July 31, 2024 • 37 mins
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Have you ever wondered how much your furry friend truly understands you? Join us as we chat with the legendary Detroit TV newscaster Mort Crim, the real-life inspiration for Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy character. Mort shares heartwarming tales that illustrate how dogs embody the best human traits—loyalty, optimism, and unconditional love—and how they can sense our emotions in ways that enhance our well-being. Don't miss his delightful anecdotes and some playful jabs about the University of Michigan and Ohio State rivalry.
Ever heard a story so bizarre it had to be true? Our next segment brings you a trio of animal-related tales that range from shocking to downright whimsical. From a Colombian man surviving a snake bite in the most unexpected place to a fabricated yet hilarious rumor about San Francisco renaming animals in legal documents, we mix reality and fiction for your entertainment. We also tackle pressing issues like Florida's push for a constitutional amendment to protect pregnant pigs from confinement and offer advice for a listener's Maltese dog suffering from recurring ear infections.
In our final chapters, we share practical advice every pet owner needs. Struggling with feeding your older dog? We’ve got tips on making mealtime easier for your senior pets. Facing challenges with dog aggression or curious about serious feline diseases like Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)? We offer insights into managing these complex issues. Plus, our expert training advice will help you keep your dog's behavior in check both during work and downtime. Whether you're a seasoned pet parent or an animal enthusiast, this episode is packed with valuable insights and entertaining stories.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Now that music must mean it's time for Animal Talk.
Animal Talk Rewind today, goingback to 2001.
Our guest, mort Krim, famedDetroit TV newscaster, and he
was the motivation.
He was the muse behind WillFerrell's Ron Burgundy.
So there you go, a little factabout Mort Krim and Mort, just a
(00:25):
fantastic guy.
This was the second time we hadhim on the show.
First time he was in the studio.
This time we got him on thephone.
On the show today you're goingto hear Mark Hannes, brian
Donovan, dr Brad Davis andmyself.
We have some fun with Mort.
He's just such a great guy andsuch a great guest and has the
best pipes on the planet.
Anyway, here we go.
It's Animal Talk.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Animal Talk, the bastion of the maize and blue
Big U of M fan and our affiliateKPSL in California, in Southern
California.
Richard, who is the programdirector there and a general
all-around good guy, is an OhioState fan.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
And I'm very sorry for him.
They're working on a cure forthat?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yes, they are.
As a matter of fact, wolverineslove to crush Buckeyes on a
regular basis, and this is justthe opening volley of a feud
that will go on for years.
Because he said he put AnimalTalk on in Southern California.
Because he believes thereshould be aid to the sports
challenge people from U of M.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
So you're starting a rivalry between U of M and Ohio
State.
Oh, mark, that's great.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
No, actually it's more of a rivalry between Animal
Talk and a brand-new affiliate.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Station Manager.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, that's a good thing, Richard, this is for you
and if you have any, if you'dlike we give you rebuttal time,
Feel free to call 1-800-738-1886.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, we'll play any anthem.
We'll do some Anthem Day hereon Animal Talk.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
And remember the wolverine is the largest species
of weasel.
That's right and remember thewolverine is the largest species
of weasel.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
That's right, and they can actually bend rifle
barrels in their jaws?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Well, maybe, but we do very happy to be in
California.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Absolutely, absolutely.
Thank you very much for havingus on.
But that was just the openingvolley of a war that will go on
for years, I'm sure, and today'stopic on Animal Talk, though,
happens to be pets add to thequality of your life Like a
wolverine adds to the quality ofmy life, and crushing buckeyes
adds to the quality of my lifebut also pets in general add to
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our quality of life, isn't thatright, brian?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Yeah, I mean studies.
It's geez.
The anecdotal information andsupport for this is legendary.
Anywhere from people that havegotten better through contact
with animals, through hospitals,to people's everyday life,
lowering stress, of course.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Absolutely, and we have a very special guest, don't
we, brian Donovan, to help toillustrate how this quality of
life is brought about.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yes, our guest began his career as an ABC network
correspondent, continued on tobriefly anchor news desks in
Philadelphia and Chicago andthen spent almost 20 years in
Detroit.
Lastly, as senior editor andanchor for the evening news at
WDIV-TV Channel 4, detroit's NBCaffiliate, he's a highly
sought-after motivationalspeaker and author.
Of particular interest to ourlisteners is Second Thoughts how
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to Be as Terrific as your DogThinks you Are and, of course,
the host of the immenselypopular syndicated radio show of
the same name, second Thoughts.
Our guest is Mark Cram.
Welcome to Animal Talk.
Speaker 7 (03:37):
Thanks guys.
Last time you had me on here, Ibelieve you had a snake wrapped
around my neck.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yes, we did, and look how that increased your quality
of life, all in just one second.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Well, the reason why we wanted you back on is, first
of all, to see if you would sayyes, because we didn't know how
you interpreted that he likes us.
Speaker 7 (03:53):
He really likes us.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
I actually have a warm spot in my heart for that
snake.
Well, you know, Mort Krim, myfather used to say that
everybody has something to teachyou.
Many pet owners have extendedthis adage to their dogs.
Of course, Mort, what lifelessons could we possibly learn
from our dogs, animals thatcould never hope to understand
the complexities of our lives?
Speaker 7 (04:17):
Well, I think just about every positive human trait
that we would wish to cultivatewe can see exemplified in our
pets and in particular, in ourdogs.
Now, I have nothing againstcats.
In fact I have a cat andthere's one chapter out of about
12 in this book that's devotedto cats, so it'll give you an
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idea of the relative esteem thatI hold for cats.
I've always believed thateverybody should have a dog to
adore him and a cat to ignorehim.
And that's kind of the way itworks.
But dogs, they have enthusiasm,they have optimism, they have
total acceptance, unconditionallove, forgiveness.
They don't carry grudges,they're grateful, they're loyal,
they're playful, they'reteachable, they live for the
moment, they scratch theiritches, they do their business
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in public.
I mean, our politicians couldtake a lesson from that.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
But we really want to see that though.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
But I think there's so many things that we can learn
from these wonderful animalsthat have justifiably earned the
title of man's best friend.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Regarding the calming effect that pets have on us, do
you think our pets serve as away for us to channel and focus
our thoughts and emotions, or doyou believe that animals have
some intrinsic ability toproduce positive effects on us?
Speaker 7 (05:34):
Well, that's a good question.
I was once asked.
I was on a book tour promotingthis book and I was once asked
by somebody in the audience.
Do you think animals truly haveempathy with human beings?
In other words, do they feelour pain?
Do they recognize when we'resad or when we're happy?
I only can tell you a personalstory, that when my first wife
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was very ill and in fact wasdying, our daughter was 16 years
old and she had this littleminiature dachshund who is
featured quite prominently inthe book actually and it just
seemed to me that this littledachshund, which had been her
constant companion and pet sinceshe was nine years old, had a
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real understanding at some level, some emotional empathy, real
understanding at some level,some emotional empathy, that
this animal knew that his master, that Carrie, was suffering and
she would take the dog up withher to bed at night and he had
always slept at the foot of thebed.
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But I would notice on theseparticular nights, when she was
feeling especially blue and downin the dumps over her mother's
condition, that Bogey wouldoften snuggle up right next to
her and put his head on her arm.
Feeling especially blue anddown in the dumps over her
mother's condition, that Bogeywould often snuggle up right
next to her and put his head onher arm.
It was almost like the dog knew.
Now, obviously they don't havethe reasoning powers, they don't
have the language skills, butit was like there was some kind
of an emotional connection thatthis dog understood that Carrie
needs me in a special way.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Now you know, like you say, when you look into a
dog's eyes, something tells youthat there's definitely
something special there.
You know, mark Hannes is areptile enthusiast.
Do you think?
Chameleons for?
Speaker 2 (07:15):
example.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Snake man yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
You take a chameleon, provided both eyes are looking
right at you.
Do you think they have the samething in their eyes?
Do they possess?
Speaker 7 (07:28):
for lack of a better word, a soul Boy.
Now you're going to get into atheological discussion here.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Well, I heard you're a smart guy, so I figured you
could handle it.
Speaker 7 (07:37):
I'm smart enough not to answer that one.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
And fair enough.
Speaker 9 (07:43):
What are your thoughts?
Although I think I worked forthat guy one time oh, there's
plenty of them in this business.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
I'll tell you what are your thoughts, Mark Krim, on
animal rights.
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Well, I think there is, fortunately, a growing
awareness in this country of therights of animals, awareness in
this country of the rights ofanimals.
I happen to think that we havean obligation, a moral
responsibility as human beings,to protect what we refer to as
the lower forms of life.
I think children and old peopleand animals are dependent upon
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us to look out for them and tocare for them, and to me, there
is no more heinous crime than acrime against somebody or
something that is in avulnerable position, whether
it's a senior citizen beingabused in a nursing home
situation, whether it's ananimal that is abused or whether
it's a little child that isabused.
(08:38):
These are creatures, human andotherwise, that are dependent
upon us to look out for theircare and I think when we violate
that trust, it's, it's one ofthe most heinous things that can
happen uh, you have a book.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Uh, the joy of good news.
