Travelling with pets, why dogs wag their tails, and more. | East Coast Radio
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Animal Behaviour
House training young animals & New Year Resolutions for pet owners
Listen to the podcast. Thanks, as usual, to Declan Meehan and East Coast FM.
Pete the Vet on Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff Show | Newstalk
Pete joined Sean for a chat on Wednesday 4th January – covering subjects as diverse as behavioural problems in dogs, power cuts in Connemara, the high suicide rate in the veterinary profession a ..
Telegraph vet blog: how to stop Benton chasing the deer in Richmond Park | The Telegraph
Did you see the video on Youtube today of an out-of-control dog chasing deer in Richmond Park in London? You can watch the video, and read my thoughts on it, by clicking here.
Weekly vet podcast from East Coast FM: more on that dog trainer on the BBC One Show
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Pets and drinking water on the radio | East Coast Radio
Pets seem to drink from all sorts of places, including muddy puddles and ditches. Is this safe? And why do they so often reject the fresh tap water.
Ten reasons why pets are the best medicine
1: Pets encourage people to exerciseIf you have a dog, you need to take it for a regular walk.
How to give a pill to a cat
How do you give pills to cats? I’m sure many of you will have read this humorous piece about the process before, and I don’t know who originally wrote it, but it’s very, very funny w ..
The cat and the weatherman
Thanks to Vicky Halls, the cat behaviourist, for letting me know about this funny Youtube clip - a cat wandered onto the television set during a live weather bulletin on German television.
Dogs going to the movies
When Emma won tickets to an Irish movie premiere, they were tickets with a difference.
Stopping dogs from escaping from gardens
The old days of the dog "taking himself for a walk" are in the past, and this is no longer acceptable. Owners have a responsibility to keep dogs securely at home, either indoors or confined to the garden.
Disco the dancing dog
Richard Curtis from Southampton was visiting Pet Expo in Dublin last week, with Disco, his dancing Portuguese Water dog. Dogs have featured in Richard’s life for as long as he can remember.
Clicker training for dogs
Clicker training is a way of teaching dogs that many of you may have heard of, but what is it exactly? Anne Rogers, a dog trainer who runs her own excellent blog has given me permission to post her us ..
Puppy crate training
I was asked by a TV3 viewer about a pup that was whining at night when left alone.