August 2, 2025 • 16 mins
This week on Unleashed, Cheryl Kaye welcomes Meghan Tiemann, Captive Wildlife Specialist with the PETA Foundation, to uncover the harsh truths behind America’s roadside animal “attractions.” As families gear up for summer road trips, Meghan explains why some so-called “rescues” and “sanctuaries” are anything but. From tiger cub selfies to rundown petting zoos, many of these facilities are little more than tourist traps where animals are confined, neglected, and exploited for profit. Meghan shares the shocking realities she’s witnessed in the field, success stories of animal rescues, and how you can spot a true sanctuary from a scam. If you care about animals and ethical travel, this is a must-hear episode! Learn how to enjoy an animal-friendly summer and help push for a future where all animals are free to roam, not be put on display.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is peed Life Radio. Let's talk pets.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Everybody's share out from Unleashed And today we have a
very special guest, Megan Teaman from Peter and we're going
to be talking about when you take your family on
a road trip and you see a pute little goat
on the side of the road or a cow when
you want to pet them.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
So Megan, I give you the floor.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Hi, thank you so much for having me. Yeah, we
are here just to talk about you know, in summertime
and families are going to be traveling and looking for
things to do, and some of those things that you
might see are some times for introductive aquariums or drive
through the fari parks or photo opportunities with animals, and
(00:54):
either are going to be held that they think we
call roadside do. They are unaccredited facilities that fork for
animals to live in barren mall enclosures. And we are
just encouraging everyone, if you love animals at lease, stay
away from these facility.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Now, suppose we get our wish and nobody goes to
these places. My fear is what happens to these animals.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
The good thing is that there are sanctuary here in
the United States that are prepared to take on these animals. Unfortunately,
there is a high need for them because of these
roadside dukes. But we have already rescued hundreds of animals
from these facilities that are now placed into beautiful, caring
homes where they're getting the treatment that they deserve. You know,
(01:41):
they're maybe cut in grass for the first time in
their life, they're getting adequate denary care, they're getting a
proper diet, and you know mental stimulation things through positive
and rigment. So we've seen it done, and the goal
would be to get these roadside dukes, all of them
that are left here in the United States, to beat
that down those animals get into rep people.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Thanks Worthy, Yeah, I mean I agree.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I mean we see it all the time online with
our YouTube that you know, a lot of farms taking
these animals. You know, they want to sell this horse
or they want to slaughter this animal, and they buy
them and they bring them to their farms. That's what
we need. We need more people to make themselves known
(02:24):
who have the acreage to be able to maintain with
these animals. Because there are a lot of wonderful people
out there that do take these animals in so what
is peter stance on how they're going about this.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
So we are receiving complaints, one hundreds of complaints a
week about these these roadsides to do is then you
don't have to be an animal welfare expert to see
what an animal is in distract. So we're doing our
best to try to work with authorities to get these
facilities shut down and send the animal through reputable facilities
(02:59):
at the sanctuaries. They'll be able to get proper care
that they deserve. Right now. In these roads I do,
they often are living on concrete. They are not even
getting a proper diet. You know, some of them don't
even have act. That's the prest water. So these are
plankings that are just not giving the best standard of
character animals. And they're often exploiting the animals just to
(03:21):
make money.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
That's exactly what they are doing, you know, like pony rides,
you know, kids parties.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, and the animals that are you know,
you recurring. Maybe it's like the traveling dibbers and traveling
acts that we see that go to fairs or birthday parties,
and you know that's just incredibly dangerous to have any
type of interaction between humans and wild animals. There are
wild animals that do not want to be cut by
(03:47):
us in any way. And whether it's smaller lizard or
a bigger, potentially dangerous animal like a black bear, no
matter what it is, they don't want to be used
or pupped by a And the reality is that there's
so much that goes on behind the scene that a
lot of people don't see, you know, or they're just
given the wrong information by the people who are running
(04:08):
the facilities.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So to all our viewers out there, just keep on trucking,
don't stop, wave and maybe right down where you saw it,
and could they contact you to let you know absolutely.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Like I said, we receive complaints every day about these
roadside dues and these facilities, and most of the time
we are very aware of the facility that people are mentioning.
And there's also so much more information on our website.
People can visit pita dot org Black Roadside Dudes, and
that'll give everyone a little bit more of a visual
understanding of what they should be looking out for in
(04:43):
some red flags.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Okay, and what states do you think have the most
of them? I mean, like rural areas.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Right, Yeah, definitely. You know, you would think that having
a large collection of animals means you should have a
lot of land, but these places don't care about that.
You know, they're forcing their animals to live in the
tiny enclosures and that are often falling apart, that are concrete,
that do not let the animals have any freedom or
(05:10):
any chance to be a wild animal. So, you know,
we see them everywhere. We see them right in big city,
we see them on the out and luckily there are
certain states that add their own regulations on these exotic animals.
So we're just really hoping that the laws are going
to continue to change but the better.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And why don't you give us that website again? And
I guess you get donations? Is that how this works
or you get any money from any organizations?
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Yeah, we are prictly nonprofit, so we get multiple donations.
We have that. We have millions of supporters, you know,
nationwide and beyond, and people just trying to support our cause.
And especially in my line of work, we're looking out
for active animals and the animals that are suffering at
(06:00):
roadside boots and traveling exhibitors, and the hope is that
we can shut all these facilities down, as we have
in the past, corrected hundreds of animals so far that
now they went from a horrible decrepit they are in
enclosures and now they're living on acres of grass and
(06:20):
they're getting the care that they deserve.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
So when you see your roadside menagerie like this, you stop,
talk to them, or you report it, and then there's
another step from the time you see it to the
time the animal is freed.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
How long is that.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
It really depends on the facility. Usually a long process
because there's a lot of legalities involved. Like I said,
we're receiving so many complaints about these facilities, and when
these facilities are open to the public, they must be
certified and infected by the USDI. So when the USDA
(06:58):
goesn't inspect these places, they're looking for proper animal welfare
and that federal law of Animal acts. So the places
that are just simply refusing to give these animals the
batstirend or care are going to get sighted by the USD.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
End these roadside places is say you want to go
in and look, you act like a tourist. Is that
how you get to besides the people that call them in.
You're driving down the road Route sixty six and you
see one, would you stop and.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Go and look?
Speaker 4 (07:30):
I would never visit a road I do.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
No, I'm talking about for work, you know, for Peter,
to save the animals. Would you stop?
Speaker 4 (07:38):
We are often working with sanctuary, so we will kind
of do the leg work behind the rescuing, and then
the thinkbury will step in if they're capable and able
to take the animals. They'll be able to go and
direct the animals once everything is settled. But as far
as what we do, you know, yes, we can go
(07:58):
into it, and just a general public might nothing stopping
me from going in and looking at these facility seats,
but I don't want to support them in any way
unless I have to.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Yeah, No, I wasn't, you know, referring to that.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I'm just saying if you saw something, you see something,
you say something. That's all I'm just talking about. I
would never go either.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Oh yeah, of course. Yeah. And a lot of people,
like I said, as you are just general public that
are just going on vacation and they're going to see animals. Mate,
they don't know that it's a bad place. And then
once you walk in you quickly realize that these animals
are not being treated properly. And that's where we get
these complaints from the general public who's going and observing you.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Well, I'll tell you it's very enlightening, and I hope
all of our listeners will take keed And why don't
you tell us again the website where they could send donations.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Of course, everyone can visit Peter dot org. And then
there's so much information on different divisions on what we
are dealing with for animal beauty around the country, but
for roads I dos in particular, you can visit Peta
dot org flash roadside do.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
I really appreciate you coming on and you know, enlightening
us because the kids are in the car. They've been
driving for six hours. Oh look mom, I want to stop,
you know, and the kids are driving you crazy and
the parents stop and they really don't know.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
And I get it.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
I have a two year old, so I'm constantly looking
for things to do to entertain him. But these roadside
doos are not it, and you're definitely going to want
to be looking or plates that are either just animal
freezing or are true accredited sanctuary.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well, I want to thank you for coming on, and
anytime you have something that you want to tell us about,
reach out and enjoy the rest of your summer.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Thank you, have a great day.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Thank you you too.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
We'll be right back after the work from our sponsors.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
He tuned.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
You know the expression cats have nine lives? Well, what
if you can give them one more? But give them ten?
Movement is on a mission to help give cats an
extra life. How with spee and neoter Spain or nootering
your cat helps them live a longer, healthier life and
it helps control free rolling cat populations too. Learn more
(10:27):
about the benefits of spe and neoter and meet Scooter,
the newtered cat at Give them ten dot org. That's
give them t e n dot org.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Let's talk past, let's done, talk about life Radio Headline Radio,
Catlin Radio dot com.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
We're back.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
That was a very interesting comation and let's continue on
summer threats.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
To our pets. Well, I like that title. It's been
so hot.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I'm in Florida at seven twenty humidity hits, So all
I could say is try to walk your animals earlier.
Try to stay on grass because the pavement is so hot.
If you can't get little booties, I can't believe I'm
saying is if you can't get little booties for the dogs,
you could always go to the dollar store and get
(11:30):
like toddler socks and put them on. Because most places
have blacktop. Where I live, I try to walk my
Tilly and we go to the park. It's a lot
of grass. But you got to watch out for their
pores and if they do get overheated from what you know,
I used to think, you know, pour water on their
head their pores. It's not only the pores but their
(11:52):
chest that helps regulate so they're a little cooler.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
And I don't know.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
I gotta tell you a kiddie pool and it's the
greatest thing since slice bread. I fill it up and
she's a big dog. I bring her out, she splashes around,
I bathe her, she rolls around in it, jumps in,
jumps out, and it's just the greatest. I mean, yes,
we do go to the groomers for baths, but this
(12:18):
is just when you can't get an appointment. And it's
like ninety six degrees in the shade and it's human
it's it's killer out there. And I wanted to talk
about something else our Esteem Coast Doctor Jeff said on
one of his programs, if you are traveling with your
pet and you're going to be away for you know,
(12:40):
a week or some you know, Airbnb or visiting family
in a different part of the country where you live,
he suggested bringing a couple of big gallons of your
own water and kind of mixing it with the water
of where you're going to be, because you know, you
don't need your animal to have an upset stomach and
(13:02):
you don't know what it is, and then you got
to go to a vet that you don't know. So
I thought that was a very good suggestion. And of course,
if you are traveling, just make sure beforehand that any
place you're staying it's pet friendly. Most places really are today.
Even Airbnb's are pet friendly. Maybe a couple of extra
(13:25):
bucks big bucks if you have a pet. But you know,
we don't leave our pets behind anymore, and if you're
going to go away for a couple of weeks, you
certainly don't want to bring them to any place, even
though they're wonderful on these pet resorts. If you could
bring your pet with you by all means, and if
you are traveling by car, just know your pets needs
(13:48):
and of course they'll sleep for maybe two three hours,
but you have to keep in mind they need to
stretch their legs and have fresh water at all times.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
And we want our our animals to be healthy.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Remember to keep up with the vaccines and summer with
the mosquitoes and the ticks, heartworm. You must keep up
with all these vaccines, kennel cough, and especially when you're traveling,
if you decide to you're in an area or maybe
an airbnb and there's a dog park loco, you might
want to try that. Just keep in mind that I
(14:25):
know where I am. We're already a pack, a well
established pack. But we love when newbies come. You know,
they meet them at the gate and they sniff them
and maybe they'll rough them up a little, but it's
all in fun. So that's always a good thing. But
you know, it's been so hot, and I think this
might be the new normal, especially for where I am
(14:47):
in Florida. But walk your animals early and late. I
walked Tilly a lot during the day, but we go
to the park and sometimes there's shade there. Fresh Water
is the best thing you could do. And if they
don't drink a lot of water, Tilly, we'll drink at
the park, but she doesn't like to drink water at home.
(15:07):
You could put a little dab of bone broth, like
just a shot, and they smell that and they'll drink.
I'm big on fresh fruits. When we come back from
the park, Tilly and I we have blueberry strawberries and
plain Greek yogurt, and that's like our you know, eleven
o'clock eleven thirty treat. And then at night we have
(15:31):
sliced apple and all as well in the world. So
I wish you are rest of the good summer. I
think you'll enjoy this show because it talks about a
lot of things that we as public can do, especially
with Peter and you know, and taking good care of
our pets, especially in the summer the heat, just like
(15:52):
people up north in the winter take care of their
animals in the snow, in the ice when you gotta
walk them. It helps us all so gives us exercise.
So I wish everybody you're good rest of the summer.
And I want to thank my producer Mark, and I
want to thank Tillie McGee for making me a dog
owner again. Live life unleash by everybody, See you next time.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on petlight
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This is peed Life Radio. Let's talk pets.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hi.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Everybody's share out from Unleashed And today we have a
very special guest, Megan Teaman from Peter and we're going
to be talking about when you take your family on
a road trip and you see a pute little goat
on the side of the road or a cow when
you want to pet them.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
So Megan, I give you the floor.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Hi, thank you so much for having me. Yeah, we
are here just to talk about you know, in summertime
and families are going to be traveling and looking for
things to do, and some of those things that you
might see are some times for introductive aquariums or drive
through the fari parks or photo opportunities with animals, and
(00:54):
either are going to be held that they think we
call roadside do. They are unaccredited facilities that fork for
animals to live in barren mall enclosures. And we are
just encouraging everyone, if you love animals at lease, stay
away from these facility.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Now, suppose we get our wish and nobody goes to
these places. My fear is what happens to these animals.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
The good thing is that there are sanctuary here in
the United States that are prepared to take on these animals. Unfortunately,
there is a high need for them because of these
roadside dukes. But we have already rescued hundreds of animals
from these facilities that are now placed into beautiful, caring
homes where they're getting the treatment that they deserve. You know,
(01:41):
they're maybe cut in grass for the first time in
their life, they're getting adequate denary care, they're getting a
proper diet, and you know mental stimulation things through positive
and rigment. So we've seen it done, and the goal
would be to get these roadside dukes, all of them
that are left here in the United States, to beat
that down those animals get into rep people.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Thanks Worthy, Yeah, I mean I agree.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I mean we see it all the time online with
our YouTube that you know, a lot of farms taking
these animals. You know, they want to sell this horse
or they want to slaughter this animal, and they buy
them and they bring them to their farms. That's what
we need. We need more people to make themselves known
(02:24):
who have the acreage to be able to maintain with
these animals. Because there are a lot of wonderful people
out there that do take these animals in so what
is peter stance on how they're going about this.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
So we are receiving complaints, one hundreds of complaints a
week about these these roadsides to do is then you
don't have to be an animal welfare expert to see
what an animal is in distract. So we're doing our
best to try to work with authorities to get these
facilities shut down and send the animal through reputable facilities
(02:59):
at the sanctuaries. They'll be able to get proper care
that they deserve. Right now. In these roads I do,
they often are living on concrete. They are not even
getting a proper diet. You know, some of them don't
even have act. That's the prest water. So these are
plankings that are just not giving the best standard of
character animals. And they're often exploiting the animals just to
(03:21):
make money.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
That's exactly what they are doing, you know, like pony rides,
you know, kids parties.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, and the animals that are you know,
you recurring. Maybe it's like the traveling dibbers and traveling
acts that we see that go to fairs or birthday parties,
and you know that's just incredibly dangerous to have any
type of interaction between humans and wild animals. There are
wild animals that do not want to be cut by
(03:47):
us in any way. And whether it's smaller lizard or
a bigger, potentially dangerous animal like a black bear, no
matter what it is, they don't want to be used
or pupped by a And the reality is that there's
so much that goes on behind the scene that a
lot of people don't see, you know, or they're just
given the wrong information by the people who are running
(04:08):
the facilities.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
So to all our viewers out there, just keep on trucking,
don't stop, wave and maybe right down where you saw it,
and could they contact you to let you know absolutely.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Like I said, we receive complaints every day about these
roadside dues and these facilities, and most of the time
we are very aware of the facility that people are mentioning.
And there's also so much more information on our website.
People can visit pita dot org Black Roadside Dudes, and
that'll give everyone a little bit more of a visual
understanding of what they should be looking out for in
(04:43):
some red flags.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Okay, and what states do you think have the most
of them? I mean, like rural areas.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Right, Yeah, definitely. You know, you would think that having
a large collection of animals means you should have a
lot of land, but these places don't care about that.
