The Pet Buzz

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed, speaks with Dr. Stanly Coren, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, about how the stereotype of the crazy cat lady has changed.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with four innovators who created products that help pet owners on a daily basis. While most of our guests this week are women, one son who was inspired by his mother, joins us to discuss the product line that he created to help her and those in her industry.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Cat Fanciers’ Association President Allene Tartaglia about the most popular feline breeds. Reeds shares common symptoms of dog pollen allergies.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with veterinarian, Dr. Athema Etzioni from Tuskegee University about the role of a pathologist in pet health. Reed shares a sneak peek of what attendees can expect to experience at Global Pet Expo 2026.

This week on the best in pet talk radio, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed is speaking with Mark Cushing of the Animal Policy group about the business of the pet industry. Additionally, ASPCA's Dr. Tina Wismer will be joining us, reporting on how dangerous human medication is for pets as part of March as Pet Poison Awareness Month.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed will speak with veterinarian, Dr. Tina Wiser, the Medical Director of the ASPCA Poison Control Center about pet garden dangers and National Pet Sitters Week.

This week, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show BIS Judge David Fitzpatrick and Handler Andy Linton of the BIS dog, Penny, the Doberman.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks to veterinary dentist, Dr. Jan Bellows of All Pets Dental, about the dental health problems of Brachycephalic dogs. Also discussed in this show is how changing EU laws confirms that pets are to be treated like family, securing a fencing perimeter so dogs do not go missing, and discovering dental health strategies for all dogs.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks to Thrive Pet Care’s veterinarian Alyssa Vincent. Other topics covered on the show include pet theft awareness, Ring’s Search Party feature, how automatic features help you save money and more.

This week on the Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with veterinary dentist, Jan Bellows, DVM, DIPL, AVDC, ABVP of All Pets Dental about Feline Oral Cancer and with Senior Vice President Todd Northcutt about the benefits of shopping at Pet Supermarket

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed excitedly talks about the 150th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Guests include Breeder, Owner Handler Shari King speaks about the Danish-Swedish Farm Dog K; Westminster’s Michael La Fave, discussing working as the announcer for the second oldest continuously held sporting event in the United States , and AKC President, Gina DiNardo, articulating about Heritage Dog Breeds

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Gregory Curtis, President of The Mystic Krewe of Barkus, about their annual Mardi Gras parade and veterinarian, Dr. Tina Wismer of the ASPCA answers questions from our fabulous felines.

Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with veterinarian, Dr. Ashley Saffire, the founder of The Cat Specialty Center at Faithful Friends Veterinary Clinic, about the benefits of cat-friendly practices, and with award-winning veterinarian and author Dr. Gary Ritcher of Montclair Veterinary Hospital and Holistic Veterinary Care about the popularity of freeze-dried food.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Financial Pet Expert and SVP & GM at Synchrony, Jonathan Wainberg, about tools to help finance veterinary care, and veterinarian, Dr. Lori Teller, a Clinical Associate professor of Telehealth at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, about the benefits of telemedicine.

In the first program of The Pet Buzz for the New Year, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed discusses the importance of why pet owners need to add a financial component to their pet health and wellness resolutions this year as well as how to develop a pet organization and storage plan.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed discusses 2025 with Animal Policy Group’s author, Mark Cushing, Humane Colorado’s former President, Apryl Steele, and Certified Feline Behaviorist and Author Beth Adelman.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with certified feline behaviorist and author Beth Adleman about feline play and Oakley Athletics Lauren Zimmerman about developing a winter indoor play program.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with veterinarian, Dr. Stephan Carey, an Associate Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University about pets catching colds. Additionally, Reed talks about preparing for winter, the best Hanukkah gifts and donating to the pet charities.

This week on this show Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Bryan Oglesby, the Director of PR and Outreach of the Better Business Bureau of West Florida, about purchasing that special holiday pet, and with Dr. Tina Wismer, the Medical Director of the ASPCA Poison Control Hotline, about holiday dangers.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist talks with Dr. Ibrahim Shokry, a retired professor of pharmacology and toxicology from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts, about holiday plants and flowers safety, as well as AAA’s Doug Shoupe about Holiday Pet Travel.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with ASPCA’s veterinarian, Dr. Tina Wismer about holiday hazards; with Long Island University’s Dr. Jonathan Stockman about what you can give your pet to eat from the Thanksgiving table; and with John O’Hurley, Host of the National Dog Show presented by Purina.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist talks with Bark Busters National Training Director Scott about preparing your pet’s behavior for Thanksgiving and veterinarian, Dr. Apryle Steele, about feline diabetes.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed discusses Pet Cancer Awareness with Dr. Ashish Ranjan of Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Reed also discusses Neighborhood Coyotes, Sweater Weather and Symptoms of Canine Diabetes. To learn more about the show, our guest, and our buzzworthy freebies, visit ThePetBuzz.com

This week on The best in pet talk radio, The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed is discussing October as Pet Health and Wellness month with American Veterinary Medical Association President Dr. Michael Q Bailey and as well as October as National Animal Safety and Protection Month with American Society for the Prevention of Animals, Dr. Tina Wismer.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Gina DiNardio, the new president of the AKC, about her background with dogs, her leadership style, hot topics that she is dealing with, and her vision for a modern American Kennel Club.