Uh, where can folks find that?
Speaker 7 (08:58):
well, it's available in the bookstores.
It is an inspirational bookthat is quite appropriate to
read with your morning coffee,you know.
Read the newspaper, get alldepressed out of the dumps over
the headlines and then read achapter of this book.
I think it'll pick you up.
It's at Barnes Noble, it's atBorders, it's at Christian
bookstores around the countryand hopefully it'll be in stock.
(09:21):
If it isn't, we can only hopethat means they've sold out and
it's available through thecomputer.
So it can always be orderedeither by the author's name,
mort Krim, and that's with a C,c-r-i-m or the title of the book
the Joy of Good News.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Mort, thank you for being with us.
As always, it's a joy, andyou've also started a new news
program in the morning, haven'tyou?
Speaker 7 (09:41):
A radio newscast live from my home, from the studio
that I'm using to talk to youguys.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
It's called More Crim in His Underwear.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Oh, you've been peeking.
Well, it is nice to be able todo a newscast in my bathrobe.
That's an option that I didn'thave in television.
I want to make one finalobservation.
I had always thought that mycat had a brain the size of a
pea.
But I had always thought thatmy cat had a brain the size of a
pea, but when I heard you guyspicking a fight with the man
(10:10):
who's just signed on to carryyour program, I thought my cat's
a genius.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Oh, fair enough.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Mort, thank you very much for being with us, we
really do appreciate it MortKrim.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
ladies and gentlemen, it's like a trip down the
Amazon Guppies to Wombats.
Animal Talk covers it all1-800-PET-1886.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
1-800-738-1886.
We're talking about how petsincrease your quality of life
and if you have any pet-relatedquestions whatsoever if you have
a dog question, a cat question,bird, fish, reptile, any
question whatsoever we're hereto answer your call.
We have open lines at1-800-738-1886.
Pick up the phone and give us acall so we can make your world
(10:58):
animalogically safe and sound.
You can also email us atquestions at animaltalkradiocom.
We're also going to come upwith a list of some unusual
things that you can do with yourpets or that maybe celebrities
have done with their pets aswell.
So we have all that coming andmore.
But now it's time for Lies lies, lies, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Fact or fiction Lies, lies, lies yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
You decide.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
All right, Brian Donovan, tell us how this works
Well, we know, when it comes toanimal stories, truth is
oftentimes stranger than fiction.
We're going to read three newsstories, two of which are true.
One is false, made up by DrBrad Davis.
It doesn't mean he's going toread that story.
Your job is to ferret out thatfalse story.
Call us at 800-PET-1886 if youthink you know which one it is.
If you're correct, you winprizes for your pet.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Good luck, All right the first story is Snake Bites
Man's penis.
A Colombian man is recoveringin the hospital after his penis
was bitten by a snake.
The man was reportedlyurinating behind a bush while
working in a field when he wasbitten by a Mapana tiger snake.
He was taken to the hospital inBogota by his wife, who was
(12:10):
woken by his screams.
The newsman said that this manhas not been named, but he has
been treated with an anti-poisondrug.
The doctor says he's very luckyto have survived the accident.
As it is, that kind of snake isvery dangerous.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
And once again, our theme is how animals add to our
quality of life.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Story number two out of San Francisco.
The San Francisco City Councilapproved Monday a resolution
that would change the way thatanimals are referred to in legal
documents.
By a 10-3 margin, the councilpassed a motion that will end
the use of words such as cat,dog, horse and so on in laws and
legal documents, replacing themwith the terms canine American,
feline American, equineAmerican and so on.
(12:56):
This is such a positive day forpeople who care about animals
everywhere, said CouncilwomanRolinda McDaniel.
They are finally going to getthe proper respect they deserve
in laws.
This is the dumbest thing we'veever done, said Councilman Bert
Afgard.
We have so many real problemshere and we are worrying about
offending animals by the waytheir species are mentioned.
It's absurd.
(13:17):
The law takes effect August 1,2001.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
So now snakes are serpentine Americans.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
Serpentine Americans.
Wow, there you go.
And the third story is groupwants Constitution to protect
pigs or porcine Americans.
Florida Supreme Court was askedon Thursday to decide whether a
proposed constitutionalamendment protecting pregnant
pigs from cramped quartersshould go before Florida voters
next year.
Backers of the amendment saythat expectant sows are tethered
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and housed in cages so smallthey cannot move about.
The prisoners suffer myriadmaladies because of their
confinement, they say.
The group said it has collectedmore than 132,000 signatures,
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about a quarter of the nearly500,000 needed to have a
petition placed on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Do pigs eat chads?
Do pigs eat chads?
I just wanted to know.
You know, they could actuallysave some problems here.
I just wanted to make sure thatBrad would just you know audit
himself 1-800-738-1886 is thenumber to call If you know which
one of these stories is false,a fabrication or a lie.
(14:33):
These are really.
You know, there's some weekswhere the stories are okay.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
These are really awful, they're out there.
Yeah, these are very out there.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
And if you have any idea which one of these is false
, pick up the phone and takeyour 33 and a third percent
guess here at the Animal TalkRadio Network at 1-800-738-1886.
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Tom.
Hey, Tom, welcome to AnimalTalk.
How are you doing today?
How?
Speaker 6 (14:56):
are you doing?
I got a question for you.
As far as your things are, thatguess would be the one where
they're classifying the speciesas canine American.
That sounds pretty ridiculousto me.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
So you think that's the false story?
Speaker 6 (15:11):
I can't imagine that one being for real.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Guess what You're a winner.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
You are correct, there is no such law or pending
law that's going to replaceregular pet names with canine
American, feline American and soon.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
But there will be soon now yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:31):
I got a question for you.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Shoot.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
I have a nine-year-old Maltese dog and
real good animal, excellentanimal.
Recently she has had a problemwith an ear infection and, like
her, her ears will give off alike a pungent odor.
I have a medicine that I treather with.
Is this some sort of?
(15:54):
Is this going to be a recurringthing now from here on out, or
is this the sort of thing thatcould clear up, can go away and
I could never and not have anymore problems with?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Yes, the ear infections are one of the more
common problems in veterinarymedicine.
Veterinarians in fact think ithappens about eight times as
often as it really does, becauseit happens so commonly
generally to the same animalsover and over again.
The reason is most earinfections are based in
allergies.
Animals have allergies and theytend to get chronic ear
infections because of that.
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So there's a good chance thiswill be your current problem.
However, what you can do to tryto stop the problem from
happening is get some earcleaner from your vet to keep
the ears clean and dry.
Clean them out a couple times aweek.
I don't know exactly whatmedication you're on, but make
sure it's something good fromthe vet, not over-the-counter.
Over-the-counter meds don't doa whole lot as a rule, but you
want to find out exactly what'sgoing on there.
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In fact, if there is already aninfection in the ear, you're
going to want to clean them outbefore you start the medication.
Because, again, you don't senda patrol car into a riot.
You got to get things cleanedup a little bit first.
So what I would do is find outabout getting the ears cleaned
out, start from scratch, make aregular schedule of cleaning the
ears one to two times a weekand hopefully I'll keep things
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under control.
Could it be something you neversee again?
It could be we just got somemoisture in the ears and that's
seeded an infection.
But it could also be that we dohave allergies and we'll have
the infections over and overagain.
Speaker 6 (17:17):
Well, she seems to have allergies, especially in
the spring and summer, becauserecently her eyes just kind of
well up and kind of water up alot more and my vet had told me
that I can use like the over thecounter I think it's a Benadryl
, I don't remember exactly.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Yeah, you can use Benadryl for allergies.
Certainly that's a perfectlygood thing to do, about a
milligram per pound up to threetimes a day.
But the thing is that'llcontrol a little bit, but you
can still get the ear infectionsbecause it sets up a situation
in the ears.
So yeah, clean them out, keepthem clean.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
We'll be right back More Animal Talk.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Animal
Talk will never hurt you1-800-PET-1886 is the number to
call here on the Animal TalkRadio Network and I am Mark the
Animal Honest.
You know we're talking abouttoday how pets add to the
quality of our lives and one ofthe things that we were talking
about is some of the unusualthings that you can do with your
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pets.
And also we have a caller polltoday and it's based on this
news story.
It says that Rolling Stonesgather more fish pets.
And also we have a caller polltoday and it's based on this
news story.
It says the rolling stonesgather more fish.
The rolling stones have beenvoted the number one band to
increase a fisherman's catch.
A survey of fishermen by the usmagazine for boating found that
the band's music quickly blastfish out from under the rocks or
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the hard places they like tohide in.
And that's why pets increaseyour quality of life, and they
found great success playing ZZTop 2 and came to the second
bowl.
Actually, what this is?
You're talking about animalsand music, right?
And what is your pet's favoritesong?
Speaker 1 (18:59):
He's like Stretch Armstrong.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Sometimes catching an animal at the end of a hook can
make your life one.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
800 pet.
1886 is the number to call.
We do have some phones open.
Hey, let's go back to thephones.
