Top Dog Podcast

•The American author Sassafras Lowrey has done it again: her latest book "Chew This Journal. An Activity Book for You and Your Dog" provides inspiration and guidance for dog lovers looking to enrich the lives of their dogs.
•Who does Barney, a Golden Retriever, love more? Alex or Sophie? Barney played an important role at their wedding. Since then it has become a bit of a tricky menage.
•Eighty years after Lassie captured hearts, the world's most famous dog returns to the big screen in "Lassie Come Home".
•Cognitive therapist and book enthusiast Eva Murer from the podcast "Abenteuer Lesen" has a closer look at Eric Knight's literary classic "Lassie Come Home".
•Episode 15 of the audio book "Pirate - The Barking Kookaburra".

Death is a topic none of us can avoid. We will face it sooner or later. Let's talk about this rather uncomfortable and to some extend disturbing chapter of everyone's, including your dog's, life.

•Jeffrey Masson is a New York Times bestselling author and trained psycho-analyst. He came to fame with his criticism about Sigmund Freud's psycho-analytic methods, but mostly so with his books about the emotional life of animals. Both When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love, sold over 1 million copies each. We talk to Jeffrey Masson about his latest book Lost Companions. Reflections on the Death of Pets.
•Billie is a 11 years old Border Collie X Kelpie and works at the funeral parlour Simplicity Funerals in Perth, Australia. Billie is a miracle dog, because he is very understanding with the customers that come to the funeral parlour in order to say goodbye to their deceased family member. Billie knows how to comfort them.
•Episode 14 of the audio book Pirate - The Barking Kookaburra. Pirate is struggling to find help for Stelze who got bitten by Tiger, the snake. His only hope are the naughty kookaburras. They are the only ones capable of locating Tiger and take her to the hospital, where the doctors can identify the anti-venom for Stelze. Will Pirate manage to convince the kookaburras to help him?

•American author and dog rescue advocate Cara Sue Achterberg witnessed some heart-wrenching moments in dog shelters in the south of the US. She talks about her latest book: "One Hundred Dogs and Counting" (www.carawrites.com).
•Dog trainer Bente Dubnitzki from Queensland/Australia lives the glamorous live of movie stars. Or doesn't she? Bente gives us an insight into how much hard work it really is to train dogs for a role in a movie (www.bentesdogtraining.com.au).
•In chapter 13 of the audio book "Pirate - The Barking Kookaburra" Pirate and Stelze are going on a dangerous journey (www.bubenberg.com).

•The Petcalmer relaxes your dog with especially composed music
•The YouTube channel RelaxMyDog offers your dog endless music and pictures
•How not to dress your dog for an Instagram shoot
•How to make your dog aware that you will come home again
•How to use the healing power of Reiki and meditation
•My most laid back Top Dog "Jar Jar Binks"
•Episode 11 and 12 of the audio book "Pirate - The Barking Kookaburra"

Martin Skalsky, director of the feature length documentary "Cody, the dog days are over" tells us how his adopted dog Cody both challenged and changed his life.
Yuetse is sharing a hilarious story about his some kind of poodle top dog Olivia.
Ron Jones takes us on a hunt for wild goats. His most treasured helper is Rip, a German shorthaired pointer.
Hear the next two episodes of the audio book "Pirate - The Barking Kookaburra".

How to prepare your dog for a normal routine again? The global animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS has all the answers for easing dogs out of lockdown.

Dollar is a Labradoodle. Despite him having ruined one day not only the table setting but also the whole family dinner, in Jay's and his daughter Judy's heart Dollar is still their top dog.

It is time for episode 7 of the audio book "Pirate - The Barking Kookaburra". After a bunch of dogs and a cat became his best friends, Pirate will in this episode meet a new animal, rather one of the dangerous sort.

Meet the team and some of our guests.