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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Thirteen ten, WIBA and ask the experts. Phone lines they
are open for you this morning. Telephone number to get
on the air six oh eight three two one thirteen
ten at six oh eight three two one thirteen ten. Love.
Do you have you join us? We've got doctor Marty
Greer from checkout Vet of course, recognized as Veterinarian of
the Year from Westminster Kennel Club. You can learn more
about doctor Greer. Learn more about checkout Vet. What makes
(00:23):
it so special and so unique? All on the website
checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com, open
seven days a week, nine am until five pm. Your
first visit. Take note of this, your first visit at
checkout vet for you and your pet that exam. It
is free and doctor great to talk to you this morning.
Did I hear this right? You are doing same day
(00:44):
or twenty four hour appointments now at check in Vet?
Did I hear that correctly?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
We're doing same day. We aren't twenty four hours, We're
same day, Okay, So yes, check in, check in and
check out same day check out of course it's seven days.
If we check in five is a week Friday? Yeah,
same day and the same at Marshall PetCare two is
that if you call us, we're going to get you in.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
That is fantastic. Yeah, I apologize. Yeah, when I met
twenty four, I met, I met within twenty four I
was obviously other's The hours are super convenience too. I
met talked about that nine to five at checkout veterinaryan
Again you can learn more online checkout vet dot com.
That's check out vet dot com. And again doctor Greer
is joining us this morning live. It is the third
of July. If you've got a question, I love to
(01:29):
have you get on the air. Six eight three two
one thirteen ten. That's six eight three two one thirteen ten.
Of course, uh, tomorrow is Independence Day, fourth of July,
and we know what comes along with this. I think
for most of us, we've kind of and our pets
have probably been experiencing fireworks and explosions for probably the
last week or so. And I know, doctor, the last
time you and I spoke, this was something we talked about,
(01:51):
is kind of putting that plan in place and being
ready for the fireworks for your pet. And there are
obviously things as a VET that you're able to do
to help with that. For folks that hadn't taken that opportunity.
Are there still some tips and some other things folks
gonna be doing to really keep their pets calmer and happier,
and certain warnings this time of year.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, you have just a few hours left before your
vet clinic closes for the holidays. So if it's does,
if it's another veterinary clinic, to be sure that you
get in touch with them immediately so that you can
get in against the medications to help us sound with
noise anxiety. Tonight, in my small village, the fireworks are
in July third, not July fourth, So be careful what
time you take your pets out in the evening, but
(02:34):
mostly just get those medications. So if it's Gaba Penton,
if it's down Presilem, if it's Filiilio is a really
interesting drum. It was actually developed for noise phobias. It's
a gel that you put in their mouths, and essentially
what it does is it goes directly from the mouth
up to the brain. It doesn't have to be absorbed
to the stomach and substrupt to the gums, and there's a
pathway it goes straight to the brain. And it tells
(02:56):
your brain to relax. It's not so scary, it's okay.
So this is your opportunity to get some of those
medications before it's to a bendrel promazines. Those are not
anti anxiety peentications.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
What do and doctor with that? You mentioned obviously the
importance of you know, getting getting your pet and getting
into your vet today. Are there things for folks that
can do maybe a dog doesn't have, you know, I
think I think of my dog for example, is is
most things don't bother him, fireworks and things. He's pretty
oblivious to it. The big ones, though, do tend to
(03:29):
you know, you can tell he's a little on edge.
Are there things you can do around the house to
kind of kind of keep them a little more calm
for those that may not may not reach that threshold
of like severe anxiety or or or other things. Are
there things that folks can do to maybe make things
a little more comfortable for their pets this time of year?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Sure, So keep your blind drawn if it's fireworks, if
it's thunderstorms, keeps the blinds of the curtains so that
it's a little less likely that the flashes will bother them.
Run a machine though, white machines, so you can buy
those for little babies, your dogs. Turn on the t
turn on the radio, you know, turn on music on Pandora,
whatever iHeart app whatever you do so that there are
(04:09):
some opportunities for your pet to be a little bit
more relaxedrous not that background noise that's bothering them. So
there's a lot of little things that you can do.
Taking them out and trying to desnthitize them to fireworks
today is not going to work tru late, So if
you want to try desensitization, you have to start that,
you know, like in January. Tell me, don't think today
(04:33):
is your day to start that process. It's not going
to give you enough time to get them ready to go.
Doctor mostly just protectives, so you just don't accidentally go
out when there's fireworks going off. Go outside first and
make sure that it's quiet.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Docor this morning with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary,
you can learn more about doctor Greer. Learn more about
Checkout Veterinary, what makes them so special but an amazing
clinic Checkout vet is and how unique it is and
how it's great for you and your pet, your family
real easy to get in and get out. And of
course they've got check in Vet and of course the
Marshall Clinic as well. All the details online check out
vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. Don't forget
(05:09):
that first visit is free, that exam is free. All
the details on the website checkout vet dot com. That's
check out vet dot com. One of the things too,
that and we talked about on the show earlier this week.
