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Speaker 1: Thank you. You're listening to Petlifradio dot com.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Animaltopia on pet Life Radio. I'm your host,

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Robert Semro. Thank you for joining us. On today's show.

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We sit down with a good friend, the incredible pet

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industry expert, author and celebrity, the one and only bipetual

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Sandy Robbins, and we'll also talk about a flight to

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Speaker 3: Let's Talk Pets on Petlife Radio dot com.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Animaltopia on pet Life Radio. At a

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recent event, I caught up with one of my favorite

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experts in the industry, Sandy Robbins. We talked about a

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wide range of topics, from cats to dogs to her

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thoughts on different industry issues. Let's take a listen, Sandy,

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Let's talk about nutritional trends in the pet world these days.

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, it was Adele Davis, the nutritionist back

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in the sixties who coined the phrase you.

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Speaker 5: Are what you eat.

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Speaker 4: And back then, you know she was appeeding to a

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handful of hippies who were growing their own vegetables. But

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that expression has become mainstream and ever since the yet

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recall of two thousand and seven, that trend now mimics

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our own lifestyle trend. We are now feeding our pets

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better food because they are what they eat too. And

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I think people forget that if you feed a cheap

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food down the line, you're going to be, you know,

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incurring huge venorables when they have skin issues, internal issues,

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all kinds of things that relate to good nutrition. And

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it's good nutrition that's allowing our pets to live much

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longer lives to.

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Speaker 2: And let's talk about that. Our pets are living much longer.

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There's a lot we need to do as pet owners

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to prepare for that.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. You know, back in nineteen seventy five, the average

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life of a cat was two to three years and

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a dog was five to six. Now our cats are

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well into their teens and our.

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Speaker 5: Dogs are living well.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes cats into their twenties, but dogs are living even

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big dogs are living into their teens. So yes, we

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have to make adjustments for them. And there are lots

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of lifestyle adjustments that we can make. For example, if

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you take your dog out and about in the car,

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get a ramp so your dog can get in and

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out of that car without having to jump and put

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extra stress on those aging bones. Same in the house cats, dogs,

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it doesn't really matter. Get some pet steps so that

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your cat can access her favorite snooze zone. Raised food

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bowls give an elderly pet an opportunity to sit upright

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and eat better and not having to keep getting down

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to the ground. So these aren't just fads and trends,

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but they functional trends which basically will improve your pets

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health and well being.

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Speaker 2: One of the other trends that we're seeing a lot

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is accommodations made for pets in the travel industry.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely.

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Speaker 4: I think the travel industry has realized that the doggie dollar,

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as we call it, is worth big money, and if

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they put out the welcome math for pets, they're going

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to have far more people trail who otherwise would have

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perhaps stayed at home because they didn't want to leave

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Fluffy and Fido with an aunt or an uncle or

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in a pet hotel. Not to knock pet hotels, I

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mean some of them are five star establishments. I would

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be happy to stay there, but people love to travel

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with their pets and it's all that much easier these days.

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Hotels have facilities, they have doggie walkers, doggy concierges with

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a list of restaurants that you can go to with

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your pet, where the nearest.

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Speaker 5: Dog park is.

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Speaker 4: Even cats are traveling more and I think you have

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to realize that they don't like it as much, but

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you know there are the stuff out there for them

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too to make it just a little bit less stress free.

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Speaker 2: And let's talk again about nutritional trends, so important and

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so prevalent these days in the pet food industry right nutritional.

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Speaker 4: You know, trouble is with nutrition, there are so many

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trends out there. The biggest trend right now. One of

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the biggest trends right now is single protein food sauces.

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So instead of having a food that has got duck

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and chicken and lamb and all kinds of things in it,

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it will just have one protein food.

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Speaker 5: Sauce in it.

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Speaker 4: The advantage of that is that if your dog is

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allergic to chicken, or your cat is allergic to some

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particular kind of fish, you know, you can bypass that

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by concentrating on a single protein food sauce that is

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going to give your cat or dog a better chance

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of not being allergic to that particular food.

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Speaker 2: And a lot of what we're feeding our pets, unfortunately,

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is at least one of the problems that they're constantly

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facing internally as well as externally with allergies and skin diseases.

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Speaker 5: Yes, so very important.

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Speaker 2: How do we address those things with food?

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Speaker 4: You know, I think you have to speak to somebody

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who's really knowledgeable about food. It's not a matter of

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walking into a store or speaking to your veterinarian and

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saying what do you recommend.

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Speaker 5: The veterinarian, for.

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Speaker 4: Starters, really has to assess your pet the same way

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as they will do a consultation and assess their respiratory issues,

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their heart rates, all those basic medical issues. They need

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to address food issues as well, and based on that

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they can then go and recommend food. Same with specialty

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pet stores today. There's some very knowledgeable people out there,

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and you know, it's more than just looking after skin

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and coat. The wrong food, too many calories, not enough

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exercise creates a beast pets, and it's really difficult to

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slim down a dog or a cat, despite what people say,

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that's a tough call, and there's no liposuction for dogs

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and cats.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the things that pet owners can do

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for their senior pets.

