June 14, 2025 • 28 mins
Vets and Vomit! Besties Courtney and Lorin discuss doggie diaper bags and tips and tricks when taking your precious pus to the vet! Courtney's pup Jackson makes a surprise appearence! Check us out on YouTube click subscribe to be the fisrt to know when new episodes and shenanagans happen!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Woo, what up? What's up? Ladies? And and at for
baby lovers. It's Court and Lauren back with Down with Dogs.
I'm so excited it am too.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This is episode three, Episode three with my new co host,
my best friend. Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
That's right here. Cheers, Let's have a little cocktail, because
that's what when we talk about dogs, we have to
have a cocktail. Boom, there we go, Cheers, cheerers. How
are the puppies? Lauren? Actually, maybe we should start with
me because I feel like the last podcast, didn't my
dog have bloody diarrhea in the house? Yes? He did.
(00:39):
We record the pugas after that or before? Yeah, it
was after that. Yeah, okay, So I think when we
when we last left off, Laura and I had gone
to lunch and had a cocktail and came back and
my dog with IVD had like some sort of bloody
diarrhea in the house.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, as gross as it sounded, almost looked like vomit.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Right, And I told Laura, I go walk away, don't
look look, it's gross, don't look at it. Look. But
if you've had a dog that's had you know, IBD
issues or bloody diarrhea, I knew that it was like,
I shouldn't freak out, which I didn't really freak out.
Were you proud of me? Usually I'm like crying and
losing my shit. And what I did was I sent
an email to the vet, and then you did. She
(01:17):
got right back to me and called in a prescription.
You not only sent an email to the vet.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, you also went on the message boards to get
advice from people.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I did. I did you know what? I should just
ask myself. We have a podcast for a reason. Don't
even worry about those message message boards message Courtney and
Lauren absolutely so. Anyway, they called. So, here's the deal.
I think my dog was having acid reflux caused by
egg whites. I was giving him anyway, the vet told
me give him a Prila suck. Yes, so before you
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got here, I gave him a Prila sack. You get here,
we go shopping. He's got bloody diarrhea. I call her
and tell HER's got bloody diarrhea. She assumes it's oh,
part of his IBDM, Like, it's a little too coincidental
that I gave him priss Yeah, absolutely so. I think
the SEC cost it. Anyways, they call in or she
calls in a prescription for metronidazoli, which is an antibiotic
(02:10):
with anti inflammatory properties, ten days, twice a day, whatever.
And I was hesitant to give it to him because
I figured, once I stopped the egg whites and the
private sec, he's going to be fine, which he was.
But yeah, but I did the medicine anyway. Right here's
the kicker though, on that medicine. I hate you CVS,
(02:30):
and I will say it right now. I am done
with these pharmacies. They call it into CVS. CVS says
they can't fill it because it's a controlled substance.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
The dumbest thing. It's an antibiotic. It's not a controlled substance.
It's so not I'm on the phone with CVS for hours.
I finally call my regular vet. Then I call the
internal Medicine vet again. Then they call CVS and CVS
is like.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Oh, oh, that's right, it's not a controlled substance. Meanwhile,
I'm here the whole time and she's serving the cocks.
See that's why you need a best friend who's a
dog lover, because she literally kept me calm. I finally
got the medicine. So uh. The update for Jack is
this is day eight on the met metron OTAs only
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he's doing great. In fact, he started kangaroo. Did we
discuss the kangaroo last time? I don't. I don't know
if we did, but you kept calling it camel, so
I know, I know. I'm sorry. I'm not feeding my
dog camel. If I said camel, there was two proteins
that I could choose from, because he's tried them all.
He's tried bison. For anybody out there that has a
dog with gastro intestinal issues or IBD, you know, it's
(03:36):
all about the protein and you've got to try and
try again.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
She's told me she couldn't possibly feed him camel because
camels are so cute.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It was like, well, kangaroos are cute now because kangaroos
can fight. You. Kangaroos, like the box catos can be mean.
They can be mean for sure. Also, I did ride
a camel once in Egypt, and that was fun. I've
never ridden a kangaroo. Let me tell you something, all
of our viewers.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, if the kangaroo doesn't work, let me tell you,
she will be down with the camel.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
She will go and wrangle a camel on her own.
I will it's really hard to source camel for your dog.
It's easier to source ostrich and that's also on the list.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
And so cut to ten months from now, she's gonna
have an ostriche camel farm in your backyard.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Legit. Oh my god. Anyway, so the dog started camel.
This is day four on camp I mean camel, kangaroo.
He started kangaroo, not camel. I know, I can't either,
and I hate feeding like kangaroo and all that stuff.
But I've tried everything. Literally, he's tried every protein, bison, lamb, rabbit,
white fit, I mean, you name it. He's tried it.
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Day three on on kangaroo, and I think he's doing okay. Yeah,
he seems like he's great. And I'm not opposed to
VET prescribed diets. There is one. I've tried them all.
There's only one left. That's Purina el elemental and that
is on the way here right now. It's a hydrolyzed
food where they take out any proteins that your dog
could possibly recognize in its body and cause inflammation, in
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vomiting and diarrhea.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
So meanwhile, my dogs, yeah, can we get on your
arena like lamb and rice?
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Heard her dogs eat whatever's on sale. Let's be honest.
It's not the same food forever, I know, but it
must be nice. I get dog envy if I go
into any type of store that has treats and bones
and food. I'm like, yeah, my dog is never going
to be able to enjoy this. Yeah ever, No, All right,
So Jack's update is good, couple more days of this antibiotic.
(05:37):
He's on his kangaroo and purin eel is being delivered
today from Chewy, Thank you, Chewy. What's going on with Gracie,
Charlie and what's the other one? Allie? It's a revolving
door of dog friend honestly, what's going on? My dog's
bathe babies? What's going on with your three?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
So right now all is well in the three dog world.
I think Gracie was a little off yesterday. I don't
think she was feeling great. I feel like when they
get outside, because when it's nice out, I let them
go out and they just run around the yard like lunatics,
and then they slow down and eat bunny poop, which
I think upsets their stomach.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Of course it does. And by the way, I always
take the bunny poop out because I read, but I'm
not sure. And by the way, Lauren and I are
not ven. We are not veterinarians, we are not vet techs.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We are not even cleaning the cages out of vea.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
No, we're not. If but I did read your dog
can get worms from eating bunny poop and other problems
because the bunnies got worms and it's pooping it out,
and it's poop and your dog's eating it. Just so
you know, just be careful. I'm just saying, be careful.