Robin here at Madison in the morning at thirteen ten, Wiba,
her dog she had a few years ago, had run off.
She had expected the fireworks to start at a certain time.
(05:31):
She's getting ready to put the dog in the house
and boom, one of the fireworks went off. Dog was her.
Poor puppy was missing for a couple of days. Thank goodness,
it turned out okay. But that's another thing that I
don't think people always understand is, and I know you
had referenced it the other week, is dogs don't know fireworks,
(05:51):
and they hear these sounds, and we may expect them
to act a particular way, but until it happens, you
really don't know how they're gonna going to be behave
and they may just bolt.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yes, and we actually have that happen to a dog
that my daughter had bred and sold to a very
dear friend and client of ours, and that dog took off,
never to be found in the line again. So be
really careful with the doors, keep them inside, make sure
they're leash put on, make sure you've got your microchip
and your microschip is registered. If you're not sure, make
(06:23):
sure it's registered. And last but not, we put an air.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Tag on him.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I know Apple doesn't want me to say that, but
put an air tag or a tile or something on
them so that you can track it with your phone
and find that dog or pat or whatever pet it
happens to be if they do take off on you.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
By the way, how do those chips work? Would like
that registration? Obviously? I know you have a scanner at
the clinic and you're able to do that. How does that?
We don't get too deep into it, but it's something
I've always wondered. Is there like a national registry or
how does that work?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Doctor? Yeah? Yeah, The American Hospital Association AHA has a
national registry. They all get REGISTERAC throughs AT and then
each individual registry has their own you call the eight
hundred number if there's a scan. But there's also some
things on the Buddy ID badge that you can put
on your pest collar and has a QR code on it.
All you have to do is use your phone to
take a picture of the QR code. It'll link you
(07:15):
to their website and you can find the pet family's
information as well, so phone number, get things like my
dog is a medical condition and needs medication, so please
return into this, you know, make sure there's an ID
tag on with your phone number. There's lots of little things.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
You can do.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
You can run out and get those made sometimes at
the pet stores or at some of the bigger department stores,
like you write in the the lobby of those areas,
and then you'll instantly have identification on your pet and
not have to be quite so concerned about I mean,
it's still bad as they run away. You still don't
want to get injured, but at least you have some
way to get the back home.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
That is great to hear, is a great thing to
think about as well. As we talked this morning with
doctor Marty Greer of check out vetany the website check
out vet dot com. That's all one word checkout vet
dot com. It is very convenient to get to everything about.
Checkout Vet is all about convenience and comfort for you
and your pets. They're right at twenty seven to ten
Praier Lakes Drive. If you can hear our voice this morning,
(08:09):
you are near the clinic again, right off the interstate,
right on Highway off one fifty one in sun Prairie
on Prairie Lakes Drive. Don't forget that first visit. Checkout vet.
That exam it is free. You can learn more online
the website checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com.
Sometimes pets run away out of fear. Sometimes they run
away out of amore, a little bit of love. We're
going to talk about tis the season. This time of year,
(08:31):
litters are popping, whether it's whether it's planned or if
you've got a neighborhood dot cat that may may end
up with kittens. We're to talk with doctor Greer a
little bit about that. We will do that and so
much more as Ask the Experts with doctor Marty Greer
and checkout Vet continues right here thirteen ten Wibi thirteen
(08:52):
ten Wiba and Ask the Experts talking with doctor Marty Greer.
Of course, doctor Greer comes to us from Checkout Veterinary.
If you've got a question for doctor Greer, whether it's
about fireworks and tags and that type of stuff, or
anything about your pet. You've think something, maybe you've just
wondered about pets. Doctor Greer is a fantastic resource. You
can get a call right now. We'll get you on
the air six O eight three two one thirteen ten.
(09:14):
That's six O eight three two one thirteen ten. Don't forget.
You can learn more about Checkout Veterinary on their website
check out vet dot com. That's check out vet dot com.
That first visit it is free, that exam is free.
To forget. They are open at checkout Vet every day
of the week, every day, seven days a week. That's
from nine am until five pm. Of course they've got
(09:35):
the Marshal Clinic and check in Vet as well. You
can learn more about all the clinics, the doctors and
what makes checkout vets so unique online. Check out vet
dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. And doctor I
know when it comes to uh, when it comes to
pets this time of year, they get especially you know,
they look to make more pets, and uh and and
(09:56):
there are obviously some things that you want to be
very careful about and uh and you know, I find
it interesting about this is there are certain like I'll
use the cats we've got, like neighborhood cats, and every
year there seems to be new ones. And how like
with that with obviously you don't really want that to
(10:19):
be happening. Stray cats, feral cats, those type of things.
