Ask the Vets - Episode 491 March 30, 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. Hey, welcome, Welcome,

(00:23):
We're live on Life Radio. And here I asked the
better talk to Jeff here for you, here for your pets.
So anything you want to talk about now is the
time because the advice is free. I don't charge for this,
and this is my fun. So hello, b how you doing?
You know, I can't be that bad. If my own
sister hops on some much having a good time, maybe

(00:43):
I'm definitely having a good time. So in keeping with
the idea that I want to kind of push the
envelope a little bit, I want to be a little
bit more controversial because some of these things. You know, again, understand,
the good news is because I'm not in anybody's back pocket,
I get to talk about my experience, what I think
is right, what I do, what I like to do.
Could I be wrong? Absolutely? Do I think I am?

(01:05):
Of course not, at least for now. I think I'm
doing all right. But this is where it's good to
have a show like this because I would love just
like with insurance. You know, I was doing my thing
and whatever our listeners actually has had great luck with insurance.
I said, that's great. I just said, that's the person
who goes to Vegas and has that really good weekend.
It could happen. So would I say everybody is going
to have that? I don't think so. But anyway, so

(01:28):
what I want to talk about today. You know, these
are things that I get hit on all the time.
So I get so many people coming in, clients coming in,
and I'll tell you, the issue here is going to
be pet food. They want to know what I think
about certain pet foods. Why are you asking? Well, because
I went to the pet store and the salesperson or
the owner of the pet store told me what I'm

(01:48):
feeding is terrible and they want me to switch. I
should switch to this or whatever food this is. Now.
Of course, of course that new food is going to
be way more expensive, but they wouldn't be selling it otherwise.
So I want to go through. First of all, I
would love to know what criteria you use or have
used to decide what food is good for your pet.

(02:08):
And you know, the first thing I say is this,
You know, us telling our dogs or cats what they
should be eating is like you telling me what the
best ice cream is for me. And they're just too
many out there. You know, one thing I always tell
when it comes times to food, speaking the subject of
pet food, et cetera, et cetera. You know, I think

(02:29):
I've heard the series ago. It might be a little
different now. The one one of the largest aisles, which
means the most variety in a major supermarket, and he guesses,
you know, it's not pet food. That's probably number two
or three is breakfast cereals. So now can you imagine
why if there was only the best breakfast cereal, why

(02:49):
would you need a full aisle with about fifty sixty
different brand, variety, sizes, et cetera. Because there is no
best And the same thing I say about pet food,
there's no such thing as the best, So what criteria?
And again, look at the options. We go into a
pet store, not one of several aisles. Why are all
these foods there if there's only the best, Because there's

(03:12):
no such thing as the best, and there's so many
things you need to consider. So I kind of like
work backwards. First of all, if you walk into a
pettil and your pet is eating whatever he or she
is eating and he's doing well, don't switch, period, don't switch. Now,
let's define, well, what criteria should we as pet parents,

(03:33):
be looking at to determine whether our pet is eating
the best food for him or her. Now, first criteria,
at least, I'm curious to know what you think is
in your mind? What is the most important thing. I'll
wait a minute to go, maybe throw me some answers,
but I'd be surprised if you get my answer, and
mind you this is my answer. It may not be

(03:55):
your answer, but I'm going it's the whole goal here
is I want to give you some things to think about.
I'm not here to ever tell you what you to
do and not to do, et cetera. I want to
get your minds thinking about some of these issues. Let's
hear what you have to say. If I said, what
do you think the most important thing is when it
comes to choosing a pet food for your pet? Got

(04:17):
to come up with something. Okay, So one test, Steph says,
real ingreedia is not crude protein. Okay, right, certainly, that's
that's gonna be on my list. But not that's not
the first thing. Let's see. Come on, come on, think think.
I tell you this is not a trick question. This
is the easy question. This is the first thing that's
come to your mind when choosing a food for your pet.
All right, I see you're not engaging, So I'm gonna

