Archive for March, 2009

StClair makes a detour on her way to Journey’s End to solve some minor mysteries that had troubled her. Too bad she spent so much time doing this…

Romancing the Dog This podcast offers irrefutable proof that I get very grumpy when something unexpected regarding the human-companion animal relationship assaults me over the airwaves early in the morning. The result this time is a semi-rant on the long-term detrimental effect the media can have on our our dogs’ behavior. Let the listener beware

Nick Cooper sends StClair back to square one until a flash of insight that catapults Matty into the sink puts her back on track again.  At last she knows who killed her client.

Fixed vs. Flexible Animal Communication I received a voice recorder for my birthday and this podcast represents my first attempt to master the new improved technology. All is not perfect but this shouldn’t be any problem since none of my podcasts have ever been perfect. Below is a recent picture of my flexibly communicating dogs, [...]

StClair began investigating her canine suspects with the idea that this would reveal the guilty party.  Now it seems like she’s found the culprit, except for one unexpected detail…

Whittington’s Good-By I recorded this the day after Whit died, but chose not to post it for several weeks and even considered not publishing it at all. And yet the events were so Whit, it seemed to me that they comprised a final tribute to yet another amazing animal.

I finally got around to updating the references regarding the effects of spay and neuter and you can find these at http://www.mmilani.com/spay-neuter-references.html For those who don’t have access to some of these publications, you may be able to find at least abstracts of the articles by doing a search for the author’s name plus key [...]

StClair and McCarthy play “True Confessions.” Or rather StClair pretty much tells all while McCarthy, as usual, holds something back.

Down With Socialization Down with socialization? Have I lost my friggin’ mind? Well, that’s always a possibility. But I do think it’s time to rethink this concept because there’s so much confusion surrounding it.