It's really not good for the cats, it's not good
for the songbirds. Are there things that folks can be
doing to either discourage or or maybe prevent prevent some
of the problems that can be caused?
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Well, yes, there are organizations that do low cost span neuters.
So if you can catch the little critters, you can
get them into places like SAMI and some of the
other organizations that do low cost or spades and newters
for them so that you don't end up with a
repopulation issue. And if you have those cats in your neighborhood,
they're less likely to have new cats move into the
(10:55):
neighborhood that aren't. That's an interesting cat population dynam like
that I think people don't know about. If you're feeding
the cat, So I have people that come in. This
has happened today. I got a phone call about this
from one of my managers. They were feeding the cat
and then they come in and they say, well, it's
really not my cat, it's a stray cat, so can
you do it for free? And the answer is, it
is your cat now aaus you were feeding it and
(11:18):
it's here under your name, So I'm really sorry.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
We can't.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
There's free services for everybody. We are you know, we
have to have enough profit to pay the staff and
pay the rent and all the things. So I think
that it's important that people understand that there is there's
a distinction there. So if you're not ready to obligate
your stuff to a cat, then maybe you don't feed it,
and maybe you don't bring it into the veterinary clinic.
(11:41):
Not that you're being mean or uncaring, but that's just
the reality of it's your cat then, and if you
can't justify the cost of it, you can't afford it,
or you don't want to spend the money on it,
and that's kind of a that's kind of a problem.
So you know, basically, try to stay in new or
what you can afford to and they're pretty cost effective.
(12:01):
I can't compete with their prices because what we provide
for services different than what they provide for monitoring, for anesthesia,
for bloodwork, for all the all the associated costs. So
we can't be competitive for those prices because those even
though you may think it's you know, free or low
cost to use, somebody's paying for it. It's subsidized. And
I don't have subsidies. I'm not subsidized by a nonprofit.
(12:23):
So those that's where the money comes from on those
is a nonprofit. But if you do want to help,
like if you have a nonprofit that you want to help,
I do encourage people to buy supplies, take in paper
towels or cat food or dog food or you know
those kinds of things to support your local humane society,
which is different than HSUS or whatever they're called now.
So if you feel like you want to support somebody,
(12:45):
don't send a check to ASPCA, don't send a check
to HSUS. Send a check to your local shelter or
go into your local shelter, volunteer to walk dogs, take
in paper towels, toilet paper cleaning supplies. You know, they
usually have a list of the things that they need
on their website you can help them, or Facebook page
or whatever. You can help them by providing some of
those items they can't take, donated medications. There's certain things
(13:08):
they can't take. But if you see a good price
on cat food, pick up an extra bag and drop
it off at the shelter.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Oh, really good guidance on that, really good advice and
great ideas there too. Doctor. What about And I know
this is sometimes I shouldn't say sometimes oftentimes I'm quite
ignorant of things. And I can admit that. Do we
deal with with stray dog populations in this area or
is that something I feel like when I'm like in
the southern part of the country. Obviously the weather's a
(13:35):
little more conducive to that. Do we have issues with
that here in Wisconsin and southern Wisconsin?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Very little? Very little. I'm not going to say never,
because there's always a possibility of austray and people do
find them from time to time, but they're usually not
really strays. They're usually well, I mean, they're a temporary stray.
They're not usually something that somebody just dumped and got
rid of. Doesn't happen, Yes, but not nearly to the magnitude,
but that does happen in the Southern States, so you're
absolutely correct about that. And up here we've done a
(14:03):
really good job of staying and neutering our dogs to
the point that we don't have a population issue. So
a lot of the dogs that come into shelters in
Wisconsin come from Texas, come from Arkansas, come from Arizona,
come from Southern States. Some of them come from Caribbean
countries that they're flown in, sometimes not legally, oftentimes not
legally the papers that they should have, so they're coming
(14:25):
in without vaccines, without preventive some of those things. A
lot of the dogs that we see that come from
the South from these shelters are heartworm positive. They might
not be heartworm positive the day that you bring them
home to your house, but they may. It takes six
months from the time they get a mosquito bite until
the time that the heartworm test shows up positive, so
oftentimes they will be incubating that disease and you won't
(14:46):
be aware of it, and then you'll be strapped with
the cost of treating for heartworm, which is an expensive treatment.
It's much less expensive to prevent and it is to treat.
