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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Celebrating our connection with our pets. This is Animal Radio.
Here are your hosts, cal Abrams and Judy Francis.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Judy is screening your calls right now for dog trainer
Alan Cable, dog father Joey Vollani, animal communicator Joey Turner,
and in for doctor Debbie. Today we have the very
beautiful Doc Halligan. If you could just see how well
Joey Vallani's dressed today.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
And I don't think I'm that much different than any
other day.

Speaker 4 (00:30):
You know, trying did your your teeth? Are you wearing
clean underwear?

Speaker 3 (00:36):
No? They're about three days old? Yeah? I wait until
you can throw them against the wall in a.

Speaker 4 (00:41):
Stick GM I yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Okay, let's stay see what's going on in your world?

Speaker 5 (00:49):
Well, remember that movie Catch Me if you can, about
that con artist that got away with it and actually
went to prison and then he wrote a book and
a movie came out. Well, there's a cat right on
his tail. This cat was locked up after it was
found carrying contraband into prison. I'll tell you about it
coming up on Animal Radio News.

Speaker 4 (01:11):
Oh I saw the video on that.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
I did.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, me too.

Speaker 6 (01:14):
Oh yeah, they took the tape around this cat's belly,
and there was cell phones, There was all kinds of
contraband stuff that they taped around this cat. But what
they did is they when he was going into the prison,
or maybe I shouldn't give this away, go ahead, okay,
when he was going into the prison, the stupid guards
caught him right away. And now they don't know what

(01:34):
cell he was going to, so they don't know whose cat,
you know, what cat. They should have waited to see
where he went.

Speaker 7 (01:41):
Not even than that, I would have took everything and
just sent the cat back out and every time the
cat came. If I was a guard, I would have
had new cell phone and all kinds of contraband that
I could have solved in a prison and made some
extra money.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Now, come on, these people don't think straight.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Is this a video that you're referring to.

Speaker 4 (01:57):
Yeah, there's actually a video on the cat.

Speaker 6 (02:00):
They show them they're holding the cat and they're stripping
it of all the stuff that's taped around its spell.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
We got to post that at the website.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
Yeah, shocking that a cat would allow that to happen.
Isn't it that they'd let you tape stuff to it?

Speaker 8 (02:13):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (02:14):
My cat? If I try to put a leash on
my cat. It drops to the ground and won't move.
So that's that is very strange. I'd like to see
that video if we can post it over at animal
radio dot com. As soon as I'm done with the show,
I'm going to go over at animal radio dot com
and look at that video. I don't know what you
guys are talking about. I got to tell you I'm
not as hip as you think I am. Hey, let's
go to the phones. We have Debbie on the phone.
Hi Debbie, how are you doing?

Speaker 9 (02:35):
Hi good?

Speaker 4 (02:35):
How are you good?

Speaker 2 (02:36):
I have Doc Halligan in filling in for doctor Debbie today.
What's going on?

Speaker 9 (02:40):
Well, I'm calling about my grandson cat, my daughter's cat, Bosco,
and he is a three year old dev nracks, which
are very petite cats, as she probably knows or he
probably knows. And she's got two of these breathes of cats,
and her one cat, Beg, is perfectly normal, you know,

(03:04):
six pounds healthy. Poor Bosco is three and he has
twenty four pounds and gaining. He throws up, you know,
six or seven times a day. They've had him man
tested for everything imaginable. The only thing they could come
up with was very thick stomach lining, intestinal lining, and

(03:29):
a very enlarged, fatty heart, and I was just wondering,
if you know, it could be something else. I've heard
that pancreat heitus can be very insidious in a cat,
and she's very frustrated.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
So yeah, Devin Rex's are little pixie kitties that are
normally slender. But you will have certain cats. They aren't
related beg and Bosco.

Speaker 9 (03:54):
They actually are from the same father.

Speaker 4 (03:56):
They're from the same father letter. Okay, you have to
be careful because Devin Rex's are predisposed to heart disease
or cardiomyopathy. That's in their gene. So we definitely you know,
Bosco being twenty four pounds is considered morbidly obese once
they get that big, and he sounds to me like

(04:20):
he may have a bit of an eating disorder, which
actually is not uncommon in cats, and it kind of
can be a form of OCD because if you think
about cats natures in the wild, you know, they spend
a lot of time sleeping, and then what would motivate
them to want to go hunt?

Speaker 9 (04:39):
Hungry?

Speaker 4 (04:41):
Hungry? Okay, so then they get hungry and they go
and they have to exert a lot of effort to
catch a mouse or you know whatever, and so we've
domesticated them. And the problem is that they don't have
to put any effort into getting the food bowl, and
most owners usually leave the food out, and so then
it creates a role problem for these cats, and some

(05:01):
of them will develop eating disorders and they just they
eat when they're not hungry, and they're eating because their
environment's not enriched.

Speaker 9 (05:11):
And let me add this. I'm sorry for interrupting you.
My daughter is a very struct vegetarian herself, very into nutrition,
and her cats, you know, obviously are not vegetarian.

Speaker 10 (05:24):
But.

Speaker 9 (05:26):
They get the best of everything and they get fed
at a certain regiment. It's not like foods is sitting out.

Speaker 4 (05:33):
Oh.

Speaker 9 (05:33):
She has done a lot of research on it. So
it's not like, you know, and the one cat you
know is normal and the other one's not. So the
one yeah, it's well, like the food is sitting out.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
Okay, that's good. Well, and you know, if if if
he happened to be on a desert island and had
no access to food but just water, do you think
he'd lose weight?

Speaker 9 (05:55):
We really don't know. I mean this veterinarian is just
baffled because as much vomiting as he's doing, he's gaining weight.

Speaker 4 (06:05):
He's eating though he's still eating. He's eating, yeah, and
vomity eating, vomiting yeah.

Speaker 9 (06:12):
So badly that the other day he passed out after
poor guy.

Speaker 4 (06:19):
Well, you know, we get this isn't the first case
I've had like this. I've been practicing twenty three years
and you know, Debbie, ten years ago, we never saw
this kind of thing. But it's just since they've really,
i think made the cat food so palatable, it's so tasty,
that we've seen a lot more problems like this. But

(06:41):
the fact is, once a cat is obese like that,
it takes very little energy stores to maintain that. Because
he is so obese, it will take probably one or
two years to get him down to a target weight.
You have to do it really slowly because cats can
develop what's called fatty liver syndrome and they can die

(07:02):
from that. A fat cat if they stop eating, they
take that fat stores put it in their liver and
then they end up dying from liver failure, and it
has nothing to do with why they stopped eating in
the first place. So he is a critical cat for
weight loss, and you're looking at like a couple of
years to get that down safely. Now, for the vomiting,
the easiest way to diagnose why a cat's vomiting like

(07:25):
that is to do a biopsy with an endoscope of
the stomach and the small intestine and the large intestine.
Believe it or not, food allergy or food intolerance is
more common in cats than it is in dogs. You
need to get an absolute diagnosis for the vomiting, and
that would be like I said, you have to do.

(07:46):
You've got a biopsy that tissue. You need to work
with a board certified internist, not just a general practitioner.
So they would be the ones that would do the scoping,
and then they work with your general practitioner and they
help you put the cat on specific treatment to stop devomiting.

Speaker 9 (08:02):
Yeah, I have my own problem here. We have an
eleven year old cat and he actually broke the record
in our town. He's I'm about thirty five pounds, holy wow,
eight pounds and the same pretty much the same. And
you know, this cat's been big since he was little,

(08:23):
the same way.

Speaker 4 (08:24):
But well, it's interesting because some people, you know, I
have a sister that I have to watch my weight everything.
She can eat whatever she wants and she's a toothpick,
So you know which is frustrated.

Speaker 2 (08:36):
I have a brother like that, and I that Debbie,
thank you for your call. I know some of it.
Sometimes when people call in a good percentage of the
answers or go to the vets. We actually had the
jingle singers put together that you go to the vet.

Speaker 3 (08:49):
Do you know that? That's beautiful?

Speaker 4 (08:53):
Let's go to your vest.

Speaker 11 (08:56):
Cats are complicated, man. I had a cat with an
eating disorder. It was really interesting to listen to that
whole thing because you know, it never occurred to me
that his life wasn't enriched. I just found somebody who
was a cat person and gave him away. But he
was going in the cupboards and getting food out all
by himself, and I mean he was he was doing
he was getting his exercise getting the food.

Speaker 12 (09:16):
That was just exercise.

Speaker 4 (09:18):
Yeah. Well, he has OCD and these cats need to
be stimulated, like I mean, they have to play with
them like two fifteen minute sessions. You gotta enrich their
environment because they need that, especially Devin Rex, Well.

Speaker 11 (09:33):
It makes sense. All living things need thing, you know.
They he just can't just let him lay around all
day and not play with him and spend time with him.

Speaker 12 (09:41):
But cats are interesting, they're very complex.

Speaker 4 (09:43):
Yes, just like women. What hey just like just like dabes,
Just like dabes, Judy. Do you think women are more
complicated than men?

Speaker 13 (09:55):
Not at all?

Speaker 3 (09:56):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 11 (09:57):
Men men are so Oh you guys are so men
are so easy.

Speaker 12 (10:01):
Give me a break. What don't you understand about men?
What don't you What don't you get?

Speaker 4 (10:06):
You guys need to come with a manual.

Speaker 11 (10:08):
What don't you What don't you get? What confuses? Give
me one thing that confuses you about men?

Speaker 4 (10:13):
What they don't?

Speaker 6 (10:15):
They don't understand when we're mad, why we're mad?

Speaker 13 (10:18):
I mean, coach, it's all about you.

Speaker 12 (10:20):
There, there we go. It's not really about the man,
it's about the woman. It goes right back here.

Speaker 11 (10:24):
They don't understand why we feel this way.

Speaker 4 (10:29):
So what's your point? Alan?

Speaker 12 (10:31):
My point is men are simple. They are so simple.

Speaker 11 (10:34):
They are just like dogs, and women are like cats.

Speaker 13 (10:39):
You're lucky you're on the other side of the table.

Speaker 6 (10:41):
I smack you.

Speaker 13 (10:42):
Oh yeah, Judy, come come and get me, baby.

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Speaker 14 (13:24):
You're listening to Animal Radio. Call the Dream Team now

Speaker 2 (13:35):
It's Animal Radio. Welcome my friend, Grab your pet, bring
them around the radio and join us on the show.
Today we're going to talk to a lady who says
there may be a reason that you're single, and it
may be your pets, maybe your animal, maybe your bunny,
maybe your cats. And we'll ask her for some tips
on that. Hey, JC, how are you doing?

Speaker 10 (13:54):
Hey good?

Speaker 8 (13:55):
I have to know how you guys doing today?

Speaker 2 (13:57):
Good? Where are you calling from.

Speaker 8 (13:58):
Springfield, Missouri? I want to thank you for taking my call.

Speaker 19 (14:01):
First of all, of.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
Course, that's our job and we love doing it. What's
going on?

Speaker 1 (14:06):
Uh?

Speaker 20 (14:06):
Say?

Speaker 8 (14:07):
I got a winning dog at Dot's in he goes
by Rojo meaning red for in Spantas. And the other day,
you know, I'm in over the road driver and the
other and I go from state to state and he
started throwing up blood on the stool and stuff like that,
and and I talked to you to the messrs and
she said, well he might have contracted provo. You know,

(14:29):
is there anything I can do in the meanwhile before
I get him to the vet, or do I got
to rush him to the hospital.

Speaker 4 (14:35):
Well, first of all, Jesse, has he been vaccinated against
did he get ut puppy shuts? Okay, yes, ma'am he did.
And he's one year old? Yes he's one. Yeah, Okay, Well,
I mean I wouldn't really be thinking parvo because he's
vaccinated and he's one. It's usually a puppy disease with

(14:58):
dogs that aren't vaccinated. It is serious disease though, because
they can die from it. And the reason they die
from parvo virus is the virus makes them unable to
keep anything in their system, so they vomit and they
have diarrhea, and they get dehydrated, and typically you don't

(15:19):
have blood coming in the vomit or the diarrhea with parvo.
And the classic sign for parvo is they get really depressed.
That's a you know, that's the first sign you'll see
an animal come in a puppy and it'll just be
sitting there. And puppies don't just sit there, and so
you know, before you have the vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy or

(15:41):
depression is is the number one signed? Does he have that?

Speaker 21 (15:45):
Uh?

Speaker 8 (15:47):
Well, he's been sleeping a lot uh, you know, sleeping
a lot. Take him outside and he you know, and
he does his you know, his take care of his business.
But nothing and nothing comes out. It's sort of like
excuse my expression, gas or the speaking.

Speaker 4 (16:02):
Yeah, he's straining.

Speaker 8 (16:04):
And I could hear it. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (16:06):
Do you give him things to eat other than dog food?

Speaker 8 (16:11):
No, ma'am. I learned that from you guys a long
time ago. Not to give him a dog for human food.

Speaker 4 (16:17):
Okay, So he and does he ever eat anything when
he goes for his walks.

Speaker 8 (16:23):
He goes with me. I take him on the rest
of stuff like that, and so he's on the constant supervision.
What I think was is that he got a hold
of something or might have let the urine from another
from another dog or something. I might have turned my head,
he might have ate something or I don't know, Doc,

(16:45):
I don't know. I got my hair.

Speaker 4 (16:46):
Okay, Yeah, well, I mean, you know, like the good news.
I don't think it's parvo. You know, they I know,
you drive a big truck. They do have house called
vets because clearly you probably wouldn't be able to drive
the truck into a clinic perk. But they do have
house call vets. That'll come to your house or will
come to you, So that's an option if it is

(17:08):
just vomiting diarrhea from something he ingested. As long as
they can keep water down and they don't get dehydrated.
I usually tell people to not feed them for twenty
four hours and intestinal ligning you know, turns over really fast,
and a lot of times they'll just you know, heal
up on their own. You can give them my modium
like we take for diarrhea as well, so there's some

(17:31):
over the counter stuff, but you know it's probably better
to have if he's really not keeping anything in, have
a vet come over and look at him for you.

Speaker 8 (17:41):
All right, thank you so much for taking my call
once again, and on behalf of myself at roseland Truck
and Association, we want to thank you. You guys are
all mett to one.

Speaker 2 (17:49):
Oh well, well, thank you very much. I look at
the hairs on my back, they're standing up. This is JC.
I appreciate your call, and you know we appreciate all OTR.
Does you keep our country moving and we thank you
for that, and unfortunately we had to give him this.
Can we get the jingle singers? Please do? Yeah? Sometimes
that's the only.

Speaker 4 (18:08):
Answer, Joey, do you want to do that with me?
Do you want to sing it with me? So we can,
you know, have a little jingle together.

Speaker 6 (18:15):
On the count of on the count of three, one, two, three,
go Okay, let's try again.

Speaker 4 (18:27):
Okay, Okay, it should be and a one and a two, right, okay,
and a one and a two and a three. Go.

Speaker 3 (18:39):
Wow.

Speaker 13 (18:40):
Okay, you know what.

Speaker 2 (18:41):
I can see why both of your musical careers did
work out.

Speaker 4 (18:44):
Yes, yeah, they didn't. They didn't. It's true. I can dance.
Can you dance, Joey?

Speaker 3 (18:51):
I can dance as good as I could run a marathon.

Speaker 4 (18:55):
Okay, so that would be no exactly. Gosh, my bubble
is just burst now.

Speaker 3 (19:02):
You know. This is one of those guys. I just
I just stand there and look good. Okay, I do.
That's about as much as that's as bad as far
as it goes.

Speaker 4 (19:09):
You just kind of snap, right, joe he just kind
of snapped exactly.

Speaker 3 (19:13):
Put me on the spot and throw money at it.
I'll do anything. Oh oh okay, well, not anything.

Speaker 4 (19:19):
There's limitations to what you do.

Speaker 3 (19:21):
Yes, yes, I do have I do have some sort
of scruf. I'll see it.

Speaker 4 (19:24):
You know. That's good to know.

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Speaker 2 (19:37):
My brain skipped, Brett Michaels.

Speaker 22 (19:39):
If you had one of my brain hemorrhage brain farts,
I don't do that, don't.

Speaker 2 (19:42):
I don't want to be responsible for that.

Speaker 22 (19:44):
Trust me, it's me go ahead.

Speaker 2 (19:46):
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Speaker 22 (19:48):
Got it. I knew the Animal Radio like Okay, here
we go. Hey, this is Brett Michaels. You're listening to
Animal Radio and take care of your pets. They will
rock your world.

Speaker 23 (20:00):
I would love to go on vacation, but I don't
want to leave our Charlie behind.

Speaker 24 (20:03):
I agree. I heard that the magazine Fido Friendly lists
places where you can stay with your pet. They also
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to include any restrictions, fees, and what pedimenities to expect.

Speaker 6 (20:15):
That's dare I say, awesome, what are we waiting for?

Speaker 2 (20:19):
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Speaker 4 (20:27):
Charlie agrees, when do we leave?

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Speaker 23 (20:41):
This is an Animal Radio news update.

Speaker 5 (20:44):
I'm Stacy Cohen for Animal Radio. There's an Illinois scientist
who says he's discovered prehistoric remains that belong to a
reptile that's thought to be the one time lizard eating
ruler of the sea. I thought that was Charlie Tuna,
the king of the Sea. Well, I guess not, The
Chicago Tribune says Field Museum scientist Jim Holstein uncovered the

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fossil remains of this so called t rex of the
Sea while it was on a trek through the Nevada Mountains.
The twenty eight foot long reptile, considered to be a
super predator, died about two hundred and forty five million
years ago. Scientists believe the remains are of the earliest
type of it, the sort that's the Greek word for
fish lizard. Experts say it closely resembled a dolphin. But

(21:27):
here's what's really weird. It evolved from being a land
animal to a sea animal. So it went from the
land of the sea.

Speaker 13 (21:34):
I don't know.

Speaker 5 (21:34):
I find that kind of hard to believe that it
could live outside of you know, in the mountains, then
all of a sudden be able to make it under
the sea. But weirder things have happened. I mean, the
sea's parted by itself too, So who am I to judge?
With so many pet businesses and services dotting the landscape
these days, it's hard to know which one is the
right one for you and your pet. You know, if
you're considering a pet sitter, here's some tips. You want

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to screen your pet sitter and make sure that security
is top notch for so start by getting references from
your friends, your neighbors, and your coworkers. You want to
interview your pet sitter before you hire them. Ask them
if they know pet first aid and CPR. Look Mama
cass Elliott, remember her? She used to play the guitar.
Mom's in the Papa she choked on. I think it

(22:18):
was a corn beef sandwich that could happen to your pet,
and you want somebody that can do the heimluck maneuver
or whatever. Ask if the pet sitter is a pet
parent themselves, because if they've never been one, you know
they don't know how to handle pets. Nobody knows how
to take care of your furry love one like another
pet parent. Be sure the pet sitter is bonded if
they're part of a business with those other staff members.

(22:40):
You know, there are certifications now there's NAPPS that's a
certification program where pet sitters can take courses in topics
like animal care and health issues. So when it comes
you know to your pet sitter, you want to do
a check on them. You can go to the Better
Business Bureau and see if they have any complaints. Also,
you want to make sure that they are bonded because

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you may have a piece of jewelry that you'd like
to keep. I'm Stacy Cohen. Get more animal breaking news
at animal radio dot com.

Speaker 23 (23:11):
This has been an animal radio news update. Get more
at animal radio dot com.

Speaker 14 (23:16):
You're listening to Animal Radio. Here's hol and Judy and
I welcome back to Animal Radio. Alan Anderson of Alan
and Linda Anderson. Alan was a cop till I think
what nineteen ninety six. Allen, that's right, Yes, and then
you then you form the Angels Animal Network or the
Animal Angels Network.

Speaker 10 (23:36):
Yes, that's right. We, Linda and I created Angel Animals
Network to share stories about those amazing, amazing experiences people
have with their pets.

Speaker 2 (23:46):
How does one go from being a cop? I mean,
it's quite a drastic change.

Speaker 4 (23:51):
Big city too.

Speaker 10 (23:53):
It is a drastic change, you know, in a way.
It's kind of interesting because I've always liked and enjoyed
My degree was in journalism and I was going that
direction when circumstances happened where I really wasn't able to
do that. So I decided to do police work to
gather more story ideas. And when I got into it,
I really liked doing the work because I enjoyed helping people.

(24:14):
It's just an amazing way of doing something that actually
does some good in the very basic elements of society.
And you know, on some of those calls, I would
see how the family pat the family dog would really
be the only adult in the room when it came
to comforting and trying to calm things down and trying
to be there with the children and helping them through

(24:35):
the crisis, and I would just I just love that.
I said, you know, I'm want to write about this.
I really want to write about this one day.

Speaker 2 (24:41):
Well, you've written a lot, and the latest I love
the latest a dog named Leif. It's deep. I'll tell
you it's a hero from heaven who saved my life.
Tell us a little bit about Leif.

Speaker 10 (24:51):
Well, Leif is. We adopted Leif when he was about
a year old from a shelter and he was as
durable and as cute as he can be as a
cocker spaniel, all black, and he was just adorable. But
we found out soon found out that he came from
a background that was unknown at the time. He was
abandoned and apparently there was some abuse, so he was
a total, complete, emotional and otherwise wreck in every way.

(25:13):
He brought him home and he did not sit in
at all. He just was not used to being inside.
He was not partly trained. He was snapping and doing
just things that dogs ought not to do in order
if they're going to be able to become a family member.

Speaker 2 (25:31):
Did you think you made a mistake?

Speaker 10 (25:34):
Well, I personally thought to myself, I wasn't ever going
to give up on this dok. But somehow, somewhere in
my deepest subconscious I probably wondered was this the right
thing to do? And I don't want to admit to that,
but I really do know in my heart that I
wasn't going to give up well now, because he was
very special and there was something going on between me
and him even at that time, because we both sort

(25:56):
of came from a viewpoint of not trusting people because
of my background least work, and his background in that
just a little pop a year old going through trauma.
Maybe we don't even know what it was, but he
didn't really think people were trustworthy. He saved your life,
he certainly did.

Speaker 3 (26:13):
How is that?

Speaker 13 (26:14):
What did he do?

Speaker 10 (26:15):
In many different ways? He was there for me during
a crisis when I had to go through brain surgery
to repair a aneurysm on the frontal section of my brain.

Speaker 6 (26:26):
Now, we weren't even aware that you had that, were you?
How did that come about? How did you find out
about the aneurism?

Speaker 10 (26:32):
I was having some ditty spells and I told my
wife Linda, and of course, you know, if you know Linda,
she was very insistent about getting it checked out. I
thought it was some inner ear infection. So I went
to the doctor's got some X rays, and I got
a call one day when I was in my office.
I was working at a computer software company, and I
was in my office and they called me and they
said the doctor said, well, I have some news for you.

(26:55):
You have an unruptured brain aneurysm. And I thought to myself, well,
you know, obviously he has the wrong person because I don't.
But I asked him where is it. He said, well,
in your brain, he said, put your finger on your forehead.
Is about an inch below your finger, right in the
center part of your brain, and it needs to be
taken care of. Well, I was trauma. I mean I

(27:17):
would have been healthy up to that point. I had
no problems physically. I was really doing well. And of course,
like many of us in life, we all rely on
our brains and we don't like to think of it
as being broken. So I left my offer. I went
to the hallway. It was kind of quiet that day.
There weren't a lot of people around and the hallways deserted,
so I was able to have a few minutes just
to just to feel some self pity and go into

(27:39):
some sort of trauma. So to speak because my father
had a stroke at a young age, and then doing
police work, I've seen a lot of people that led
miserable lives because of brain damage, and I didn't ever
want to be a person that had to rely on others.
And I just thought of all the worst possible scenarios
with this. Even with brain surgery, it would still be

(28:00):
would be something that I did not want to lose
any of my capacity for because I really needed to
work and needed to do all the things that.

Speaker 12 (28:06):
Sure people do.

Speaker 2 (28:08):
But you were kind of reluctant to tell Linda. Is
that correct?

Speaker 25 (28:10):
Oh?

Speaker 10 (28:10):
I didn't want to tell her at all. I thought
if I had this most reaction, she would just be
just a basket case. I had no faith in her
at all at that point when it came to her
emotional reaction, because she was always very very strong when
it came to her own ups and downs and challenges
in life. But when it came to her kids and
it came to me, I would think that, you know,
she always really really felt bad. Of course she's you know,

(28:33):
this is just a typical male ego thought of things,
because women are very strong when it comes to that's true.
I appreciate you agree with.

Speaker 2 (28:42):
Me, Jude, Well, now, Leeve helped you through this.

Speaker 10 (28:45):
Leeve helped me through this. I did tell Linda, but
I told her in a in a way that allowed her,
in my mind, allowed her to ease into it by
typing of this beautiful fact sheet of what it was,
and you know, all the different positive scenarios, none of
the negative stuff, all the internet stuff that was definitely
not to look up. And she read that thing and
she looked at me and she put it on the

(29:06):
table in a very firm way, and she says, you
have a brain aneurysm. You're gonna have brain surgery. And
you gave me a memo.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
Yeah, well that's you know, you're a writer. That's how
you do things.

Speaker 10 (29:18):
I totally agree. And I think we need I need
to quote you on that. Well.

Speaker 2 (29:22):
The book is great. It's a warm, very warm, loving book.
A dog named Leith, the hero from heaven who saved
my life. What a cute picture. It's a cocker spaniel right.

Speaker 10 (29:30):
Right, and he's actually we're both happy and healthy and
everything's good. It was. It's really a wonderful, uplifting story.
And he helped me in ways that we can't get
into now. But he was just amazing, both in a
very mystical type of way and also the very physical,
upfront way. He was very much there for me through
the entire crisis.

Speaker 6 (29:48):
How long has he been with you now?

Speaker 10 (29:50):
Oh, he's about seven now, seven years old, so he's
been with us six years. He was a year when
they admanaged him at the shelter.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
Well, I encourage listeners to check out the story Alan,
thank you so much for spending time with us, and
give it. Leave a big old hug from all.

Speaker 10 (30:02):
Oh, I'm going to do that. He's going to be hugged.

Speaker 2 (30:07):
Well, head back to the phones right after this.

Speaker 26 (30:19):
Hey, it's Vinnie Penn coming at you the Party Animal
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excited about Valentine's Day.

Speaker 3 (30:29):
Well, no, that's a lot. I don't even know.

Speaker 26 (30:32):
You can tell that I riff when I do these
when I really I'm not excited. I'm really not excited
about it at all. But the funny thing that I
wanted to tell you is I actually saw greeting cards
Valentine's Day cards for your dog or cat. Did I
miss the Primetime Live special? Did I miss the breaking

(30:54):
news that you can now teach your dog or cat
to read what I don't Who came up with this,
who's the lunatic that came up with it, who's the
lunatic that's gonna buy it? And then do they like
read it to? They bend over to the dog. Roses
are red, violets are blue. I love my dog and
he loves me too. What is Valentine's.

