{"id":295568,"date":"2025-06-15T19:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T19:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/answering-curly-questions-about-dogs-and-cats-with-rnz-sunday-morning\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T19:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T19:42:48","slug":"answering-curly-questions-about-dogs-and-cats-with-rnz-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=295568","title":{"rendered":"Answering Curly Questions About Dogs and Cats with RNZ Sunday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-2955819331435396431\">\n<p>I spoke to Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand&#8217;s Sunday Morning to answer some surprising questions about dogs and cats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjth2_vR8ysc4bv_BjvxXvrrL2458x5xbHy5aT1z-i92IMcOvA2viA-GdrKoWtOCAAulPXkBQJZlFyWjinve8ObJ43Gwhpoey3oG0ZOlUABzBjcMHBlFcRw3XORc6ceNnKvy25KqAhCN3yZrWkG24Ll3ZiYafZTAC5MszDUseiPn1sZlUYtO97TPwWCUtY\/s1115\/RNZSundayMorning-7June2025.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two happy dogs look out on a screenshot on the page of Radio New Zealand's Sunday Morning where Jim Mora interviewed Zazie Todd\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1115\" data-original-width=\"1101\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjth2_vR8ysc4bv_BjvxXvrrL2458x5xbHy5aT1z-i92IMcOvA2viA-GdrKoWtOCAAulPXkBQJZlFyWjinve8ObJ43Gwhpoey3oG0ZOlUABzBjcMHBlFcRw3XORc6ceNnKvy25KqAhCN3yZrWkG24Ll3ZiYafZTAC5MszDUseiPn1sZlUYtO97TPwWCUtY\/w395-h400-rw\/RNZSundayMorning-7June2025.jpg\" title=\"Common myths and curly questions answered. Zazie Todd on Radio New Zealand's Sunday Morning\" width=\"395\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.companionanimalpsychology.com\/p\/about-zazie-todd-and-companion-animal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Zazie Todd, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I chatted with Jim Mora on RNZ&#8217;s Sunday Morning and answered questions that address some common myths about dogs and cats as well as about some surprising behaviours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/563445\/common-myths-and-curly-questions-about-our-fur-friends-answered\" target=\"_blank\">You can listen to the recording here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amongst other things, we talked about:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Understanding dogs&#8217; tail wags and whether they wag to the left or right<\/li>\n<li>How breed is not the only determinant of dog behaviour<\/li>\n<li>Whether cats can be therapy cats (and what kind of cat is best for this role)<\/li>\n<li>Why a cat&#8217;s purr doesn&#8217;t always mean they are happy<\/li>\n<li>Why dogs eat poo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more (Jim got the sensational question out of the way first!).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been on this show several times and you might also enjoy previous recordings, in which I answer many common questions about dogs and cats.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to listen to some of those episodes, here are the links to some of the episodes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand&#8217;s Sunday Morning to answer some surprising questions about dogs and cats. 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