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The Long Leash with James Jacobson
by Dog Podcast Network
Dogs know that the most delicious and nourishing treats are often found on the ground. In “The Long Leash,” we rescue tasty scraps from the editing room floor in an unscripted interview show. Listen in as James Jacobson, founder of Dog Podcast Network, chats with newsmakers and celebrated dog lovers. Go behind the scenes of a fledgling podcast network dedicated to helping improve the quality of life for dogs and the people who love them.
Episodes
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The Future of At-Home Vet Tests with Jen Hagness | The Long Leash #75
You’ve come home from work to discover evidence your dog has diarrhea. Ugh. It continues, and you call the vet. No appointments for two weeks, unless you want to pay for an emergency visit … but this doesn’t seem like a huge emergency. Most veterinary visits are for the same few problems.…
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I Miss You Already: Anticipatory Grief with Nancy Gordon | The Long Leash #74
We have grieved the loss of our dogs ever since they first became man's best friend, thousands of years ago. Everyone experiences loss in their own way, but it is a pain that is shared by everyone who has ever loved a dog. But is there anything you can do to prepare for that grief? Our guest…
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Force Free Dog Training with Shannon Riley-Coyner | The Long Leash #73
Today on the show we discuss the history and evolution of dog training. Dog training now looks very different than it did just a few decades ago. It used to be commonly accepted that the best way to train a dog was to punish them when they did something wrong. Whether it was spanking them…
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The Dog Genius Challenge with Dr. Claudia Fugazza | The Long Leash #72
Today on the show: dog geniuses. What does it mean to be a truly gifted dog? Researcher Dr. Claudia Fugazza has been on a mission to better understand how dogs learn. She is particularly interested in the dogs that can memorize dozens of toy names. Everyone thinks they have the smartest dog in…
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Solving Crime One Sniff at a Time with Jen Danna | The Long Leash #71
On today’s show we hear from Jen Danna, a crime novelist whose FBI K9 novel series explores the world of FBI agent Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog Hawk. If you’re thinking “I thought that series was written by Sara Driscoll,” you’re right. Sara Driscoll is a joint pen name for Danna, a...
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Connecting Human Health with Vet Care with Dr. Michael Blackwell | The Long Leash #70
Too many people face a cold reality when their dog gets sick: they want to give vet care, but simply cannot afford it. Ways to cope vary, including hoping and wishing the problem will disappear on its own, reducing pain and other medication use to “make them last,” and even euthanizing a dog who...
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What it Means to be “Dog-Friendly” with Beth Miller | The Long Leash #69
Every dog-loving human has their own idea about what being dog-friendly means. For some, it’s the neighbor who switches to non-toxic snail bait. For others, it’s a dog water bowl in front of a business, or a grassy dog park in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. But some humans have bigger ideas…
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A Sommelier's Guide to Pairing Dogs with Wine with Michele Gargiulo | The Long Leash #68
How do you pair wine with something that’s not food? Our guest today says it’s simple: compare the personalities and traits of both. And yes, you can pair wine with dogs! Michele Gargiulo, certified sommelier, wanted to sprinkle some joy into the winery world, which she says takes itself far too...
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When a Vet Oncologist Gets Cancer with Dr. Renée Alsarraf | The Long Leash #67
For more than two decades Dr. Renée Alsarraf treated cancer in her canine patients. Then, at age fifty-one, she was diagnosed with cancer herself … and so was her boxer, Newton. The healing nature of their bond helped Dr. Alsarraf fight. Newton acted as her guide dog through chemo, therapy, and...
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The Emotional Cost of Being a Vet with George Melillo | The Long Leash #66
Veterinarians are animal lovers, and many expect their career to be all about spending quality time with animals. Reality is a little different, though. First, veterinary school is hard. It’s also expensive. When vets graduate, their starting yearly salary might be half of their debt burden....
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A Place to Call Home for Senior Dogs with Valerie Reid | The Long Leash #65
Today on the show, Valerie Reid, who started the non-profit Whispering Willows Senior Dog Sanctuary. The mission? To provide an extraordinary retirement community for senior dogs who find themselves unhoused and unhumaned. Elderly dogs find their way to Valerie for one of several reasons. Their...
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Making Your Vet Visit Fear Free with Dr. Marty Becker | The Long Leash #64
Dr. Marty Becker has devoted his life to helping animals in need. For many years he made regular appearances on national TV shows such as Good Morning America and Dr. Oz. That is where he got his moniker as America’s Vet. He has owned or co-owned seven different veterinary hospitals, lectured to...