Speaker 12 (31:18):
Day cards for your pecked?

Speaker 26 (31:20):
I mean, I understand my dog, Cruiser, Rest in peace, Cruiser.
I remember once I got him a heart shaped you know,
biscuit snack for Valentine's Day. But I don't know that
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Speaker 2 (32:46):
On the board here. What is this Judy about? Some
lady's going to talk to us about how pets you're
making a single?

Speaker 13 (32:52):
So do you know she's a blogger?

Speaker 2 (32:54):
A blogger blogger? Yes, Doc Halligan, how are you doing?

Speaker 4 (32:57):
I'm doing great?

Speaker 2 (32:58):
Thanks, thank you for filling in for doctor Debbie today.

Speaker 4 (33:01):
Yes, I love doing this show with you guys. A
lot of fun and I usually learned something too well.

Speaker 2 (33:07):
Now, Joey Vallani's on his way in from the breakroom,
and you two sort of have see hell, I gotta
tell you last time there was we could cut the tension.
I think there's a little something going on.

Speaker 4 (33:19):
But well, you know, he's known as the Italian Stallion,
So what can I say?

Speaker 2 (33:24):
Let's just say he doesn't usually come to work dressed
like this.

Speaker 13 (33:27):
He dressed up today.

Speaker 4 (33:29):
Oh, Joey, your covers, Blan.

Speaker 2 (33:36):
Let's go to Wayne. Hey, Wayne, how are you doing good?
How are you good? What's going on? I got Alan
right here.

Speaker 28 (33:42):
Well, I have always had large dogs like great Danes
and labs Sam right now. We had gotten a cockapoo
puppy back in July, and she has turned out to
be the most ornery, independent little bugger that I have
ever seen. And just try to get her to learn
how to come and I'm sure she you know, knows,

(34:05):
but she thinks, you know, it's more fun to just
run away and think you're gonna chase her and play.

Speaker 4 (34:10):
Yep.

Speaker 11 (34:10):
That's that's That's what she's seeing, Wayne, is that it's
a game in her dog mind. You're playing a game
with her, and there's no incentive for her to listen
to you because she's not recognizing you as being in charge, buddy,
being the strong, confident leader that I know you can be.
And the best way to teach your dog to come
is to think about what you're doing. First. We're gonna
spend a lot of time talking about that over the

(34:32):
next years. You know you like that plural next years,
we're gonna talk about what people do before they start
acting and interacting with their dogs. And so what you
need to do, buddy, is always you got to present
a calm, confident front, and you have to call your
dog when you know your dog is gonna come. And
the best way to do that is to attach a
leash to your dog, six foot long leash. And then

(34:52):
you're gonna do little training sessions where you're gonna say
come one time, excuse me, I gotta.

Speaker 12 (34:56):
Clear my throat because it's filled with stuff.

Speaker 11 (34:59):
Sorry, And so then you say come, and if your
dog doesn't listen, you slowly reel your dog in. When
your dog gets to you, you put your dog in
the sid position, you say good dog, and give your
dog a treat, and you do it over and over again,
probably every day, at least every other day, for twenty minutes.
You do it over and over again. Nothing else. You

(35:20):
don't allow your dog to think that's playtime. Another important
thing is before you do it, you make sure your
dog is calm. It's like letting your dog out of
a car. When you go somewhere where your dog, your
dog's in the car, you don't open the door and
let the dog out because the dog's insane.

Speaker 12 (35:33):
You make the dog calm down.

Speaker 11 (35:35):
Be everything you do, you make the dog calm down
before you do it. So before you let your dog
out of a car, you make the dog be calm
just by sitting there. When the dog mellows out, you
let the dog out, and slowly, over time, you teach
your dog to be mellow except during playtime. So when
it's train time, that's what you're gonna be doing. And
after a month or two of doing it with a
six foot lease, you're gonna get yourself one of those

(35:56):
thirty forty foot retractable leashes and you're gonna start doing
the same thing with that until you're totally confident that
your dog will come without the leash, and then you
remove the leash, and if your dog is totally coming
to you when you say come, you're giving your dog
a treat every time. That's when you move to a
public place and you start doing it there.

Speaker 28 (36:13):
Yeah, And the other thing that she does it's really annoying,
is that she just likes to bark.

Speaker 12 (36:19):
When does she bark?

Speaker 28 (36:20):
I'm an over the road truck driver, so I'm only
home like every couple of weekends, but my wife and
son are there. And I was able to start training
her for a while this summer when I had to
be home for you know, a medical reason for a
couple of months, and she had gotten actually quite good
on the leash doing what you had just told me.
And then it seems like she's relapsed to where now

(36:43):
she just thinks it's you're laying But as far as
the barking, she just for no really good reason. Well
you know, it's almost like she's trying to tell you
I want to play, and you know, she just wants
to bark until she gets some attention.

Speaker 11 (36:57):
Okay, Well, you know that's that's a good point. That's
that's a very smart that you made, because if you're
giving her attention barks, then she will continue to bark.
And that's what dogs do. They like attention, They like
negative attention. They like positive attention. So if you're not
giving your dog attention, she will bark to get attention.
If you're giving it to her, then so you have

(37:18):
to correct her when she's barking by giving her a
short jolt with a leash, you're saying no quiet, and
then putting her in her creator, putting her in a
dark room, giving her a time out, and then you
have to give her attention and affection when she's doing
what you like to teach her. That's the proper thing
to do. So whenever you see your dog just laying
there doing nothing, that's when you go pet.

Speaker 12 (37:37):
Your dog and you say good dog.

Speaker 11 (37:39):
When your dog is manic, rebbed up, cranked up, juiced,
you pay no attention to your dog. You give them
no attention, You give them nothing when they're acting like that.

Speaker 12 (37:47):
And over time they figure it out.

Speaker 11 (37:49):
The hardest thing for people to do is to let
their dogs know what they want, know the behaviors that
they want. That's the challenge for all people that are
listening right now is how do I make my dog
understand what it is I want my dog to do?
And that gentleman we talked to a week or two ago,
the Australian guy how the clicker trainer.

Speaker 12 (38:06):
That's a great method.

Speaker 11 (38:09):
For people to learn about clicker training because it speeds
up the process of letting your dog know what you.

Speaker 12 (38:14):
Want from your dog.

Speaker 11 (38:16):
And the other problem you have, Wayne is that you're
not there all the time, and your wife and your child,
your son, they have to do the same thing you do.

Speaker 12 (38:22):
You have to act as one. You have to be
a united front.

Speaker 11 (38:25):
If one person lets dog on furniture and the others
don't want them on furniture, it never works. It makes
the dog crazy. Everybody has to do the same thing
in the house, everybody. Okay, is that useful helpful information?

Speaker 12 (38:38):
I sure hope.

Speaker 28 (38:38):
So yeah. Is there like a website that I can
check out that clicker trainer that you just mentioned.

Speaker 11 (38:45):
You know, there's a woman who has a great book out.
Her name is Karen Pryor. If you just go on
the Internet and put in google clicker training, she's gonna
pop right up and you can learn all about clicker training.
It's a very simple and very effective method for training dogs.
But there's nothing more affective than your time. You have
to put the time in. It doesn't happen overnight. It
doesn't happen in ten minutes. You've got to be consistent.

(39:07):
You've got to be calm, you've got to be assertive
and powerful, and you've got to do it on a
daily basis to show your dog structure and what it
is you expect and want from your dog. And when
you do that, you'll have a happy, calm dog and
a happy colm household.

Speaker 28 (39:21):
Oh that's what everybody wants, all right, Thank you very much.

Speaker 12 (39:24):
You're so welcome.

Speaker 2 (39:25):
Hey, thanks for you call.

Speaker 8 (39:26):
Wayne.

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Speaker 1 (40:12):
Celebrating our connection with our pets. This is Animal Radio.
Here are your hosts, Call Abrams, Ben, Judy Francis, and.

Speaker 2 (40:20):
Your dream team is in place except for Doctor Debbie.
In for Doctor Debbie today is Doc Halligan and her
very close friend, dog Father and Joey Vallani, Animal communicator
Joey Turner and dog trainer Alan Cable. All here at
your beccon call. Give us a call. Just around the
corner A news check with Stacy Cohne.

Speaker 5 (40:38):
Well, I have some breaking news. Charlie tuna is no
longer king of the sea. A fish lizard is. It's weird,
this lizard. It lived in the mountains and now it's
swam in the ocean at the same time.

Speaker 3 (40:53):
I don't know.

Speaker 13 (40:53):
It's just bizarre.

Speaker 5 (40:54):
But I'm going to tell you all about it. It's
coming up on Animal Radio News.

Speaker 2 (40:57):
I can't wait.

Speaker 13 (40:58):
Than you're rid of Charlie the tuna, that's right, like
getting rid of flow.

Speaker 2 (41:04):
But go to Kathy on line five. We've neglected line
five today. Kathy. We didn't mean to neglect you.

Speaker 3 (41:10):
How are you doing, bye?

Speaker 2 (41:12):
What's going on in your world?

Speaker 25 (41:13):
Well? I have a wonderful cat.

Speaker 8 (41:15):
I have two cats.

Speaker 25 (41:16):
But I have one particular cat that has recently demonstrated
that he loves to go into my big potted plant
and dig up all the dirt and then get it everywhere.
And he knows that he's not supposed to do it,
because he'll run an hie as soon as he thinks
they're going to walk in the room and see him.
But I don't want to have to isolate him and

(41:39):
keep him away, but I don't want him to kill
my plants either, So do you have any suggestions on
what I could do?

Speaker 4 (41:46):
What's your kitty's name, mister p Mister p D And.

Speaker 29 (41:50):
How old is he four?

Speaker 4 (41:53):
He's four? Okay, Actually my cat Nathan started doing that
as well. One of the things you can do to
help that as you definitely want to try to stimulate
his environment because it's kind of like a game for him,
believe it or not, you know, like he runs and
high and so it's kind of like it's another way
where he's interacting with you. So I would, if you

(42:17):
were not doing it already, start playing with them fifteen
minutes twice a day to tucker him out and kind
of kind of you know, stimulate him, because that's really
what he's doing. He's playing in the dirt and in
the wild. That's what they do, you know, they go
they dig, dig, dig, and Okay. The other thing you
can do though, to help is you can actually put

(42:39):
double sticky tape around the area that he would be
touching to get into the plant. And then they don't
like that. They're very tactile, and so if they go
to get on there and their hands stick to it,
that kind of kills the joy for them. You can
put aluminum foil, which is really shiny and kind of

(43:01):
they don't like that either. You can put a little
chili powder on the plant, just dust it on the plant,
and so you know, they if they get any little
bit of that, obviously it's gonna taste bad. You can
also do to make it taste bad. There's bitter apple spray.
There's you can do, like dilute perfume. Because they get

(43:23):
a taste in their mouth and tastes bad. That'll again
kill the whole enjoyment of them going in and digging.

Speaker 29 (43:32):
Right.

Speaker 25 (43:32):
Oh no, that sounds really really true, really perfect, because
I kind of got the feeling that she was really playing,
you know, but you know, to keep it up so
I really appreciate you suing to try all things. When
you mentioned the aluminum oil, like putting it across the
top off the plant where the soil.

Speaker 4 (43:53):
Is exactly, putting it around it. We're actually putting it
because they don't like that. It's kind of makes a
sound that they don't like and they don't like the
reflection on it.

Speaker 29 (44:06):
Okay, thank you so much.

Speaker 4 (44:09):
You're welcome.

Speaker 25 (44:10):
Thank you for all you guys do. It's really fun to.

Speaker 14 (44:12):
Listen to you.

Speaker 6 (44:13):
Well, one more thing, Kathy, Yeah, I have something. It's
called a plant protector. It's actually a it's a disc
and it comes in a big size and you can
cut it down and you actually put it in your plant.
You cut out the center so it goes around the
base of your plant, but then it covers all the
dirt around all the way to the edge. It's just
a disc you can cut to size.

Speaker 2 (44:32):
And what does it look like? Rocks? It has rocks
on it.

Speaker 6 (44:35):
Yeah, But they come with different designs, different colors. You
can have different things. It's just called the it's called
a plant protector. Just google it and you can buy
them and then put them in your plants. They're great
and I use foil.

Speaker 2 (44:46):
To you use foil?

Speaker 4 (44:47):
Yeah, well on you. I've never seen those discs. Cool. Yeah,
they're pretty cool.

Speaker 6 (44:51):
They you just cut out the you know, it's cut
out for the middle and then you cut out the
edge to make it fit inside your planner.

Speaker 2 (44:58):
Very lot of cats want to do that, thank you.

Speaker 4 (45:01):
They want to do that because they're you know, they
need to be stimulated like that. They would be doing
that in the wild digging and you know, hunting and
exploring their environment. So it's an you know, just like scratching.
You know, people try to you know, they get so
mad their cat. That's a natural behavior for them to scratch.

Speaker 2 (45:21):
Okay, thanks for your call there, Kathy. Good luck with
that one eight six six four o five eight four
oh five. The dream Team is here in for doctor
Debbie on a much deserve vacation. We have Doc Halligan today.

Speaker 7 (45:32):
Hey, did anyone see that dog in the news that
we had a line cut that the people called the
police and thought there was lying running down the street.

Speaker 4 (45:41):
Yes, I saw it. It didn't lion.

Speaker 3 (45:45):
It was a good cut. Whoever did the whatever.

Speaker 4 (45:48):
A lion at all to you? Joey at all?

Speaker 3 (45:51):
Well?

Speaker 7 (45:52):
The cut looked like a lion, but no, I mean
the dog looked like a dog with a lion.

Speaker 3 (45:56):
Cut that was executed well. But you know, I mean
I think the people that the police probe, you know,
need to put a new set of glasses on. But
it was pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (46:05):
Nothing like freaking out the neighbors.

Speaker 3 (46:06):
Yes, until the real line runs down the street, that.

Speaker 4 (46:09):
Dog crime wolf.

Speaker 2 (46:13):
On the show today, we're going to talk to a
lady who says there may be a reason that you're
single and it may be your pets, maybe your animal,
maybe your bunny, maybe your cats, and will ask her
for some tips on that. You know, there is so
many ways to reach out and ask us questions. You
can call, or you can email us at your voice
at animal radio dot com, or tweet us your questions
at Animal Radio or even facebook us your questions at

(46:36):
Animal Radio. The Animal Radio app for iPhone and Android,
you can not only listen to the shows, but ask
your questions right from the app. And this one comes
in off the app from Ann Wright. She writes she
has a dog, Junior, who's nine years old. He's been
on a semi with his with her husband all his life.
They got married four years ago and they're a team,
husband and wife team, So all three of them all

(46:59):
out on the road, and about the last year, Juniors
become aggressive towards me. Not all the time, but he
started growling, even biting me. She says, I do everything
for him, and he's very loving towards me. My husband
says he's just protecting him. But it doesn't happen only
when my husband's around. Of course, I know in the pack,
my husband's number one, Junior's number two, and I'm number three. Alan,

(47:20):
can you get him to help me? Get him not
to be ugly and bite at me for no reason.

Speaker 11 (47:26):
There's so much wrong with what she wrote, and I'm
going to email her back as well. But when she
says that Junior the dog is number two, first of all,
I don't know what kind of dog this is, but
you know a lot of dogs specifically, that was a
hard word to say.

Speaker 12 (47:39):
German shepherds.

Speaker 11 (47:41):
You know, they get to be eight nine years old,
they start to lose their sight and their hearing, and
they can get aggressive because of that. So my first
instinct is to tell her to take the dog in
and make sure that the dog is not losing its faculties,
because that will make a dog aggressive bar that her
saying that she's number three on the food chain, that's
a huge problem. Is not a human being, it's a dog.

(48:01):
They don't Dogs don't think like we do. That dog
is not protecting her husband. That dog is showing her
who the boss is, that he is dominant, that he
is in charge of her. This can never happen. The
humans have to be in charge. The dog needs it.
The dog has to have it, and it can be
changed slowly over time, just by doing things like walking
the dog and giving the dog commands, and making the dog,

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and having control of the food, entering the house first,
leaving the house first, having a section of the.

Speaker 12 (48:31):
House that's hers that's off limits to the dog.

Speaker 11 (48:33):
These are cues that let dogs know that they are
submissive to you, that you are dominant over them, and
that you are the boss, and they need that to
be happy and to remain safe.

Speaker 15 (48:46):
Dogs or cats, of course, are e you animal are
people to Some describe seeing fireworks at romantic times, but
fireworks seem to.

Speaker 16 (48:58):
Have blessed the libido right out of a once romantic
ostridge in Germany. Rico Gabel is claiming over six thousand
dollars in damages and wants the three boys responsible to
pay up his ostriche. Gustav was once a fun loving
playboy who had no trouble romancing as two partners, but

(49:18):
Gabell says three boys setting off firecrackers nearest farm has
made Gustaf the ostriche apathetic, depressed, and just not in
the mood for love for six months. His owner says
the firecrackers were responsible for him losing on an estimated
fourteen ostridge offspring worth about five hundred dollars apiece. The

(49:41):
case is still in litigation, but the good news is
Gustav is now feeling much better and able to be
romantic once again.

Speaker 4 (49:48):
Thanks for asking.

Speaker 16 (49:50):
I'm Britt Savage for Animal Radio.

Speaker 15 (49:54):
Animals are people to Animal Radio.

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Speaker 13 (50:04):
Hi Talent Cable, here's something interesting. What do you think
that is?

Speaker 11 (50:11):
Believe it or not, that's actually a French bulldog begging
to get up on the couch.

Speaker 13 (50:16):
Didn't know they could make that sound, did you?

Speaker 3 (50:18):
Dogs?

Speaker 13 (50:19):
Surprise us?

Speaker 11 (50:19):
Every day everybody's talking about the video of the dog's driving,
and we actually talked to that gentleman on the show
he's an amazing trainer. So today we're going to talk
about his training technique. It's called clicker training.

Speaker 12 (50:29):
So what is it.

Speaker 13 (50:30):
Well, whenever your dog does something you want him to do,
you use a clicker. It makes a short click sound
and it tells your dog exactly when they're doing something right.
When you combine it with positive reinforcement like a treat
or a good boy, it's a very powerful way to
teach your dog to do a behavior. Researchers have long
known the dogs create associations, so the more you pair

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up a desired action with a positive consequence, the stronger
the association becomes. For instance, my dog has a rug
in the kitchen and that's where he gets lots of treats.
I give him a lot of a there too, So
whenever he sees me he gets up and walks over
and lays down on his rug. He makes an association
with the rug that when he's there most of the time,
he gets a treat, affection, or both. Brings us back

(51:11):
to our bulldog who probably gets let up on the
couch when he makes that sound. So now that we
know about actions and consequences and how they create an
association in your dog's mind. Let's talk about what a
clicker is effective in doing. The hardest, most difficult thing
for you to do is to let your dog know
what you want. The clicker speeds that up. You have
to click at the exact moment the behavior you want happens.

(51:32):
If your dog sits, you click. If your dog lays down,
you click. If he gives you his paw, you click.

Speaker 11 (51:37):
It's like taking a picture of the exact behavior you
want to reinforce. You actually click before you start giving
the dog a command or a hand signal. The first
couple of times, you just wait for your dog to sit,
Then you give him a quick click and a treat.
When your dog gets clicked several times for sitting and
starts to repeat the behavior. Knowing exactly what earns the click,
you can start using a hand signal or the word sit.

(51:58):
A clicker will help you be very, very clear in
the behavior you want from your dog. Be patient, and
remember good boy.

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Speaker 19 (53:11):
Everybody's and you're lift.

Speaker 2 (53:13):
There's animal radio Terry.

Speaker 3 (53:15):
How are you doing well.

Speaker 19 (53:16):
I've got two rescue dogs. We've had them for about
a year and a half now. One is a menfin
the other one is an Australian cattle dog.

Speaker 28 (53:27):
And we took the.

Speaker 19 (53:28):
Cattle dog first. We had her for a short time.
Our neighbor had a Chihuahua. They got along real well.
Then the neighbor moved and we went and got the
menfin but she does really well with the with the
little dogs. She adapts with little dogs all the well.
But when it comes to dogs her size or vigor,
she just has a temperament problem. Then we don't know

(53:51):
what to do with it.

Speaker 28 (53:52):
Shell.

Speaker 19 (53:52):
I mean, you can hear her snapping. Her jaw is
so hard trying to get at them. So she's not
socialized at all, and being we don't know her past
family life, we don't know what to.

Speaker 32 (54:04):
Do with her.

Speaker 3 (54:05):
What do you do?

Speaker 11 (54:06):
Firstly, there's a lot of different kinds of aggression in dogs.
It's probably the most common problem. Your dog is fearful,
very very anxious and afraid, and that's why she's reacting
like that when other dogs come there. She's afraid and
she figures the best offense is a good the best
defense is a good offense. And whether she would go
at him or not, we don't know. But what are
you doing when your dog's acting like this? What's your behavior?

Speaker 19 (54:30):
Usually yelling at her to stay, you know, pulling back
on the leash. We've tried taking her to the dog
parks a couple times and to get.

Speaker 11 (54:38):
Her to.

Speaker 19 (54:41):
Socialize is almost impossible. Now our daughter has an Australian
cattle dog, also a different color. We have a blue
and there's a tan, and now they bring it over.
It was a puppy to begin with. And if we're
right there with them, we can keep them from you know,
the che growls and she snapped a couple of times.

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But you get, you get, but.

Speaker 11 (55:07):
You get very anxious. You're you're very anxious, and your
energy is very manic. When your dog's acting like that,
you're afraid to right. Okay, Well, you know the best
advice to me because I would love to work with
someone like you and be there because that's what it takes,
because it's behavior modification that you have to involve yourself in.
And to do that, you have to understand what's triggering

(55:28):
your dog. And you already know that other dogs are
triggering your dog, and you have to know how to
divert and redirect your dog's energy and get your dog
to where he's not or she's not afraid of other dogs.
I would suggest you visit a behavioral therapist, a dog
behavioral expert, because there are certain things you need to
know so that the problem doesn't get worse. The simple

(55:49):
solution is just don't bring your dog around other dogs
for a while. Don't bring your dog around other dogs
because that's the trigger. But in order to change your
dog's behavior, that's a little involved and it's a little
difficult to explain on the phone. I could give you
if somebody gets me an email address, I could actually
write you out a plan of action that you could follow.

(56:10):
But getting a behavioral expert would be a very good
idea for you to teach you how to be calm
and be an assertive, compact leader, because that's what your
dog needs. Your dog is anxious and fearful because the
dog is protecting you as well as afraid for itself
right now.

Speaker 19 (56:28):
Yeah, See, my wife is there with the dogs all
the time and I work, so i'm and when we
got her, this dog has never tried to leave. I
mean it's like she walked to the door and said, Okay,
I'm at my home and I'm not going anywhere. I'm
an right here, the gates can be open.

Speaker 11 (56:53):
Oh yeah, I have a neighbor with a dog like that.
This dog is just a mess because they were taking
a walk one day and another dog attacked while his
dog was on a leash. And ever since that day,
he's been a wreck. So his dog is a wreck,
and he won't let his dog be around other dogs.
And I was walking by his house and his dog
is barking like a maniac.

Speaker 12 (57:13):
And I walked up there and he's freaking out.

Speaker 11 (57:14):
The neighbor's freaking out, and I said, Larry, just leave
me alone with your dog for a couple of minutes.

Speaker 12 (57:19):
Go in your house.

Speaker 11 (57:20):
And I had them playing and acting like dogs within
ten minutes. I mean, they were just acting like dogs.
His dog was acting like a dog again instead of
like a mess. And that's because the dog is feeding
off his energy. His energy is so manic and crazy.
The dog thinks there's something to be afraid of even
when there isn't.

Speaker 12 (57:37):
It's like Joey's in the room.

Speaker 19 (57:38):
Okay, that makes sense because and my wife gets our
son was here with his daughter a baby, and now
I don't want the dog because she snaps and she growls.
And I said, the dog is fine, leave them alone.
And we've never had any problem. I mean, it's a
baby and a baby's pull on dog and she's done

(57:59):
really well. But my wife gets really anxious and I
can see it then, you know, because she keeps them
away and puts her out in the garage when the
baby's there and things like that.

Speaker 12 (58:10):
Well, your wife is smart.

Speaker 11 (58:11):
I mean, you should definitely keep the dog leashed when
the baby's there, don't.

Speaker 12 (58:14):
You don't know what could happen.

Speaker 11 (58:16):
And the time distance between a dog becoming fearful and
actually being aggressive is so short and so unpredictable if
you don't know what you're looking at when you watch
a dog. That is very smart to be cautious when
there's a baby around. But you can keep the dog around.
You just make sure the dog is on a leash,
make sure you're right there when the baby approaches the

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dog at all times.

Speaker 19 (58:38):
Yeah, okay, that works, Terry.

Speaker 2 (58:40):
Give us your email address. Hanging tight. I'm gonna put
you on hold and we'll fry up Alan to that.
By the way, you can email Alan. Anybody can email Alan.
Send your spam two Alan Ala n at Animal Radio
dot colum Ala.

Speaker 11 (58:54):
And I'm still yeah, I'm still waiting for a picture
of Joey in that outfit we talked about.

Speaker 3 (58:59):
Well, I forget what out what are we talking about.

Speaker 11 (59:01):
Here, the one you told me you're keep in the
back of your closet.

Speaker 3 (59:06):
Oh, yes, Steah, no problem, I'll get that. I'll get
that right out there.

Speaker 32 (59:09):
I got a quick question though, for you, for you
know that that pertains to that calla if if I
had a puppy and the best what is the best
thing that I should do in order to get them
used to certain things?

Speaker 3 (59:22):
Just socialize and walk? I mean, do I should?

Speaker 32 (59:25):
Would you introduce your pet to basically, you know, everything,
to people around you, other pets and the least would
you say that that's probably the most important things that
you can do in the beginning.

Speaker 12 (59:36):
You know what, in the beginning, you're absolutely right.

Speaker 11 (59:38):
You should bring your dog into the most situations around
the most people, around the most other dogs that you
can and get yourself used to being calm, putting yourself
in a calm frame of mind, that you are in charge,
that you are the pack leader. And yeah, you bring
that puppy into all different situations. The more exposure puppies
have the people and other dogs and sit situations where

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Speaker 23 (01:01:10):
This is an Animal Radio news update.

