Internationally Renowned Pet Expert, Cat/Dog Training & Dog Behavior, Interviews, Media Appearances, & Press
Russell is an author for many dog, cat, and nonhuman animal publications such as PetMD, Chewy, etc. Russell is regularly cited/interviewed/featured in and recognized as industry leaders by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Seattle Times, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, WebMD, LiveScience, WikiHow, Wikipedia, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Wired, LIVESTRONG, Daily Star, Business News Daily, Elite Daily, Martha Stewart, NYmag The Strategist, How Stuff Works, Slate, Parade, Discover, PetMD, Chewy, PetSmart, VetStreet, American Kennel Club (AKC), Animal Wellness Magazine, PetCoach, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Realtor.com, KTLA 5, Travel & Leisure, Apartment Therapy, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Lifewire, Mel, The Spruce, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB), International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, Dogster, Catster, and many other independent press, television, publications, journals and media outlets.
For all media inquiries, please contact Fun Paw Care animal behaviorist and pet expert Russell Hartstein with your requests. LA@www.funpawcare.com
Author for:
WikiHow:
- 12 Common Reasons Why Dogs Put Their Ears Back
- How To Stop a Kitten from Jumping Onto High Places
- How To Train a Cat to Jump Through a Hoop
- How To Keep Cats from Drinking Out of Glasses
- How To Keep Cats Away from Sandboxes
- 4 Reasons Why Your Dog Howls at Sirens (& How to Get Them to Stop)
- How to Tell if Your Cat Wants Another Cat
- How to Stop Cats from Rolling Around in Dirt: 9 Reasons Cats Love Dust Baths
- How to Choose Between a Cat and a Dog
- How to Try to Reduce Your Cat’s Hunting
- How to Keep Your Male Cat from Roaming
- How to Earn the Trust of a Feral Kitten
- The 4 Common Reasons Behind Your Cat’s Chattering
- How to Keep a Cat Safe Outside
- How to Like Cats
- How to Keep Coyotes Away from Campsites or Homesteads
- How to Litter Train a Kitten
- How to Determine Your Dog’s Breed
- How to Teach Your Dog Not to Get Into Garbage Cans
- How to Get Your Cat to Tolerate a Bath
- How to Turn Your Cat Into a Lap Cat
- How to Teach Your Dog to Herd
- How to Choose the Right Place to Feed Your Cat
- How to Slow Down a Cat Who Eats Too Fast
- How to Live with a Pug Dog
PetMD:
- How to Teach a Dog to Sit No Matter Where You Are
- How to Teach a Dog to Lie Down No Matter Where You Are
- How to Teach a Dog to Come to You in Any Environment
- How to Teach a Dog to Stay Anywhere
Chewy:
2025
- Interviewed/featured in IHeartDogs – January 2025
- Interviewed/featured in Publicist Paper – April 2025
2024
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – January 2024
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – February 2024
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – February 2024
- Interviewed/featured in PetPlace – March 2024
- Interviewed/featured in The Spruce – May 2024
- Interviewed/featured in Parade – May 2024
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – September 2024
- Interviewed/featured in KTLA Los Angeles – December 2024
- Interviewed/featured in GreaterGood – December 2024
2023
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – January 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Insider January 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Newsweek January 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Business News Daily – February 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Insider – February 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Insider – February 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – March 2023
- Interviewed/featured in WikiHow – March 2023
- Interviewed/featured in WikiHow – March 2023
- Interviewed/featured in WikiHow – March 2023
- Interviewed/featured in WikiHow – March 2023
- Interviewed/featured in WikiHow – March 2023
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – April 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Progressive – April 2023
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – May 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Cosmopolitan – May 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Porch – May 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Yahoo – June 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Porch – June 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Newsweek – July 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – August 2023
- Interviewed/featured in YourTango – August 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – September 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – September 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – September 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – September 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – October 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – November 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Porch – November 2023
- Interviewed/featured in CNN – November 2023
- Interviewed/featured in Live Science – November 2023
2022
- Interviewed/featured in Discover Magazine – January 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Daily Star – January 2022
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – February 2022
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – March 2022
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – March 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest – April 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Medium – May 2022
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – May 2022
- Interviewed/featured in ViveUSA – May 2022
- Interviewed/featured in LifeWire – May 2022
- Interviewed/featured in LifeHacker – October 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Wired – October 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Lions Roar Buddhist Publication – November 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Insider – November 2022
- Interviewed/featured in Insider – December 2022
2021
- Interviewed/featured in Popsugar – January 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Yahoo – January 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Lifewire – February 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Mel – March 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – April 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – April 2021
- Interviewed/featured in LifeHacker– April 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – May 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – May 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – May 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – May 2021
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – May 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in NYMag The Strategist – June 2021
- Interviewed/featured in TheSpruce – July 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – July 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – July 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – July 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – July 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Care.com – Aug 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – August 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AOL – August 20201
- Interviewed/featured in WebMD September 2021
- Interviewed/featured in PetCoach – October 2021
- Mentioned in Wikipedia – October 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – October 2021
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – October 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Dodo – October 2021
- Interviewed/featured in ABC News – November 2021
- Interviewed/featured in FOX News – November 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – November 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Washington Post – November 2021
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – November 2021
- Interviewed/featured in The Seatle Times – November 2021
- Interviewed/featured in Business Insider – December 2021
2020
- Interviewed/featured in Rover – January 2020
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science – January 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – January 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Best Life – February 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Care.com – February 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Pet Sitter’s World – March/April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in HowStuffWorks – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in PetPlace – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Apartment Therapy – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in NYMag The Strategist – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in NYMag The Strategist – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Slate – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Iheartdogs – March 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest – April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Apartment Therapy – April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Pet Place – April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Cosmopolitan April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Good Housekeeping – April 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Howstuffworks – May 2020
