1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:01,159 Speaker 1: Day. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. Good morning, 3 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,320 Good morning, and happy morrowing Day weekend to all help 4 00:00:26,399 --> 00:00:30,600 you are planning some good fun stuff. You know, I 5 00:00:30,719 --> 00:00:34,439 personally like the days of the week that I were 6 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,880 closed on a weekday because inevitably you think, Okay, it's 7 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,200 a day off for me. That kind of is Oh, 8 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,159 it's gonna happen is on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. I'm gonna 9 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,119 be like double triple booked because people still need to 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,719 be seen. So what happens is, Okay, he's closed Monday, 11 00:00:48,799 --> 00:00:51,560 I'll go in Tuesday. Well, my regular Tuesday people are 12 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,479 coming in. Anyway. It's always a zoo, so I'm so 13 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,240 used to it by now anyway, but it is what 14 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,479 it is. So I'm waving a waving, waving as I 15 00:00:59,479 --> 00:01:01,079 want to get into Wait till we get a few 16 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:04,159 more people here, because I'm very curious. You know, I 17 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:07,879 left you last week with the big question do you 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,239 let your dogs sleep a ded with you? Yes or no? 19 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:16,400 And we'll discuss what the experts say, the behaviorists, which 20 00:01:16,439 --> 00:01:20,239 by the way, I don't listen to because I always listen. 21 00:01:20,439 --> 00:01:22,640 You know, there's some experts that really know their stuff. 22 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,400 Know what they do. There are others that I think 23 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:28,239 the School of Hard Knocks is I think better sometimes 24 00:01:28,519 --> 00:01:32,319 than the academia school. You're sitting and learning the basics. 25 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,719 It's kind of like a different bemunit University of California 26 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,040 and some of the other schools in general. You know, 27 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,359 the ucs are known for their theory, their research. For 28 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,159 a perfect example, psychology. If you get a PhD in 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:50,159 psychology from UCLA, you're obviously very well trained. You're more 30 00:01:50,239 --> 00:01:54,000 like textbook theory the science behind it. You got a 31 00:01:54,079 --> 00:01:57,920 CID from one of those local schools, and all your 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,120 knowledge has gone from clinical practice. So they say you're 33 00:02:01,159 --> 00:02:04,799 probably going to be a better practitioner than a researcher 34 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,239 if you get one of those kinds of degrees. And 35 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:10,039 that's why I feel sometimes when it comes to the medicine, 36 00:02:10,159 --> 00:02:12,240 when you're out there, you're seeing the real thing you're 37 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,919 practicing for. In my case, over forty years. That says something. 38 00:02:16,439 --> 00:02:19,800 So first of all, Ellen says, yes, stays in Rubis 39 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,120 sleep on the bed with me. So we have five 40 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:25,360 and I have some pictures. You've seen them probably I'll 41 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,719 posted that before. And yes, all five on the bed. 42 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:31,479 First of all in all fairness, talk about the other 43 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,840 side of the coin, which is what the experts say. 44 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:36,039 I think that you want to keep things. Hey, step 45 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,719 Stephanie has two casts. Do they sleep in bed with you, 46 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:41,400 Stephanie or not? What I find is this that when 47 00:02:41,439 --> 00:02:45,439 you have an animal that is having a behavioral problem, 48 00:02:45,719 --> 00:02:50,879 possibly with aggression, possibly with you, make them too comfortable. Okay, 49 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,439 then they think by being in bed with you while 50 00:02:54,439 --> 00:02:57,000 you're sleeping and they're sleeping, that puts them on an 51 00:02:57,039 --> 00:03:00,719 equal level and then they're going to challenge you. So 52 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,080 the experts say it's not a good idea. Now my 53 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,000 side note to that would be, it's not a good 54 00:03:07,039 --> 00:03:12,319 idea if if your dog is Hi, steph We're talking 55 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,000 about whether dogs have sleep in bed or in this 56 00:03:15,039 --> 00:03:17,960 case with you cats. Do we let our pets sleep 57 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,800 in bed with us? And I'm just curious to know 58 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,639 what I mean. I have five dogs, as you know, 59 00:03:23,039 --> 00:03:25,400 and yes, they all sleep in bed. Last I was 60 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:27,439 killing it out, three of my five cats came in 61 00:03:27,479 --> 00:03:29,719 bed and joined us. So I think that there is 62 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:31,879 a pro and con. So if I think your pet 63 00:03:32,199 --> 00:03:36,240 is having a behavioral issue with you, then almost definitely 64 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:39,280 I love that. So then I think that they have 65 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:42,240 a point that we have to set the boundaries. We 66 00:03:42,319 --> 00:03:45,039 have to let them know that we are still the boss. 67 00:03:45,439 --> 00:03:48,039 So if by doing them, by allowing them to be 68 00:03:48,039 --> 00:03:50,520 in bed with you, they challenge you more on other matters. 