(04:41):
give you my answer. They have to like it. I
don't care what's in it. I don't care how good.
I don't care the protein, I don't care the grains.
If they are not gonna eat it, it's not the
best for that pet. They have to like it. So
you're already you're thinking about the ingredients and this, that
and the other. That's great, that's something, But you know
what decisions are you making. Those are things that you

(05:04):
you are anthropomorphizing and putting in your values into what
your pet wants to eat. That's like the vegan and
the vegetarian who is trying to make their pet a vegetarian.
And we'll get to that in a minute. But the
whole thing is, if they don't like it, who cares
what's in it. I don't care if it's the best
ingredients of the planet. They gotta like it. Okay, So

(05:25):
now we get that. So first of all, they like it.
Second thing is, these are the criteria that it's not
the second, third, fourth, These are things that I look at.
I will speak to an owner about and say, okay,
what is it? So first of all, yes, they gotta
like it, they don't like it? Who kicks? Secondly, do
they have energy? Does it give them lots of energy?
Thirdly do they have a nice shiny coat? Fourthly do

(05:47):
they have a nice m vowel movement? Normal stools, normal
healthy stools. So my feeling is if they like it,
they have lots of energy, they have perfect poops, they
have a good stool. Why are you even thinking about switching?
Those are really good things. Now that's the pets perspective.
Now that's about your perspective at pet parents. And again

(06:09):
the simplest thing is how convenient is it? Does it
fit your budget? I care for good it is if
it's you know, eight hundred dollars a bag, Oh that's
impractical if you have to travel because there's one pet
store on the edge of town fifteen miles away, the
only one that carries it. Though, that is not an
ideal pet form for your situation, Which is the reason why,

(06:31):
because of all these little factors to consider, is why
there are so many choices out there. So when I
hear client comes and tells me they say they want
to switch over to so and so fore, I go,
why is he having a problem with yours? And they go, no,
he likes it, Yeah, loves it, and poof's good. Yeah,
energy good. You got all the important things. May you
can afford it? Not too hard for you to No,

(06:52):
I'll get it wherever. Okay, now now let's take the
anthropomorphizing part. Now, let's take the part where you are
putting your own values into the pet food. Okay, So
and again I'm gonna say hi to everybody here. Hi,
I'm waving, I'm waving, I'm waving. So then you want
to look at the ingredients. How many are a lot
of fillers? If you don't want fillers, I get that's good.

(07:14):
You want a good solid protein. You want to make
sure it's a protein that they can handle because a
lot of dogs, and the especially dogs that are have
food sensitivity hypersensitivity. It is the protein grain is number two.
So and that's why we look for food we call
either single amigen all right, diets all right, and novel protein.

(07:34):
So these are proteins that the body has probably ever
seen before, and therefore it's unlikely they'll be allergic to it.
But speaking of pet allergies, food allergies. And again I
have Frenchies. I know Frenchies. A lot of Frenchies have
food sensitivity. But I will tell you that overall, only
about fifteen maybe twist my arm, twenty percent of allergies

(07:56):
and dogs are food related. Get that. That means eighty percent,
even up to eighty five percent. When your dog has allergies,
it's not food. So don't let the guy or girl
at this pet store talk you into switching diets. All right,
you need to know, first of all, what is the
source of the problem. One clue I can give you.

(08:18):
And again, as I always say, unfortunately your dog or
cat did not read the textbook, so they don't know
how they're supposed to respond or react. But the classic,
if there was such a thing as the classic presentation
of a dog with food allergies are they have number one,
attacking their feet. Number two their ears and their face.