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My Life as a Hollywood Animal Trainer with Mark Harden | The Long Leash #63
It’s likely that you have watched some of the animals Mark Harden has trained. Do any of these titles ring a bell: Stuart Little, Hachiko, Dracula, Arachnophobia, or Pirates of the Caribbean? Mark takes us behind the scenes to show us the art of animal training and Hollywood production. How do…
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When a Swimming Legend met a Water Rescue Dog with Lynne Cox | The Long Leash #62
Throughout her life, super swimmer Lynne Cox has been making waves; she has swum the Nile, around the Cape of Good Hope, and more than a mile in Antarctic waters. She was also the first person to swim the Bering Strait. This accomplishment earned her praise from both U.S. President Reagan and...
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Sit, Stay, Speak...with Buttons! with Leo Trottier | The Long Leash #61
Do dogs have abstract thoughts? What do they dream about? Do they understand us? Do they know each other’s names? We have so many questions! And lately, it seems, we may be getting answers … from dogs themselves. Cognitive scientist Leo Trottier is confirming what dog lovers already suspect: our...
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A Journalist’s Journey to Save her Boxer with Jane Cowan | The Long Leash #60
Jane Cowan is an Australian journalist who has reported from around the world, including as a foreign correspondent in the United States. But as life would have it, her biggest assignment as an investigative journalist would be her own attempt to save her dog’s life. Jane spent 20 years at...
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Combining Archaeology & Canine Forensics with Alex DeGeorgey | The Long Leash #59
Wildfires move rapidly and destroy everything in their path within minutes. In the chaos of evacuation, many have little warning and must leave immediately. Some don't even have time to grab a family member's urn. Can these cremains be recovered in the devastation? Alex DeGeorgey is the principal...
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Confronting Past Trauma with Golden Courage with Ward Serrill | The Long Leash # 58
An exile from Corporate America, Ward Serrill sought the untamed Alaskan wilderness to discover himself … and found himself fighting off demons from his abusive childhood. Alone in a cabin far from other humans, despairing and lonely, he found himself in communion with one other person: his…
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My Life Transformed by a Golden Angel with Dean Koontz | The Long Leash # 57
Dean Koontz has written more than 100 novels and sold over 500 million copies worldwide. And just like us, this international bestselling author absolutely loves dogs. In this special episode, Dean shares his story of a life transformed by the love of a good dog. An admitted workaholic, Dean says...
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Presidential Pooches with Andrew Hager | The Long Leash #56
Many dogs have helped men with presidential ambitions get elected, and one even helped a President prevent nuclear catastrophe. Andrew Hager, Historian-in-Residence at the Presidential Pet Museum, joins host James Jacobson to discuss the presidential pooches who have pooped on the White House…
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When Your Child Asks for a Dog with Ciaran Walsh | The Long Leash #55
One-Eyed Leo is not the usual children’s book. It takes children and their parents on a journey of discovery, love, life, play, learning, joy and heartbreak when it comes to dog ownership. But it is a story like no other, where, as Ciaran Walsh explains ‘the magic of everyday tasks appears in the...
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Changing the Dog Catcher Narrative with Ed Jamison | The Long Leash #54
Ed Jamison is an animal welfare pioneer. Using data to convince sceptics, he has helped governments in Ohio and Texas transform their animal control programs into animal welfare programs. Ed’s initiative City Dogs rebranded bully breeds to convince locals that pit bulls are great pets to adopt.…
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Tales of Dogs We’ve Loved with Jim Mitchem | The Long Leash #53
“He was not old. It was not his time, I will spare you the drama, except to say: I lived in the pupil of his eye.” -Dead Dog by Lisa Underwood. That poem is one of 52 stories from people around the world in author Jim Mitchem’s book “Gone Dogs” – a tribute to the dogs that have left us, written…
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Winning at Westminster with Kate Basedow | The Long Leash #52
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has been in existence longer than the AKC. And winning a title is a pretty big deal. Kate Basedow has participated in dog shows since she was an infant. Her dog of choice? The majestic Belgian Tervuren. Kate shares with us life beyond the showroom floor…
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Dogs on Deployment with Alisa Johnson | The Long Leash #051
Service members in the United States face unfathomable difficulties throughout their careers. The last thing they need to worry about is their pet's care while they are away fighting for their country. The unconditional love of a canine companion can be one of the best things in the world, and...
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Fate and Bull Terriers with Martha Teichner | The Long Leash #50
Martha Teichner's journalist career started in 1977, and she has reported on every topic you can think of. Her incredible voice and poised presence has been the vehicle through which we’ve learned about war, apartheid, pandemics, politics, and so much more. Since 1993, Teichner has entered our...