If you can avoid your dog eating bunny poop, avoid it. Okay,
I can't. I simply cannot.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
There are so many bunnies in my yard and there's
so much bunny poop. I would never be able to
spend every day.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
All day picking up okay poop. Also, your dog gets
the bunny and eats it, it might cause acid reflux because
my dog ate rabbit for a while and get really sick. Well,
it was another one of the proteins I tried. Rabbit
Gracie is known to kill a rabbit or two. I
know Bunny a little baby prince, and she's the prince.
She is the princess, so they've been running around playing
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eating rabbit poo.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay, so I think Gracie was feeling a little off.
Not yesterday, the day before yesterday, she was fine.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
So this is the latest Oliver update. Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
So I don't know about anybody else, but my mom
the best for grandmother in the world.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
She is, but she's also the cause of a lot
of she is.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
So yesterday, she like she calls me at eight o'clock
every morning, like clockwork, like.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
And it's second, it's your mommy check, it's my mommy checking.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
She's out of town, so like, I know she could
waiver a few minutes here or there.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
So I get up with the dogs.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
It's like seven, and I as soon as I get
up in the morning, I take the dogs out. And
I get up and I'm going getting ready to take
the dogs out, and my phone rings and I.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Look and it says mom.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
And I'm like, you know, like I'm panicked because it's seven,
it's not eight. Why is she calling me? And I
quickly answered the phone because I wanted to make sure
she was okay. And she's like, oh my god, I
forgot to ask you this question about blah blah blah,
I'm like, it's seven o'clock in the morning, Mom, I
just got up, okay, And I turn around and I
look at my slider and Allie is peeing.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Oh see, your mom interrupted the dog's schedule. Okay, Linda,
it's Linda's fault again. She interrupted the schedule that the
dogs were on. Yea, and now Allie pede in the house.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
And then I'm I want to like chastise him for
peeing in the house. But it was Linda's fault. It
was my mother's fault. She shouldn't have called me about fat.
Save all of your questions, Linda for a regularly scheduled
phone call.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Can you you need to give your mother the schedule.
You'd be like, Mom, here's the schedule.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Do not interrupt the schedule over some silly question.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
And it was something like.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Did you ever check into this thing that was like
twelve years ago?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
And I'm like, why is this at seven o'clock in
the morning. Well, the thing is Allie peed by the slider.
So he made a valiant effort to be like, hey,
I because you let them out the slider. They her
dogs go out a slider, not like the front door.
So the fact that he peed by the slider is listen.
I'm holding it as long as I can get off
the phone with your mother. What's happening? Correct? And that's
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why it's Linda's fault. Here cheers to Linda. Linda's fault.
Linda LOUI love you, but boy, you are you know
how to mess up my whole world? She's causing havoc.
I can't Linda, Yep, she has out of town. Even
out of town, she's crossing havoc. I thought today we
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should talk about preparing your dog to go to the vet.
I was also at the vet this week, by the way,
because my dog needed a nail trim and a few
listen to did I talk? Hold on? Let me show
you my surprise de face about going to the vet.
Let me tell you every vet in the clinic I
go to, they're driving BMW's and thank you, you're welcome, okay,
(10:14):
because they're all from me. My dog has been to
the vet. He's literally there once.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I'm definitely like they're like, oh, Courtney's back on the schedule.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I can get that condo and boker raton heny No.
I love my vet. Doctor Fernaro VCA South windsor shout
out anyway, and who hooked you up at doctor Fernaro?
You did because doctor mac had left, who was my
original vet ten years ago, and I had a Great Dame.
But we won't even get to the Great Dane anyway.
So I take him to the vet to get just
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a regular nail trim. He's got some nail issues, so
it has to be the vet has to actually do it.
I can't. I mean I dremal his nails once a week.
We can get into that some other time. But she's
he's got a crack nail and I've been painting it
with my Sally Hanson nail hardner. Shout out to sell
hands and nail hardner, and at some point we'll get
into that too. If your dog has cracked brittle nails
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and you keep like My dog has had five different
surgeries for cracking nails, and they cracked past the duke,
the past the quick and then they have to have
him removed. It's like horrible. So I've managed to save
him from three different surgeries now using Sally hands and
nail hardener. And then once it grows out enough, I
take him to the vet and she clips it anyway,
So I thought, how about I'm on my way to
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the vet. I'm like, okay, I've got all these things.
I'm like, everybody should have this ready to go, because
you this is one thing I know being a dog owner.
You will have to go to the vet at some
point with your pet. Absolutely, and you may have to
go to the vet in an emergency with your pet.
Hopefully not ever, but there might be a time where
you're like, oh my god, I got to get to
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the vet.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
So there was a day that I was driving home
from work and I was turning down towards the street
that VCA is on, which is Sullivan Ab in South Windsor,
and I was at the light to turn laugh.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
And this guy was just he was I could see.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Him coming in the rearview rear view R eighty miles
an hour, I swear, and he literally.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Like blew through the light. Dog.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
He screeched his wheels right into VCA. He had his
dog in the back. So, yes, we hope no emergencies
ever happen. But Courtney has a suitcase to unpack.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I do, and I've listened. I've had a lot of
emergencies and sometimes these vet visits I'm there for hours
and hours and hours. So this is what I do.
I have got and so tip number one is get
a doggy diaper bag. Just get a bag or something
that you have everything in that you need for an
emergency VET visit and leave it somewhere where you can
grab and go. Seriously, I should probably do that. I
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mean for me and maybe not a small dog. But
I've got a doggy diaper bag. I also have a
non slip bath mat for me. It's key. I don't
know about you, but you go to those vet clinics.
What is going on with the slippery damn floors. The
floors are slippery, the table they put your dog is
on is slippery. Your dog is sick or scared, and
they're all over the place.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
And I haven't been to a VAT clinic in a
very very long time, probably since I brought Gracie home,
so like ten years. I've been going to doctor Fernaro
and doctor Durrico.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Again. Shout out to both of them. They're amazing.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Shout out and they're I mean, the last time I
went in, they allowed me to bring all three dogs
in at the same time because it's a lot.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
And it's easier because they're not stressed out at home too.
And then if they all need a check up, bring
them together.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And that's what I do, all right, So Dolly, barf's
in the car, right, so let's.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Let me do my five tips. Are preparing to go,
and then I want you to tell us what you
do to keep them from barfing, because a lot of
dogs do get sick in the car. That's legit. Yes,
so tip number one, have just ready to go bag.
It could be just somewhere by your door. It could
be wherever, as long as you know where to grab it.
I have a little small, non slip bath mat. I've
used it for years. I had it in the house
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for a while, and I make Jack sit on it
and do tricks and give him a treat so that
now he's not afraid of the bath mat. It's the
bath mat is literally in my car, and I carry
it into the vat. He sits on it. He's not
slipping and sliding. They can do an exam a lot easier.