Let's go to rosie.
Hey, rosie, welcome to animaltalk.
What can we do for you today?
Speaker 5 (19:20):
I talked to you a couple months ago about my 17
year old dogold dog.
And I told you about his legsshaking.
Well, I'm used to that, but nowhe is turning up his nose at
all bacon strips.
And I bought sausages.
The first time I put one out,he ate it.
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Second one, he won't havenothing to do with them.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
And then, what did you try?
Speaker 5 (19:45):
And I bought some dry dog food in a bag.
It looks like hamburger.
He won't eat it.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
And then, what did you try?
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Canned dog food and then what?
He eats it.
Sometimes he will even turn hisnose up at it.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
sometimes, oh my goodness, Did you try anything
else?
Speaker 5 (20:03):
What else is there?
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Exactly that's the point we're getting to Now.
There may be a medical reasonwhy a 17-year-old dog would stop
eating, but behaviorallyspeaking, you don't want to
switch like that, because themore you switch, the more you
teach your dog about variety andthe more finicky they get.
However, the medical aspect ofit.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah, there's a huge medical aspect here.
As a matter of fact, it'ssomething I've been dealing with
at my clinic.
A lady left, she went onvacation and she left someone to
watch her pet for a 17-year-olddog, believe it or not and the
dog crashed while she was away.
And we've just been, I've beentalking to her across the other
side of the country and finallytoday we put the dog down and
that was a very sad momentbecause I had to call her on the
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other side of the country totalk to her about it on her
vacation.
So this is a big problem.
As animals get older, we startseeing changes in their diet, in
their eating, in their diet,what they want to eat, also
their drinking and all that.
How are we acting?
Speaker 5 (20:56):
otherwise Fine.
We just came back from a tripin April.
He did fine in that.
I've had him to the vet.
He is okay as far as the vet isconcerned.
Okay, what?
Speaker 3 (21:04):
you have to decide here is is it a problem trying
to find new food?
Because if you can get thepooch to eat at all, well I'm
getting with Alpo.
Speaker 5 (21:13):
He loves Alpo.
I tried a different brand and Ididn't like the looks of it.
Alpo at least looks like it'sgot gravy and peas and different
things in there.
He will eat it, but one nighthe actually turned his nose up
on that because I tried to putsome hard food in there.
And he will eat it because Ithink he needs some hard food
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too.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Well, at this age I would just give whatever we'll
eat and I'll pose a really goodfood when you get really old.
Speaker 5 (21:42):
For dogs too.
One thing that I want to knowShould I warm Now?
I will open the can up and Igive him so much I'm trying to
give him like two meals a daybecause he did it, leave some.
He was full and he left.
Should it be warmed or can heeat it cold from the fridge?
Speaker 3 (21:58):
yeah, you feed it cold initially and then use that
in your back pocket, meaningthat if there's a problem later
where we're not eating, tryputting a little bit of water in
it.
You warm it in your pants.
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Well, I've been putting it in the microwave and
warming it and then let it cooldown and then give it to me.
You're heating it up andletting it cool.
Speaker 10 (22:17):
Well, what?
Speaker 3 (22:17):
you can do is make it into a slurry, Even put some
water in and make it into moreof a slurry by stirring it up.
That way they're able to getthe nutrients and get the food
from it without having to chew awhole lot.
There's probably some teethproblems here.
I would just whatever we'll eat, as long as we'll eat, that's
what I go with.
Speaker 5 (22:32):
Yeah, because I am giving him medication for his
gums.
There you go there you go Allright.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Hey, thanks for calling, Rosie we appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Hey, brad, to like a syringe.
I'm sure they have some sort ofnewsletter, yeah.
1-800-pet-1886 1-800-738-1886.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
So let's go back to the phones.
We do have a couple lines open.
Now's the time to call here inthe animal talk radio network.
Let's go to kathy.
Hey, kathy, welcome to animaltalk hi hey, kathy, what can we
do for you?
I?
Speaker 9 (23:02):
I have a Bichon Freeze and it eats like almost
anything it can find.
We had some licorice packed forvacation.
It was in our suitcase.
The dog got it in our suitcaseand ate a pound of licorice.
It eats things out of the trash.
Can we can't keep the dogs fromeating?
(23:22):
I mean, it eats anything.
Speaker 4 (23:25):
Well, dogs will eat just about anything they get
their mouth on.
This is a handling issue, asupervision issue.
Most dogs, especially whenthey're young, will devour
anything they can get close to.
So it sounds like you have tokeep a better eye on your dog.
Okay, if he's able to get intothese things, and that's the
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first issue.
So when you can't keep an eyeon him, he should be in a cage
or an area where he can't getinto trouble when you are in the
same room with him.
You might want to even investin a couple baby gates so you
can make sure the dog's in thesame room as you are and so that
you can get him past thisproblem.
How old is the dog?
About four, four years old andhow long has he been doing this?
(24:06):
Forever?
Yeah, it's kind of along thelines of you know, my dog keeps
running away from home.
You know, when you look at thatit's like well, how can the dog
even, you know, get out of theyard or out of the house?
Somebody's not watching himclosely enough.
So you do have to keep a closeeye on him.
Speaker 9 (24:22):
I didn't know if there was a way we could make
him stop eating things he wasn'tsupposed to eat.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
Well, there's nothing you can do after the fact.
Okay, dogs learn in theimmediate.
So when he gets into something,anything you do at that point,
he's going to associate thecorrection with you, not with
the licorice or anything elsehe's gotten into.
You see what about the trashcan.
Same thing If, for instance, thedog tipped over the trash can
and at that moment something badhappened and scared him away
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from the trash can, then you'llbe successful.
But if he gets into it and thenyou walk into the room and then
you correct him, at that pointhe's just going to associate it
with you, you see.
So again, since that's such adifficult correction to make,
you have to make sure that hejust can't have access to it.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
You're trying to tell a dog to not do what a dog does
eat stinky, smelly things.
That's one of a dog's favoritepastimes.
Speaker 9 (25:08):
He eats anything but dog food.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Well, that's because he doesn't eat dog food, because
he's giving everything else,he's just fine.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
He's full of licorice , okay.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
All right.
Speaker 4 (25:26):
Hey, thanks for talking.
I didn't know of dumb laws.
Did you know that in Chicago itis an offense to feed whiskey
to a dog?
No, I didn't know that, yeah,so the licorice is okay, I guess
, from a legal standpoint, butdon't let your dog get into the
hooch.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Okay, I sure won't, I'll keep him out of that.
Empty the bottle before youthrow it away.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Okay, Empty the bottle before you throw it away.
Thanks, Kathy.
1-800-738-1886.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
My dog keeps driving my car to Florida.
How do I stop him?
Speaker 2 (25:54):
We're talking about how pets increase the quality of
your life, loosely speaking, insome way or form.
Actually, I did some researchand found out some unusual
things that some celebrities aredoing with their pets.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
I just didn't get the premise of this whole bit.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Increasing the.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
And then unusual things.
I don't get it.
I have some.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Because I got one thing when the Germans attack
Pearl.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
Harmons, he's on a roll.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Let him go, let him go, just let him go, okay.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
The first one is Eminem would teach his dog to
lift his leg to the insane clownposse.
That's one of the things he didwith.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Well, how about?
Pat Sajak spends hours tryingto get his cat to buy a vowel,
or Limp Bizkit would share ameaningful tattoo session with
their big bad dogs.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Okay, charlton Heston spends time teaching his damn
dirty apes how to load a gun.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
And you're listening to Mark, Brian and Brad here on
the Animal Talk Radio Network,Our very own Larry Moen Curley,
mark Brian and Dr Brad here onAnimal Talk.
Welcome back to Animal Talk, andyou're listening to Mark the
Animal Honest and this is theAnimal Talk Radio Network.
The number to become part ofthe petivities is 1-800-738-1886
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.
We're talking about how petscan increase the quality of your
life or just generally sharethings in your life and, like
certain celebrities, do you needthings like?
Jennifer lopez includes her catwhile doing butt crunches oh,
oh well, adam west.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
Well, it involves a golden retriever and a robin
outfit.
Speaker 4 (27:20):
Yeah, I didn't.
I didn't get the premise I hadone thing, and I'm not even sure
if it fits okay wait I had onething and I'm not sure if it
fits uh, teach your snake tostand very still and go to a
costume party dressed up asmoses did I did, I did, I get it
or
Speaker 2 (27:38):
not, yeah, okay and blink 182 would take time to be
naked with their favorite breedof dog, the mexican hairless.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
I dare you to name a song that blink 182 does?
Yeah, not one.
I just saw that.
I just saw them doing.
I saw someone his kids wrotethese for him.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
That's what I'm saying.
My nephews helped.
I'll tell you to name a songthat Blink-182 does, not one.
There you go.
I just saw them doing it.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Someone his kids wrote these for him is what I'm
saying.
My nephews helped they helpwith interesting things.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
1-800-PET-1886, 1-800-738-1886.
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Ron.
Hey, Ron, welcome to AnimalTalk.
What can we do for you today?
