Karen Golden lives in the Dallas, Texas area with her husband Richard and today she shares three stories - Walker, her first dog, along with Trivette, and Sierra, who amazingly survived the distemper virus when they adopted him five years ago. We quote Karen Golden’s words as the title of today’s episode. You Know Your Dog. You will hear why during our interview. If you want to learn more about Karen Golden and see some beautiful photos of Walker, Trivette, and Sierra, go to our show notes at http://thisispawprint.com/59. Resources Karen Golden’s Facebook Group “For the Love of Walker” https://www.facebook.com/groups/1478351192429189/ Article on the Loss of a Pet  http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/coping_with_pet_death.html Dr. Richard Golden is Professor of Cognitive Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. He also hosts the podcast, “Learning Machines 101.” http://www.utdallas.edu/~golden http://www.learningmachines101.com Walker was not named after Chuck Norris's title character, Cordell Walker, in the television series, “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Ironically, Trivette was named after Walker’s partner, James Trivette, from the same show. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106168/ About Canine Distemper, which Sierra contracted and survived http://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/respiratory/c_dg_canine_distemper If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is a musician based in Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com