To All The Dogs We've Loved

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wisconsin Public Radio

Prx, Philosophy, Knowledge, Wpr, Ttbook, Wisconsin, Society & Culture

4.7 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The bond we share with dogs runs deep. The satisfaction of gentle head scratches or a round of playing fetch is simple and pure, but in other ways, the connection we have is truly unknowable. How do dogs make our lives better? How do they think? And how do we give them the lives they deserve?

Original Air Date: February 05, 2022

Interviews In This Hour:

Adventure, goofiness and trail snacks: Stories from the dog musher's journal — Getting inside the mind of a dog — Nothing makes losing a dog easy. But a bridge dog can help. — Joy and peace, high up on Dog Mountain

Guests:

Blair Braverman, Quince Mountain, Donna Haraway, Sarah Miller

Further Reading:

Pet Loss Resource Center: Resources for animal loss and grief

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0:00.0	Hey podcast listeners, it's Anne.
0:05.1	And that is Alfie.
0:08.1	Normally I have to edit him out of the background when I record a show.
0:11.9	But this week, Alfie and the rest of the dogs in our lives are taking center stage.
0:16.6	How do dogs make our lives better?
0:19.3	How do they think and what do they think about?
0:21.6	And what can we do to give them the lives they deserve?
0:25.9	This hour, a love letter to all the dogs we've ever loved.
0:31.7	You, silly boy.
0:33.6	What's what I do with you?
0:54.2	It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm And Strain Champs. It's to the best of our knowledge.
0:55.5	I'm Anne Strange Champs.
1:11.1	A lot of us have been spending less time with other people than we might have liked, and more time with another species.
1:15.6	Dogs.
1:19.6	There's kind of a musher camp up ahead.
1:24.6	Let's see what's going on.
1:31.3	Producer Mark Rickers went to meet two people who know dogs better than most. Quince Mountain and Blair Braverman.
1:35.3	Hi!
1:36.3	Hi!
1:37.3	Are you with public radio?
1:38.3	Yeah, there we go!
1:39.3	Players too are right here!
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