Speaker 8 (28:07):
Oh, I need some information on a cat disease,
fip feline intestinalperitonitis.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (28:15):
Are you familiar with it?
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Sure, well, it's actually feline.
Infectious peritonitis.
Speaker 8 (28:19):
Yes, sir, I can't pronounce it right.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
No problem, no problem, this is a disease that.
Does your cat have this?
Speaker 8 (28:25):
Oh yeah, he passed away from it.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
Oh dear.
Well, how old was the kitty?
Three years, three years old.
This is one of the real bad boydiseases.
The good thing about it is it'snot as common as the other
diseases like feeling leukemiaor FIV.
But this is one that still doeshappen, and way too often.
Fip is, as it says, aninfectious disease.
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It is spread from cat to cat,but more often it's spread from
mom to the babies.
So often you'll have a litterthat gets tested for this and is
found to be positive or not.
The tests aren't very good forit.
When they run the test it's atiter, meaning they find that
it's in the system, but thatjust means they've been exposed
to it.
It doesn't necessarily meanthey have the disease.
There's two forms of it a dryform and a wet form.
(29:10):
Let's just talk about the wetform.
That's the more interesting.
The disease itself.
If you picture a clock and youwere to pour glue inside a clock
, how it would gum everything upand make it stop.
That's sort of what happenswith feline infectious
peritonitis.
This thick protein materialsticks everything in the abdomen
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together and basically stopsthe animal from functioning.
Speaker 8 (29:35):
He was dehydrated and his stomach swelled up.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Yep, that's what happens.
That's the fluid that's fillingup inside the stomach Not the
stomach, but the abdomen fillingit up so that just nothing
works right.
And the treatment for thisthere really isn't a very good
one.
It's just like end-stage HIV.
There's not a lot of reallygood treatments that you can do.
So, yeah, it's a pretty badsituation.
Were there other cats aroundthis cat?
Speaker 8 (29:57):
Yes, yes, well, he's never been outside, though, and
the father cat he used to fighthim a lot, so you think a father
cat might have it, it's a verygood chance.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Is the cat still around?
Speaker 8 (30:07):
good chance Is the cat still around?
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Yeah, he's still here .
I would go get a tighter duncefor that cat to see if this is
something that that cat has aswell, just to see if there's
something going on.
Is there a lot you can do tohelp?
Speaker 8 (30:17):
if we are positive, Not really, but there's no cure
for FIP, you know.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
No, not really.
But there is supportive care,supportive things that can be
done and then you wouldn'texpose it to other cats, Right
exactly To help protect otherkitties in the area, because if
a cat goes outside and has FIP,there's a good chance it's going
to share with other cats in theneighborhood.
That's how these things spread,just like HIV with people.
It spreads from people notknowing they have it, spreading
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it to others.
Speaker 8 (30:44):
Is there a possibility he could have got it
by fighting his father catinside the house?
Sure, could have got it bybiting his father cat inside the
house here, sure sure it'spossible.
Would it have to be a puncturewound or something?
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Well, I don't believe that is spread through saliva.
I don't think it's spreadorally through saliva, meaning
hissing at each other like,let's say, FIV or FVLV.
But I would say that it isprobably from a puncture wound,
from a bite, and it could justbe a little micro-bite that you
don't even notice, and it couldjust be a little micro bite that
you don't even notice, just abreak of the skin.
So yeah, it's very possiblevery possible.
Speaker 8 (31:13):
Well, there's nothing they really could have done for
him, then?
Huh, not really Once you haveFIP.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
You're in deep trouble and I'm sure sorry to
hear about your loss, but Iwould get the other cat tested
as soon as you can.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
All right, hey, let's go to Dot in.
Go ahead, Dot.
What can we do for you today?
Speaker 11 (31:31):
Hi, I have a three-year-old dog.
It's a mutt.
They said the mother was aShar-Pei, but I don't think she
was even a full-blood Shar-Pei,and she's very aggressive around
other dogs Mean is what I mean.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
I mean.
Speaker 11 (31:44):
I have no doubt that she could, in a dog fight,
probably kill one, and I'm justwondering should we send her
somewhere to try and cure thisbehavior?
Is there a cure?
She loves people, very friendlyand docile with people.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
Yeah, A truly dog-aggressive dog that's
untrainable.
Untrainable, yeah, a dog thathates all other dogs.
You can't teach a dog to likeother dogs if he really, really
hates other dogs.
And one of the hallmarks ofthis condition is that they they
look like they're going to killanother dog, but they wouldn't
harm a person you know if theirlife depended on it, because
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they just associate dogs withsomething who knows very, very
negative and you can't.
You can't persuade themotherwise.
You can control your dog andyou can take them to obedience
class and teach them to behavehimself when you're out in
public, but if you were to leavethe dog alone with another dog,
you're not going to change howhe interacts.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Brian, don't you have a dog?
Aggressive dog.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yeah, thanks for mentioning that, Mark.
Yeah, I have a dog who is dogaggressive and, again, there's
not much you can do about it.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
You just have to realize that you're, you're
limited and, uh, you know,everybody has their cross to
bear with their and I've seenbrian walk through a dog show
with this dog off leash, totallyunder control and not going
after the other dogs.
Speaker 4 (32:59):
Yes, oh yeah yeah, that's, that's completely
possible, and if you work withyour dog, but again, you're not
going to impact how the dogreacts when you're not around to
other dogs.
So so, yeah, you still havesome uh, you know, a little bit
of latitude with the dog, butyou're not going to be able to
uh turn them into lassie, okayokay, all right.
Speaker 11 (33:17):
my husband and son took her fishing and at this
place they camped, the owner hada dog and the first couple days
their dog kept coming aroundand our dog was on a leash, but
he said by the end of the threedays I think their dog was a lab
Finally came over and they bothjust laid there, not next to
each other.
Speaker 4 (33:37):
Well, your dog may not.
He might not be a truly dog,aggressive dog.
He may just not be socializedvery well with other dogs, In
which case, you know again,training is going to help you
out a lot.
Speaker 11 (33:47):
Taking it to obedience school with other dogs
.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Sure and a dog aggressive dog would not let
another dog near him withoutthrowing a fit.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Hey, thanks for calling Dat.
We really appreciate it.
And you're listening to Mark,brian and Brad here on the
Animal Talk Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Four out of five ferrets prefer Animal Talk.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
Welcome back to Animal Talk, where we talk about
what you do to your pets, whatyour pets do to you.
We've been talking about howpets add to your life and we did
some research and found some ofthe unusual things that
celebrities do with their petsto add to their quality of life,
like Kid Rock would have hisbig lizard take videos of his
time with Pamela Lee Anderson.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
Oh, that's good I have.
Kevin Costner.
Uses his bloodhound to try tofind just one script that
doesn't blow.
And uses his bloodhound to tryto find just one script that
doesn't blow.
Well, NBC the network they havea team of monkeys that are
writing the new season of Willand Grace 1-800-PAT-1886.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Marianne.
Hey Marianne, welcome to AnimalTalk.
What can we do for you?
Speaker 10 (34:48):
Well, I have a Labrador that snatches
everything you know when he's inthe mood to do so, and it has
been suggested to me that I puta muzzle on him.
One of those with a wire mesh.
Speaker 4 (35:10):
Yeah, that's not a good idea.
What do you do when he grabssomething that doesn't belong to
him?
Speaker 10 (35:15):
Well, I get it away from him and punish him.
Speaker 4 (35:19):
So you chase him and grab it from him.
Speaker 10 (35:21):
Yeah, does he run?
Speaker 4 (35:22):
away like it's a game .
Speaker 6 (35:23):
Oh yes.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
That's why he's doing it.
You don't want to chase him.
You want to put a leash andcollar on your dog and try to
keep a very close eye on him.
Make sure he's in the same roomas you're in.
Maybe put a couple baby gatesat the entrances of the room so
he has to stay in the same roomas you when he grabs something.
Don't chase the dog.
You grab the leash.
You give him a choke chaincorrection.
Tell him no when he drops it.
You give him some praise, Givehim a, and that's how you're
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going to solve it.
As long as you chase him, he'sgoing to keep running away from
you and he's going to keepstealing things.
Speaker 10 (35:51):
The thing of it is he is a trained guide dog and I
brought him home last Septemberand he is a good guide, but he
will grab things and that is apain.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
Now is he your dog service dog.
Speaker 10 (36:12):
Yeah, he's my dog.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
Okay, well, that's a pretty cruel joke.
He's playing on you, though.
Speaker 10 (36:16):
Well it is.
I can tell usually when he'sgoing to get something, but then
on the other hand sometimes Ican't.
But I was afraid that if I gotthe muzzle that he would be
frustrated to death.
Speaker 4 (36:32):
That's exactly what's going to happen.
Speaker 10 (36:33):
And I was afraid he would be, because lately
sometimes he gets.
I keep him in a crate once in awhile and he likes that, he
likes his crate.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Let me ask you this Does he do this when he's
working or just when he's off?
Speaker 10 (36:50):
Sometimes he does do it when he's working.
Speaker 3 (36:53):
Oh, there you go.
