Animal Radio® Show #434 March 29, 2008
"Bart Simpson" Nancy Cartwright
She is recognized as one of
the world's leading voice-actors, Bart Simpson. Nancy Cartwright,
who voices the character Bart Simpson on "The Simpsons"
shares her feelings for her pets. Nancy tells us that pets have
always been a major part of her life.
Nancy
lives with a ranch-full of animals including a plastic cow affectionately
named "Milk-Dud," which she says is only appropriate
because one of Bart's catchphrases is "Don't have a cow,
man!"
Besides the Bart Simpson character, Nancy's
achievements as an actor include dozens of credits in television,
film and theatre.
http://www.NancyCartwright.com
Vladae, The Russian Dog Wizard
If you
are fighting a loosing battle with your dog, it is because you
are making the usual common mistakes. Do you want a well behaved
dog? Vladae, the World Famous Russian dog Wizard, teaches people
how to control their pets
Why doesn't my dog listen to me?
Vladae states that most people speak English to their dogs when
they should be speaking "Doglish." He emphasizes that
you should do what a mother dog does to teach her young:
Why does my dog listen to my husband
more than me?
Want to be the Alpha Female in your word? Vladae gives some
great tips on how to make your dog listen to you with using only
a 15-inch length of cotton rope and cutting it back one foot per
week.
My dog bolts out the door!
Tie a lead to your dog and the front door. Next time he bolts,
he will be stopped automatically by the lead.
Vladae's DVD "Obedience for Life"
is a dog-training program available on two interactive DVDs. You
can quickly and easily teach your dog how to obey you with the
affective methods that deliver astonishing results.
http://www.controlyourpet.com
http://www.animalradio.com/vladae.html
Bob Barker
Los Angeles Spay-Neuter Law
Bob
Barker is best known as ringmaster for the game show The Price
Is Right, a job that he held from 1972 until his recent retirement.
Barker is also an outspoken member of the animal rights movement.
Since his retirement, Barker has spent
a considerable amount of time championing animal rights. He was
involved with moving two elephants, Ruby from the Los Angeles
Zoo and Maggie from the Alaska Zoo, to a more suitable habitat
for elephants called PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society)
in Northern California.
Recently, Barker was directly involved with the passage of a Los
Angeles Spay/Neuter ordinance - which requires most dogs and cats
to be spayed or neutered by 4 months of age.
"I've been so busy I wonder how I
ever had time for a TV show," Barker states. Barker is currently
working on Bill AB 1634, which will require most cats and dogs
in the entire State of California to be spayed or neutered by
4 months of age.
NEWS UPDATE: King of Pop Michael Jackson Loses His Pets
There's no doubt
that Michael's been going through it lately. The fallen King
of Pop will probably lose his ranch and now it looks like he can
wave goodbye to the Jacko Jungle too. The Voices of the Wild
Foundation, a non-profit animal sanctuary in Page, Arizona (not
too far from here) has adopted the bulk of Jacko's zoo, including
4 giraffes, 9 parrots and 3 giant pythons. Jackson's 2 caymans
and 2 anacondas will join the crew in a few months.
Currently, the animals are living in a temporary setup, but the Voices of the wild Foundation recently announced plans to build a multi-million dollar 186-acre wildlife preserve, and that will house Michael's critters, as well as a slew of other needy creatures.
Now it's been reported that the animals
have arrived in good condition with no signs of mistreatment.
The foundation is even letting Michael visit his ex-pets whenever
he would like.
Preserve manager, Marc Chandler said: "It's not that he
gave them up because he didn't want animals anymore. It was a
financial situation and they were caught in the middle of it.
Michael is welcome to be a part of their lives."
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Ruth Regina, Wiggles
The day of emulating celebrity
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Wiggles is the brainchild of Ruth Regina, a master wig maker whose notoriety in her field spans a half a century. The lover of her art and the love of animals make an odd and unique coupling twenty years ago when a friend asked her to make a wig for her beagle. One order turned into many, one interview turned into a series of high profile engagements and Wiggle Dog Wigs was born.
Wiggles takes the same level of quality found in her hair products for Ruth Regina's two legged customers, for those on all fours. A true professional at custom wigs, Ruth designs and manufactures the wigs specifically for canines keeping their comfort the primary concern.
Ruth recently made a Mohawk wig for the dog of Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx to wear on the red carpet.
Originally a sideline to Ruth Regina's
primary business, the volume of interest people have shown has
extended the activity of Wiggles and the time she devotes to her
canine friends.
http://www.WigglesDogWigs.com
Einstein - The Trained Goldfish
Britt Savage
Studies
are showing that the common goldfish may be a lot smarter than
we thought. Nine-year-old Kyle Pomerleau agrees. He won Albert
Einstein the goldfish at a school fair and soon noticed that the
fish would react to him whenever he came near the tank.
Kyle and his dad decided that they would
try to train the goldfish to do something. They first bought
a finger soccer kit from a dollar store and rewarded Albert with
food every time he swam near the net. As soon as Albert got the
net trick, they added a ball. Soon Albert was trained to push
the ball into the goal for a treat.
The father and son training team have heard from so many people
eager to train their own fish, they've now started selling fish
training manuals from their fish school website http://www.fish-school.com. They say it takes
about five or six training sessions a day for about three weeks
to teach most goldfish how to swim through a hoop.
Home Sweet Home, Where Bailey the Buffalo Roams
Jim Sautner, Bailey the Buffalo
For thousands of years, the majestic
North American buffalo roamed freely over the wide-open Canadian
prairies. Today, most of these brown, woolly beasts spend their
time grazing on ranches - or in the case of Bailey, watching TV
in the living room of an Alberta family's home.
Jim and Linda Sautner are the proud owners of Bailey, who has
a penchant for spending his time inside the couple's home, about
20 kilometers west of the provincial capital of Edmonton.
"My wife wouldn't let me bring my German shepherd puppy in
the house one day, so I got even with her by bringing Bailey in,"
Mr. Sautner said.
"He's made a mess on the carpet a couple of times, so now
we bring out an ice-cream pail whenever he gives us that look."
The Sautners, who own 270 head of buffalo, have become used to
having the 725-kilogram beast watching television in their lounge
room. "He prefers to watch The Nature of Things," Mr.
Sautner said, referring to a Canadian nature series.
The couple rescued Bailey as a
baby, after the calf was abandoned by his mother. Along with farm
hands, they bottle-fed Bailey with milk daily and their affinity
for one another grew rapidly. Christmas was especially memorable
at the Sautners with 21 wide-eyed guests sitting down to a dinner
of mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, and buffalo meatballs
- with the furry giant snorting behind them.
The laid-back Bailey, who has been neutered, has been involved
in some unusual promotional stunts, including showing up in the
lobby of three-star hotels and climbing with Mr. Sautner to the
top of a grandstand at the Calgary Stampede rodeo.
http://www.BaileyTheBuffalo.com
"The Talking Pug"
Erica Volkman with Odie
We all love our animals and believe
that our animals love us in return. But when our animal actually
says "I love you", that is a special treat. And Erica
Volkman has such a treat in her life, named Odie.
Odie is a pure bred pug who is about nine years old. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his two owners Erica and Ruth Volkman. They adopted Odie when he was about 5 years old, and after a few months, they found out that Odie is a pug that can say, "I LOVE YOU!" Anyone who sees Odie's trick is rendered speechless, followed by hysterical laughter.
I wonder if his previous guardians knew
of his special talent - they would have given Odie up!
http://www.TheTalkingPug.com
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