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Speaker 3: Speaking of issues with pets, this.

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Speaker 2: Issue is from one of my employees who was asking

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having problems with her fairly recently adopted pitbull. We do

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work with a number of pitbull rescues, many rescues in general,

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but two in particular are specialized in pitbulls. And the

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good reason because we all know those of us that

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work with them, those of us that may own them,

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that they really are amazing dogs. They are fantastic. They

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are friendly, they are warm, they are loving, they are protective.

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But they get a bad rap because their mouths are

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so powerful that when they buy there are actually listen

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to this. There are more bites recorded from chihuahuas and

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cocker spaniels then there are from pitbulls. The problem is

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when you get bitten by chihuahua, it hurts. When you

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get bitten potentially by a pit bull, you have to

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see a surgeon. So, I mean, we know that there

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are some major issues involved, but nonetheless they really are innately,

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inherently they're really, really really sweet dogs. So what don't

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we know about pit bulls and why they were initially

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bred was the breat to fight. They do like to fight,

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and this is what they're bred to do, and they're

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tenacious and when they do bite in, they will bite in.

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They don't mess around. So you know, we need to

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keep these things in mind when working with our pit

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bulls and our pitbull crosses, you know, to set the

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record straight. Depending on the municipality, they don't care whether

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you call it an American pit bull terrier, a staffordsure terrier,

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an American Stafford terrier, a Staffordsure Bull terrier. The bottom

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line is, in their minds they are pit bulls and

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the breed. Over the years, though there used to be

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such a line of demarcation between the different sub breeds,

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now they're all lumped together as the pit bull. So

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you write these letters now from your vet saying, don't know,

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it's not a pit bull, it's actually an American Stafford

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Sure Terrier. The municipalities really just don't care, So don't

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kid yourself. Just so you know, we lump them all

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into the one breed and that's the pitbull. So her

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problem was that her dog is great, but when she

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walks her dog, this dog sees another dog and wants

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to attack, wants to kill, and again, this is what

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the pit bulls do. This is a lot of them,

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not all of them, of course, but some of them

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are potentially very aggressive when it comes to other dogs.

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So one of the recommendations we had is that when

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we're dealing with training, when we're dealing with what we

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call behavior modification, first of all, you have to expect

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the modification of the behavior to go fairly slowly. It's

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baby steps. It's not going to happen in one session.

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So you know when there's a failure of treatment, whether

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it's a medical treatment, whether it's a behavior treatment. The

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biggest issue that creates the disappointment with the client is expectation.

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If they think that running this test, doing this procedure

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is going to fix the problem tomorrow and it doesn't,

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that they're really bummed. You do that TPLO surgery on

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a cruciate and a big dog. Know, this dog is

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not going to be walking by next week if you think,

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and if the office led the owner to believe that

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it would, of course they're going to be disappointed when

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the dog isn't. But if they were told this is

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a long haul recovery, it's physical therapy. You're looking at

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six weeks minimum to start weight bearing. Even then when

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it takes four weeks or five weeks, they're thrilled, all right,

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because it's happened even faster than they anticipated. So I'm

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letting you know now that this is a procedure of

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baby steps. So the key now is we want to

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take a dog's natural inclination for positive reinforcement and turn

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this association between this dog, the nasty dog, and other

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dogs from something negative to something positive and I like

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to create a game and it's called Let's Find a Friend.

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And you're going to start taking your aggressive dog out

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in public. And the first thing you need to do

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is identify how far or really how close the offending

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other dog needs to be before your aggressive dog starts

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exhibiting that stance that behavior pattern that is associated with aggression.

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Could be three blocks away, could be two blocks away,

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could be half a mile away. Whatever it is, you

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need to learn what it is in order to change

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the behavior. You need to start asking your dog to

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sit when you go out for your let's find a

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Friend exercises. And if let's for argument's sake, I'm going

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to throw this three blocks away at three and a

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half blocks away, where you see another dog way up there,

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but your dog hasn't started that stance yet, ask him

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to sit and go good boy, Look at that.