I understand they have to wash the floors so they're slippery,
but whatever, So you got your doggy bag, you got
your bath mat in that doggie bag. Before you go
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to the vet, throw whatever med your dog is on,
because they're going to ask you what your dog on.
I don't know. I forgot it's some sort of antibiotic
or they should know, or supplements. Maybe you're giving your
dog's slippery elm for acid reflux or a probiotic. Throw
all everything is going into your dog's mouth aside from
his food in that bag. Also bring their favorite toy apps.
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Oh yeah, like sometimes I bring his Squeaky Tour, his
favorite teddy, or have a toy in your to go bag.
And then the last thing is your own treats. Bring
a bag of your dog's favorite treats. My dog has
so many allergies. I go to the vet and they're like, here,
this is good for allergies. I'm like, no, that's got
pa fiber. I already know, I already looked it up.
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It's not good for dogs with the allergies my dog has,
So bring your treats. So those are the five tips
if you're preparing, if you are ever gonna go to
a vet's office, I have at least your bag with you.
I walk in with it and there they know.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
I one hundred percent agree with your own treats, because
I don't know if you remember when I brought Gracie
in once to BCA, and this is no fault to
VC again, shout out to VCA.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
And they actually they give good treats. They're called gentle
Snackers and they're supposed to be good for dogs with
any type of food allergy. But apparently my dog is
also allergic to peas and there's peas in it and
p fiber.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
And the lady at the front ask who was so sweet,
and her dog was there.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
She had the cutes little dog.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
I don't think she's there anymore, but anyway, she gave
Gracie this treat, and by the time I got to
the car, Gracie was choking on this tree because it was.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Just too crunchy, too big. The whole thing.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Partially my responsibility, but I felt like, well, they're giving
them the tree, like they're the vat text and whatever,
and so I ran right back in and they immediately
took her into the back.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
And they out they fed her so oh she swallowed
it down right.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
So if your dog, and again I'm not a vet,
this is just what they did with Gracie.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
When your dog is choking on something.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
If you can give them some of their own food,
like even if you have like a little bit of
wet foat or something, it will push everything down. So
she was fine, Thank goodness, she was fine. I was
very happy about that. But I agree with the favorite toy.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Yeah, do you know what my dog's favorite toy is? Well,
which dog? All three of them. It's not that dirty
ass little tennis ball that they suck on. It's like
it's like tiny little pink pong ball and they pink pigball,
don't it's a pig. It's a pig, but it's the
size of like a golf ball.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
It's like it's like this big and it's Gracie's favorite
toy in the house, and I wash them.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
If you bring it with you, she'll be calm. Okay,
you still haven't guess it's not pink pigball. That's not
their favorite. It's my mother, Linda. So bring Linda with you.
Ollie throws up in the car like a lot. So
if you so, then that's another thing. Like so you've
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got your bag, Okay, you've got your doggy diaper bag,
you've got your little bath mat, and you just leave
the bath mat in your car, You've got the treats
for the dog, you've got the toy for the dog.
But now you're driving to the vet and the dog's
gonna vomit all the way there, which is gonna make
things worse if they're sick or injured anyway, So what
do you do?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Right? So, Allie, Gracie and Charlie all are in love
with my mother. That's there's no question about it. They
love her more than they love it.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
But are they going to be calm with her? They
are so calm, and I'll tell you why, because her
energy is calm. Your energy is not calm, and I
don't have calm energy either. I try to make it calm,
but your mom has just like calm energy.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
And she literally had Olie sitting on her lap and
he didn't barf, He did not He was perfect.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
When she brings Allie to my house for a puppy
play date, which we haven't done in a while because
my dog is brittle nails and he literally can't run
a play we would have to clean your car out.
She would get here and be like, I've got to
clean the vomit out of the car.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Yes, And I would stop on the way and like
clean up the vomit, like I had paper towels, I
would I took old bath towels and I like taped
them onto the seat and the window because I have
leather seats, so they would just slide off. And I
taped everything up and it's still slid off. And then
he threw up all over. Oh it was And it's just.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Would you ever do? And I've never done it, which
is surprising because I've done it for other people. CBD
treats for the dogs. I tried the CB and so
what happened with that? Nothing? Okay, absolutely nothing. Maybe my
dogs need a hire dos in of CBD. I don't know,
but I hear such great things about CBD, and I know,
like for people, CBD works great. Yeah, I like, I
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think my mom had some inflammation. I'm like, Mom, try CBD.
And I've had CBD lollipops. They really I didn't notice
anything in the CBD. I think you really need the THHC. Yeah,
you do need the THHC.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
But when my mom had it was like bronchitis or
something like that.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I went over to Rock and Smoke, which is in Vernon.
I know we're so classic. Yes, shout out to VCA
and Rock and Smoke. I did. I went over to
Rock and Smoke because it's so close to her house.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
And this was before they had all the dispensaries, right, yeah, yeah,
So they had some and I picked it up for
my mom and she was coughing so hard that she
like it was so bad her muscle.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
So did you pick her up like a gummy? You
didn't pick up anything this smoke?
Speaker 2 (19:59):
No, no, no, I wouldn't smoke anything, okay, she wouldn't know how.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
To smoke anything's so it was like it was like
in pill form, okay, And it worked. It did for
her coughing.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Her cough because it relaxed her and so she wasn't
hacking as much and then her her muscles were able
to heal. So I'm a believer, like I know it
works for some people.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
So then this is what And I know, like we're
gonna have another episode drop before the fourth of July,
so we won't talk about it right now. We're going
to get our research in. But I think it's really
important to talk about things like CBD anything to calm
your dog before the fireworks come and so we're gonna
have a whole episode dedicated to Maybe I'll bring out
my crystal healing bowls and I'll play those.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
I gotta tell you when it comes to fourth of
July and fireworks, I can't There was There was one
episode and we'll talk about it later. But I was
literally ready to rip somebody's head off because my dogs
are Allie's not terrified, but Gracie and Charlie are terrified.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
They're in the bathtub. And I also have tricks to
what I did with my dog, who's not afraid of fireworks,
He'll go out and light them off himself. How to
desensitize your dogs to that too, not dogs that are older,
like if you get a dog as a puppy. So
we're gonna have a whole firework. I think we should
have a whole firework. We'll have a whole especially since
you deal with so much with your dogs. It's like
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the worst nights of my life. And it's apel never ending,
really like never stop. You just plow them off on
the fourth Why are we doing it on like two
weeks before until three weeks after? Why they never stop?
