Animal Cafe

Joan Orr, President of Doggone Safe , joins Eric Goebelbeck of Animal Cafe, to discuss their bite safety program for children and their 2011 International Bite Safety Week Challenge.

Anthony Holloway, pet lover and owner of K9 Cuisine, discusses pet foods and provides useful information about choosing the best quality food for your dog or cat.

NYTimes Best Selling author Jane Velez-Mitchell talks about her book "Addict Nation" and impacts to animal welfare, the environment and what we can do to stop it.

Mary-Alice Pomputius, who blogs at DogJaunt.com, has become an expert at traveling with Chloe, her charming Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and at imparting a great deal of useful information on pet travel to her readers. In this interview she details some of the challenges of her journeys, as well as the many rewards of being able to share her adventures with a small dog.

Experienced breeder Jacque Redford talks about the responsibilities and obligations of a dog breeder. Topics discussed include the basics of genetic testing, choosing the right dogs for a breeding pair, the importance of the American Kennel Club (AKC) and parent breed clubs as well as the role of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) in collecting and keeping an accurate database of breeding dogs.

This week I spoke to Marjie Alonso, the President and Executive Director of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). We spoke about the IAABC, of which I am both a member and a Board member, and about our upcoming conference, which has a fantastic line up of speakers.