes the point that a pet having good discretion is the difference between inappropriate and appropriate aggression. A caller had a question about introducing a German Shepherd puppy to his two cats.

How are animals going to react to the eclipse? Laurie makes some predictions. Scientists are planning to resurrect the woolly mammoth in a few years. Maybe it's not a good idea. Laurie recounts a dog she had named Tino. A caller who lived in  the path of a full solar eclipse in South Dakota in the 70's recalls a friend with a dairy farm describing his cows coming in to the barn in the middle of the day when it got dark, not their usual time, and it took 3 months for the cows to reorient to real time. A caller wanted advice on how to teach his dog not to jump.

Animals are capable of complex thinking. To illustrate this Laurie shared stories about an African Grey parrot, a chimpanzee, and a fox. Callers had questions about a new cat with dandruff, a new puppy getting along with their older dog, a temperamental three-pound poodle, and a labrador hound mix who gets scared of loud noises.