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Dog Show out in Pennsylvania. I do believe it was
at the Greater Philadelphia Expost Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. To
be specific, Doctor Martin per doctor how you doing.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I'm great boy, you got it nailed and is exactly.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Where its I read up on it and it's fascinating.
Now you're sworn to secrecy because there's going to be
a big broadcast and a lot of us are familiar.
So I think for a lot of folks a holiday tradition,
but folks do want to turn in, tune in. It
will be. It will be broadcast, won't it.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It will. It's sun Thanksgiving morning typically at about noon
between the Macja Parade and football on NBC. So it
is the one of the two big dogs for the
year that are on TV. The other one is Westminster.
So it's going to be very exciting because I do
know who the winner is was, but I cannot tell
you because that ruined the surprise. So it's very fun.
(02:04):
So they come out. It's a four day dog show.
It's Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so it's four different
days of showing with different judges in different competitions, but
they don't televise all four days. They just televise this
Saturday event. And of course a lot of people that
aren't familiar with dog shows may ask about, well, how
do you even know which dog is the best. So individually,
(02:25):
they first they breathe, they judge all the dogs in
one breed, males versus the males, females versus the females,
and then they decide which is the best dog in
that breed. Then that dog goes to the group, and
there are seven groups. They're sporting, non sporting, working, terrier, hound,
and toy, so that there's there's seven seven groups. So
then those dogs compete against each other, so like the
(02:46):
German shepherd compete against the Corgie because they're in the
hurting group. So they judge and pick out who the
winner of the group is, and then those seven group
winners go to the best in Show ring. So that's
what you're gonna see is the group judging and the
best in Show judging, and it's going to be very
exciting because it's always a big lead up to who
(03:08):
is the best dog today? At the show Best in Show,
and the movie, of course is kind of really well.
It works.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Yeah, for folks who haven't seen the movie Best in Show,
it is a such a great funny movie. The characters. Yeah,
it's a fantastic one. So NBC fifteen here in town
is the NBC affiliate. Definitely tune in for that. On Thanksgiving,
you'll see a familiar face to go along with the
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They're tell for number six oh eight three one eight
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seven hundred. And of course, with Thanksgiving coming up, we
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will be off from the radio show that day so
we can spend time with our family and our friends,
and our furry friends and our furry family members doing
a little bit of indulging, having some great food and
some great conversation. There are some things to be kind
of careful of when it comes to your pets and Thanksgiving.
(04:18):
I think a lot of us think of, you know,
things like bones and skin and other things.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
What if?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
What if folks need to know when it comes to
keeping their cuddly friends safe during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Doctor, Yeah, and I'm glad you asked, because there's a
lot of things here that we can do to make
it fun and exciting and still safe for our pets.
If you're sawing out your turkey on the countertop, which
they don't recommend, but if you're doing it, make sure
that you keep it where the dog or the cat
cats can't get to it. So put it in, you know,
the microwave, Put it in the sink. Put it someplace
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that the dogs can't get to it, because otherwise it
has not been unusual for a cat to push things
off the countertops so that the dogs and then access that.
They're like partners in crime. So make sure that they're
not getting access to the turkey as it's thawing. Once
you're done cooking the turkey, take all the wrappers. And
I know this sounds crazy, but dogs will eat the plastic,
the net that mesh netting on it. They leave the
(05:12):
legs holders. Theyll eat all the stuff that smells like
turkey because it tastes like turkey too. Theyll eat that
and those can cost some pretty serious upset stomachs. And
of course the turkey fat, the turkey, the skin, the bones,
all those things like you've mentioned can be a concern.
Dogs can get pancreatitis if they eat too much fat.
Dogs can have bowel instructions if they eat too much bone.
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So when you're taking care of the carcass, now, I
personally take my carcass and cook it down with tarrots
and celery and onions, and then I have this lovely
stock to make gravy with. But not everybody does that,
so some of them throw it away. So make sure
that you're putting those things so that the dog can't
get to them, because dogs will get into them. So
take it out to the garage and lock it. If
in a garbage can, don't just leave it on the
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table or put it in that nice garbage can sitting
next to your sink, because the dogs will figure out
how to get in there.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yes they will. And with this do doctor. I think
one of the things I know we touched on it
with Halloween as well, people coming and going dogs, cats.
