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WELLNESS RESOURCE GUIDE
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educating�your�passion
Henry Winkler
Compassionate, charismatic and cool as ever Is your animal being
OVERvaccinated? How your “inner cat” can help you live more blissfully
Allergies and Hotspots How to deal with them drug-free
What to consider before choosing a dogwalker
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features 14 Allergies...
helping dogs and cats get the itch out Get down to scratch with skin problems
18 Too busy to
exercise Fido? A dog walker might be the answer
26 Is your animal being 58
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overvaccinated?
32 Henry Winkler Compassionate, charismatic and cool as ever
36 The Way of the cat Nap, do nothing and stretch your way to a blissful life
40 Animal Wellness Expo A glimpse at our first event at the Rose Bowl
The latest information may surprise you
44 Why are so many
dogs and cats getting IBD and what’s the best way to treat it? Holistic medicine can help overcome this debilitating disorder
48 Special needs diets –
what do you feed your ailing companion? Healthy, tempting recipes for cancer and IBD patients
columns 10 Yakkity yak
61 Book reviews
22 Dr. Martin Goldstein 68 Legal beagle 38 Animal
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72 Animal passages 82 The tail end
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features 57 Is your dog or cat
missing important enzymes? These hard-working nutrients are vital to your companion’s digestive health
58 Preventing and
getting rid of your equine’s skin troubles Taking the natural approach to dermatitis in horses
62 How Reiki uses
65 Disaster relief for animals is all in a day’s work for Noah’s Wish
From fires to floods, these dedicated rescue workers are ready for anything
energy to heal
A hands-on approach to well-being
departments 6 8
Editorial
47 What’s gnu?
71 Events calendar
Pony express
53 Holistic
74 Ad spots
31 Product picks
resource guide
81 Classifieds
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Henry Winkler:henry Compassionate, charismatic and cool as ever By Dana Cox
Shown here with his Labradoodle, Charlotte, Henry believes there’s a strong rapport between animals and humans. “If you have expectations for your dog or if you talk to your dog, there is tremendous communication going on.”
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learly, Henry Winkler’s youngest has him wrapped around her little finger. Well, actually, it’s more of a toe... a black, furry toe that belongs to Charlotte, Henry’s two-year-old Labradoodle.
when Monty needs to do his business. “I come down to the kitchen,” explains Henry, “open the back door and Charlotte stays exactly where she is. Her brother goes out. They absolutely have a communication. You can see it.”
“She’s so smart and fabulous, and such a substantial personality,” says Henry. “I can literally have a conversation with her.” What kind of conversation, I ask? “Well, she loves to play ball. And sometimes she’ll come to me and cock her head. I’ll say ‘I don’t have the ball, Charlotte. I bet you it’s in the backyard. Why don’t you find the ball and bring it to me?’ She looks at me, processing the information, then out the door she goes, finds the ball, and brings it back to me. A friend of my daughter’s lost his cell phone in the back yard and he said, ‘I can’t find my cell phone. Charlotte, where is it?’ She took him directly to it. She is just amazing.”
A lifelong animal lover, Henry’s first dog, an Irish setter, was given away by his parents because his mother thought she was too big. “That was not nice,” says Henry. Especially given his challenging childhood and adolescence in New York, where his undiagnosed dyslexia made his school, home and social life challenging. It wasn’t until he was an adult that the real issue surfaced. “When I discovered that I was dyslexic, I realized I wasn’t stupid. And I was very angry about all the stuff that happened when I was growing up – being grounded or punished or called names – all of that was unnecessary and unfounded. Then I got past the emotion and realized that being dyslexic forced me to use other parts of myself that maybe I wouldn’t have used.”
Apparently, Charlotte also speaks for her canine sibling, a ten-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Monty. The Labradoodle barks to wake Henry in the middle of the night
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Henry went on to complete a Masters degree at Yale and, after
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“If you cut off every negative
several acting assignments, including a role in the movie The Lords of Flatbush, he landed the part that would make him a household name across North America. Henry’s portrayal of Happy Days’ Arthur Fonzarelli (aka The Fonz), the tough, big-hearted chick magnet, had everyone flipping up their thumbs with a guttural “Aaaayyyyy.” The character won him two Golden Globes but it was a far cry from the real thing, laughs Henry.
thought before you put a period
on the end, it will not stop you from moving toward your goal.”
independent movie production, and getting ready to address the PTA of America (he recently addressed 10,000 teachers at the International Reading Convention).
Meanwhile, on the personal front, Henry married Stacey Weitzman in 1978 and together they raised three children. Naturally, the family always included four-legged members.
“The Fonz was my alter ego. He was everything I wasn’t. I was never that cool.”
“When my wife and I met and then married, she had two Yorkies, Amanda and Percy. They were older when I met them but Amanda bonded with me immediately and just followed me around the house. Then we had a Wheaton terrier named Waffles. Our youngest son named him because he looked like a waffle. Tootsie, our black Lab, died two years ago at the age of ten after a sudden stroke. It was horrible.”
“Everybody loves Monty,” says Henry. “He’s a lapdog. He just rolls over and says ‘C’mon, rub me!’”
During and after Happy Days, Henry starred in a multitude of big screen and television movies, including Heroes, Nightshift, An American Christmas Carol, The Waterboy, and Down to You, and appeared on many television series such as Third Watch, The Practice, The Drew Carey Show and most recently Arrested Development. He also won an Emmy nomination for his stint as the voice of Norville in Clifford the Big Red Dog: The Puppy Years, a role he says was wonderful and fun. In addition to acting, the versatile Henry has produced (MacGyver, Mr. Sunshine) and directed (Memories of Me, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) over the years. Currently, he’s working on Unbeatable Harold, an
Having been through a difficult childhood, Henry believes kids can positively benefit from sharing their lives with a canine sibling. “The responsibility, the affection and the opportunity to play together is wonderful,” says the 58-year-old father. “When a dog pays attention to a child and is happy to see him, it gives
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