The Pet Buzz

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with The Pet Sitters International President Beth Stultz-Hairston about Take Your Dog to Work Day and hiring a pet sitter over the summer. The Dynamic Pet Duo also talk with Michigan State University’s College of Medicine, veterinarian, Dr. Stephen Carey, about the Canadian wildfire's impact on pet health.

Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, about the importance of pet vaccines; Ernie Ward, DVM, about slimming down America’s super-sized pets; Tina Wismer, DVM, about common household hazards; and Marc Seitz, DVM, about how first aid can save your pet’s life.

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 show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Cornell veterinarian, Dr. Aly Cohen about Lyme Disease and Auburn veterinarian, Dr. Noelle Bergman about pet cancer screening.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Secretariat.com’s Steve Haskin about the results of the 149th Kentucky Derby and with Janice Hayes about the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Anna Ginsky of Mexivet about Americans seeking out less expensive veterinary care options for their pets in Mexico and Jill Stewart of China Rescue Dogs about saving dogs from the Chinese Meat Trade.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk about the Westminster Kennel Club’s 147th Annual Dog Show. Guests of the show include Communications Director & Host, Gail Miller Bisher; Show Chair David Helming; veterinarian, Dr. Amanda Inman; and American Kennel Club Executive Secretary Gina Dinardo.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk about the 149 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve with Churchill Downs’s, Senior Media Director Darren Rogers, and Track Announcer Travis Stone. We are also talking with Racing Journalist Steve Haskin or Secretariat.com and Milliner Christine Moore.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Veterinarian Dr. Apryle Steel about vet care problems in the State of Colorado and with The Human Animal Bond Research Institute’s Steve Feldman about pet-friendly housing initiatives.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with veterinarian, Katie Tolbert, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM, as a Clinical Associate Professor in Small Animal & Comparative Gastroenterology at Texas A&M University (TAMU) about gut health and veterinarian, Joseph Bartges, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM, DACVN a Professor of Medicine and Nutrition in the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, about reading pet food labels.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with the University of Illinois’s veterinarian, Dr. Bailey Brame, about seasonal allergies and with South Delta Animal Rescue’s Board Member, Alex Frisbee, about how the deadly tornado affected the shelter animals and the pets of the Rolling Fork and Silver City, Mississippi. .

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk about Easter and Passover with pets.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with certified Feline behavior and author, Beth Adelman, about how to show respect to cats and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal’s Horse Racing Coordinator, Emily Rohr, about Anheuser-Bush InBev’s cropping the Clydesdale Horses’ tails.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center’s veterinarian, Dr. Tina Wismer, about March as Pet Poison Prevention and Awareness Month and with Cherry Hill Program’s Vice President of Marketing & Communications’s Chris Landtroop, about creating Bunny Magic with one of their festive photo session.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Adam Parascandola the Vice President of the animal rescue team for Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International about rescuing animals in aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey, and with Teresa McGuire, the Executive Director of the Columbiana Humane Society, about how dogs and cats are doing after the train derailment in East Palestine, OH.

Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, about the importance of pet vaccines; Ernie Ward, DVM, about slimming down America’s super-sized pets; Tina Wismer, DVM, about common household hazards; and Marc Seitz, DVM, about how first aid can save your pet’s life.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Nicolo Pinchak, a doctoral student in sociology at The Ohio State University lead author of the study about how dogs in neighbors deter crimes, and with Emily Lewis, Managing Attorney at the Animal Legal Defense Fund about raising awareness around animal cruelty.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with writer and photographer, Joan Walker, about Black Dog and Black Cat Awareness month and veterinary dentist Jan Bellows, DMV, about dental pet care and oral innovations.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Embrace Pet Insurance Consultant and veterinarian, Dr. Jacqueline Brister, about pet love and veterinarian, Dr. Dan O’Neill and VetCompass PhD student, Camilla Pegram, both from the Royal Veterinary College about Cranial Cruciate Ligament injuries.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk about the French Bulldog. Guest include: Breeder, AKC Judge and Director of the French Bulldog Club of America, French Patricia Sosa; Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Epidemiology at the Royal Veterinary College and Founding member of the International Collaborative on Extreme Conformations in Dogs and of the Dog Breeding Reform Group, Dan O’Neill, DVM; Emmy award-winning and Chief Veterinary Officer of Airvet, Jeff Werber; and Best selling Amazon.com author and security expert, Robert Siciliano.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Rose Wahl, LVT of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine about January as Pet Blood Donation Month and Suzy Cyrennee of Zumalka , CCSP about homeopathy and pets.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Amy Tokos, the President of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and the owner of Freshly Organized, about ways to organize all our pet’s stuf,f and with Bash Harow, Certified Veterinary Practice Manager and a Licensed Veterinary Technician, about an article he wrote about Native Americans & dogs.

