Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Jon Katz’ Category

     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 [...]

Read Full Post »

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.

Read Full Post »

    ”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 [...]

Read Full Post »

 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.

Read Full Post »

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 [...]

Read Full Post »

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 [...]

Read Full Post »

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 [...]

Read Full Post »

 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.”

Read Full Post »

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 [...]

Read Full Post »

  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 [...]

Read Full Post »

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 [...]

Read Full Post »

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; [...]

Read Full Post »