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seven three eight five eight eight eight two. Last week
we had a special guest who's going to be coming back,
doctor Heather Lenzer. We sort of you know, talked about
some of her pet peeves. But one of the things
we did talk about wanting to talk about but just
didn't get there because we're only here for thirty minutes
and boy does it go fast, and that is we
wanted to talk about the upcoming insanity of Halloween. That's right,
it's coming up really soon this week as a matter
of fact. And so it's one of those things that
you know, there are so many people that do take
their dogs out and about, which is fine, but there
are just so many precautions.
Speaker 3: And it's not just the candy, it's not just.
Speaker 2: The rappers, but there are more concerns that I have
when it comes to Halloween and your pets, especially your dogs,
but you know cats as well, let's start with the following.
When you have a dog that goes nuts over doorbell,
and I'm sure many of you do, that doorbell is
going off probably every several minutes, depending on where you
live and how many kids come buy your house, So
you gotta be careful because your dog's going to be
barking like crazy.
Speaker 3: A lot of dogs like to bolt, a lot of
cats like to bolt.
Speaker 2: I mean one of my newest cats who is now
just the most unbelievable homebody. But we found him as
an outdoor stray. No ID, no microchip, no nothing, and
a little skittish at first, but he would approach us
and we of course fed him, and he said, oh
my god, this is great. I'm spending more time here
because I'm getting this really good food. And he got
to the point where he can pet him while he
was eating, and before you know it, he's in our
arms take him into the hospital. That's when I found
out he had no idea. Looked around, we put pote
notices up, and this poor cat was truly an outdoor cat. Well,
he is now pushing eighteen pounds and he's big boned.
He's not a fat sew. I've i have one fat
cat but of my eight, but he's just a big cat.
And when we first brought him inside because we want
to make him an indoor cat. Because I have my
issues here in Los Angeles between dogs, cars, coyotes, feline dukemia,
feline aids, I did not want to have any of
my cat's outdoor cats, so they're all indoors.
Speaker 3: Anyway, every opportunity.
Speaker 2: He had, he would bolt, So he was a bolter,
and interestingly he really didn't go very far. But now
I can leave that door wide open. He doesn't even
have any interest whatsoever and going to side. He has
it so good here in the house, why would he
go outside. But anyway, cats do like to bolt, so
that's another concern. So if you have the type of
setup where that front door is going to close and
you don't have another door like an entry hall or
another way to keep your animals out, you might want
to consider putting them in a different room, someplace where
they can be behind a gate of baby gate or
doors or whatever. Let me have you another something else.
This goes for both the kids that are coming to
the house and those of you who like and think
it's cute to take your dogs out with you as
you take your kids trick or treating.
Speaker 3: Again, I have no problem with.
Speaker 2: That, but I just feel like the need to give
you some guidelines and have you take certain precautions. Now
I'm gonna again take this back to one of my animals,
because I always learned from my animals. One of my
friendies is insane in front of a television.
Speaker 3: It used to be just dogs. In fact, I have him.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna put some YouTube of him up watching the
Westminster Dog Show. It is the funniest thing in the
world to watch him. If he could, he would jump
into the TV. He tries, but it is hysterical. Now
it's sort of he's graduated to not just other dogs
or even other animals, but anything that is not It
could be a puppet, it could be a muppet, it
could be a caricature, it could be a cartoon.
Speaker 3: He knows that if it's not the human.
Speaker 2: Shape, he is gonna go nuts. So picture this. You
have one such dog, a dog who's actually very good
at kids, good a people, not a problem. But these
kids coming to the door, or these kids walking around
outside in groups, and of course it's already evening, it's dark.
Speaker 3: It's low light, and you don't see regular kids.
Speaker 2: No, you're seeing these weirdos just up in all sorts
of costumes. And to a dog, all they know is
they don't know what they are, but they know they're
not people.
Speaker 3: And you got to remember another thing.
Speaker 2: Of all of the dog's key senses, most of them,
unless they're sighthounds, their vision is the worst. Give them
a nose, they destroy us. They have millions of receptors,
something like forty times the receptors and the nose that
we do give them.
Speaker 3: Their hearing, Oh, it's amazing. Those ears are pricking up.
Speaker 2: But when it comes to vision, and specially vision in
lower light, they don't pass the test as we do.
