medicine Archives - The Community Cats Podcast

September 29, 2016

Interview! Holly Putnam, Faculty Clinician, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, Cornell University

“This is the time to get the ideas into [students’] heads…. I think [vets] have a hard time accepting new information once they’ve been doing what they’re doing; it’s hard to change people’s minds. But our veterinary students are there to be educated, and they already have open minds.” Dr. Holly Putnam graduated […]

October 4, 2016

Interview! Christie Kamiya, Chief of Shelter Medicine, Humane Society Silicon Valley

“What we found in the past decade or so is that there is a connection between stress, illness, and housing that ultimately has an effect on a cat.” At nine years old, Dr. Kamiya’s first experience adopting a dog sparked a lifelong passion for battling animal welfare issues. A graduate of […]

January 28, 2017

Interview! Steve Smith, Founder of Pet Releaf

“We follow the science first and foremost.” In this episode, Stacy interviews a different kind of person interested in pet health and medication—Steve Smith, co-founder of Pet Releaf, a service that provides hemp- and CBD-infused products for pets. Pet Releaf was born of Steve’s personal experience with his dog Mattie. As she aged, […]

September 29, 2016