(08:40):
They're rubbing their face, they're chewing attack, and I mean
attacking their feet. And the reason why I make the
distinction between just licking their feet and attacking their feet
is I look at the foot itself. If the foot itself,
if the hair is not just colored because of what
we call saliva staining. If the webs in between the
digits are not in flamed an airr feminist meaning red

(09:02):
and irritated, the bottoms of the feet are not red
and irritated, then I don't care if they're looking at
the feet. And I always say to a client that
I can almost look at a dog when it comes
into the exam room and know whether it is attacking
their feet like allergy wise, because ot of times they'll
come and say he's blicking his feet a lot. And
I'm looking at these feet and say, they look God

(09:23):
Dan good, and the ears look really good, and the
face looks really good. I don't think this is allergy.
So what do I think it is? So? What does
some people do to relieve their anxiety? What are two
behaviors that we see to relieve anxiety? One obviously more
so in adults and the other one certainly as little kids. Okay,

(09:45):
those of you that have children or had children probably
know that the answer is to two of these, and
some of these from yourselves. You might know. What do
some people do to relieve anxiety? It's a behavior, okay,
And you want to take a guess, not I'm gonna
share it with you because dogs do it too in
a different way, all right, And my answer is okay, No,

(10:09):
it's not as a little kid, yes, thumb sucking. As
an adult nail biting, So people bite their nails. It's
some sort of anxiety relief. It relaxes them. Okay, it's
a stress mediator. Same thing with dogs that lick their feet.
So if it dog is licking your foot, but it's
not attacking, they're not saliva staining. They are not the

(10:31):
feet don't look red. If you were to look at
the feet, you would have no idea they're licking the feet.
That is probably not food allergy. Now could it be, yes,
it could be. I'm just talking about the norms. So
therefore it's something to consider, is whether they're licking their feet.
Don't say automatically jump to food. So you go to
it to a pet store and the owners of the

(10:52):
pet store, the salespeople always gonna ask what are you're feeding?
And they go, oh, you're feeding that stuff. Oh that
stuff is terrible. That's maybe. I mean, they're gonna tell you,
they're gonna go to town on you and like, are
they board certified veterinan nutrition? Is I doubt it. So
use some criteria before you decide to start switching foods. Now,
if you have an option a number of foods, which

(11:13):
you probably do that satisfy the real criteria. They like it,
they have good coats, they have good poops, they have
lots of energy, you can afford it. It's some readily
available to you. All of those, you're gonna have multiple choices.
So you really have to think long and hard. Why
are you switching? So now you see, ah, because of
your preferences. You want to put some of your preferences

(11:37):
into the dog, which is be careful out there anyway.
Then yes, you want to look for raw ingredient, not
raw food, we'll talk about that in a minute, but natural,
healthy ingredients, no fillers. You want to do organic. You
can do organic, whatever it is that makes you feel good,
but to got to make sure that your pet like
that food. And when you're switching, by the way, you

(12:01):
do not want to do any abrupt switching because if
you switch abruptly, you're gonna get diarrhea. No not you
hopefully make you, but you'll be cleaning up your dog's diarrhea.
So so you got to go very gradually I say,
do you know you start with twenty percent of the
new and eighty percent of the old, but a day
or two then go to sixty forty, then forty sixty,

(12:23):
until you keep increasing the new decreasing the old. So
at the beginning you want to just do it. Really, Now,
what am I causing tearstains my poodle? Okay? Now, so
there's a different now there. The tear stain is very
much light, but it's not necessarily related to the diet.
So doctor Martine's is a good food if he likes
it and all the criteria, it's healthy, it's all the above,

(12:45):
and he's doing well on it. Don't switch that tear staining.
First of all, poodle's are notorious for it. Usually it's
the light color, it's the apricup, it's the white one
because you see it more and there. You want to
just check. Make sure next time your dog under an
athesia four like a dentistry, have your veterinarian flush the
tear ducks. Have them stain in the eye also, and

(13:07):
make sure there's nothing no irritation conjuncti bitis because when
there is, what happens is that they tear more and
when they tear more. The tear ducts can only handle
so much, so the rest spills over the lid and
you get that staining. Here. You could listen out things
out there. There is you know, I envy, there is
clear eyes, but a lot of products. I don't know

(13:27):
how effective they are, but I will say this, Yes
you're gonna get diarrhetic because you have to clean up
all the diarrhea. But yeah, that's a good point. So anyway,
so yes, apricot, So it could be anything that's causing
increased tearing, and it could be an environmental allergen of course,
so I would again have the eyes checked. It may
be nothing more than just the dog and the fact

(13:48):
that they light colored. You're seeing it more so it's
freaking you out. But make sure that someone tries to
flush those tear ducks because that can make a big difference.
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Now, all right, we're back here live, so let's go
back to raw. I promise you will talk about raw
all right, so raw food. A lot of people like
raw food because they want raw food. And I caution
against this is right. I caution against what we call anthropomorphizing,
that is taking your values and instilling them into your pet.
I use this example all the time. Cats are obligate carnivores.