They have a different what we call a ratio of
rods to cones. They do not see the acuity that
we see the sharpness. Now they can see movement, which
is good for their hunting skills. The analogy I give
like this, if you had a person wearing a pin stripe,
a faint pin stripe on their suit, for example, and
the dog looked at this, say, navy blue suit with
pin stripes, probably would not recognize the pin stripes, just
would see that bluish that dogs juicy in color. They
don't see as well as we do. They don't have
the rains that we do, but they definitely could see color. Now,
they may not appreciate the pin stripes, but if one
of those stripes should happen to move, they would pick
it up in a heartbeat. So that's the difference. So
what happens now is that you have these dogs either
people coming to the door that they're kids. They sound
like kids, but they don't look like kids, and they're
outside and about, and you can have the sweetest dog
on the planet and he might see something that freaks
them out out. And if a kid comes over to
your dog out on the street or comes up into
the house, it wouldn't surprise me one ioda if that dog,
your dog, you're a sweet little dog, actually tries to
snap or bite somebody. So I hear it time and
time again. So it's very important to know your pets.
If you have a dog that is at all what
we call reactive at all, one who just kind of
is going to just react quickly, you may not want
that dog at the front door or that dog out
with you and your kids.
Speaker 3: When you're a trick of treating, and it's a very
very serious thing.
Speaker 2: So we have the precautions of dogs bolting, We have
the precautions of dogs certainly a fearful of what's walking
around out there, and I don't want any dogs sort
of snapping. And also dog's just anxiety. I mean, come on,
that doorbell is ringing like a zillion times. So if
you have that kind of dog, the farthest away you
can put them, the better. You can put a sign up,
please don't ring the doorbell, but knock. You can actually
post yourself right at the door, and you don't even
have to have the kids knock on the door. You
could just be there. Of course, there's some people depending
on where you live. It never worked in our area,
but they'll put that big bowl, you know, that bowl
or that pumpkin shape container with all the candy in
and there's a note that says please take one.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Right, So anyway, if you live in that kind of
place still, then by all means, that's a great idea.
And of course, if you are not going to participate,
turn your port lights off, because that's one clue that
kids have that oh we're not going to that house.
So anyway, the other thing, of course we're always concerned
about when it comes to Halloween trick or treating is
that candy is the candy wrapper. There are things that
obviously dogs get a hold of, and we know that
chocolate can be toxic, and raisins, for example, can be toxic,
and I maybe chocolate's a bit overrated and they'd have
to eat a whole bunch and maybe by you know,
milk chocolate as much, you know, it doesn't have that
same potency as a other forms of other types of chocolate,
but they get a hold of a lot, it could
be toxic. There's also a lot of fat in a
lot of the candies, so it may not be the
chocolate toxicity that's going to cause the problem, but it
could be pancreatitis, which is probably worse than chocolate toxicity.
Speaker 3: I mean, so there are other concerns.
Speaker 2: And again as adepth of dogs are of eating this stuff,
they are not that great at getting the wrappers off.
So inevitably, when I see my dogs that get it
to that which they shouldn't and they either poop out
or vomit up that which they've eaten, clearly I'm going
to see the rappers along with them. And you know,
one of my labradors is just the King. Even though
he's thirteen and a half, he cannot jump up on
the counters anymore. Somehow he manages, he manages to get
in the purses, my bag that I take to work
with me every day, many a granola bar, my lunch.
Their noses are just unbelievable. We're talking things that are
like sealed, they're hermetically sealed.
Speaker 3: There's no way if you smell it, you would smell nothing.
Speaker 2: And they not only smell it, but they can also
tell you if they could exactly the ingredients, how much
of what of everything is in that treat, in that
granola bar, in that whatever, that brownie that's sealed up
in that little cellophane wrapping. So so just know and
appreciate that your dogs potentially can harm themselves or others.
Speaker 3: And I really want you to take.
Speaker 2: Extreme caution when you have your dogs out with you
trigger treating or even people coming into the house. And
again make sure for those animals, the cats and dogs
that you have that might bolt, that they do not
have the opportunity to be sitting at the front door.
So we are at that break, that first fifteen minute point.
So we're going to break for a second. When we
come back. One of the things I wanted to talk about.
We were going through a lot of organ systems and
we didn't get a chance to cover much of it
last week, but.
Speaker 3: We wanted to talk about cushions disease.
