I’ve been getting e-mails all week from people who want to call up my new radio show – “Talking About Animals” – and who have also triggered some great talking points and topics  for me.

They say they will call WBTNAM – 886-406-9286 – this coming Wednesday, from l to 3 p.m.,  and we’ll see. I hope they do, I loved the show last week, but it felt a bit lonely at times, even with a great talking mate, Thomas “Maestro” Toscano.

I want to talk about one of my favorite subjects, Weltanschauung,  a dog’s world view, a border collie that supposedly could count, training puppies, the Rainbow Bridge, where dogs allegedly go when they die, retractable leashes, shock and spray collars, the drama of animal communicators, whether it’s okay to bring a young dog into an older dog’s home, and the elementals of training.

I’m getting many messages about aggressive and untrained dogs running loose and wreaking havoc and sometimes worse. I want to share a shaman’s journey with me, she says dogs go to a beautiful land when they die, with soft grass and a clear stream. They will rest and wait there, and take the form of blue lights, until they return to earth to join another person or family.

I preach reality training, not the training you see on TV or in those $30 books. Most of us could never do what those people do, but we can  have good and meaning lives with our dogs using our own common sense.

I’m pushing for some calls this week – we had one last week. I understand this is a struggling station on the rebound, and this may take time to get my show up and running, and I’ll hang in there, but I’m still trawling for calls to jumpstart this radio show.

It’s a good idea, and I believe animals and animal people need a thoughtful show about animals, not just more sappy crap about who rescued who and who is going over the Rainbow Bridge.

So if you want to hear this good stuff, you can live-stream the show – WBTNAM.org – and call me. Or e-mail me you questions about animals if you’d rather just listen: [email protected].

If you live in the listening area,  you can call 802 442-1010, or you live outside of the listening area call 866 406-9286. Both calls are toll free.

I want to have conversations with people, not just make speeches. I know it will not be instant.

WBTN is a non-profit community radio station, they are struggling to survive. I’d love to be able to help them rebound.

So mark you calendar: Wednesday, October 24th, 1 to 3 p.m. WBTNAm Bennington, Vt. If you wish to support community radio, one of the last bastions against corporate media, you can send a check to WBTN, 407 Harwood Hill Road, Bennington, Vt., 05201.

If you like my broadcast or wish to support community radio,  you can donate to the station here. Community radio is a good cause, if it doesn’t survive,  we will be left to the mercies of Fox News and CNN.