That's a major problem.
Speaker 4 (36:56):
Yeah, he has to be retrained.
Whoever the school is that yougot him from, you should contact
them and have their trainersreevaluate the dog and maybe put
him through some remedialtraining.
Speaker 10 (37:06):
Yeah, I've talked to them, and what they tell me to
do is keep him on a tie down,keep him with me all the time.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
And you're listening to Mark, brian and Brad here on
the Animal Talk Radio Networkand thank you very much for
listening to this hour andremember, as always, have an
exotic week and kiss your wildthing for me.
Now that music must mean it's time for Animal Talk.
Animal Talk Rewind today, goingback to 2001.
Our guest, mort Krim, famedDetroit TV newscaster, and he
was the motivation.
He was the muse behind WillFerrell's Ron Burgundy.
So there you go, a little factabout Mort Krim and Mort, just a
(00:25):
fantastic guy.
This was the second time we hadhim on the show.
First time he was in the studio.
This time we got him on thephone.
On the show today you're goingto hear Mark Hannes, brian
Donovan, dr Brad Davis andmyself.
We have some fun with Mort.
He's just such a great guy andsuch a great guest and has the
best pipes on the planet.
Anyway, here we go.
It's Animal Talk.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Animal Talk, the bastion of the maize and blue
Big U of M fan and our affiliateKPSL in California, in Southern
California.
Richard, who is the programdirector there and a general
all-around good guy, is an OhioState fan.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
And I'm very sorry for him.
They're working on a cure forthat?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yes, they are.
As a matter of fact, wolverineslove to crush Buckeyes on a
regular basis, and this is justthe opening volley of a feud
that will go on for years.
Because he said he put AnimalTalk on in Southern California.
Because he believes thereshould be aid to the sports
challenge people from U of M.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
So you're starting a rivalry between U of M and Ohio
State.
Oh, mark, that's great.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
No, actually it's more of a rivalry between Animal
Talk and a brand-new affiliate.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Station Manager.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, that's a good thing, Richard, this is for you
and if you have any, if you'dlike we give you rebuttal time,
Feel free to call 1-800-738-1886.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, we'll play any anthem.
We'll do some Anthem Day hereon Animal Talk.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
And remember the wolverine is the largest species
of weasel.
That's right and remember thewolverine is the largest species
of weasel.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
That's right, and they can actually bend rifle
barrels in their jaws?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Well, maybe, but we do very happy to be in
California.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Absolutely, absolutely.
Thank you very much for havingus on.
But that was just the openingvolley of a war that will go on
for years, I'm sure, and today'stopic on Animal Talk, though,
happens to be pets add to thequality of your life Like a
wolverine adds to the quality ofmy life, and crushing buckeyes
adds to the quality of my lifebut also pets in general add to
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our quality of life, isn't thatright, brian?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Yeah, I mean studies.
It's geez.
The anecdotal information andsupport for this is legendary.
Anywhere from people that havegotten better through contact
with animals, through hospitals,to people's everyday life,
lowering stress, of course.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Absolutely, and we have a very special guest, don't
we, brian Donovan, to help toillustrate how this quality of
life is brought about.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yes, our guest began his career as an ABC network
correspondent, continued on tobriefly anchor news desks in
Philadelphia and Chicago andthen spent almost 20 years in
Detroit.
Lastly, as senior editor andanchor for the evening news at
WDIV-TV Channel 4, detroit's NBCaffiliate, he's a highly
sought-after motivationalspeaker and author.
Of particular interest to ourlisteners is Second Thoughts how
(03:28):
to Be as Terrific as your DogThinks you Are and, of course,
the host of the immenselypopular syndicated radio show of
the same name, second Thoughts.
Our guest is Mark Cram.
Welcome to Animal Talk.
Speaker 7 (03:37):
Thanks guys.
Last time you had me on here, Ibelieve you had a snake wrapped
around my neck.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yes, we did, and look how that increased your quality
of life, all in just one second.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Well, the reason why we wanted you back on is, first
of all, to see if you would sayyes, because we didn't know how
you interpreted that he likes us.
Speaker 7 (03:53):
He really likes us.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
I actually have a warm spot in my heart for that
snake.
Well, you know, Mort Krim, myfather used to say that
everybody has something to teachyou.
Many pet owners have extendedthis adage to their dogs.
Of course, Mort, what lifelessons could we possibly learn
from our dogs, animals thatcould never hope to understand
the complexities of our lives?
Speaker 7 (04:17):
Well, I think just about every positive human trait
that we would wish to cultivatewe can see exemplified in our
pets and in particular, in ourdogs.
Now, I have nothing againstcats.
In fact I have a cat andthere's one chapter out of about
12 in this book that's devotedto cats, so it'll give you an
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idea of the relative esteem thatI hold for cats.
I've always believed thateverybody should have a dog to
adore him and a cat to ignorehim.
And that's kind of the way itworks.
But dogs, they have enthusiasm,they have optimism, they have
total acceptance, unconditionallove, forgiveness.
They don't carry grudges,they're grateful, they're loyal,
they're playful, they'reteachable, they live for the
moment, they scratch theiritches, they do their business
(05:03):
in public.
I mean, our politicians couldtake a lesson from that.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
But we really want to see that though.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
But I think there's so many things that we can learn
from these wonderful animalsthat have justifiably earned the
title of man's best friend.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Regarding the calming effect that pets have on us, do
you think our pets serve as away for us to channel and focus
our thoughts and emotions, or doyou believe that animals have
some intrinsic ability toproduce positive effects on us?
Speaker 7 (05:34):
Well, that's a good question.
I was once asked.
I was on a book tour promotingthis book and I was once asked
by somebody in the audience.
Do you think animals truly haveempathy with human beings?
In other words, do they feelour pain?
Do they recognize when we'resad or when we're happy?
I only can tell you a personalstory, that when my first wife
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was very ill and in fact wasdying, our daughter was 16 years
old and she had this littleminiature dachshund who is
featured quite prominently inthe book actually and it just
seemed to me that this littledachshund, which had been her
constant companion and pet sinceshe was nine years old, had a
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real understanding at some level, some emotional empathy, real
understanding at some level,some emotional empathy, that
this animal knew that his master, that Carrie, was suffering and
she would take the dog up withher to bed at night and he had
always slept at the foot of thebed.
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But I would notice on theseparticular nights, when she was
feeling especially blue and downin the dumps over her mother's
condition, that Bogey wouldoften snuggle up right next to
her and put his head on her arm.
Feeling especially blue anddown in the dumps over her
mother's condition, that Bogeywould often snuggle up right
next to her and put his head onher arm.
It was almost like the dog knew.
Now, obviously they don't havethe reasoning powers, they don't
have the language skills, butit was like there was some kind
of an emotional connection thatthis dog understood that Carrie
needs me in a special way.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Now you know, like you say, when you look into a
dog's eyes, something tells youthat there's definitely
something special there.
You know, mark Hannes is areptile enthusiast.
Do you think?
Chameleons for?
Speaker 2 (07:15):
example.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Snake man yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
You take a chameleon, provided both eyes are looking
right at you.
Do you think they have the samething in their eyes?
Do they possess?
Speaker 7 (07:28):
for lack of a better word, a soul Boy.
Now you're going to get into atheological discussion here.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Well, I heard you're a smart guy, so I figured you
could handle it.
Speaker 7 (07:37):
I'm smart enough not to answer that one.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
And fair enough.
Speaker 9 (07:43):
What are your thoughts?
Although I think I worked forthat guy one time oh, there's
plenty of them in this business.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
I'll tell you what are your thoughts, Mark Krim, on
animal rights.
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Well, I think there is, fortunately, a growing
awareness in this country of therights of animals, awareness in
this country of the rights ofanimals.
I happen to think that we havean obligation, a moral
responsibility as human beings,to protect what we refer to as
the lower forms of life.
I think children and old peopleand animals are dependent upon
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us to look out for them and tocare for them, and to me, there
is no more heinous crime than acrime against somebody or
something that is in avulnerable position, whether
it's a senior citizen beingabused in a nursing home
situation, whether it's ananimal that is abused or whether
it's a little child that isabused.
(08:38):
These are creatures, human andotherwise, that are dependent
upon us to look out for theircare and I think when we violate
that trust, it's, it's one ofthe most heinous things that can
happen uh, you have a book.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Uh, the joy of good news.
Uh, where can folks find that?
Speaker 7 (08:58):
well, it's available in the bookstores.
It is an inspirational bookthat is quite appropriate to
read with your morning coffee,you know.
Read the newspaper, get alldepressed out of the dumps over
the headlines and then read achapter of this book.
I think it'll pick you up.
It's at Barnes Noble, it's atBorders, it's at Christian
bookstores around the countryand hopefully it'll be in stock.
(09:21):
If it isn't, we can only hopethat means they've sold out and
it's available through thecomputer.
So it can always be orderedeither by the author's name,
mort Krim, and that's with a C,c-r-i-m or the title of the book
the Joy of Good News.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Mort, thank you for being with us.