69 00:03:51,159 --> 00:03:53,879 For example, they think you're equal. They're eating and you 70 00:03:53,919 --> 00:03:55,840 walk near them, or you want to, you know, take 71 00:03:55,879 --> 00:03:57,759 a bone away from them, or they're chewing, or they'rechewing 72 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:00,240 and they start growling at you. They don't look you 73 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:02,879 as the master, and that could be that all is 74 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,240 related to how we treat them. But as long as 75 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,719 you know that those boundaries are set and they are 76 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:13,840 there not to be challenged. I mean, it doesn't bother 77 00:04:13,879 --> 00:04:15,599 me at all when they sleep a bed. Now, let 78 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:17,120 me see if I'm sleeping a bed, is that they 79 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,839 jump off before I can help them? Their back legs 80 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:24,040 are okay, So that's an issue there. So the issue 81 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:26,680 is is a medical issue. Now, if you have a 82 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,199 high bed and you're worried about your pets jumping on, 83 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,480 jumping off, or you have a bet behaviorally, then that 84 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,079 was looking at your bed as a place they can 85 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:38,519 well relieve themselves. Then no, then obviously it's unacceptable. They 86 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,759 have to remember their place in the household as they 87 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:44,720 get much older. Now my labrador has a tougher time 88 00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:46,480 coming into the bed. We have a footstool that he's 89 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:49,240 thirteen years old. So then what will happen is we 90 00:04:49,319 --> 00:04:52,759 then will sometimes help them up. Getting down has no problem. 91 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,480 So we put a footstool at the end of the bed. 92 00:04:54,519 --> 00:04:56,680 He can jump from the floor to the suck a 93 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,319 little chair at the end of the bed, and then 94 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,959 from there he can jump on the bed and he's fine. 95 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,240 And oh yeah, So for those of us again, so 96 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,240 there's another issue jumping off of the bed on the 97 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,560 hard floors. So there are two issues here we're dealing with. 98 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,519 One are the practical issues. The practical issues of is 99 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,160 a bed too high, are the floors too slippery? Is 100 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:18,160 the dog or too old? That's more the practical issue 101 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,680 I really want to know. Behaviorally, do you find that 102 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,560 your dogs challenge you more or showing evidence of misbehavior 103 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,639 or not really having that clear boundary of master and 104 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:35,000 pet because you let them sleep on bed with you. 105 00:05:35,519 --> 00:05:39,040 That's the issue taken up by the behaviorists is that 106 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,680 it's where do we draw the line between you know, 107 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,759 master and the submissive when we are allowing them something 108 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,319 is equal with us as letting them sleep a bead 109 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,759 with us. As they said, my dogs have never really 110 00:05:52,879 --> 00:05:55,279 challenged that, and I'm just curious to know, Lynette, how 111 00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:58,279 are you. So that's how I feel about it, And 112 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:01,079 again I think it's it's very person But I would 113 00:06:01,079 --> 00:06:04,199 tell you most of my clients and we talk about this, 114 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,680 we'll let their apective in bed. Now here's a good one. 115 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,720 Daisy's almost fifteen and I got a ramp for her 116 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,920 carpeted and she used it with no problem. So most 117 00:06:12,959 --> 00:06:15,480 of us deb is timing in. It's never been an issue, 118 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,319 and it's never been an issue with me also, But 119 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:20,920 I do, in all fairness to the behaviorists, I do 120 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,240 here sometimes issues where how about this one? A dog 121 00:06:25,399 --> 00:06:29,079 is biting and it has bitten its masters before, and 122 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,439 this particular dog has a tighter bond with the wife. 123 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,439 The husband gets into bed and moves a little too 124 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,879 close to the wife and the dog will snarl and 125 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,839 sometimes snap that one hundred percent, no, no, no, this 126 00:06:42,879 --> 00:06:45,480 dog is no longer allowed on the bed because you 127 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:50,000 can't change your lifestyle. Now, sometimes what my dogs do. 128 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,600 There's a great cartoon about this, So the dogs are 129 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,879 huddled around one of the spouses that they are bonded with. Okay, 130 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,279 you see it's the wife. Might you go to bed 131 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:03,040 