Vet Locks Himself In Hot Car - Plastic Surgery For Pets - The Animal Radio® Show

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Celebrating the connection with our pets. This is Animal Radio
featuring your dream team veterinarian doctor Debbie White, dog trainer
Alan Cable Roomer, Joey Vellani, communicator Joy Turner, And here
are your hosts, Tale Rooms and Judy Francis.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
And Judy come here and explain this to me. This
guy sat in a car for how long did you
sit in a car?

Speaker 3 (00:21):
He sat in a hot.

Speaker 4 (00:22):
Car for thirty minutes? And you just watch him. He's
got the thermometer and you watch it go up and up,
and he's sitting there just drenched with sweat.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Now, why is he doing this?

Speaker 4 (00:31):
He's wants to show just how hot it gets in
a car, even just in a few minutes. Even he's
got the windows off.

Speaker 5 (00:37):
And you just put the just stick the thermometer in
the car and then monitor it.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
Well, he wanted to see what it would feel like.
You know, what does your pet actually go through?

Speaker 6 (00:46):
What I mean, you know, why do you even have
to do that? I mean, we've all gotten in the
car on a hot day. We can't sit on the
seat that burns our thighs. It's stiflingly hot in there.
I mean, it's a great experiment though, because he shows
you how fast it heats up in there.

Speaker 4 (00:58):
Yeah, but people still leave their pets in the car.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Okay, so we're talking to this guy today. Is he
still in the car?

Speaker 4 (01:04):
No, he got out.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
He's out of the car.

Speaker 4 (01:07):
Somebody up.

Speaker 5 (01:08):
If he really wants to impact, stay in the car
and told death. Okay, just like the dog, just like
a pet, and that'll be impact. Okay, that'll really impact them.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
This is bad. Yes, why don't we try that?

Speaker 4 (01:25):
I'll lock all you guys in the car.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Oh listen, we got doctor Becker joining us today. Marty Becker,
he's always been a guest on the show. He actually
has joined the Animal Radio Family today and he's going
to be talking about fear free visits to your veterinarian
if there is such things. How you pull that off?
I mean, he's he's he's big times. I mean, I'm
just some celebrity.

Speaker 5 (01:44):
I think I am anyway, all of us, Actually, you
really you got a real guy now.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Well I told him Joey Vallani was on with us,
you know, and throw that name around you get a lot.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
A lot happened you guys. You know, Judy probably had
something to do with this always. Judy did a good job.
He's good your talent to have.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Hey, Stace, what are you working on?

Speaker 3 (02:02):
Okay?

Speaker 7 (02:02):
I can almost understand if you want to look like
somebody and you have cosmetic surgery, I can almost understand that.
But do you think that you can try and make
your dog look like you?

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Would? You would you put your throat.

Speaker 7 (02:14):
Your dog through cosmetic surgery so you too can look alike,
so you're inseparable and everybody will know that you belong together.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Well, some people are doing it.

Speaker 7 (02:23):
I'll tell you about it coming out on Animal Radio News.

Speaker 6 (02:27):
My dog will the bulldog? What doctor who's gonna do that?
Who's going to work on a dog to make him
look like the owner? I can see if the owner
wants to look like the dog.

Speaker 4 (02:36):
Hey, you give someone enough money, they'll do anything.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Well, now, Joey, I know people come in to you
and they want your their hair to look like their dogs.
I was just going to say that we do that.
We do that with you know, just with coat.

Speaker 5 (02:49):
I mean, I mean, come on, you're really going to
cosmetically try to make your dog you I mean, that's
the most ridiculous thing I ever heard in any vet
that does that. He's a good slap.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yes, well that's that's on the Hey, Stacy will uncover that.
Remember she comes knocking at your door. It's like the
sixty minutes team. You don't really want to answer.

Speaker 8 (03:07):
I'm looking.

Speaker 5 (03:07):
I got a haircut, yes, and I'm looking at it.

Speaker 8 (03:09):
And whoever?

Speaker 2 (03:10):
I mean, come on, I can't get a haircut like this.

Speaker 5 (03:12):
And he knows like a beetle or something I did.
It's terrible.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Hey, Lee, how are you doing?

Speaker 9 (03:17):
I'm doing fine? How about yourself?

Speaker 10 (03:18):
Good?

Speaker 2 (03:18):
Where are you calling from today?

Speaker 9 (03:20):
I'm calling from Garden Grove, the LA area.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
What's up?

Speaker 11 (03:24):
Yes, sir?

Speaker 9 (03:25):
Got a question I have. We've got three different We've
got three dogs. We've got they're all they're all uh
tea cut to all us out. I have one, and
both of my daughters have one, both of the same litter.
All three of them are totally different. We got two
females and one male. The problem I'm having is with

(03:47):
the male. He's been neutered, but he is very aggressive
towards other dogs. Not necessarily towards our dogs that we have,
but other dogs. We've tried killing him, and we've tried a.

Speaker 12 (04:01):
Squirt bottle nothing works.

Speaker 8 (04:03):
I don't know what how much time? How much time
do you have?

Speaker 6 (04:05):
But so he's not aggressive towards the other two dogs
in the house, they.

Speaker 8 (04:08):
Get along just fine.

Speaker 9 (04:09):
They get along just fine.

Speaker 6 (04:11):
Well, the simple solution, if you want, a simple solution,
is just to not bring them around other dogs if
you want, because you know that triggers aggression. A more
complex solution, if you have time on your hands and
you really want to solve the problem, takes a little
time and patience and understanding and consistency, but it can
be done.

Speaker 8 (04:28):
You can do it. How much time do you have
each day?

Speaker 9 (04:30):
How about an hour?

Speaker 11 (04:31):
All right?

Speaker 8 (04:32):
If you have time to spend with your dog.

Speaker 6 (04:34):
I want you to take your dog for a walk
every single day, about a half hour walk.

Speaker 8 (04:38):
Do you have a dog park near your house.

Speaker 6 (04:42):
In the inside that dog park, do they have another
little area where they you know, you can put the
little dogs that spenced off kind of no, okay, well
you can. You can start by walking your dog. I
want you to walk your dog for a half hour
each day for about two weeks.

Speaker 8 (04:56):
Take your dog for a walk.

Speaker 6 (04:57):
Bring your dog in the house, you know, put them
in a nice quiet place before and after for about
ten fifteen minutes.

Speaker 8 (05:02):
Don't talk to your dog, just take them for a walk.

Speaker 6 (05:05):
Then I want you to start walking near the dog park, okay,
and progressively getting closer to it. What you're gonna be
doing is walking outside the dog park. And when you
observe your dog getting anxious, you turn and walk the
opposite way, and you give your dog treats too. As
you walk towards the dog park and he's behaving, you say,
good dog, give your dog a treat. And the object
of this game is to get your dog closer and

(05:27):
closer to the dog park without experiencing any aggression. But
it's gonna take your time.

Speaker 13 (05:32):
Now.

Speaker 6 (05:32):
Eventually you want to work your way up to being
inside the dog park with other dogs, and you'll be
able to do this step by step. If you have
a little what would you set back, then you just
start the process all over again. So you're gonna walk
your dog near the dog park and just make no
big bones about it. You're gonna walk in a circle
around the dog park each day, getting a little bit closer.

(05:53):
When your dog exhibits aggression, just move your dog away
from the dog park. When your dog is calm and behaving.
Just say good and give your dog a treat. You're
praising your dog. You're giving your dog treats. You're not
doing negative behaviors. You're setting your dog up for success.
That's what we like to do here. We like positive motivation.
We want your dog to succeed, not fail.

Speaker 9 (06:13):
Right, Okay, now, yeah that sounds like it might be
pretty pretty easy to do. But why is it just
the mail that this way.

Speaker 8 (06:21):
Well, you know, all dogs are different.

Speaker 6 (06:23):
Dogs are aggressive for so many reasons, buddy, But this
sounds like a social aggression problem. Also, you know, like
I always tell people, check the dog out with the vet,
make sure there's no medical problem. But dogs interpret themselves
as being the boss, you know, and they want to
be in charge. And when a dog is in charge,
what happens is the dog in his mind.

Speaker 8 (06:41):
Is protecting you. He's protecting the pack.

Speaker 6 (06:44):
He's not able to be calm, he's not able to
be he's not able to have a good time and
just be relaxed because he thinks, oh, I got to
protect the pack.

Speaker 8 (06:52):
I gotta be in charge. So when you go around.

Speaker 6 (06:55):
All these other dogs that are big, he gets a
little crazy because he thinks he's your boss. You have
to let him know you're the boss. You're gonna protect him,
You're in charge. He doesn't have to worry about that stuff.
All he has to do is be a dog. And
over time, when you take your dog for a walk,
you'd be amazed at the bond that it creates and
the perception in the dog that, hey, this is my leader.

(07:15):
Never never let the dog walk in front of you, buddy.
He's got to be at your side or behind you.
That's very important. Never let him go in the house
in front of you. Always go in first, make him
sit there. Never let him leave the house in front
of you. Never just give him his food, Make him
work for his food, make them wait a minute or two.

Speaker 8 (07:31):
Be in charge of it. All these little subtle cues
in the dog world.

Speaker 6 (07:34):
Tell a dog you're in charge, not him, and believe
it or not, that puts a dog in peace.

Speaker 9 (07:39):
All right, I'll give it a try and see if
it works.

Speaker 8 (07:41):
Thank you, gonna try, buddy.

Speaker 2 (07:44):
Hey will, we'll let us know if it works. If
it doesn't, Allen's out of here.

