Ep 26: The Rebellious Runaway Reenacting Rooster

Today's topics: Civil War reenacting rooster flew the coop, a dark walk through history thanks to a Border collie who inherited $5 million from her dead owner, and pigs can play video games for science!

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About your host:

Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a dog trainer& author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

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Intro Music: “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz. Interstitial music: MK2

Runaway Chicken

"Final Count" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100657

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

And Zacharia Hickman with his song, "In the Sweet By and By"

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxXuycyfYH17CZ_1NtwX1g

@peep_the_towel on Instagram

https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/teen-reunites-with-pet-rooster-after-losing-it-at-alabama-cracker-barrel/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2021-02-14/pet-rooster-reunited-with-owner-after-going-missing

https://wgno.com/news/viral/teens-civil-war-reenacting-rooster-found-in-alabama-after-escaping-at-a-cracker-barrel/

https://ushistoryscene.com/article/civilwaranimals/

Richard Miller Devens’s Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion

Lulu the Border collie and Bill Dorris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest_Statue

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/nashville-tn/charles-dorris-9918582

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/us/dog-border-collie-lulu-5-million-dollar-trust-owner-trnd/index.html

https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/8-year-old-border-collie-inherits-5-million/

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/24kershaw.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Fort-Pillow-Massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow

Pigs play video games

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56023720

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Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz

Interstitial Music: MK2

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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)