sooner earlier than the husband. Now the husband's coming into 132 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:05,279 the room, getting ready to jump into bed. And then 133 00:07:05,319 --> 00:07:08,040 the cartoon, she says, the dog getting up. Guys spread out, 134 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,439 spread out, so nothing. Dogs are all over the bed, 135 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,240 including where are the husband inside of the bed? So 136 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:16,639 now get jump to get in the bed. Looks down 137 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,839 and all the dogs are scrawled over his area. He 138 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,959 scratched his heads like that, where am I going to go? 139 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,360 So you know again, one of my dogs will literally 140 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,079 it will sleep literally exactly where I am. But all 141 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:31,319 I have to do is I I don't even have 142 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,360 to lift him up. I just kind of slide him over. 143 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:36,399 I crawl into bed, and he swalls back and cuddles 144 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:39,199 with me. That is the best. That is where you 145 00:07:39,279 --> 00:07:42,560 know your dogs still know their place. They know that 146 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:47,519 they are submissive, they should be submissive, and they don't 147 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,439 try to get in your way. Now he's up to 148 00:07:49,439 --> 00:07:51,160 catch sleeps with me and my mouth nude, sleeps on 149 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,879 his own bed. I wish he didn't wake up at 150 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:55,800 five thirty. Yeah, well, of course that's about my dogs 151 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,639 get me up at five to five thirty every morning, 152 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,560 so but you know that's part of it, all right. 153 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,920 A couple of things I want to talk to you about. 154 00:08:02,079 --> 00:08:06,279 Also added vaccines for summer vacation because two things that 155 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,560 happened during the summer. One we travel, and number two, 156 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,480 it's not just vaccines, it's other things too. Two we travel, 157 00:08:12,879 --> 00:08:16,439 all right, and also because the longer days we tend 158 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,680 and the warmer weather, we are doing more for ourselves too. 159 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,720 We're out there more exercising. So one of the things 160 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,439 that I wanted to make sure you're very clear about 161 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,199 because of like, for example, let's talk about flee control. 162 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,399 A lot of people take off the winter by giving 163 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,399 the monthly flee products, which is, okay, we don't see 164 00:08:36,399 --> 00:08:38,120 a ton of fleas here and during the winter. However, 165 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,000 come March April certainly now May, we're starting to see fleas. 166 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:44,440 So you want to make sure that you start up 167 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,919 your flea medication. I had a client come in this 168 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,799 past week and she wanted the line disease vaccine, and 169 00:08:52,879 --> 00:08:56,240 my first question was, oh, are you traveling for the summer, 170 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,440 because yeah, we go back to Connecticut every summer. Ah, yes, 171 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,279 you need that vaccine. We don't have lime disease really 172 00:09:04,279 --> 00:09:07,519 here in West LA, but many parts of the country do. 173 00:09:08,159 --> 00:09:11,000 So you need to find out another one. Heartworm. We 174 00:09:11,039 --> 00:09:13,279 are seeing more and more mosquitos here in LA, but 175 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:16,799 still not to the degree where we're having heartworm disease 176 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:22,480 that is becoming an epidemic. It's endemic in, for example, 177 00:09:22,519 --> 00:09:26,080 the Northeast during the spring and summer, South all year round, 178 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,320 the Gulf Coast all year round. I mean when they 179 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,919 had Katrina and we got all these dogs, shelter dogs 180 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,240 being sent to LA from New Orleans, and I gotta 181 00:09:36,279 --> 00:09:41,879 tell you everyone was heartworm positive. Everyone. So whereas I 182 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,200 had a case many years ago, it was the first 183 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,480 case in Los Angeles County of a heartworm positive dog. 184 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,879 It was a Golden Retriever that never left LA, was 185 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:55,440 born in LA and never left in had heartworm. Now 186 00:09:55,519 --> 00:09:59,120 there was interesting. They lived in Burbank, right next to 187 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,600 Forest Lawn cemeter. As soon as the Southern California Heartrend 188 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:05,159 of Society went to visit the dog where they lived 189 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,440 to see what's going on, they knew right away, and 190 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:10,960 they went to the cemetery and lifted up some headstones 191 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,919 and what do they find under these headstones thousands, thousands 192 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:21,799 of mosquito larvae. Why because what a mosquitos thrive on moisture, humidity. 