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Speaker 4: Okay, apart from things like pet steps and rams to

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get in and out of cars. There's wonderful infrared massages

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made specially for pets. So if your dog has circulation

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issues or old joints, arthritis, those kind of things like

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essential oils to rub in a special massaging unit. There

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are charcoal mats that help improve circulization.

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Speaker 5: Circulation.

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Speaker 4: Sorry, there's a host of products out there that are

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arcatering to senior pets and their general well being.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about your book, Fabulous Felines.

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Speaker 4: Fabulous Felines, Health and Beauty Secrets for the Pampered Cat,

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the first lifestyle.

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Speaker 5: Book for cats.

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Speaker 4: You know, apart from general exercise and nutrition, it talks

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about shopping for shampoos and conditioners.

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Speaker 5: Cats have a very different pH two dogs.

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Speaker 4: You cannot grab your dog shampoo and give your cat

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a bath with that, so the book goes into details

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like buying the right products for your cat.

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Speaker 5: It also has beauty secrets.

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Speaker 4: For example, you know, people love to read about how

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Jennifer Anderson keeps her hair all straight and what products

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she uses. We've got the same for cats in that book.

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And I'll give you a little quick tip. If your

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cat suffers from a lot of electricity in her sur

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take her into the shower with you in the morning,

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and the moisture in the shower will calm down her hair.

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So there's all kinds of healthy, fun beauty tips for

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pets how they can be glamours, and they're all tips

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that come from showcats and they should know.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about for the Love of Cats.

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Speaker 4: But The Love of Cats is an alphabetical book for adults. Yes,

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it works on a kid's level because it's got lots

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of fun rhymes, but it's also got some very serious

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cat information and it's just been put together from A

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to Z.

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Speaker 5: So it's a great coffee table book.

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Speaker 4: It's a great book to introduce kids to the idea

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of cat ownersh and it's just.

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Speaker 5: A fun read.

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Speaker 2: Are you a dogg or a cat person?

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Speaker 4: I'm bipetual, as they say, okay, so.

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Speaker 2: I can't even follow that one up. Let's talk about

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the special bond that seems to be growing more and

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more between animals and their humans.

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Speaker 4: You know, I think that bond has always been there,

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but I think as we were chatting a little earlier,

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they people are acknowledging it and we're able to bring

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it out into the open wll by the fact that

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you can travel with your pets. There is state in

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the art medical techniques out there to improve your pets

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health and well being. Costs a lot of money, but

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people prepared to do it because we are not no

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longer a nation of pet owners. We are pet parents

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and we have fur kids, and now there is a

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whole lot of science coming out there to prove that

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we are right. There's a study that says that if

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you own cats, you and there's chance of having a

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heart attack.

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Speaker 5: The power of the per the power of the purr.

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Speaker 8: Right.

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Speaker 4: We need to remember that the cats also per when

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they're in distress. And I think the more we understand

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our animals and the more we build a bond, we're

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learning more about them, and I think it's important to

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learn more about them.

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Speaker 5: Our cats.

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Speaker 4: For example, people think cats like to lie around all

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day manicuring their toes and sleeping. Cats actually lie around

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all day manicuring their toes and sleeping because they are bored.

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We need to enrich their lives, and an indoor lifestyle

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is much safer. But we need to compensate with great toys,

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with great furniture with kitty condos, with games. I've taught

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my cat, my kitten to play fetch. I will throw

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a toy for him. He will run after it, fetch

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it and drop it at my feet and he goes

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on forever.

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Speaker 5: That brings up a.

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Speaker 2: Great point there. What are the best toys for cats?

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We see so many variations. Some people love lasers, some

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people are against lasers. Some people love the catnip, some

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people don't like the catnip. Where do you fall in

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all that?

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Speaker 4: You know, they're three kinds of toys, action, distraction and

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comfort toys.

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Speaker 5: Action toys are.

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Speaker 4: For that interaction with you and your pet, and if

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that's going to be the laser and your.

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Speaker 5: Cat will respond to it, that's great. You can nati

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task with a laser.

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Speaker 4: You can read your newspaper, but drink your coffee and

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play with your cat at the same time with a laser.

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toy for cats and they like to keep themselves occupied.

