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Speaker 1: This is pet Life Radio. Let's Talk Pets.

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Speaker 2: Hello, pet levers, Happy holidays. This is our annual holiday edition,

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Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone, This is our annual holiday show. I'm

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your show host Michelle burn and I have a special

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guest with me today. Welcome Mark, Winter, Welcome Mark.

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Speaker 5: Happy Howlidays. All the big ones are coming up, you know,

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Marksgiving and cat miss and New.

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Speaker 2: Years You New Years, meow Years.

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Speaker 5: Well, kittens, they go mue mew, came you mute Bart's cat,

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go me out.

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Speaker 2: Mark. For those of you that have not listened to

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our shows before, you'll know that at the end of

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every show, I think Mark. He is my producer, and

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he just wears a lot of hats around pet Life Radio,

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and he does such a great job of making all

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of our shows sound great, as he tells me all

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the time. So he goes especially yours, and I said,

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I'm not the worst, but you know I could take it.

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So anyway, Mark is here to join me and we're

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going to talk about all great things holiday Mark, any

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questions before we start, No, So I want to talk

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about some holiday tips first of all, or as you maybe,

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holiday pet tips, because these are some things that people

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don't always think about out that might be obvious or

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not so obvious during holiday time. You know, holiday time

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for us two leg people is stressful. I mean, Mark,

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are you stressed during the holidays?

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Speaker 5: I'm not stressed anytime? I like the holidays. I like

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all that hustle and bustle.

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Speaker 2: Okay that's not me, but but I try to have

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times to chill during the holidays. I like, you know,

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family time, but I also like to have some downtime

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to you know, just to relax a little bit. But

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you know, there's things that we have to be aware

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of for our pets. So here's you know, some things

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that I think are important. Do your due diligence, do

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your internet searches, be aware. So they're not in any

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particular order, but this one is near and dear to

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my heart. It gets cold right most of the country. Now.

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I'm in South Florida, so we get, if we're lucky,

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we get a cold front here or there, just finishing

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up with hurricane season. But guess what cats hide in

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cars in all weather?

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Speaker 1: Mark.

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Speaker 2: You once found a cat inside your car, didn't you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we had an outside cat that's a neighborhood cat,

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and she was having kittens and she wanted to keep

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them warm, so she put them inside the hood of

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the car, underneath on the engine block. And I had

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to really like pay attention to see where she was

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putting them, because you definitely don't want to start your

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car with cats in there, for sure.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, oh, I can't even think about that.

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So here's a tip. Before you start your car. Tap

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Speaker 5: Hood, I think, bang on it makes.

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Speaker 2: On it, bang on it make some noise. I mean,

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if you're really concerned, you can open your hood, but

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you don't need to do that. Just a nice little

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you know bang. I mean you're not going to bang

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hard enough to do damage, of course, but just little bang,

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we'll startle the cat and we'll have them moving.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, you also have to if you live in cold,

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wet and I know now with these new cars, you

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know sometimes people tend to like start them from inside

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their house. You know, they have a little button on

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their keyfob. You don't want to do that if you

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know that you have cats in the neighborhood, because the

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engine will start and there goes the cat.

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Speaker 2: You know, yeah, there goes the cat and you have

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a horrific scene to witness. So yes, don't prestart your

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car if it's cold weather. Bang on the hood. If

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you can't bang on the hood or you're really unsure,

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open the hood up. There are cats even in cold

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weather areas. That are feral, that are in communities that

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live outdoors, so make sure you check it. Okay, here's

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some other tips trees. When you're decorating your trees, no

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tinsil if you have cats. You know about this one, Mark,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know, it might be funny to

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see like tinsel hanging out the butt of your cat.

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it's a funny thing to think about, but really it's

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a wraps around inside their intestines and you're going to

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end up at the vet spending one thousand dollars. So

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there's plenty of other things you can put on your tree,

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So I would stay away from tinsel.