But in the Southern States, two things happen. One is
a lot of people don't treat either the pets astray
or they can of for it, and too as they're
starting to see HeartWare resistance issues. So in other words,
the medications that we've been using aren't as effective as
(15:08):
they used to be. So we're seeing breakthroughs even with
the appropriate medication.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
That is fascinating is that is that's we talked this
morning with doctor Greer of Checkout Veterinary. Of course, you
can learn more online the website checkout vet dot com.
That's checkout vet dot com. And speaking of new litters,
you know, we think about folks that that maybe you
have a show dog or or a particular breed that's
very desirable, and I know that that's that's really important.
(15:34):
I know I have a lot of friends that have
very very particular types of dogs that that they are
that they that you know, they've had when they were
kids in their entire life, and they just love them.
And you have a great conversation coming up about I
think it's called pedigrees to pops talking about about for
folks that want to kind of understand a little bit more.
Let's talk about pedigrees to pops.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Sure, we're having two seminars. One of them is in Hawaii,
so if you really have the need for a vacation,
it's going to be in Hawaii. The other one in Wisconsin.
So I will be presenting for two days with Laura
Reeves and we'll be doing a seminar. She's starting off
with pedigrees, so basically, how you select your pets based
on or the pet dogs that you're breeding based on
(16:18):
their pedigree. How do you pick a male dog, how
do you pick a female dog? How do you know
what the right combination is? And then I'm going to
take over from there and we'll talk about health screenings,
for healthy breeding situations, getting this female pregnant, raising the puppies.
And I know there are people who are like, well,
you know, we already have enough dogs. We don't need this.
And actually, predictability of a dog is a really important
(16:40):
feature for a lot of people that they need to
know how they're getting a dog and they have kids,
they need a Golden Retriever because it's going to be
great with the kids, or they need when they're seventy
five years old, they're getting their last dog, and it
needs to be small and portable and something that they
can pick up and carry. So they don't want to
get a dog from the shelter because they're not quite
sure what they're getting for size, activity, coats, temperament, all
(17:03):
the parts that are important. So predictability of dog is
a really important piece of dog ownership and making sure
that you are responsible about taking in the right dog
that's right for your lifestyle, for your you know, your
exact setting. So I think it's really important that people
have that option. If you have the ability in your
life to take in a rescue, great, go for it.
But if you don't, I don't want people to feel
(17:24):
guilty about that. So the Pedigrees to Pops is a
great program for people who want to breed their dog.
Maybe want to breed, have never bread before, maybe you've
read a lot. Laura and I bring a lot to
the table. So even if you're an experienced breeder, I
can guarantee you you're going to leave there going wow,
I didn't know that. I have a whole hour of
presentation that I do called stuff we bet you didn't
(17:45):
know about dogs, So we can do a lot of
really fun stuff and it'll be in Lamira. For the
Wisconsin one, it's in September, it's the second weekend in September,
this eleventh and twelfth, and the one who in Hawaii
is the fifth and sixth and fifth, sixth and sevens.
They'll be partly a handling seminar as well. So if
you have the need to go to Hawaii, great, If
you have the need to stay in Wisconsin, we're going
(18:06):
to have hotel rooms available. We're going to do it
at the clinics, so you'll be able to see some
of the things first hand. Based on our caseload, I
can never predict if we're gonna have a c section
or a breeding or whatever, but it'll be basically hands on.
If we're doing something, you're going to be able to
be involved and it's going to be very cool.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
I've heard Lamaira has been referred to as the Honolulu
of the Midwest.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Oh really, I'm not familiar.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
With it is. And it's it's so you talk to
you about about you know, good good health, genetics and
other things as well, and some really really important stuff
and folks can get more information if if it's something
that interests you. You can learn more just head on over
to the website. Check out vet dot com. That's checkout
vet dot com. Information about the pedigrees to pops. The
(18:52):
seminars are going to be taking place, and you can
learn more online the website checkout vet dot com. Speak
of learning more about checkout Veterinary at the website. It'll
explain to you. It does a really nice job kind
of helping explain how checkout vet works, why it's such
a convenient thing for you and your pet, comfortable place
for you and your pet as well. It's all built
around that. It's a great day to start your relationship
at checkout Veterinary again. You can learn more online checkout
(19:14):
vet dot com. Pick a phone, give a call six
oh eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. That's six
oh eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. Real convenient
to get to right off right off Highway one fifty
one in sun Prairie in the Prairie Lakes Prairie Lakes
Drive area. Again the website checkout vet dot com. Doctor Greer,
thank you so much for joining us this morning and
look forward to talk to you again real soon. Thank you,
(19:36):
doctor greer checkout. Vet Vicki McKenna comes your way next
here on thirteen ten WIB eight
Thirteen ten, WIBA and ask the experts. Phone lines they
are open for you this morning. Telephone number to get
on the air six oh eight three two one thirteen
ten at six oh eight three two one thirteen ten. Love.
Do you have you join us? We've got doctor Marty
Greer from checkout Vet of course, recognized as Veterinarian of
the Year from Westminster Kennel Club. You can learn more
about doctor Greer. Learn more about checkout Vet. What makes
(00:23):
it so special and so unique? All on the website
checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com, open
seven days a week, nine am until five pm. Your
first visit. Take note of this, your first visit at
checkout vet for you and your pet that exam. It
is free and doctor great to talk to you this morning.
Did I hear this right? You are doing same day
(00:44):
or twenty four hour appointments now at check in Vet?
Did I hear that correctly?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
We're doing same day. We aren't twenty four hours, We're
same day, Okay, So yes, check in, check in and
check out same day check out of course it's seven days.
If we check in five is a week Friday? Yeah,
same day and the same at Marshall PetCare two is
that if you call us, we're going to get you in.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
That is fantastic. Yeah, I apologize. Yeah, when I met
twenty four, I met, I met within twenty four I
was obviously other's The hours are super convenience too. I
met talked about that nine to five at checkout veterinaryan
Again you can learn more online checkout vet dot com.
That's check out vet dot com. And again doctor Greer
is joining us this morning live. It is the third
of July. If you've got a question, I love to
(01:29):
have you get on the air. Six eight three two
one thirteen ten. That's six eight three two one thirteen ten.
Of course, uh, tomorrow is Independence Day, fourth of July,
and we know what comes along with this. I think
for most of us, we've kind of and our pets
have probably been experiencing fireworks and explosions for probably the
last week or so. And I know, doctor, the last
time you and I spoke, this was something we talked about,
(01:51):
is kind of putting that plan in place and being
ready for the fireworks for your pet. And there are
obviously things as a VET that you're able to do
to help with that. For folks that hadn't taken that opportunity.
Are there still some tips and some other things folks
gonna be doing to really keep their pets calmer and happier,
and certain warnings this time of year.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, you have just a few hours left before your
vet clinic closes for the holidays. So if it's does,
if it's another veterinary clinic, to be sure that you
get in touch with them immediately so that you can
get in against the medications to help us sound with
noise anxiety. Tonight, in my small village, the fireworks are
in July third, not July fourth, So be careful what
time you take your pets out in the evening, but
(02:34):
mostly just get those medications. So if it's Gaba Penton,
if it's down Presilem, if it's Filiilio is a really
interesting drum. It was actually developed for noise phobias. It's
a gel that you put in their mouths, and essentially
what it does is it goes directly from the mouth
up to the brain. It doesn't have to be absorbed
to the stomach and substrupt to the gums, and there's a
pathway it goes straight to the brain. And it tells
(02:56):
your brain to relax. It's not so scary, it's okay.
So this is your opportunity to get some of those
medications before it's to a bendrel promazines. Those are not
anti anxiety peentications.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
What do and doctor with that? You mentioned obviously the
importance of you know, getting getting your pet and getting
into your vet today. Are there things for folks that
can do maybe a dog doesn't have, you know, I
think I think of my dog for example, is is
most things don't bother him, fireworks and things. He's pretty
oblivious to it. The big ones, though, do tend to
(03:29):
you know, you can tell he's a little on edge.
Are there things you can do around the house to
kind of kind of keep them a little more calm
for those that may not may not reach that threshold
of like severe anxiety or or or other things. Are
there things that folks can do to maybe make things
a little more comfortable for their pets this time of year?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Sure, So keep your blind drawn if it's fireworks, if
it's thunderstorms, keeps the blinds of the curtains so that
it's a little less likely that the flashes will bother them.
Run a machine though, white machines, so you can buy
those for little babies, your dogs. Turn on the t
turn on the radio, you know, turn on music on Pandora,
whatever iHeart app whatever you do so that there are
(04:09):
some opportunities for your pet to be a little bit
more relaxedrous not that background noise that's bothering them. So
there's a lot of little things that you can do.
Taking them out and trying to desnthitize them to fireworks
today is not going to work tru late, So if
you want to try desensitization, you have to start that,
you know, like in January. Tell me, don't think today
(04:33):
is your day to start that process. It's not going
to give you enough time to get them ready to go.
Doctor mostly just protectives, so you just don't accidentally go
out when there's fireworks going off. Go outside first and
make sure that it's quiet.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Docor this morning with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary,
you can learn more about doctor Greer. Learn more about
Checkout Veterinary, what makes them so special but an amazing
clinic Checkout vet is and how unique it is and
how it's great for you and your pet, your family
real easy to get in and get out. And of
course they've got check in Vet and of course the
Marshall Clinic as well. All the details online check out
vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. Don't forget
(05:09):
that first visit is free, that exam is free. All
the details on the website checkout vet dot com. That's
check out vet dot com. One of the things too,
that and we talked about on the show earlier this week.
Robin here at Madison in the morning at thirteen ten, Wiba,
her dog she had a few years ago, had run off.
She had expected the fireworks to start at a certain time.
(05:31):
She's getting ready to put the dog in the house
and boom, one of the fireworks went off. Dog was her.
Poor puppy was missing for a couple of days. Thank goodness,
it turned out okay. But that's another thing that I
don't think people always understand is, and I know you
had referenced it the other week, is dogs don't know fireworks,
(05:51):
and they hear these sounds, and we may expect them
to act a particular way, but until it happens, you
really don't know how they're gonna going to be behave
and they may just bolt.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yes, and we actually have that happen to a dog
that my daughter had bred and sold to a very
dear friend and client of ours, and that dog took off,
never to be found in the line again. So be
really careful with the doors, keep them inside, make sure
they're leash put on, make sure you've got your microchip
and your microschip is registered. If you're not sure, make
(06:23):
sure it's registered. And last but not, we put an air.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Tag on him.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I know Apple doesn't want me to say that, but
put an air tag or a tile or something on
them so that you can track it with your phone
and find that dog or pat or whatever pet it
happens to be if they do take off on you.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
By the way, how do those chips work? Would like
that registration? Obviously? I know you have a scanner at
the clinic and you're able to do that. How does that?
We don't get too deep into it, but it's something
I've always wondered. Is there like a national registry or
how does that work?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Doctor? Yeah? Yeah, The American Hospital Association AHA has a
national registry. They all get REGISTERAC throughs AT and then
each individual registry has their own you call the eight
hundred number if there's a scan. But there's also some
things on the Buddy ID badge that you can put
on your pest collar and has a QR code on it.
All you have to do is use your phone to
take a picture of the QR code. It'll link you
(07:15):
to their website and you can find the pet family's
information as well, so phone number, get things like my
dog is a medical condition and needs medication, so please
return into this, you know, make sure there's an ID
tag on with your phone number. There's lots of little things.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
You can do.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
You can run out and get those made sometimes at
the pet stores or at some of the bigger department stores,
like you write in the the lobby of those areas,
and then you'll instantly have identification on your pet and
not have to be quite so concerned about I mean,
it's still bad as they run away. You still don't
want to get injured, but at least you have some
way to get the back home.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
That is great to hear, is a great thing to
think about as well. As we talked this morning with
doctor Marty Greer of check out vetany the website check
out vet dot com. That's all one word checkout vet
dot com. It is very convenient to get to everything about.
Checkout Vet is all about convenience and comfort for you
and your pets. They're right at twenty seven to ten
Praier Lakes Drive. If you can hear our voice this morning,
(08:09):
you are near the clinic again, right off the interstate,
right on Highway off one fifty one in sun Prairie
on Prairie Lakes Drive. Don't forget that first visit. Checkout vet.
That exam it is free. You can learn more online
the website checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com.
Sometimes pets run away out of fear. Sometimes they run
away out of amore, a little bit of love. We're
going to talk about tis the season. This time of year,
(08:31):
litters are popping, whether it's whether it's planned or if
you've got a neighborhood dot cat that may may end
up with kittens. We're to talk with doctor Greer a
little bit about that. We will do that and so
much more as Ask the Experts with doctor Marty Greer
and checkout Vet continues right here thirteen ten Wibi thirteen
(08:52):
ten Wiba and Ask the Experts talking with doctor Marty Greer.
Of course, doctor Greer comes to us from Checkout Veterinary.
If you've got a question for doctor Greer, whether it's
about fireworks and tags and that type of stuff, or
anything about your pet. You've think something, maybe you've just
wondered about pets. Doctor Greer is a fantastic resource. You
can get a call right now. We'll get you on
the air six O eight three two one thirteen ten.
(09:14):
That's six O eight three two one thirteen ten. Don't forget.
You can learn more about Checkout Veterinary on their website
check out vet dot com. That's check out vet dot com.
That first visit it is free, that exam is free.
To forget. They are open at checkout Vet every day
of the week, every day, seven days a week. That's
from nine am until five pm. Of course they've got
(09:35):
the Marshal Clinic and check in Vet as well. You
can learn more about all the clinics, the doctors and
what makes checkout vets so unique online. Check out vet
dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. And doctor I
know when it comes to uh, when it comes to
pets this time of year, they get especially you know,
they look to make more pets, and uh and and
(09:56):
there are obviously some things that you want to be
very careful about and uh and you know, I find
it interesting about this is there are certain like I'll
use the cats we've got, like neighborhood cats, and every
year there seems to be new ones. And how like
with that with obviously you don't really want that to
(10:19):
be happening. Stray cats, feral cats, those type of things.