As always, it's a joy, andyou've also started a new news
program in the morning, haven'tyou?
Speaker 7 (09:41):
A radio newscast live from my home, from the studio
that I'm using to talk to youguys.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
It's called More Crim in His Underwear.
Speaker 7 (09:50):
Oh, you've been peeking.
Well, it is nice to be able todo a newscast in my bathrobe.
That's an option that I didn'thave in television.
I want to make one finalobservation.
I had always thought that mycat had a brain the size of a
pea.
But I had always thought thatmy cat had a brain the size of a
pea, but when I heard you guyspicking a fight with the man
(10:10):
who's just signed on to carryyour program, I thought my cat's
a genius.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Oh, fair enough.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Mort, thank you very much for being with us, we
really do appreciate it MortKrim.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
ladies and gentlemen, it's like a trip down the
Amazon Guppies to Wombats.
Animal Talk covers it all1-800-PET-1886.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
1-800-738-1886.
We're talking about how petsincrease your quality of life
and if you have any pet-relatedquestions whatsoever if you have
a dog question, a cat question,bird, fish, reptile, any
question whatsoever we're hereto answer your call.
We have open lines at1-800-738-1886.
Pick up the phone and give us acall so we can make your world
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animalogically safe and sound.
You can also email us atquestions at animaltalkradiocom.
We're also going to come upwith a list of some unusual
things that you can do with yourpets or that maybe celebrities
have done with their pets aswell.
So we have all that coming andmore.
But now it's time for Lies lies, lies, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Fact or fiction Lies, lies, lies yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
You decide.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
All right, Brian Donovan, tell us how this works
Well, we know, when it comes toanimal stories, truth is
oftentimes stranger than fiction.
We're going to read three newsstories, two of which are true.
One is false, made up by DrBrad Davis.
It doesn't mean he's going toread that story.
Your job is to ferret out thatfalse story.
Call us at 800-PET-1886 if youthink you know which one it is.
If you're correct, you winprizes for your pet.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Good luck, All right the first story is Snake Bites
Man's penis.
A Colombian man is recoveringin the hospital after his penis
was bitten by a snake.
The man was reportedlyurinating behind a bush while
working in a field when he wasbitten by a Mapana tiger snake.
He was taken to the hospital inBogota by his wife, who was
(12:10):
woken by his screams.
The newsman said that this manhas not been named, but he has
been treated with an anti-poisondrug.
The doctor says he's very luckyto have survived the accident.
As it is, that kind of snake isvery dangerous.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
And once again, our theme is how animals add to our
quality of life.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Story number two out of San Francisco.
The San Francisco City Councilapproved Monday a resolution
that would change the way thatanimals are referred to in legal
documents.
By a 10-3 margin, the councilpassed a motion that will end
the use of words such as cat,dog, horse and so on in laws and
legal documents, replacing themwith the terms canine American,
feline American, equineAmerican and so on.
(12:56):
This is such a positive day forpeople who care about animals
everywhere, said CouncilwomanRolinda McDaniel.
They are finally going to getthe proper respect they deserve
in laws.
This is the dumbest thing we'veever done, said Councilman Bert
Afgard.
We have so many real problemshere and we are worrying about
offending animals by the waytheir species are mentioned.
It's absurd.
(13:17):
The law takes effect August 1,2001.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
So now snakes are serpentine Americans.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
Serpentine Americans.
Wow, there you go.
And the third story is groupwants Constitution to protect
pigs or porcine Americans.
Florida Supreme Court was askedon Thursday to decide whether a
proposed constitutionalamendment protecting pregnant
pigs from cramped quartersshould go before Florida voters
next year.
Backers of the amendment saythat expectant sows are tethered
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and housed in cages so smallthey cannot move about.
The prisoners suffer myriadmaladies because of their
confinement, they say.
The group said it has collectedmore than 132,000 signatures,
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about a quarter of the nearly500,000 needed to have a
petition placed on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Do pigs eat chads?
Do pigs eat chads?
I just wanted to know.
You know, they could actuallysave some problems here.
I just wanted to make sure thatBrad would just you know audit
himself 1-800-738-1886 is thenumber to call If you know which
one of these stories is false,a fabrication or a lie.
(14:33):
These are really.
You know, there's some weekswhere the stories are okay.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
These are really awful, they're out there.
Yeah, these are very out there.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
And if you have any idea which one of these is false
, pick up the phone and takeyour 33 and a third percent
guess here at the Animal TalkRadio Network at 1-800-738-1886.
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Tom.
Hey, Tom, welcome to AnimalTalk.
How are you doing today?
How?
Speaker 6 (14:56):
are you doing?
I got a question for you.
As far as your things are, thatguess would be the one where
they're classifying the speciesas canine American.
That sounds pretty ridiculousto me.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
So you think that's the false story?
Speaker 6 (15:11):
I can't imagine that one being for real.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Guess what You're a winner.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
You are correct, there is no such law or pending
law that's going to replaceregular pet names with canine
American, feline American and soon.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
But there will be soon now yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:31):
I got a question for you.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Shoot.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
I have a nine-year-old Maltese dog and
real good animal, excellentanimal.
Recently she has had a problemwith an ear infection and, like
her, her ears will give off alike a pungent odor.
I have a medicine that I treather with.
Is this some sort of?
(15:54):
Is this going to be a recurringthing now from here on out, or
is this the sort of thing thatcould clear up, can go away and
I could never and not have anymore problems with?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Yes, the ear infections are one of the more
common problems in veterinarymedicine.
Veterinarians in fact think ithappens about eight times as
often as it really does, becauseit happens so commonly
generally to the same animalsover and over again.
The reason is most earinfections are based in
allergies.
Animals have allergies and theytend to get chronic ear
infections because of that.
(16:25):
So there's a good chance thiswill be your current problem.
However, what you can do to tryto stop the problem from
happening is get some earcleaner from your vet to keep
the ears clean and dry.
Clean them out a couple times aweek.
I don't know exactly whatmedication you're on, but make
sure it's something good fromthe vet, not over-the-counter.
Over-the-counter meds don't doa whole lot as a rule, but you
want to find out exactly what'sgoing on there.
(16:46):
In fact, if there is already aninfection in the ear, you're
going to want to clean them outbefore you start the medication.
Because, again, you don't senda patrol car into a riot.
You got to get things cleanedup a little bit first.
So what I would do is find outabout getting the ears cleaned
out, start from scratch, make aregular schedule of cleaning the
ears one to two times a weekand hopefully I'll keep things
(17:07):
under control.
Could it be something you neversee again?
It could be we just got somemoisture in the ears and that's
seeded an infection.
But it could also be that we dohave allergies and we'll have
the infections over and overagain.
Speaker 6 (17:17):
Well, she seems to have allergies, especially in
the spring and summer, becauserecently her eyes just kind of
well up and kind of water up alot more and my vet had told me
that I can use like the over thecounter I think it's a Benadryl
, I don't remember exactly.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Yeah, you can use Benadryl for allergies.
Certainly that's a perfectlygood thing to do, about a
milligram per pound up to threetimes a day.
But the thing is that'llcontrol a little bit, but you
can still get the ear infectionsbecause it sets up a situation
in the ears.
So yeah, clean them out, keepthem clean.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
We'll be right back More Animal Talk.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Animal
Talk will never hurt you1-800-PET-1886 is the number to
call here on the Animal TalkRadio Network and I am Mark the
Animal Honest.
You know we're talking abouttoday how pets add to the
quality of our lives and one ofthe things that we were talking
about is some of the unusualthings that you can do with your
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pets.
And also we have a caller polltoday and it's based on this
news story.
It says that Rolling Stonesgather more fish pets.
And also we have a caller polltoday and it's based on this
news story.
It says the rolling stonesgather more fish.
The rolling stones have beenvoted the number one band to
increase a fisherman's catch.
A survey of fishermen by the usmagazine for boating found that
the band's music quickly blastfish out from under the rocks or
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the hard places they like tohide in.
And that's why pets increaseyour quality of life, and they
found great success playing ZZTop 2 and came to the second
bowl.
Actually, what this is?
You're talking about animalsand music, right?
And what is your pet's favoritesong?
Speaker 1 (18:59):
He's like Stretch Armstrong.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Sometimes catching an animal at the end of a hook can
make your life one.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
800 pet.
1886 is the number to call.
We do have some phones open.
Hey, let's go back to thephones.
Let's go to rosie.
Hey, rosie, welcome to animaltalk.
What can we do for you today?
Speaker 5 (19:20):
I talked to you a couple months ago about my 17
year old dogold dog.
And I told you about his legsshaking.
Well, I'm used to that, but nowhe is turning up his nose at
all bacon strips.
And I bought sausages.
The first time I put one out,he ate it.
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Second one, he won't havenothing to do with them.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
And then, what did you try?
Speaker 5 (19:45):
And I bought some dry dog food in a bag.
It looks like hamburger.
He won't eat it.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
And then, what did you try?
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Canned dog food and then what?
He eats it.
Sometimes he will even turn hisnose up at it.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
sometimes, oh my goodness, Did you try anything
else?