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Speaker 2: Yes, stay away from tinsel. What happens when the cat

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digests it, and it's more likely cats than dogs that

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will digest tinsel, It slices their insides. It's very sharp

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and it could slice their intestine. So, you know, like

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dog years ago in a shop that I used to

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go to where some string was hanging out of his

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butt and they were trying to get that out and

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they were really really lucky that nothing happened to the dog,

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but you do. Yeah, no tinsel. Another thing you want

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to be careful about are wax diffusers. Those are you know,

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the ones where there's a tea light and there's a

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little wax scented thing on top. They can omit certain

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things into the air that are not particularly healthy for

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your cat. So just be aware. We're going to talk

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about a product that's actually fine for cats a little

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later on the show, But be careful of wax diffusers. Oh,

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this one, mark this one. This next tip is just

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so obvious, but you would not believe how many times

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it happened. Opening the front door. So if you have

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dogs and cats in your house, sometimes you know, when

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you have people coming into the party, they just open

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the door and stand there. I literally this is when

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and my dog at the time escaped. It took me

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forty five minutes. I don't eat meats. I had to

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find like meat products for my neighbors, like like I

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don't know what they had, some luncheon meat or something.

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somebody came over and just left the door open.

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Speaker 5: Even yourself, I have. I remember my former brother in

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law opened the door he was coming back from shopping,

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and the dog ran out of the house and ran

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in the street and got hit by a car and

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that was the end of the dog.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, that's such a horrible story. So what

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door if you do not have a screened door, or

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lock and then they can see out of it. Some

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people will put a childproof gate up. You can also

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move your cats, your dog, move them to another room,

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move them to you know, if you're in a warm climate,

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move them to the patio, put them in the bedroom,

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put them someplace else. It does not take long for

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someone to just come in and take their time and

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then all of a sudden boom, your cat's outdoors or

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your dogs outdoors.

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Speaker 5: They're really lucky that our cats really like their comfort.

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They like to be inside, so even if you open

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the door, they know they have a good thing. They're

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not even running out.

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Speaker 2: So my cats are lazy too, so that that's a

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plus there. But sometimes it just takes one cat being curious.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Now, I don't really buy trees during the holidays or

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put one up just because, but if you do, make

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sure you secure your tree. It does not take much

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for a curious cat or dog to jump on a

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branch and proof the whole tree knocks. Over All of

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us have seen these in little you know, Instagram or

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tiktoks and think they're funny, but they can be catastrophic.

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Have you had this Have you ever experienced this mark?

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Speaker 5: Not me, I've seen it. I've seen like cats climbing

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up trees and they get to the top and then

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the tree topples over. I mean they recommend that you

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secure them on the top against the wall so that

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they can't fall down, because not only will it make

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a mess, I mean it could crash on your coffee table.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, secure your tree. Also, speaking of trees, do not

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use edible decorations. No cranberries, no popcorn. Cats and dogs

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have a good sense of smell and even if it's

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stale to us, they might still be interested, so keep

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that away. Also, watch out for ornaments that are breakable,

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like glass ornaments. Maybe put them higher on your secure

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tree so that the cat can't get there. Some people

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tree so the cats can't get to it.

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Speaker 5: Even if you have a dog, they're looking at your

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tree going, oh, look, there's balls all over this tree.

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Just what I want, right right.

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Speaker 2: Another thing we talked about diffusers watch candles. I think

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there's very few people these days that use real candles

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on trees. They're a fire hazard, they're not smart. There's

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fake candles that you can get, but just watch even

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candles and open flames, make sure they're not near your pets,

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especially your cats. Some cats will like to play with

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the flame, so make sure you keep that in mind.

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Let's talk about toxic foods, Mark Okay.

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Speaker 5: I also wanted to mention on the candle subject that

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scented candles, even though they smell nice, you might want

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to consider getting something that's like lightly scented because remember

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your dogs and your cats, their sense of smells like

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a hundred times of what yours is. So if you

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walk in your house and it smells like all Christmas

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e and pine, imagine what they're smelling. Because they're smelling

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a hundred times what you're smelling. So you don't want

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them to be overwhelmed and feel like suffocated by the scent.

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Speaker 2: That's a great point. Also, watch out for how many

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times your spraying sense around your house because if it's

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you're right. If it's overwhelming for you, imagine what it's

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like for your dog or your cat. Okay, toxic foods.

