1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,400 The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,039 part by Keltron, which is the safe way for you to lose weight and 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,560 keep it off, and also by prevagent keeping your brain healthy. Time for 4 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:18,719 our weekly visit from Warren Eckstein, who is probably America is number one, 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,800 if not the number one person in the entire world on the planet. Nobody 6 00:00:23,879 --> 00:00:28,519 knows more about pets than war An x Stine. Thus the one hundred and 7 00:00:28,519 --> 00:00:32,600 fourteen year run of the Pet Show on the radio that you can hear every 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,840 weekend on a lot of these same stations. So let's talk about the cold 9 00:00:37,679 --> 00:00:43,840 Dog shelters have made appeals for homes. Our own James Collins just adopted a 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:49,240 dog from one of these homes. The temperatures have plummeted below zero in many 11 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:55,079 areas of the country, so there's a new thing. Animal shelter came up 12 00:00:55,119 --> 00:00:59,000 with this idea which I thought was kind of cool, called Operation Frost. 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,959 The animals that live in some of these outside the kennels. Some of these 14 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:10,319 places can't afford to have shelters that are actually enclosed, so the dogs are 15 00:01:10,359 --> 00:01:14,840 outside. And then there's your own dog and how you take care of your 16 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,159 dog in the cold. So, Warren, would you go through some of 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,159 the things that are necessary for us to be thinking about when it comes to 18 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,439 the freezing cold and our pets. Yeah, the bottom line is keep him 19 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,680 inside. You know. It's interesting, but there are certain dogs that when 20 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,959 kept outside, adapt to the cold weather. However, all dogs need minimum 21 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,000 of a three sided place to go. You know a lot of people dog 22 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,920 will build a doghouse and they'll put you know, the snoopy dog house with 23 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:42,840 a hole in the middle, and what happens is, no matter what you 24 00:01:42,879 --> 00:01:46,480 do, the air is going to come in the way to build a doghouse 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,040 properly is kind of like a rectangle. Put the door off to one side 26 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,480 so that when the dog goes in, he's got three walls around him that 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,799 will keep him warm. Bottom line is, you know what, most dogs 28 00:01:56,799 --> 00:02:00,040 that are live with people are indoor outdoor do dogs, and keeping them out 29 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:04,840 doors in the cold weather is really really a bad idea, especially older dogs, 30 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:08,120 puppies, whatever. But all those is wet. I noticed that with 31 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:12,360 the cows, the cows like the cold weather. It's good for them unless 32 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,080 it's wet. And then it's not but the wind. The wind's also a 33 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,319 problem. I'll tell you why. In the cold weather, usually there's wind, 34 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:19,879 and when there's wind, it's easier for a dog to get lost because 35 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,840 their ability to find their way home is great. Speaking of that, by 36 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:25,520 the way, I got asked on my show this week, thug. You 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,680 know, my specialty was teaching dogs to sniff out drugs, bombs and narcotics 38 00:02:29,759 --> 00:02:32,560 whatever. So someone asked me about how good a dog's nose really is. 39 00:02:32,599 --> 00:02:36,439 How much can that dog really smell? Well, let me tell you it's 40 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:39,439 approximately one hundred thousand to one hundred million times better than us. But here's 41 00:02:39,479 --> 00:02:44,680 the bottom line. Wow, if you take two Olympic sized swimming pools, 42 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,599 two Olympic sized swimming pools, but a teaspoon of sugar, the dogs will 43 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:53,199 pick up that teaspoon of sugar in an Olympic two Olympic sized swimming If that's 44 00:02:53,199 --> 00:02:54,879 how good they noses. I've never had a dog that was as much of 45 00:02:54,879 --> 00:02:59,719 a sniffer as a daisy is. She can find and she sticks, you 46 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:02,680 know, old dogs they stick where it should be. I know, yeah, 47 00:03:02,719 --> 00:03:07,719 I know, yeah, right. You know there's certain dogs that smell 48 00:03:07,759 --> 00:03:09,560 better. You know, the dogs like the bloodhounds. People people say, 49 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:13,599 why the bloodhounds because they have wrinkles in their face and the sense stays in 50 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,639 those wrinkles, and therefore they constantly have that same smell. So yeah, 51 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,960 but then get me back to that cold weather. Bottom line is if it's 52 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,280 too cold for you to be outside, bring your dogs inside, especially those 53 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,000 older dogs and those younger dogs, and watch you dog. You know a 54 00:03:24,039 --> 00:03:27,800 lot of people put their dog outside. They put water outside, the water 55 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,719 freezes. Yeah, I don't I don't want to get into a horror stories. 56 00:03:30,719 --> 00:03:31,719 When I was a peace off for New York, I remember working in 57 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:37,719 a horrible situation where dogs pour froze in the ice in the yard and have 58 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,400 to be amputated at the scene to remove the dogs. A horrible situation. 59 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:45,400 That's what people don't understand how dangerous it can be. The cold weather can 60 00:03:45,439 --> 00:03:47,560 be really, especially when it's windy and as you said, dog critically, 61 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,800 when it's wet outside. Yeah, all right, here's the story of a 62 00:03:51,879 --> 00:03:57,479 dog speaking of sniffing. This dog saved an entire neighborhood. I was talking 63 00:03:57,479 --> 00:04:02,039 about this the other day, Quiet Philadelphia andighborhood this dog saved it from blowing 64 00:04:02,199 --> 00:04:11,960 up in flames because it was the dog smelled a gas leak and was digging 65 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,319 in the backyard, and the woman who owned the dog wondered about it. 66 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:18,639 He kept digging and digging in the same spot, and the hole got larger 67 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:24,079 and larger. So she went out looked at it, and she could smell 68 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:27,920 what the dogs smell, because you know, the gas has an odor put 69 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,079 into it, because if it doesn't have it put into it, you're never 70 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,399 going to smell the gas and it'll be dead. So this dog found it, 71 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,720 dug it up, and saved the neighborhood. It was kind of a 72 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:39,879 good story. Yeah, no, it's an amazing story. But the bottom 73 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,879 line is that's the advantage of a dog's nose. We may if you're cooking 74 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:45,800 spaghetti sauce, dog I might smell spaghetti sauce. The dog comes and he 75 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,519 smells the oregular, the garlic and everything individually. That's what makes them so 76 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:53,079 great at sniffing out things like drugs or even gas. I hear stories like 77 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,519 this all the time, between gas leaks or other type of problems that might 78 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,240 be going where the dog picks up the scent of car. You can't even 79 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:02,360 smell carbon dioxide in the house, but somehow dogs were able to pick it 80 00:05:02,439 --> 00:05:05,279 up and get the family out of the house. So if your dog reacts, 81 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,079 react with them. That's all I got is God love them or an 82 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,720 next time from the Pet Show, go to petshow dot com and don't forget 83 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:19,240 about his fabulous blend of the treat department is good for the dog when you 84 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:24,480 have them. Take Hugs and Kisses to go to Hugs and Kisses dot com. 85 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,920 Find the formula for cats and dogs, Vitamins and minerals the best supplement 86 00:05:28,959 --> 00:05:34,800 for dogs anywhere at Hugs and Kisses dot com. Warren X Time Everybody's friend 87 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:39,519 when it comes to pets. The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and 88 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,720 Jay Kirshner is made possible in part by Kelitron, which is the safe way 89 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:47,040 for you to lose weight and keep it off, and also by prevagent keeping 90 00:05:47,079 --> 00:05:48,000 your brain healthy.