Pet Names & Pat On Back

It's National Pet Day and Dangerous Dave talks about some crazy pet names. Plus, does a pat on the back really help? Study says "yes".

Episode Transcript

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He's Ober in the den with DangerousDay, Happy National Pet Day. Two
thirds of US heavily's one pet athome. That's according to the most recent
stats. Dogs and cats the mostcommon, followed by fishbirds, rodents,
reptiles, and horses. Ninety sevenpercent think the fur babies is part of
the family and we definitely get alittle more creative naming them than our actual

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kids. Nationwide, Pet Insurance hadthe annual contest for the Wackiest pet names
in America. Last year's winners werea dog named Doc Polliday, the Cat,
Spicy Beef Perrito, Sorry this justannounced, and final US for twenty
twenty four. Voting closes tomorrow.Some of the top names in the running
dog category Boots with the Fur,Chug Chug, Pickles, Little Richard Simmons,

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Sweating to the Oldies, Lord Waddles, Lulu the Conqueror, Mister Pizza
Puff, and Molly from corporate teamBandit Player, a dog they just called
the News and this one one LoveTiny Dancer, Princess Margaret Rose Windsor Wow
Cat nominees Balsamic Vin Carl arm LittleBitty Committee, Miao Ways, Minerva,

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Democat, Skull Crusher, Steph Purriy, Tony Scarface, Boloney, Samsung Family
Hub refrigerator. What what are thesepeople on? These are the actual cat
names that are up for a possibilitybeing the name of the year. Also,
they have a catch all division forother animals, including a tortoise name
mid sized sedan, a lizard namefrosted mini wheats, a guinea pig name

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Cowpig, and an actual pig nameSnoop Hoggy Hogue's pretty good. You in
vote for these at pettinshares dot com. Slash Wacky Pet Names names OLLI be
announced next week. In the twoyou saw this In every March Madness game,
somebody missed a free throw, theirteammates would reach out, high five
ohm anyway. Study following that encouragementlike that actually can make a difference.

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Researchers looked at hundreds of free throwscenarios from women and men's basketball games to
see if it actually help players makethe next free throw, and it did.
They were more likely to sink thesecond shot if the teammate reached out
and high fived them or patted themon the back. Their chances rose even
more when multiple teammates did. Itdidn't make a huge difference when they made
the first shot, only when theymissed. Researcher think it's because the touch

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conveys a powerful non verbal signal We'rehere with you even when you miss.
Definitely applies to other scenarios too,they said, So remember that the next
time your kid or somebody you carefor feels like they failed at something,
a pat on the back can reallymake a difference. Oh, I imagine
that's probably why she passed me onthe head a lot. That's all right,
honey. Two men again for anotherepisode of Deeper in the Den with

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