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So I'm gonna list the toxic foods and then I

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want you to add to it, Mark, because you and

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editing so many of our shows, you have such great knowledge.

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See there are some obvious ones. Chocolate, grapes, raisins, turkey bones,

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they shatter. Salty foods are especially not good for your cats. Onions,

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and garlic xylotol, which is in a lot of sugar

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free foods. What can you add?

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Speaker 5: Mark? Okay? Also not really for like Christmas or Hanukah,

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but for Thanksgiving. Corn on the cob. You want to

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make sure that if you have corn on the cob,

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that you dispose of the cobs someplace where your dog

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can't get to it, because they don't nibble the kernels

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off like you do. They would swallow the whole cob

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and it gets lodged in their esophagus and if it

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goes down into their intestines. You're gonna end up at

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the vet having expensive surgery. So that's going to be

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an expensive corn cob. So make sure corn cobs are

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put away someplace where your dog can't even find them.

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Speaker 2: You know what, I just thought of something. It doesn't

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really fit into toxic foods. I'm going to apologize in

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the band to buy offend someone, but this is for

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the women out there. Women. Make sure that any feminine

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products that are used are disposed of, and a container

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that isn't closed that your dog cannot get to. You know,

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it sounds like gross, eh, funny. Years and years and

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years that well, not that many years ago, about that old,

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but I wasn't aware of this, and my dog actually

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swallowed a feminine product. And let me tell you it

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a couple hundred bucks. Now it's probably like many hundred dollars,

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and they were able to induce my dog to vomit.

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but you'd be surprised. And some of those little small

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garbage cans, your dog can figure out, they know how

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to step on the container and just have it up

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or jump on it, so it sounds gross. And plus,

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visitors might not be as hyper aware as you are

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because you're the pet parent. So please make sure all

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feminine products are a container that your dog cannot get to.

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I doubt your cat will do anything with it, but

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I know dogs will. So sorry to be gross, but

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you know, keep those and make sure your receptacle is

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difficult for your dog to open, if not impossible for

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your dog to open. Okay, let's talk about plants. Point

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status can be not that great for your cat, but

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mistletoe and holly are pretty dangerous for cats. Lilies are

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extremely dangerous for cats.

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chemicals that are in them, and they're like extremely toxic

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to cats. Don't even bring them in your house.

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have more as we go along and talk about some

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of our key products that we recommend this holiday season.

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Speaker 5: Okay, well, you know holiday season is also football season,

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and you know when I'm watching football on Sunday and

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all my snacks laid out so you know, can watch

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the game. So my dog and my cat both like

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to watch football with me. They like to sit on

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the couch and they like to watch the game. And

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I don't think they understand it, but they like to

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watch they see movement on the TV. So I have

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all my snacks laid out, and I don't want them

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eating my snacks, so they can have their own. So

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there's this product called Trot Pets and it's this really

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cool snack tray and it's for pets and dogs and cats.

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compartments and lickabules and it keeps them occupied. And it

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includes a magnetic puck. It says that attaches to any floor.

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on the floor. They can hop down and they can

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have their snacks too. So we can all be happy,

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we can all watch the game, we can all have

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our snacks. And it's great for the holidays. Somebody that

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you know that has pets, what a great gift.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I like about it is it

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keeps my dog busy. So I could put a thin

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layer of you know, maybe pumpkin which is healthy for

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their stomachs, or blend up some do like a pure

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of a few some beef and a little bit of

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pumpkin and squash, or just take their dog food. Just

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take a little, you know, thin amount and spread it

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around and it keeps the dog busy. Your dog's licking

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each little section. So it's just such great fun product.

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can our listeners find all of this information for the

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holiday show.

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Speaker 5: They can go to best Bets for Pets on Petlife

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Radio dot com and all these links to all these

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products will be on the episode.

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Speaker 2: Page for this holiday show.