193 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:25,879 Well up on the lush green hills of the forest 194 00:10:25,919 --> 00:10:28,960 lawn cemetery. They're watering these lawns all the time, so 195 00:10:29,039 --> 00:10:31,639 you have the moistures there. It is hot at the base, 196 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,200 especially especially spring and summer, and this was a perfect 197 00:10:35,399 --> 00:10:38,960 environment for mosquitoes. Not only that, but now we have 198 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,200 a mosquito's here in La that have been able to 199 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,799 multiply and survive in drier climate. So the prediction was 200 00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:50,519 made then twenty years ago that we will ultimately it 201 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,240 could be twenty could be twenty five, could be thirty 202 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,639 years from now, we are going to have a heartworm problem, 203 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,559 just like back east and in the South. So my 204 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,960 recommend is that if you are sitting outside on a weekday, 205 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,120 a weekend afternoon, like for example this weekend, youah, I'm 206 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,120 an extra day off. The sun's going down, it's still warm, 207 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,600 and you're sitting there reading a book, whatever you do 208 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,600 with taking a little nap. And if you're swiding mosquitos, 209 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,679 you better put your dogs on a heart room preventative, 210 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,200 and if they are adult dogs greater than five or 211 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,639 six months of age, you should test them first. So 212 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,320 you want to test them, make sure they negative if 213 00:11:27,399 --> 00:11:30,240 they probably will be. I have not seen another heartworm 214 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:33,799 positive in an LA dog since that first one, so 215 00:11:33,879 --> 00:11:36,080 I know it's not a big problem, but you want 216 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,480 to then once it comes back negative, go ahead and 217 00:11:38,519 --> 00:11:42,200 start your preventive. Now there are the monthly in fact 218 00:11:42,399 --> 00:11:44,559 you're flee and tick products that you may be using. 219 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,600 One of your rice sos azoleines which is Cordelio Brevecto, 220 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,240 Simperica and next Guard. They now have next Guard Plus, 221 00:11:52,639 --> 00:11:58,679 Cordelio Plus and Simperica Trio which gets fleas, ticks and 222 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:01,600 heartworm prevention. So I would talk to your veterinarian and 223 00:12:01,639 --> 00:12:03,360 you want to do that as well. That would be 224 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,360 my recommendation. But you should test them first and stay 225 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,200 on it. Many of these companies and you need to check. 226 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,559 You should check with them. If you have your dog 227 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,559 on heartworm prevention religiously monthly and they end up still 228 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,759 getting heartworm, you put a claim into the company whose 229 00:12:19,759 --> 00:12:23,240 products are using and they will help, if not completely 230 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:27,320 cover the cost of treatment. So they guarantee their products, 231 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,320 so you want to check with them first to make sure. 232 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,120 But that's what I tell my clients. That could be 233 00:12:32,159 --> 00:12:36,480 great heartworm injections. They're cheaper, that's true. There's pro Hard twelve. 234 00:12:36,639 --> 00:12:38,840 I don't know if there's still twelve on the market, 235 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,679 but six is definitely on the market. And the reason 236 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,000 we don't use them here is simply because you got 237 00:12:45,039 --> 00:12:47,759 to give your dogs stuff the other stuff anyway, And 238 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:51,759 if you look at the cost differential between the next 239 00:12:51,759 --> 00:12:54,080 guard and next yard plus, you're getting for like three 240 00:12:54,159 --> 00:12:57,279 or four dollars, you're getting the extra prevention for the heartworm. 241 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,399 It's not that expensive. But if you aren't an area 242 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:04,240 where horror is a problem, mosquitoes are a problem. Yes, 243 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,240 talk to you veterin airin about the Prohart injections. As 244 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,799 they said, there was a twelve. It was taken off 245 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,039 the market. I don't know because I don't use it, 246 00:13:12,039 --> 00:13:14,000 so I'm not unfamiliar with it. I don't know if 247 00:13:14,039 --> 00:13:16,039 it's been brought on the back on the market, but 248 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,879 there was that option. Thanks for telling me that. Okay, 249 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,399 So anyway, if your summer plants change, Rattlesnake is another one. 250 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:26,879 If now you're starting to hike during the summer, you 251 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,039 got to be careful. If you're going into the canyons, 252 00:13:29,039 --> 00:13:33,000 you're going to the mountain areas where you're going to 253 00:13:33,039 --> 00:13:36,840 see rattlesnakes, then you want to make sure your dogs 254 00:13:36,879 --> 00:13:39,840 are also given the rattle snake vaccine. Onder somebody think 255 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,120 about the rattle state vaccine. It is not a lifesaver. 256 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:48,600 It is not meant to combat the effects of the venom. 