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Speaker 3: Oh good, there's a friend.

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Speaker 2: Look at the friend and go ahead, pat him on

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the head, give him a hug, and give him a treat.

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Now turn around, walk a different direction, or if you're

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near an intersection, go right or left. Don't challenge any

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more than that. And you're going to do this every day,

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if you can every other day, how frequently you can

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feasibly walk your dog.

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Speaker 3: But each time that you're.

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Speaker 2: Looking for that friend is I like to call it

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find a friend, you are going to go nuts with

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that positive, high pitched voiced food treat a little bit closer,

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a little bit closer.

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Speaker 3: Another thing you might notice that if your dog is

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okay with little dogs.

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Speaker 2: But doesn't like big dogs, then if you see a

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big dog down in the horizon, turn around and don't

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even test it. Start testing with little dogs, and you

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slowly as you desensitize the little dogs, then you go

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to the medium sized dog, and that from the medium

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sized dog, then you go to the little small, large breed,

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until you get to the large large breed. Each time

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look at that a friend and you make them sit. Member,

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dogs always have to earn their reward. They don't get

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rewards for the heck of it. They got to earn it,

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and you give that reward. You pat them on the.

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Speaker 3: Head, good boy, good boy. In the perfect world.

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Speaker 2: What's going to ultimately happen is what you want to

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happen is not only have you desensitized your dog, you're

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a nasty dog to the presence of another dog, but

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you actually have counter conditioned him to want to find

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and see other dogs. Why because now the association is,

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oh my god, we're gonna go find a friend. And

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every time I see this dog in the horizon, I'm

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getting a pat on the head, I'm getting hugs, and

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I'm getting a food treat. Life is grand. I want

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more of those dogs, and that's the goal. The goal

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is that you need to be. Of course, you have

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to stay in control of your dog. This is not

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something that this is going to happen overnight. It's not

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something that you it's easy. It's not going to be easy.

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But you need to be consistent and persistent. And I

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like to use those words often when dealing with behavior modification.

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It's persistence and consistency. You have to give the same

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messages all the time. Dogs have enough time with the

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mixed messages we give them every single day. I mean,

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you know, the biggest mistake we make, and I've talked

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to this before on our show, is the how frequently

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we misuse the word no. Now frequently we use no

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and mensure the dog's name with it. It should never

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be Bowser no. Because what's going to happen is if

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Bowser here's his name again. He said, I'm not going

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to tad because I must have done something wrong. So

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remember that to evaluate the behaviors and if the behaviors

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are normal, natural behaviors that are just a little bit misdirected,

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don't use the word no.

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Speaker 3: No means the behavior.

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Speaker 2: Itself is inappropriate, not what it's directed towards, not where

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it's directed, okay, but the actual behavior is a no.

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And then use that word no. Quit off down again.

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We always try to use that quick, one syllable commands

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when it comes to the as I call the negative commands.

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So this is something again that you need to keep

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in mind as you're working with your pets. So anyway,

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Speaker 8: Let's talk past, Let's talk pets, Talk about Life Radio,

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HETLFE Radio pet live Radio dot Com.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Ask the Best with doctor Jeff Here

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on pet Life Radio. You are listening to doctor Jeff Werper,

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your host. This half hour sometimes goes way too fast show,

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and we want to hear from you so give us

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a call eight seven seven three eight five eight eight

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Speaker 3: We'd love to field your.

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Speaker 2: Question, share your concerns, your problems with our other listeners.

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Speaking of which, as we just finished with talking about

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how to slowly desensitize and countercondition those nasty dogs of

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yours to actually look forward to their walks and look

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forward to mingling with other dogs. How cool is that

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going to be? When my technician can start taking her

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dog out, then she can start going hiking, she can

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start going to the dog park, she can start going

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to what we call run in canyon. There are so

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many cool places to go and things to do, so

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it's one of those things you want to do is

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start socializing your dog. Anyway, as I mentioned, we got

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a couple of emails this past week. One was last

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week and that was Adam. Read to Adam's email live online.