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Speaker 5: For this show.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, with the holidays coming, there's one thing for sure, Mark,

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you want to make sure you're groomed and your fur

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babe is groomed. You're going to be taking a lot

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of pictures, you have people coming over. You want to

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make sure your pets look good. And it's also for

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health reasons, especially if you live up north, you want

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to make sure their papads are as clean as possible.

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So that things don't stick to the fur, you know,

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especially if you're up north with cold weather there's snow

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on the ground and salt. So it's a health reason

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as well. But this is the time to be let them,

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you know, be groomed and if you want to do

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the grooming yourself even better. So here are some tips

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for you know, for grooming, health, for hygiene, and for style.

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Always brush before clipping. This way, you know, if there's

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not any place like a clump, you know of knotted hair,

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matted hair, you're able to cut that out. You're able

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to get some of the dirt out by brushing. It

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just helps remove also loose undercoat, and it helps minimize

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the shedding during the trim.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, especially if you have long hair dogs and long haircuts,

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you don't want their hair to get madded because once

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it's maddened, it's really hard to brush out. You're going

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to have to clip it out using clippers, you know,

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not scissors. So brushing regularly will help avoid that.

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Speaker 2: It suggested you should brush your cat or dog or both.

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Speaker 5: I mean one of my cats, you know, he loves

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to be brushed, so I can brush him all the time.

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The other two if they see me coming with anything,

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they're being running away, so I don't know how we're

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going to ever brush them.

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Speaker 2: Well, you can work on that, but you should brush

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about three to four times a week. You should make

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sure you keep their coats trimmed. Target the stubborn mats

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on your dog or long haired cat with using a

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detail blade on the clippers, and be very careful, especially

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in delicate areas like under the tail or the pawpads,

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or the undercoat, you know, the belly. For areas that

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are that delicate, you should trim sanitary and paw hair.

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I remember mister Zeus hated when I touched his paw hair,

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but he wouldn't never bit me, but he did not

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like it, but I always made sure that I did

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it because furry paws are not good dry at low temperatures,

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so don't use the dryer a blow dryer on high.

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never used a blow dryer. And you know, mister Zeus

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was a muth, so it didn't matter if he didn't

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look like, you know, a show dog. He dried so quickly.

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you dry on a low setting. You don't want to

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overheat them. Don't forget the ears, and don't forget cleaning

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the ears, and also make sure you hydrate the skin

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and the coat. And you can do that by just

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grooming on a regular basis. You know, I used to

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do that with mister Z. What did you do with

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your dog when you were grooming your dog all the time?

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Speaker 5: Mark, I would try to keep one ahead, Nikki. I

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used to try to keep him groomed. I mean eventually

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it used to get out of hand. I mean he

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had to go to the groomer. I mean the dogs

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usually do. I don't know what they recommend. Once every

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six weeks, once every eight weeks. Sometimes I let it

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get away. I didn't keep up with it, but I

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really should have, because if you groom them on a

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regular basis, they never get like really bad and you

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can just have like a light grooming at the groomers.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and if you choose to do it at home,

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make sure you take time, be patient. But one is

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all grooming products are phenomenal you sit home. They help

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keep grooming stress free. They have clippers, they have vacuums,

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They make your pet comfortable and they're really excellent tools. Mark,

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you use them. How were they when you were grooming Dennis?

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Speaker 5: Oh, they're great. I mean they work fantastic. Like I said,

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he loves to get groomed. So he sits there and

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he purrs, and he picks his head up and he

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just loves all that. It's like he's at a spa.

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SPA day for Dennis.

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Speaker 2: S By day is for Dennis. On that note, we're

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Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone. This is our second half of our

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Mark Winter, who not only is an expert when it

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comes to editing and producing our podcast, but he is

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if you want to add to your first aid kit,

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a nail that pops off or you end up trimming

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your dog's nail too low, clotted will prevent the wound

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from bleeding a temporary clots the blood, which is what

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you want. It's something you can use if it's a

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light wound or light scratch, or if it's something deeper.

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It's something you could use as you go to the vet.

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So something to keep in mind. Mark, you love keeping

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a really clean, spotless house during the holidays. How do

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you do?

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Speaker 5: It? Is hard when you have a lot of pets

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running around. It's like constant cleaning. It's like having children

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running in the house. So there is a great product.

