Joe Donahue talks and takes calls with author Jon Katz. ALBANY, NY - WAMC - Once a month on Vox Pop we go to the dogs…in a program we call “Dog Talk with Jon Katz.” Jon is the author of several books on dogs - “A Dog Year,” “The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love [...]
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Dog Talk with Jon Katz, December `05
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on December 6, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Laura Knoy talks to author Jon Katz about, Katz on Dogs
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on October 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Laura Knoy for New Hampshire Public Radio.
Jon Katz, a one time technology geek and pop culture writer has become one of the leading authorities on the human-canine bond. In this book he offers powerful and practical philosophy for training and living with dogs from birth to death.
Diane Rehm talks to author Jon Katz about, Katz on Dogs
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on October 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
”Katz on Dogs: A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs” (Villard) — The relationship between man and dog has always been complicated. A leading authority on the human-canine bond offers a commonsense philosophy for training and living with dogs. Jon Katz, author of “A Dog Year,” “The New Work of Dogs,” and [...]
Jon Katz reads from, Katz on Dogs
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on October 6, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Slate Magazine Podcast – Do Dogs Think? Owners assume their pet’s brain works like their own. That’s a big mistake. Written and read by Jon Katz. It was adapted from his new book Katz on Dogs.
Acupuncture for My Border Collie
Posted in Dog Health, Jon Katz on June 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Does “holistic” veterinary care really work?
By Jon Katz in Slate.com - I have a troubled dog. Orson, my border collie, came to me when he was 2. He had issues. So, we’ve been to trainers and behavioralists and tried any number of different training methods. We’ve herded sheep. Chased geese. Practiced positive reinforcement. I’ve used hand signals [...]
Rescuing Fly: A journey on the dog underground railroad.
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rescue, Animal Rules, Jon Katz on February 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
By Jon Katz Posted Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005 at www.slate.com. — Most people would have driven by without slowing, but “Patsy Beckett” (a pseudonym) is a dog rescuer, so she noticed the young border collie tethered to a tree outside a Northern Florida farmhouse. Beckett made a point of passing the farm on her way to [...]
Train in Vain – Why dog training fails
Posted in Dog Training, Jon Katz on January 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
By Jon Katz. Posted Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at www.slate.com. — Sam was distressed. His West Highland terrier, aptly named Lightning, was constantly darting out of doors and dashing into busy suburban Connecticut streets. Sam owned three acres behind his house, and he was afraid to let the dog roam any of it. “I don’t [...]
Angie Coiro talks to author Jon Katz about, The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on December 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Host: Angie Coiro on KQED. Guest: Jon Katz, whose books include “You Are a Dog: Life Through the Eyes of Man’s Best Friend”; “The Dogs of Bedlam Farm“; and “The New Work of Dogs.”
Dog Bites Man Not a story—a national crisis
Posted in Animal Rescue, Animal Rules, Dog Training, Jon Katz on November 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
By Jon Katz Posted Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 at www.slate.com — Spice was a sweetheart, gentle with kids, the best pal of my border collies, generous with her toys and snacks, happy to play tug of war and chase endlessly across suburban lawns. Her owner Jan, an ad executive in my northern New Jersey town, was [...]
Mike Cuthbert talks to author Jon Katz about, The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on November 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
With his three dogs by his side, writer Jon Katz moved to upstate New York to explore a new life as a farmer. His trusty canine companions proved invaluable as they herded farm animals and helped Katz survive one of the area’s worst winters ever. But they didn’t just help him live off the [...]
Bob Paquette talks to author Jon Katz about, The New Work of Dogs
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on July 18, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
New Work of Dogs
On a book tour to promote his book A Dog Year, Jon Katz met other dog owners and realized how important a role dogs play in our emotional lives. WFCR’s Bob Paquette spoke to Katz about his new book, The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love and the [...]
Tom Ashbrook talks to author Jon Katz about, The New Work of Dogs
Posted in Audio, Dog Books & Info, Dog Training, Jon Katz on June 11, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
Listen to Puppy Love from NPR’s OnPoint - An excellent interview with author Jon Katz about dogs, dog training and the changing role of dogs in our society. Originally aired: June 11, 2003.
Author, dog owner and trainer Jon Katz says that the relationship between dogs and their owners has gone way beyond master and pet; [...]