'Ask Dog Lady' Hits the Small Screen with LexMedia

LexMedia, the community media center here in Lexington, has teamed up with Monica Collins, the veteran Boston-area scribe, to bring “Ask Dog Lady” to the small screen.

The show debuted this spring, and the second episode of “Ask Dog Lady” premieres at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, July 4, featuring therapy dogs and Lexington’s own Teddie James.

Collins, a syndicated columnist whose work appears both online and in-print, will co-host the show with her dog, Shorty.

The show will combine studio and on-location segments to present fun and informative news to dog-lovers, according to a LexMedia press release. It’s produced under the direction of LexMedia’s Florence DelSanto, a Peabody Award-winning executive director.

From the press release:

Ask Dog Lady carries guaranteed viewer appeal. Current statistics from The American Pet Products Association (APPMA) reveal there are 46.3 million US households with dogs and 38.9 million with cats. People spent an estimated $52.87 billion on pets in 2012, $50.96 billion in 2011.

“Ask Dog Lady” is an interactive show – Monica and her guests will answer phone calls, tweets and emails from listeners who are bewitched, bothered and bewildered by their creatures. Ultimately, dog behavior boils down to human behavior. Much fun and instructive talk will be had since our pets are a source of comedy in our daily lives.