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Especially anyone who knows me knows I don't like to

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bend down too often. So there's this great smart vacuum cleaner.

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It's called Ivacair, and it's not like your typical vacuum

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cleaner that you know, you push around the house vacuuming.

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It's stationary. You set it up in an area and

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you take your broom and you sweep towards the vacuum cleaner,

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and when you get close enough, it sees you and

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it'll just turn on and start sucking all the debris

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into the vacuum cleaner. So it's really interesting.

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Speaker 2: Mark, you could put that on the list for something

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to get me. Also, what I like is that it's

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not only a vacuum cleaner, but it's a purifier and

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deodorizer as well.

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Speaker 5: And you can find all this at ivac dot com,

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eye vac dot com.

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Speaker 2: This is a great product for your dogs. The Puppin

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Game by Fable Pets, that's at Fable Pets Dog.

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Speaker 5: I love puffins. They're so cute, The puffin Puffins. They're

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so cute. They're like little penguins. I think they named

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it the Puffin Game because their device kind of looks

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like a little puffin.

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Speaker 2: So what the Puffin Game. It's kind of like an

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oval shaped piece. You can open it and put in

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cups of food and so it holds up to one

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and have cups of dry food, and so your dog

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is working for his food, kind of like what dogs

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would do in nature. So it's a great way to

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stimulate your dog. Do you think you have a dog

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that would like it?

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like a hunting dog or you know one of these

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dogs that that's what they do, like a hound, you know,

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they sniff around, they like to hunt. I mean all

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the dogs I've had kind of just like to lay

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around the couch. But I think they would enjoy this game.

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or you could put in snacks or maybe mix it

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up a little bit, and that's available on gablepets dot com. Mark,

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you're always into looking for better and new ways to

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keep your cats and dogs healthy. What did you find it?

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Sun Pet Treats.

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Speaker 5: At Sunpet Treats. Of course they have treats, and you

476
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know dogs and cats, they love their treats, but these

477
00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:23,880
are just not fun treats to eat. I mean they

478
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are fun, but it also helps with your pets fresher breath,

479
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,880
improved body odor. I have some friends that might benefit

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if they could eat this. I don't know if it's

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for people, but definitely for your pets. And it promotes

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a healthy shiny coat and skin and a good source

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of vitamin D and it supports their natural digestive health.

484
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So really good treats, really healthy.

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Speaker 2: I think that it's the Corella hopefully I'm pronouncing it right, clorella,

486
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,440
which is a green superfood. And yeah, I think it's

487
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good for people too, except I would buy the human version.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it is. My sister could benefit from

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fresher breath, I think.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I hope she doesn't listen. Okay, you know what.

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I don't mind bathing my dog at all. I used

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to give mister Zea a bath every so often. I

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was fortunate that I didn't have to use a tub

494
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,880
because it's so warm year round where I live. But

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one of the things I loved was using a shampoo bar.

496
00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:25,920
Serenity Acres has a goat's milk shampoo bar for dogs.

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It is. What I like is that it's a woman

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00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:33,200
owned company. Their website is Serenitygoats dot com. And what

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I love about using a shampoo bar is you don't

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waste all the liquid shampoo in areas like on the

501
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,240
top of the body and then you can't have to

502
00:27:42,279 --> 00:27:45,359
hope hopefully you have enough to like move it around

503
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,839
to the belly. And this is all why you're trying

504
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,119
to keep your dog still and not from shaking too

505
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,319
much on your or jumping out of the bathtub. So

506
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having a shampoo bar, which is also I think more

507
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sustainable and more user friendly, is fantastic. Now, this was

508
00:28:05,039 --> 00:28:09,359
originally created as just a dog shampoo, but they also

509
00:28:09,519 --> 00:28:13,519
have Serenity Acres peste Off Goat Milk shampoo bar, which

510
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is designed to repel bugs and it comes eated skin.

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Speaker 5: We're in Florida, so there's bugs everywhere, so this is

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like a really great product.