It's really not good for the cats, it's not good
for the songbirds. Are there things that folks can be
doing to either discourage or or maybe prevent prevent some
of the problems that can be caused?
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Well, yes, there are organizations that do low cost span neuters.
So if you can catch the little critters, you can
get them into places like SAMI and some of the
other organizations that do low cost or spades and newters
for them so that you don't end up with a
repopulation issue. And if you have those cats in your neighborhood,
they're less likely to have new cats move into the
(10:55):
neighborhood that aren't. That's an interesting cat population dynam like
that I think people don't know about. If you're feeding
the cat, So I have people that come in. This
has happened today. I got a phone call about this
from one of my managers. They were feeding the cat
and then they come in and they say, well, it's
really not my cat, it's a stray cat, so can
you do it for free? And the answer is, it
is your cat now aaus you were feeding it and
(11:18):
it's here under your name, So I'm really sorry.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
We can't.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
There's free services for everybody. We are you know, we
have to have enough profit to pay the staff and
pay the rent and all the things. So I think
that it's important that people understand that there is there's
a distinction there. So if you're not ready to obligate
your stuff to a cat, then maybe you don't feed it,
and maybe you don't bring it into the veterinary clinic.
(11:41):
Not that you're being mean or uncaring, but that's just
the reality of it's your cat then, and if you
can't justify the cost of it, you can't afford it,
or you don't want to spend the money on it,
and that's kind of a that's kind of a problem.
So you know, basically, try to stay in new or
what you can afford to and they're pretty cost effective.
(12:01):
I can't compete with their prices because what we provide
for services different than what they provide for monitoring, for anesthesia,
for bloodwork, for all the all the associated costs. So
we can't be competitive for those prices because those even
though you may think it's you know, free or low
cost to use, somebody's paying for it. It's subsidized. And
I don't have subsidies. I'm not subsidized by a nonprofit.
(12:23):
So those that's where the money comes from on those
is a nonprofit. But if you do want to help,
like if you have a nonprofit that you want to help,
I do encourage people to buy supplies, take in paper
towels or cat food or dog food or you know
those kinds of things to support your local humane society,
which is different than HSUS or whatever they're called now.
So if you feel like you want to support somebody,
(12:45):
don't send a check to ASPCA, don't send a check
to HSUS. Send a check to your local shelter or
go into your local shelter, volunteer to walk dogs, take
in paper towels, toilet paper cleaning supplies. You know, they
usually have a list of the things that they need
on their website you can help them, or Facebook page
or whatever. You can help them by providing some of
those items they can't take, donated medications. There's certain things
(13:08):
they can't take. But if you see a good price
on cat food, pick up an extra bag and drop
it off at the shelter.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Oh, really good guidance on that, really good advice and
great ideas there too. Doctor. What about And I know
this is sometimes I shouldn't say sometimes oftentimes I'm quite
ignorant of things. And I can admit that. Do we
deal with with stray dog populations in this area or
is that something I feel like when I'm like in
the southern part of the country. Obviously the weather's a
(13:35):
little more conducive to that. Do we have issues with
that here in Wisconsin and southern Wisconsin?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Very little? Very little. I'm not going to say never,
because there's always a possibility of austray and people do
find them from time to time, but they're usually not
really strays. They're usually well, I mean, they're a temporary stray.
They're not usually something that somebody just dumped and got
rid of. Doesn't happen, Yes, but not nearly to the magnitude,
but that does happen in the Southern States, so you're
absolutely correct about that. And up here we've done a
(14:03):
really good job of staying and neutering our dogs to
the point that we don't have a population issue. So
a lot of the dogs that come into shelters in
Wisconsin come from Texas, come from Arkansas, come from Arizona,
come from Southern States. Some of them come from Caribbean
countries that they're flown in, sometimes not legally, oftentimes not
legally the papers that they should have, so they're coming
(14:25):
in without vaccines, without preventive some of those things. A
lot of the dogs that we see that come from
the South from these shelters are heartworm positive. They might
not be heartworm positive the day that you bring them
home to your house, but they may. It takes six
months from the time they get a mosquito bite until
the time that the heartworm test shows up positive, so
oftentimes they will be incubating that disease and you won't
(14:46):
be aware of it, and then you'll be strapped with
the cost of treating for heartworm, which is an expensive treatment.
It's much less expensive to prevent and it is to treat.