(15:37):
Cats must eat meat or fish, animal protein. Dogs, however,
can let me underline that can be vegetarian who they
want to be vegetarian? I don't think. So here's what
I recommend for any of you out there that want
it because you're veggie or you're vegan and you want
to try to make your dog do the same. Here's
just a simple test you can do at all. I

(15:58):
want you to make your best, your best vegetarian or
vegan meal. I mean said that your friends come over here.
Oh my god, I can't believe this is a vegetarian.
Can't believe the vegan. All right, do that, and I
want you to set a bowl down with that frue.
But alongside of it, I want you to set a
bowl down of meat and hold your doll back and
all of a sudden one two three, let them go

(16:18):
and see which bowl he or she attacks. If she
likes them began, better go for it. But my hunch is,
and I had many clients try this, they're going to
go for the meat. So don't think that because you
want to be a vegetarian, that your dog needs to
be vegetarian. All right. They weren't geared that way in
their development, in their evolution, they were not supposed up.

(16:40):
They were omnivorce, yes, but they always got their meat.
They hunted for meat, They weren't hunting the corn fields
or the wheat fields or whatever to get the vegetables.
They were hunting for meat. So keep that in mind.
Now if you want to feed raw, and again I
am not really against it, but I am against pure

(17:04):
raw food. So we have a lot of problems with ecolie,
we have problems with salmonella, and we see this in
greater incidents in raw diets. Now, what are the solutions. Well,
there are a couple of solutions, a couple of options
to stay with raw if that's what you want. But
one is we call HPP high pressure pasteurization, or they

(17:27):
call it high pressure processing. Instead of subjecting the food
to heat, pasteurizing which destroys the nutrients, what they do
justice to know. After pasturizing it and getting rid of
all the bad things, they put the vitamins and minerals
back in, so it's not like, yes, it's destroying the
natural ones, but they're replenishing them with other vitamins and minerals.

(17:50):
The ones that we're destroyed, But if you high pressure
it doesn't destroy those. So that's one option. The other option,
I think doctor Marty says is freeze dry. So if
you're freeze dried again the quick flash freeze drawing. That
will destroy the salmonella, that will destroy the ecoli and
it will sort of doesn't disrupt the balance and the

(18:12):
nutrient value of the food, and it's fine. So stelen
chewies also they do I think they do both some
of their brands. So when you are looking at a
food that's a raw diet, all right, make sure that
the food was put through some process to eliminate the
batter accuray. Now, one thing I noticed a lot of

(18:33):
I work with a pet store in Santa Monica. They
have an amazing fantastic variety of foods, especially novel protein
foods and single anigen food so I love that when
we come to a dog truly of food allergy, they
have many, many options, and a lot of their foods
are frozen. So what I'm not sure, and I will

(18:54):
check with some nutrition, is that if the food is frozen,
and they were talking a deep freezer, will that maintain
the envitamin mineral population but destroy the bacteria. So I
knew that food falls out to be eaten. It is
almost like a flash freeze, but it's good old fashioned freezing.
So if that is good enough for them, then that's

(19:17):
certainly good enough for me. The goal is you really
need to be prepared and do something to prevent the bacteria. Yah.
You see dagasteph So Steph's and her husband Jeff, they
have two cats, George and Walter. They did that and
they well, of course with cats anyway, cats really do