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Speaker 2: It is. It has a blend of lavender, lemongrass, eucalyptus,

514
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and tea tree essential oils, so that keeps pesky bugs

515
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away but also soothes hot spots and leaves behind such

516
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,519
a great scent. I'm tempting to use this.

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Speaker 5: I think you can. You can, It's I think it's yeah.

518
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Speaker 2: Oh and by the way, this bar also has a

519
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huge fan base among humans too, so it's people friendly.

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So while you want to bathe, if you're bathing yourself

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or your friend. So again. The Serenity Goat's Milk shampoo

522
00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:04,240
bar for dogs and for people can be found at

523
00:29:04,279 --> 00:29:09,000
Serenitygoats dot com. Now, last, but not least, I love

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the name of this company, Big Ass Dog Company b

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A D COO, so bad COD for short. They have

526
00:29:17,359 --> 00:29:21,759
such great holiday gifts for big dogs and their owners.

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Speaker 5: Like that big MutS and I cannot lie.

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Speaker 2: That's me. I like big mutts. You like more little small,

529
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,920
fluffy dogs. I like my mutts at least forty five pounds.

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Forty forty five pounds and up to maybe like sixty

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that's for me. I like mutts.

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00:29:38,759 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, they got fun names too, the gigantic ass Bed

533
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and the big ass.

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Speaker 2: Drool right and Mark, they sent me a big ass bed.

535
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It's big enough for me and for a big pooch. Now,

536
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,359
I don't currently have a dog, but I borrowed my

537
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,119
neighbor's dog, Baby, and Baby's big. She's about I think

538
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,640
almost eighty pounds and we both fit. So how fun

539
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,000
is that? You know how your dog's always taken up

540
00:30:02,039 --> 00:30:04,440
the couch and you can't really, you know, take revenge

541
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,680
and take his fluffy soft bed. This way you both fit.

542
00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:10,119
So they have a big ass dog bed. They have

543
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:14,359
a whole ton of holiday gifts for big dogs and owners.

544
00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:19,319
They also have a rag which helps wipe off you

545
00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:21,960
know how. Some big dogs have that like they drool.

546
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Speaker 5: Yeah, big ass drowl rag.

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00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:27,359
Speaker 2: Big ass drool rag. Some people use that too actually,

548
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:33,960
and giant breaths, especially your Great Danes, your mastiffs, there's

549
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,359
Saint Bernard's. They all have that. They just drool so

550
00:30:37,559 --> 00:30:42,039
big as drool rag is fantastic. They have other apparel

551
00:30:42,359 --> 00:30:46,759
for you know, humans, and other products, especially engineered for

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00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,200
large and giant breeds. And it's tested in real homes

553
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:52,880
with real dogs.

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Speaker 5: And right now, yeah, I see twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Twenty five percent off from eleven twenty four to twelve

556
00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:03,039
to two, so it's a long amount of time. So

557
00:31:03,119 --> 00:31:07,759
from November twenty fourth to December twod use the code

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B as in Boy Fison, Frank seas in Charlie Emmas

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and Mary B FCM for twenty five percent off everything

560
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except for the steps.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a good deal.

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Speaker 2: That's a very good deal. And last but not least,

563
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Mark you're gonna tell us a great way to make

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our homes smell wonderful. That is safe for our pets.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we talked about this before a little bit about

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candles and diffusers, and this is a diffuser that's like

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00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,720
safe for pets. So even though it has seasonal sense

568
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:46,279
and they've got like California Sense Fall Cider, Main Street, Christmas,

569
00:31:46,359 --> 00:31:51,440
Ohi Groves, they're like California type Sense, but they're light scents,

570
00:31:51,599 --> 00:31:53,720
so they're good for your pets. They're not going to

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00:31:53,759 --> 00:31:57,559
be overwhelming for them. So this is from California Fresh.

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Speaker 2: Home and what I like, number one safe for your pets,

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and that says it all.

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Speaker 5: They put in an odor eating additive. So if you

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have litterbox odors or you have a cat that peas

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00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:12,519
on your rug and you know, this will eliminate all

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00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:14,279
those odors. So when people come in your house for

578
00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:16,839
the holidays, they don't know that you have cats or

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dogs living there.