Speaker 8 (07:48):
I'm out of here, man, right, two weeks notice. I'm gone,
I'm flushed out.

Speaker 11 (07:52):
I'm gone.

Speaker 2 (07:52):
Thanks for your call, Lee, we appreciate it. For animal
communicator Joey Turner, we have David. Hey, David, how you doing,
not too bad? How you doing splendid? Splendid? What's going on?
I have Joy right here for you.

Speaker 14 (08:04):
Well, I've always been wondering if my dog Major, he
was the first dog I ever had, if he ever
thinks about me?

Speaker 11 (08:15):
You know?

Speaker 13 (08:16):
He says, Actually, he's a little confused. Do you want
to know if he ever thinks about you? He says,
he thinks about you all the time. Don't you think
about him all the time?

Speaker 12 (08:27):
Yeah?

Speaker 13 (08:27):
I do, he said, Well, he needs you to understand
that this is and you have to think of this
as a two way conversation because to him, often you
will think about him when he's thinking about you.

Speaker 15 (08:41):
Oh really, yes, he says.

Speaker 13 (08:43):
So he knows you think that you just start thinking
about him. But a lot of the times that's because
he's touching on you and he's saying hello to you
and wanting to interact with you.

Speaker 14 (08:57):
I wonder if he's up there with my mom and
my grandma, my grandpa.

Speaker 13 (09:01):
He says, he's here with everybody, because that's the way
it is. Once you cross over to the other side.
Everybody you've ever known all are there, and they all
say hi, and they're all just kind of they say,
we don't all hang out together all the time, but
he does spend his time with them, and he spends
quite a bit of time, he says, keeping track of you. Sure,

(09:25):
he thinks you need a lot of keeping track of.

Speaker 14 (09:28):
Well, I am driving all over the country.

Speaker 13 (09:31):
Well, that's why he thinks you need somebody to keep
track of you a lot.

Speaker 14 (09:36):
Yeah, It's just I wonder because the last time I
saw my mom, I was a freshman in high school,
and he uh passed away what I was in school.

Speaker 13 (09:47):
He said, he knows you didn't get this, but he
actually came and stopped in kind of on his way
to the other side. He popped in and said hello
to Hugh and said that he needed to leave and
that he would always always keep track of you. You
would always know where you are and what you're doing.

Speaker 5 (10:03):
Okay, And he says he's going to keep.

Speaker 13 (10:06):
His word about that to the rest of your life.

Speaker 14 (10:09):
All Right, I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (10:11):
Hey, thanks for your call, David. We appreciate your call.
So everybody I've ever known is going to be on
the other side, is what you're saying.

Speaker 7 (10:17):
You know, I have.

Speaker 13 (10:18):
Heard this and I have to tell you with my
own personal experience with my father, It's true. Everybody ever
knew is there.

Speaker 2 (10:24):
Now I'm going to think about what I'm wearing little.

Speaker 4 (10:27):
All those ex girlfriends zoo, Yeah, always on that one.

Speaker 8 (10:30):
Hell, so are all the jerks there too?

Speaker 6 (10:33):
I mean the jerks you've known, your bad bosses, your
ex wives, they're all there too.

Speaker 13 (10:37):
Well, they're all there, but you have to understand, once
you leave the personality level and your back just at
the soul level, a lot of those jerks had very
good reasons for being in your lives.

Speaker 16 (10:50):
Dogs or cats, horse or in you.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
Animals are people too.

Speaker 17 (10:57):
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(11:22):
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So Mozart had an operation.

Speaker 13 (11:32):
To remove his penis.

Speaker 17 (11:34):
But lucky for Mozart, iguanas have two penises. He has
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and officials report that the operation hasn't affected his romantic
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Speaker 11 (11:51):
Animals are people to Animal Radio.

Speaker 3 (11:59):
I would love to go on vacation, but I don't
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Speaker 2 (12:03):
I agree.

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Speaker 14 (12:40):
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Speaker 2 (12:53):
Let's head on over to John. Hey John, how are
you doing?

Speaker 16 (12:56):
Save us?

Speaker 11 (12:59):
How's everybody they're doing?

Speaker 2 (13:01):
Doing good? What kind of animal do you got? You
have an iguana or flamingo?

Speaker 11 (13:06):
No, I have some tugs. I have rug hugs.

Speaker 2 (13:10):
I've heard of those.

Speaker 11 (13:11):
Yeah, and uh one of them. She's starting to get
up there, I think too. While we found her, somebody
had just turned her loose to survive on her own,
and my wife and I rescued her. Oh, we've had
her for several years now, so we figure she's probably

(13:35):
around eleven or twelve years old. And she's you know,
she's slowing down. I'm moving as quick as what she
used to. And now, several years ago I did have
a rottweiler who are famous for the hip displace you
and a vet at the time told me I could

(13:58):
give him one or two of the three hundred and
twenty five milogram aspirins and yes, it did seem to
help him quite a bit. Now, what is there any
problem with me, say, giving the small eighty one miligram

(14:20):
aspirin to my pub.

Speaker 19 (14:23):
Absolutely, and I'll tell you that the honest truth is
that aspirin may be a wonder drug for people, but
each and every dose of aspirin that you give to
a dog creates microscopic bleeding in the stomach, every single dose.
So whether or not you see a problem, you never
see a problem. Vomiting, loss of appetite, or change in
the stools can guarantee you they've done research and shows that.

(14:46):
So I do not advocate aspirin for dogs, and I
certainly haven't in the last fifteen years practice. The reason
is there are so many safer medications that are proven
that can help with arthritic pain. So I would say
throw the old idea of aspirint out the window for
dogs because you can definitely can see problems. And the

(15:07):
bad thing is that while it can cause some relief
of pain, its effects on thinning the blood can last
for a week. So I can tell you that in
one situation, I had a pat who was in a
lot of pain. The folks had given it aspirin, and
I couldn't give them anything else to help that dog
that could really take away that pain for at least

(15:27):
a week.

Speaker 16 (15:28):
So you can really.

Speaker 19 (15:29):
Short change your pets comfort if we go with aspirin,
So I would certainly you know, there's some good things
you can do, like glucosamine fatty acids Omega fatty acids
are natural things that can help with arthritis.

Speaker 16 (15:42):
But if your pets kind of get.

Speaker 19 (15:43):
If your puggies getting to that point where we need
some more ar threatic control, see your veterinarian for a
good non steroidal pain reliever.

Speaker 16 (15:50):
And that's honestly the best thing I can advise for you.

Speaker 11 (15:53):
Okay, Now I have a separate question. Okay, I'm on
canine and their blood. How how is their blood related cars?
Is it tight the same as as human blood types?
Is uh, say, say my dog meter to transfusion? How

(16:18):
would you know we're how is that?

Speaker 9 (16:21):
Okay?

Speaker 19 (16:22):
Well, good questions. And our blood is not compatible with dogs.

Speaker 16 (16:25):
So a lot of folks have said, can I donate
blood for my dog? And no, we can't.

Speaker 19 (16:31):
But there are different blood groups, and there's about twelve
different blood groups, but there's really in dogs there's one
group that's most significant when we're talking about blood transfusions.
So that one group is, you know, really the biggest
thing that we'll look at. So we do type in
cross matched dogs when we need to give them a
blood transfusion. So I have to say most folks don't

(16:51):
have their dog pretested, but it is certainly something that
we're aware of a fipets anemic or it has been
in an injury, and you know, we get into something
where we.

Speaker 16 (17:00):
Need a blood product.

Speaker 19 (17:02):
And you know cats too, you know, they definitely have
their blood groups as well, and so they have a
couple of different blood types as well that we you know,
we watch for and we type them if they need
a transfusion as well.

Speaker 11 (17:12):
Yeah, I drive for a living, and uh, that's just
the question about the blood. That's something I got thinking
about while I was just staring at the windshield.

Speaker 16 (17:25):
You're a thinker man. You think some heavy duty stuff
out there on the road.

Speaker 11 (17:29):
Well, thank you very much, miss not heavy and I
greatly appreciate the information.

Speaker 16 (17:36):
Thank you so much for calling. And give those pud
babies a good kiss for me.

Speaker 12 (17:39):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (17:40):
I love the way that guy talked. That was a
great question. I never even thought about that.

Speaker 4 (17:44):
I know blood to answer it.

Speaker 3 (17:46):
Yes, I guess that's what.

Speaker 16 (17:47):
The school is all about.

Speaker 6 (17:48):
You know, I think I had a real interesting sound though.
You know, the way he talked it was really funny.

Speaker 16 (17:53):
Did he say where he's from?

Speaker 4 (17:54):
No, he did well.

Speaker 2 (17:56):
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Speaker 20 (19:26):
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I'm Stacey Cohen for Animal Radio. Pets and their owners,
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You know, if you hang around some long enough, you
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Daily Telegraph that he worked closely with animal experts to
create a once in a nine lifetimes. It's a food
experience featuring roasted duck, lobster, sushi rolls, and caviar. The
meals cost a little under forty dollars each. Proceeds go

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to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The first batch reportedly sold out in less than an hour,
and another is being planned to meet the unexpected demand.
That's insane caviar for your cat and roasted duck lobster
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Speaker 2 (23:39):
Who is that dream team? You say, Animal communicator Joey Turner,
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ste Up. Another one for doctor Debbie. All three of
those lines are for doctor Debbie. Which one? Amy meanie
money mote? My mother said, no, there's got to be
a more scientific way. How about this one? Hi, Dolly,
how are you doing?

Speaker 15 (23:58):
I'm doing? Okay? How about yourself?

Speaker 2 (24:00):
You know there was a stand and there was a
George on the other line, but I just liked your
name better, so that's why I picked this line.

Speaker 15 (24:06):
Oh cute, and I look like a doll. I may
be sixty seven, but I don't look it.

Speaker 2 (24:11):
Oh you certainly don't sound it either. What's going on
with you?

Speaker 15 (24:15):
My cat? I love animals. I love all kinds of animals.
I mean I pick them up, bring them home, three legs,
no legs, whatever, fine homes. One but last year a
straight cat I live in a trailet park. Okay, and
a cat had kittens she only had three little kittens,

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but the rent she would not feed him, and he
was next door, and the guy wouldn't get him for me.
I've got in this big argument. Anyway, I finally got
the kiddy. And I call him smarty Pants because he
is smart. He watches when I get up in the morning,
I wash my face. He's sitting on my sink. He's

(24:58):
wasching me watch my face. He's watching he put my makeup,
and he follows me like a child, and I love that.
And in the morning he'll when I lean forward, he
rubs my nose like I'm his mommy, because I am.
And sometimes he'll just grab a hold of it. But
what smarty Pants does and he's I mean, he's just

(25:18):
a little kitten bud. He scares me because I had
him neutered, and he'll he'll eat, you know, and he'll
go out, maybe for an hour or two, or sometimes
just a half hour. And it's like he's telling me
he owns me, because he'll come in and if I
do not, I know, I know when he wants a nibble.

(25:40):
It's not that he wants a whole plate. He just
wants me to put some food out for him.

Speaker 16 (25:46):
Okay, so let me ask you can I'm going to interrupret.
When he asks you for food, do you give it
to him?

Speaker 15 (25:52):
Well, yeah, because he bites me, or he calls me
and bites me. I got witnesses you mad because I
see him. I said, what do you want me to do?
He's gonna call the heck out of me.

Speaker 16 (26:05):
He's got your train, darling. He's telling you what he wants.

Speaker 3 (26:08):
You got it.

Speaker 16 (26:08):
You can get the whole thing figured out. So you
need to stop that.

Speaker 15 (26:12):
But I don't want to get bit And I mean
he swipes me. I mean you know I don't trailer
is not very big. I was right there, and I
mean sometimes I don't move fast enough and he lays
into me. He's got such a sweet nature. Other than that,
when he plays with my hand, he'll get my hand.

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He never uses his claws.

Speaker 4 (26:35):
But stop stop.

Speaker 19 (26:36):
Okay, okay, Dolly, I have to interrupt you again because
you are describing all of the things that are causing
the problem. So when when he's yowing or he's demanding food, you.

Speaker 16 (26:47):
Give it to him.

Speaker 19 (26:48):
When he's playing, he's biting your hand, never never, never.
This is very similar. I'm sure Alan can relate with
don absolutely. We do not ever want your hand to
be a plaything for a cat, and certainly not one
who is very bite motivated.

Speaker 16 (27:04):
So we need you to stop and we're going to
retrain you. This is this is where it all starts.

Speaker 15 (27:11):
All around.

Speaker 16 (27:12):
Okay, well we can do this. Okay, so we can
do this.

Speaker 19 (27:17):
And what you're gonna need to do is about three
to four times a day, I'm going to ask you
to schedule playtime with him. And playtime is going to
be where your hands are not part of the play things.

Speaker 16 (27:28):
You need to get.

Speaker 19 (27:29):
Different style toys sometimes the feathers, toys that are on
the little wires, things with an extension where your hands
are not in the direct line of fire. And we
want to schedule that playtime and then have different toys
that you're going to vary. Because cats get bored. You
can't expect them to play for ten minutes with one toy.
They're kind of like, come on, give me something else.
This is really boring. So you got to have like

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a repertoire. So you got to have like three to
four different toys during that five minutes to ten minutes
and you're going to play with them. Now, what you
need to do is you need to be very savvy
at reading his behavior, because a lot of cats when
they're really overstimulated and they're gonna bite out of just excitement.
You're going to notice differences in his body language. You
may notice his ears, You may to notice his eyes

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darting back and forth looking in other directions. What you
need to do is stop that playtime and give him
something edible, give him something to do.

Speaker 16 (28:22):
Some great toys that are out there where you can
hide food in them.

Speaker 19 (28:25):
You can actually take just a cardboard box and cut
the holes and put food inside there. And you redirect
your kittie too that after your play session, so that
gets you out of the loop so he won't come
after you.

Speaker 16 (28:36):
And attack you.

Speaker 19 (28:37):
Very very important for a kitty that bites. And then
you want to make sure you do this, like I said,
three to four times a day.

Speaker 15 (28:43):
How long is that? Three to four times? I mean,
I just you know, I'll play with them all day.
I don't care. I just I love the cat. I
mean he sleeps on my belly, or he sleeps in
my face or you know, and he has an uh,
never really had a cat grawl at a person but

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there was somebody in my backyard and I can't see
because it's dark, but he growled and when I looked
and were somebody out there?

Speaker 19 (29:11):
Yeah, well, you know what, Dally, every cat's a little different,
so I can't say. I would say some kiddies it
maybe a two minute play session, and they're starting to
get kind of wired and out of control, and so
that's when you're going to need to cease that play session.
Other cats you can take to ten minutes. So you'll
probably need to work on two to three minute play
sessions and do that several times a day.

Speaker 16 (29:31):
And it's important. We don't want to after this play session.
We don't want to lock them up.

Speaker 19 (29:35):
We don't want to put him in isolation because that's
not really gonna achieve anything. So you want to make
sure you give him something else to do, usually food
motivated type things.

Speaker 16 (29:43):
That's going to be the really important thing.

Speaker 19 (29:45):
And you know, in some situations this might be a
great reason a veterinarian.

Speaker 16 (29:50):
Then the second cat, he's looking.

Speaker 15 (29:53):
For food, but this time I'm sorry, forgive me. I
want to get bitch, So I left the food a
little bit in the only going to take four or
five bites. All right, we'll have that out here. He
would have bit men smack. I'm telling you all.

Speaker 19 (30:07):
Right, well, Dolly, there are tools you can use. So
I'm gonna mention something else there is. There are automatic
feeders that will dispense food and get you out of
the loop. And that is something you can get one
of those, put a battery in it, and you can
have it dispense food six times a day for him.
And it's a great way for a cat that is
biting a person for food, to get your hands out

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of this whole situation and for him not to be
dependent on you physically for the food. Now, I'm going
to tell you to give food as a reward if
your play session, but at other times you do not
want to be the one putting it down after his demands.

Speaker 16 (30:39):
It's going to take work.

Speaker 19 (30:41):
So you just got to find that string from within, okay, Dolly.

Speaker 15 (30:44):
Well, yes, they love temptations. I have more than one chet.
I actually have three rescued too. But the trailer park
people don't like take care of their cat, so I do.
Monday comes over here, sleeps with me.

Speaker 2 (30:56):
Well, they know your number. They all have your number.
They know it exactly I will tek them.

Speaker 15 (31:00):
I'm not going to have them go hungry or thirty.

Speaker 10 (31:03):
Okay, Dolly, you do before they will.

Speaker 2 (31:05):
Okay you're yes, you are. Give him a big old
hug from all of us, and thanks for calling and
listening to animal radio.

Speaker 8 (31:13):
I'm glad you's cats are not dogs.

Speaker 4 (31:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (31:16):
I was listening to you, doctor DEWI thinking there's no
way you can help this lady because there's just too
much emotion involved.

Speaker 8 (31:22):
She's going to tell you stories and he's so nice.

Speaker 6 (31:25):
He does this buddy grabs a hold of my neck
and draws blood, but it only happens once a day
when he's bad.

Speaker 2 (31:31):
Sweetest thing though otherwise.

Speaker 8 (31:33):
Really is I woke up the other day had a
knife on me, but.

Speaker 16 (31:36):
He's so sweet.

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Speaker 2 (32:15):
Let's uh, let's go to Jason. Hey, Jason, how are
you doing today?

Speaker 12 (32:19):
All right?

Speaker 11 (32:19):
How are you doing good?

Speaker 2 (32:20):
Where are you calling from?

Speaker 12 (32:21):
Hamburg?

Speaker 2 (32:22):
Comes where in Pennsylvania?

Speaker 12 (32:24):
Is that about twenty minutes?

Speaker 11 (32:27):
Ready?

Speaker 2 (32:28):
Okay, so probably listening on w E EU and I
appreciate you. Correct, well, I understand you have a dog issue,
and I have Alan Cable. He can fix any vexing
dog issues you have.

Speaker 10 (32:38):
Promise, okay, you're ready?

Speaker 12 (32:40):
Yes, go ahead, Okay, I have a lab Rottweiler mix.
And to give you our schedule, we both both me
and my wife work seven o'clock in the morning. Dogs
go out, they go to your bathroom to come in.
They're in the room until I come home at three
o'clock in the afternoon. I think them out, they go potty,
they come in and they ate their dinner. In between

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three and eight o'clock at night, me and my wife
take them out. They go, they go to the bathroom,
they go the business, come back in and every night
she she still goes to the bathroom on the floor.
It's like every night. Thing I don't know how to
stop with from doing it?

Speaker 8 (33:16):
Where does she go to the bathroom?

Speaker 11 (33:17):
Well, we had her up.

Speaker 12 (33:19):
With my son up in his room for a little bit,
and yet it would be in the same spy or
time one of the steps. And then just last night
we figured, you know, let's I just put a new
carpet in my son's room, so I didn't want her
to stay up there, so I let her to stay
down with me and my wife and my other dog.
And she still wound up going then in my daughter's room.

Speaker 8 (33:37):
Yeah, and when you when you.

Speaker 12 (33:39):
And I want to put new carpet in and there,
but I'm afraid to because you're gonna keep going to
the bathroom on.

Speaker 6 (33:43):
The floor when you when you find it the next day,
do you get mad at her?

Speaker 8 (33:47):
No?

Speaker 12 (33:48):
I can't because it's how can I get mad at her?
I wasn't there when she did it?

Speaker 6 (33:52):
Okay, very simple. First of all, how many hours is
it between the time you go to bed and wake
up that she gets to go again? How many total
hours does she you know, is she not supposed to?

Speaker 12 (34:04):
We take them out at nine o'clock and then my
wife is taking them back out at seven in the morning.

Speaker 7 (34:08):
Again.

Speaker 6 (34:09):
Okay, do you take do you do you take their
water away? Do you do you leave water out during
the night, or do you take it away?

Speaker 20 (34:16):
No?

Speaker 10 (34:17):
Wood, okay?

Speaker 6 (34:18):
And so you let her have free run of the
house too. She can go wherever she wants.

Speaker 12 (34:22):
Uh on the second floors, just on the second half.
We have a baby gate across the top of the steps.
She's not allowed to go downstairs.

Speaker 11 (34:28):
She just stays up, okay with me in the light.

Speaker 8 (34:31):
First thing is have you taken her to the vet
to make sure nothing's wrong? I have not, Okay, I would.

Speaker 6 (34:37):
Start there and if there's nothing wrong, and there probably isn't.
The second thing you're gonna do, it's a very simple thing.
It's going to make you uncomfortable for a couple of weeks,
but it will work very well.

Speaker 8 (34:47):
When this happens.

Speaker 6 (34:48):
You kind of got to retrain your dog, repotty train
your dog. So first thing you're gonna do is get
a good enzyme cleaner at the pet food store that's
designed to take the scent totally out. And you're gonna
clean all the areas where the dog is gone that
you know about, so that she's not tempted.

Speaker 8 (35:02):
To go back to those areas.

Speaker 6 (35:04):
The second thing you're gonna do is confine her to
a crate, a kennel or a room, maybe your room,
so that you can hear and she wakes you up
if there's activity, and she can let you know she
has to go. But the best thing put her in
a crate overnight to start with. And what you're gonna
do is you're gonna wake up. Let's say you go
to bed at nine, You're gonna wake up at about
one or two o'clock in.

Speaker 8 (35:23):
The morning, and you're gonna let her out.

Speaker 6 (35:25):
And every night you're gonna do that for about four days,
and then every night after that you're gonna lengthen it
by about fifteen maybe a half hour. So for a week,
at two o'clock in the morning, you're gonna get up,
you're gonna let her out, you're gonna go back to bed,
put her in a crate, and then you're gonna do
it at two thirty, and then you're gonna do it
at three o'clock, and slowly you're gonna work your way
up to the time you normally would let her go out.

(35:46):
And that should pretty much solve your problem. Okay, you're
gonna teach her slowly. When it's okay for her to
go out where it's okay for her to go out.
So when you take her out late at night, no talking,
put her on the leash, Take her out yourself on
a leash.

Speaker 8 (36:02):
You get out there, you.

Speaker 6 (36:03):
Go, go to the bathroom, go to the bathroom, or
whatever it is, you say, pee, whatever it is, whatever
words you use.

Speaker 10 (36:08):
Go to the bathroom, Go.

Speaker 6 (36:09):
To the bathroom, Go to the bathroom, all business. As
soon as she goes and is finished going, good dog.

Speaker 8 (36:15):
Give her a treat. Go back in the house, put
her in her crate, go to bed.

Speaker 12 (36:19):
You said it would be okay to just keep her
in the room instead of creating her.

Speaker 6 (36:22):
Well, for some reason, you seem to be adverse to
the crate. But the crate is a wonderful The crate
is a wonderful thing.

Speaker 8 (36:29):
It really is.

Speaker 6 (36:30):
There's nothing harmful or bad about a crate. Dogs actually
love crates, and that's why they like to lay under
coffee tables, and they like to go in small, confined
spaces because it reminds them of their den So a
crate is actually a good thing. If you want to,
you can leash her up to your bed so that
she's right there with you, but I would use it.
I would use a crate until you can trust her.

(36:52):
What are you going to say, deb Oh.

Speaker 19 (36:53):
I was just gonna say, Ellen, I think I mean
glad you mentioned to see that to make sure there's
not anything going on urineara wise, because actually female dogs
can develop some incontinence problems that can present themselves, usually
when they're sleeping and lying down. So talking to your
vet having that checked out would be definitely an important
step before you start, you know, getting really into a

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vigorous training program, and in the crate.

Speaker 16 (37:16):
I endorse that.

Speaker 19 (37:17):
As well, because if she were having accidents in the crate,
you know, I've got more argument for that situation that
you got a health problem there, right.

Speaker 11 (37:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (37:25):
And you should always with with any kind of problem
with bathroom and going to the bathroom and urinating and
stuff like that, always take your dog to the vet
because you know it could be a physical problem that
she has.

Speaker 10 (37:35):
That's where you start.

Speaker 11 (37:35):
Number two.

Speaker 12 (37:36):
She's not being oh she's yes, it's it's not urine.

Speaker 10 (37:40):
And well, you know what.

Speaker 12 (37:42):
The thing about it is, every time that we take
her out, she goes. It's not like we take her
out and she she messes around or anything. She goes out,
she does her business and we come in, so it's
not it's not like she's not going.

Speaker 6 (37:54):
So she she does. Number two, when you take her
out at night.

Speaker 12 (37:57):
Every yes, every night, every time, you know, between eight
and nine o'clock at night. One schedule. You know, we
keep it schedule. We both work, We know we have
we have schedule.

Speaker 6 (38:06):
I mean, do me a favor because you know, obviously
she's not getting it all out.

Speaker 8 (38:11):
So stay out.

Speaker 6 (38:11):
There with her a little bit longer, stay out there
a little allow her to sniff around, let her take
her time, and let her go more than once, because
I'll bet you she probably has to. She's probably conditioned
to go. And then you go in the house. If
you stay out there a little bit longer with her,
no talking, just stand there, let her sniff around, be patient,
and she goes again.

Speaker 8 (38:31):
Then tell her what a good dog she is. I
suspect that will help as well.

Speaker 6 (38:35):
But you've got to take control of the situation so
that you can teach her and train her, retrain rehousebreaker again.
And the best way to do that is with a
crate or to have her confined to a space that's
very close to you, so that you can hear her
rustle when she has to go. If she goes and
she doesn't and you don't wake up, you're gonna need
to use a crate, buddy, because it's not mean.

Speaker 8 (38:56):
Trust me, she'll love it in there.

Speaker 6 (38:58):
You know why, because you're always happy to see her
when you open the door.

Speaker 8 (39:02):
They associate it with good things.

Speaker 12 (39:03):
All right, I'll give that a try, and what happened.

Speaker 2 (39:06):
Thanks for your call today, Jason. Good luck with that.

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Speaker 1 (40:11):
Eighty celebrating the connection with our pets. This is Animal
Radio featuring your dream Team veterinarian doctor Debbie White, doc
trainer Alan Cable, rumor Joey Vellani, communicator Joy Turner, and
here are your hosts, Tale Abrams and Judy Francis.

Speaker 2 (40:29):
It is we didn't have enough people on the dream Team.
Joining the family today doctor Marty Becker, and he'll be
reporting on what is he reporting on today?

Speaker 4 (40:38):
On having stress free pet visits for your vet to
go to the vet.

Speaker 16 (40:43):
Okay, I like that, it's great, stress out of it.

Speaker 2 (40:46):
I know Ladybugs, she doesn't really like going to the vet.
And every time you come into the studio she shakes
a little bit. I don't know if it's here. If
there's a smell that you have, doctor Debbie, I.

Speaker 3 (40:55):
Think it's a vibe.

Speaker 19 (40:56):
I actually went to a friend's house free shower once
and i'd seen her dog in the office, and the
dog looked at me and like backed away, and just
like everyone else, she accepted, and she was just like
totally terrified of me.

Speaker 16 (41:06):
I was like, oh, really, not very conducive.

Speaker 6 (41:10):
You know, the vet because those exam rooms are so tiny,
and the dog feels threatened and cornered. Once he gets
in there, there's no escape and in comes the vet
and the assistant, all these people he doesn't know, and.

Speaker 2 (41:22):
Oh, it's horrible, my gosh, I would be frightened. That's
why I haven't been to a dentist in twenty five years.
You guys are looking at me like you've been to
a dentist last week. I know most people listening right
now haven't been to a dentist in five years. But
we're scared. We don't want to have pain inflicted. And
that's what the dogs are. Cats are thinking the same thing.

Speaker 8 (41:41):
I'm sure you know the dentist is scary.

Speaker 2 (41:43):
Stacy, what are you working on?

Speaker 7 (41:44):
Can you imagine betting on this horse at Belmont Park
and then the horse comes in first, but it can't
be a winner because the jockey wasn't.

Speaker 3 (41:54):
On the horse. I'll tell you about it coming up.

Speaker 7 (41:56):
That's pretty much the whole story, but I'll give you
the details coming up on Animal Radio News.

Speaker 2 (42:00):
It was a fail for the jockey, and actually a
fail for that tease really because you did give the
all story. You know who we speak to a lot,
usually on the phone because he's usually a guest, is
America's favorite veterinarian, doctor Marty Becker. I was seeing if
anyone I didn't know if I could play, and you
know what I said, He's become a guest so many

(42:22):
times that now it's time he really joins the Animal
Radio family. So I've asked him to join this and
he's now an Animal Radio veterinary correspondent. I welcome to
the show, doctor Marty Becker. Hey, Doc, how you doing?

Speaker 10 (42:33):
Oh? Thank you so much, my friend.

Speaker 26 (42:36):
I'd a delight to be part of this great team.
I think coming up around thirteen years since you and
I first met, and I remember your heart and my
heart was around help and shelter pets, and you were
locked in a cage somewhere along the way, and I
figured I got.

Speaker 10 (42:49):
To hook up with this guy.

Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yeah. Not a lot of people know this, but I
slept in a doghouse for a well a couple of
weeks to raise money for a local SPCA. And that's
one of the interesting stunts that you'll do to get
attention for the animals. We have a guy who's coming
on in just a few minutes, doctor Ernie Ward. He
wants to bring attention to not leaving your dogs in
the car, especially during this hot weather when you're just

(43:13):
run into the post office or yourn. He spent a week,
He spent thirty minutes a week.

Speaker 10 (43:20):
You knew.

Speaker 4 (43:23):
A hot car, I.

Speaker 2 (43:24):
Would have told him staying in there a week at least,
because thirty minutes isn't going to get you any attention.

Speaker 5 (43:28):
I don't understand this whole thing, though, yes, because I
mean since since I'm a little kid, you've been here.
Don't leave the pet in the car. I don't leave
the pet in the car. And people still leave their
pets in the car. What is your stud What is
wrong with you people leaving your pets in the car.

Speaker 6 (43:44):
There's so many dumb people. You know I'm one of them.
So I'm the leader.

Speaker 2 (43:48):
You're the leader of the dumb people. You don't leave your.

Speaker 8 (43:51):
Pet in the car, of course not. I leave my
car and my pet.

Speaker 2 (43:54):
Much easier to do. I understand that doctor Becker, you're
going to talk to us this week about fear free
veterinary visit. That's what it says up here on the Marquee.
I don't think there's such a thing. I've never taken
an animal to the veterinarian that hasn't been fearful of
going to that. I mean, they just associate the office
with bad things. In fact, when doctor Debbie comes in
the studio, they smell her and they'll exit the studio,

(44:16):
is what they'll do.

Speaker 26 (44:16):
Well, well, you know what, I want to take everybody
back on a journey.

Speaker 10 (44:20):
I'm fifty eight years old. I remember. It's a little kid.

Speaker 26 (44:24):
I remember going to the dentist and it had this
clovelike smell that I could right now if you just
think of the way the old dentist office smell.

Speaker 10 (44:32):
Yeah, it was off putting.

Speaker 26 (44:34):
There was a little basin to your left that was
swirling water. You know, there was no dental technician there
beside the dentist. And when they worked on you, there's
this whirling drill with belts that were these weird angles
that would drive this drill. And in my family there
was four two sisters and one brother, so two boys,
two girls, half of us couldn't go to the dentist

(44:54):
after being in there for kids.

Speaker 10 (44:56):
We hated it.

Speaker 26 (44:56):
And I, luckily I didn't mind it, but my brother
and what one of my sisters absolutely refused to go
to the dentists because he got this phobia.

Speaker 10 (45:04):
And so dentists figured things out.

Speaker 26 (45:06):
And now my little three and a half year old granddaughter, Reagan,
she goes in there. There's fragrance in there, there's videos playing,
there's special toy glasses you wear. There's we're not talking
little rings like we had dumb stuff or a ball.
They got really nice toys. And so they've made it
now or she likes to go to the dentist. So

(45:27):
veterinary medicine, you know, we've done a really good job
of preventive care. We do a really good job with
accidents and illnesses. But what we've ignored, really we didn't
even know this existed in front of our eyes, was
the fear and anxiety that pet's face.

Speaker 10 (45:42):
When they go to the veterinarian.

Speaker 26 (45:43):
Now, pet owners have known this, and that's one of
the reasons why they've increasingly gone to the internet for
advice or a treatment plan and they've also bought their
products and services there because it's so stressful on both the.

Speaker 10 (45:55):
Pet and the pet owner to go in.

Speaker 26 (45:57):
And there was a recent study done by Baar Animal
Health called the bare Bracy Study that's been quoted a lot,
and in there a pet owner say, sixty percent of
dogs and about eighty percent of cats hate going to
the vet.

Speaker 10 (46:08):
I'll tell you some of the signs. By the way.

Speaker 26 (46:10):
You'll see dogs that are, you know, some of them
just have a rapid heart rate or rapid respiration rate.
Some are actually shaking. Lots of them lick, they yawn.
More subtle signs are kind of a hardening of the eyes,
is shifting in weight or avoiding a glance. They'll put
their head down between the owner's legs, are looking so
they like they're you know, on ostrich with their head
in their sand. And then for cats, you know, cats

(46:31):
are often inside the carriers. There's actually, you know, if
you're looking inside, their increase, increased respiration, a hardening of
the eyes, the ears, and the tails that are down
in a thing of severe anxiety. And even people that say,
oh gosh, luckily my pet loves go the vet. It
goes in there and runs up to what's their name.
When you actually watch them, even those pets are showing

(46:53):
signs of fear and anxiety. They just tend to be
the kind of breeds, like the retriever breeds that can
overcome it easier than some of the smaller, smaller, more
nervous breeds. But they're almost all having fear and anxiety,
and they literally many of them just think they're going
to die. You know, it's not that it's just uncomfortable.
You know, I'm going to be killed today when I
go there.

Speaker 10 (47:12):
Oh God, I'm again.

Speaker 26 (47:14):
So what we're doing in veterinary medicine, I'll just give
an example the two hospitals I work at in Northern Idaho.

Speaker 10 (47:20):
But what we do.

Speaker 26 (47:21):
I help design a new carrier from pet Mat called
the Navigator Kennel. I'm not an owner, shareholder anything, you know,
no financial.

Speaker 10 (47:28):
Relationships, just a good product. You like a good product.
But I was able to help them design it.

Speaker 26 (47:33):
The pet Make carrier. The front door swings both ways.
It opens on the top, so you can put a
cat in the top or in the front. It swings
both ways. When you get into the veterinary clinic. What
we do with cats is. We start out by having
the owner put pheromones in the carrier and they use
They used three towels. Use a towel on the bottom
of it, sprist with with feel away, a towel that

(47:55):
they can get up underneath, and a towel that covers
the carrier. As soon as they're brought in the hospital,
there immediately taken into an exam room that's a feline
only exam room. There's never the smell of a dog
in there. The carrier, rather than being put up on
the table, is put down on the floor with the
door open facing the wall, and we tell the peed
on it.

Speaker 10 (48:13):
We give them a little sheet to.

Speaker 26 (48:14):
Explain what's happening in the hospital that we're using dimmer lights.
We're speaking in a lower tone of voice. There's pheromones
in the air that they can't smell, one for dogs,
one for cats. The cat can't smell the dog, when
the dog can't smell the cat, when the humans can't
smell either one. There are special music playing that's clinically
proven to reduce stress. And we tell them we're going
to come back in about ten minutes, because that's how

(48:35):
long we know it takes a cat to decompress. We
also put a very thick Costco towel. These really thick
white towels you get at Costco. We heat them up
in the dryer. So on the exam room table is
a thick towel that's heated.

Speaker 2 (48:49):
All these things that you're saying are really things that
the veternarian is doing. How do we do that? I mean,
if our veterinarian doesn't apply the same practices, doesn't have
the towels out inst.

Speaker 26 (48:59):
Well, you know it's going to put a lot of
pressure on veterinarians to do this. Which is a good
thing is once you know that this exists with some things,
you think, why doesn't my.

Speaker 10 (49:06):
Vet do that? Here's what you can do by yourself.

Speaker 26 (49:09):
One is look into the navigator kennel and keep the
carrier out all the time. Don't put it away in
the garage or in the closet or up in the attic,
and then take it down the day before the.

Speaker 10 (49:20):
Morning of the visit.

Speaker 26 (49:21):
Leave it out somewhere and make it the most pleasurable palace.

Speaker 10 (49:25):
In the thing.

Speaker 26 (49:25):
So new food is given in their new toys. Also
get the pheromone called feel Away. There's several brands of pheromones,
but they're not all clinically proven to actually work. And
feel Away is one that is proven to work. It's
made by a company called Siva. And also there's a
product called Ansatain and Anxetain is one that I dispensed

(49:45):
by the bushel.

Speaker 10 (49:46):
Basket around fourth or July.

Speaker 26 (49:48):
And also we actually prescribe it for pet owners to
give it twelve hours before a visit, two hours before
a visit. Now you can buy that online. You don't
have to go through your veterinary and if you don't
want to buy that product. But it's a X I
T A N E and it's a green tea extract,
so it's a natural product. It's in a chewable form.
And this is one of the things that you know,
my fellow team members here on the on the radio

(50:10):
probably won't believe cats love the taste of this chewable tablet.
In fact, some veterinary behaviors call it kiddy crack. And
so twelve hours before the visit, two hours before the visit,
give that to your dog or your cat. It comes
to two sizes for smaller pets.

Speaker 2 (50:24):
And for larger and well those are all great tips
and we're gonna put them over at the website at
Animal radio dot com. And of course I encourage people
to check out vett Street dot com. That's kind of
like a home for you. And of course doctor Marty
Becker dot com. Really get into this innerweb thingy. I
think it's going to take off.

Speaker 4 (50:38):
You think so.

Speaker 2 (50:39):
Yes, I got myself my Space page just last week.

Speaker 5 (50:44):
Doctor, you rank around here? How when when Marty talks
is like Ef Hutton, everyone just sits back and listen.
When I when I talk, everyone's chiming and you know,
sticking in two cents. And you know, Marty, you rank
around here.

Speaker 10 (50:58):
Well, thank you.

Speaker 11 (50:58):
You know, you know what.

Speaker 26 (50:59):
I've been a fan of this show for years and
it's just really nice. I mean, really we met, we
met doing work to help animals, and here we are
thirteen years later. We're all working together to help animals.
So that's a blessing.

Speaker 17 (51:12):
Dogs or cats horser and you animals are people too.
We've heard about leash laws for dogs, but Cindy dec
from Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, wants a.

Speaker 16 (51:25):
Leash law for cats.

Speaker 17 (51:27):
Dog owner Deezy says she wants cat owners to be
as responsible as dog owners. She said her dog was
seriously hurt twice while chasing a cat from her yard.
She is among those tired of cats wandering the neighborhood,
damaging plants, tearing up lawn furniture, and using their lawns
as litter boxes. Deezy says, if my dog was digging

(51:48):
up people's gardens and peeing and leaving animal parts, people
would be up in arms. In response to the complaints,
the city is considering picking up roaman cats, but they
haven't decided on a cat lead each law yet. I'm
brit Savage or animal radio.

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Speaker 1 (53:14):
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Speaker 2 (53:25):
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Speaker 8 (53:30):
I just wish how would be honest, that's all. I
wish you'd be honest.

Speaker 2 (53:33):
There's not a moment that I can be honest. You
know that.

Speaker 6 (53:35):
I just wish you would be That's just you know,
this is Angelata thing telling people I had a ban
Ancelotta when you tried to poison me.

Speaker 2 (53:41):
I mean, come on, wait, wait, wait, we thought it
was Joey that was trying to poison you. That's what
we found out last week. Joy, you said that it
was Joey, didn't you.

Speaker 3 (53:49):
That's the meat Oh sure I did.

Speaker 6 (53:51):
Hell, that's the second time he's tried to poison me,
and this time there was no good reason.

Speaker 2 (53:55):
What's my motive? Who?

Speaker 8 (53:58):
I think you're jealous?

Speaker 5 (53:59):
Thinking he was upset that you weren't there the past week,
That's what I think. I think he said, Okay, I'm
gonna fix him.

Speaker 8 (54:05):
We're gonna put him in a toilet for about an
hour or two.

Speaker 2 (54:07):
We truly missed you, and the listeners missed you too.
Lots of dog calls had to be answered by doctor Debbie.
I mean, she's good and everything. Whereas she knows a lot,
she sure does.

Speaker 5 (54:17):
They don't let me, you know what, they don't let
me do behavior calls.

Speaker 2 (54:21):
They know they know that, you know, I'm not the
best at it.

Speaker 4 (54:24):
So we've seen your dogs, Joey.

Speaker 2 (54:26):
Yes, exactly exactly. Let's hit the phones. Hey, Paula, welcome
to the show. What's going on with you?

Speaker 27 (54:34):
Actually? I sent Judy of facts so you guys can
kind of know what's going on because I'm not really
that familiar with you know, the ear drums and all that.
But my doll, he's pitbull mixed with lab I guess.
But anyway, he has an ear infection. They told me.
So I was trying to see if there's any kind
of home remedies I can use for him or instead

(54:55):
of spending a lot of money?

Speaker 23 (54:57):
Oh well could I do?

Speaker 27 (54:59):
Were you able to read it?

Speaker 2 (55:00):
I want to know where do the facts come from?
Did you actually fax your animal through?

Speaker 11 (55:04):
No?

Speaker 27 (55:05):
No, not fact, no fact the paper that I got
from the bed.

Speaker 2 (55:09):
Oh so you went to the vet and the Okay,
I got it. Good?

Speaker 10 (55:11):
Okay. Yeah.

Speaker 19 (55:13):
So basically they diagnosed your baby with O titus external,
which is the fancy word for saying an outer ear infection,
which is basically the outer ear canal, including the flap
of the ear, as well as the deeper canal that
goes down to the ear drum. What I wasn't clear
on is what if any medications that they did prescribe.

Speaker 27 (55:32):
Oh gosh, they it's it's it was okay, it wasn't
on there.

Speaker 16 (55:37):
Huh No, there wasn't.

Speaker 19 (55:39):
But you know, a lot of when we talk about
what we can do for ear infections, there's not a
kind of one size fits all therapy because a lot
of different factors can influence one pet's ear infection versus another.
When you say Labrador retriever mix, I'm like, whoa allergies.

Speaker 16 (55:54):
Are a big and so are yeast infection in these guys.

Speaker 19 (55:57):
So there's ways to try to treat these as appropriately
as we can. And for me, that usually involves I
like to take a swab and I take a sample
of the garbage that's inside those ear canals and look
under the microscope, because that really gives us some good
direction at knowing what kind of medicine are we going
to need to fight this. If you're looking for just
a wash or a cleaner that's going to take care

(56:17):
of this, I'll probably tell you. I can't tell you
there is one, because in many cases, if we've got
an actual established ear infection, there's other things going on.
There may be allergies, there may be inflammation in that
ear can Now we may need some anti inflammatories, antibiotics,
yeast medicine. So it really kind of depends on what

(56:40):
we see physically in the ear as well as what
we see on that cytology that.

Speaker 27 (56:43):
Okay, they did, they did a swab.

Speaker 16 (56:47):
They did Okay, do you know what that result was?

Speaker 6 (56:51):
Actually?

Speaker 27 (56:51):
I thought they put it on the paper, because usually
what they do is when they do whatever, they put
it on the paper.

Speaker 19 (56:57):
It's just basically kind of a general term what they
call o tide sexterns. So this information didn't really tell
me what they saw particularly, but different remedies. Again, we
could get into things that are topical medications, sometimes the
oral medications, and sometimes just even getting a good cleanser.
And if we're talking about things like yeast and bacteria,

(57:18):
in many cases we'll look for something that has an
acidifying effect. So a lot of the pet products now
have acetic acid, boric acid and other agents that help
to loosen up the wax and the gunk in the
ear so that you can effectively clean things even at home.

Speaker 16 (57:34):
On some level, so it may.

Speaker 19 (57:37):
Be a little tough to say, you know, for your
pets individual case, what I can tell you to do,
But if you don't already have some medication in hand,
I would say, you know, we need to definitely.

Speaker 16 (57:46):
Get down that road.

Speaker 27 (57:47):
We need to do what Now, get.

Speaker 19 (57:48):
Some medication going for this baby of some form. So
if they didn't dispense that for you, now a lot
of people can I do things at home that will
treat infection. And I'm really not a fan of doing
the home cookbook remedies. When we have an actual when
we have an actual problem. I really like to stick
to sound veterinary medicine for people who just want to

(58:11):
do some you know, how can I keep my pet's
ears healthy in between problems. I'm all for doing some
of those home remedies, the vinegar and the boric acid solutions,
but not if your baby's got into your infection. I
think your VET can probably direct you the best way
to get those medicines going and to get that turned around,
and then we can get you on that maintenance regimen

(58:31):
at home.

Speaker 27 (58:32):
Oh okay, I understand now where you located.

Speaker 16 (58:34):
I'm in Las Vegas.

Speaker 15 (58:36):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (58:37):
Yeah, but you need to find yourself another vet, is
what I think you did, because what you did is
I'm looking at the facts now it's one of those
box store vets, and I think you need to find
someone that's going to sit down with you and someone
a little more special for your Animkay.

Speaker 27 (58:50):
This is okay, Now, this is pets Mark.

Speaker 2 (58:52):
Yeah, yes, I understand it.

Speaker 27 (58:53):
Okay, So you're saying, okay, I need to find.

Speaker 2 (58:55):
Me out if you're not getting the answers that you
should be getting, which I don't think you are. I
think you need to find another vet. That's my personal opinion,
and may not you.

Speaker 19 (59:04):
Know sometimes and I'm going to cut you off hell
because sometimes also just kind of no one ask the
right questions. And you know, hopefully we've talked about a
couple of things that maybe if that wasn't presented to
you in a certain way when you spoke to your vet.
You know, I'm always how I like to give people
the benefit of the day out, and sometimes it's just
a matter of really not kind of communicating on the
same level and understanding what the vet's trying to accomplish.

(59:27):
So you know, always, you know, raise questions. If you
don't get it, why are you doing this? Why do
I have to you know, use your product versus something
I can't just do at home. You know, really don't
be afraid to ask questions like that. And I would
encourage you to pick up that phone and call your
vet and say.

Speaker 16 (59:42):
Hey, you know, what do you think I need to do?
And let them explain that.

Speaker 19 (59:47):
And then if you don't agree, or you you think
they're not listening to your concerns or needs, then not
to say go find another vet.

Speaker 27 (59:53):
Yeah, okay, that's not good.

Speaker 2 (59:55):
Good luck with that. Let us know how that works
out with that. We appreciate your listening to Animal Rate.