It is definitely you want to keep a good physical
eye and tabs on your pets as well, and not
all pets. And it's always interesting to me with new
pets is how they experience guests. And not all pets
(06:22):
handle guests and company the same way, do they?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
That's for sure. Some of them are really exuberant and
happy to see them. If you have a Golden Retriever
for puppy, they'll think everyone came to see them. On
the other hand, if you have an old cat that's seventeen,
she's not going to be happy about most of the
people that come into the house, and it's going to
be just a little overwhelming. So make sure that you
put them someplace that they're comfortable, that they're safe. If
the dog is out, socialized, and get their ID tag
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on and get their microchip, taking care of it, make
sure it's registered. Put a gate across the doorway so
the dog can't dart out when people come in, because
you know, people come in with their arms full of
food and you know, bottles of wine and all the stuff,
and the kids and the doors opening and closing, and
there's just a lot of commotion when new people come
to the house, and that's always the most exciting thing
for a dog is to greet somebody as they come in.
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Whether they love them or don't love them, there's still
it's a pretty emotional meeting. So you want to make
sure that things are as safe as they possibly can be.
So let's go back to food for a second, because
I think we should let our dogs and our cats
have a little bit, I am, because we can't make
it all like, oh, you can't eat it. They can
have sweet potatoes, they can have some pumpkin if it's
(07:32):
not pumpkin pie. They can have turkey if it's you know,
the dark meat turkey is better from than a white
meat turkey. So there's definitely some little snacks that they
can have along the way and make it fun for them,
because we don't want to just sit up to the
side and feel kind of ignored with.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
That two doctor as you mentioned, you know that the
turkey and giving them a you know, they like the
stuff in turkey generally, I know for people is a
fairly healthy meat. Is it something too if you have
like leftovers and some other things that might be kind
of a treat to, you know, give them a little
bit of a little bit of dark meat each day.
Is that? Is that okay as well? Just kind of
incorporating that in their regular diet as long as you
(08:08):
got some around.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, if you don't exceed ten percent of their daily
and take the snacks and food others that that isn't
their dogshood, then yes, that's fine. But if you put
it in the fridge and then it starts to get
there just for a little too long, it wouldn't be
something new. But you don't share it with the dog.
Slimy or moldy or whatever. You know, just throw that out.
You don't want to share dog things of the dog.
They're going to make them sick, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
One of the things that you know, a lot of
folks put out like a nice little centerpiece, and sometimes
there'll be things like candles and other things to kind
of add to the ambit. Ambyonce. I don't know what
it is. I've had cats over the years that that
seemed to be very curious about flames. And we talked
the other day about there was actually an incident down
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down by me and Edgerton with a with a house
fire that may have been started by by a pet
knocking over a candle or something to that effect. But
but you do want to be careful of that. And
again I don't know if it's just cats I've had
or if that is something that happens. But my one cat, Bailey,
when I was younger, he like, if you had a
candle going, he would be right up, and you're like,
(09:12):
you'd have to keep them away. I don't know what's
going on there, but they seem quite curious about that stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, they are, so you want to keep them safe.
You don't want to knock it over, start a fire
and get wax on their coat. Pop Pourri is also
a problem. We had a cat many years ago that
knocked over a pot of Pope pourri back when that
first came to market and lift itself and ended up
with some very serious burns on the tongue. So there's
definitely some downsides to some of those. So the plug
(09:39):
in items can be safer, can be better if you're
trying to fragrance the room, and of course just be
careful in general with any open flame around kids, dogs, cats,
you know, whatever it happens to be tail wagging. You
know your labrador doesn't mean to knock the candle onto
the floor. But when somebody comes past them, they can't
help themselves. Their tail just some mind of its own.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
It's a very happy mind, but it's doing. It's a
little thing, that is for sure. Talking this running with
doctor Mardy Greer of check Out Veterinary, don't forget you
want to check out The Big The Big Dog Show.
It's gonna be on NBC on Thanksgiving. Definitely set set
your I was gonna say set your VCR, but we
don't have VCRs or DVR or of course nothing better.
(10:22):
You got the family and friends over put the Big
broadcast on the TV. Everybody will love it, Channel fifteen
right here in Madison. Doctor. One final thing too about
center pieces. It seems weird, but as you talk about
some breeds, specifically of dogs, they like to sample things.
I've heard of dogs trying to eat like pine cones
and other things. Not probably not great for them either,
(10:45):
I'm gonna because it probably cause some caust some intestinal issues, right, and.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Castle do some things too that kind of surprised you.