257 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,559 All right, you still need the anti venoin injection, but 258 00:13:52,879 --> 00:13:55,399 what it's going to do is buy you time. So 259 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,000 another thing I recommend if you are going into an 260 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:01,600 area where rattlesnake are known to be a problem and 261 00:14:01,639 --> 00:14:04,799 you're going to be hiking with your dogs, make sure 262 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:10,159 that you have recognized identified the closest veterinary hospital or 263 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,679 veterinary emergency facility that carries the anti venit down where 264 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,080 I am. I don't stock it. It's expensive, it's gonna 265 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,960 sit on a shelf. I don't think I've ever had 266 00:14:19,039 --> 00:14:21,159 to use it. So what's gonna happen is it's going 267 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,559 to cost me money to sit there, not get used, 268 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,440 and then it's gonna expire. The expiration data is like 269 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,240 maybe a year but emergency facilities they usually stock it. 270 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,840 So if you're going to take your dogs in an 271 00:14:32,919 --> 00:14:36,320 area where snakes are a problem, make sure you pre 272 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:40,919 identified the closest veterinary facility that is going to have 273 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:45,960 the anti nit. That's very important. All right, Now, what else? Oh, traveling? 274 00:14:46,399 --> 00:14:48,480 Keep your questions coming, guys and I have always a 275 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,759 lot to talk about. Here's one my buggets. Frequent skin 276 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,080 infection is left ear. It clears up on a botix 277 00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:56,559 but always comes back in that ear only. Any idea 278 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,559 is what can be triggering these infections. So, first of all, 279 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,960 usually animals, dogs especially that have persistent ear infections. It 280 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,440 could be allergy, it could be if it's one ear only, 281 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:13,159 it could be a latent infection okay of yeast. Yeast 282 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,519 infections outweigh bacterial infections in ears, so you want to 283 00:15:16,519 --> 00:15:19,759 have that check. But most importantly if it's an issue 284 00:15:19,759 --> 00:15:22,879 with only one ear, because it doesn't make sense have 285 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,200 dogs that have allergies and have o titis because of 286 00:15:25,279 --> 00:15:28,200 an allergic otitis, it's gonna be both ears. So now 287 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,480 I would be looking in that ear very carefully, looking 288 00:15:32,559 --> 00:15:36,600 for any some sort of congenital or just an acquired 289 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,919 narrowing of the ear canal. I'd be looking for pugs. 290 00:15:40,159 --> 00:15:42,919 I'd be looking for a foreign body that is stuck 291 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,120 somewhere down deep in that ear like a foxtail. And 292 00:15:47,159 --> 00:15:49,320 the only way to identify that is going to be 293 00:15:49,639 --> 00:15:54,399 in anesthesia and having the ear scoped, ideally scoped with 294 00:15:54,519 --> 00:15:57,240 a device that goes down in the ear hooked up 295 00:15:57,279 --> 00:16:00,799 to a camera and you can actually vis visualize the 296 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,440 entire canal down to the ear drum and making sure 297 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,960 also that the ear drum is intact and healthy looking. 298 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,879 So you can also use what I do sometimes is 299 00:16:10,879 --> 00:16:14,720 you could take an otoscope cone, the skinny one and 300 00:16:15,279 --> 00:16:18,159 fairly long, and you go down the ear. As long 301 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,960 as you can visualize the entire canal and the ear drum, 302 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,840 then you should be able to see what is causing 303 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,600 this ear to be a problem. And if that doesn't work, 304 00:16:29,919 --> 00:16:33,159 I would see a veterinary dramatologist and they can maybe 305 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,240 do some specialized testing. For example, here in LA we 306 00:16:36,279 --> 00:16:40,360 have veterari skin and ear, so most of the dermatologists 307 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:45,159 are also well equipped. Is ears are between dermatology and medicine, 308 00:16:45,559 --> 00:16:48,360 I would say the dermatologists are very well equipped as well. 309 00:16:48,679 --> 00:16:52,799 To really do a thoroughootic exam. And that's what i'd recommend, 310 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,279 Hi doctor, want to travel to Europe with my friendly cat. 311 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,159 So not an issue, except you need to know the 312 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,639 specific requirements of every single country. You can go to 313 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:09,720 a website. It's the us DA DASH or APHIS a 314 00:17:09,799 --> 00:17:17,640 PHIS that's the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, So usd APHIS. 315 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,319 Go online and you can go traveling, domestic travel or 316 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,880 international travel with a pet and click on it which country, 317 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,680 click on them, and then it'll all these drop boxes 318 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,680 and it'll give you the exact requirements for that country. 