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The next Stefan Good Day download with
Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in

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part by Calitron, which is the
safe way for you to lose weight and

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keep it off, and also by
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to share Warren Exstein with you.
Then he joins us once a week to

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talk about things that are pertinent to
the care and feeding of your animals,

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your dog, your cat, whatever
your pet is. I have a Daisy

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story that I want to relate to
you, and see how many people get

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this is many people know. Warren
knows. I rescued Daisy. Daisy was

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in a puppy mill down in Alabama
or Arkansas, and she came north through

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a bunch of other forty different dogs
that came out of this one house in

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this wherever the heck it was.
And so Daisy, as I found out,

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had been in a cage for a
couple of years, had a couple

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of litters, had no socialization,
nothing. So when she was brought north,

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the being around new people and new
experiences, she had very nervous and

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she threw up all the time.
And when I brought her home, she

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was so nervous because she'd been moved
around so much she threw up all over

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my car, but gently, and
after a while she sort of got what

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was going on. So fast forward
to me not being able to bring her

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to California because I'm not staying here
as much, so I can't really bring

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her here. She you know,
you can't travel with the dog back and

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forth back and forth. Wouldn't be
practical with her, especially, So I

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found this young lady who was a
friend of a very good friend of mine

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who house sits for this lady,
and I said, well, maybe I

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can get her to outside. I'd
rather have because Daisy was home. The

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people on the farm were taking care
of her, but there was nobody there

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with her every night, and I
didn't like that. So this lady is

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there, and when she first came, you know, the people on the

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farm have been around her, so
she was used to them and warmed up

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to them. But this new girl
comes into the house and she's there.

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I introduced her to Charlotte and they
play a little bit, but Charlotte doesn't

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know what to expect. So I'm
gone and this girl comes over to spend

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the night, and Daisy doesn't have
a clue about what's this a bunch?

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You get all nervous and started throwing
up again. And so I wonder,

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under the circumstances for people who have
like situations, Warren, what do you

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recommend? What is the what's the
fix to that? If there is one?

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Well, my two guys, you
know, I took them out of

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a high kill shell to Molly and
Willie. They were really really abused,

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and when I first took them back, you know, out, they were,

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you know, afraid and with everybody. So I have someone that comes

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to my house. I have a
Vetec that comes to my house and stays

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with them overnight and all day long
whenever I'm not here. The bottom line

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is I introduced them gradually. I
knew I was going to be traveling.

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I knew the dogs were a little
shy around people. I built up their

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confidence as much as I can.
But I had to come over for a

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few minutes every day just to kind
of give them a treat and then leave.

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Give them a treat and then leave, so they didn't associate her with

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me being gone for a long period
of time. And then what I did

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is I had her come and stay
during the day when I was gone.

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I took a hotel room how to
stay overnight until I realized how the dogs

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were getting along with her, And
now they're getting along fine. So it

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takes time, and a lot of
people don't understand the concept. When you

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adopt a dog or rescue a dog
from a situation where they've been either abused

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or neglected or lack of socialization,
it takes a while for them to decompress

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and they learn through association. This
is the most critical thing I probably ever

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said on your show. Dog has
learned from the associative memory, So they

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do if they do something right nine
times and they do something wrong the tenth

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time, that's the time they remember. So it's really important that each time

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the dog is meeting someone new it
always ends on a positive note, because

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if it ends on a positive note, that's what's going to happen the next

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time. So little of the time, but make sure you understand the concept

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that they do learn through association,
and it does take them time. Each

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dog's different, but usually takes a
couple of months for a dog that's been

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abused to really decompress and start building
up that self image, that self esteem

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and that self confidence. M all
right, it's great advice. So what

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other advice do you have when it
comes to New Year's resolutions. Everybody's all

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steeped in New Year's resolutions for themselves. What about for the animals. Well,

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my dogs joined the gym. Now
I'm just joking with you. Here's

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here's the new Year's resolutions. This
is the five most common ones. Health

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and wellness checkups. More people make
the New Year's resolution they're going to see

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their vet once a year or every
six months to make sure their dogs are

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well. And that's important because,
you know, finding something before it becomes

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a problem is critical. A lot
of people feel guilty socialization adventures. Make

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sure you get the opportunity to socialize
your dog a lot more with other dogs

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or other people if they enjoy it. How about a pet friendly road trip.

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I do that with my dogs.
I'll put them in the car,

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will take a road trip somewhere,
just to introduce them to a new environment.

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And quality time. You know,
people spend a lot of time with

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the dog. I spend eight hours
a day with my dog. Doesn't make

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any difference. It's not the quantity
of time, it's the quality of time.

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And here the most important thing to
do of mental problems or behavioral issues

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with dogs and cats for that matter, I do to lack of stimulation and

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mental enrichment. So keep them occupied, keep their mind focused on new different

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things, add new things. That
makes all the difference in the world.

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Well and happy. Yeah right.
I take Daisy with me pretty much everywhere

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during this Yeah. We are dogs
always like a lot of socialization company.

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Yeah right. There are a lot
of people around, and she's great with

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him, all right, Warren,
good advice as usual, Warren X time.

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Check out the petshow dot com and
the pet Show radio show. Every

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weekend around the country. A lot
of great stations are carrying Warren. Thanks

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Warren, Happy New Year. The
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Jay Kirshner is made possible in part
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for you to lose weight and keep
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your brain healthy.