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What is DogTalk?

DogTalk is a one-hour chat that occurs on Twitter every Monday at 9:15PM EST. Each week, a different topic relating to dogs is discussed. Guest speakers are invited each week to answer questions related to their area of expertise.

This Week on DogTalk

September 6, Labor Day: DogTalk will be taking the holiday off. Enjoy the evening with your friends and family.

Upcoming DogTalk Guests

The following guests and/or topics will be featured on Dogtalk in the near future:

How do I Participate in DogTalk?

All dog lovers are welcome and are encouraged to attend our weekly chats.

DogTalk uses a Question & Answer format. One of the DogTalk moderators will pose a series of questions to the guest speaker. Questions are posed one at a time, followed by the guest speaker's answer to the question. After the speaker has answered, the floor is opened for additional comments or questions related to the original question. We encourage audience participation and hope all of our followers will feel free to share thoughts and/or experiences as appropriate.

As a moderator poses each question, the question will be assigned a number. Answers to that question should be accompanied with the same number, as should related comments, thoughts or follow-up questions. For instance, Q1 will refer to the first question asked during the chat. The answer to Q1 will start with A1, indicating the relationship between the question and answer.

How can I Follow the DogTalk Conversation?

We encourage those wishing to participate in the DogTalk chat to use Tweetchat to follow and contribute to the discussion.

To log in to DogTalk via Tweetchat:

  1. Log into your Twitter account using your personal username and password.
  2. Click on the following link to go to the proper chat room in TweetChat: http://tweetchat.com/room/dogtalk. (Alternatively, you can also go to www.tweetchat.com and enter "dogtalk" following the hashtag symbol, then click "Go")
  3. Click on the link in the upper right hand corner that reads "Sign in with Twitter".
  4. Click "Allow" to give Tweetchat permission to communicate with your twitter account.
  5. You will then be directed back to the TweetChat DogTalk chatroom. Tweetchat will automatically add the #dogtalk hashtag to each of your tweets. (A hashtag is a tag used to categorize tweets according to topics.)

What if I am Having Problems Contributing to the DogTalk Chat?

Though it is possible to follow and participate in the DogTalk discussion on twitter.com and many other twitter applications (Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, etc.) by utilizing the #dogtalk hashtag, some people have had difficulty with their tweets being seen on TweetChat using these methods. Apparently, Twitter sometimes has difficulties indexing some of these tweets so that they become available on Tweetchat. If you are using Twitter or a Twitter application other than TweetChat and you are not receiving answers to your tweets, it is likely that we are not seeing them. Please try logging into the chat via Tweetchat as directed above (How can I Follow the DogTalk Conversation).

If you are still having problems, please contact one of our moderators for further assistance. The moderators for Dogtalk are @Mod_Mary (aka @turtlelady81), @Mod_Hilary (aka @FangShuiCanines), and @Mod_Lorie (aka @LorieAHuston).

I have a Suggestion for DogTalk. Who Should I Contact?

If you have comments or suggestions about Dogtalk in general, or would like to make a suggestion for a topic to be covered, please contact any of the moderators: @Mod_Mary (aka @turtlelady81), @Mod_Hilary (aka @FangShuiCanines), and @Mod_Lorie (aka @LorieAHuston).

Are There Transcripts for Previous DogTalk Chats Available?

Yes, these are the transcripts we have available for previous DogTalk chats: