Brad nearly lost a thumb to a Rottweiler
We have a stray cat that we brought in. How do we keep him indoors?
How can I stop my neighbor's dog from barking at my dog? Mine are quiet but dang these pups next door, yikes!
Story of an alligator that ate a woman in Florida. Wow.
Gators are Donna's phobia. What is yours?
Jamie can't stand large bugs, Brad fears weasels.
The National Animal - Strange Animal News
I found a baby bird on the ground after a thunderstorm. What do I do with it?
I have a Cocker Spaniel I inherited from my grandmother. How often does it need grooming?
Bad Animal Joke - very bad
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Ever wondered how to keep a wanderlust cat content indoors? Grab your headphones for today's episode of Animal Talk. Dr. Brad Davis kicks things off with a gripping tale of a Rottweiler attack that left him with a serious thumb injury. Donna Blumel then steps in with a nifty solution for listeners facing the challenge of a stray cat that loves the outdoors—double-sided sticky tape on newspapers near the door. We also touch upon the often contentious topic of declawing outdoor cats, stressing the importance of expert advice from local vets and trainers.
Join our lively discussion as we navigate the curious world of animal fears and phobias. From weasels to alligators, personal stories bring to life why certain animals send shivers down our spines. We explore the humor and discomfort that arise from unexpected encounters and confront the unpredictability that often fuels these fears. Whether it's nervously standing on a boardwalk or pretending to hold a spider, we highlight how facing our animal fears can be both terrifying and enlightening.
Finally, we dive into the heart-wrenching dilemmas of managing aggressive dogs. Hear about a neglected dog that, sadly, had to be euthanized, and another whose charm is overshadowed by sudden biting episodes. We discuss the tough decisions between rehoming and euthanasia, shedding light on behavioral evaluations, handling techniques, and the emotional struggles faced by caregivers. This segment offers a nuanced perspective on the challenges of pet care and the difficult choices that come with loving troubled animals. Tune in for an episode full of insights, emotions, and practical advice for every animal lover.
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Our professionals always gotgreat ideas too.
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So here we go Having a littlebit of fun.
It's Animal Talk.
Whatever the problem is, wehave a professional standing by
that can help you with yourcritter Sitting across from me.
I'm.
Dr. Brad (01:17):
Dr Brad Davis, I'm here to answer any veterinary
questions you might have, andthe brightest of the bunch,
donna Blumel, and I'm here toanswer training questions.
Jamie (01:24):
My name is Jamie.
I just want to make sureeverybody has a good time.
Dr Brad is on the mend.
When animals attack.
Brad you got.
Donna (01:31):
You need to take a picture of that so we can add it
to the website.
Jamie (01:35):
That's right A good portion of your thumb.
Dr. Brad (01:39):
Lopped off yes.
Jamie (01:41):
By what was it?
Last week it was a Rottweiler A.
It's gone.
Dr. Brad (01:42):
Yes, by what was it last week?
It was a Rottweiler.
A Rottweiler decided I lookedtasty and moved faster than any
dog I've ever seen, yeah, andliterally bit off my thumbprint
Yikes.
And if you look closely I justshowed you guys the wound.
But if you look closely you cansee that the little lines in
your thumbprint they'restretched out as they stretch
the tissue to cover my wholethumb.
Jamie (02:05):
So there's an image for everyone at home.
Okay, and have a great dinner.
Okay, excellent, wow, all right.
So, but you're on the menu.
Dr. Brad (02:09):
Don't forget our annual thing Wish happy birthday
to all the mothers.
Yeah, happy birthday to all themoms.
I was close to saying that Ilove it.
Happy birthday to all the momson Mother's Day, wherever it's a
tradition.
Wherever it's a tradition, yourmother's made it.
Donna (02:23):
It's a tradition we can leave behind.
Jamie (02:26):
Actually I thought about that and I was like well, at
least that died.
And no, you should have hadthis.
Brad brought it back.
Donna (02:32):
I know you should have had this meeting prior to the
show starting.
Yeah, yeah.
Jamie (02:38):
I wasn't a boy.
Besides pictures of Brad'sdemolished thumb, photos of
things that we do in and aroundthe show and the pet parade,
which is fun you send in photosof your pet and we put it up in
the pet parade, just a way ofbragging about the critters that
make our lives complete.
Dr. Brad (02:57):
as it were.
Jamie (02:58):
But if by making your life complete means driving you
crazy, then we're here to help.
Of course, you can always sendyour emails to us from the
website and we help you withthose.
We get back to those 24, 48hours or so and then try to
answer some on the weekend aswell, when they come around.
For those you send them in andwe help answer them.
(03:19):
I got one right here.
Throw it out here, dear AnimalTalk, a chain letter.
I touched it.
I touched it.
I touched it.
Ah, Alright, hi, I brought astray cat into my home that I
just love.
However, he doesn't want tostay in the house.
I'm guessing he's about a yearold.
He never leaves, he just likesbeing outside.
(03:40):
We're moving to a new place,but it's only a few hundred feet
away.
What can we do to keep him inthe house so he doesn't leave us
by getting confused and goingto the wrong house?
Our old one also uh.
Should we have him declawed,seeing that is he uh, that he
likes to be outside so much?
He's very good with our threeold son.
He's never even scratched himor even, uh, anything, even the
(04:01):
way our child abuses him and hejust loves him to death.
I listen, I'll be listening,but I'm moving, so that's why I
sent you an email.
Donna (04:14):
Thanks a lot, gary.
Well, the best thing to do whenyou have a cat that you want to
keep inside is to make the doorto leading outside an unpleasant
place to be, and one of myfavorite things to use is stuff
you can usually find in yourhome newspaper and double-sided
sticky tape, and you put thatright in front of the door
double-sided sticky tape allover the newspaper.
So when he approaches the doorand he walks onto the paper
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which all cats love to walk onpaper, so he's going to kind of
be drawn in there anyway.
So he'll come in, he'll step onit, it'll get stuck to his paws
and then he'll start runningand then the paper will proceed
to chase him because it's stuckto him and what that'll do is
make the front door, or any door, become a bad place to be.
We don't want to hang out infront of that door because scary
things have happened there andthat's the easiest way.
(04:57):
Or most people would tell youto use water.
The only reason I don't isbecause, if you do need to give
this cat a bath, you don't wantto stress him out by doing that.
So, I try to avoid using wateras a punishment for cats, and
double-sided sticky tape is muchmore enjoyable to watch too.
The newspaper chases the catthrough the house.
It's great, great entertainment.
(05:18):
Who needs TV?
Jamie (05:19):
that much, right.
And then the cat's sittingthere hyperventilating.
Donna (05:21):
Well, no, after you calm them down, you unstick it, and
you may have to leave it therefor a week or two before he gets
the idea.
Some cats will get the ideapretty quick.
Others it may take a week ortwo before they finally go.
Okay, I'm not going near thatdoor, but as far as the
declawing question, I would sayno.
Dr. Brad (05:41):
Anytime you have a cat that gets outside, you put them
at a greater risk.
It would be kind of like takinga boxer to the ring, putting
them in the ring and then tyingtheir hands behind their back
and saying go to it and bruisesand knuckles with your face as
much as you can because they'rejust not going to be able to
protect themselves.
And as awful as it sounds, thelife of a cat, an outdoor cat,
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is really a rough life.
You're facing off not justagainst others of your own ilk.
You're facing against thingslike dogs.
You're facing off against well,let's just face it neighbor
kids, let's just face it.
And so there's a lot of thingsthat you're going to need to
protect yourself from, and Ithink that's one of the reasons
that we see that they don't liveas long.
(06:23):
So having a cat declawed I'mreally in favor of that.
I think that's one of thereasons that we see that they
don't live as long.
So having a cat declawed, I'mreally in favor of that.
I think it's a great thing todo, I think if they're an indoor
cat and that's why I'm in favorof indoor cats but once they
get a taste for the outside,it's really hard to keep them
inside.
It's kind of, you know, womencan understand that because
that's kind of like men.
Jamie (06:55):
Once they get a taste for going out and running around,
it's hard to keep them in, sothere you go.
Words of wisdom from dr brad,we always have those little
nuggets of uh, wiseness, theanalogies are
Donna (07:01):
just yeah, wow that's a lot of blood, so, no, no, you
can't use that excuse anymore,that was last you've had plenty
of time to recover thoseplatelets.
Jamie (07:08):
Okay, visit our website and of course you send us the
emails there.
And do you have another emailthere?
Dr. Brad (07:13):
Brad, sure do Dear Animal Talk.
Read the mail.
Read the mail.
Read the mail.
How can I stop my neighbor dogsfrom barking at my dogs?
Yeah, is there anything you cansuggest?
(07:37):
Thanks, and this is signed Bill.
Really tall fence.
Jamie (07:40):
Wooden Solid.
Donna (07:43):
That should help it may, yeah, it absolutely might A sale
sign on the front lawn.
That would help even more.
He is not yelling.
No, there are legal steps youcan take for a nuisance barking
dog, and every city has nuisancelaw, so you can contact your
(08:03):
local police and find out what'sthe next step.
Where do I go from here?
I've lodged this complaint.
The dogs do this all the time.
If nothing clears up, you cantry talking to your neighbor
Again, saying, hey, look, yourdogs are barking.
It's really getting out of hand.
Try to be the neighborly personand do the right thing.
And if that doesn't work, thenyou can get into using other
(08:24):
training techniques, othertraining tools.
One of them is called theUltrasonic no Bark Collar.
Well, actually it's not acollar, it's a little handheld
unit that you can push a buttonand a sound emits, supposedly to
stop the dog.
Wow, doesn't work on all.
Dr. Brad (08:42):
I'm living on the edge because I'm sitting next to her
Within striking distance.
I'm safely over here.
No, because I can still.
Donna (08:51):
I can Well hopefully he'll take long enough to beat
up that I can get away.
Jamie (08:53):
Yeah, oh, so you only have to outrun the bear, I only
got to outrun you and you're inthe corner, so you kind of are
out of luck.
Donna (09:00):
That's right, oh, you're going to do it.
Jamie (09:01):
But yesterday Donna and I were chit-chatting about
Florida, donna's recent trip toFlorida, and then I always go
back to my experience in Floridadriving down the Alligator
Alley.
And there's a highway downthere and they call it the
Alligator Alley and it's afour-lane median highway highway
(09:23):
and there's some swamps on theedges of it and you'll see
alligators here and theresporadically, but there's a
little dirt path that goes offof it and uh, but runs parallel
with uh, with the highway forquite a ways and uh, if you you
find the right little turn offand you take this, it's a really
tiny dirt road.
Uh, that is Alligator Alley andthere is just like a gator,
(09:45):
every couple of feet.
It was amazing.
Anyway, donna's sitting herecurling and cringing in her seat
because I didn't know thisyesterday when I brought it up.
But she's very, very afraid ofalligators and so I revisited
the story today because Bigstory on CNN today, one of the
things that they showed againand again was a big 400-pound
alligator and it was believed itkilled this 28-year-old woman.
(10:08):
They captured it and theykilled the alligator and they
found like her arms inside of it, two human arms.
They were making sure they wereher arms because they found
like the dismembered body and sookay, anyway, so pleasant
little story there, but anyway.
So apparently, donna, your fearvery well-founded.
Donna (10:25):
I guess gators do jump up and trap people.
Do you know why?
Let me explain why.
Dr. Brad (10:30):
Let me ask real quick Did they have sleeves on them?
Yeah, I don't know.
Did they have sleeves on them?
Because it does have the rightto bear arms.
I'm sorry, go on ahead.
I have the right to bear arms.
I'm sorry, go on ahead.
I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.
No, that's terrible.
There was nothing else for mehere.
Donna (10:41):
Go ahead, see this is the reason you know I'm not scared
of tigers, lions.
You know big other animals andit's not just bears.
I find you know most well blackbears and some polar bears and
some of the other bearsnon-grizzlies are very cute and
they're just adorable.
The reason I have such an issuewith alligators and crocodiles
is because they really don'tcare what you are, you're food
(11:06):
and most of the other animals,if given the chance, wouldn't
prefer to eat us.
And I think that's where mostof my fear comes from as an
alligator just not that pickyCrocodile, not that picky and
they can jump.
Jamie (11:19):
I've seen them.
Donna (11:20):
I've seen them on documentaries.
They can jump.
If they know that there's foodnearby, they will jump out and
get that food.
Jamie (11:28):
It's so sad about this young lady.
She's 28.
She was just out for a jog andsomebody said that they saw
someone fit her description shewas taking a break and just
sitting on a bridge, kind ofthing.
No one saw the incident takeplace.
No one's come forward as of yet.
But I mean she's dead andthat's sad, it's gruesome, it's
a gruesome, horrible thing.
(11:48):
But Donna's phobia is the gatorsand we were talking about
phobias yesterday.
I didn't even know about thisstory until today.
And your phobia, apparentlyvery well-founded, my phobia and
my question to everybody whatis your animal phobia?
What scares you?
What animal freaks you out?
Or it's like you know, somepeople are definitely afraid of
birds.
(12:08):
Yes, frightened of birds.
My friend Jenny, just you know,someone has like a feather bow
on and she like freaks out.
It's feathers and birds justfreak her out.
Me it's large bugs.
Large bugs like tarantulas andthings like that really freak me
out.
They creep me out.
Those are the ones that freakme out.
(12:29):
So what is your animal phobia,Brad?
What's yours?
What animal is there?
Being a vet, you probably havea higher resistance or a higher
tolerance.
Dr. Brad (12:39):
Weasels, weasels.
There's some weasels I'm afraidof.
Jamie (12:44):
Okay.
Dr. Brad (12:45):
But yeah, no, I don't.
You know, I really don't thinkso.
I don't think I've ever beenscared of animals.
I don't like horses.
Jamie (12:52):
Yeah.
Dr. Brad (12:53):
But I'm not afraid of horses, but I just don't like
them Because they have fourpoints of their body that can
kill you, right, and they havefour points of their body that
can kill you Right and lightningfast.
And they have four bowlingballs at the end of each leg,
okay, and they have a brain thesize of a walnut.
Jamie (13:09):
I mean, I don't like that .
But.
Dr. Brad (13:11):
I tend not to fear animals.
I always have this big thingwhere I'm afraid of snakes, but
I'm not that afraid of snakes,it's just fun to make, like it.
Donna (13:16):
Oh no, you screamed like a little girl when that snake
came at you.
Well, you see, now there's thething it's coming at you.
Dr. Brad (13:24):
Let's go back on that.
It's the coming at you part.
Donna (13:29):
But it was a benign snake .
The snake that was coming rightat you, coming right for you,
was a benign snake If an altarboy was coming right at me, I'd
scream that's when something'scoming at you.
Dr. Brad (13:38):
you scream, Not an exuberation you got to be.
I'm saying if something'scoming at you, you don't know
what's going to happen.
It could be something awful, itcould have a chainsaw.
Yeah, that's true, that's thething.
What snake was it?
When was this?
Because there's been more thanonce that I've screamed was it
looked like a?
Donna (13:52):
smaller garter snake.
Yeah, the little snakes aremore scary to me Because it just
seems like they're faster.
Yeah, this one was quick.
I remember that they opened thetop and it dove out of that
Tupperware container right atyou.
Dr. Brad (14:12):
It just seems like it's going to go right down your
throat and it's going to belike Alien.
Jamie (14:20):
What is it with some of the reptiles?
They always have to carry theirpets in pillow sacks and
Tupperware.
Dr. Brad (14:23):
Don't they make real containers for these things?
It depends what their mom has,but no, I think it's all the
things that you list areotherworldly too, Don't forget
we list snakes and birds Withinyour own species.
You don't fear things quite asmuch.
Fairly, certainly a tiger woulddo a bigger number on you than
anything else, but we don't findthem scary because they're kind
(14:43):
of cute.
Donna (14:44):
Well, no, it's not just that, they're kind of cute.
I know that we're not naturallyon the menu for them.
They typically don't want to bewhere we are and on occasion
they do end up harming somebody,but it's usually a startle
factor, like the grizzlies orsome of the black bears.
It's never usually anintentional thing.
It's usually a we stumble, oopsand do something stupid.
(15:05):
So we're not just, we're not onthe menu.
See, I'm not scared of sharkseither, because I know we're not
on the menu.
It's not something that youknow.
They go looking for us.
We happen to be there whenthey're hungry from time to time
, but an alligator just doesn'tcare time, but an alligator just
doesn't care.
Everything's on the menu for analligator, and that's what kind
of freaks me out a little bitis because they're just not that
picky.
Dr. Brad (15:23):
Can you look at them in zoos?
Can you go to a zoo and look atan alligator?
Does it just make you too crazy?
Donna (15:31):
No, I well, I tend to try to force myself to confront my
fears.
So I will stand on the you knowlittle boardwalk and you know
be freaked out, but I'll standthere and take a picture.
Dr. Brad (15:40):
So could you stand next to, like the University of
Florida mascot?
You know other than the?
Donna (15:44):
Oh no, that doesn't bother me, Okay.
No, if it's real and it's likewithin inches of me, yes, I
would be really freaked.
Okay.
Jamie (15:51):
What is your animal phobia?
What animal are you afraid of?
Dr. Brad (15:55):
One of my technicians who's actually in vet school now
.
Actually, I could take my hands.
She would know there's nothingin my hands.
I would take my cups of bothhands, put them together, make
like a ball and make like I washolding a spider, and she would
get so scared.
I could chase her around as shescreamed because there might be
a spider in my hand.
It's just the thought of thespider was so great.
People are so afraid of.
Jamie (16:16):
That's how Donna's just cringing just talking about the
gators, oh yeah.
Donna (16:19):
When he was telling me that they were right there next
to the car.
That, yeah, that littlealligator alias.
Jamie (16:24):
That was an interesting little drive.
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We also like to scour the news.
Like I said, that very sad newsstory but we also like to scour
the news stories and findthings?
uh of entertaining and interestvalues.
I am so on the wrong page hereand uh share those stories with
you, um, and and bring them toyou.
As Brad saunters over to thenews nook, your radio tabloid
(17:26):
news source, the National Animal.
Dr. Brad (17:37):
Rough justice.
A knife wielding mugger hasfallen foul of the law after he
demanded a woman hand over herbags, only to discover they were
full of fresh dog excrement.
David Carlisle held the weaponto Marion Budd's stomach and
ordered her to hand over twobags of cash as she walked her
dog in Westbury-on-Trim, Bristol, England.
(17:58):
But he could barely believe hisbad luck when he found out the
bags were just used to scoop upthe dog's poop.
He was later caught and wasjailed for four years for
attempted robbery.
Apparently, his partner told onhim he's a stool pigeon.
Donna (18:14):
That should qualify as the bad animal joke of the week
right there.
Jamie (18:18):
It's beautiful.
I like that one.
Dr. Brad (18:20):
Okay, I like that.
Thank you, horace.
The tortoise travels 1.8 milesin eight months.
This has the best quote ever ina news story.
Months this has the best quoteever in a news story.
A pet tortoise reportedly madeit as far as 1.8 miles away from
his home in eight months sincegoing missing an average of 39
feet a day.
According to the bbc horace thehorace, the herman's tortoise,
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was spotted in the middle of theroad on the outskirts of
cardiff by an animal welfareinspector.
Uh, they were so.
The owners were so surprisedreceived my call.
They are delighted that theywill be reunited with their
long-lost pet.
The owner received Horace as aChristmas present about seven
years ago.
He had been into the garden andfive minutes later he had
vanished.
Experts believe it's the onlyescape to go this slow, except
(19:04):
for Fox's prison break, ha.
Jamie (19:08):
Ha, ha, ha, ha ha.
I love that show though.
Dr. Brad (19:13):
Never seen it.
It's like prison break andthey're still there.
It's almost over, the season'salmost over.
Jamie (19:18):
I know I'm just.
They're over the wall.
Dr. Brad (19:20):
My staff loves the show, by the way, they love the
guys.
Okay, this one has multipleendings.
Oh no 12 species of flies getfederal protection.
No, twelve species of flies getfederal protection.
This from Honolulu.
Twelve species of rare flies,known for their elaborate
courtship displays and foundonly in the Hawaiian Islands,
are now protected under theEndangered Species Act.
The US Fish and WildlifeService announced the protected
(19:40):
status for the highly valuedpicture wing flies Tuesday.
The Hawaiian picture wings areone of the most important
endemic vertebrates in Hawaii,said Brent Plater, a staff
attorney in the Center's SanFrancisco office.
Picture wing flies are abouttwo to three times the size of
common house flies and areconsidered harmless to humans.
Other species of picture wingflies are found outside Hawaii.
Killing one of these fliescould lead to arrest by a SWAT
(20:03):
team.
Want the others.
Jamie (20:07):
Yeah, these were good, thank you, thank you for the
shock.
Dr. Brad (20:14):
They protected the animals because politicians hate
to be caught with their fliesdown.
Donna (20:17):
Thank you.
Oh, that's a good one.
Dr. Brad (20:21):
And there are three main places in Hawaii where
flies are found the beach, themountains and about three feet
around, Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Jamie (20:31):
You should have come to the comedy show On Friday.
We went to the comedy show.
I told him that and thestand-up comedian did a whole
bit about Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Oh did he really.
Yeah, see, he would haveenjoyed it.
Dr. Brad (20:43):
He seems like a very nice man if he's listening.
Jamie (20:45):
Yeah, he's in Hawaii.
Yeah, but you know what if oneday, if he's listening, yeah,
he's in Hawaii.
Dr. Brad (20:50):
Yeah, but you know what, if one day I'm in Hawaii,
I don't want to run across him,and then he'll say oh, you're at
that show, you know that animaltalk radiocom you can check out
the pet parade, you can send inpictures of your pet and you
can send in your questions aswell.
Jamie (21:04):
We answer those when we get them 24, 48 hours or so and
get to them on the weekend aswell.
Dr. Brad (21:11):
Do you have another email over there?
All right, what do you got,Dear Animal Talk.
Donna (21:13):
What's this fan mail from a flounder?
Dr. Brad (21:15):
Yesterday, after the thunderstorm, I found a baby
bird under the tree.
He doesn't have feathers yetand I don't think I can put him
back up in the tree or he'llfall out.
I don't know where the nest is.
I brought him inside and I'mkeeping him in a shoebox.
Donna (21:36):
What should I do to take care of this bird?
Get him to sign Billy, get himto a rehabber right now, because
I'll tell you, it doesn'tmatter how many you know in the
past birds your family may havesaved, unless you are actually a
licensed rehabber who knowsexactly what kind of baby bird
this is that you're dealing with.
We need different types of food, we need formula, we have to
have heat.
There's so many needs that theyhave that most people don't
(21:57):
have the ability to give themthat round-the-clock care that
they need, so get them to arehabber.
Call your local humane societyor your vet hospital.
Get them to a rehabber.
Call your local Humane Societyor your vet hospital.
They should be able to eitherhave somebody that they can
recommend you to or they'll tellyou to bring them in because
they've got somebody in theirfacility that does it.
Dr. Brad (22:15):
Another suggestion that I tell people that usually
works pretty nicely is if theyfell out of the tree during a
storm, it's because of the windusually.
If you get one of those Easterbaskets and you take, you put
some grass in it, whatever hangit up in the tree.
Donna (22:31):
Usually mom will find them.
Dr. Brad (22:32):
Mom usually comes back and we'll start taking care of
them, so that also can work.
But again, either way, it'stricky.
But a bird without feathersaway from mom not going to last
long.
If you're any time you try tosave wildlife, first off you
might be breaking some locallaws, but also you're going to
be brokenhearted most of thetime, Most of the time.
So just don't get your hopes uptoo high if you try to save
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this bird.
Definitely.
Jamie (22:57):
Do you have another one over there, brad?
Sure, do, sorry what you gotfor me, dear Animal Talk.
You've got mail.
Dr. Brad (23:03):
I have a cocker spaniel and I've just inherited
him from my grandma who passedaway.
How many times do I have togroom him?
Is it an annual thing?
A monthly thing?
How often do dogs need groomed?
This is signed, katie.
Donna (23:17):
It depends on the breed as to when they need to be
groomed.
I don't know.
Really, I've never groomed adog, so I bathe my dogs twice a
year.
I don't have long-haired dogs,though I don't have dogs that
have to have special haircuts oranything.
Dr. Brad (23:32):
Call your vet, ask your vet.
But the other thing is callgroomers.
Call, like, three groomers inthe area, get different opinions
and you'll get a feel for who'ssaying yeah, they need groomed
every other day or they needgroomed every other year.
You'll find a good medium thatworks for you.
Jamie (23:44):
Brad, what's going on?
Dr. Brad (23:47):
Anything new and interesting at the clinic.
Well, we do have somethinginteresting.
We had actually a big situation, and there's this old saying
that no good deed goesunpunished, and I find that
that's one of the most truestatements ever.
We had a couple of ladies whohave been longtime clients of
the clinic.
Their sister passed away andshe had three dogs, and the dogs
(24:07):
were—actually you met one ofthe dogs the dog was completely
matted over these dogs lookedlike they had shells.
Um, they're one.
One was there were two cockerythings and one not like joe
cocker, because you can't getthe smell out of that but I mean
, they were just, they were just, uh, cocker spaniel mixes, and
one was a shepherd mix, butapparently the dogs lived their
whole lives in a cage, okay, andso they're not well adjusted
(24:30):
and again completely, completelyshell-like, covered, matted
over.
And we were exceptionally niceto these people because they're
a couple of nicer older ladiesthat are always very nice to us
and so we were always nice tothem.
They're good clients, so wewere nice back and did a lot of
stuff for them.
Donna (24:44):
I'm waiting to hear what kind of trouble you got me in
now.
No, no, no.
Waiting to hear what kind oftrouble you got me in now?
Dr. Brad (24:48):
no, no, the thing about it is is that, uh, the dog
that one of the dogs had,actual one of the dogs didn't
make it because it's matting.
It actually caused so muchdamage it kicked, died it was.
It was so damaged that it wasactually its leg was about to
come off, and so, rather than itwould actually dug into the leg
, the matted fur, and we endedup euthanizing it, um because it
was so badly injured.
it would have been that oramputation.
Now the other one is, sadlyenough, the one that survived
(25:12):
was the unpleasant one.
This is a dog that acts verynice but all of a sudden snaps
and bites, and I don't meansnapping as in snapping, but all
of a sudden it'll be like hey,I love you, sort of thing, and
without warning it'll bite you.
And it bit each one of thesetwo ladies before, but Donna was
nice enough.
She ladies before, but donnawas nice enough.
(25:35):
she was stopping by the clinicfor a little bit and uh, and she
spoke to the people and thenthe dog went to the new home a
cousin who happens to be one ofthe most unpleasant people I've
ever met and the dog bit her.
Which good dog, but anyway.
Um, the thing is is that thedog was brought back in.
It's now bit three people.
It's it has a charge and attacka few of the staff members, but
they love it because it's sucha sweetie most of the time 99.9%
of the time but tomorrow is the10th day where, after biting
(25:56):
someone, you have 10 days thatyou keep the dog alive and if
the dog still doesn't haverabies at that point, then you
can legally euthanize it.
Now here's the thing In yourguy's opinion, is this dog
that's nice most of the time?
Is it a dog to find a home foror is it a dog that, if it's
going to be a risk?
Is it worth putting a family atrisk to find this dog a home,
(26:17):
or what level are?
Donna (26:19):
we at Well, do you want to go first, because I've
actually met this dog.
Jamie (26:22):
Yeah, well, I mean, how old is the dog?
Dr. Brad (26:24):
It's an adult dog.
It's hard to say, because thelady obviously didn't care much
for the dog.
The dogs were just.
They were almost like fish.
They were just kept in a cageand not well treated at all.
They weren't part of the family.
Jamie (26:35):
Yeah.
Dr. Brad (26:35):
So the dog basks in attention, it just loves it.
It rolls around the floor butthen all of a sudden decides
it's had enough and attacks.
Jamie (26:40):
Right, right, and so it never had that.
It doesn't.
Yeah the socialization is wayup.
Oh see, you hate saying we'llput it down, but there's so many
dogs I mean, how many dogs aday?
The numbers would just bestaggering of how many dogs are
put down every day.
That would make 10 times betterof a pet.
Dr. Brad (27:04):
Yeah, so a safe dog that's going to be euthanized
because of them, a home, that'swho we should be looking at, and
you met the dog, yeah.
Jamie (27:13):
I met the dog.
It's hard to it's hard to saythat though it's, it's, it's.
You know well, it's it's neverit has that sweet factor.
Donna (27:19):
And it's not his fault and it's not his fault.
He was created to be thislittle monster that he is and
and when I he was, he was finefor most of the stuff that I did
when I was sitting and talkingwith them, um, but see, now they
they weren't.
I don't think it completelyhonest with everything that this
dog, or either that, or theydidn't know everything that this
(27:39):
dog was doing and, um, I keptwaiting for the call because I
knew this dog was going into anew home and I knew this was
going to be an issue with thisdog because of this dog's.
They lifted up their sleevesand showed me the bite marks
that this dog had caused on them, and normally what we recommend
is to have a behaviorevaluation performed, find out
(28:00):
is this going to be somethingthat the dog will accept?
A correction?
Now, I don't do that.
That's a very dangerous thing,so I don't do it.
That's what my boss does.
Jamie (28:11):
He's good at it.
That's funny stuff.
Watch him do an evaluation andthat's something that I usually
recommend having done.
Donna (28:20):
What I was talking with them about was how to deal with
this dog until they got him into see somebody, until they
actually made the step inDifferent ways to approach this
dog, because this dog gets very,very threatened when you reach
for him.
He feels very threatened if youare looming, standing in over
the top of him.
So those are things that kindof set this dog off, kind of
(28:41):
like your neighbor's dog.
Those same types of behaviorsset that dog off.
And so what I was explaining tothem is you know, while you're
working with this dog, don't dothese things.
And so this is something wherehe seems like he has those
moments of really nice, becauseI got to see that in him.
But when you have anunpredictable dog which is what
(29:01):
this is this is a veryunpredictable dog you're petting
it and then it turns around andbites you.
That's not normal.
That's not normal dog behaviorand in most cases, is not
repairable dog behavior.
Dr. Brad (29:14):
And just to mention too, is that with the owners and
with my.
One technician is in love withthe dog and she just can't keep
it and when she took it home fora day and it bit her twice and
the thing is she has almost likeand I'm not trying to belittle
anybody or anything, but she haslike a beaten wife syndrome
with it because she's makingexcuses for the dog.
Donna (29:32):
Most people do.
I find, honestly, most peopledo.
When they have a dog that isaggressive or is a fear biter or
anything else, they always makeexcuses for the dog.
Dr. Brad (29:41):
I walked by him quick.
He was threatened.
Well, you know what You'reallowed to walk by your dog
quick.
Donna (29:46):
Right.
See, that's what I always say Ishould be able to do anything
to my dog that I want.
Dr. Brad (29:50):
Right, but most likely tomorrow we're going to make a
decision.
Jamie (29:55):
That is a tough call.
Does you know anything aboutmonkeys?
Give Animal Talk a call.
It's Animal Talk.
That was actually an email fromsix years ago.
Yeah, it's right on top andthat was pretty much the text of
the email.
Does you know anything about?
Donna (30:14):
monkeys.
Does you have any info aboutmonkeys?
Dr. Brad (30:18):
It's right on top.
That's the first one.
Hello, does you have any infoon monkeys?
If not, can you point us in theright direction Please?
This is not a joke.
Jamie (30:28):
And we always advise it Okay, what's the date on that
getting monkeys?
Donna (30:32):
oh, yeah, how many years have we had that one?
Jamie (30:35):
yeah, july 2002 which again, though, monkeys.
It's not good, it's it's beenno, but it's been funny every
time, it's just yeah certainphrases are always funny.
Dr. Brad (30:46):
And does you have any monkeys?
Ah, good times, I'll help youout.
Jamie (30:48):
Certain phrases are always funny.
Does he have any monkeys?
Does he have any elephants?
Ah, good times, we'll help youout who's bad.
It's time for the Bad AnimalJoke of the Week.
Who's bad?
Alright, bad Animal Joke of theWeek.
You are more than welcome tosubmit your very own bad animal
joke and we'll use it on the air.
(31:09):
Send it to jamie atTalkRadiocom.
Brad, this is a participatoryjoke.
I need your help with this oneas well.
All right, Brad, ask me if I'ma tiger.
Dr. Brad (31:21):
Jamie, are you a tiger ?
Jamie (31:23):
Yes, I am actually All right.
Ask me if I'm a kitten, jamie,are you a kitten?
No, I just told you I'm a tiger.
All right, there we go.
Christina, age 10.
You know she's making the honorroll 800.
Dr. Brad (31:46):
There's a thin line between joke and not a joke.
Jamie (31:47):
That was walking that line Skating that line pretty
close.
Dr. Brad (31:49):
It's a bad animal joke that was walking that line,
skating that line pretty close.
Jamie (31:51):
It's a bad animal joke.
It's bad.
It starts out, it's everything.
Donna (31:55):
It's bad, it's all that is, if there was a poster for
the bad animal joke that wouldbe on the poster.
Jamie (32:05):
That was pretty horrible.
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Think it'll work it would takea while.
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Dr. Brad (01:17):
Dr Brad Davis, I'm here to answer any veterinary
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Jamie (01:24):
My name is Jamie.
I just want to make sureeverybody has a good time.
Dr Brad is on the mend.
When animals attack.
Brad you got.
Donna (01:31):
You need to take a picture of that so we can add it
to the website.
Jamie (01:35):
That's right A good portion of your thumb.
Dr. Brad (01:39):
Lopped off yes.
Jamie (01:41):
By what was it?
Last week it was a Rottweiler A.
It's gone.
Dr. Brad (01:42):
Yes, by what was it last week?
It was a Rottweiler.
A Rottweiler decided I lookedtasty and moved faster than any
dog I've ever seen, yeah, andliterally bit off my thumbprint
Yikes.
And if you look closely I justshowed you guys the wound.
But if you look closely you cansee that the little lines in
your thumbprint they'restretched out as they stretch
the tissue to cover my wholethumb.
Jamie (02:05):
So there's an image for everyone at home.
Okay, and have a great dinner.
Okay, excellent, wow, all right.
So, but you're on the menu.
Dr. Brad (02:09):
Don't forget our annual thing Wish happy birthday
to all the mothers.
Yeah, happy birthday to all themoms.
I was close to saying that Ilove it.
Happy birthday to all the momson Mother's Day, wherever it's a
tradition.
Wherever it's a tradition, yourmother's made it.
Donna (02:23):
It's a tradition we can leave behind.
Jamie (02:26):
Actually I thought about that and I was like well, at
least that died.
And no, you should have hadthis.
Brad brought it back.
Donna (02:32):
I know you should have had this meeting prior to the
show starting.
Yeah, yeah.
Jamie (02:38):
I wasn't a boy.
Besides pictures of Brad'sdemolished thumb, photos of
things that we do in and aroundthe show and the pet parade,
which is fun you send in photosof your pet and we put it up in
the pet parade, just a way ofbragging about the critters that
make our lives complete.
Dr. Brad (02:57):
as it were.
Jamie (02:58):
But if by making your life complete means driving you
crazy, then we're here to help.
Of course, you can always sendyour emails to us from the
website and we help you withthose.
We get back to those 24, 48hours or so and then try to
answer some on the weekend aswell, when they come around.
For those you send them in andwe help answer them.
(03:19):
I got one right here.
Throw it out here, dear AnimalTalk, a chain letter.
I touched it.
I touched it.
I touched it.
Ah, Alright, hi, I brought astray cat into my home that I
just love.
However, he doesn't want tostay in the house.
I'm guessing he's about a yearold.
He never leaves, he just likesbeing outside.
(03:40):
We're moving to a new place,but it's only a few hundred feet
away.
What can we do to keep him inthe house so he doesn't leave us
by getting confused and goingto the wrong house?
Our old one also uh.
Should we have him declawed,seeing that is he uh, that he
likes to be outside so much?
He's very good with our threeold son.
He's never even scratched himor even, uh, anything, even the
(04:01):
way our child abuses him and hejust loves him to death.
I listen, I'll be listening,but I'm moving, so that's why I
sent you an email.
Donna (04:14):
Thanks a lot, gary.
Well, the best thing to do whenyou have a cat that you want to
keep inside is to make the doorto leading outside an unpleasant
place to be, and one of myfavorite things to use is stuff
you can usually find in yourhome newspaper and double-sided
sticky tape, and you put thatright in front of the door
double-sided sticky tape allover the newspaper.
So when he approaches the doorand he walks onto the paper
(04:36):
which all cats love to walk onpaper, so he's going to kind of
be drawn in there anyway.
So he'll come in, he'll step onit, it'll get stuck to his paws
and then he'll start runningand then the paper will proceed
to chase him because it's stuckto him and what that'll do is
make the front door, or any door, become a bad place to be.
We don't want to hang out infront of that door because scary
things have happened there andthat's the easiest way.
(04:57):
Or most people would tell youto use water.
The only reason I don't isbecause, if you do need to give
this cat a bath, you don't wantto stress him out by doing that.
So, I try to avoid using wateras a punishment for cats, and
double-sided sticky tape is muchmore enjoyable to watch too.
The newspaper chases the catthrough the house.
It's great, great entertainment.
(05:18):
Who needs TV?
Jamie (05:19):
that much, right.
And then the cat's sittingthere hyperventilating.
Donna (05:21):
Well, no, after you calm them down, you unstick it, and
you may have to leave it therefor a week or two before he gets
the idea.
Some cats will get the ideapretty quick.
Others it may take a week ortwo before they finally go.
Okay, I'm not going near thatdoor, but as far as the
declawing question, I would sayno.
Dr. Brad (05:41):
Anytime you have a cat that gets outside, you put them
at a greater risk.
It would be kind of like takinga boxer to the ring, putting
them in the ring and then tyingtheir hands behind their back
and saying go to it and bruisesand knuckles with your face as
much as you can because they'rejust not going to be able to
protect themselves.
And as awful as it sounds, thelife of a cat, an outdoor cat,
(06:02):
is really a rough life.
You're facing off not justagainst others of your own ilk.
You're facing against thingslike dogs.
You're facing off against well,let's just face it neighbor
kids, let's just face it.
And so there's a lot of thingsthat you're going to need to
protect yourself from, and Ithink that's one of the reasons
that we see that they don't liveas long.
(06:23):
So having a cat declawed I'mreally in favor of that.
I think that's one of thereasons that we see that they
don't live as long.
So having a cat declawed, I'mreally in favor of that.
I think it's a great thing todo, I think if they're an indoor
cat and that's why I'm in favorof indoor cats but once they
get a taste for the outside,it's really hard to keep them
inside.
It's kind of, you know, womencan understand that because
that's kind of like men.
Jamie (06:55):
Once they get a taste for going out and running around,
it's hard to keep them in, sothere you go.
Words of wisdom from dr brad,we always have those little
nuggets of uh, wiseness, theanalogies are
Donna (07:01):
just yeah, wow that's a lot of blood, so, no, no, you
can't use that excuse anymore,that was last you've had plenty
of time to recover thoseplatelets.
Jamie (07:08):
Okay, visit our website and of course you send us the
emails there.
And do you have another emailthere?
Dr. Brad (07:13):
Brad, sure do Dear Animal Talk.
Read the mail.
Read the mail.
Read the mail.
How can I stop my neighbor dogsfrom barking at my dogs?
Yeah, is there anything you cansuggest?
(07:37):
Thanks, and this is signed Bill.
Really tall fence.
Jamie (07:40):
Wooden Solid.
Donna (07:43):
That should help it may, yeah, it absolutely might A sale
sign on the front lawn.
That would help even more.
He is not yelling.
No, there are legal steps youcan take for a nuisance barking
dog, and every city has nuisancelaw, so you can contact your
(08:03):
local police and find out what'sthe next step.
Where do I go from here?
I've lodged this complaint.
The dogs do this all the time.
If nothing clears up, you cantry talking to your neighbor
Again, saying, hey, look, yourdogs are barking.
It's really getting out of hand.
Try to be the neighborly personand do the right thing.
And if that doesn't work, thenyou can get into using other
(08:24):
training techniques, othertraining tools.
One of them is called theUltrasonic no Bark Collar.
Well, actually it's not acollar, it's a little handheld
unit that you can push a buttonand a sound emits, supposedly to
stop the dog.
Wow, doesn't work on all.
Dr. Brad (08:42):
I'm living on the edge because I'm sitting next to her
Within striking distance.
I'm safely over here.
No, because I can still.
Donna (08:51):
I can Well hopefully he'll take long enough to beat
up that I can get away.
Jamie (08:53):
Yeah, oh, so you only have to outrun the bear, I only
got to outrun you and you're inthe corner, so you kind of are
out of luck.
Donna (09:00):
That's right, oh, you're going to do it.
Jamie (09:01):
But yesterday Donna and I were chit-chatting about
Florida, donna's recent trip toFlorida, and then I always go
back to my experience in Floridadriving down the Alligator
Alley.
And there's a highway downthere and they call it the
Alligator Alley and it's afour-lane median highway highway
(09:23):
and there's some swamps on theedges of it and you'll see
alligators here and theresporadically, but there's a
little dirt path that goes offof it and uh, but runs parallel
with uh, with the highway forquite a ways and uh, if you you
find the right little turn offand you take this, it's a really
tiny dirt road.
Uh, that is Alligator Alley andthere is just like a gator,
(09:45):
every couple of feet.
It was amazing.
Anyway, donna's sitting herecurling and cringing in her seat
because I didn't know thisyesterday when I brought it up.
But she's very, very afraid ofalligators and so I revisited
the story today because Bigstory on CNN today, one of the
things that they showed againand again was a big 400-pound
alligator and it was believed itkilled this 28-year-old woman.
(10:08):
They captured it and theykilled the alligator and they
found like her arms inside of it, two human arms.
They were making sure they wereher arms because they found
like the dismembered body and sookay, anyway, so pleasant
little story there, but anyway.
So apparently, donna, your fearvery well-founded.
Donna (10:25):
I guess gators do jump up and trap people.
Do you know why?
Let me explain why.
Dr. Brad (10:30):
Let me ask real quick Did they have sleeves on them?
Yeah, I don't know.
Did they have sleeves on them?
Because it does have the rightto bear arms.
I'm sorry, go on ahead.
I have the right to bear arms.
I'm sorry, go on ahead.
I'm sorry, I couldn't help it.
No, that's terrible.
There was nothing else for mehere.
Donna (10:41):
Go ahead, see this is the reason you know I'm not scared
of tigers, lions.
You know big other animals andit's not just bears.
I find you know most well blackbears and some polar bears and
some of the other bearsnon-grizzlies are very cute and
they're just adorable.
The reason I have such an issuewith alligators and crocodiles
is because they really don'tcare what you are, you're food
(11:06):
and most of the other animals,if given the chance, wouldn't
prefer to eat us.
And I think that's where mostof my fear comes from as an
alligator just not that pickyCrocodile, not that picky and
they can jump.
Jamie (11:19):
I've seen them.
Donna (11:20):
I've seen them on documentaries.
They can jump.
If they know that there's foodnearby, they will jump out and
get that food.
Jamie (11:28):
It's so sad about this young lady.
She's 28.
She was just out for a jog andsomebody said that they saw
someone fit her description shewas taking a break and just
sitting on a bridge, kind ofthing.
No one saw the incident takeplace.
No one's come forward as of yet.
But I mean she's dead andthat's sad, it's gruesome, it's
a gruesome, horrible thing.
(11:48):
But Donna's phobia is the gatorsand we were talking about
phobias yesterday.
I didn't even know about thisstory until today.
And your phobia, apparentlyvery well-founded, my phobia and
my question to everybody whatis your animal phobia?
What scares you?
What animal freaks you out?
Or it's like you know, somepeople are definitely afraid of
birds.
(12:08):
Yes, frightened of birds.
My friend Jenny, just you know,someone has like a feather bow
on and she like freaks out.
It's feathers and birds justfreak her out.
Me it's large bugs.
Large bugs like tarantulas andthings like that really freak me
out.
They creep me out.
Those are the ones that freakme out.
(12:29):
So what is your animal phobia,Brad?
What's yours?
What animal is there?
Being a vet, you probably havea higher resistance or a higher
tolerance.
Dr. Brad (12:39):
Weasels, weasels.
There's some weasels I'm afraidof.
Jamie (12:44):
Okay.
Dr. Brad (12:45):
But yeah, no, I don't.
You know, I really don't thinkso.
I don't think I've ever beenscared of animals.
I don't like horses.
Jamie (12:52):
Yeah.
Dr. Brad (12:53):
But I'm not afraid of horses, but I just don't like
them Because they have fourpoints of their body that can
kill you, right, and they havefour points of their body that
can kill you Right and lightningfast.
And they have four bowlingballs at the end of each leg,
okay, and they have a brain thesize of a walnut.
Jamie (13:09):
I mean, I don't like that .
But.
Dr. Brad (13:11):
I tend not to fear animals.
I always have this big thingwhere I'm afraid of snakes, but
I'm not that afraid of snakes,it's just fun to make, like it.
Donna (13:16):
Oh no, you screamed like a little girl when that snake
came at you.
Well, you see, now there's thething it's coming at you.
Dr. Brad (13:24):
Let's go back on that.
It's the coming at you part.
Donna (13:29):
But it was a benign snake .
The snake that was coming rightat you, coming right for you,
was a benign snake If an altarboy was coming right at me, I'd
scream that's when something'scoming at you.
Dr. Brad (13:38):
you scream, Not an exuberation you got to be.
I'm saying if something'scoming at you, you don't know
what's going to happen.
It could be something awful, itcould have a chainsaw.
Yeah, that's true, that's thething.
What snake was it?
When was this?
Because there's been more thanonce that I've screamed was it
looked like a?
Donna (13:52):
smaller garter snake.
Yeah, the little snakes aremore scary to me Because it just
seems like they're faster.
Yeah, this one was quick.
I remember that they opened thetop and it dove out of that
Tupperware container right atyou.
Dr. Brad (14:12):
It just seems like it's going to go right down your
throat and it's going to belike Alien.
Jamie (14:20):
What is it with some of the reptiles?
They always have to carry theirpets in pillow sacks and
Tupperware.
Dr. Brad (14:23):
Don't they make real containers for these things?
It depends what their mom has,but no, I think it's all the
things that you list areotherworldly too, Don't forget
we list snakes and birds Withinyour own species.
You don't fear things quite asmuch.
Fairly, certainly a tiger woulddo a bigger number on you than
anything else, but we don't findthem scary because they're kind
(14:43):
of cute.
Donna (14:44):
Well, no, it's not just that, they're kind of cute.
I know that we're not naturallyon the menu for them.
They typically don't want to bewhere we are and on occasion
they do end up harming somebody,but it's usually a startle
factor, like the grizzlies orsome of the black bears.
It's never usually anintentional thing.
It's usually a we stumble, oopsand do something stupid.
(15:05):
So we're not just, we're not onthe menu.
See, I'm not scared of sharkseither, because I know we're not
on the menu.
It's not something that youknow.
They go looking for us.
We happen to be there whenthey're hungry from time to time
, but an alligator just doesn'tcare time, but an alligator just
doesn't care.
Everything's on the menu for analligator, and that's what kind
of freaks me out a little bitis because they're just not that
picky.
Dr. Brad (15:23):
Can you look at them in zoos?
Can you go to a zoo and look atan alligator?
Does it just make you too crazy?
Donna (15:31):
No, I well, I tend to try to force myself to confront my
fears.
So I will stand on the you knowlittle boardwalk and you know
be freaked out, but I'll standthere and take a picture.
Dr. Brad (15:40):
So could you stand next to, like the University of
Florida mascot?
You know other than the?
Donna (15:44):
Oh no, that doesn't bother me, Okay.
No, if it's real and it's likewithin inches of me, yes, I
would be really freaked.
Okay.
Jamie (15:51):
What is your animal phobia?
What animal are you afraid of?
Dr. Brad (15:55):
One of my technicians who's actually in vet school now
.
Actually, I could take my hands.
She would know there's nothingin my hands.
I would take my cups of bothhands, put them together, make
like a ball and make like I washolding a spider, and she would
get so scared.
I could chase her around as shescreamed because there might be
a spider in my hand.
It's just the thought of thespider was so great.
People are so afraid of.
Jamie (16:16):
That's how Donna's just cringing just talking about the
gators, oh yeah.
Donna (16:19):
When he was telling me that they were right there next
to the car.
That, yeah, that littlealligator alias.
Jamie (16:24):
That was an interesting little drive.
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show.
We also like to scour the news.
Like I said, that very sad newsstory but we also like to scour
the news stories and findthings?
uh of entertaining and interestvalues.
I am so on the wrong page hereand uh share those stories with
you, um, and and bring them toyou.
As Brad saunters over to thenews nook, your radio tabloid
(17:26):
news source, the National Animal.
Dr. Brad (17:37):
Rough justice.
A knife wielding mugger hasfallen foul of the law after he
demanded a woman hand over herbags, only to discover they were
full of fresh dog excrement.
David Carlisle held the weaponto Marion Budd's stomach and
ordered her to hand over twobags of cash as she walked her
dog in Westbury-on-Trim, Bristol, England.
(17:58):
But he could barely believe hisbad luck when he found out the
bags were just used to scoop upthe dog's poop.
He was later caught and wasjailed for four years for
attempted robbery.
Apparently, his partner told onhim he's a stool pigeon.
Donna (18:14):
That should qualify as the bad animal joke of the week
right there.
Jamie (18:18):
It's beautiful.
I like that one.
Dr. Brad (18:20):
Okay, I like that.
Thank you, horace.
The tortoise travels 1.8 milesin eight months.
This has the best quote ever ina news story.
Months this has the best quoteever in a news story.
A pet tortoise reportedly madeit as far as 1.8 miles away from
his home in eight months sincegoing missing an average of 39
feet a day.
According to the bbc horace thehorace, the herman's tortoise,
(18:41):
was spotted in the middle of theroad on the outskirts of
cardiff by an animal welfareinspector.
Uh, they were so.
The owners were so surprisedreceived my call.
They are delighted that theywill be reunited with their
long-lost pet.
The owner received Horace as aChristmas present about seven
years ago.
He had been into the garden andfive minutes later he had
vanished.
Experts believe it's the onlyescape to go this slow, except
(19:04):
for Fox's prison break, ha.
Jamie (19:08):
Ha, ha, ha, ha ha.
I love that show though.
Dr. Brad (19:13):
Never seen it.
It's like prison break andthey're still there.
It's almost over, the season'salmost over.
Jamie (19:18):
I know I'm just.
They're over the wall.
Dr. Brad (19:20):
My staff loves the show, by the way, they love the
guys.
Okay, this one has multipleendings.
Oh no 12 species of flies getfederal protection.
No, twelve species of flies getfederal protection.
This from Honolulu.
Twelve species of rare flies,known for their elaborate
courtship displays and foundonly in the Hawaiian Islands,
are now protected under theEndangered Species Act.
The US Fish and WildlifeService announced the protected
(19:40):
status for the highly valuedpicture wing flies Tuesday.
The Hawaiian picture wings areone of the most important
endemic vertebrates in Hawaii,said Brent Plater, a staff
attorney in the Center's SanFrancisco office.
Picture wing flies are abouttwo to three times the size of
common house flies and areconsidered harmless to humans.
Other species of picture wingflies are found outside Hawaii.
Killing one of these fliescould lead to arrest by a SWAT
(20:03):
team.
Want the others.
Jamie (20:07):
Yeah, these were good, thank you, thank you for the
shock.
Dr. Brad (20:14):
They protected the animals because politicians hate
to be caught with their fliesdown.
Donna (20:17):
Thank you.
Oh, that's a good one.
Dr. Brad (20:21):
And there are three main places in Hawaii where
flies are found the beach, themountains and about three feet
around, Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Jamie (20:31):
You should have come to the comedy show On Friday.
We went to the comedy show.
I told him that and thestand-up comedian did a whole
bit about Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Oh did he really.
Yeah, see, he would haveenjoyed it.
Dr. Brad (20:43):
He seems like a very nice man if he's listening.
Jamie (20:45):
Yeah, he's in Hawaii.
Yeah, but you know what if oneday, if he's listening, yeah,
he's in Hawaii.
Dr. Brad (20:50):
Yeah, but you know what, if one day I'm in Hawaii,
I don't want to run across him,and then he'll say oh, you're at
that show, you know that animaltalk radiocom you can check out
the pet parade, you can send inpictures of your pet and you
can send in your questions aswell.
Jamie (21:04):
We answer those when we get them 24, 48 hours or so and
get to them on the weekend aswell.
Dr. Brad (21:11):
Do you have another email over there?
All right, what do you got,Dear Animal Talk.
Donna (21:13):
What's this fan mail from a flounder?
Dr. Brad (21:15):
Yesterday, after the thunderstorm, I found a baby
bird under the tree.
He doesn't have feathers yetand I don't think I can put him
back up in the tree or he'llfall out.
I don't know where the nest is.
I brought him inside and I'mkeeping him in a shoebox.
Donna (21:36):
What should I do to take care of this bird?
Get him to sign Billy, get himto a rehabber right now, because
I'll tell you, it doesn'tmatter how many you know in the
past birds your family may havesaved, unless you are actually a
licensed rehabber who knowsexactly what kind of baby bird
this is that you're dealing with.
We need different types of food, we need formula, we have to
have heat.
There's so many needs that theyhave that most people don't
(21:57):
have the ability to give themthat round-the-clock care that
they need, so get them to arehabber.
Call your local humane societyor your vet hospital.
Get them to a rehabber.
Call your local Humane Societyor your vet hospital.
They should be able to eitherhave somebody that they can
recommend you to or they'll tellyou to bring them in because
they've got somebody in theirfacility that does it.
Dr. Brad (22:15):
Another suggestion that I tell people that usually
works pretty nicely is if theyfell out of the tree during a
storm, it's because of the windusually.
If you get one of those Easterbaskets and you take, you put
some grass in it, whatever hangit up in the tree.
Donna (22:31):
Usually mom will find them.
Dr. Brad (22:32):
Mom usually comes back and we'll start taking care of
them, so that also can work.
But again, either way, it'stricky.
But a bird without feathersaway from mom not going to last
long.
If you're any time you try tosave wildlife, first off you
might be breaking some locallaws, but also you're going to
be brokenhearted most of thetime, Most of the time.
So just don't get your hopes uptoo high if you try to save
(22:55):
this bird.
Definitely.
Jamie (22:57):
Do you have another one over there, brad?
Sure, do, sorry what you gotfor me, dear Animal Talk.
You've got mail.
Dr. Brad (23:03):
I have a cocker spaniel and I've just inherited
him from my grandma who passedaway.
How many times do I have togroom him?
Is it an annual thing?
A monthly thing?
How often do dogs need groomed?
This is signed, katie.
Donna (23:17):
It depends on the breed as to when they need to be
groomed.
I don't know.
Really, I've never groomed adog, so I bathe my dogs twice a
year.
I don't have long-haired dogs,though I don't have dogs that
have to have special haircuts oranything.
Dr. Brad (23:32):
Call your vet, ask your vet.
But the other thing is callgroomers.
Call, like, three groomers inthe area, get different opinions
and you'll get a feel for who'ssaying yeah, they need groomed
every other day or they needgroomed every other year.
You'll find a good medium thatworks for you.
Jamie (23:44):
Brad, what's going on?
Dr. Brad (23:47):
Anything new and interesting at the clinic.
Well, we do have somethinginteresting.
We had actually a big situation, and there's this old saying
that no good deed goesunpunished, and I find that
that's one of the most truestatements ever.
We had a couple of ladies whohave been longtime clients of
the clinic.
Their sister passed away andshe had three dogs, and the dogs
(24:07):
were—actually you met one ofthe dogs the dog was completely
matted over these dogs lookedlike they had shells.
Um, they're one.
One was there were two cockerythings and one not like joe
cocker, because you can't getthe smell out of that but I mean
, they were just, they were just, uh, cocker spaniel mixes, and
one was a shepherd mix, butapparently the dogs lived their
whole lives in a cage, okay, andso they're not well adjusted
(24:30):
and again completely, completelyshell-like, covered, matted
over.