Speaker 11 (01:00:03):
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Speaker 16 (01:01:15):
This is an animal radio news update.

Speaker 7 (01:01:18):
I'm Stacey Cohen four in more Radio. A race horse
in New York is offering proof that it really is
the horse that does all the work. A Philly named
Downtown Hotty crossed the finish line first in a raised
at Belmont Park, despite losing her jockey soon after leaving
the gate. Unfortunately, though, the independent horse couldn't actually claim
the victory because riderless horses are officially listed as having

(01:01:41):
not finished at all. But Downtown Hotty did win the
hearts of the crowd, and her jockey suffered nothing more
than a bruised ego. A New York couple suing their
dog sitter for allegedly taking her job too seriously. According
to ABC News, Cecil and Victor Stanton recently filed a
lawsuit against Beverly Jeffries. The Stanton say that Jeffreys refused

(01:02:01):
to return their American Kennel Club Champion Samoyd, and even
supposedly had the dog neutered. The Stantons estimate that the
surgery cost them one hundred thousand dollars in the dog's
breeding value, but they're suing for a total of three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a breach of contract,
a promisory fraud, and intentional infliction of severe emotional distress.

(01:02:22):
I think the dog was probably more distressed than they were,
although all the money they lost. The two parties had
signed a contract earlier this year giving Jeffrey's temporary physical
custody of the dog, but it's not clear why she
suddenly decided to make that custody permanent where she made
more than custody permanent. A dog has undergone emergency surgery

(01:02:43):
to remove a tennis ball after it became lodged in
his abdomen. A two year old Husky cross packs needed
this operation after the ball was spotted on an X
ray a week after he swallowed it. You know what,
my dogs, they'll put like four balls, my lab Hill stuff,
Jack Hill stuff four balls in his mouth at the
dog park. The owner had taken her pet to the

(01:03:04):
PDSA in her hometown of Brighton after he stopped eating.
He was sick and he became really lethargic. Well, the
vet said that this was a life or death situation.
Without surgery, it's likely that Pax would have died. The
tennis ball was removed intact and Pax was allowed at
home the exact same day and recovered pretty well. Pets
are being rewarded for loyalty not just by their owners,

(01:03:26):
but by airlines. Part of a growing number of pet
Frequent Flyer programs. Dogs and cats that travel on Virgin
Australia domestic flights they can now collect discounts on future flights.
The animals travel and hold as usual, but with the
benefit of earning participating Virgin Australia Club members a minimum
of three hundred points.

Speaker 3 (01:03:45):
That's not bad. Your dogs can get frequent Flyer miles
for you. I'm Stacy Cohen.

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Get more animal breaking news at animal radio dot com.

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Log on learn more. Let's see we have email now.
This came in off the Animal Radio app. Very exciting.
You can ask your questions right from the app or
listen to the show. It's a free download for iPhone
and Android. Just type in Animal Radio. This one, I
believe is for doctor Debbye. It says, hi, I'm Rachel.
I have a question. Really, you know, Rachel, you just
go right to the question. Folks, just go right barrel in,

(01:04:27):
just go right for it. She says. My dog Sasha
had back surgery. She can't move her back legs and
she's learning to walk again. Is there anything we can
do to help her walk again?

Speaker 5 (01:04:37):
Oh?

Speaker 19 (01:04:37):
Absolutely, And well the first step is really, you know,
having that surgery, but most surgeons will tell you the
aftercare is even more important than having the procedure done. So,
you know, normally with having a back surgery, a lot
of times there is rehabilitation exercises that the surgeon or
the specialty center might recommend. But I can tell you
the number one thing that once those features are out

(01:05:01):
after back surgery, that the best thing you can do
is actually get the pets swimming. And this is because
it's non weight bearing and it makes them use their
limbs in a great range of motion. So it really
allows them to kind of extend those legs and move
them around. And if they can't do that, you assist them,
kind of do a little support. You don't want to

(01:05:21):
do this and let them sink, but it's a wonderful
way to build up muscle tone and to get them using.

Speaker 16 (01:05:26):
Those legs again. But beyond that.

Speaker 19 (01:05:29):
There's other things that you know can be done at
different rehab centers. You can do underwater treadmills, and then
there's even some of the little things that you see
in the gyms and physical therapy for people. We actually
use these for dogs too, the balance balls, the little
round balls where you put the front end on the
ball and work them to build their strength in the

(01:05:50):
back legs and the front legs.

Speaker 16 (01:05:51):
So that's definitely something that you can do. Usually you
need a little.

Speaker 19 (01:05:55):
Instruction again from a physical therapist or a veterinarian, but
that and even the the balanced boards kind of those
rectangular little wobble boards news can be used as well
for dogs recovering from an orthopedic surgery. But you know,
with a back surgery, it is important to make sure
you're on a good solid surface and to do it with.

Speaker 16 (01:06:13):
A veterinarian's direction.

Speaker 19 (01:06:14):
So I think there's definitely a lot of things that
Sasha can get using, so hopefully that can.

Speaker 16 (01:06:19):
Help her out.

Speaker 2 (01:06:20):
Rachel, I don't know where you live, but where we live,
they have this mobile pool that goes around from house
to house where there's dogs that are being rehabilitated for injuries,
and they go out into the mobile pool. It's like
one of the dog Rumors units, but it's a pool inside,
and they spend a half an hour working in the
pool there. That's great exercise, that's cool.

Speaker 19 (01:06:40):
But even if you don't have a pool, you know,
if you live near a body of water, even a stream,
a little little brook, you know, that's all it is
is really getting them to build up the strength against
the water current, so you know, you don't have to
have a lot of fancy equipment.

Speaker 6 (01:06:54):
Hey, doctor Debbie, you know that one of those most
common injuries and my friend just that accreciate an injury
that all the labs get. You know that what's an
acceptable range? I mean, just in your opinion and when
somebody's trying to get that fixed, and I know there's
more than one way to fix it, what's an acceptable
price range or what what's a normal price range for
that surgery?

Speaker 16 (01:07:14):
You know, it depends a lot on the size of
the dog.

Speaker 19 (01:07:17):
So for a small dog in my area here, they
do a different technique. They do more of what they
call an extra capsule or technique. So that may be
you know, fifteen hundred dollars maybe up to two thousand
for a large breed or giant breed dog. There's a
couple of different procedures and they usually involve some kind
of bone implants. So when they're using those, you're upwards

(01:07:39):
of you know, two thousand, maybe three thousand dollars, So
it's really not inexpensive, but a lot of I can
tell you a lot of money goes into the equipment
that the orthopedics are using on those guys.

Speaker 4 (01:07:51):
I know we paid like twenty one hundred dollars for
ladybugs knee when she tore her ligament.

Speaker 2 (01:07:55):
Those injuries can be expensive, but you know, we'll pay them.
We'll do anything. Anybody that's steen right now will probably
pay that if they could to fix their animal or
to help their animals, because that's family.

Speaker 16 (01:08:06):
It's a great argument.

Speaker 19 (01:08:07):
And you know there's there's good and bad with pet insurance,
but this is a great argument that kind of injury
it is so expensive. Ped insurance can really make a
big difference in helping to defer that cost.

Speaker 16 (01:08:18):
So I have to get on my little soap box there.

Speaker 2 (01:08:21):
You wonder if insurance if their premiums are higher for
dogs that are predisposed to luxadi and patella or any
other kind of knee injuries.

Speaker 4 (01:08:30):
Yeah, it might be. You got to look at the
fine print.

Speaker 2 (01:08:32):
Let's get them on the phone. Let's get an insurance
company on the phone and ask them about that.

Speaker 6 (01:08:36):
Okay, maybe next week.

Speaker 2 (01:08:37):
I also see that you've booked Beth oh or should
I say Beth Stern? What does she like to be called?

Speaker 4 (01:08:41):
You know, I don't know what she likes to be called.

Speaker 2 (01:08:43):
I think she's gone by BETHO. Of course, Howard Stern's wife,
who is big into the animals, will be joining us
just a couple of weeks here on Animal I wanted
to mention if you have a Yorkshire Terrier, a Shitsu,
a Pug, or a Mini Schnauzer, I encourage you to
pick up Doctor Debbie's ebook How to Be Your Dog's
Best Friend? Are you going to work any other breeds here?
We see any other breeds coming up?

Speaker 19 (01:09:03):
You know, I definitely want to, but everyone keeps telling me,
you know, right on labs, but it was already done,
so I'm looking for some other things.

Speaker 2 (01:09:08):
Yeah, these are good books, and of course you are
a spectacular writer. You certainly don't need Animal Radio. We're
blessed to have you, and of course, we'll link to
it from Animal radio dot com. Let's go to line
for we have Kathy for Alan. Hi, Kathy, how are
you doing good?

Speaker 10 (01:09:23):
Good?

Speaker 2 (01:09:23):
What's going on with your dog?

Speaker 18 (01:09:25):
Well?

Speaker 28 (01:09:25):
I was just wondering because I could get some sits
on clicker training. We have a dog that we recently
adopted about a month and a half ago, and We've
had dogs my whole life, but I've never clicker trained,
and this one I think could use it. So I
was just wondering about yourself.

Speaker 6 (01:09:41):
Well, let's talk about clicker training. It's kind of cool
that you called and asked that question. Do you understand
what positive reinforcement is, Kath? Yes, okay, Well that's what
you do with clickers. You you positive positively reinforced the
dog with a clicker, and the clicker is not the
actual reward. The clicker tells the dog that he's doing
something that you like. And the first thing you do

(01:10:03):
when you get a clicker is you load it, and
that means you click the dog, give your dog a
little treat, click the dog, give your dog a little treat,
so that the dog learns very quickly that whenever he
or she hears the clicker he's going to get a treat.