Speaker 5 (01:01:13):
I'm Stacey Cohen for Animal radio. The town of Watford, England,
recently discovered there's an answer to a question of how
many fire engines does it take to rescue a stranded squirrel?
While the answer was three on this one, at least,
that's how many responded after a local resident called to
say that this little rodent had fallen into a pond

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and it was trapped on a small island. According to
Orange News, it took seven firefighters when they arrived to
help this squirrel. They did it by creating a bridge
with one of their ladders so the animal could crawl
his way back to the mainland. But despite the successful rescue,
some question why so many men were sent for such
a small little creature. A spokesman for the firefighters explained

(01:01:56):
that the first call they got said there were people
in the water as well. Well, that's a way to
get them out there to help. I would do that
too if I saw an animal, because a lot of
times they won't come for an animal. I'm not telling
you to call nine to one one for a bad call,
but you know, if you're trying to help a pet,
it's one way to get him there. A cat in
Brazil has been locked up after it was found carrying

(01:02:16):
contrabrand into a prison. This white cat was first spotted
entering the gate of a prison in Brazil, and guards
approached the feline felon when they noticed its body was
wrapped in tape attached to it. This cat was carrying
a drill, a mobile phone, an earphone, a memory card, batteries,
and a phone charger. A spokesperson for the prison say

(01:02:38):
they are investigating the matter. However, they say it's kind
of tough to find out who's responsible since that cat
obviously cannot speak. All two hundred and sixty three inmates
at the prison are currently being considered as suspects. The
cat was taken to a local animal shelter, where it
did receive some medical care. I don't know if I
would send a cat in to help me if I

(01:02:58):
was trying to break out a pre aren't I'm not
a cat person, but aren't they kind of independent and
they'll go just wherever they want to go. It's pretty
tough to train a cat to do tricks, I would think.

Speaker 11 (01:03:08):
But whatever.

Speaker 5 (01:03:09):
One Bend, Oregon man is combining his love of dogs
and his love of beer in a new product. Now
I know we've talked about dog beer before, but this
must be somebody else that wants to kick back with
their dog. According to Oregon's KTVZTV, Daniel Keaton has found
a way to let his four legged friend sit alongside
of him and chug a few. Keaton has developed dog Grog.

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It's a beer for man's best friend. The non alcoholic
beverage is a simple mixture of vegetable broth, water, spent
grain from a local brewery, and glucosamine. Keaton says that
when he first poured it into his dog Lola's dish,
she'd drank it right up you. Says she's never walked
away from a good brew. He officially launched the hound

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Brew in July and already has his first retail customer,
Visit Bend. Visit Bend's CEO, Doug la Plaka, says that
customers typically have to look at the label twice before
they ask if it's really for dogs. The Puppy Bruskies
are now available in sixteen ounce bottles and several stores
in ben You can get it online at dog dawg

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Speaker 2 (01:04:33):
Here's hol and Judy. Hey listen, we are most of
us are all single, except for Joey. And the reason
is because we have a lot of animals. Well except
for you, gd you have a lot of animals, but
you've managed to wrangle a husband.

Speaker 13 (01:04:45):
But yeah, well thank you when you put.

Speaker 2 (01:04:47):
It like that. For a lot of us, because we
have animals, we are single. And I just checked out
an article that was it's called pet Chatter And the
author who writes this column is Stephanie Saint Martin and
you can she writes for the Boston Herald. Let me know.
Is she on the phone. Oh this is cool. We
have her on the phone. Stephanie Saint Martin joining us.

Speaker 29 (01:05:06):
High stephan Hi, how are you guys?

Speaker 2 (01:05:08):
Very good? So tell us who do you write for?

Speaker 29 (01:05:10):
I write for the Boston Globe Boston dot com and
their pet section. And as you said, my blog is
pet Chatter.

Speaker 2 (01:05:16):
Yeah, and you're single?

Speaker 29 (01:05:18):
Hi, Yes, I am.

Speaker 2 (01:05:20):
Do you attribute it to your pets.

Speaker 29 (01:05:22):
Yeah, I do. I have a pet rabbit, and I
guess that's odd to people. But when I you know,
when I go out and I talk to guys about
it and they asked me, oh, do you have any animals,
and I say, yes, I have a rabbit, they don't
know what to do. So I definitely attribute it to him.

Speaker 2 (01:05:39):
Do you tell him that you have a kid, like
I say that my furry children are children. I'll say
my first is Boog, My firstborn is Boog, the studio
stunt cat. And women will look at me a little
weird when I say that.

Speaker 29 (01:05:52):
See, I would actually adore that because I do the
same thing. I'm like, oh, yes, this is this is
my son, and you're my main man. And I take
out my cell phone like a you know, an idiot
and show them show them a picture of the rabbit,
and their looks even get more perplexed. So yep, definitely
call them my son, and then.

Speaker 6 (01:06:09):
You never see them again, right.

Speaker 29 (01:06:11):
Yeah, it's usually that's that's the nail in the coffin
for their relationship.

Speaker 2 (01:06:15):
Well, you got to admit there are guys that I'm
sure really find this very endearing.

Speaker 29 (01:06:20):
From my point of view. You know, being honest that
you have a pet is fine, but you might want
to just dial it back. So you know, definitely say
you have a pet and you you love them, and
you you know, maybe if they're up for doing a hype,
you can bring the pet with you and kind of
gauge it that way rather than going on and on
over dinner about how many toys they have or their

(01:06:40):
medical problems. So I think if you gauge it, you know,
slowly but surely the relationship can happen, because, as you said,
I think it's endearing when somebody has a pet. It's
a nurturing quality that I look for. I mean, if
they haven't killed that, I can trust them. You know,
my father calls my pet rabbit his career and bunny,

(01:07:01):
and that's that's adorable, but you know that's my dad.
I think, you know, if I'm saying I have the
son and they realize that it's a rabbit, it's just odd.
So I think if you kind of avoid the children
label and just be honest, I have a pet. You
could say you spoil him like he was a child.
That's fine, but I think directly saying pet and child
not ideal.

Speaker 6 (01:07:22):
But you know, you don't only call your bunny your child,
you call yourself a couple.

Speaker 2 (01:07:26):
Really.

Speaker 29 (01:07:26):
Yeah, we just we just celebrated our four year anniversary together.
So he's been the longest relationship I've ever had in
a while. So he's my other half right now, and
you know he's the one who's hanging out with me
every night.

Speaker 2 (01:07:41):
And fourth anniversary, that's carrots.

Speaker 29 (01:07:44):
Right, Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 2 (01:07:47):
I know. Judy has actually gone out of her way
to match her animal, or match her pet, you know
what I'm talking about, hair nails, made sure she had
a black and white cat that would match the couch, yeah,
my furniture.

Speaker 29 (01:07:59):
You know, I see people dress up their pets all
the time. For Bailey, so I went to Boston College
and I'm very proud of that. And you know, before
a big game, I'll put Bailey in his little Boston
College T shirt. So you know, it's just I'm superstitious.
He has a lucky rabbit's foot. I'm hoping it brings
the team luck, so usually it does. But yeah, I

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think I think, you know, it's fun for pet lovers
like us. The people who don't understand that kind of
connection to animals are just going to look at it oddly,
just as we who don't understand, you know, I love
for Star Trek or Star Wars look at it a
little strangely.

Speaker 6 (01:08:35):
Now, Douc Callagan, you're single. You do you blame it
on your pets?

Speaker 4 (01:08:39):
Oh? Absolutely that. I'm just like you. I you know,
on the first date, I'm like, oh, do you want
to see Kinky? And Nathan got my two cats on
the phone and they're like Kinky.

Speaker 3 (01:08:52):
I know, Doc Callaghan, and I'm not blaming it on
her pets. Okay, okay.

Speaker 11 (01:09:00):
You know.

Speaker 4 (01:09:00):
The other thing is I do neuter for a living,
so yes, that could make a man nervous.

Speaker 2 (01:09:07):
It would make me nervous.

Speaker 4 (01:09:08):
Is your rabbit neuter?

Speaker 29 (01:09:10):
Yes? Yes, I'm very a big proponanent of neutering. I
feel bad because that's like there one mission in life
sure to reproduce. So but I did have them neutered.

Speaker 4 (01:09:20):
Yes, But do you tell your dates.

Speaker 29 (01:09:21):
That I'm not right away? That's usually another red flag
where they'll go running.

Speaker 22 (01:09:27):
For the door.

Speaker 4 (01:09:29):
You know. I actually had a conversation with my ex
husband and I said he was jealous of my relationship
with my chocolate lab Duke, and I said, Steve, I
don't want to have sex with Duke. I just you
know we have a bond. I mean, I actually I
had to say that.

Speaker 2 (01:09:43):
You know, the dog park is a great place to
meet women. I will take like Lady Buger Studio stunt
dog out. There are there certain dogs that you, as
a man, a masculine man, you shouldn't really show up
at the dog park with.

Speaker 29 (01:09:55):
I mean, in my opinion, it just looks forrud If
I see a big muscular guy with the Chihuahua, does
it work for you With a little Chihuahua or Yorkshire
Terror or something small, I feel like, you know, it
has to be bigger than you know, a bulldog with
the exception of the docs and you know, it just
needs to be a big dog. I think of guys.
I think of husky or a German Shepherd or a

(01:10:18):
lab like that's attractive. A man with the Chiuala like, what,
where's your girlfriend?

