Madcap Radio
You know us from Puppy Culture, When Pigs Fly and Madcap University. Now Jane and Mark have launched a radio station to bring you podcasts on the intersection of dogs, life and the science of doing anything well and being happy doing it.
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Episodes
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
This week’s star question is from a puppy owner who’s puppy is drooling and throwing up in the car.
They’re wondering, is it general anxiety or carsickness? It’s very troublesome because these puppy owners have lots of big plans for travel with their pet and it’s important that their puppy ride well in the car. What can they do to fix this situation?
In this episode I answer these questions and look at:
The evolutionary reason we experience motion sickness
How to treat and manage carsickness
Carsickness prevention protocols for breeders, and
The prognosis for carsick puppies
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Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Today’s question comes to us from a breeder who’s having a large litter and wondering how she’s going to get everything done:
“Help, I am actually freaking out…just confirmed 11 via x-ray…have got a really bad feeling that I am going to be short on time for individual work. How do those of you who have big litters work?”
In this episode, I talk about:
My Five key tips to save time when working with litters
Great time savings suggestions submitted by our followers
Prioritizing what’s most important for you and your puppies
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Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Today’s question comes from a viewer who has a puppy that wakes up at 5AM and screams her head off. They’ve been ignoring the screaming but it’s not going away...what should she do?
This is a common problem that both puppy owners and breeders regularly write in about. In this episode I cover:
Why puppies scream at seemingly odd hours of the morning
What you should do to stop “early risers” from screaming
How to effectively look at the total picture to see why your puppy is screaming and if it’s an “I want” or an “I need.”
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Today’s question comes from a person who’s thinking about taking in rescue litters.
She’s thinking that a good early start could help rescue puppies, but she’s wondering if she’ll be able to use Puppy Culture. She’s worried that, because the dams are stressed, she might not be able to do some of the protocols.
What should she do? Are there any special considerations for doing Puppy Culture with a rescue litter?
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Today’s question comes from a viewer who’s wondering how early puppies need to be separated from their littermates to avoid the dreaded “Littermate Syndrome.”
In this episode, I tackle that question and discuss key issues around “littermate syndrome.”
Is littermate syndrome a real thing?
Is it ever a good idea to keep two littermates?
If you do keep two littermates, how can you successfully raise them together?
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
In a brand new Madcap Radio podcast series, Jane grabs a question from the Puppy Culture discussion group that sparked interested and talks about it on air.
In this first episode, the person asking the question finds herself torn… she’s very attached to a particular puppy in a litter, but also feels like that puppy does not interact a lot with the rest of the litter.
This person has previous experience with a puppy that was somewhat retiring within her litter, and that puppy grew up to be reactive to other dogs. The person is hoping that this new puppy will be her next big performance prospect, but she’s worried about winding up with another reactive dog that she can’t run in dog sports.
What should she do?
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Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Dietary Choline for Lactating Dams
In this episode, Jane is joined by Magda Chiarella to review dietary supplements and food sources that can help prevent mastitis in lactating dams. Although sunflower lecithin is often recommended, sunflower lecithin has some potentially serious side effects and there are many far superior dietary sources of the active ingredient in sunflower lecithin, which is choline – phosphatidylcholine, to be exact.
Visit our website, madcapradio.com for further reading and studies referenced in this episode.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
One Species Evolutionary Meat is another Species Evolutionary Poison
So, your dog eats poop. Is it deviant? Or an elegant evolutionary solution?
In this podcast, Jane and Mark look at the research and talk about the possible functions of poop-eating, what works and does not work to stop it, and why.
We won’t say you’ll come away happy that your dog eats poop, but for sure you’ll see it in a different light.Visit our website, madcapradio.com for further reading and studies referenced in this episode.