Chris Packham Answers Our Biggest Dog Questions
Oh My Dog! with Jack Dee and Seann Walsh
Pink Cloud / Off The Kerb
4.8 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Wildlife broadcaster and conservationist Chris Packham joins Oh My Dog - and ends up answering some of the biggest dog questions we’ve ever had on the podcast.
Chris introduces us to his two poodles Sid and Nancy, explains why he feeds them a vegan diet, and reveals what science actually says about whether dogs love their owners.
Along the way he also settles some classic dog mysteries - including why dogs spin before they poo, why they eat other dogs’ poo, why dogs lick our faces, and how closely they’re connected to wolves.
Plus:Jack explains the history of pavements, Seann tries to solve Mildred’s early-morning barking problem, and we learn that dogs might love their owners even more than sausages.
It’s one of our most fascinating episodes yet!
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00:00 Intro
00:25 Dolly at the groomers and Jack’s history of pavements
05:10 Juniper's tomato soup bath and a surprising dog grooming tip
08:45 Seann’s neighbour complaint and Mildred’s barking problem
12:55 Introducing Chris Packham
13:20 Meeting Chris and his poodles Sid & Nancy
14:50 Why Chris fell in love with poodles
16:00 Growing up obsessed with wildlife and undiagnosed Autism
18:20Nature and attention to detail
20:10 Living with his dogs “under a microscope”
21:55 Wolves vs dogs - what domestication changed
23:45 Do dogs actually love their owners?
25:30 Why Chris feeds his dogs a vegan diet
29:00 Food allergies and surprising health changes
31:20 What dogs can teach us about wild behaviour
32:05 Why dogs spin before they poo
33:10 Why dogs eat other dogs’ poo
34:15 Do Chris’s dogs sleep on the bed?
35:20 Should you let dogs lick your face?
37:40 Chris helps Seann solve Mildred’s barking
39:40 Animal testing, beagle rescues and Animal Rising's trials
42:00 What we learned from Chris Packham
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| 0:26.9 | perfect find today. Oh my dog with Jack Dee and Sean Walsh. Coming up on today's show, Chris |
| 0:35.9 | Packham tells us about vegan diets for dogs. |
| 0:38.8 | Sean tells us about how he's going to stop Mildred from barking in the garden, first thing in the morning. |
| 0:43.6 | And I will be giving you a brief history of pavements. |
| 0:48.3 | But first. |
| 0:55.2 | Hi, Sean. |
| 0:56.1 | Hi, Jack. |
| 0:57.1 | You're right? |
| 0:58.2 | I'm good, thank you. |
| 0:58.6 | How are you? |
| 0:59.5 | I'm all right. |
| 1:00.1 | Thank you. Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:01.3 | How's Dolly? |
| 1:02.9 | She's all right. |
| 1:03.7 | We took her to have, to the groomers yesterday to see Lucy. |
| 1:07.6 | Oh, I love it. |
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