And we were exceptionally niceto these people because they're
a couple of nicer older ladiesthat are always very nice to us
and so we were always nice tothem.
They're good clients, so wewere nice back and did a lot of
stuff for them.
Donna (24:44):
I'm waiting to hear what kind of trouble you got me in
now.
No, no, no.
Waiting to hear what kind oftrouble you got me in now?
Dr. Brad (24:48):
no, no, the thing about it is is that, uh, the dog
that one of the dogs had,actual one of the dogs didn't
make it because it's matting.
It actually caused so muchdamage it kicked, died it was.
It was so damaged that it wasactually its leg was about to
come off, and so, rather than itwould actually dug into the leg
, the matted fur, and we endedup euthanizing it, um because it
was so badly injured.
it would have been that oramputation.
Now the other one is, sadlyenough, the one that survived
(25:12):
was the unpleasant one.
This is a dog that acts verynice but all of a sudden snaps
and bites, and I don't meansnapping as in snapping, but all
of a sudden it'll be like hey,I love you, sort of thing, and
without warning it'll bite you.
And it bit each one of thesetwo ladies before, but Donna was
nice enough.
She ladies before, but donnawas nice enough.
(25:35):
she was stopping by the clinicfor a little bit and uh, and she
spoke to the people and thenthe dog went to the new home a
cousin who happens to be one ofthe most unpleasant people I've
ever met and the dog bit her.
Which good dog, but anyway.
Um, the thing is is that thedog was brought back in.
It's now bit three people.
It's it has a charge and attacka few of the staff members, but
they love it because it's sucha sweetie most of the time 99.9%
of the time but tomorrow is the10th day where, after biting
(25:56):
someone, you have 10 days thatyou keep the dog alive and if
the dog still doesn't haverabies at that point, then you
can legally euthanize it.
Now here's the thing In yourguy's opinion, is this dog
that's nice most of the time?
Is it a dog to find a home foror is it a dog that, if it's
going to be a risk?
Is it worth putting a family atrisk to find this dog a home,
(26:17):
or what level are?
Donna (26:19):
we at Well, do you want to go first, because I've
actually met this dog.
Jamie (26:22):
Yeah, well, I mean, how old is the dog?
Dr. Brad (26:24):
It's an adult dog.
It's hard to say, because thelady obviously didn't care much
for the dog.
The dogs were just.
They were almost like fish.
They were just kept in a cageand not well treated at all.
They weren't part of the family.
Jamie (26:35):
Yeah.
Dr. Brad (26:35):
So the dog basks in attention, it just loves it.
It rolls around the floor butthen all of a sudden decides
it's had enough and attacks.
Jamie (26:40):
Right, right, and so it never had that.
It doesn't.
Yeah the socialization is wayup.
Oh see, you hate saying we'llput it down, but there's so many
dogs I mean, how many dogs aday?
The numbers would just bestaggering of how many dogs are
put down every day.
That would make 10 times betterof a pet.
Dr. Brad (27:04):
Yeah, so a safe dog that's going to be euthanized
because of them, a home, that'swho we should be looking at, and
you met the dog, yeah.
Jamie (27:13):
I met the dog.
It's hard to it's hard to saythat though it's, it's, it's.
You know well, it's it's neverit has that sweet factor.
Donna (27:19):
And it's not his fault and it's not his fault.
He was created to be thislittle monster that he is and
and when I he was, he was finefor most of the stuff that I did
when I was sitting and talkingwith them, um, but see, now they
they weren't.
I don't think it completelyhonest with everything that this
dog, or either that, or theydidn't know everything that this
(27:39):
dog was doing and, um, I keptwaiting for the call because I
knew this dog was going into anew home and I knew this was
going to be an issue with thisdog because of this dog's.
They lifted up their sleevesand showed me the bite marks
that this dog had caused on them, and normally what we recommend
is to have a behaviorevaluation performed, find out
(28:00):
is this going to be somethingthat the dog will accept?
A correction?
Now, I don't do that.
That's a very dangerous thing,so I don't do it.
That's what my boss does.
Jamie (28:11):
He's good at it.
That's funny stuff.
Watch him do an evaluation andthat's something that I usually
recommend having done.
Donna (28:20):
What I was talking with them about was how to deal with
this dog until they got him into see somebody, until they
actually made the step inDifferent ways to approach this
dog, because this dog gets very,very threatened when you reach
for him.
He feels very threatened if youare looming, standing in over
the top of him.
So those are things that kindof set this dog off, kind of
(28:41):
like your neighbor's dog.
Those same types of behaviorsset that dog off.
And so what I was explaining tothem is you know, while you're
working with this dog, don't dothese things.
And so this is something wherehe seems like he has those
moments of really nice, becauseI got to see that in him.
But when you have anunpredictable dog which is what
(29:01):
this is this is a veryunpredictable dog you're petting
it and then it turns around andbites you.
That's not normal.
That's not normal dog behaviorand in most cases, is not
repairable dog behavior.
Dr. Brad (29:14):
And just to mention too, is that with the owners and
with my.
One technician is in love withthe dog and she just can't keep
it and when she took it home fora day and it bit her twice and
the thing is she has almost likeand I'm not trying to belittle
anybody or anything, but she haslike a beaten wife syndrome
with it because she's makingexcuses for the dog.
Donna (29:32):
Most people do.
I find, honestly, most peopledo.
When they have a dog that isaggressive or is a fear biter or
anything else, they always makeexcuses for the dog.
Dr. Brad (29:41):
I walked by him quick.
He was threatened.
Well, you know what You'reallowed to walk by your dog
quick.
Donna (29:46):
Right.
See, that's what I always say Ishould be able to do anything
to my dog that I want.
Dr. Brad (29:50):
Right, but most likely tomorrow we're going to make a
decision.
Jamie (29:55):
That is a tough call.
Does you know anything aboutmonkeys?
Give Animal Talk a call.
It's Animal Talk.
That was actually an email fromsix years ago.
Yeah, it's right on top andthat was pretty much the text of
the email.
Does you know anything about?
Donna (30:14):
monkeys.
Does you have any info aboutmonkeys?
Dr. Brad (30:18):
It's right on top.
That's the first one.
Hello, does you have any infoon monkeys?
If not, can you point us in theright direction Please?
This is not a joke.
Jamie (30:28):
And we always advise it Okay, what's the date on that
getting monkeys?
Donna (30:32):
oh, yeah, how many years have we had that one?
Jamie (30:35):
yeah, july 2002 which again, though, monkeys.
It's not good, it's it's beenno, but it's been funny every
time, it's just yeah certainphrases are always funny.
Dr. Brad (30:46):
And does you have any monkeys?
Ah, good times, I'll help youout.
Jamie (30:48):
Certain phrases are always funny.
Does he have any monkeys?
Does he have any elephants?
Ah, good times, we'll help youout who's bad.
It's time for the Bad AnimalJoke of the Week.
Who's bad?
Alright, bad Animal Joke of theWeek.
You are more than welcome tosubmit your very own bad animal
joke and we'll use it on the air.
(31:09):
Send it to jamie atTalkRadiocom.
Brad, this is a participatoryjoke.
I need your help with this oneas well.
All right, Brad, ask me if I'ma tiger.
Dr. Brad (31:21):
Jamie, are you a tiger ?
Jamie (31:23):
Yes, I am actually All right.
Ask me if I'm a kitten, jamie,are you a kitten?
No, I just told you I'm a tiger.
All right, there we go.
Christina, age 10.
You know she's making the honorroll 800.
Dr. Brad (31:46):
There's a thin line between joke and not a joke.
Jamie (31:47):
That was walking that line Skating that line pretty
close.
Dr. Brad (31:49):
It's a bad animal joke that was walking that line,
skating that line pretty close.
Jamie (31:51):
It's a bad animal joke.
It's bad.
It starts out, it's everything.
Donna (31:55):
It's bad, it's all that is, if there was a poster for
the bad animal joke that wouldbe on the poster.
Jamie (32:05):
That was pretty horrible.
Thanks for being with us foranother episode of Animal Talk.
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Dr. Brad (32:48):
Bye, guys.
Have fun storming the castle.
Think it'll work it would takea while.
Bye.
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