If you have to ask ...

On Sunday, the PBS show Nature will premiere an episode titled "Why We Love Cats and Dogs."

It will be shown at 8 p.m. ET on WNET, and shown throughout the week.

Here's is the Nature Web site about the show.

The program will show the connections we have with our pets and will, based on a couple of video excerpts, cause you to reach for the tissues every once in a while.

Some people are cat people, some are dog people. But regardless of which camp they fall into, most people are simply crazy about their pets. The connections people form with their cats and dogs are often the longest, strongest relationships in their lives. They are our soul mates, our best friends, sometimes even our surrogate children. What makes these creatures such key members of our families?

To finish this blog entry's title ... you don't know what you've missed.

Dog TV

Sorry about the lateness of this, but I just found out about a Nature program on PBS.

"Dogs That Changed the World" is a two-part program currently airing. The first part is being repeated today at 6 p.m. on WNET, channel 13 here in Poughkeepsie. The second part will premiere Sunday at 8 p.m. and will be repeated May 5 at 6 p.m.

The first part is called "The Rise of the Dog," and in it the domestication of dogs is explored.

The second part — "Dogs by Design" — looks at how the same instinctual behaviors help different dogs do different tasks.

There's more information on the PBS Web site, including a video. So take a look and then set your TiVos, DVRs or those old-fashioned whatchamacallits, oh yeah, VCRs.