Darlene
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Active Senior Living
- Almost Perfect Pets
- Avalon Cat Cartoons
- Chris Davis Blog
- Exploring Belize Continues
- Jason Pinter's 'The Man in Black'
- Joe Finder's Blog: Writing Tips, Obsessions and More
- Musings of a Bookish Kitty
- Nigel & Sola
- The Militant Recommender
- The Rap Sheet
- Theemes
- There's Always A Dog
- Thoughtful Thursday
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Journalist/Author/Speaker/Behavior Consultant |
| Location | New England, United States |
| Introduction | I'm an award-winning writer and author whose work covers a wide range of topics from my specialty of pet writing to travel, women’s issues, and celebrity profiles.A Certified Animal Behavior Consultant, I lecture widely on Toy and Small dogs, Wellness for pets including nutrition, training and behavior. I also facilitate canine musical freestyle dance movement workshops, including music selection. I am a learning facilitator for the Dog Training and Management Program at Kutztown University. I am also an experienced television producer/host, and a lively guest expert on various radio and television programs. |
| Interests | Animals, Theatre, Concerts, Ballet, Opera, Film, Consuming lots of coffee. |
| Favorite Movies | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Lion in Winter, and others. |
| Favorite Music | Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Michael Crawford, Bobby Short, Audrea McDonald, Placido Domingo, Classical, Jazz, '30s, '40s and '50s even if most of it WAS before my time! Show tunes. |
| Favorite Books | Can I say that ones I wrote?! The Irrepressible Toy Dog, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care for Dogs, Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures That You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're a Dog, Small Dogs Big Hearts, Rover Get Off Her Leg! I also loved, among others, The Good Earth, Terry Pratchett's Disc World series, Faye Kellerman's Peter Decker Series, most of Jeffery Deaver's work, and many, many more. |