Speaker 5 (20:03):
What else is there?
Speaker 4 (20:04):
Exactly that's the point we're getting to Now.
There may be a medical reasonwhy a 17-year-old dog would stop
eating, but behaviorallyspeaking, you don't want to
switch like that, because themore you switch, the more you
teach your dog about variety andthe more finicky they get.
However, the medical aspect ofit.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Yeah, there's a huge medical aspect here.
As a matter of fact, it'ssomething I've been dealing with
at my clinic.
A lady left, she went onvacation and she left someone to
watch her pet for a 17-year-olddog, believe it or not and the
dog crashed while she was away.
And we've just been, I've beentalking to her across the other
side of the country and finallytoday we put the dog down and
that was a very sad momentbecause I had to call her on the
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other side of the country totalk to her about it on her
vacation.
So this is a big problem.
As animals get older, we startseeing changes in their diet, in
their eating, in their diet,what they want to eat, also
their drinking and all that.
How are we acting?
Speaker 5 (20:56):
otherwise Fine.
We just came back from a tripin April.
He did fine in that.
I've had him to the vet.
He is okay as far as the vet isconcerned.
Okay, what?
Speaker 3 (21:04):
you have to decide here is is it a problem trying
to find new food?
Because if you can get thepooch to eat at all, well I'm
getting with Alpo.
Speaker 5 (21:13):
He loves Alpo.
I tried a different brand and Ididn't like the looks of it.
Alpo at least looks like it'sgot gravy and peas and different
things in there.
He will eat it, but one nighthe actually turned his nose up
on that because I tried to putsome hard food in there.
And he will eat it because Ithink he needs some hard food
(21:33):
too.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Well, at this age I would just give whatever we'll
eat and I'll pose a really goodfood when you get really old.
Speaker 5 (21:42):
For dogs too.
One thing that I want to knowShould I warm Now?
I will open the can up and Igive him so much I'm trying to
give him like two meals a daybecause he did it, leave some.
He was full and he left.
Should it be warmed or can heeat it cold from the fridge?
Speaker 3 (21:58):
yeah, you feed it cold initially and then use that
in your back pocket, meaningthat if there's a problem later
where we're not eating, tryputting a little bit of water in
it.
You warm it in your pants.
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Well, I've been putting it in the microwave and
warming it and then let it cooldown and then give it to me.
You're heating it up andletting it cool.
Speaker 10 (22:17):
Well, what?
Speaker 3 (22:17):
you can do is make it into a slurry, Even put some
water in and make it into moreof a slurry by stirring it up.
That way they're able to getthe nutrients and get the food
from it without having to chew awhole lot.
There's probably some teethproblems here.
I would just whatever we'll eat, as long as we'll eat, that's
what I go with.
Speaker 5 (22:32):
Yeah, because I am giving him medication for his
gums.
There you go there you go Allright.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Hey, thanks for calling, Rosie we appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
Hey, brad, to like a syringe.
I'm sure they have some sort ofnewsletter, yeah.
1-800-pet-1886 1-800-738-1886.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
So let's go back to the phones.
We do have a couple lines open.
Now's the time to call here inthe animal talk radio network.
Let's go to kathy.
Hey, kathy, welcome to animaltalk hi hey, kathy, what can we
do for you?
I?
Speaker 9 (23:02):
I have a Bichon Freeze and it eats like almost
anything it can find.
We had some licorice packed forvacation.
It was in our suitcase.
The dog got it in our suitcaseand ate a pound of licorice.
It eats things out of the trash.
Can we can't keep the dogs fromeating?
(23:22):
I mean, it eats anything.
Speaker 4 (23:25):
Well, dogs will eat just about anything they get
their mouth on.
This is a handling issue, asupervision issue.
Most dogs, especially whenthey're young, will devour
anything they can get close to.
So it sounds like you have tokeep a better eye on your dog.
Okay, if he's able to get intothese things, and that's the
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first issue.
So when you can't keep an eyeon him, he should be in a cage
or an area where he can't getinto trouble when you are in the
same room with him.
You might want to even investin a couple baby gates so you
can make sure the dog's in thesame room as you are and so that
you can get him past thisproblem.
How old is the dog?
About four, four years old andhow long has he been doing this?
(24:06):
Forever?
Yeah, it's kind of along thelines of you know, my dog keeps
running away from home.
You know, when you look at thatit's like well, how can the dog
even, you know, get out of theyard or out of the house?
Somebody's not watching himclosely enough.
So you do have to keep a closeeye on him.
Speaker 9 (24:22):
I didn't know if there was a way we could make
him stop eating things he wasn'tsupposed to eat.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
Well, there's nothing you can do after the fact.
Okay, dogs learn in theimmediate.
So when he gets into something,anything you do at that point,
he's going to associate thecorrection with you, not with
the licorice or anything elsehe's gotten into.
You see what about the trashcan.
Same thing If, for instance, thedog tipped over the trash can
and at that moment something badhappened and scared him away
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from the trash can, then you'llbe successful.
But if he gets into it and thenyou walk into the room and then
you correct him, at that pointhe's just going to associate it
with you, you see.
So again, since that's such adifficult correction to make,
you have to make sure that hejust can't have access to it.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
You're trying to tell a dog to not do what a dog does
eat stinky, smelly things.
That's one of a dog's favoritepastimes.
Speaker 9 (25:08):
He eats anything but dog food.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Well, that's because he doesn't eat dog food, because
he's giving everything else,he's just fine.
Speaker 9 (25:15):
He's full of licorice , okay.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
All right.
Speaker 4 (25:26):
Hey, thanks for talking.
I didn't know of dumb laws.
Did you know that in Chicago itis an offense to feed whiskey
to a dog?
No, I didn't know that, yeah,so the licorice is okay, I guess
, from a legal standpoint, butdon't let your dog get into the
hooch.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Okay, I sure won't, I'll keep him out of that.
Empty the bottle before youthrow it away.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
Okay, Empty the bottle before you throw it away.
Thanks, Kathy.
1-800-738-1886.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
My dog keeps driving my car to Florida.
How do I stop him?
Speaker 2 (25:54):
We're talking about how pets increase the quality of
your life, loosely speaking, insome way or form.
Actually, I did some researchand found out some unusual
things that some celebrities aredoing with their pets.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
I just didn't get the premise of this whole bit.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Increasing the.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
And then unusual things.
I don't get it.
I have some.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Because I got one thing when the Germans attack
Pearl.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
Harmons, he's on a roll.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Let him go, let him go, just let him go, okay.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
The first one is Eminem would teach his dog to
lift his leg to the insane clownposse.
That's one of the things he didwith.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Well, how about?
Pat Sajak spends hours tryingto get his cat to buy a vowel,
or Limp Bizkit would share ameaningful tattoo session with
their big bad dogs.
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Okay, charlton Heston spends time teaching his damn
dirty apes how to load a gun.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
And you're listening to Mark, Brian and Brad here on
the Animal Talk Radio Network,Our very own Larry Moen Curley,
mark Brian and Dr Brad here onAnimal Talk.
Welcome back to Animal Talk, andyou're listening to Mark the
Animal Honest and this is theAnimal Talk Radio Network.
The number to become part ofthe petivities is 1-800-738-1886
(27:03):
.
We're talking about how petscan increase the quality of your
life or just generally sharethings in your life and, like
certain celebrities, do you needthings like?
Jennifer lopez includes her catwhile doing butt crunches oh,
oh well, adam west.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
Well, it involves a golden retriever and a robin
outfit.
Speaker 4 (27:20):
Yeah, I didn't.
I didn't get the premise I hadone thing, and I'm not even sure
if it fits okay wait I had onething and I'm not sure if it
fits uh, teach your snake tostand very still and go to a
costume party dressed up asmoses did I did, I did, I get it
or
Speaker 2 (27:38):
not, yeah, okay and blink 182 would take time to be
naked with their favorite breedof dog, the mexican hairless.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
I dare you to name a song that blink 182 does?
Yeah, not one.
I just saw that.
I just saw them doing.
I saw someone his kids wrotethese for him.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
That's what I'm saying.
My nephews helped.
I'll tell you to name a songthat Blink-182 does, not one.
There you go.
I just saw them doing it.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Someone his kids wrote these for him is what I'm
saying.
My nephews helped they helpwith interesting things.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
1-800-PET-1886, 1-800-738-1886.
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Ron.
Hey, Ron, welcome to AnimalTalk.
What can we do for you today?
Speaker 8 (28:07):
Oh, I need some information on a cat disease,
fip feline intestinalperitonitis.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (28:15):
Are you familiar with it?
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Sure, well, it's actually feline.
Infectious peritonitis.
Speaker 8 (28:19):
Yes, sir, I can't pronounce it right.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
No problem, no problem, this is a disease that.
Does your cat have this?
Speaker 8 (28:25):
Oh yeah, he passed away from it.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
Oh dear.
Well, how old was the kitty?
Three years, three years old.
This is one of the real bad boydiseases.
The good thing about it is it'snot as common as the other
diseases like feeling leukemiaor FIV.
