“Katz On Dogs” debuts tomorrow, 6.p.m. Wednesday WBTNAM (1370)
Call me: 802 442-1010. E-mail me live or before or after: [email protected]. Stream: WBTNAM.org.
I’m already getting e-mails from people with questions about their dogs but won’t be able to hear the show because of work or who might be traveling.
I welcome e-mail questions for people who can’t hear the show for any reason; I’ll research them, share them on the air, and talk about them. They are starting to come in from different parts of the country. [email protected].
The first one was from Susan, who has a Black Mouth Cur mix named Boo Bear. That’s a favorite subject of mine.
Boo Bear has locked onto her as a playmate and “wants to play bitey-bite” most of the day. She needs help responding to this. I’m ready. Play is not always what it seems. You want to get good toys; you don’t ever want to be the toy.
Dogs don’t play with their pack leaders, and Susan needs to be a leader, not only a buddy.
Another was from Donald in Arizona; he has an Australian Cattle dog mix, a second dog, and wants to know if they can learn from each other. Linda Roe e-mailed to ask about introducing a new puppy to the family.
When I get a message like this, I think about it, research it, and will talk about it on the air. Dogs do learn from one another; that isn’t always a good thing.
Next week or two, “Katz On Dogs” will move to an afternoon slot and stay there. The station will be on FM in a few weeks.
The best way to listen to the broadcast is to get a radio app like tunein.com or Iheart.com and search for WBTNAM.org.
The broadcasts will be re-broadcast on the radio station and will also be offered as podcasts. The station has a Facebook Messenger address, and people can send their questions there as well.
The best thing for me and the program is call-ins: 802 442-1010. That way, I can ask questions and learn something about the people as well as the animals.
Failing that, I am happy to get your questions any other way.
The point of the program is to be helpful and thoughtful. We are a safe media zone; people will be treated with dignity and respect and heard.
We’re also inaugurating a weekly “rescue” segment; Tracy Snell of Best Friends Rescue (they transport their dogs) will come on during each broadcast and talk about a dog who needs a home.
It occurred to me that we should help dogs on the broadcast and the people who own them.
WBTN is a Community Radio station; I support Community Radio. It is the last remaining media opportunity for real people to circumvent the corporate media that is so harmful to our country and so removed from ordinary life.
I will be looking for ways to support this struggling station as well as animals.
I’m pleased to have a broadcast on Community Radio. So call me, 802 -442-1010, or e-mail me: [email protected].
Lee Dufresne designed the new logo for the broadcast; that’s not me in the graphic, but Zinnia.
I think the logo is great. The station is really behind the broadcast this time around; I’m eager to get going. See you tomorrow.
I must disagree with you on a pack leader playing with their dogs. My son and I most definitely play with ours but still remain leaders. This is done similar to herding with a word that means the end of play. At times we even use “that’ll do”.
Barbara, you’re very much welcome to your opinion, but Facebook comments are not the place I care to discuss or argue my beliefs about dogs and leadership, especially when no one here will know what you are talking about. I don’t think you really know my full feelings about playing and I have not expressed them yet, certainly not in one line on a post. If you want to talk about it or disagree with me, you are very welcome to call in the show, 802 442 1010, It’s a complex subject, and lots of different viewpoints, I just have not even begun to talk about it and I don’t argue my opinions on Facebook.
Perhaps I will as I value your thoughts and are interested in them.
🙂