Woof Meow Pet Tip for Feb. 3, 2025 at Star 977 with Don Hanson

Woof Meow Pet Tip for Feb. 3, 2025 at Star 977 with Don Hanson

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MIKE DOW: – Welcome to Woof Meow with Don Hanson here on Star 977. Don is among the most widely respected pet care professionals, and I have come to him with countless questions over the years, and you will hear many of those answers here on Woof Meow.

DON HANSON: – Mike, it’s great to work with you again, and with Star 977 to provide your listeners with valuable tips on how to help them and their pets have the best life together possible. Every month I’ll have two tips that you will share on the air. As you know, I recently began my 30th year as a pet care professional, and one of the things that has pleased me the most during my career is seeing the changing attitude most people have towards their dogs, so my first tip is not going to be a tip, but a request for your listeners to tell me about how they view the role of their dog in their life, and we’ll address that more after the break.

MIKE DOW: – For 30 years Don has been owner and operator of  Greenacres Kennel Shop, 1653, Union Street in Bangor, offering pet supplies, boarding, grooming, and training. Learn more at greenacreskennel.com at the new website, forcefreepets.com.

DON HANSON: – Last year I read two studies discussing people’s changing attitudes about the role their dogs play in their lives. I discussed these studies in the January Downeast Dog News in an article titled, What role does your dog play in your life? I’m very interested in this topic because it examines how we view our dog may affect, how we treat them. I’ve created an online poll to assess how Mainers would answer that question and encourage Star 977 listeners to let me know their feelings about this topic. They can find a link to the article and poll on the ForceFreePets Facebook page, or at my blog at ForceFreePets.com. Three people who complete the poll will be selected at random to receive some valuable prizes.

MIKE DOW: – Animal lovers listen for Woof Meow with Don Hanson each Monday at 4:20, and at various times during the week only on Star 977.

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Don Hanson lives in Bangor, Maine, where he is the co-owner of the Green Acres Kennel Shop (greenacreskennel.com) and the founder of ForceFreePets.com, an online educational resource for people with dogs and cats. He is a Professional Canine Behavior Consultant (PCBC-A) accredited by the Pet Professional Accreditation Board (PPAB) and a Bach Foundation Registered Animal Practitioner (BFRAP). Don is a member of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG), serving on the Board of Directors and Steering Committee and chairing the Advocacy Division. He is also a founding director of Pet Advocacy International (PIAI). In addition, Don produces and co-hosts The Woof Meow Show podcast, available at http://bit.ly/WfMwPodcasts/, the Apple Podcast app, and this blog. The opinions in this article are those of Don Hanson.

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