319 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,839 Now I will tell you everyone is gonna need a 320 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,559 rabies vaccine, and usually they're gonna need them to be 321 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,920 up to date, and someone them every year. Every three 322 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,480 years is okay in most countries, but you cannot allow 323 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:46,720 it to lapse. If it lapses, you got to go 324 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:50,279 start all over again with two raby shots, one after another, 325 00:17:50,839 --> 00:17:54,319 usually a month apart. And then some countries actually require 326 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,200 a rabies tighter test. You have to know. Now, depending 327 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,680 on where you're traveling, some of these restricts are very challenging, 328 00:18:02,079 --> 00:18:07,400 time consuming, expensive, so keep that in mind. But preparation 329 00:18:07,559 --> 00:18:10,599 is the key which takes me to another thing I 330 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,359 wanted to talk about. But I'm gonna answer this question. 331 00:18:12,519 --> 00:18:14,960 Macie to me, my cat hates when I leave for travel, 332 00:18:15,319 --> 00:18:18,400 very anxious today, of is this good time to use it? Yes, 333 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:22,559 you can use any kind of sedation. Cats really really 334 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,079 are smart. So what happens is they know when you're 335 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,440 packing to leave. One of my dogs used to jump 336 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,519 in the suitcase. She her name is Millie. She was 337 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:34,680 the funniest thing. If she could, she would let me 338 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,720 close the suitcase and take her along with us. You know, 339 00:18:36,759 --> 00:18:40,359 it's crazy. They sense it, they know it, and so 340 00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:44,240 it is not uncommon. So if they're getting uptight already, 341 00:18:44,279 --> 00:18:46,839 you haven't even left yet, but they just know what's coming. 342 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:51,119 They make the association that suitcase means that mom is 343 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,400 going to be gone within a day or two. So 344 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,400 it's very important. So yes, it will be okay to 345 00:18:56,559 --> 00:18:59,279 use something that'll help. All right, let me break here, 346 00:18:59,599 --> 00:19:01,759 don't go way for a quick break here at pet 347 00:19:01,799 --> 00:19:04,359 Life Radio, and we'll come back in just demand. 348 00:19:06,839 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: Begging to hear more of your favorite show. Full episodes 349 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,039 of on our shows are available on demand. Go to 350 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,079 petlife radio dot com to feed sho our entire lineup 351 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:20,039 of Powsome pet podcasts. Also dig us up in iHeartRadio 352 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,599 and iTunes. Let's Talk Pats live and on demand only 353 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,680 from pet Life Radio. 354 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,839 Speaker 3: Let's Talk past It, Let's done Petty Radio, Headline Radio 355 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:45,480 atlin Radio dot com. 356 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 2: All right, we're back here at pet Life Radio too. 357 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,240 We're just talking about when you're traveling, make arrangements. Make 358 00:19:50,279 --> 00:19:52,960 sure you are aware. Don't get stuck going into a 359 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,559 hotel with your seventy pounds labrador where you made reservations 360 00:19:56,839 --> 00:19:58,799 and find out that there's a thirty five pound weight 361 00:19:58,839 --> 00:20:02,000 limit coming from the hotel. Help, it's happened before. Also, 362 00:20:02,279 --> 00:20:06,200 good ideas when you're traveling. Just the basics. Okay, oh yeah, 363 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,079 she just came from downy shelter. Yes, of course, I mean, 364 00:20:09,559 --> 00:20:12,319 of course he's, you know, pretty scared, and that's that's 365 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:14,920 to be expected. It's gonna take some time to really bond. 366 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:16,640 And they get out of this place. They're in a 367 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,079 new home. They're kind of digging on it, and all 368 00:20:19,079 --> 00:20:22,759 of a sudden they say, you're leaving, obviously, And also 369 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,519 cat's been in a shelter. Chances are as an adult 370 00:20:25,559 --> 00:20:28,640 cat started in someone's home at some point and we 371 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,960 don't know what how that cat ends up in the 372 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,799 shelter with the problems wear home. But it's not uncommon 373 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,960 that now you're doing something that that cat is already 374 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,680 used to, it's already seen, and then you know that's 375 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,480 what it could be. So just throwing that in there now, 376 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,039 back to the hotel. Back to travel. Preparedness is the 377 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,200 key when you're traveling. Make sure the following your first 378 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,720 all that your pet is up to date with all vaccines. 379 00:20:51,079 --> 00:20:53,759 Make sure you have proof of that, including rabe, especially rabies. 380 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,160 Make sure your pet is wearing an ID and is microchipped. Essential. 