Speaker 8 (01:10:14):
That's what that tells him.

Speaker 6 (01:10:15):
The next thing you do is you look for your
dog to do behaviors that you like, and every time
you catch your dog doing something that you like, you
click and give the dog a treat and say the words. So,
in other words, if your dog just sat down on
his own was being all meloancom you would click and go,
good dog, sad, good dog, give him a treat. Just
like that, so he would learn every time he sat

(01:10:36):
that was a desired behavior.

Speaker 8 (01:10:38):
And that he was going to get a treat. And
that's how you use a clicker.

Speaker 6 (01:10:41):
You don't use it to stop the dog from doing
stuff you don't like.

Speaker 8 (01:10:45):
You use it to get the dog to do stuff
you do like.

Speaker 6 (01:10:48):
So, in other words, if your dog is chewing something
you don't like, you take that out of his mouth.
You put something he does like in it. You know,
you want him to chew in his mouth, click it
and say good.

Speaker 8 (01:10:56):
Boy, you know.

Speaker 6 (01:10:57):
So you teach the dog what he's supposed to do
and not what he's not supposed to do, and you click.
And timing is very important, so you have to click
right when the dog's doing the behavior.

Speaker 8 (01:11:07):
So it's really cool to have a friend.

Speaker 6 (01:11:09):
Just lead your dog around the house on a leash
and observe, and whenever the dog does something cool that
you like, like lays down or sits, click, give a treat,
good boy, and you move on.

Speaker 28 (01:11:19):
Are there certain breeds that it works better with or
is it pretty er?

Speaker 6 (01:11:23):
Well, we talk about chow's, you know, that's the one
breed that nothing works on.

Speaker 8 (01:11:27):
We were talking to a guy last week about child dogs.

Speaker 6 (01:11:30):
They're very hard to train. They're like cats and they're
gonna do what they want to do. But mostly every
other dog it will work. It's just you gotta be
patient because especially young dogs are manic and crazy and
kooky and they're into everything. So it's real important that
you don't go wild with the clicker because it'll just
confuse the dog. So you have to actually mellow and

(01:11:50):
calm the dog out. And the best way to do
that again is exercise. The best time to teach a
dog good behavior is after exercise, because the dog's exhausted
and is mellow, and that's a great time to do
a training.

Speaker 8 (01:12:02):
Exercise with your dog after your dog's tired.

Speaker 28 (01:12:04):
Well, thank you very much, very forward to start that
right away.

Speaker 8 (01:12:08):
Yep, just be patient and be consistent.

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on the phone? Did you finally hear Doc? How you doing?

Speaker 15 (01:13:16):
Hey?

Speaker 11 (01:13:16):
I'm great.

Speaker 2 (01:13:17):
Okay, you've been up to some crazy stuff. I see
a picture here of you sitting in a car for
what thirty minutes to see how hot it gets and
what it feels like in there.

Speaker 20 (01:13:26):
Yeah, that's right. You know, as a veterinarian, we're always
telling people about the dangers of leading their pets in
a parked car, and I wanted to see what it
felt like firsthand. So I did exactly as you described.
I just picked a typical summer's day and cracked all
the windows a couple of inches. There was a nice
breeze going, and I said, let's see how hot it
gets in here.

Speaker 4 (01:13:44):
Now, what is it outside?

Speaker 20 (01:13:46):
It was ninety four degrees.

Speaker 2 (01:13:47):
Ninety four.

Speaker 20 (01:13:48):
Yeah, it's a hot summer's day, but you know, typical
for the southeastern United States.

Speaker 2 (01:13:52):
Okay, so what happened? Did you pass out? Did you
any good news, any bad news, anything exciting? What happened
in that thirty minutes delusion?

Speaker 20 (01:14:00):
I can tell you in one word, it sucked. It
was a terrifying experience.

Speaker 12 (01:14:05):
You know.

Speaker 20 (01:14:05):
What I found was quickly the temperatures begin to rise.
In fact, if you watch the video, you'll see the
car starts out at about ninety four degrees and within
five ten minutes we're already cracking well above one hundred degrees.
And within fifteen minutes we're already you know, one ten,
one hundred and fifteen which is going to be life
threatening for most pets. And of course you'll see I

(01:14:26):
just begin to perspire profusely, which is how we humans
try to cool off. But our pet friends can't do that.
They've got fur coats, maybe they've put on a few
extra pounds, maybe they're heavy, maybe they've got preexisting kidney
or heart problems. All of those things add up to
a real disaster if they're left in a hot car,
even for a few minutes.

Speaker 2 (01:14:45):
You know, I got to say, you could have just
put the thermometer in the car and watched from the outside.

Speaker 20 (01:14:50):
Yeah, but that's missing the point. The point was to
experience the feelings, the helplessness, the terrifying, the sensation of being,
you know, alone in a car and you can't do
anything about. And I think that. I think that's why,
you know, the video has gotten five hundred thousand views
or whatever in four days, because people relate to that.
I think it's the emotions and watching me. I mean,

(01:15:11):
I've become visibly, you know, more and more it's suffering.

Speaker 2 (01:15:14):
Is there any point really during the video that we think, oh,
maybe you're not going to make it.

Speaker 20 (01:15:19):
I don't think so. I'm an adult, I can open
the door, you know. But I think what people realize
is that, you know, if you leave yourself or you know,
or a pet and a car, you can be in
real danger. And let's not forget to date. This year
in the US, thirteen children have died as a result
of being left in hot cars. We have no idea
how many dogs and cats. Just this past week alone,

(01:15:41):
three children died in Canada. And this is an awful
way to die.

Speaker 4 (01:15:45):
Now, did anybody try to break the window to save you?

Speaker 20 (01:15:48):
It was interesting, you know, we had lots of passers
by that would say, oh my gosh, you know, because
I had my children outside. They were filming some of
the exterior shots here and you can see like, oh
my god, and they're like, you know, what is he okay? Now?
But here's the irony. We don't think twice about leaving
our pet in the car as we go inside to
grab something quickly from the store. But yet people were
concerned when they saw a man in a car on

(01:16:09):
a sidewalk on a hot day.

Speaker 19 (01:16:10):
Well, you know, pla, I get a say, Doc, you know,
what I think you did was crazy, absolutely insane. But
in my practice, just yesterday I had someone who came
in with one dog, left two dogs in the car.
It's one hundred and ten in Las Vegas, and they
left the car running. And they say, oh, he's fine,
They're fine, they're outside, And I said, you know what,
out here in the summer, you're going to have some

(01:16:30):
police officers. You're going to have a person come with
a sledgehammer and bust into your car, even if that
your conditioning's on.

Speaker 16 (01:16:36):
So just don't even put your pet in that situation.

Speaker 12 (01:16:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 20 (01:16:38):
Yeah, there's so many dangers to leaving a pet in
a parked running car. That's a whole nother show altogether.
But the reality is there's simply no reason to take
your pets along with you this time of year unless
it's an emergency, unless you're taking into the veterinarian or
to the groom or someplace they need to go. Leave
them at home.

Speaker 4 (01:16:56):
We know a lot of people say, well, the car's
in the shade, but that sun moves, shade doesn't always
stay there.

Speaker 20 (01:17:01):
Yeah, and again, I think what the video clearly shows
is that despite this being a breezy day, despite all
the windows being down a couple of inches, it's still
gonna quickly escalate in temperature inside that car. So I
don't think there's any valid excuse you as a veterinarian
in the southeast, you know, growing up in south west Georgia.
I mean, I've seen innumerable cases of heat stress and

(01:17:22):
a stroke and stress, and I'll tell you it's just
it's one of those risks that why do it? You know,
why do it?

Speaker 2 (01:17:28):
Okay? Well, yeah, I'm sorry, Alan, did you.

Speaker 8 (01:17:31):
I certainly love the giant thermometer.

Speaker 27 (01:17:34):
I like that.

Speaker 6 (01:17:34):
I'm gonna wear one of those around my neck, like
flavor flavor at a clock. I'm gonna have a thermometer.

Speaker 2 (01:17:38):
You and I think alike, buddy, this is you know,
we make we make fun, and we're poking fun at you,
but it really is a very serious subject. Please do
not leave your animals in the car when you just
even if it's for a second. I've seen people that
say you leave it in just for a second. They
run in, they realize they locked themselves out of the
car and the dog in there. Can you have to
deal with that one?

Speaker 20 (01:18:00):
He listen. I attribute a lot of the success the
video because I think secretly there are hundreds of thousands
or millions of people that would like to see their
bet locked in a hot car. So maybe that's why
it took off fiery. I don't know, but the reality is,
if I can do this, people make fun. Whatever we're
getting out a serious message. If that makes one person
think twice before taking their pet in the car on

(01:18:21):
a hot day. Hey, I've done my job.

Speaker 8 (01:18:23):
What's the next video?

Speaker 20 (01:18:25):
Well, I can tell you it involves It involves surfaces.
So we've got one that's going to be coming out
here in another week.

Speaker 10 (01:18:33):
Maybe maybe.

Speaker 2 (01:18:34):
Okay, A really spoiler there, j Doctor Ernie Reward. We
appreciate you spending time with us and sacrificing your life
to bring out such an important message. On that note,
I think we should exit. Thanks for listening today. Remember
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