You know, they're forcing their animals to live in the
tiny enclosures and that are often falling apart, that are concrete,
that do not let the animals have any freedom or
(05:10):
any chance to be a wild animal. So, you know,
we see them everywhere. We see them right in big city,
we see them on the out and luckily there are
certain states that add their own regulations on these exotic animals.
So we're just really hoping that the laws are going
to continue to change but the better.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And why don't you give us that website again? And
I guess you get donations? Is that how this works
or you get any money from any organizations?
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Yeah, we are prictly nonprofit, so we get multiple donations.
We have that. We have millions of supporters, you know,
nationwide and beyond, and people just trying to support our cause.
And especially in my line of work, we're looking out
for active animals and the animals that are suffering at
(06:00):
roadside boots and traveling exhibitors, and the hope is that
we can shut all these facilities down, as we have
in the past, corrected hundreds of animals so far that
now they went from a horrible decrepit they are in
enclosures and now they're living on acres of grass and
(06:20):
they're getting the care that they deserve.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
So when you see your roadside menagerie like this, you stop,
talk to them, or you report it, and then there's
another step from the time you see it to the
time the animal is freed.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
How long is that.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
It really depends on the facility. Usually a long process
because there's a lot of legalities involved. Like I said,
we're receiving so many complaints about these facilities, and when
these facilities are open to the public, they must be
certified and infected by the USDI. So when the USDA
(06:58):
goesn't inspect these places, they're looking for proper animal welfare
and that federal law of Animal acts. So the places
that are just simply refusing to give these animals the
batstirend or care are going to get sighted by the USD.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
End these roadside places is say you want to go
in and look, you act like a tourist. Is that
how you get to besides the people that call them in.
You're driving down the road Route sixty six and you
see one, would you stop and.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Go and look?
Speaker 4 (07:30):
I would never visit a road I do.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
No, I'm talking about for work, you know, for Peter,
to save the animals. Would you stop?
Speaker 4 (07:38):
We are often working with sanctuary, so we will kind
of do the leg work behind the rescuing, and then
the thinkbury will step in if they're capable and able
to take the animals. They'll be able to go and
direct the animals once everything is settled. But as far
as what we do, you know, yes, we can go
(07:58):
into it, and just a general public might nothing stopping
me from going in and looking at these facility seats,
but I don't want to support them in any way
unless I have to.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Yeah, No, I wasn't, you know, referring to that.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
I'm just saying if you saw something, you see something,
you say something. That's all I'm just talking about. I
would never go either.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Oh yeah, of course. Yeah. And a lot of people,
like I said, as you are just general public that
are just going on vacation and they're going to see animals. Mate,
they don't know that it's a bad place. And then
once you walk in you quickly realize that these animals
are not being treated properly. And that's where we get
these complaints from the general public who's going and observing you.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Well, I'll tell you it's very enlightening, and I hope
all of our listeners will take keed And why don't
you tell us again the website where they could send donations.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Of course, everyone can visit Peter dot org. And then
there's so much information on different divisions on what we
are dealing with for animal beauty around the country, but
for roads I dos in particular, you can visit Peta
dot org flash roadside do.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
I really appreciate you coming on and you know, enlightening
us because the kids are in the car. They've been
driving for six hours. Oh look mom, I want to stop,
you know, and the kids are driving you crazy and
the parents stop and they really don't know.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
And I get it.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
I have a two year old, so I'm constantly looking
for things to do to entertain him. But these roadside
doos are not it, and you're definitely going to want
to be looking or plates that are either just animal
freezing or are true accredited sanctuary.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well, I want to thank you for coming on, and
anytime you have something that you want to tell us about,
reach out and enjoy the rest of your summer.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Thank you, have a great day.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Thank you you too.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
We'll be right back after the work from our sponsors.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
He tuned.
Speaker 5 (10:04):
You know the expression cats have nine lives? Well, what
if you can give them one more? But give them ten?
