Totally Pawsome Pod
This is an all animal podcast with an R rating for sex, cultural taboo, STDs, fish orgies, and an appropriate amount of cursing. Dr. Siperstein is a veterinarian and Melissa is a professional dog trainer - they have been working professionally with animals for over 30 years combined and have many stories that would get the Wild Kratts an FCC violation. Twice a month they will dive deep on a controversial subject in the animal world and wash it all down with a news story about animals that would make David Attenborough clutch some pearls. So, put the kids to bed, get a beverage of your choice, and listen to this animal podcast with an after-dark vibe. This is Totally Pawsome.
Episodes
Dr. Sip explains what to do if your pet has a seizure, why animals can't have many human medications, and how Poison Control helps vets. Melissa gives a doctorate course in CYA and introduces everyone to the runaway camel of Bonner Springs, Kansas.
This week, our thanks go out to…
Sip’s real life!
ASPCA App and Emergency Line
https://www.aspca.org/news/what-expect-when-calling-aspca-animal-poison-control-center
Melissa gets on a soapbox about leashes, and Dr. Sip comes in hard with an animal who disintegrates after having *MULTIPLE* 14-hour sex sessions.
This week's resources:
Soapboxes by Melissa,
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2110223269
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrates
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/07/07/3262428....
This week, Dr. Sip terrifies Melissa six ways to Sunday with spiders and hedgehogs, and Melissa brings up the hardest museum in the land.
Resources for today's episode:
"Don't rub hedgehogs all over you"
Nature
AVMA
CDC.gov
"You can just take this dong anywhere":
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-tapirs-nsfw/
https://www...
Season 2 is here with a bang - Pablo Escobar's theme park and zoo backfired spectacularly, and we have a driving animal who is absolutely better than most Boston drivers. Alright, let's do this!
Resources for today:
Invasive Hippos:
The Truth about Animals by Lucy Cooke (book)
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-colombia-can-get-rid-of-pablo-escobars-hippos-2021-6
Dr Sip's outside is coming inside, Melissa has company, so everyone is taking a break. Enjoy this episode from BewilderBeasts - remastered for your listening pleasure.
This is a remastered version of the second story in episode 20, "Quoth the Raven, Baltimore." Resources for today's episode can be found here: https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-20-quoth-the-raven-baltimore.
This week, the ladies are remixed, Dr. Sip talks about veterinary options, including wild hamster tagging; Melissa brings up lady octopuses and has to apologize to all but one Todd.
Resources for today's episode:
Dr. Jonathan Epstein
Dr. Xuan Mai Vo
Dr. Amanda Leef
Dr. Raimon Duran-Struuck
Dr. Yoanna Maitre
The Varmints Podcast
Vox
Dr. Sip is a traveling exotics veteri...
Melissa dives deep on separation anxiety and Dr. Sip can't wait to talk about the many, many unsettling features of one evolutionary wonder.
Separation Anxiety Resources:
Patricia McConnell's book, "I'll Be Home Soon"
Nicole Wilde's book, "Don't Leave Me"
Melana DiMartini's Separation Anxiety Training Programs
"Seymour Butts"
Livescience:...
Dr. Sip and Melissa announce the winners of a weirdly restrictive contest; dog bite statistics that every dog owner and professional needs to hear; the UK has a drunk seagull problem.
Dog bites, "Pit bulls" and statistics resources:
Lili Chin's book, Doggie Language
Patricia McConnell's book: The Other End of the Leash
Bronwen Dicky's "Pit Bull: Battle For An American I...
Today, Melissa talks about COVID19 dogs, who they are, and why we might need to rethink some tactics on using them in public; Dr Sip discusses horse artificial vaginas and what it takes to get a turkey in the mood.
Resources:
COVID 19 Dogs:
https://deadline.com/2021/07/a-left-field-contender-palm-dog-covid-detecting-canines-deployed-cannes-1234789387/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/...
Melissa and Sip are busily working on episode 8 but with a few technical difficulties and both of your intrepid hosts going back to real-work in real-person, Episode 8 of Pawsome will be delayed. However, Melissa is putting in a tide-you-over goodie from her show, BewilderBeasts.
Topics include: President Andrew Jackson's swearing parrot was kicked out of a presidential funeral for swearing; 5 parrots in a UK Zoo ma...
Dr. Sip dishes on what veterinarians discuss behind closed doors, and Melissa ruins the most photogenic animal on the planet, the quokka.
Resources:
Vet Peeves - Dr. Sip's actual life
Shacking Up At The Happy Quokka:
Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka
Varmints Podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/varmints/quokkas-to5la_u-zwi/<...
This week, we get cicada S&M fan art, Melissa has a hot take on smashing car windows and Dr. Sip teaches us all about the dulcet sounds of a naked mole rate queen singing what scientists call, "the toilet song".
Resources:
Hot Diggity Dog
CarTalk: How hot do cars get?
https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/today-pets-hot-cars
How K9s and sports folk keep their pets cool in the summer in c...
Today, Dr. Sip schools Melissa on why bats get a bad rap (and how much of the movie "Contagion" is real), and Melissa teaches Dr. Sip about sexy cicadas that would make Jerry Springer beg for a priest.
Resources:
Dr. Jon Epstein and his incredible work with bats, education and preventing zoonotic diseases:
https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/about
Dr John Epstein: Virus Hunter
Brood XXX...
Today a clarification on episode 4; Dr. Sip learns about animal based reality television and Melissa learns the history of the Tanuki, testicles and all, putting an entirely new filter her favorite video game (Mario 3).
Resources:
Television and Entertainment Resources:
Dogs and Cats At War
Barks from the BookShelf (Episode #34)
Tanuki Testicles:
QI: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/1...
This week, Dr. Sip tackles major rumors and misconceptions on pet food, and Melissa FINALLY talks about the fish orgies in Mexico that are so loud you can't even hear boat motors.
*****
Resources :
Pet Food and misconceptions (Dr. Sip)
https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/talking-talk-what-say-when-clients-prefer-raw-diets/
https://www.avma.org/raw-pet-foods-and-avmas-policy-faq
https:...
This week, Melissa talks about what everyone gets wrong about service dogs, emotional support animals and therapy dogs while Dr. Sip tells us about animal STDs.
*****
Resources for today's episode:
Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs and Emotional Support Animals (Melissa)
American's With Disabilities Act (ADA)
FAQ on the ADA
A downloadable poster/infographic from Project Canine:
Ani...
In our first episode of Totally Pawsome Pod, Dr. Sip does a deep dive on why most car safety equipment is not going to keep your pet safe, and Melissa goes rogue on possum penises.
*****
Resources for today's episode:
Car Safety Resources (Dr. Sip)
The Center for Pet Safety: https://www.centerforpetsafety.org/
Car Talk - FIDO Blog
Crash Test Doggies (Heidi Bartruff - custom plush toy design...
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