Elie Brimstraws and some of the some of the things
out of the course, So yeah, be careful with what
you put out. You know, putting on your diningroom table
doesn't keep it safe from the cat. It might keep
a safe from the dog, it might not. I've had
a dog that could push a chair over to the
table and get onto the chair and then onto the table.
She was a Corgie and she could get onto the
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kitchen table anyway. So you know, just thinking about all
those things because you spend ten minutes setting up the
decor and it's beautiful and it looks great and your
family's coming over, and the dog spends the next twenty
three hours and fifty minutes going hmm, how can I
get to that? And what does it smell like? And
what does it taste like? And can I totally tear
it apart? So you know they are not to be trusted.
(11:32):
They're they're sort of fast and clever about what they do.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yes, yes, they are talking this morning with doctor Mardy Grieve.
Check out that one final thing. And I saw this
on somebody on Reddit. Of all, there's like a pet
section and somebody had posted a thing about their their
dog had eaten. And I'd never thought of this, but
I guess it's probably quite a quite attractive it ate
a bunch of bread dough raw do and was obviously
(12:01):
very concerned. And that can be can cause some issues, can't.
That's another thing I don't think a lot of us
think about, is like maybe you got the you got
the bowl and kind of letting that, letting that yeast
rise and do its stuff and work its magic not
the type of thing you really want to have your
pet ingesting, is it right?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
The dough continues to rise in their stomach, it's a
nice body temperature, and the yeast likes to continue to
divide and make gas, so it can cause the zard
to have a bloat. So yes, definitely keep that. You
know that that box in your countertop that has a
digital pad and a handle that is not a microwave,
that is a where you sore stuff to keep the
dog away from and then you take it out to
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use the microwave. Ye So you know those are those
are good places in the oven with it with it off,
or the microwave, any of those things that you can
do to keep the secure, the food secure during that
time that you're preparing. Because you turn your back for
one second or you think you're just going to run
to the door, you know, run stuff out of the
garage and you come back and yeah, it didn't take
very long. Set dogs out how to get into all
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the things that you left out.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
You know, doctor, I keep thinking and this shows my mindset.
As soon as I start thinking about food, more things
start popping in my head. And then I start to
thinking about about the old, old, dreaded things like fruitcake
or other like breads that may have like raisins and
things in them. Also, you want to know those that
that stuff is is no joke, as you know, as
(13:24):
much as we like to talk about you know, kind
of goof on fruitcake to your dog or catus, especially
your dog, I think fruitcake probably looks quite delicious and
could have things like like like raisins in there.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Right, bigers are okay, buts are not. Rapes are not.
So you want to again be careful about those things.
So think about it and just just kind of go
through in your head what is safe for your dog
And if you're not sure, you can always take a
look at Google. A SPCA is the American uh the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They have a
(13:59):
really good website with information on it. There's pet poison.
So somebody brings you a plant for the holidays, take
a look at those and make sure that they're safe.
Mistletoe berries can be dangerous. Points that is are fine,
but you know, I don't expect too many points that
it is to start showing up this month, but by
next month they will. So just you know, kind of
keep an eye on what's going around. You know, what
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you're putting out your house, what's your cat can have
access to, what the dogs can have access to, and
what toxics. The dogs and cats are not the same thing.
Cats are not small dogs. Dogs are not big cats.
So cats can't eat lilies. Dogs across some some someone
a step but it doesn't cause them any harm. So
really be careful about those things. And this time of
year too. This just actually happened here last week. This
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time of year, the little critters like the mice start
to move into your house, does they get pulled out
And a lot of people will put out those toxins
for the mice or rats, and you know, the intention
is that it's not for the dogs to eat, but
dogs will get into those things. We had a dog
last week that got one of the cola cal cipherols,
which vitamin D product causes the calciums go high, so
(15:03):
that can be really dangerous. Some of them have a
neurotoxin in them. Some of them have a vitamin K
antagonist which will make them bleed. The safe ones, there's
one that's safe and it's made with corn gluten, so
all it is corn and if the dog eats it,
and it's really one of my dogs had a whole
package of it, so I can tell you I from
first and experience it's safe. I didn't intend for that
to happen, but the reason I put it out was
(15:24):
because I knew it was safe.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
That's great, appreciate that and it.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Yeah, so it's safe to put those out, but be
really thoughtful because even when you think you've put it
where the dog can't get to it, a mouse can
knock it down, your cat can knock it down. There's
definitely ways that the dog can still get into things,
even though again you think you've dog prooved, it doesn't
always look that way.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, they're pretty amazing little creatures in so many different ways.
So we talked this morning with doctor Mardy Greer of
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WI b A and Ask the Experts. Brought to you
by Checkout Veterinary, joined by doctor Marty Greer, recognized as
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these weeks're gonna have to do a whole show on
some of the unique things you've seen at the clinic.
And we did receive an email, Sorry, what was that? Doctor?
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Yeah, that'd be fun.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
I think so. I think so. And we had somebody
reach out with an email and they actually shared a
couple of pictures and I do like that. The first
words they say, nothing urgent, which is which is if
you're going to email a radio show, that should be
the first words, Nothing urgent. But it was interesting, they said,
just thought the doctor, doctor Greer, I might have some insights.
They said, over the summer, my wife and I were
(17:15):
out of town. Person watching our dog called to ask
if her eyes normally bug out, She said, got her
into the vet in walkie show. I wonder if it
knows people. They said their vet was stumped about what
could have caused it. She's been perfectly fine since and
hasn't had another episode. Funny enough, our vets said, I'm
gonna have to check with Google on this one because
(17:37):
he'd never seen anything like it before. Thanks for the
great service. And they did share for some pictures and
I don't know what the dog normally looks like, but
clearly the dog's eyes were kind of bugging out. Have
you seen anything like that before, doctor, or any idea
what that might have been.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
I actually have seen it once. It's pretty uncommon. It's
called extra abstomach polymiocytas, so it's an exlammatory and the
autoimmune disorder of the eye. These muscles around the eyes,
not the eyes themselves. The eyes are fine, but the
dog looks like it's an a chronic fan of surprise.
You look at a picture of it, the dog's eyes
(18:12):
are bugging out. You can see the whites of their
eyes and they look surprised. They don't look painful. They're
not steamy cloudy. If it's seamy, cloudy and red, then
that could be glaucoma. And it's usually just one eye
at a time, So that requires immediate veterinary attention. So
if you see that, don't shrug your shoulders and say, ah,
it should be fine. No, get to the vet, because
you have less than twenty four hours in those cases
to save their vision. In this case, it's a requirement
(18:33):
that you put the dog on steroids so that you
can reduce the amount of inflammation. And it sounds like
this dog results three well on its own. So that
was fortunate, but it's extra ahsalmic Polymiostidis is the name
of it. So it's kind of fun, kind of interesting,
and the dogs do recover nicely, but it is it
is a really wild look and it does come on
(18:54):
very suddenly, so that you can go to bed one
night the dog looks fine and get up in the
morning you're like oooh are you.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
And uh and uh and for the first that share
if you could share pictures of what your dog normal,
it's like, yeah, I opened the email the other day
and I'm like, what am I looking at here? And
it was And again it gave me a great peace
of mind when they said, you know, everything's fine and normal.
But those type of those type of things are are
are you know, as we as we talk about some
of the more unique things that come into a clinic,
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it's always great to get established with a good vet
and get that relationship going. And it's a fantastic time.
Of course, as folks are saying, you know what, I
want something convenient, I want something good for me and
my pet. Maybe you've had a relationship with a pet
that a vet that you just don't feel connected with,
don't feel maybe as as as involved as they should be.
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seven hundred, Doctor Greer. Thank you so much for your
time this morning. You have a happy Thanksgiving and good
luck at the dog show. I look forward to seeing
you on Channel fifteen.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Thank you, Thanks here, bye bye, thank you.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Mckea comes your way next year on thirteen ten. Wiva
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Brought to you by Checkout Veterinary online checkout vet dot com.
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with amazing people, and they are now accepting new patients
at Checkout Veterinary, great opportunity for you and your pet.
They are open seven days a week, nine am until
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Dog Show out in Pennsylvania. I do believe it was
at the Greater Philadelphia Expost Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. To
be specific, Doctor Martin per doctor how you doing.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I'm great boy, you got it nailed and is exactly.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Where its I read up on it and it's fascinating.
Now you're sworn to secrecy because there's going to be
a big broadcast and a lot of us are familiar.
So I think for a lot of folks a holiday tradition,
but folks do want to turn in, tune in. It
will be. It will be broadcast, won't it.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It will. It's sun Thanksgiving morning typically at about noon
between the Macja Parade and football on NBC. So it
is the one of the two big dogs for the
year that are on TV. The other one is Westminster.
So it's going to be very exciting because I do
know who the winner is was, but I cannot tell
you because that ruined the surprise. So it's very fun.
(02:04):
So they come out. It's a four day dog show.
It's Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so it's four different
days of showing with different judges in different competitions, but
they don't televise all four days. They just televise this
Saturday event. And of course a lot of people that
aren't familiar with dog shows may ask about, well, how
do you even know which dog is the best. So individually,
(02:25):
they first they breathe, they judge all the dogs in
one breed, males versus the males, females versus the females,
and then they decide which is the best dog in
that breed. Then that dog goes to the group, and
there are seven groups. They're sporting, non sporting, working, terrier, hound,
and toy, so that there's there's seven seven groups. So
then those dogs compete against each other, so like the
(02:46):
German shepherd compete against the Corgie because they're in the
hurting group. So they judge and pick out who the
winner of the group is, and then those seven group
winners go to the best in Show ring. So that's
what you're gonna see is the group judging and the
best in Show judging, and it's going to be very
exciting because it's always a big lead up to who
(03:08):
is the best dog today? At the show Best in Show,
and the movie, of course is kind of really well.
It works.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Yeah, for folks who haven't seen the movie Best in Show,
it is a such a great funny movie. The characters. Yeah,
it's a fantastic one. So NBC fifteen here in town
is the NBC affiliate. Definitely tune in for that. On Thanksgiving,
you'll see a familiar face to go along with the
(03:36):
voice speaking of a familiar faces and voices. A great
day to start that relationship. At checkout vet, they'd love
to get to know you. They'd love to get to
know your pet. All you gotta do make an appointment
right online checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com.
They're tell for number six oh eight three one eight
sixty seven hundred. That's six'h eight three one eight sixty
seven hundred. And of course, with Thanksgiving coming up, we
(03:57):
will be off from the radio show that day so
we can spend time with our family and our friends,
and our furry friends and our furry family members doing
a little bit of indulging, having some great food and
some great conversation. There are some things to be kind
of careful of when it comes to your pets and Thanksgiving.
(04:18):
I think a lot of us think of, you know,
things like bones and skin and other things.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
What if?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
What if folks need to know when it comes to
keeping their cuddly friends safe during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Doctor, Yeah, and I'm glad you asked, because there's a
lot of things here that we can do to make
it fun and exciting and still safe for our pets.
If you're sawing out your turkey on the countertop, which
they don't recommend, but if you're doing it, make sure
that you keep it where the dog or the cat
cats can't get to it. So put it in, you know,
the microwave, Put it in the sink. Put it someplace
(04:51):
that the dogs can't get to it, because otherwise it
has not been unusual for a cat to push things
off the countertops so that the dogs and then access that.
They're like partners in crime. So make sure that they're
not getting access to the turkey as it's thawing. Once
you're done cooking the turkey, take all the wrappers. And
I know this sounds crazy, but dogs will eat the plastic,
the net that mesh netting on it. They leave the
(05:12):
legs holders. Theyll eat all the stuff that smells like
turkey because it tastes like turkey too. Theyll eat that
and those can cost some pretty serious upset stomachs. And
of course the turkey fat, the turkey, the skin, the bones,
all those things like you've mentioned can be a concern.
Dogs can get pancreatitis if they eat too much fat.
Dogs can have bowel instructions if they eat too much bone.
(05:32):
So when you're taking care of the carcass, now, I
personally take my carcass and cook it down with tarrots
and celery and onions, and then I have this lovely
stock to make gravy with. But not everybody does that,
so some of them throw it away. So make sure
that you're putting those things so that the dog can't
get to them, because dogs will get into them. So
take it out to the garage and lock it. If
in a garbage can, don't just leave it on the
(05:53):
table or put it in that nice garbage can sitting
next to your sink, because the dogs will figure out
how to get in there.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yes they will. And with this do doctor. I think
one of the things I know we touched on it
with Halloween as well, people coming and going dogs, cats.
It is definitely you want to keep a good physical
eye and tabs on your pets as well, and not
all pets. And it's always interesting to me with new
pets is how they experience guests. And not all pets
(06:22):
handle guests and company the same way, do they?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
That's for sure. Some of them are really exuberant and
happy to see them. If you have a Golden Retriever
for puppy, they'll think everyone came to see them. On
the other hand, if you have an old cat that's seventeen,
she's not going to be happy about most of the
people that come into the house, and it's going to
be just a little overwhelming. So make sure that you
put them someplace that they're comfortable, that they're safe. If
the dog is out, socialized, and get their ID tag
(06:49):
on and get their microchip, taking care of it, make
sure it's registered. Put a gate across the doorway so
the dog can't dart out when people come in, because
you know, people come in with their arms full of
food and you know, bottles of wine and all the stuff,
and the kids and the doors opening and closing, and
there's just a lot of commotion when new people come
to the house, and that's always the most exciting thing
for a dog is to greet somebody as they come in.
(07:11):
Whether they love them or don't love them, there's still
it's a pretty emotional meeting. So you want to make
sure that things are as safe as they possibly can be.
So let's go back to food for a second, because
I think we should let our dogs and our cats
have a little bit, I am, because we can't make
it all like, oh, you can't eat it. They can
have sweet potatoes, they can have some pumpkin if it's
(07:32):
not pumpkin pie. They can have turkey if it's you know,
the dark meat turkey is better from than a white
meat turkey. So there's definitely some little snacks that they
can have along the way and make it fun for them,
because we don't want to just sit up to the
side and feel kind of ignored with.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
That two doctor as you mentioned, you know that the
turkey and giving them a you know, they like the
stuff in turkey generally, I know for people is a
fairly healthy meat. Is it something too if you have
like leftovers and some other things that might be kind
of a treat to, you know, give them a little
bit of a little bit of dark meat each day.
Is that? Is that okay as well? Just kind of
incorporating that in their regular diet as long as you
(08:08):
got some around.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, if you don't exceed ten percent of their daily
and take the snacks and food others that that isn't
their dogshood, then yes, that's fine. But if you put
it in the fridge and then it starts to get
there just for a little too long, it wouldn't be
something new. But you don't share it with the dog.
Slimy or moldy or whatever. You know, just throw that out.
You don't want to share dog things of the dog.
They're going to make them sick, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
One of the things that you know, a lot of
folks put out like a nice little centerpiece, and sometimes
there'll be things like candles and other things to kind
of add to the ambit. Ambyonce. I don't know what
it is. I've had cats over the years that that
seemed to be very curious about flames. And we talked
the other day about there was actually an incident down
(08:51):
down by me and Edgerton with a with a house
fire that may have been started by by a pet
knocking over a candle or something to that effect. But
but you do want to be careful of that. And
again I don't know if it's just cats I've had
or if that is something that happens. But my one cat, Bailey,
when I was younger, he like, if you had a
candle going, he would be right up, and you're like,
(09:12):
you'd have to keep them away. I don't know what's
going on there, but they seem quite curious about that stuff.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, they are, so you want to keep them safe.
You don't want to knock it over, start a fire
and get wax on their coat. Pop Pourri is also
a problem. We had a cat many years ago that
knocked over a pot of Pope pourri back when that
first came to market and lift itself and ended up
with some very serious burns on the tongue. So there's
definitely some downsides to some of those. So the plug
(09:39):
in items can be safer, can be better if you're
trying to fragrance the room, and of course just be
careful in general with any open flame around kids, dogs, cats,
you know, whatever it happens to be tail wagging. You
know your labrador doesn't mean to knock the candle onto
the floor. But when somebody comes past them, they can't
help themselves. Their tail just some mind of its own.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
It's a very happy mind, but it's doing. It's a
little thing, that is for sure. Talking this running with
doctor Mardy Greer of check Out Veterinary, don't forget you
want to check out The Big The Big Dog Show.
It's gonna be on NBC on Thanksgiving. Definitely set set
your I was gonna say set your VCR, but we
don't have VCRs or DVR or of course nothing better.
(10:22):
You got the family and friends over put the Big
broadcast on the TV. Everybody will love it, Channel fifteen
right here in Madison. Doctor. One final thing too about
center pieces. It seems weird, but as you talk about
some breeds, specifically of dogs, they like to sample things.
I've heard of dogs trying to eat like pine cones
and other things. Not probably not great for them either,
(10:45):
I'm gonna because it probably cause some caust some intestinal issues, right, and.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Castle do some things too that kind of surprised you.
Elie Brimstraws and some of the some of the things
out of the course, So yeah, be careful with what
you put out. You know, putting on your diningroom table
doesn't keep it safe from the cat. It might keep
a safe from the dog, it might not. I've had
a dog that could push a chair over to the
table and get onto the chair and then onto the table.