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We answered him and then he actually called in, which

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was fantastic.

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Speaker 3: So here is one. I like this one too.

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Speaker 2: This comes from Debbie, and Debbie is someone in Orange

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County because I can recognize from the seven to one

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to four area code. And dear doctor Jeff, I listen

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to your show on podcast and really enjoy it. I'm

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a volunteer foster kitten mom for my local shelter. I've

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often had situations where my kittens have diarrhea, sometimes with

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upparrest but dray infection, sometimes not. The shelter veterinarian provides

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medication for the up arrest but joy infection, but I

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would appreciate your device. I have best to help kittens

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get over diarrhea. I believe the kittens sometimes get diarrhea

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from the change of diet from shelter food to my

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kitten food.

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Speaker 3: She uses a very good cat food.

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Speaker 2: Science die roll Canaan both excellent and sometimes from the

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upperrest door infection. When kittens do have diarrhea, I take

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them in for dewarming and vetchecks. Whatever you can suggest

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would be appreciated. She's also attached some kittens that I

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have to share with you. These kittens are so adorable. God,

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I wish you could see them. They are really, really,

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really cute. I'm going to send them along. I'm going

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to forward this and we want to get these pictures

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of these kittens posted because they are way too cute. Anyway,

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Diarrhea in kittens. First of all, so far, everything is

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nothing surprises me, and that is it's very common. I

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do think that one of the possibilities that is going

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to be the change in diet anytime you change from

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food day to food bee. If it's an abrupt quick

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chain to not a gradual slow process over several days, yes,

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diarrhea could ensue. So I think that's very possible. Secondly,

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the parasites. These cats often have parasites. Some of the parasites,

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especially around worms, especially Coxidia giardia, all.

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Speaker 3: Can cause diarrhea.

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Speaker 2: And since some of them are hard to find, including

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especially the giardia, what I sometimes recommend is that if

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you have even if you have a negative fecal I

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think putting these kiddies for five to seven days, maybe

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ten days on metronitisol on flagile would be a good idea.

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Another thing I like, and I've been having a lot

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of success with it, and that is some probiotics, and

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I think that they are gaining a lot of popularity

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within the profession. And when I first, you know, there

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are a lot of veterinarians out there that are you know,

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look at this stuff is okay on another supplement. You know,

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I'm not holistic, I'm not naturopathic, why would I go

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ahead and start using more supplements. And the truth of

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the matter is that when it comes to the probiotics,

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I've heard some major major speakers at some of the

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major veterinary schools in the country not only promote but

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love probiotics. I think probiotics definitely have a place. We've

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had a lot of success using probiotics in practice, and

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I definitely think that you should be doing that as

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well and adding some probiotics to their food. You can

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get them from your veterinarian. There's some that are specifically

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for cats or small dogs, and I think that you

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will see some advantage. But I think so diet if

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you're going to switch food, totally okay to switch food,

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but do it.

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Speaker 3: Gradually over several days.

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Speaker 2: Make sure that even if the fecal is negative, I

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think putting them on a short core of metronito isol

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flagile would be wise because the already is very tough

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to find. Of course, treating any other problems and consider

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adding in some probiotic I think that.

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Speaker 3: Would help as well.

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Speaker 2: And for calling in deb I'd like you to either

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send me a note directly to I'm going to call you,

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but I want some information and address, and we'll send

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you out something for your kittens from pro Sense.

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Speaker 3: Tech Products to help you out.

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Speaker 2: You know, we are getting awfully close to one of

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the first of the many holidays we talk about and

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we talk about our holiday hazards, and one of those

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holidays is Halloween, and I think that we should just

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mention some safety practice tips when it comes to Halloween.

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First of all, dogs that freak out when the doorbell

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is ringing every you know, three minutes to maybe three seconds,

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depending on your neighborhood and how many kids you have parading,

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you might want to keep your dogs in a different

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room away from the front door, especially if you have

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dogs that like to bolt. Another thing is remember there's

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a difference between someone coming to your door that looks like, oh, someone,

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and someone coming to your door that looks like something

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your dog has ever seen before because of the costumes.