Speaker 20 (01:10:23):
Like?

Speaker 13 (01:10:25):
That can't be your dog.

Speaker 6 (01:10:26):
It's got to be your your girlfriends or your wife exactly.

Speaker 15 (01:10:30):
You know.

Speaker 29 (01:10:30):
I'm from Boston. So Giselle Bunch and Tom Brady's wife
had a Yorkshire Terrier named Vita and there was a
picture that kind of went viral a couple of years
ago of Tom Brady riding around on a bicycle with
this Yorkshire terrier Vita in the basket, and I was
just like, you are of quarterback, You are the epitome
of a man. You should not be seen with that dog.

(01:10:53):
And I think they lost a Super Bowl that year,
so I might have had something to do with What.

Speaker 2 (01:10:57):
Is the what is the link to your pet check
or blog?

Speaker 17 (01:11:01):
Yeah?

Speaker 29 (01:11:01):
Sure, I mean it's I forgive me. It's very long,
but the easiest way if you just google Boston dot
com or Boston Globe pet Chatter. That's the easiest way
to find it. But if you were to find it,
it's pet chatter dot com slash bogs, slash community slash
pets slash pet chatter. It's very odd and weird, but

(01:11:23):
it changes every week. I will have something, you know,
relationship wise, for Valentine's Day. You know, it changes all
the time, and I love getting you know, feedback from fans.

Speaker 2 (01:11:32):
Beautiful. We'll put the link over at animal radio dot
com for those of you that are driving or have
trouble with LONGI URLs like I do. Over at Animal
Radio and Stephanie Saint Martin, the author. Thank you so
much for joining us today.

Speaker 29 (01:11:44):
Thank you guys so much for having me. I hope
you have a great rest of your weekend.

Speaker 2 (01:11:47):
Oh it will be awesome. Thank you so much.

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Here's hol and Judy. Hey Jim, how you doing doing good?
Where are you calling from today?

Speaker 20 (01:13:19):
I need to know us Virginia.

Speaker 2 (01:13:20):
What can we do for you there?

Speaker 20 (01:13:22):
I have two cats, once about three years old and
the other one's four months. But our oldest one, when
she uses a litter box, she does what she needs
to do, and then she starts scratching all over the
litter box, but not the litter. So I gotta go
over there and cover it all up.

Speaker 4 (01:13:41):
Hi, Jim, doc Alligan, that's funny. I've seen cats do that.

Speaker 20 (01:13:45):
You just have to smell and it's seasoned, really fun.

Speaker 4 (01:13:49):
You're like, come on now, could you get your feet
in the litter and they're just scratch scratch scratched right, yeah.

Speaker 20 (01:13:56):
Just scratches all the plastic and every where. Bet she
won't scratch the litter.

Speaker 4 (01:14:02):
Well. Now, which is the one that's doing that? The
two year old or the kitten the four month A one.

Speaker 20 (01:14:07):
No, the kitten's great. We were hoping she might show
the older one how to do it, you know?

Speaker 4 (01:14:12):
Okay, so it's.

Speaker 20 (01:14:13):
The older one and she's always done that.

Speaker 4 (01:14:16):
How old was she when you got her?

Speaker 34 (01:14:18):
About four months old? She was astray?

Speaker 4 (01:14:20):
Okay.

Speaker 5 (01:14:21):
You know.

Speaker 4 (01:14:21):
The thing is that cats are very particular about their litter,
and it's it's quite possible at that age that she
probably was used to using dirt outside. Have you tried
using different litter with her?

Speaker 20 (01:14:36):
Yes? We have?

Speaker 4 (01:14:37):
Okay, what kind of litter? Have you tried the corn kind?

Speaker 34 (01:14:43):
We've done all the cons from Sam's hardware, I mean
the warehouse and that's about all.

Speaker 4 (01:14:52):
Have you tried the clumping litter? Yes, you've tried the
clumping because I have a feeling that she doesn't like
the feet of the of the litter in between her feet,
and that's why she's not wanting to use that. They
have a lot of different brands. They have it one
now that's maybe it's mimics more like they would use

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in the wild, like dirt, and I wonder if she'd
like that. The other thing, too, is do you have
two litter boxes? We did, but they only would use
the want okay. And are they the high litter boxes
or are they.

Speaker 34 (01:15:28):
The five inches high probably about five inches the five
inches high.

Speaker 4 (01:15:35):
And how much litter are you putting in there?

Speaker 21 (01:15:38):
I feel it about third full.

Speaker 4 (01:15:40):
Two thirds full? Yeah, I mean I try experimenting with it.
I mean, they've done so many studies on this because
it is a real problem for cat owners and it's
one of the reasons they get turned into the shelters
is because of you know, the their litter box habits.
I would try different types of litter experiment. I would

(01:16:01):
get two boxes. You're supposed to have one box per cat,
and like with mine too, I just have it right
next to them. And I would try a bigger size box,
so have two different sizes of box, and try using
less litter. I know it seems kind of weird, but
try putting less litter in there as well, and experimenting

(01:16:24):
with the amount of litter you put in. Do you
use the scented or the unscented? Okay, good, that's that's
what we recommend the uncented because cats have a really
strong sense of smell way and.

Speaker 34 (01:16:39):
Talking about the smells that is, like dirt, what is
the brand name of.

Speaker 4 (01:16:43):
That or are you allowed to you know, you know what?
I don't and I can't remember I can see it.
It'll it'll be if you just go to a pet
store in your area, they will have it. It's relatively new,
but like I said, it mimics more like what they
would using the wild. Because that's my feeling is she's
been doing it since she was four months old. That's

(01:17:05):
what she was used to because they get trained with
the litter very early on when they're kittens, between four
and eight weeks to actually start using the litter box.

Speaker 20 (01:17:17):
Got her, I think.

Speaker 4 (01:17:19):
Right, So she was used to going outside.

Speaker 34 (01:17:22):
Probably we don't know what her life story.

Speaker 4 (01:17:25):
Is, right, don't you wish they could tell you?

Speaker 21 (01:17:28):
Oh heaven.

Speaker 4 (01:17:31):
I just look at my cats and go, I wish
you guys could just talk. Right.

Speaker 21 (01:17:35):
Yes, the two that we have are both strays, and
we feed them halo mm hmm.

Speaker 4 (01:17:44):
That's a great diet.

Speaker 21 (01:17:45):
It's a very good one because the oldest one, if
we give her anything cheap, vomits.

Speaker 4 (01:17:52):
Okay, So she's sensient.

Speaker 21 (01:17:54):
Just wonder how much in the wild she was before
we got her, because her little stomach is so sensitive.
But I've tried all kinds of different letters. I will
go back up to Petco and see what they have and.

Speaker 4 (01:18:06):
Tell them, tell them that you talked with me and
that I was recommending the one that's it's more like
dirt substance than the litter because she just probably doesn't
like the feel of it. Sounds like, right, she's just
not using it to cover up her feces, and you
guys should not have to go do that.

Speaker 21 (01:18:24):
For why right, I've even taken a hold of her
palls to show her.

Speaker 4 (01:18:28):
House and you've done it. Yeah, No, that won't work, right,
that won't work if she does do it. You could
positively reinforce her when she does do the behavior that
you want, like if you have any like treats.

Speaker 21 (01:18:41):
Once she jumps, has a mistake, done it and it
is a mistake, I meean, We praise her, we do everything.

Speaker 4 (01:18:48):
Okay, and then get back to us. Is how can
she get back to us? It's not working, so.

Speaker 2 (01:18:53):
We do follow up Plan B.

Speaker 4 (01:18:55):
Absolutely, Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2 (01:18:56):
Well that's all we have time for today. We thank
you for joining us. Remember you can get lots more
Animal Radio over at the website at animal radio dot
com and don't forget the Animal Radio app for iPhone
and Android, and you can not only ask your questions,
but listen to past shows, and I encourage you to
check out Doctor Debbie's book, even though she's on vacation.
I'm gonna plug the book. Yorkshire Terrier Shitsus Pugs, Mini Schnauzers,

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How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend. I want to
thank Doc Halligan for filling in for Doctor Debbie today.

Speaker 4 (01:19:25):
Thank you, thank you for having me anytime.

Speaker 11 (01:19:29):
Do on.

Speaker 2 (01:19:30):
What are you guys gonna go do now? I assume
you're probably gonna head out of the studio have lunch together?
How does that come on?

Speaker 4 (01:19:36):
We're going shopping?

Speaker 2 (01:19:37):
You're gonna go shop shopping.

Speaker 4 (01:19:38):
Yeah, Joey's lost so much weight and I'm gonna help
him pick out some clean underwear. We're gonna get him
some underwear. Get the teugh on, Joey, are you boxer? Brief?

Speaker 3 (01:19:49):
I like the boxes that you know? That that that hug?
You like briefs?

Speaker 2 (01:19:52):
I wish I could answer either one.

Speaker 3 (01:19:54):
Oh.

Speaker 2 (01:19:56):
On that note, have yourself a great weekend. We'll see
you back here next week for more Animal Radio.

Speaker 3 (01:20:00):
Bye bye, bye bye, guys.

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