She was a Corgie and she could get onto the
(11:10):
kitchen table anyway. So you know, just thinking about all
those things because you spend ten minutes setting up the
decor and it's beautiful and it looks great and your
family's coming over, and the dog spends the next twenty
three hours and fifty minutes going hmm, how can I
get to that? And what does it smell like? And
what does it taste like? And can I totally tear
it apart? So you know they are not to be trusted.
(11:32):
They're they're sort of fast and clever about what they do.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yes, yes, they are talking this morning with doctor Mardy Grieve.
Check out that one final thing. And I saw this
on somebody on Reddit. Of all, there's like a pet
section and somebody had posted a thing about their their
dog had eaten. And I'd never thought of this, but
I guess it's probably quite a quite attractive it ate
a bunch of bread dough raw do and was obviously
(12:01):
very concerned. And that can be can cause some issues, can't.
That's another thing I don't think a lot of us
think about, is like maybe you got the you got
the bowl and kind of letting that, letting that yeast
rise and do its stuff and work its magic not
the type of thing you really want to have your
pet ingesting, is it right?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
The dough continues to rise in their stomach, it's a
nice body temperature, and the yeast likes to continue to
divide and make gas, so it can cause the zard
to have a bloat. So yes, definitely keep that. You
know that that box in your countertop that has a
digital pad and a handle that is not a microwave,
that is a where you sore stuff to keep the
dog away from and then you take it out to
(12:39):
use the microwave. Ye So you know those are those
are good places in the oven with it with it off,
or the microwave, any of those things that you can
do to keep the secure, the food secure during that
time that you're preparing. Because you turn your back for
one second or you think you're just going to run
to the door, you know, run stuff out of the
garage and you come back and yeah, it didn't take
very long. Set dogs out how to get into all
(13:01):
the things that you left out.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
You know, doctor, I keep thinking and this shows my mindset.
As soon as I start thinking about food, more things
start popping in my head. And then I start to
thinking about about the old, old, dreaded things like fruitcake
or other like breads that may have like raisins and
things in them. Also, you want to know those that
that stuff is is no joke, as you know, as
(13:24):
much as we like to talk about you know, kind
of goof on fruitcake to your dog or catus, especially
your dog, I think fruitcake probably looks quite delicious and
could have things like like like raisins in there.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Right, bigers are okay, buts are not. Rapes are not.
So you want to again be careful about those things.
So think about it and just just kind of go
through in your head what is safe for your dog
And if you're not sure, you can always take a
look at Google. A SPCA is the American uh the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They have a
(13:59):
really good website with information on it. There's pet poison.
So somebody brings you a plant for the holidays, take
a look at those and make sure that they're safe.
Mistletoe berries can be dangerous. Points that is are fine,
but you know, I don't expect too many points that
it is to start showing up this month, but by
next month they will. So just you know, kind of
keep an eye on what's going around. You know, what
(14:22):
you're putting out your house, what's your cat can have
access to, what the dogs can have access to, and
what toxics. The dogs and cats are not the same thing.
Cats are not small dogs. Dogs are not big cats.
So cats can't eat lilies. Dogs across some some someone
a step but it doesn't cause them any harm. So
really be careful about those things. And this time of
year too. This just actually happened here last week. This
(14:43):
time of year, the little critters like the mice start
to move into your house, does they get pulled out
And a lot of people will put out those toxins
for the mice or rats, and you know, the intention
is that it's not for the dogs to eat, but
dogs will get into those things. We had a dog
last week that got one of the cola cal cipherols,
which vitamin D product causes the calciums go high, so
(15:03):
that can be really dangerous. Some of them have a
neurotoxin in them. Some of them have a vitamin K
antagonist which will make them bleed. The safe ones, there's
one that's safe and it's made with corn gluten, so
all it is corn and if the dog eats it,
and it's really one of my dogs had a whole
package of it, so I can tell you I from
first and experience it's safe. I didn't intend for that
to happen, but the reason I put it out was
(15:24):
because I knew it was safe.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
That's great, appreciate that and it.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Yeah, so it's safe to put those out, but be
really thoughtful because even when you think you've put it
where the dog can't get to it, a mouse can
knock it down, your cat can knock it down. There's
definitely ways that the dog can still get into things,
even though again you think you've dog prooved, it doesn't
always look that way.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yeah, they're pretty amazing little creatures in so many different ways.