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Speaker 2: It smells nice, Yes, nice fresh scented home. Where can

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people find this?

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Speaker 5: They can find this at Californiafresh home dot com.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well that wraps the rap Holidays show. That's a

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wrap mark. We're just about done with our show. We

585
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,519
just about wrapped on all the products. What is one

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final tip you can let our listeners keep in mind

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for the holidays.

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Speaker 5: Okay, well, I know people like to give a good

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gift to people, but don't give a pet to someone

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00:32:46,319 --> 00:32:49,240
that's not expecting it. Don't say, oh, look, I got

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00:32:49,279 --> 00:32:52,200
you this great puppy and then you know these people

592
00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:55,279
don't want a puppy. Yeah, I mean, only give pets

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to people that you know, maybe you ask them beforehand,

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or if you have kids that live in your house

595
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and you know you're going to end up taking care

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of this pet. So if you're willing to do that,

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then that would be fine. And here's another tip that

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you can do. You can go to the shelter and

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rescue a cat and give a cat to your cat

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as a holiday gift. Because cats like to have company.

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So this way, you rescue a cat from the shelter

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and you're making room for another cat that can go

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into the shelter and then your cat can have company.

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So that's a perfect gift for your cat.

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Speaker 2: It's a perfect gift, and it actually gives others, you know,

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00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,079
it gifts the life of a cat because the cat

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that takes its place can have space in the shelter

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and then there's another cat for someone else out there.

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If your cat's happy, that's a gift for me. If

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my cat's happy, yeah. I have one final tip somehow

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find a way to keep your stress leveled down. Your

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00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:53,400
furbabes pick up on your emotions. And during the holidays,

613
00:33:53,519 --> 00:33:56,279
there is so much anxiety with all of us.

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Speaker 5: That's why they invent liquor.

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Speaker 2: That's why liquor. That's they have gummies in some states

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at your own risk and all that jet and that's

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00:34:05,839 --> 00:34:09,559
why they also invented I think gems and punching back.

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00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:11,760
Speaker 5: No, but you have pets, and pets can reduce your

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stress levels. So just love your pets, right, love your pets.

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Speaker 2: But the big thing is keep your stress level down.

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If you're anxious, your pets are going to pick up

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00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:24,880
on it. Your dogs and cats are so receptive to

623
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,800
picking up on your anxiety, and that can make them

624
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,159
sick and it makes you sick too. So find time

625
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,559
to chill. If you're getting anxious about something or last

626
00:34:36,599 --> 00:34:38,639
minute gift and you have to rush and all this,

627
00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:41,559
just take a breather. Is it really going to make

628
00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:44,800
a difference that you rush and you are so anxious

629
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,119
about getting that gift to that person at that minute

630
00:34:48,559 --> 00:34:51,280
or maybe you could just give them the next day.

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So don't freak out about making the perfect holiday meal

632
00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,159
or the perfect wrapped gift or any of that. Make

633
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,159
some time to chill and your pets will be chill

634
00:35:03,199 --> 00:35:06,119
with you. And spend time with them. That'll reduce your

635
00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:09,960
stress even more. Mark, thank you so much for coming

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00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,159
on Best Bets for Pets and helping share these holiday

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00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:17,719
tips and great products with our listeners.

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Speaker 5: Oh, You're welcome. I'm here all the time. You know

639
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:20,760
where to find me.

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Speaker 3: Ed.

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Speaker 2: I'd like to thank our cats, our studio cats, Dennis,

642
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,639
Charlotte and Molly. Thanks again to Mark Winter for being

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00:35:29,679 --> 00:35:32,679
on the show, and thanks for his wonderful work in

644
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,320
producing and editing all of our shows. He is amazing.

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00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,360
Thanks to everyone listening to Best Bets for Pets. I

646
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,880
appreciate your loyalty and I wish you and your fur

647
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:50,000
babes a wonderful holiday season. Happy holidays and happy holidays.

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Speaker 5: Mark, Happy holidays.

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Speaker 2: And remember keep listening. You never know what we'll have

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next on Best Bets for Pets.

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