(19:37):
need to have animal protein. You can make a dog
of vegetarian if they so choose and are okay with it,
but cats have to eat meat or fish. They have
to have animal protein. That's what we call them obligate carnivores.
Bunker my Yorki he's on hills WD Multi Benefit. I
use that food for my dogs, gibbles. The way is
food twing it the same amount each time? Yeah, I

(20:00):
mean for sure, you know that is a good food.
You know it's Unfortunately, there are a lot of good
brands out there that are getting a bad rap. And
I give you a perfect example, Iams. You canuba now, Iams,
was I remember where my sister who is on the show,
unless she hung up on me, that's and I hope
you're still here. I remember she got this magnificent, magnificent

(20:22):
Domman Pincher years and years and years ago, and I
remember she showed me I wasn't a vet yet. I
was still a prevat I was in school and there
was a guarantee from the breeder. But this guarantee is
only effective if the dog is on Iams. I've never
heard that before. They will literally negate the warranty if

(20:45):
that dog had a difference. And that was so weird
to me. But what it shows you is that at
that time that i Ams and Yukanuba were the cats
me ow. They were the big competitive hills. They were
going to take over, right, So what happened? They grew
got borrowed by Procter and Gamble. It was a big, big,
big takeover. And now Procter and gam is a business company.

(21:06):
So what do they start doing. They started selling itmes
over the count and you can get now get it
at the big stores, at the box stores, you can
get it at the market. Oh. Now you walk into
a pet store who oh used to could only get
it at the pet stores and they go, oh, that
food is terrible, that's the worst. But in a month
ago you were selling it here said it was the best.
They didn't hate their formulation, It just tells you there's

(21:28):
so much politics. They were just going to be snow
they didn't own the right to sell it. You can
get it for cheaper at the market, and from the
decision of Procter and Gamble to do that, of course
they were going to do it. Give a darn about
that the food percent They just want the money and
they knew they would sell more food that way if
they can offer it to more people lower the price.
So anyway, there's a lot of stuff going on like that.

(21:51):
Some of these really really good foods only available through
very exclusive pet stores. Let's face it, are really expensive.
So I know years ago, as a young veterinarian, I
started doing my medium and I started doing my lecturing.
I was invited back to Topeka, Kansas to visit the
Hills Factory, and I gotta tell you something, you could

(22:11):
eat off the floors. It was so impressive. It was
so amazing. When you hear somebody who just doesn't know
telling you what's right for your dog, No, I have
a problem with that. The only being that can tell
you what's right for your dog is your dog. So
if they're it's checking off all those criteria everyan's good,

(22:33):
then that's fine. That's fine, And don't tell me that,
Oh I've been feeding my dog raw and now he's,
you know, thirty two years old. That's not gonna happen.
So look, I feed my dogs another type of commercial food.
It was a Big Hills competitor years ago. It's called Ivet.
I credit directly from the manufacturer. My dogs love it.
They do really really well on it. And my last

(22:56):
Labberdor a labrador, went sixteen and a half years. My
car labrador it's thirteen and you wouldn't even know it.
So we hear these stories after the fact about their
dog and how long it lived on this dy and
that died. They didn't do a side by side study
with an identical twin dog to prove that under the
same environment, the same, the same, the same, and say, well,

(23:16):
this dog ate this X and this dog ate y,
and look how much longer the why dog lived. I mean, no,
that's what you have to do. You have to do
some scientific side by side, you know, really studies to
determine really is there that much of a difference? So
I think so much is? I gotta tell you another one.
When I was sitting working with IMS, I did the

(23:37):
same thing. One of my colleagues, doctor Ernie Ward, we
were invited to this whole roundtable discussion and they were
talking about the actual just the morsels themselves, and they
wanted to make them shape like little dog bones boy,
because the owner would think that's cute. The heck of
the dog. Do you think a dog cared whether it

(23:58):
was round or shape like a BM. They don't care.
But that tells me how much the marketing is. They're
looking for things that the owner seeing the packaging will think,
oh my god, that's so adorable. So anyway, all I
can say is you're out there, be careful out there.
I would love to hear your comments. Let's you hear
from Bunkers. So thankful. Bunker loves it. He loves a
WD and it's good for his diabetes. Absolutely, you have