So we talked this morning with doctor Mardy Greer of
check Out Veterinary. Again the website checkout vet dot com.
That's checkout vet dot com. Great day to make an
appointment and become a patient at Checkout Veterinary. They are
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(16:05):
of course you can give them a call right at
the clinic. Six SOH eight three one eight sixty seven hundred.
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Ask the Experts with Checkout Veterinary continues right here on
thirteen ten WUI b A eight fifty six thirteen ten
(16:28):
WI b A and Ask the Experts. Brought to you
by Checkout Veterinary, joined by doctor Marty Greer, recognized as
Veterinarian of the Year from Westminster Kennel Club. Of course,
doctor Greer comes to us from Checkout Veterinary online. Checkout
vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. One of
these weeks're gonna have to do a whole show on
some of the unique things you've seen at the clinic.
And we did receive an email, Sorry, what was that? Doctor?
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Yeah, that'd be fun.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
I think so. I think so. And we had somebody
reach out with an email and they actually shared a
couple of pictures and I do like that. The first
words they say, nothing urgent, which is which is if
you're going to email a radio show, that should be
the first words, Nothing urgent. But it was interesting, they said,
just thought the doctor, doctor Greer, I might have some insights.
They said, over the summer, my wife and I were
(17:15):
out of town. Person watching our dog called to ask
if her eyes normally bug out, She said, got her
into the vet in walkie show. I wonder if it
knows people. They said their vet was stumped about what
could have caused it. She's been perfectly fine since and
hasn't had another episode. Funny enough, our vets said, I'm
gonna have to check with Google on this one because
(17:37):
he'd never seen anything like it before. Thanks for the
great service. And they did share for some pictures and
I don't know what the dog normally looks like, but
clearly the dog's eyes were kind of bugging out. Have
you seen anything like that before, doctor, or any idea
what that might have been.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
I actually have seen it once. It's pretty uncommon. It's
called extra abstomach polymiocytas, so it's an exlammatory and the
autoimmune disorder of the eye. These muscles around the eyes,
not the eyes themselves. The eyes are fine, but the
dog looks like it's an a chronic fan of surprise.
You look at a picture of it, the dog's eyes
(18:12):
are bugging out. You can see the whites of their
eyes and they look surprised. They don't look painful. They're
not steamy cloudy. If it's seamy, cloudy and red, then
that could be glaucoma. And it's usually just one eye
at a time, So that requires immediate veterinary attention. So
if you see that, don't shrug your shoulders and say, ah,
it should be fine. No, get to the vet, because
you have less than twenty four hours in those cases
to save their vision. In this case, it's a requirement
(18:33):
that you put the dog on steroids so that you
can reduce the amount of inflammation. And it sounds like
this dog results three well on its own. So that
was fortunate, but it's extra ahsalmic Polymiostidis is the name
of it. So it's kind of fun, kind of interesting,
and the dogs do recover nicely, but it is it
is a really wild look and it does come on
(18:54):
very suddenly, so that you can go to bed one
night the dog looks fine and get up in the
morning you're like oooh are you.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
And uh and uh and for the first that share
if you could share pictures of what your dog normal,
it's like, yeah, I opened the email the other day
and I'm like, what am I looking at here? And
it was And again it gave me a great peace
of mind when they said, you know, everything's fine and normal.
But those type of those type of things are are
are you know, as we as we talk about some
of the more unique things that come into a clinic,
(19:22):
it's always great to get established with a good vet
and get that relationship going. And it's a fantastic time.
Of course, as folks are saying, you know what, I
want something convenient, I want something good for me and
my pet. Maybe you've had a relationship with a pet
that a vet that you just don't feel connected with,
don't feel maybe as as as involved as they should be.
(19:42):
One of the great things about checkout Vet and the veterinaries,
veterinarians and the whole team at checkout vets they're really
committed to you and your pets, and they'd love to
start their relationship. They'd love to get to know you again.
They are accepting new patients at checkout vet right now.
You can, of course make an appointment right at checkout
vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com or pick phone.
Gave a call six so eight three one eight sixty
seven hundred. That's six o' eight three one eight sixty
(20:03):
seven hundred, Doctor Greer. Thank you so much for your
time this morning. You have a happy Thanksgiving and good
luck at the dog show. I look forward to seeing
you on Channel fifteen.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Thank you, Thanks here, bye bye, thank you.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Mckea comes your way next year on thirteen ten. Wiva
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