In this special programming we discussing the problem of pets left at the border by migrants coming to the United States. We are talking with border-town police chief, Frederico Garza, of Eagle Pass Texas about the impacts this situation is having on his police force, with Laurie Simmons, CEO of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, a large no-kill shelter that has dedicated resources to help the pets left behind, with Annette Lagunas, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Yuma, Arizona, a border town humane society, and reporter, Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Correspondent for the Washington Examiner.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with American Veterinary Medical Association President, Dr. Lori Teller, about making New Year’s Pet Resolutions, and with Pet Food Institute CEO, Dana Brooks, about pet food concerns.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM discuss 2022, a year in review with Mississippi State University’s Mark Seitz, DVM, with Certified Feline Behaviorist Beth Adelman, Animal Policy Group’s Mark Cushing and Humane Society of United States’ Kathleen Summers.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Certified Feline Behaviorist Beth Adelman about how best to play with cats and with Oakley Canine Athletics Founder and Agility Coach Lauren Zimmerman about how best to play with dogs during the winter months.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with the ASPCA’s veterinarian Dr. Tina Wiser about holiday pet dangers and Paw & Order’s dog trainer and founder, Elissa Weimer, about preparing for a holiday puppy.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Ross University’s veterinarian Dr. Ibrahim Shokry about dangerous holiday plants and the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters' Jessica Abernathy about prepping your pet and your home for a pet sitter during the Christmas season.

This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Dr. Christine Rutter, a clinical assistant professor and head of the intensive care unit of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Small Animal Hospital, about cold weather pet tips and Doug Shupe, Corporate Communications & Programs Manager, Triple A’s Auto Club of Southern California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area about holiday travel with pets.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday with our pets with ASPCA’s Tina Wismer, DVM about holiday hazards, Cherry Hill’s Chris Landtroop about pet pictures with Santa, the National Dog Show’s Presented by Purina’s John O’Hurley about the holiday dog show and with Hosts Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Dr. Michael Fleck about holiday pet shopping tips.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Mississippi State University’s Dr. Patty Lathan, Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine about canine diabetes, and the Animal Policy Institute's Mark Cushing about pet industry news.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with UC Davis’s Jennifer Larsen, DVM , about cooking homemade meals for pets and OSU’s Dr. Ashish Ranjan about cancer and pets.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with epidemiologist Rebecca Smith, DVM, from the University of Illinois at Urbana about various scenarios in which pet owners can be affected by other animals/insects in their environment as well as transmission of disease.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with dog trainer Amy Robinson about keeping your dog calm at the veterinarian’s office and Pawlicy Advisor Edwin Plotts about taking a dog on a first date.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Zoetis- Base Paws Lead Veterinarian, Dr. Ernie Ward, DVM about the importance of DNA as means to prevent disease.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Helen Woodward Animal Center’s President Mike Arms about Remember Me Thursday and The Humane Society of the United States’s Vice-President John Goodwin about Puppy Mill Awareness Day.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with the President of the AVMA’s Texas A&M’s Dr. Lori Teller about what it means to be a responsible pet owner and The North American Pet Health Insurance Association’s Kristen Lynch, about pet health insurance.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Dr. Kimberly Dodd, director of the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, about the mysterious illness that has been killing dogs in Michigan, and with Michelle Megna, Pet Insurance Expert at Forbes, about dog shaming and how much doggy misdeeds cost.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with dog trainer Elissa Weimer from Paw & Order about Fido’s Back to School Blues and Dr. Ronald Koh from UC Davis about the benefits of acupuncture for pets.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Lawn Starter’s Editor, Jeff Herman, about the best cities for cats and their owners and with Mississippi State University’s veterinarian, Dr. Marc Seitz, about pet radiology. Reed also discusses the first human-to-dog transmission of MonkeyPox.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with University of Colorado State University guests. Michael Lapin, DVM talks about feline vaccinations and Rushika Perrera, Ph.D., speaks about how global warming affects mosquito-borne illnesses in our pets.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with the American Veterinary Medical Association’s President, Jose Arce, DVM about telemedicine; and, Assistance Dogs International’s Executive Director Chris Diefenthaler about International Assistance Dog Week in which we honor service dogs and their trainers.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM celebrate Shark Week with Dr. Gavin Naylor, the Program Director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the University of Florida.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with dog trainer, Amy Robinson, about how to calm your dog during a thunderstorm and with Danette Johnston, Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and Licensed Veterinary Technician, about dog depression.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine Benjamin Brainard, DVM, about Heat-Related Illness with pets and travel and lifestyle writer, Becca Blond, about the best pet-friendly destinations in the US.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with Photographer Jim Dratfield about taking better pet pictures and Fire and Safety Expert Sharon Cooksey about American Pet Fire Safety Day.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM talk with ASPCA’s Tina Wismer, DVM about 4th of July pet dangers and 146 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Winner Heather Buehlner about her dog Trumpet.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Heather Zabiecki of Brown Heating & Cooling about the importance of cleaning air ducts and maintaining our HVAC systems; and with Dr. Scott Weese, professor in the Department of Pathobiology at U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and the director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ), about his research on the transmission of COVID-19 between humans and animals.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed talk with Gail Miller-Bisher (WKC Director of Communications & Host), David Helming (WKC Show Chair), Gina Di Nardo (AKC Executive Secretary), and Donald Sturz (WKC Best in Show Judge)about the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

This week on the show, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with John Goodwin of The Humane Society of the United States about the recently enacted ordinance to prohibit pet store sales of dogs and cats in Dallas and with Mike Bober, President of the Pet Advocacy Network, about the organization’s current agenda.