Speaker 2: I want to talk about Addison's disease and that's the
opposite of cushings. And then we're also going to talk
about at some point. We probably won't get to it today,
but we want to talk about next week as one
of my cats is going through it right now, and
that is hyper thyroidism, the opposite of what a dog gets,
which is hypo for this hyperthroidism. So stay tuned. We'll
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Asked the Mets with doctor Jeff on this glorious Sunday.
I want to hear from you eight seven seven three
eight five eight eight eight two as you get the
courage to call us or to send me a note,
tell me your horror Halloween stories about regarding your pets.
I'm sure they're out there. I know they're out there
because I'm the one that sees them the next morning
or two days later when the animals have gotten into something,
they got into the candy, or I'm upset because they
didn't save any for me. So while you're sort of
establishing getting your paper out, writing this number down eight
seven seven three eight five eight eight eight, or just
come online and join us here on Ask the Vets
with doctor Jeff here on pet Life Radio. Just petlife
Radio dot com, click on the Ask the Vets tab
and you can just join in on our conversation. So
one of the things that I wanted to do. All
wait a second, we have someone who is calling it
right now. Okay, so ha, this is great. John writes,
since winters around the corner here in the east, what
concerns should we look when your pet has been outside
too long? My sheets too will play forever outside in
the snow and I have to force her in. What
should I look for science for? Well, John, that's a
great question. Something fortunately I don't have to worry about
very much here in California. But no, absolutely, just that
as the sun as very bad for these dogs during
the summer, and you need to provide shade, you need
to provide ample water in the east where it's freezing. Also,
these dogs need some help. Now there's the truth is
that a healthy coat does help shield our animals from
the elements. So like that thermos, it does keep them
cooler during the summer, and because it keeps their body
heat cooler than the ambient temperature, and during the winter
when it's colder on the outside, it does shield them
from that cold a bit.
Speaker 3: However, the smaller the dog.
Speaker 2: The greater the surface area is relative to their weight
in pounds er kilograms, So for example, we call that
the meter squared value. So therefore a smaller dog who
weighs less actually has more body surface area relative to
that weight through which to lose body heat. So therefore,
one thing I recommend John is that if it's windy
yet the wind chill factor, it's very important to keep
your sheets too in a either a doghouse.
Speaker 3: Or through a doggy door.
Speaker 2: They'll know when they want to come inside, but at
least give them that opportunity. Number two, put that sweater on.
It is okay, And anyone out there who wants to
laugh at those dogs with sweaters, I want you to
go out in twenty to below zero without a coat
and then tell me how funny it is, because what
happens is the larger dogs they have, again because of
this meter squared system, they do not lose as much
of their body heat to the outside environment as the
very small breeds. So when you see those little guys,
the chihuahu's and the loss and the sheets and the
Yorkis and the palms walking around outside with their little sweaters,
that is totally fine. It's a smart idea because they
do and can benefit. Another thing you can do is
put little booties on them because the pads of the
feet are also a major source of body heat loss
to that very cold environment. Walking on the snow, they
can get frostbite. It's very important as well to protect
those feet from the snow from the cold. And not
to mention a lot of cities, what do they do
on the seat streets and sidewalks to help melt the snow.
They throw down salt, and that too could be very irritating.
So booties are another really clever, cute idea to help
protect those pets from those elements. Another thing, look for
the sources of heated water balls. If it gets really
cold in the northeast if you're in Canada, I mean
where it can really freeze.
Speaker 3: If you're up in the mountains, you want.
Speaker 2: To also consider that if you give them water outside,
that water is easily going to freeze, so you need
to look for you can get these heated water balls
that will always help prevent the water from freezing.
Speaker 3: And also, if you're going to have a.
Speaker 2: Doghouse, it's got to be a full four sided house,
some sort of door or some sort of curtain or
a way that protects so when they are inside they
are protected. And again look for either dog beds or
mats that could be heated, or a floor heater or
something you can hang from the roof of the doghouse
just to protect your pet from the courts and the
heat heating elements themselves. But there are ways that you
could protect your pets from the very cold weather if
you live in areas that have very cold weather.
Speaker 3: I've been in Chicago during the winter. I was intrigued.
Speaker 2: By what they call the habit trails I call the
Hamster trails, that every single second story of every building
downtown is connected through these walkways, and I thought, I mean,
come on, people that lazy, they don't want to go outside. Well,
then I was actually at a conference in the winter
and I was there and I'm telling you it was cold,
and now I see, ah, now I get it. And
another place I go to a conference every August in
Kansas City. I love Kansas City, and especially during the summer.