Speaker 2 (21:26):
And just a side note, they do have soundless fireworks.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Okay, well that's no fun for the people that want fireworks,
but it is fun for our veterans that have PTSD
and they want to hear it is and dogs and
horses and I get it, But that would never that's
never gonna fly. Towns will never do that. I'm with
you on it, and I wish they would, but they're
never gonna do it. All right, So we've covered things
to prep yourself and your dog for a visit to
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the VET, which is awesome. So make sure you just
go get a doggy diaper bag. They're kind of expensive.
I would suggest the diaper bag I use is actually
one from like Walmart in the kids section. Why wouldn't
you just go and get like a bag from Walmart?
Would be like, that's what I did. That's what I did,
diaper bag. Like, well, no, I like the diaper bag
because there's a spot for a bottle of water. Because
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in my diaper bag for my dog. I also, if
I'm going to go to the VAT, I bring his
own water. You never know, I was at the vets
for five hours once and nobody could give me a
bowl of water. And this is in VCI. This was
a different state. So I like the diaper bags. I
can put his medical There's so many little compartments. We
don't have kids. Have you ever looked in a diaper bag?
Have you ever seen one? Well, I've seen one. I
don't own one. Yeah, you should get one. They're amazing.
(22:39):
I'm sorry. They should have diaper bags, not just for kids.
The doggy diaper bags are a lot more expensive. Just
get one at Walmart that's on sale in the kids section.
I'm just telling you. It's get compartments for your treats,
your puppy poop bags. It's perfect. That's that's just me.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
This is where she and I differ because I'd be like,
I'm just gonna get a bag and throw everything in there.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
You can. But I liked it. Everything is organized and
where I need to find it, and it's right by
the door and it's ready to go. So do you.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I'm probably aging myself more than I need to age myself.
But I don't know if you remember the TV show
The Odd Couple.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
I don't you don't remember The Odd Couple? Was it
two guys?
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Yes, and one was kind of It was actually on
Matthew p What a remake.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
One was a slob and one was very uptight. Yeah
that's us. Well, I don't want say I'm a slob.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I'm just not as organized organized as you can.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
We move on to my last thing. I want to
ask you about. Yes, ask away, And I know she has.
I kind of mentioned to her. She's like, what what pill?
And it was all over the news. There's a new
pill being developed to extend the lifespan of your dog.
And it's specifically for dogs ten and over and and
for large breed dogs. I had a Great Dane, but
(23:53):
large breed dogs as well, because you know the little dogs,
Your little dogs are gonna live forever. Those suckers are
like sixteen.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Or by the way, Hansen was my boyfriend. Yeah, I
was the only person he didn't bite.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
That was the name of Mike gret Dane. Anyway, So
they're developing this dog this pill, and it's got FDA approval.
Now it's showing great success and if it works in
these dogs, it's going to be great for people too.
Would you give your dog a pill, your elderly dog,
to extend their life? I think if they're fifteen sixteen,
(24:25):
I would.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
What.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I'm sorry, I just love the fact if they're fifteen
or so, if they're ten, you're not going to it
because what if they're fifteen or for me, we're different.
If my dog makes it to its fifteen or sixteen,
thank you Lord, it's time for him to go, because
it's just the now lost my dogs to stay with
me forever. Well, this is just going to extend your
dog's life for a few years. Well, that's what I'm saying.
I would think you would give it to him at
(24:51):
the age of ten or eight. I would have to.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
I'd have to see the research on it and what
the side effects are true, and things like that true.
So that's why I'm saying if they're fifteen or sixteen,
like they're kind of there and they're.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Like staring down the rainbow, So I.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Might consider giving them at that point because I'm like, well.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
The side effects are there, great. I mean, if it's
gonna mess up his liver, it's gonna mess up his liver. Right,
If there's anything you put in your dog's mouth, just
like people, you just have to make sure it's if
it's filtered through the liver, you're just damaging the liver.
I don't know. I mean, that's a great question. I
just like I said for me at this point.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yeah, I would say if they were like fifteen or sixteen,
I would be like, yeh, let's give him a pill.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
So my dog is ten and like, so I think
the max for his size dog is like twelve to thirteen.
So I would actually, I know, should I bring him
out here before we wrap it up and give him
a kangaroo treat so everybody can see what he looks like.
I mean, I don't know he's sleeping, but should I
go get him? Can you talk?
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Can I talk for a second? I can talk for
an hour? What are you talking about? Jackson Jones is
coming over to eat his kangaroo treat. He's such a handsome,
handsome voice. Day my dogs will be on this, but
we've got to Oh, okay, be careful, Jack, get up on.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Your mama's layoup. Oh my goodness. Oh, she's gonna turn
the camera up. Jackson. There he is, there he is.
Oh he's not sitting.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
He's such a good boy. Oh Jack, Sorry about the hand.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
All right, well, listen, this was fun. And by the way,
I cannot wait for our fourth of July episode. I
can't wait oh, finish your thought, no, because I'm I'm
I know that coming up, you're gonna be highly stressed.
I mean literally, Lauren will call me crying, crying. Her
dogs are freaking out, the fireworks are crazy. We're gonna
do a lot of research. Lauren's gonna tell you what
(26:57):
she does. I'll tell you what I do, Jackson, I'll
tell you what I do, and hopefully you can have
some of those tips for going into the fourth of
July weekend and so next weeks. I already know what's
happening next week. My boyfriend Charlie is turning. Is he
eleven or ten? Ten? Ten? Okay, so he's a little
(27:19):
bit younger than Jack. So we're gonna talk about birthday stuff.
Oh my gosh, we don't talk about doggy birthday parties.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
And I'll tell you, go bigger, go home with the
We've had a few. We've had every year we have
at least some sort of something.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
For the dogs. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And we have little
gift bags and it's fun and I love celebrating dog's birthdays.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
Courtney goes way bigger than I do. And of course,
the best for a grandmother in the world goes even bigger,
and we'll get into that.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Jacka is the kangaroo not setting well, great, we're gonna
have an IVD flare, so we're gonna go now. I
can see him licking his lips. He's like, wait what anyway,
you guys, don't forget check us out. We are everywhere
you get your podcasts. I mean, we're on iHeartRadio. You
can ask Alexa to play the podcast Down with Dogs.
We're also on YouTube. If you subscribe to YouTube, you're
(28:12):
gonna get more than just this podcast, because Lauren and
I are going to start maybe taking it on the road.
We may take it on the road, but we'll be
at a bar somewhere talking about the dogs. Out with
Dogs bar version A. All right, We'll see you guys
next week, and don't forget check us out on YouTube.
Please leave us some comments. We're also on Facebook. You
(28:33):
can reach out to us there and listen to our
podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Boom boom, thank you, cheers.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Poor Jack, look at my dog
Woo, what up? What's up? Ladies? And and at for
baby lovers. It's Court and Lauren back with Down with Dogs.
