This week we celebrate National Live Like a Cat Day. Trust us, even if you're a self-identified dog-person, you and your canine companion are going to want to play along. The first annual Live Like a Cat Day is a fine opportunity to...do nothing, as our guest, Kerri Thomson explains. Stay tuned later this month for an interview with the editors of BARK magazine about their new book, HOWL: A Collection of the Best Contemporary Dog Wit.

Mark Hines, canine and behavior training specialist at the KONG company, gives us his holiday gift tips. And Mark Haynes of the Laurel Canyon Animal Company tells us about his CDs made especially for dogs.

This week, we've got a thought-provoking interview with professor of psychology Sam Gosling from the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Gosling’s cutting edge research into animal personality promises to help shelters better match animals to human companions.