Companion Animal Psychology

We chat about the history of dog breeds and what makes dogs so successful with Tamsin Pickeral, author of The Invention of the Dog: 75 Breeds that Changed the World.   By Zazie Todd, PhD Listen to episode 67 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation wherever you get your podcasts ( Apple , Spotify ) or below, watch on Youtube or below, or scroll down for the show notes.  The Invention of the Dog with Tamsin Pickeral Tamsin Pickeral's new book, The Invention of the Dog: 75 Breeds that Changed the World is a fascinating, touching, and beautifully illustrated account of where our beloved dogs come from. Tamsin joined Zazie and Kristi to chat about the book. We talked about:     How the book came about, and what it was like selecting the artwork to be included in the book     Then we look at 3 very different breeds, starting with the history of the Shih Tzu     The history of the Bernese Mountain Dog     The history of the Yorkshire Terrie...

Who are the cats who inspired literary writers like Edward Lear and Dorothy L Sayers? Zazie and Kristi are joined by Susannah Fullerton to find out. By Zazie Todd, PhD Listen to episode 66 of The Pawsitive Post in Conversation wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, Spotify) or below, watch on Youtube or below, or scroll down for the show notes and a transcript. Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them with Susannah Fullerton This page contains affilliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Zazie and Kristi chat with Susannah Fullerton about her delightful book, Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them . We talk about:     whether there is a special affiliation between writers and cats     how Susannah chose the writers to include in the book     some famous cats, including Hodge, who was a very fine cat indeed     Daffy, the cat who knew Anne of Green Gables before anyone else     w...