I'm so excited it am too.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This is episode three, Episode three with my new co host,
my best friend. Hi.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
That's right here. Cheers, Let's have a little cocktail, because
that's what when we talk about dogs, we have to
have a cocktail. Boom, there we go, Cheers, cheerers. How
are the puppies? Lauren? Actually, maybe we should start with
me because I feel like the last podcast, didn't my
dog have bloody diarrhea in the house? Yes? He did.
(00:39):
We record the pugas after that or before? Yeah, it
was after that. Yeah, okay, So I think when we
when we last left off, Laura and I had gone
to lunch and had a cocktail and came back and
my dog with IVD had like some sort of bloody
diarrhea in the house.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, as gross as it sounded, almost looked like vomit.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Right, And I told Laura, I go walk away, don't
look look, it's gross, don't look at it. Look. But
if you've had a dog that's had you know, IBD
issues or bloody diarrhea, I knew that it was like,
I shouldn't freak out, which I didn't really freak out.
Were you proud of me? Usually I'm like crying and
losing my shit. And what I did was I sent
an email to the vet, and then you did. She
(01:17):
got right back to me and called in a prescription.
You not only sent an email to the vet.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, you also went on the message boards to get
advice from people.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I did. I did you know what? I should just
ask myself. We have a podcast for a reason. Don't
even worry about those message message boards message Courtney and
Lauren absolutely so. Anyway, they called. So, here's the deal.
I think my dog was having acid reflux caused by
egg whites. I was giving him anyway, the vet told
me give him a Prila suck. Yes, so before you
(01:48):
got here, I gave him a Prila sack. You get here,
we go shopping. He's got bloody diarrhea. I call her
and tell HER's got bloody diarrhea. She assumes it's oh,
part of his IBDM, Like, it's a little too coincidental
that I gave him priss Yeah, absolutely so. I think
the SEC cost it. Anyways, they call in or she
calls in a prescription for metronidazoli, which is an antibiotic
(02:10):
with anti inflammatory properties, ten days, twice a day, whatever.
And I was hesitant to give it to him because
I figured, once I stopped the egg whites and the
private sec, he's going to be fine, which he was.
But yeah, but I did the medicine anyway. Right here's
the kicker though, on that medicine. I hate you CVS,
(02:30):
and I will say it right now. I am done
with these pharmacies. They call it into CVS. CVS says
they can't fill it because it's a controlled substance.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
The dumbest thing. It's an antibiotic. It's not a controlled substance.
It's so not I'm on the phone with CVS for hours.
I finally call my regular vet. Then I call the
internal Medicine vet again. Then they call CVS and CVS
is like.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Oh, oh, that's right, it's not a controlled substance. Meanwhile,
I'm here the whole time and she's serving the cocks.
See that's why you need a best friend who's a
dog lover, because she literally kept me calm. I finally
got the medicine. So uh. The update for Jack is
this is day eight on the met metron OTAs only
(03:14):
he's doing great. In fact, he started kangaroo. Did we
discuss the kangaroo last time? I don't. I don't know
if we did, but you kept calling it camel, so
I know, I know. I'm sorry. I'm not feeding my
dog camel. If I said camel, there was two proteins
that I could choose from, because he's tried them all.
He's tried bison. For anybody out there that has a
dog with gastro intestinal issues or IBD, you know, it's
(03:36):
all about the protein and you've got to try and
try again.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
She's told me she couldn't possibly feed him camel because
camels are so cute.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
It was like, well, kangaroos are cute now because kangaroos
can fight. You. Kangaroos, like the box catos can be mean.
They can be mean for sure. Also, I did ride
a camel once in Egypt, and that was fun. I've
never ridden a kangaroo. Let me tell you something, all
of our viewers.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, if the kangaroo doesn't work, let me tell you,
she will be down with the camel.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
She will go and wrangle a camel on her own.
I will it's really hard to source camel for your dog.
It's easier to source ostrich and that's also on the list.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
And so cut to ten months from now, she's gonna
have an ostriche camel farm in your backyard.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Legit. Oh my god. Anyway, so the dog started camel.
This is day four on camp I mean camel, kangaroo.
He started kangaroo, not camel. I know, I can't either,
and I hate feeding like kangaroo and all that stuff.
But I've tried everything. Literally, he's tried every protein, bison, lamb, rabbit,
white fit, I mean, you name it. He's tried it.
(04:45):
Day three on on kangaroo, and I think he's doing okay. Yeah,
he seems like he's great. And I'm not opposed to
VET prescribed diets. There is one. I've tried them all.
There's only one left. That's Purina el elemental and that
is on the way here right now. It's a hydrolyzed
food where they take out any proteins that your dog
could possibly recognize in its body and cause inflammation, in
(05:07):
vomiting and diarrhea.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
So meanwhile, my dogs, yeah, can we get on your
arena like lamb and rice?
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Heard her dogs eat whatever's on sale. Let's be honest.
It's not the same food forever, I know, but it
must be nice. I get dog envy if I go
into any type of store that has treats and bones
and food. I'm like, yeah, my dog is never going
to be able to enjoy this. Yeah ever, No, All right,
So Jack's update is good, couple more days of this antibiotic.
(05:37):
He's on his kangaroo and purin eel is being delivered
today from Chewy, Thank you, Chewy. What's going on with Gracie,
Charlie and what's the other one? Allie? It's a revolving
door of dog friend honestly, what's going on? My dog's
bathe babies? What's going on with your three?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
So right now all is well in the three dog world.
I think Gracie was a little off yesterday. I don't
think she was feeling great. I feel like when they
get outside, because when it's nice out, I let them
go out and they just run around the yard like lunatics,
and then they slow down and eat bunny poop, which
I think upsets their stomach.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Of course it does. And by the way, I always
take the bunny poop out because I read, but I'm
not sure. And by the way, Lauren and I are
not ven. We are not veterinarians, we are not vet techs.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We are not even cleaning the cages out of vea.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
No, we're not. If but I did read your dog
can get worms from eating bunny poop and other problems
because the bunnies got worms and it's pooping it out,
and it's poop and your dog's eating it. Just so
you know, just be careful. I'm just saying, be careful.
If you can avoid your dog eating bunny poop, avoid it. Okay,
I can't. I simply cannot.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
There are so many bunnies in my yard and there's
so much bunny poop. I would never be able to
spend every day.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
All day picking up okay poop. Also, your dog gets
the bunny and eats it, it might cause acid reflux because
my dog ate rabbit for a while and get really sick. Well,
it was another one of the proteins I tried. Rabbit
Gracie is known to kill a rabbit or two. I
know Bunny a little baby prince, and she's the prince.