- Interviewed/featured in The New York Times – May 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Dogster – May 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest – June 2020
- Interviewed/featured in This Dog’s Life – June 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Best Life – June 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Mental Floss – July 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest – August 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest – August 2020
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – August 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest – September 2020
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – September 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Popsugar – September 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Life Hacker – October 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Parade – October 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Inquisitr – December 2020
- Interviewed/featured in Readers Digest December 2020
2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – January 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – January 2019
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – January 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – February 2019
- Interviewed/featured in EliteDaily – February 2019
- Interviewed/featured in EliteDaily – February 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – February 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – February 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – February 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in EliteDaily – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in EliteDaily – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in VeterinaryPracticeNews – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – March 2019
- Interviewed/featured in MySanAntonio – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Realtor.com – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in MySanAntonio – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Realtor.com – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Travel & Leisure – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – April 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PawCulture – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in USA Today – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – May 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Yahoo – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Apartment Therapy – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – June 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in NEWSMAX – July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Martha Stewart July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Yahoo – July 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Business Insider – Aug 2019
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Yahoo – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Best Company – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Best Company – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Best Company – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in LifeHacker – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – August 2019
- Interviewed/featured in PetCoach – September 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Best Company – September 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – September 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Mic – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in NBC NEWS – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Best Company – October 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – November 2019
- Interviewed/featured in This Dog’s Life – November 2019
- Interviewed/featured in The Wall Street Journal – December 2019
- Interviewed/featured in LifeHacker – December 2019
- Interviewed/featured in The New York Times – December 2019
- Interviewed/featured in Apartment Therapy – December 2019
2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – January 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Realtor.com – January 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – January 2018
- Interviewed/featured in LiveStrong – January 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – February 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – February 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – February 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in WeightWatchers – March 2018
- Mentioned in Wikipedia – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in BusinessInsider – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – March 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – April 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – April 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – April 2018
- Author for Chewy – April 2018
- Interview/featured in The New York Times – April 2018
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – April 2018
- Interviewed/featured in The New York Times – April 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – April 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Greatest – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AOL – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Awaken – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – May 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – June 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – June 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – June 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Business News Daily – June 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Business News Daily – June 2018
- Author for PetMD – June 2018
- Interviewed/featured in CheatSheet – June 2018
- Interview/featured in AKC – July 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – July 2018
- Interviewed/featured in NextAvenue – July 2018
- Interviewed/featured in MarketWatch – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in AKC – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – August – 2018
- Interviewed/featured in INSIDER – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – August 2018
- Author for PetMD – August 2018
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – August 2018
- Author PetMD – September 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – September 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – September 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Romper – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in INSIDER – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in MSN – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Reader’s Digest – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – October 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – November 2018
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – December 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – December – 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – December – 2018
- Interviewed/featured in PetMD – December 2018
2017
- Interviewed in LifeHacker – January 2017
- Interviewed/Featured VoyageLA – August 2017
- Interviewed in Romper – November 2017
- Interviewed in Paw Culture – November 2017
- Interviewed in Ilovemydogsomuch – November 2017
- Interviewed in The News Courier – November 2017
- Interviewed in Bustle – November 2017
- Interviewed in JustLabsmagazine – November 2017
- Interviewed/featured in Paw Culture – December 2017
- Interviewed in New York Times– December 2017
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – December 2017
- Interviewed/featured in Chewy – December 2017
- Interviewed/featured in Bustle – December 2017
2015
- Interviewed for Animal Wellness Magazine – February/March 2015
- Interviewed for I Love Dogs Site – February 2015
- Featured in Miami’s Community Newspapers – March 2015
- Interviewed for Yahoo News – March 2015
- Interviewed in LifeHacker – March 2015
- Interviewed in Veterinarian Blog – March 2015
- Interviewed in Pet Product News International – July 2015
2014
- Featured in PR Web – August 25, 2014
- Featured in StreetInsider – September 9, 2014
- Featured in WorldNews – September 10, 2014
- As seen in the Miami Herald– September 26, 2014
- As seen in CBS – September 2014
- Featured in Ocean Drive’s, THE LIST – October 2014
- Featured in the Examiner – October 20, 2014
- Featured in Miami’s Community Newspapers – October 23, 2014
- Awarded the prestigious Certificate of Recognition, by Mayor Philip Levine, the Commissioners & the City of Miami Beach October 19, 2014
2013
- As seen in the Miami Herald – April 22, 2013
- My work with Dr. Jane Goodall and Roots & Shoots
- Member in the spotlight award The Pet Professional Guild
- As seen in Miami Beach Community Newspapers & here October 31, – November 13, 2013
- Interviewed/featured in The I Love Dogs Site – Jan 2014
2012
- As referenced in Petful – September 2012
- Author in Trupanion – July 2012
- As interviewed on VetStreet – August 9, 2012