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So you can even have a very sweet dog that

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typically is going to be fine, and all of a

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sudden they see a ghoule or something that looks like

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another animal coming to your door, and your dog that

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typically is good may not be so good. So also

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I would highly recommend for desensitizing, keeping your pets away

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those some of you like to dress up your pets.

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I think that if you have the pet that is

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appropriate for that, then go for it. It's cute, it's

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a good idea, But understand that if you don't, then

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you don't want to do that because it may not

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be the smartest thing. But most importantly, most importantly, pets,

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dogs especially love a lot of the candies that you

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and I love, but they're not as good for them.

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Well they're not good for us either, but they're not

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going to cause toxicity. But if your dog gets into

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that huge bag of chocolate, whether it's chocolate, any kind

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of chocolate, if it's enough, even milk chocolate, which is

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relatively on the benign side when it comes to volume

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and eating a lot of it, even the benign chocolates

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may not be so benign, and dark chocolates are even

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more potentially dangerous. And it takes a lot less of

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the active ingredient, which is the toxin in chocolate called

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theobromine to create a problem. Plus, you know dogs that

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vomit a bunch of chocolate, it's not pretty and it's

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going to leave one heck of a stain on your

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white berber carpeting. So I would also just keep them

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away because even if it doesn't make them sick toxic wise,

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they're probably gonna throw up. Speaking of things that they

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might eat them well, make them throw up during Halloween.

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Dogs aren't that adept at removing wrappers. They don't have

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to open that shrink wrap, so instead they eat the

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whole thing. And I mean, I had a dog that

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got into Hershey's kisses and the foil wrapped around those

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kisses makes a very interesting X ray actually. Speaking of

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which things that you can clearly see on an X ray,

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that's one of them. So another reason to keep them

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away from things. It's not just the candy, the chocolate,

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whatever it is they're eating, but it is going to

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be the wrappers as well. And one of the other

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reasons that we like, well, those of us that care,

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seem to want to avoid things like chocolate. There are

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a lot of fat in a lot of the candies

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that we are giving out to kids that we are

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buying for ourselves hoping the kids don't come buy so

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we get to eat them. So we want to keep

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our pets away from those things as well, because dogs

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that get a hold of too much fat in their

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diet are prone to a condition called pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is really,

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really serious and requires most of the time hospitalization IVY

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fluid blood tests. So you know, those dollars ninety nine

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cent bags on special at Costco or your local market

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of candy can turn into hundreds of dollars if your

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pet gets into them, So you want to make sure

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that you have spent that money wisely. And the only

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people to get those candies are the kids whose dental

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bills you don't have to take care of. So anyway,

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keep those things in mind as you're preparing for Halloween

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and as you're buying, and start now desensitizing your pets

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if you can to a doorbell ringing. You know, there's

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we talked about this fourth of July, but there are

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some sound effects tapes you can download, and one of

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them is the doorbell, And you can start desensitizing your

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pet to a doorbell and not going crazy and not

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getting all hyper and not getting hyped up. And if

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you start now, you might be just in time for Halloween.

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So anyway, I want to thank you for joining me

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here on another edition of Ask Thebets with Doctor Jeff

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here on pet Life Radio and we will be back

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next week hopefully to talk to you. We'd like you

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to get us a call and send me an email

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to doctor Jeff, Drjeff at doctor Jeff dot com. That's

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Drjeff at drjef dot com or Drjef at petlfradio dot com.

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Speaker 3: As did Debbie, as did.

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Speaker 2: Adam, will answer your questions live on air and for

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setting us here your question you will get some free

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pro Sense products and again want to thank our sponsors

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that carry the product line such as Walmart, Target, ATV Stores, Fredmeier, etcetera, etcetera.

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Speaker 3: And we will see you back next week here on

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pet Life Radio. Thanks for joining me. I'm doctor Jeff Warber.

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