(24:19):
any other puppies for adoption? No right now, No from
Sea realtorve. My dog is ex tol. I love those
dry skin on his legs and paws can be caused
by running around on grass and shrubs, vigilation, dry scally
other topical ointments for doggies. So the answer is yes.
And I hate to push my product, but I have
a spray called derma mist, also one that is called

(24:41):
my ammollion spray. The amlion spray is like a moisturizing spray,
and the dormam mist is antibacterial. It's called colaxidine and
ketcon is also gendractorial, anti fungal. It's soothing. You spray
it on and you don't want things when you have
a dog with dry skin, you don't want to essay
put ointments on him because it goops them ups but
actually impedes flow. You want to use something that is

(25:01):
a non alcohol base. But it is something it's spray on,
and I think they tolerate it better and it doesn't
leave as much of a residue blocking. Remember dogs some
sweat like we do. Those hair follicles need to still breathe.
That's my only concern. But Todd waving, waving, waving, and
there was someone here who wanted to do let me

(25:21):
see posterio dog who has been weaned too soon to
this spla aggressive behavior with being fed, like he wants
to play any groulse to get your attention. So the answer, yes,
if they become very very food protective, then yet when
you are there while they're My ant had a dog.
There was the sweetest yellow lab in the planet, and
you could almost do anything. But don't try to take

(25:43):
a bullet away from this dog. He was a Labrador
in every way except that then he became a raw viler.
I'm telling you he would attack if you went near
him while he was showing his bone. Now, so are
there ways to train this? Of course there are, but
you have to make it again fun. So when your
dog is aggressive behavior while he's being fed, so what

(26:04):
you want to do is hold the bowl full you're
about to set it down again. Dogs have to learn
to earn their praise. You ask your dog to sit,
and you give him, okay, a piece of meat, fresh meat,
something that's he likes better than that food. Okay, now
you're about to put the food down. Ah ahh, wait
stay and then you put it down. Okay. Now while

(26:26):
he's eating, you walk up to him and ask him
to sit and show him the piece of meat that
you have and sit down. You start giving you the meat.
You take the bowl away, all right, and then you
give the bowl back to him. If you walk near
him while he's eating, you have to let him know
he has to learn that he's gonna get something even
better than what he's eating. And they usually when you

(26:47):
do this slowly and carefully, they will usually see you
coming up to mother eating and they will sit stop
why because they want that piece of meat? And then
you give them the meat. Good boy, good boy, and
then they get to go eating again. So that's how
you train a dog slowly to tolerate you going near
him or anybody going near him while he's eating. But
he's got to get that reward. He's got to get

(27:07):
that piece of meat. He's got to get something that
he really likes even better than the food, and they
will start letting you go near him while they're eating.
Do I know everything? No? I don't. Why does the
boxers live thirteen years? The golden tree around my eleven right,
So again these are great questions and the answer is
we don't know. So much of it is genetic boxers
usually don't live as long. Golden Retrievers eleven, yeah, my

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labradors eleven twelve. I had one that was thirteen and
a half. One current when it's thirteen out and does
not look like he's going to be leaving anytime soon.
And then my last black right, Grover went to sixteen
and a half. So anyway, cast every time I can
keep my cat on and be destined for ibyd well,
you know, I like to slowly wean. Now. First of all,

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cats do better on steroids and dogs. There's no doubt
of that. So we always joke with a cat went
in doubt steroids. Now what did he better to start
weaning and maybe get to every other day or third day. Absolutely,
probably on once a day. Now, Now, if you're on
twice a day, certainly go to once today. Do that
for about a week or two, then go to every
other day. And now, when you're doing cats on steroids

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once a day and every other day, it'soul always be
in the evening. With dogs that's usey in the morning,
and it's starting to meet their own rhythm of steroid
release on the body. So that's so I'd recommend it.
I'm hoping you should be able to reduce the dose.
You may not get every other day, but let the
cat dictate where the here she needs to go as
far as the level and the frequency of the bijessa. Right,