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To Russia with Love: Some Hope in the Darkness with Debbie Deegan | The Long Leash #49
The war is reaching far beyond Ukraine's borders. Fear and loss can be felt across continents and oceans. But what can also be felt is the incredible resiliency and determination of the Ukrainian people and those who want to help. One helper is Irish mom Debbie Deegan. She is no stranger to…
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Dog Movies that Make Us Cry Tears of Joy with Mark Bomback | The Long Leash #48
Mark Bomback had never made anyone cry with previous films. He is best known for action-packed movies like The War of Planet of the Apes and Total Recall. But after reading the best-selling book The Art of Racing in the Rain by author Garth Stein, Bomback did two things: adopted his yellow lab...
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Insta-Fame and Loki the Wolfdog with Kelly Lund | The Long Leash #47
Loki the Wolf Dog is officially Instagram Famous with nearly 2 million followers. The gorgeous Husky/Malamute/Wolf takes his human Kelly Lund on grand nature adventures, from crunching through hard snow in Grand Teton National Park to wading through the calm waters of Baja California. Kelly’s...
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Humor, Reporting, and Personal Obsessions with Kelly Conaboy | The Long Leash #46
Kelly Conaboy was an accomplished New York Magazine writer when she fostered – and quickly adopted – Peter, a small black dog. The quintessential New Yorker (currently writing for Gawker) found herself obsessed with her new roommate. As she rearranged her life to share it with Peter, she…
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When Preparation Meets Opportunity with Angela Medlin | The Long Leash #45
Angela Medlin is a design expert who designed products and directed creatives at brands like Nike, Adidas, Levi Strauss, and the North Face. But this self-described closet-entrepreneur always had side hustles … and in 2017 her dog, Wubbi, inspired her to start House Dogge, a collection of...
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Dogs as Therapists with Ward Serrill | The Long Leash #44
Ward Serrill wore three-piece suits and thought it was normal to go without touch when his accounting firm sent him north to a small town in Alaska. In that wild place, however, he touched a wild force within himself, one that called him to go further. Further up the river, into the wilderness,...
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Teaching Dogs How to Talk with Leo Trottier | The Long Leash #43
Leo Trottier isn’t the first scientist to get interested in inter-species communication – he credits Charles Darwin as the first modern mind to recognize that animals are not “dumb beasts” but our intellectual cousins. But this life-long animal lover has done more than most cognitive scientists…
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Saving The Planet One Poop At A Time With Tracy Rosensteel | The Long Leash #42
Tracy Rosensteel, the entrepreneur behind Pooch Papers, got the idea for her product while walking her Frenchie, Indiana Jones, in New York City. There they were, on every corner – garbage cans stuffed with single-use plastic bags filled with methane-emitting dog poop. Not only was it stinky, it...
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Amy Shojai: Writing from a Dog’s View Point | The Long Leash #41
Want to learn more about dogs (and cats) without learning more about dogs (and cats)? Pick up an Amy Shojai thriller. She’s written several, and while they are gripping narratives, they’re also entertaining ways to learn about animal psychology. Her September and Shadow novels in particular are...
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Jenna Mahan: Weird Things Dogs Get Into At The Holidays | The Long Leash #40
Jenna Mahan has seen a few things in her fifteen years as a registered veterinary technician and her ten years in Claims at Embrace Pet Insurance. She joins us today for a sometimes hilarious, uncensored, no BS story session. She’s been in on some of the weirdest dog-related stories we’ve ever...
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David Bessler: Revolutionizing Emergency Vet Medicine | The Long Leash #39
David Bessler thinks the traditional veterinary medical practice, with its separate treatment rooms, closed surgeries and recovery areas, and hard-to-reach veterinarians is not just outdated, but broken. With nearly two decades of emergency veterinary medicine under his belt, and public education...
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Jess Stone: Riding Far and Fast on 2 Wheels + 4 Paws | The Long Leash #38
When USAID worker Jess Stone fell in love with her fellow international aid worker now-husband Greg, she knew she would spend a lifetime on two wheels. Greg was an inveterate, unrepentantly passionate motorcycle enthusiast, and Jess was a city girl who didn’t even drive stick. But they loved each...
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Ed Jamison: When the Dog Catcher Rebrands Animal Control | The Long Leash #37
You know that person at work who has a new idea every five minutes? Who says at least once a meeting, “I was thinking about it, and why don’t we…?” That’s Ed Jamison. But he’s not some tech entrepreneur – he’s an expert in animal welfare with decades of government experience, and now the Director...