She is the princess, so they've been running around playing
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eating rabbit poo.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay, so I think Gracie was feeling a little off.
Not yesterday, the day before yesterday, she was fine.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
So this is the latest Oliver update. Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
So I don't know about anybody else, but my mom
the best for grandmother in the world.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
She is, but she's also the cause of a lot
of she is.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
So yesterday, she like she calls me at eight o'clock
every morning, like clockwork, like.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
And it's second, it's your mommy check, it's my mommy checking.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
She's out of town, so like, I know she could
waiver a few minutes here or there.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
So I get up with the dogs.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
It's like seven, and I as soon as I get
up in the morning, I take the dogs out. And
I get up and I'm going getting ready to take
the dogs out, and my phone rings and I.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Look and it says mom.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
And I'm like, you know, like I'm panicked because it's seven,
it's not eight. Why is she calling me? And I
quickly answered the phone because I wanted to make sure
she was okay. And she's like, oh my god, I
forgot to ask you this question about blah blah blah,
I'm like, it's seven o'clock in the morning, Mom, I
just got up, okay, And I turn around and I
look at my slider and Allie is peeing.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Oh see, your mom interrupted the dog's schedule. Okay, Linda,
it's Linda's fault again. She interrupted the schedule that the
dogs were on. Yea, and now Allie pede in the house.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
And then I'm I want to like chastise him for
peeing in the house. But it was Linda's fault. It
was my mother's fault. She shouldn't have called me about fat.
Save all of your questions, Linda for a regularly scheduled
phone call.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Can you you need to give your mother the schedule.
You'd be like, Mom, here's the schedule.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Do not interrupt the schedule over some silly question.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
And it was something like.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Did you ever check into this thing that was like
twelve years ago?
Speaker 1 (09:11):
And I'm like, why is this at seven o'clock in
the morning. Well, the thing is Allie peed by the slider.
So he made a valiant effort to be like, hey,
I because you let them out the slider. They her
dogs go out a slider, not like the front door.
So the fact that he peed by the slider is listen.
I'm holding it as long as I can get off
the phone with your mother. What's happening? Correct? And that's
(09:31):
why it's Linda's fault. Here cheers to Linda. Linda's fault.
Linda LOUI love you, but boy, you are you know
how to mess up my whole world? She's causing havoc.
I can't Linda, Yep, she has out of town. Even
out of town, she's crossing havoc. I thought today we
(09:52):
should talk about preparing your dog to go to the vet.
I was also at the vet this week, by the way,
because my dog needed a nail trim and a few
listen to did I talk? Hold on? Let me show
you my surprise de face about going to the vet.
Let me tell you every vet in the clinic I
go to, they're driving BMW's and thank you, you're welcome, okay,
(10:14):
because they're all from me. My dog has been to
the vet. He's literally there once.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I'm definitely like they're like, oh, Courtney's back on the schedule.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I can get that condo and boker raton heny No.
I love my vet. Doctor Fernaro VCA South windsor shout
out anyway, and who hooked you up at doctor Fernaro?
You did because doctor mac had left, who was my
original vet ten years ago, and I had a Great Dame.
But we won't even get to the Great Dane anyway.
So I take him to the vet to get just
(10:44):
a regular nail trim. He's got some nail issues, so
it has to be the vet has to actually do it.
I can't. I mean I dremal his nails once a week.
We can get into that some other time. But she's
he's got a crack nail and I've been painting it
with my Sally Hanson nail hardner. Shout out to sell
hands and nail hardner, and at some point we'll get
into that too. If your dog has cracked brittle nails
(11:05):
and you keep like My dog has had five different
surgeries for cracking nails, and they cracked past the duke,
the past the quick and then they have to have
him removed. It's like horrible. So I've managed to save
him from three different surgeries now using Sally hands and
nail hardener. And then once it grows out enough, I
take him to the vet and she clips it anyway,
So I thought, how about I'm on my way to
(11:26):
the vet. I'm like, okay, I've got all these things.
I'm like, everybody should have this ready to go, because
you this is one thing I know being a dog owner.
You will have to go to the vet at some
point with your pet. Absolutely, and you may have to
go to the vet in an emergency with your pet.
Hopefully not ever, but there might be a time where
you're like, oh my god, I got to get to
(11:47):
the vet.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
So there was a day that I was driving home
from work and I was turning down towards the street
that VCA is on, which is Sullivan Ab in South Windsor,
and I was at the light to turn laugh.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
And this guy was just he was I could see.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Him coming in the rearview rear view R eighty miles
an hour, I swear, and he literally.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Like blew through the light. Dog.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
He screeched his wheels right into VCA. He had his
dog in the back. So, yes, we hope no emergencies
ever happen. But Courtney has a suitcase to unpack.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
I do, and I've listened. I've had a lot of
emergencies and sometimes these vet visits I'm there for hours
and hours and hours. So this is what I do.
I have got and so tip number one is get
a doggy diaper bag. Just get a bag or something
that you have everything in that you need for an
emergency VET visit and leave it somewhere where you can
grab and go. Seriously, I should probably do that. I
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mean for me and maybe not a small dog. But
I've got a doggy diaper bag. I also have a
non slip bath mat for me. It's key. I don't
know about you, but you go to those vet clinics.
What is going on with the slippery damn floors. The
floors are slippery, the table they put your dog is
on is slippery. Your dog is sick or scared, and
they're all over the place.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
And I haven't been to a VAT clinic in a
very very long time, probably since I brought Gracie home,
so like ten years. I've been going to doctor Fernaro
and doctor Durrico.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Again. Shout out to both of them. They're amazing.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Shout out and they're I mean, the last time I
went in, they allowed me to bring all three dogs
in at the same time because it's a lot.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
And it's easier because they're not stressed out at home too.
And then if they all need a check up, bring
them together.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And that's what I do, all right, So Dolly, barf's
in the car, right, so let's.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Let me do my five tips. Are preparing to go,
and then I want you to tell us what you
do to keep them from barfing, because a lot of
dogs do get sick in the car. That's legit. Yes,
so tip number one, have just ready to go bag.
It could be just somewhere by your door. It could
be wherever, as long as you know where to grab it.
I have a little small, non slip bath mat. I've
used it for years. I had it in the house
(14:05):
for a while, and I make Jack sit on it
and do tricks and give him a treat so that
now he's not afraid of the bath mat. It's the
bath mat is literally in my car, and I carry
it into the vat. He sits on it. He's not
slipping and sliding. They can do an exam a lot easier.