Movement is on a mission to help give cats an
extra life. How with spee and neoter Spain or nootering
your cat helps them live a longer, healthier life and
it helps control free rolling cat populations too. Learn more
(10:27):
about the benefits of spe and neoter and meet Scooter,
the newtered cat at Give them ten dot org. That's
give them t e n dot org.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Let's talk past, let's done, talk about life Radio Headline Radio,
Catlin Radio dot com.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
We're back.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
That was a very interesting comation and let's continue on
summer threats.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
To our pets. Well, I like that title. It's been
so hot.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I'm in Florida at seven twenty humidity hits, So all
I could say is try to walk your animals earlier.
Try to stay on grass because the pavement is so hot.
If you can't get little booties, I can't believe I'm
saying is if you can't get little booties for the dogs,
you could always go to the dollar store and get
(11:30):
like toddler socks and put them on. Because most places
have blacktop. Where I live, I try to walk my
Tilly and we go to the park. It's a lot
of grass. But you got to watch out for their
pores and if they do get overheated from what you know,
I used to think, you know, pour water on their
head their pores. It's not only the pores but their
(11:52):
chest that helps regulate so they're a little cooler.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
And I don't know.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
I gotta tell you a kiddie pool and it's the
greatest thing since slice bread. I fill it up and
she's a big dog. I bring her out, she splashes around,
I bathe her, she rolls around in it, jumps in,
jumps out, and it's just the greatest. I mean, yes,
we do go to the groomers for baths, but this
(12:18):
is just when you can't get an appointment. And it's
like ninety six degrees in the shade and it's human
it's it's killer out there. And I wanted to talk
about something else our Esteem Coast Doctor Jeff said on
one of his programs, if you are traveling with your
pet and you're going to be away for you know,
(12:40):
a week or some you know, Airbnb or visiting family
in a different part of the country where you live,
he suggested bringing a couple of big gallons of your
own water and kind of mixing it with the water
of where you're going to be, because you know, you
don't need your animal to have an upset stomach and
(13:02):
you don't know what it is, and then you got
to go to a vet that you don't know. So
I thought that was a very good suggestion. And of course,
if you are traveling, just make sure beforehand that any
place you're staying it's pet friendly. Most places really are today.
Even Airbnb's are pet friendly. Maybe a couple of extra
(13:25):
bucks big bucks if you have a pet. But you know,
we don't leave our pets behind anymore, and if you're
going to go away for a couple of weeks, you
certainly don't want to bring them to any place, even
though they're wonderful on these pet resorts. If you could
bring your pet with you by all means, and if
you are traveling by car, just know your pets needs
(13:48):
and of course they'll sleep for maybe two three hours,
but you have to keep in mind they need to
stretch their legs and have fresh water at all times.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
And we want our our animals to be healthy.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Remember to keep up with the vaccines and summer with
the mosquitoes and the ticks, heartworm. You must keep up
with all these vaccines, kennel cough, and especially when you're traveling,
if you decide to you're in an area or maybe
an airbnb and there's a dog park loco, you might
want to try that. Just keep in mind that I
(14:25):
know where I am. We're already a pack, a well
established pack. But we love when newbies come. You know,
they meet them at the gate and they sniff them
and maybe they'll rough them up a little, but it's
all in fun. So that's always a good thing. But
you know, it's been so hot, and I think this
might be the new normal, especially for where I am
(14:47):
in Florida. But walk your animals early and late. I
walked Tilly a lot during the day, but we go
to the park and sometimes there's shade there. Fresh Water
is the best thing you could do. And if they
don't drink a lot of water, Tilly, we'll drink at
the park, but she doesn't like to drink water at home.
(15:07):
You could put a little dab of bone broth, like
just a shot, and they smell that and they'll drink.
I'm big on fresh fruits. When we come back from
the park, Tilly and I we have blueberry strawberries and
plain Greek yogurt, and that's like our you know, eleven
o'clock eleven thirty treat. And then at night we have
(15:31):
sliced apple and all as well in the world. So
I wish you are rest of the good summer. I
think you'll enjoy this show because it talks about a
lot of things that we as public can do, especially
with Peter and you know, and taking good care of
our pets, especially in the summer the heat, just like
(15:52):
people up north in the winter take care of their
animals in the snow, in the ice when you gotta
walk them. It helps us all so gives us exercise.
So I wish everybody you're good rest of the summer.
And I want to thank my producer Mark, and I
want to thank Tillie McGee for making me a dog
owner again. Live life unleash by everybody, See you next time.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
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