It's great in the power and Light District and plaza
and there's so many great places to go and to eat.
But I was once there for a show, a trade
show in February, and I realized quickly why it's not
the most popular town during the winter, because I mean,
it was ice called. I thought it was going to
lose my ear lobes. So it's then and times and
cities like that that make me appreciate that what I
have here in southern California even more.
Speaker 3: But again, if it was that cold for me, you know,
it's that.
Speaker 2: Cold for your dogs, especially the little ones, and you
need to take those necessary precautions. So I want to
thank John, and I wish you the best of luck
and your sheetsu and just make sure that your little
guy or girl has the opportunity to let her go inside,
go through a doggy door, or if you have to
leave her out for whatever reason. Make sure she's got
a really cool doggyhouse with heating and four walls and
a small door, et cetera, et cetera. And I'm sure
she will be very very safe during the winter and
also have a great Halloween with her. Make sure she
doesn't get a hold of too much stuff.
Speaker 3: And I want to thank you for calling in so easy.
That was That was so easy. John.
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Oh God, thanks for the call. John, by the way,
for the note, And that was easy, right, So anybody.
Speaker 3: Just you could do it? John did.
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Radio dot com. So what I want to do And
now I'm just gonna tease you because I'm not going
to even start.
Speaker 3: But we just went through over the last several weeks symptoms.
Speaker 2: That your dog might have and how many of them
can present in so many different ways, some that are
oh my god, this is serious. You got to take
your dog to your veterinarian immediately, to others where say,
you know what, even things like vomiting relaxed, don't worry.
Speaker 3: Most likely it's nothing.
Speaker 2: When you when when I hear the rest of the story,
it's always important to get a thorough, thorough history. When
you see you're a veterinarian and you're brought your petting
because you're complaining about something. The better, the more complete
the history you can give, the better it's going to
be for your pet, the better it's going to be
for you financially, because you can eliminate potentially a lot
of the real bad things based on your history. For example,
I'll you know, we've talked about this. Your a vomiting
dog that is still bouncing off the walls, happy, can't
wait for its next walk or its next meal, just
doesn't bother me as much as a vomiting dog who's
sitting around moping, doesn't want to eat, has a very
dry mouth, looks depressed.
Speaker 3: That vomiting dog bothers me.
Speaker 2: So you know, when someone says, how do you treat
or how do you approach a case, Well, God, it
depends on so many different factors. So what I want
to do now is go through our wonderful endocrine system. Now,
this is the hormones systems. These are the glands like
the pancreas, the and what we call the endocrine pancreas,
like the adrenal glands, like the thyroid gland, like the
pituitary gland in the brain, which controls a lot of
these other hormones through hormones themselves or factors we call
stimulating hormones. So diseases like Cushing's disease, like Addison's disease,
like hypothyroidism we see in a dog, like hyperthyroidism we
see in a cat, like diabetes melodis and diabetes incipidus,
are all related to problems in our endocrine system and
very similar to people. In fact, I always laugh when
I make a diagnosis of something in a dog, let's
say Addison's, or let's say you know, diabetes, and the
owner starts some thinking, oh my god, I have atisons,
I have coursies, I have diabetes. And how many times
I see owners having the same diseases that their pets do.
It's more than just coincidentele don't even ask me how
or why, but it just I see it a lot.
So anyway, we're going to start next week. We're going
to talk about the petuitary and the adrenal glands, the
hyper secretion we call Cushing's disease and Cushing's syndrome. Will
explain difference, and also Addison's disease, which is a low
secretion of the adrino glands, and what the symptoms are,
what can be done to treat, how the diagnoses are made,
et cetera. So when hopefully you'll get better understanding of
these conditions. So when you take your pet in and
you get this diagnosis, you'll have a much better feel
for what happened, what went wrong, and what we can
do to treat it, and how successful we can be
in treating your pets. So I want to thank you
all for joining me here on this lovely Sunday here
on pet Life Radio. I'm your host, doctor Jeff Werber.
We will be back next week. Hope you have a
very very safe Halloween. Hey, keep your pets safe, and
please try to get a hold of us here on
pet Life Radio. Whenever you can do is just Doctor,
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