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Kim Bressant-Kibwe: Pet Protection Agreements & Pet Trusts for Your Dog | The Long Leash #36
Many folks assume that shelter dogs have something wrong with them, and that’s why they are there. But it’s not true. Some shelter dogs are there only because their owners died without making provisions for their care … and no one stepped up to take them in. With almost a million dogs euthanized...
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Rebecca Ascher-Walsh: Entertainment Reporter, Writer & Dog Devotee | The Long Leash #35
Talented writer and journalist Rebecca Ascher-Walsh is known for her inspired and inspiring coverage of everything from entertainment to travel to advertising to U.S. history. She contributes to many newspapers and national magazines, including Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and...
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James Gorman: New York Times Science Writer & Dog Lover | The Long Leash #34
James Gorman dog lover, science writer for The New York Times, author and narrator, is stepping away from the newspaper after almost three decades. He is the author of books on hypochondria, penguins, dinosaurs and the ocean around Antarctica. He writes about animals, viruses, archaeology and the...
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Jane Cowan: Award-winning Journalist’s Biggest Investigative Story, Healing Her Boxer Dog in Supercanine | The Long Leash #33
Jane Cowan is an Australian journalist who has reported from around the world including as a foreign correspondent in the United States. But as life would have it, her biggest assignment as an investigative journalist would be the one that set her on the path to save her dog’s life. Jane spent 20...
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Rick Bassman: From Pro Wrestling to Pit Bull Rescuing | The Long Leash #32
At the top of his game, Rich Bassman was a high-ranking Disney executive, big-time concert promoter, TV and Movie producer and owned Professional Wrestling and Mixed martial Arts brands & fighting gyms. But at the bottom he battled Stage 4 testicular and lung cancer, homelessness, poverty,...
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Mark Cushing’s Pet Nation And How Companion Animals Have Transformed Our Lives | The Long Leash #31
In the last 20 years pets have gone from the backyard to sleeping on our beds, then showing up in every corner of America. But what has this complete shift in our relationship with pets meant for society? Lawyer, strategist and author Mark Cushing has explored this phenomenon in his book Pet...
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Ciaran Walsh: One-Eyed Leo, A Love Story Told By A Special Needs Dog About Dog Ownership | The Long Leash #30
One-Eyed Leo is not the usual children’s book. It takes children and their parents on a journey of discovery, love, life, play, learning, joy and heartbreak when it comes to dog ownership. But it is a story like no other, where, as Ciaran Walsh explains ‘the magic of everyday tasks appears in the...
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Patch Baker: With a PTSD service dog by his side, this former Marine builds multi-million-dollar companies | The Long Leash #29
Patch Baker’s is an inspiring story. One born partly during, and partly after his time in the military. His life has been full of high highs and very low lows, all which have made him the man he is today. Patch spent nearly 15 years serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. When his…
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Jim Mitchem – “Gone Dogs” Author | The Long Leash #28
“He was not old. It was not his time, I will spare you the drama, except to say I lived in the pupil of his eye,’ Dead Dog by Lisa Underwood. That poem is among 52 stories from people around the world in author Jim Mitchem’s book “Gone Dogs” – a tribute to the dogs that have left us, written by…
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Victoria Stilwell – World-renowned Dog Trainer | The Long Leash #27
Victoria Stilwell is probably best known as the star of the international hit TV and YouTube series “It’s me or the Dog” where she helps owners tame their unruly pups. But there is so much more to this world-renowned dog trainer, best-selling author, award winning TV presenter, animal rescuer and...
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Grieving The Loss Of A Dog With Lori Levine | The Long Leash #26
As a talent executive for the likes of late show host Conan O’Brien, Lori Levine knows better than most ‘the show must go on’. But how do you do that when you lose three four-legged friends in one year? That was Lori’s family’s reality in 2020, when amid the Coronavirus pandemic and the many...
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Dogs know that the most delicious and nourishing treats are often found on the ground. In “The Long Leash,” we rescue tasty scraps from the editing room floor in an unscripted interview show. Listen in as James Jacobson, founder of Dog Podcast Network, chats with newsmakers and celebrated dog lovers. Go behind the scenes of a fledgling podcast network dedicated to helping improve the quality of life for dogs and the people who love them.
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Dogs know that the most delicious and nourishing treats are often found on the ground. In “The Long Leash,” we rescue tasty scraps from the editing room floor in an unscripted interview show. Listen in as James Jacobson, founder of Dog Podcast Network, chats with newsmakers and celebrated dog...
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