I understand they have to wash the floors so they're slippery,
but whatever, So you got your doggy bag, you got
your bath mat in that doggie bag. Before you go
(14:26):
to the vet, throw whatever med your dog is on,
because they're going to ask you what your dog on.
I don't know. I forgot it's some sort of antibiotic
or they should know, or supplements. Maybe you're giving your
dog's slippery elm for acid reflux or a probiotic. Throw
all everything is going into your dog's mouth aside from
his food in that bag. Also bring their favorite toy apps.
(14:48):
Oh yeah, like sometimes I bring his Squeaky Tour, his
favorite teddy, or have a toy in your to go bag.
And then the last thing is your own treats. Bring
a bag of your dog's favorite treats. My dog has
so many allergies. I go to the vet and they're like, here,
this is good for allergies. I'm like, no, that's got
pa fiber. I already know, I already looked it up.
(15:09):
It's not good for dogs with the allergies my dog has,
So bring your treats. So those are the five tips
if you're preparing, if you are ever gonna go to
a vet's office, I have at least your bag with you.
I walk in with it and there they know.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
I one hundred percent agree with your own treats, because
I don't know if you remember when I brought Gracie
in once to BCA, and this is no fault to
VC again, shout out to VCA.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
And they actually they give good treats. They're called gentle
Snackers and they're supposed to be good for dogs with
any type of food allergy. But apparently my dog is
also allergic to peas and there's peas in it and
p fiber.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
And the lady at the front ask who was so sweet,
and her dog was there.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
She had the cutes little dog.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
I don't think she's there anymore, but anyway, she gave
Gracie this treat, and by the time I got to
the car, Gracie was choking on this tree because it was.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Just too crunchy, too big. The whole thing.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Partially my responsibility, but I felt like, well, they're giving
them the tree, like they're the vat text and whatever,
and so I ran right back in and they immediately
took her into the back.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
And they out they fed her so oh she swallowed
it down right.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
So if your dog, and again I'm not a vet,
this is just what they did with Gracie.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
When your dog is choking on something.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
If you can give them some of their own food,
like even if you have like a little bit of
wet foat or something, it will push everything down. So
she was fine, Thank goodness, she was fine. I was
very happy about that. But I agree with the favorite toy.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Yeah, do you know what my dog's favorite toy is? Well,
which dog? All three of them. It's not that dirty
ass little tennis ball that they suck on. It's like
it's like tiny little pink pong ball and they pink pigball,
don't it's a pig. It's a pig, but it's the
size of like a golf ball.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
It's like it's like this big and it's Gracie's favorite
toy in the house, and I wash them.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
If you bring it with you, she'll be calm. Okay,
you still haven't guess it's not pink pigball. That's not
their favorite. It's my mother, Linda. So bring Linda with you.
Ollie throws up in the car like a lot. So
if you so, then that's another thing. Like so you've
(17:27):
got your bag, Okay, you've got your doggy diaper bag,
you've got your little bath mat, and you just leave
the bath mat in your car, You've got the treats
for the dog, you've got the toy for the dog.
But now you're driving to the vet and the dog's
gonna vomit all the way there, which is gonna make
things worse if they're sick or injured anyway, So what
do you do?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Right? So, Allie, Gracie and Charlie all are in love
with my mother. That's there's no question about it. They
love her more than they love it.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
But are they going to be calm with her? They
are so calm, and I'll tell you why, because her
energy is calm. Your energy is not calm, and I
don't have calm energy either. I try to make it calm,
but your mom has just like calm energy.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
And she literally had Olie sitting on her lap and
he didn't barf, He did not He was perfect.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
When she brings Allie to my house for a puppy
play date, which we haven't done in a while because
my dog is brittle nails and he literally can't run
a play we would have to clean your car out.
She would get here and be like, I've got to
clean the vomit out of the car.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Yes, And I would stop on the way and like
clean up the vomit, like I had paper towels, I
would I took old bath towels and I like taped
them onto the seat and the window because I have
leather seats, so they would just slide off. And I
taped everything up and it's still slid off. And then
he threw up all over. Oh it was And it's just.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Would you ever do? And I've never done it, which
is surprising because I've done it for other people. CBD
treats for the dogs. I tried the CB and so
what happened with that? Nothing? Okay, absolutely nothing. Maybe my
dogs need a hire dos in of CBD. I don't know,
but I hear such great things about CBD, and I know,
like for people, CBD works great. Yeah, I like, I
(19:16):
think my mom had some inflammation. I'm like, Mom, try CBD.
And I've had CBD lollipops. They really I didn't notice
anything in the CBD. I think you really need the THHC. Yeah,
you do need the THHC.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
But when my mom had it was like bronchitis or
something like that.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I went over to Rock and Smoke, which is in Vernon.
I know we're so classic. Yes, shout out to VCA
and Rock and Smoke. I did. I went over to
Rock and Smoke because it's so close to her house.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
And this was before they had all the dispensaries, right, yeah, yeah,
So they had some and I picked it up for
my mom and she was coughing so hard that she
like it was so bad her muscle.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
So did you pick her up like a gummy? You
didn't pick up anything this smoke?
Speaker 2 (19:59):
No, no, no, I wouldn't smoke anything, okay, she wouldn't know how.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
To smoke anything's so it was like it was like
in pill form, okay, And it worked. It did for
her coughing.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Her cough because it relaxed her and so she wasn't
hacking as much and then her her muscles were able
to heal. So I'm a believer, like I know it
works for some people.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
So then this is what And I know, like we're
gonna have another episode drop before the fourth of July,
so we won't talk about it right now. We're going
to get our research in. But I think it's really
important to talk about things like CBD anything to calm
your dog before the fireworks come and so we're gonna
have a whole episode dedicated to Maybe I'll bring out
my crystal healing bowls and I'll play those.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
I gotta tell you when it comes to fourth of
July and fireworks, I can't There was There was one
episode and we'll talk about it later. But I was
literally ready to rip somebody's head off because my dogs
are Allie's not terrified, but Gracie and Charlie are terrified.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
They're in the bathtub. And I also have tricks to
what I did with my dog, who's not afraid of fireworks,
He'll go out and light them off himself. How to
desensitize your dogs to that too, not dogs that are older,
like if you get a dog as a puppy. So
we're gonna have a whole firework. I think we should
have a whole firework. We'll have a whole especially since
you deal with so much with your dogs. It's like
(21:15):
the worst nights of my life. And it's apel never ending,
really like never stop. You just plow them off on
the fourth Why are we doing it on like two
weeks before until three weeks after? Why they never stop?
