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Can One Person Make a Difference?
I regularly communicate with a multitude of people who make a difference in the lives of animals. Many conversations leave me in awe of how much people do to help animals. Sometimes it is part of their profession and other times it is through dedicated volunteer...
Are Senior Dogs More Sound Sensitive?
As I approach the big 50, I notice that I don’t have the same tolerance for loud environments that I did 20 or even 10 years ago. You rarely find me in Costo, clubs, or even loud restaurants anymore. Partly due to the crowds, but mostly due to the loud sound...
Free Therapeutic Music for You and for Rescues
Chloe - Rescued by Terri O'Connor from Border Collie Rescue Texas The following blog is from my Care2.com post on December 3, 2010. I am a devout dog lover. So much so, that first thing every morning, I write on an index card, “By combining my passion for music with...
Are You Still Training that Dog?
100_0918.MOV Watch on Posterous A local business owner, who sees me often with Sanchez, made a passing comment the other day that really got my attention. He said, “You’re always training that dog.” While he didn’t mean it as a criticism, he certainly didn’t intend it...
Is Social Media Helping Our Dogs?
Casey Lomonaco teaching Meet and Greet with Dogs Casey and I met first on Twitter (where I new her as @RBDT), then at the APDT conference, and then in person at her training center in Binghamton, NY I was having a conversation with a dear friend. He (and many other...
Does music therapy really work to calm dogs during fireworks?
photo: Kitty Perlsweig and Sanchez I am very deeply touched to read how Through a Dog’s Ear music helped calm so many dogs on their worst day of the year in the United States, July 4th. Phase two of clinical testing was purposely started just before July 4th, 2005. We...
8 Tips for Keeping Dogs Calm and Safe during Fireworks
This is a repost from a blog I wrote for DogStarDaily.com a year ago. July 4th is around the corner, along with the fireworks that inevitably come with this holiday. Almost all humans with canines in the United States declare this day the worst day of the year for...
The Dogs of Sounds True, publisher for Through a Dog’s Ear
It’s Take your Dog to Work Day and I am in Boulder, Colorado celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Through a Dog's Ear publisher, Sounds True. Before the party begins tonight, I stopped by the Sounds True office in Louisville and met all the dogs that come to work...
Even Dogs Want to Know Why
I recently heard a TED talk video that made a profound impact on my thinking, exactly what TED talks are supposed to do. Simon Sinek speaks about The Golden Circle - Why, How, What? He says, “Everyone knows what they do. Some know how they do it. But, very few know...
Why Do Dogs Howl? Interview with Joshua Leeds
Dogs everywhere have been howling to the theme song from Law and Order. It was so viral, that Dogster blogger, Maria Goodavage provided a link to 28 of them with just one click. While people think it is very entertaining, it appears that these dogs are very stressed by the sounds they are hearing. I asked sound researcher Joshua Leeds, co-author of the book Through a Dog’s Ear, for his input on this not so laughing matter.
Music and Sound Therapist for Dogs?
Recently, it's been unclear for me to answer the typical cocktail party question, "What do you do?" Sometimes I say, "I'm a concert pianist". Other times I say, "I own a music school". Sometimes it's "I help improve the lives of dogs." or "I'm a recording artist."...
Freedom Dogs: War Heroes
When Joshua Leeds and I presented at the annual Association of Pet Dog Trainers conference in October, we met so many inspirational trainers, behaviorists, and dog lovers, amongst a huge variety of dog professionals. One woman in particular, Beth Russell,...