But in the Southern States, two things happen. One is
a lot of people don't treat either the pets astray
or they can of for it, and too as they're
starting to see HeartWare resistance issues. So in other words,
the medications that we've been using aren't as effective as
(15:08):
they used to be. So we're seeing breakthroughs even with
the appropriate medication.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
That is fascinating is that is that's we talked this
morning with doctor Greer of Checkout Veterinary. Of course, you
can learn more online the website checkout vet dot com.
That's checkout vet dot com. And speaking of new litters,
you know, we think about folks that that maybe you
have a show dog or or a particular breed that's
very desirable, and I know that that's that's really important.
(15:34):
I know I have a lot of friends that have
very very particular types of dogs that that they are
that they that you know, they've had when they were
kids in their entire life, and they just love them.
And you have a great conversation coming up about I
think it's called pedigrees to pops talking about about for
folks that want to kind of understand a little bit more.
Let's talk about pedigrees to pops.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Sure, we're having two seminars. One of them is in Hawaii,
so if you really have the need for a vacation,
it's going to be in Hawaii. The other one in Wisconsin.
So I will be presenting for two days with Laura
Reeves and we'll be doing a seminar. She's starting off
with pedigrees, so basically, how you select your pets based
on or the pet dogs that you're breeding based on
(16:18):
their pedigree. How do you pick a male dog, how
do you pick a female dog? How do you know
what the right combination is? And then I'm going to
take over from there and we'll talk about health screenings,
for healthy breeding situations, getting this female pregnant, raising the puppies.
And I know there are people who are like, well,
you know, we already have enough dogs. We don't need this.
And actually, predictability of a dog is a really important
(16:40):
feature for a lot of people that they need to
know how they're getting a dog and they have kids,
they need a Golden Retriever because it's going to be
great with the kids, or they need when they're seventy
five years old, they're getting their last dog, and it
needs to be small and portable and something that they
can pick up and carry. So they don't want to
get a dog from the shelter because they're not quite
sure what they're getting for size, activity, coats, temperament, all
(17:03):
the parts that are important. So predictability of dog is
a really important piece of dog ownership and making sure
that you are responsible about taking in the right dog
that's right for your lifestyle, for your you know, your
exact setting. So I think it's really important that people
have that option. If you have the ability in your
life to take in a rescue, great, go for it.
But if you don't, I don't want people to feel
(17:24):
guilty about that. So the Pedigrees to Pops is a
great program for people who want to breed their dog.
Maybe want to breed, have never bread before, maybe you've
read a lot. Laura and I bring a lot to
the table. So even if you're an experienced breeder, I
can guarantee you you're going to leave there going wow,
I didn't know that. I have a whole hour of
presentation that I do called stuff we bet you didn't
(17:45):
know about dogs, So we can do a lot of
really fun stuff and it'll be in Lamira. For the
Wisconsin one, it's in September, it's the second weekend in September,
this eleventh and twelfth, and the one who in Hawaii
is the fifth and sixth and fifth, sixth and sevens.
They'll be partly a handling seminar as well. So if
you have the need to go to Hawaii, great, If
you have the need to stay in Wisconsin, we're going
(18:06):
to have hotel rooms available. We're going to do it
at the clinics, so you'll be able to see some
of the things first hand. Based on our caseload, I
can never predict if we're gonna have a c section
or a breeding or whatever, but it'll be basically hands on.
If we're doing something, you're going to be able to
be involved and it's going to be very cool.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
You know.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
I've heard Lamaira has been referred to as the Honolulu
of the Midwest.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Oh really, I'm not familiar.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
With it is. And it's it's so you talk to
you about about you know, good good health, genetics and
other things as well, and some really really important stuff
and folks can get more information if if it's something
that interests you. You can learn more just head on over
to the website. Check out vet dot com. That's checkout
vet dot com. Information about the pedigrees to pops. The
(18:52):
seminars are going to be taking place, and you can
learn more online the website checkout vet dot com. Speak
of learning more about checkout Veterinary at the website. It'll
explain to you. It does a really nice job kind
of helping explain how checkout vet works, why it's such
a convenient thing for you and your pet, comfortable place
for you and your pet as well. It's all built
around that. It's a great day to start your relationship
at checkout Veterinary again. You can learn more online checkout
(19:14):
vet dot com. Pick a phone, give a call six
oh eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. That's six
oh eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. Real convenient
to get to right off right off Highway one fifty
one in sun Prairie in the Prairie Lakes Prairie Lakes
Drive area. Again the website checkout vet dot com. Doctor Greer,
thank you so much for joining us this morning and
look forward to talk to you again real soon. Thank you,
(19:36):
doctor greer checkout. Vet Vicki McKenna comes your way next
here on thirteen ten WIB eight
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