But this is one that still doeshappen, and way too often.
Fip is, as it says, aninfectious disease.
(28:47):
It is spread from cat to cat,but more often it's spread from
mom to the babies.
So often you'll have a litterthat gets tested for this and is
found to be positive or not.
The tests aren't very good forit.
When they run the test it's atiter, meaning they find that
it's in the system, but thatjust means they've been exposed
to it.
It doesn't necessarily meanthey have the disease.
There's two forms of it a dryform and a wet form.
(29:10):
Let's just talk about the wetform.
That's the more interesting.
The disease itself.
If you picture a clock and youwere to pour glue inside a clock
, how it would gum everything upand make it stop.
That's sort of what happenswith feline infectious
peritonitis.
This thick protein materialsticks everything in the abdomen
(29:30):
together and basically stopsthe animal from functioning.
Speaker 8 (29:35):
He was dehydrated and his stomach swelled up.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
Yep, that's what happens.
That's the fluid that's fillingup inside the stomach Not the
stomach, but the abdomen fillingit up so that just nothing
works right.
And the treatment for thisthere really isn't a very good
one.
It's just like end-stage HIV.
There's not a lot of reallygood treatments that you can do.
So, yeah, it's a pretty badsituation.
Were there other cats aroundthis cat?
Speaker 8 (29:57):
Yes, yes, well, he's never been outside, though, and
the father cat he used to fighthim a lot, so you think a father
cat might have it, it's a verygood chance.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
Is the cat still around?
Speaker 8 (30:07):
good chance Is the cat still around?
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Yeah, he's still here .
I would go get a tighter duncefor that cat to see if this is
something that that cat has aswell, just to see if there's
something going on.
Is there a lot you can do tohelp?
Speaker 8 (30:17):
if we are positive, Not really, but there's no cure
for FIP, you know.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
No, not really.
But there is supportive care,supportive things that can be
done and then you wouldn'texpose it to other cats, Right
exactly To help protect otherkitties in the area, because if
a cat goes outside and has FIP,there's a good chance it's going
to share with other cats in theneighborhood.
That's how these things spread,just like HIV with people.
It spreads from people notknowing they have it, spreading
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it to others.
Speaker 8 (30:44):
Is there a possibility he could have got it
by fighting his father catinside the house?
Sure, could have got it bybiting his father cat inside the
house here, sure sure it'spossible.
Would it have to be a puncturewound or something?
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Well, I don't believe that is spread through saliva.
I don't think it's spreadorally through saliva, meaning
hissing at each other like,let's say, FIV or FVLV.
But I would say that it isprobably from a puncture wound,
from a bite, and it could justbe a little micro-bite that you
don't even notice, and it couldjust be a little micro bite that
you don't even notice, just abreak of the skin.
So yeah, it's very possiblevery possible.
Speaker 8 (31:13):
Well, there's nothing they really could have done for
him, then?
Huh, not really Once you haveFIP.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
You're in deep trouble and I'm sure sorry to
hear about your loss, but Iwould get the other cat tested
as soon as you can.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
All right, hey, let's go to Dot in.
Go ahead, Dot.
What can we do for you today?
Speaker 11 (31:31):
Hi, I have a three-year-old dog.
It's a mutt.
They said the mother was aShar-Pei, but I don't think she
was even a full-blood Shar-Pei,and she's very aggressive around
other dogs Mean is what I mean.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
I mean.
Speaker 11 (31:44):
I have no doubt that she could, in a dog fight,
probably kill one, and I'm justwondering should we send her
somewhere to try and cure thisbehavior?
Is there a cure?
She loves people, very friendlyand docile with people.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
Yeah, A truly dog-aggressive dog that's
untrainable.
Untrainable, yeah, a dog thathates all other dogs.
You can't teach a dog to likeother dogs if he really, really
hates other dogs.
And one of the hallmarks ofthis condition is that they they
look like they're going to killanother dog, but they wouldn't
harm a person you know if theirlife depended on it, because
(32:18):
they just associate dogs withsomething who knows very, very
negative and you can't.
You can't persuade themotherwise.
You can control your dog andyou can take them to obedience
class and teach them to behavehimself when you're out in
public, but if you were to leavethe dog alone with another dog,
you're not going to change howhe interacts.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
Brian, don't you have a dog?
Aggressive dog.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yeah, thanks for mentioning that, Mark.
Yeah, I have a dog who is dogaggressive and, again, there's
not much you can do about it.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
You just have to realize that you're, you're
limited and, uh, you know,everybody has their cross to
bear with their and I've seenbrian walk through a dog show
with this dog off leash, totallyunder control and not going
after the other dogs.
Speaker 4 (32:59):
Yes, oh yeah yeah, that's, that's completely
possible, and if you work withyour dog, but again, you're not
going to impact how the dogreacts when you're not around to
other dogs.
So so, yeah, you still havesome uh, you know, a little bit
of latitude with the dog, butyou're not going to be able to
uh turn them into lassie, okayokay, all right.
Speaker 11 (33:17):
my husband and son took her fishing and at this
place they camped, the owner hada dog and the first couple days
their dog kept coming aroundand our dog was on a leash, but
he said by the end of the threedays I think their dog was a lab
Finally came over and they bothjust laid there, not next to
each other.
Speaker 4 (33:37):
Well, your dog may not.
He might not be a truly dog,aggressive dog.
He may just not be socializedvery well with other dogs, In
which case, you know again,training is going to help you
out a lot.
Speaker 11 (33:47):
Taking it to obedience school with other dogs
.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Sure and a dog aggressive dog would not let
another dog near him withoutthrowing a fit.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Hey, thanks for calling Dat.
We really appreciate it.
And you're listening to Mark,brian and Brad here on the
Animal Talk Radio Network.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Four out of five ferrets prefer Animal Talk.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
Welcome back to Animal Talk, where we talk about
what you do to your pets, whatyour pets do to you.
We've been talking about howpets add to your life and we did
some research and found some ofthe unusual things that
celebrities do with their petsto add to their quality of life,
like Kid Rock would have hisbig lizard take videos of his
time with Pamela Lee Anderson.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
Oh, that's good I have.
Kevin Costner.
Uses his bloodhound to try tofind just one script that
doesn't blow.
And uses his bloodhound to tryto find just one script that
doesn't blow.
Well, NBC the network they havea team of monkeys that are
writing the new season of Willand Grace 1-800-PAT-1886.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Marianne.
Hey Marianne, welcome to AnimalTalk.
What can we do for you?
Speaker 10 (34:48):
Well, I have a Labrador that snatches
everything you know when he's inthe mood to do so, and it has
been suggested to me that I puta muzzle on him.
One of those with a wire mesh.
Speaker 4 (35:10):
Yeah, that's not a good idea.
What do you do when he grabssomething that doesn't belong to
him?
Speaker 10 (35:15):
Well, I get it away from him and punish him.
Speaker 4 (35:19):
So you chase him and grab it from him.
Speaker 10 (35:21):
Yeah, does he run?
Speaker 4 (35:22):
away like it's a game .
Speaker 6 (35:23):
Oh yes.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
That's why he's doing it.
You don't want to chase him.
You want to put a leash andcollar on your dog and try to
keep a very close eye on him.
Make sure he's in the same roomas you're in.
Maybe put a couple baby gatesat the entrances of the room so
he has to stay in the same roomas you when he grabs something.
Don't chase the dog.
You grab the leash.
You give him a choke chaincorrection.
Tell him no when he drops it.
You give him some praise, Givehim a, and that's how you're
(35:46):
going to solve it.
As long as you chase him, he'sgoing to keep running away from
you and he's going to keepstealing things.
Speaker 10 (35:51):
The thing of it is he is a trained guide dog and I
brought him home last Septemberand he is a good guide, but he
will grab things and that is apain.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
Now is he your dog service dog.
Speaker 10 (36:12):
Yeah, he's my dog.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
Okay, well, that's a pretty cruel joke.
He's playing on you, though.
Speaker 10 (36:16):
Well it is.
I can tell usually when he'sgoing to get something, but then
on the other hand sometimes Ican't.
But I was afraid that if I gotthe muzzle that he would be
frustrated to death.
Speaker 4 (36:32):
That's exactly what's going to happen.
Speaker 10 (36:33):
And I was afraid he would be, because lately
sometimes he gets.
I keep him in a crate once in awhile and he likes that, he
likes his crate.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Let me ask you this Does he do this when he's
working or just when he's off?
Speaker 10 (36:50):
Sometimes he does do it when he's working.
Speaker 3 (36:53):
Oh, there you go.
That's a major problem.
Speaker 4 (36:56):
Yeah, he has to be retrained.
Whoever the school is that yougot him from, you should contact
them and have their trainersreevaluate the dog and maybe put
him through some remedialtraining.
Speaker 10 (37:06):
Yeah, I've talked to them, and what they tell me to
do is keep him on a tie down,keep him with me all the time.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
And you're listening to Mark, brian and Brad here on
the Animal Talk Radio Networkand thank you very much for
listening to this hour andremember, as always, have an
exotic week and kiss your wildthing for me.
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