059 When Your Cat Pees in Unwanted Places and Golden Retrievers That Bring Comfort During Disasters.

Are you having problems with your cat, not using the litter box, but instead peeing in places you’d never expect? In this episode I’ll talk about when cats choose house plants as their litter box, offer an explanation for why this might happen and tell you what to do about it. Next time, we’ll cover when cats begin peeing in your bed. You may have heard of therapy dogs who visit patients in hospitals and clinics. Today, you’re going to hear about a special group of golden retrievers, who bring comfort to those suffering the aftermaths of mass shootings and other disasters. You’ll hear how, Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Ministry’s comfort dogs, along with their handlers, travel all over the United States–being deployed in times of crisis to bring comfort to all those affected. My guests today are Tim Hetzner, the president and CEO of the organization who started the K-9 ministry and Richard Martin, the director of the K-9 deployments. Does your dog attempt to eat parts of dead animals it finds outdoors or even grab mouthfuls of dirt at times? When dogs eat what we consider to be disgusting, no doubt you probably pull your dog away, thinking it’s not only gross, but will cause your dog to get deathly ill from consuming such a germ infested thing. In reality, your dog’s body is equipped to handle consuming a lot of bacteria and germy things much more than you are. I’ll explain how.   Additional Resources for the show. Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) Website. www.LutheranChurchCharities.org LCC’s K-9 Comfort Dogs website: www.K9Comfort.org LCC’s Kare-9 Military Comfort Dogs website: www.Kare9.org LCC’s K-9 Police Comfort Dogs. www.K9Blue.org Lutheran Church Charities and the K-9 Comfort Dogs on Facebook: LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Lutheran Church Charities:@LutheranChurchCharities Find the K-9 Comfort Dogs on Instagram:   Comfort Dogs: @comfortdogs Lutheran Church Charities: @lccharities Find the K-9 Comfort Dogs on Twitter: Comfort Dogs: @K9ComfortDogs Lutheran Church Charities: @LCCharities   Source for the story about dog’s ability to eat carrion – “See Spot Live Longer” by Steve Brown and Beth Taylor.   Tell us the pet problems you’d like solved and participate in a free children’s book promotion! You can receive a free copy of the children’s book, “Adventures with Tuffy” Written by Sue Sailer and Illustrated by Troy Becker. This book was the idea of Charlie Nelson, the CEO and president of the family owned company, NutriSource Pet Foods. Tuffy was the name of his grandfather and is also the name of the family’s pet food plant. To participate, please write me at [email protected], with your detailed comments about the Raising Your Paws podcast. We would like to know what some of the problems you are having raising your pets that you’d like to hear addressed on the show. I’ll select 10 of the first people to write and send them a free book. Good Luck. The book is also sold in many of the stores where you find NutriSource pet food.