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along with a lot of other toys that they will

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play with on their own, and cats like comfort toys too,

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that something that they can sleep with at night. And

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the same three types of toys belong to dogs too,

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so you need to have a little bit of everything

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in your toy box. And just like with kids, you've

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got to change it up otherwise they get bored, so

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you've got to take them out, put in new ones,

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and of course if they get damage, you have to

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your fur kid. That's the bottom line.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll continue our conversation with the

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wonderful and always informative Sandy Robbins. We'll be right back

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after these messages.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Animaltopia on pet Light Radio. Let's get

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back to our conversation with the pet passionate and warm

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hearted Sandy Robbins. When you notice your fur kid is

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getting a bit overweight, what should you do as a

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pet parent?

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Speaker 4: You need to take action fast because an overweight fur

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kid is going to have other problems, diabetes, kidney issues,

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all kinds of other problems that are related to that

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pet being fat. I think it's a matter of visiting

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your vet on a regular basis. Our pets and particularly

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our cats, don't get enough general wellness visits. You shouldn't

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necessarily have to take your pet to the vet because

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it's ill. You should be going once a year to

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check because if you can catch something like that, you

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can stop a host of problems down the line. And

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obesity is a terrible thing for animals as it is

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for people. It puts pressure on our joints. As I say, diabetes, kidney,

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a host of other internal issues.

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Speaker 5: And you need the right food. We're back to the nutrition.

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Speaker 4: You need the right food, You need exercise to also

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need professional help.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Now where is the pet industry taking us as

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pet parents in your eyes.

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Speaker 5: To infinity and beyond?

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Speaker 4: I think it is bigger than toys and candy and

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jewelry put together, it is almost recession proof. I think

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the reason why it is so recessions proof, especially in

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these really tough times, is that we may not buy

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that extra fancy coffee that we enjoy. We'll take that

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money and we'll spend it on our fur kids. There

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are feel good thing these days. So you know, I

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come to these shows and I think I've seen it all,

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and then there's something more, and I think it's always

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going to be like that.

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Speaker 2: What has tickled you at the latest show that you've

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been to? What product has just tickled you?

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Speaker 4: You know, I shouldn't go there, somebody's going to see me.

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There's some absurd products out there. I mean, really, do

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you really expect your dog, for example, to walk around

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wearing panties with a diaper built in so that when

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it poops, it poops into the bag. Really, that's like

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a kid running around with a full diaper.

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Speaker 5: You're gonna lattin.

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Speaker 4: There's some weird stuff out there, But on the plus side,

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there's a lot of really really cool stuff out there.

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For example, we were talking about a diabetes and that

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kind of things.

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Speaker 5: They're now.

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Speaker 4: Meters that you can check your pets glucose and levels

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the same way as a diabetic can check their own,

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and that kind of state of the stuff is.

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Speaker 5: That's cool, that's fantastic. What's up next for you?

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Speaker 4: A host of things, a laundry list of things that

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I'm going to do. But basically my goal right now

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is to educate pet parents. It's sad how little people know.

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They think they do, but they don't. And it's a

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matter of educating people so that they don't feel they're

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being lectured to. And it's a matter of explaining to

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people why you have to spare neuter because every pet

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deserves a loving home. And it freaks me that six

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to eight million pets come into animal shelters every year

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and only half of those pets get forever home. That

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has to change, and we can change it.

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Speaker 2: From an educational standpoint, what do you wish pet owners

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understood more?

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Speaker 4: They don't understand their animals. They don't understand that cats

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are carnivores and that cats pounce and leap around on

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prey because that's their inherent instincts. I think we have

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to understand who our pets really are. We can treat

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them as our fur kits. But we have to remember

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who they really are. And that goes for dogs too.

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I think we have to understand that they need exercise,

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they need mental and physical stimulation. And you know your

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dog's not happy just lying on the couch watching TV

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with you. I think we have to understand who they

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really are. And when we understand who they really are,

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we are better pet parents and we can give them

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better lives.

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Speaker 2: What is your number one nugget of information to make

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someone a better pet owner?

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Speaker 5: For a cat?

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Speaker 4: You know, when it comes to cats, I'm going to say,

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Scoop that litter box cats are fastidiously clean animals and

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a lazy pet parent is the cause of many many

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issues because a cat won't go into a dirty box

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and next minute that pet parent is saying, my cat's

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going outside the litter box, and off it goes to

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the shelter and.

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Speaker 5: It loses its home.

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Speaker 4: I think that's my number one for cats. For dogs,

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I think it's exercise. Dogs really enjoy a social life.

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They're very social creatures. And if you're going to go

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out to work all day and leave your dog barking

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in the backyard, plant a tree.

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Speaker 5: That's what you need in your backyard. Your dog deserves better.

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Speaker 2: Pet safety is another area we're seeing a lot of

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wonderful technological advances. Let's talk about some of those that

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you're seeing.

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Speaker 5: Well.

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Speaker 4: First and foremost, thirty years ago, people weren't putting their

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kids into car seats. Now at this point in time,

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we've realized that not only our kids and car seats,

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but our fur kids need to be strapped in two

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you know, at thirty five miles an hour, which is

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really not fast. A sixty pound dog if you suddenly

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break turns into a two thousand and seven hundred pound

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projectile that's through the window. That's going to kill the dog.