381 00:20:57,559 --> 00:20:59,759 I make sure you have a picture of your pet, okay, 382 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:02,559 because that's important in case the pets should be lost, 383 00:21:02,839 --> 00:21:05,160 you have If the pet is on medication, make sure 384 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,240 you bring enough and I would bring an extra week 385 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:10,200 or two just in case things happen in your plans. Okay. 386 00:21:10,559 --> 00:21:14,279 Make sure you have the name of a veterinarian nearby 387 00:21:14,319 --> 00:21:16,880 to where you're staying, naming phone number, and the local 388 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,880 emergency center of where you're staying. If it's with family, 389 00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:21,400 make sure you use their vet if they have a 390 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,480 pet and they know you get you want to get 391 00:21:23,519 --> 00:21:25,640 all that information. You don't want to rush for it 392 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,480 looking for it if something happens and you're ill prepared. 393 00:21:29,839 --> 00:21:32,440 So it's always good to have give you that step ahead. 394 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,000 And you know, other than that, oh lease collar. And 395 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:39,440 when you're traveling, you're traveling by car. Interestingly, even we 396 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,160 always talk about abrupt changes in food. Now you can 397 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,920 go from great food A to great food BE. But 398 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,160 if you don't go gradually, the pedal get diarrheal. Well. 399 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,319 Guess what. Water supplies are also very different. So what 400 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,519 I recommend start your trip with a big, big gallon 401 00:21:52,599 --> 00:21:55,480 jug of water from your home. And you know on 402 00:21:55,519 --> 00:21:57,279 your trip you give a little water, you stop at 403 00:21:57,319 --> 00:21:59,559 your pit stops, you d regularly little of water. Every 404 00:21:59,559 --> 00:22:02,839 time you get to some other location, refill it. So 405 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,000 let's see you just use this much, fill it to 406 00:22:05,039 --> 00:22:07,200 the top again, and then use this much again, fill 407 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,680 the top, shake it each time. So what's happening is 408 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:15,119 you are gradually shifting the water supply into the wailet 409 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,440 supply that they are used to. The majority will still 410 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,880 be your water, but you're always adding a little bit 411 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,200 at a time, and that ends that with that lensform 412 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,480 is a very gradual change to water. So that's a 413 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,359 good idea. So back in jpoh it's bank holiday here. 414 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,640 Also I'm joining a basic garden grab oh so Xena's home. Yep, 415 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,039 it's tougher to get them into UK. We Actually it's 416 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:38,839 easier now that it used to be when it wasn't 417 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,400 part of the EU, and now it's not part of 418 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,279 the EU again, But when it was where they wear 419 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,759 that shift. Before that you had to have rabies tighters 420 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,680 and now it's set the pain in the butt to 421 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,599 get Radies tighters and the raby shots. You really need 422 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,119 to know what you're doing. Dog wakes up with a 423 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,400 really noisy tummium, doesn't want to eat now your day. 424 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,160 But often more lately this happens also may have louse 425 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,559 stools tips. Yeah. What I would do to start with 426 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,000 that is its called this borberygmus. That is gas. It 427 00:23:03,079 --> 00:23:06,279 is the stomach getting really active. It usually happens middle 428 00:23:06,319 --> 00:23:08,839 of the night, late night, early early morning and it's 429 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,160 uncomfortable for them and they don't know why, but they 430 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,200 feel it and they hear it. It freaks them out. 431 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,759 So what I would do is the same way I 432 00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:20,559 would do when dogs have that vomiting of bile. It's related, 433 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,240 and that is I would give a late night snack, 434 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,920 usually set aside about a quarter to a third of dinner. 435 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,640 Set it aside, okay, and you give it to him 436 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,279 as a late night snack. Before that snack, what I 437 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,319 also want you to do is give, depending on the size, 438 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,880 a half of a pepsid or a half of a 439 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,799 private sec Wait about ten or fifteen minutes, and then 440 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,279 give that remaining food from dinner. See if that solves 441 00:23:46,279 --> 00:23:50,559 the problem, all right. If not, let me know. Okay, Candy, 442 00:23:50,759 --> 00:23:52,799 you have a question. It looks like you started it 443 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,599 and didn't finish it, so let me know. All right, guys, 444 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,559 I have a nine thirty appointment this morning, so I'm 445 00:23:59,599 --> 00:24:02,519 gonna wait for Candy to finish the question. If you 446 00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:05,319 have to, have not and make sure I oh, you 447 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,799 know what I do this every time. Next week we 448 00:24:08,039 --> 00:24:13,119 are going to talk about Fourth of July tips. Something 449 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,920 you can do now to gradually get your pets, especially 450 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,319 your dog. If your dogs freak out, gradually get them 451 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:25,000 to not only be okay with the loud sound of fireworks, 452 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:29,880 but actually associate them with something positive, like a treat. 