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Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with veterinarian, Dr. Ernie Ward, the author of the book, “Chow Hound,” and the founder of the Association of Pet Obesity Prevention, about why dogs and cats are still overweight and how genetics is a contributing factor in your pet’s weight.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Kirk Iwasaki founder of SoySand manufactured by Petkinns, about the benefits of tofu litter and Caryn Stichler of Tevra Brands about drug delivery systems.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with American Kennel Club author and historian Bud Buccone about dogs of the Gilded Age and with Donna Stein, the dog mama of Oona- the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who plays Pumpkin in Julian Fellows’ TV show, “The Gilded Age”.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Todd Dittman, Executive Director of Indie Pet, about Neighborhood Pet Store Day, and with Babette Haggerty, a New York Times Bestselling author and dog trainer, about Canine Enrichment Classes during the colder weather months.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Todd Dittman, Executive Director of Indie Pet about Neighborhood Pet Store Day and with Babette Haggerty New York Times Best Selling author and dog trainer, about Canine Enrichment Classes during the colder weather months.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with New Jersey Lottery’s Chief Communications Officer Missy Gillespi, about the Jersey's Top Dogs contest featuring dogs on a scratch off lotto tickets in 2026 and with New York Times Best-Selling author and dog trainer Babette Haggerty about Fido’s Back to School Blues.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed Genevieve Frederick, founder of Pets of the Homeless, about how her organization helps homeless individuals, their family members, and their pets, and with Dr. Jerry Klein, Supervising Veterinarian at the Chicago Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center, about tick prevention.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Jeff Herman, Editor-in-Chief of The LawnStarter Blog, and with Tina Wismer, DVM, the Medical Director of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Poison Control Center, about how America’s dirtiest cities affect pets.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Venice Canals Association’s Ramon Goni, about the mysterious illness that is killing dogs that frequent the Venice Canals in California; and with University of Illinois’s Dr. Rebecca Smith, about how State Health officials would conduct to find the toxin which is killing the dogs.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Kelsey Eberly, staff attorney at the Animal Legal Defense Fund about the PETS Act; Katie Blakely, CEO of Pet First Insurance, about how ready pet owners are for natural disasters; Diane Robinson, Program Manager of the Disaster Service Animal Rescue Team for the Humane Society of the United States about natural disasters; Dr. Warren Hess about how creating Preparedness Plan and Assembling an Evacuation Kit.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with Joe Mazarella, Chief Technology Officer, about how veterinary hospitals are using technology to make pet care more convenient, accessible and user-friendly; and veterinary dermatologist, Dr. Anthea Schick about the impact of sun exposure on dogs. Both guests are from Thrive Pet Healthcare.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed speaks with veterinary toxicologist, Dr. Steven Ensley of Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine about Blue Green as a danger to pets; and with the Medical Director of the ASPCA Poison Control Hotline about pool safety.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendoloigst Charlotte Reed speaks with President and Board Member Karen Guerriero from Kerrville Pets Alive about how local animals were affected by Texas flooding and ASPCA veterinarian Dr. Tina Wismer about summer water safety at the beach and in the pool.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Stanley Coren, PhD, of the University of British Columbia about pets and with Carmen Rustenbeck, CEO and President of the International Boarding Kennel & Pet Services Association, about what to pack for your dog and/or cat when staying at a boarding kennel.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with USPS Occupational and Health Safety Awareness Specialist, Scott Miller about dog attacks on United States Postal Workers; and with ASPCA Medical Director of the Pet Poison Control Hotline, Dr. Tina Wismer about 4th of July Pet Safety Hazards.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Pawsitively Famous Dawn Wolf about making your pet a star and with veterinarian Dr. Paolo Gomes, Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Dermatology at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine about Flea Allergy Dermatitis.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Fleur Dawes, the Media Director of In Defense of Animals about dogs in hot cars and with veterinarian, Dr. Anthony Coronado of Thrive Pet Health Care about exercising dogs in hot weather.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with PETA’s Science Policy Advisor Shriya Swaminathan about the Navy’s recent ban on cruel animal experiments and with Cornell University’s Richard P. Riney Canine Health Center, veterinarian, Dr. Aly Cohen about Lyme Disease.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talks with Certified Feline Behaviorist Beth Adelman about National Hug A Cat Day & National Foster A Pet Month.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte chats with Dr. Tina Wismer, Medical Director of the ASPCA Poison Control Center, about important holiday safety tips for pets. In addition, Reed shares advice on keeping arthritic dogs and cats comfortable at home—and why now might be the perfect time for a refresher dog training course.