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It's probably going to kill the driver. It's probably going

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to cause an accident. And the other thing is that

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that pet does get out of that car, it's going

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to run away because it's scared. I think we need

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to really understand that pets safety is for us and

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for our pets. And it's really cute to see that

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dog sitting in the front seat staring out the window

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or doing what I call the Britney Spears syndrome, sitting

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on your lap looking out of the window as you

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did with her kids back then.

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Speaker 5: If your dog wants to look out of the window,

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and that's what they do. Then get a dog.

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Speaker 4: You boost a seat that way, your dog is raised,

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it's off the air bag. It will not explode if

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you are caught in a bad situation.

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Speaker 5: Your dog has a view.

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Speaker 4: There is a lot of wonderful gadgets out there for

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pet safety, and I think pet owners need to realize that.

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You know, they need to use them for their pet safety.

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And if we love our pets, we don't want anything

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to happen to them.

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Speaker 2: Is it too easy to become a pet owner?

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Speaker 4: I think it's far too easy to become a pet owner.

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I think that's a really very good question. These days,

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adoption societies come and do home inspections. People sometimes are

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quite affronted by that, but I think it's actually really

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very very necessary. I think people don't stop and think

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about their lifestyles. Can I afford that pet? Can I

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afford those huge vet bulls? And they're going to be

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there down the line, somewhere down the line. What about

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my time? I'm so busy having this great social life.

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Do I have time for a pet? I've got three children,

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I'm carpooling all the time, who's going to look after

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the dog, who's going to feed the dog.

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Speaker 5: Run the dog. You can never leave it to a kid.

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Speaker 4: And I think the biggest mistake people make parents make

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is the kid's nag for a pet, but that novelty

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wears off. Never make a kid the director of pet

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relations in the home add out responsibility and it is

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far too easy. I think we've got to stop and

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think about it. And I also think you have to

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stop and think about what type of pet you're going

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to get. You know, if you've got a border Collie

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that wants to round up the family and rush around

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the neighborhood, you need to be out there five times

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a day giving that dog exercise.

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Speaker 5: That's not the dog for you.

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Speaker 4: If you don't have time to donate your valuable time

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to that dog. We've got to stop and think clearly

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before we take a plunge. It's a lifetime commitment, and

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those pets are looking for forever homes.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Sandy for spending that time with us and

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sharing so much great information and passion. I want to

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share with all of you a quick story about a

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wonderful group of people from the Hell and Woodward Animal

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Center and the efforts made by these people, some of

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whom I know and greatly respect. They have once again

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jumped into action to assist in need pets and worked

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along with remarkable people and many companies to save some

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at risk pets after the tragic events of Hurricane Sandy.

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The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy has been described by

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families and homeowners on the news networks globally over the

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last few weeks, and unfortunately it continues today for many.

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There are those, however, who cannot share their stories orphan

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dogs and cats in the shelters that are facing loss

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and displacement to make room for the thousands of pets

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who need shelter as a result of Hurricane Sandy. So

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on Saturday, November seventeenth, forty five orphan dogs and cats

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from Save a Pet on Long Island, New Jersey, and

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animals from New Jersey rescued by Delco SPCA, were flown

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across the country to San Diego, California via a donated

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charter from Southwest Airlines. They were chaperoned by SeaWorld's animal

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rescue experts. All of this just in time for a

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safe and secure new home for the holidays at the

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Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe. The extraordinary

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rescue was made possible by Southwest Airlines, whose flight crews

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donated their time, and BP who donated fuel for the flight,

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along with the donated manpower of the SeaWorld experts, who

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provided veterinarians and technicians to assist and chaperone the pets

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across the country. SeaWorld's experts in San Diego also donated

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transportation for the pets to their new home at the

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Helen Woodward Animal Center after they touched Paul at Lindbergh

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Field in San Diego. We're happy to report that these

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animals are now available for new forever homes, just in

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time for the holiday. Let's hope they find them quickly.

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For more information on these adoptable animals and the incredible

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Helen Woodward Animal Center, you can find information at www

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dot Animalcenter dot org. Well, that'll wrap up this episode

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of Animaltopia on Pet Life Radio. I want to thank

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my guests, the amazing Sandy Robbins for spending time with

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us and sharing her knowledge and passion for pets and

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the industry. I want to thank all of those who

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help the Helen Woodward Animal Center and these forty five

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orphan dogs and cats, and I want to say thank

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you for all that you do in the pet world.

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It is appreciated for Animal Toopia, pet Life Radio, and

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all of those who make this show possible. I'm your host,

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Robert Simrose saying I'm proud to be an animal Topia.

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Speaker 3: Let's talk pets every week on demand only on petlifradio

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dot com.