453 00:24:30,079 --> 00:24:34,119 It's a process. It takes a while, but it can Wow. 454 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,799 Came to see about a year ago. If my dog 455 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,720 Duffy has a lipoma on a side that you looked at, 456 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,000 my question would be it it needs to be removed? 457 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:43,160 All right? Well, Ken, if it's truly a lipoma, unless 458 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,960 it's gotten super big, waited out, it hasn't changed much 459 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,920 at all, there's no rush. We're Usually what I do 460 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,359 with lipoma is is I wait until we need to 461 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,440 nessitize the pet, usually for a dentistry or something that's 462 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,759 more significant that is a problem. Then while we're under 463 00:24:56,759 --> 00:25:00,000 around a season, we can remove the lipoma lipoma' zumber nine. 464 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,079 And unless it's changing or getting really really big or 465 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,240 impeding their motion or something or making them uncomfortable, I'd 466 00:25:07,319 --> 00:25:09,519 leave it alone. But I'd like to remove them as 467 00:25:09,519 --> 00:25:12,799 an elective procedure when they're already down under anesthesia. So 468 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:15,440 if it's getting really big, or if it's causing a 469 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,759 problem for the dog, then yes, we should go ahead 470 00:25:17,799 --> 00:25:19,599 and just remove it. And it was holistic into the 471 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,759 heart room because I'm working into my mosquitos and fleece. 472 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,599 It's a tough question. I'm not holistic that I can 473 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,640 refer you to some my dog's clean and takes menage 474 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,400 giving seizures. Yeah, some of the isochsazoleines can and or 475 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,839 have been related to seizures. So what I would do 476 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,079 is you could try some of the older products. You 477 00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:42,039 could try comfortis, you could try triyfexus, and even revolution 478 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,480 doesn't work as well. I don't think that the admit cloprid, 479 00:25:46,839 --> 00:25:51,480 which is the advantage, or the fipronil, which is the 480 00:25:51,519 --> 00:25:54,680 front line, is going to be effective anymore. Really dogs, 481 00:25:54,759 --> 00:25:57,240 most animals, well after the animals that have become resistant, the 482 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,400 fleas and tics have become resistant, so those aren't going 483 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,799 to work really well. But you still confort this, trifects, 484 00:26:02,839 --> 00:26:05,519 this still work and you might want to try those. 485 00:26:05,559 --> 00:26:08,720 And I think they are also having oral The revolution, 486 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,200 which celimectin, is still topical. Again, it's not as effective 487 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,359 as dogs, but it will still work. It's better than 488 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,400 nothing if your dogs are reacting to that shot. Saslines 489 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,759 and Revecto is a topical. I don't know if you 490 00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:24,400 were giving the one of the oral ones, which is 491 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:29,839 next guard Vecto has both Cordelio or next Guard Cordelio symperica, 492 00:26:30,319 --> 00:26:33,000 then those are all only oral Ravecto's the only one 493 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,079 that comes both. If you're using an oral, you can 494 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,160 try the topical. It may not have the same effect, 495 00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:42,480 all right anyway, But if you want contact me privately, 496 00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:44,720 if you want to get a hold of recommendations for 497 00:26:44,839 --> 00:26:47,720 holistic bets, all right, anyway, that's it for all we 498 00:26:47,759 --> 00:26:50,039 have time for I got an appointment. I got a 499 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,119 rush too, So we will see you next week and 500 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:54,960 please then the first thing we're gonna do is we're 501 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,400 gonna talk about it. If you want to learn this, 502 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,799 it's a great trick. You'll have about three weeks to 503 00:26:58,839 --> 00:27:02,720 do it. Maybe hopefull will be enough how to basically 504 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,359 modify your dog's reaction to fireworks so if they freak out, 505 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:09,880 it's a great alternative and it can get to the 506 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,000 point where they actually not only will deal with them, 507 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:16,799 they'll tolerate them, but they may actually like them. Stay 508 00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:17,240 tuned next 509 00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 3: To Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on 510 00:27:22,319 --> 00:27:39,720 petlight Radio dot com.