Speaker 2 (21:26):
And just a side note, they do have soundless fireworks.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Okay, well that's no fun for the people that want fireworks,
but it is fun for our veterans that have PTSD
and they want to hear it is and dogs and
horses and I get it, But that would never that's
never gonna fly. Towns will never do that. I'm with
you on it, and I wish they would, but they're
never gonna do it. All right, So we've covered things
to prep yourself and your dog for a visit to
(21:56):
the VET, which is awesome. So make sure you just
go get a doggy diaper bag. They're kind of expensive.
I would suggest the diaper bag I use is actually
one from like Walmart in the kids section. Why wouldn't
you just go and get like a bag from Walmart?
Would be like, that's what I did. That's what I did,
diaper bag. Like, well, no, I like the diaper bag
because there's a spot for a bottle of water. Because
(22:16):
in my diaper bag for my dog. I also, if
I'm going to go to the VAT, I bring his
own water. You never know, I was at the vets
for five hours once and nobody could give me a
bowl of water. And this is in VCI. This was
a different state. So I like the diaper bags. I
can put his medical There's so many little compartments. We
don't have kids. Have you ever looked in a diaper bag?
Have you ever seen one? Well, I've seen one. I
don't own one. Yeah, you should get one. They're amazing.
(22:39):
I'm sorry. They should have diaper bags, not just for kids.
The doggy diaper bags are a lot more expensive. Just
get one at Walmart that's on sale in the kids section.
I'm just telling you. It's get compartments for your treats,
your puppy poop bags. It's perfect. That's that's just me.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
This is where she and I differ because I'd be like,
I'm just gonna get a bag and throw everything in there.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
You can. But I liked it. Everything is organized and
where I need to find it, and it's right by
the door and it's ready to go. So do you.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I'm probably aging myself more than I need to age myself.
But I don't know if you remember the TV show
The Odd Couple.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
I don't you don't remember The Odd Couple? Was it
two guys?
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Yes, and one was kind of It was actually on
Matthew p What a remake.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
One was a slob and one was very uptight. Yeah
that's us. Well, I don't want say I'm a slob.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
I'm just not as organized organized as you can.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
We move on to my last thing. I want to
ask you about. Yes, ask away, And I know she has.
I kind of mentioned to her. She's like, what what pill?
And it was all over the news. There's a new
pill being developed to extend the lifespan of your dog.
And it's specifically for dogs ten and over and and
for large breed dogs. I had a Great Dane, but
(23:53):
large breed dogs as well, because you know the little dogs,
Your little dogs are gonna live forever. Those suckers are
like sixteen.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Or by the way, Hansen was my boyfriend. Yeah, I
was the only person he didn't bite.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
That was the name of Mike gret Dane. Anyway, So
they're developing this dog this pill, and it's got FDA approval.
Now it's showing great success and if it works in
these dogs, it's going to be great for people too.
Would you give your dog a pill, your elderly dog,
to extend their life? I think if they're fifteen sixteen,
(24:25):
I would.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
What.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I'm sorry, I just love the fact if they're fifteen
or so, if they're ten, you're not going to it
because what if they're fifteen or for me, we're different.
If my dog makes it to its fifteen or sixteen,
thank you Lord, it's time for him to go, because
it's just the now lost my dogs to stay with
me forever. Well, this is just going to extend your
dog's life for a few years. Well, that's what I'm saying.
I would think you would give it to him at
(24:51):
the age of ten or eight. I would have to.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
I'd have to see the research on it and what
the side effects are true, and things like that true.
So that's why I'm saying if they're fifteen or sixteen,
like they're kind of there and they're.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Like staring down the rainbow, So I.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Might consider giving them at that point because I'm like, well.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
The side effects are there, great. I mean, if it's
gonna mess up his liver, it's gonna mess up his liver. Right,
If there's anything you put in your dog's mouth, just
like people, you just have to make sure it's if
it's filtered through the liver, you're just damaging the liver.
I don't know. I mean, that's a great question. I
just like I said for me at this point.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Yeah, I would say if they were like fifteen or sixteen,
I would be like, yeh, let's give him a pill.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
So my dog is ten and like, so I think
the max for his size dog is like twelve to thirteen.
So I would actually, I know, should I bring him
out here before we wrap it up and give him
a kangaroo treat so everybody can see what he looks like.
I mean, I don't know he's sleeping, but should I
go get him? Can you talk?
Speaker 2 (25:48):
Can I talk for a second? I can talk for
an hour? What are you talking about? Jackson Jones is
coming over to eat his kangaroo treat. He's such a handsome,
handsome voice. Day my dogs will be on this, but
we've got to Oh, okay, be careful, Jack, get up on.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
Your mama's layoup. Oh my goodness. Oh, she's gonna turn
the camera up. Jackson. There he is, there he is.
Oh he's not sitting.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
He's such a good boy. Oh Jack, Sorry about the hand.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
All right, well, listen, this was fun. And by the way,
I cannot wait for our fourth of July episode. I
can't wait oh, finish your thought, no, because I'm I'm
I know that coming up, you're gonna be highly stressed.
I mean literally, Lauren will call me crying, crying. Her
dogs are freaking out, the fireworks are crazy. We're gonna
do a lot of research. Lauren's gonna tell you what
(26:57):
she does. I'll tell you what I do, Jackson, I'll
tell you what I do, and hopefully you can have
some of those tips for going into the fourth of
July weekend and so next weeks. I already know what's
happening next week. My boyfriend Charlie is turning. Is he
eleven or ten? Ten? Ten? Okay, so he's a little
(27:19):
bit younger than Jack. So we're gonna talk about birthday stuff.
Oh my gosh, we don't talk about doggy birthday parties.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
And I'll tell you, go bigger, go home with the
We've had a few. We've had every year we have
at least some sort of something.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
For the dogs. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And we have little
gift bags and it's fun and I love celebrating dog's birthdays.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
Courtney goes way bigger than I do. And of course,
the best for a grandmother in the world goes even bigger,
and we'll get into that.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Jacka is the kangaroo not setting well, great, we're gonna
have an IVD flare, so we're gonna go now. I
can see him licking his lips. He's like, wait what anyway,
you guys, don't forget check us out. We are everywhere
you get your podcasts. I mean, we're on iHeartRadio. You
can ask Alexa to play the podcast Down with Dogs.
We're also on YouTube. If you subscribe to YouTube, you're
(28:12):
gonna get more than just this podcast, because Lauren and
I are going to start maybe taking it on the road.
We may take it on the road, but we'll be
at a bar somewhere talking about the dogs. Out with
Dogs bar version A. All right, We'll see you guys
next week, and don't forget check us out on YouTube.
Please leave us some comments. We're also on Facebook. You
(28:33):
can reach out to us there and listen to our
podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Boom boom, thank you, cheers.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Poor Jack, look at my dog
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