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Speaker 1 (29:34):
That's a great question. Can I get ringworm from my
rescued cat even though she has no science of disease? Absolutely?
Sotimes you can have sometimes just like a person I
had a ring worm literally over forty years of practice,
I had once. Do I touch cats with ring them
all the time, Yes, I do so just like people,
cats can build up their own resistance. So they may
be a carrier and you might pet that cat. It

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could have and all it takes is on a little area.
So if there is suspicion of a cat having workworm,
the only thing I can tell you is be careful
because it is it is contagious. But one thing you
just to know for safety. In order for ringworm to
affect anybody, a person, a cat especially that have to

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has to affect or attack a hair follicle. So that
means that don't be afraid to touch a cat to
apply some topical on the lesions because when you use
your hands and fingers, there are no hair follicles on
the back, yes, but not up here, so you cannot
get ringworm. So you need to if you use your hands,

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then you could just wash your hands and you should
be okay, or use it an anti fungal before you
touch something else, because you can carry it from one
or if you have it on your fingers, you don't
wash it and then you scratch your arm yeah, you
can get ring worm, so it's just a matter of
being careful. But don't be afraid because knowing that you
can still apply a ringworm ointment an anti fungo, and

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these anti fungals are the same stuff you can get
for you know, athletes foot and things like that. Most
of them are going to be the exact lotrimen, ketakan
my ConA is all anything you see in that section
for athletes foot and jockets and all that stuff, it's
the same, so you can use that as well. So yes,
you can, so be really careful. But I would watch
the cat just in case and maybe have at least

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an anti fungal bath and let the shampoo sit just
in case, because it could be some spores there that
affected you that have not affected the cat yet, but
they may, so you want to try to get a
hold of those. Ah right, we do not not have
set it. Dental cleanings once of times a year is
not enough. Well, here's the thing. Years ago I would
to say yes, but what we're seeing now, there are

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a number of studies showing that when you do the
anezes are free. There's no way you can get deep
under the gumps. So what you can do is you
can do a thorough cleaning on the surface of the tooth,
so much so that you get that false sense of security.
Is the teeth look great. But doctor Bellows, who is
a veninary dentist and Jan did the study and was published,
and he showed that the bone destruction after a few

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years of only non a acivic dentals was dramatic. And
at the end these pets locks more teeth because the
bone loss, bone destruction, and the teeth started falling out
or they started becoming very bulbile. So if you want
to do it every other time, that's okay, but I
would still at least once a year whichever eight months
you should get a full ANTSISI dentity. But even a

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portant to that, start brushing your pets teeth every day,
even every other day. But the best way to prevent
the need for major teeth cleanings, even not at a sesia,
is home dental hygiene on a regular basis. That means daily.
So anyway, keep that in mind. Why does my dog
random vomit clear yellow liquid that usually happens early in

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the morning or after long period of not eating, so
it could be late night, early morning, And what I
would recommend is feeding. When that happens with regularity, if
it's run in the blue moon, don't worry about otherwise,
feed a late night snack, and prior to that late
night snack before you go to bed. So I tell
people to take about a third or a quarter of
dinner set out aside, and maybe ten o'clock ten thirty

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at night, give about a half a pepsitter or pepsitter
or private sect, depending on the size of the dog.
Talk to your veterinarian, and then about ten minutes later,
fifteen minutes later, give the remainder of that meal that dinner,
and when they have something they do, start with a
pepsiit of the private sect, and then feed them and
they'll have something to go to bed with something in
their stomach. They should not have that same regurs that

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gastro kriflux at some time in the middle of the
night early morning. Try it all right. I wasn't a
rough fan, but it's always at work. Yeah, I mean yeah,
and probatics. I love probatics, So that's a good thing
to do, all right. I think we got everybody. I
don't want to keep Mark waiting. I overstep my welcome.
I frequently do, and I think I waived everybody. If not,
if I don't get to you or your question doesn't

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