Hello and welcome to the upgrade, the podcast from the team of LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time.

I'm Alice Bradley, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker,

and today I'm joined by our food editor, Claire Lower.

Hey, Claire.

Hi, Alice.

Claire, this week we're talking about the opposite of food, I hope.

Sorry.

And that's our pets.

Yeah, we're going to talk about some animals that we don't eat.

And I'm glad we're doing that because my cat, Dallup, is a real piece of work.

She really is.

I've seen her on video and she can really get in your face on a conference call.

Biting Me is her favorite hobby. She's perfected it. It's almost an art form. She loves

to interrupt a meeting.

You know, listen, fortunately for you, we're talking with animal behavior experts Zazzy Todd,

who's here to help us with all of our pet problems.

If we're thinking about dogs and dog welfare, it's important to think not just about preventing harm and preventing cruelty, but also how to give pets positive experiences, how to make them happy.

Zazzy is a specialist in both dog and cat behavior and is the creator of companionanimal psychology.com.

Her new book, Wag, The Science of Making Your Dog Happy, just came out in March of this year.

And Claire, you're not the only person with a problem, pet.

I got a dog over here.

Perhaps you've heard of her.

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