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It is our first show of twenty fourteen. I can't
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here in for me, sorry to say this, sunny southern California,
eighty degrees seventy five of the beat blue skies. And
for those of you who are not enjoying such amazing weather. Sorry,
but anyway, no, it's great, and I hope you all
had a good, safe New Year. It is you know,
it's amazing to me. Was just talking about this before
the show, how different people like to bring in New
Years different ways. And I guess people get thrills of
doing certain things that others might not find so thrilling.
I am one of those others that don't find it thrilling.
I certainly hope that you don't have this element or
this I guess low mentality in your neighborhoods. But my
staff here at the hospital, they wanted to try to
get out a little early on Tuesday afternoon for New
Year's I said, you know, guys, Christmas Eve, yes, religious holiday,
we like to close early you get home to your families, etc.
But New Year's Eve, you're not going to start going
out and partying. I know this to at least eight
nine o'clock, so we can close to the regular time.
Their concern, however, it wasn't that they are going to
get home before and have enough time to do their
New Year's Eve partying. But it was. And I never
even heard this before, and I'm in shock that it happens,
and it does, and it's confirmed by the news. But
some of these kids get their thrills as the sun
is setting, it's starting to get dark. We're not talking fireworks,
well quite literally fireworks shooting guns, real live ammunition up
into the air and not realizing that what goes up
must come down, and those bullets and it could be
a while later, are coming down with such amazing speed,
just the good old formula of acceleration nine point eight
meters per second every second. It speeds up in nine
point eight meters a second, so you know you're looking
at every second and a lot of meters up there.
That thing is coming down pretty fast and it can
hurt someone. And there were one or two people in
the news that were hit with these stray bullets. It's
bizarre to me, certainly not the way I think most
of us should be spending on New Years, but unfortunately
does happen. I hope that people in your neighborhoods are
much more sane, much smarter, because unfortunately we hear in
LA cannot claim that all of our co residents are
that smart. Anyway, I hope it was safe. Though. As
I was thinking through the holidays and this last week especially,
I was wondering, how many of you and I really
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That's doctor Jeff at petlifradio dot com. We are wondering,
I am wondering just what is a status in your
communities with regards to pet stores. And I'm talking the
mall type of pet store that typically sells these cute,
adorable little puppiesitting in that window, many of the purchases
of which are impulse and how many really seem to
think about where these puppies come from. Now in Los Angeles,
very interesting and I know that many municipalities, many cities,
have followed suit. These stores are banned stores that purchase
their dogs from those poorly reputed puppy mills. These are
these large scale multi breed breeding operations, usually in the
Midwest or in the South. They have been now outlawed
in Los Angeles and now hear that many cities as well.
And I would love to hear in your cities, in
your communities, in your state. Eight what the laws, what
the rules are about these pet stores? Are they still
in operation? Are they still getting their dogs from these
puppy mills or these large scale breeding operations? And mind you,
mind you. People will tell me, oh no, no, this
isn't a five miili, this is USDA approof. Let me
tell you some USDA means nothing. Anybody can get a
USD license. That means it doesn't mean a thing that
you can apply for it. They come out, they look
at as long as you have whatever the minimum standard,
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don't be bashful. What the way it worked here in
la Is There was a movement some years ago to
actually take these quote unquote pet stores, and some of
them are very highly or were highly visible mall type
stores that were very successful selling a lot of product
as well, but selling live puppies. And instead of selling
live puppies purchased from the puppy mills in the Midwest,
the stores would comb the shelters, make sort of cooperative
efforts along with many of the breed rescue groups, and
sell those puppies from their stores so they would clean
them up, give them their vaccines. They would usually finish
the vaccine series and that was part of the purchase,
make sure they were all spade neotered. So from the
ultimate purchaser, from the consumer perspective, they were getting well vaccinated,
spade neotered, healthy puppies. And from the pet stores perspective,
they were able to fill that need, the void for
the consumer, yet not getting them from these large scale
reading operations, but rather from a rescue group or a shelter,
thus saving a life, because one must realize unless you
are in an area that can support what we call
no kill shelters, it's always a huge problem. And these
no kill shelters are a godsend, and these rescue groups
are a godsend. And it's amazing that I see dogs
or cats, but dogs especially coming from these quote unquote
breed rescues. And these rescues pretty much will go out
look for that particular breed and they may not have papers.
That's okay, you may don't need papers. These dogs are
all spade nooter. As I say, to anybody who thinks
they want to share the birthing experience with their kids
or their family, go rent the video. It's not that dynamic.
And the truth of the matter is that they want
peace and quiet. They want privacy, and so it doesn't
even help when you have all these people around watching.
So go rent the video. But I say kind of
half in joking, but it's true that if you are
even thinking of getting involved in the world of breeding
is go find and rent the movie. Find it on
Netflix or something Best in Show. It's kind of a parody,
but it is real and the characters that are portrayed
in this movie, it's exactly how they are in real life.
And it's something that I really don't think that you
want to kind of get involved with these kinds of people.
They're pretty bizarre group of people, and yet they are committed.
They are you know, extremely extremely caring. They have these
big hearts, but they live, breathe, eat, sleep, their dogs
or their cats, and they are into this show world,
a world that most of us, but the normal person
who has a family, who has a job, can actually
come that much time and money by the way to
these breeding operations. It's a major, major time and financial commitment.
If you want to show your dog. Most people that
when they realize what goes into it will pass. Now
also know that if you have a dog that you're
thinking of breeding, and you don't want to get into
this world. I mean, you won't be able to bread
with anybody. Because anybody who's still in this day and
age is really interested in breeding a dog. They themselves
are only wanting dogs that are proven champions, dogs that
themselves have gone through all of the dog shows and
the competitions, and they're accumulating their championship points and otherwise
they don't want to waste. Anybody doesn't want to waste
a breeding, for especially a female, but even for a
male if it's not going to add or enhance the
value and the reputation of the breeder. So they're going
to pass on your dog anyway, So think about it.
There's no reason to so. But these breed rescue groups
and these pet stores that are combing the rescue groups,
combing the shelters for these adorable dogs, it's perfect. And
let's face it, you go to a pet store right
now and one that is still selling these They are cute,
don't get me wrong, but one can't guarantee really their
health status and certainly not the conditions from which they
were bred. And it's often extremely frightening. But if you
want it, let's say didn't want little puppy. You don't
want to go through the puppy stage. You don't want
to go through the house training. You know, you have
a little teeny kid. You want something that's a little
easier to manage right off the battom. And let's face it,
those first few months when you have a brand new puppy,
they're tough. That's like having a brand new baby. So
people want to sometimes adopt or purchase whatever. A dog
gets a little bit older, maybe more seasoned, maybe already
house trained, maybe already trained. Then you won't get that
unless you go to one of these newer style pet stores,
or from a breed rescue group, or from the shelter.
And I'm telling you there are great ones out there,
and these shelters really do a wonderful job. Trust me.
Shelter personnel do not want to put these dogs to sleep.
They will do anything in their power to try to
save them, especially if they think the dog or puppy
is adoptable. Anyway, some food for thought I want to
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we definitely want to talk to you, hear from you.
And we are just finishing up with just a discussion
about municipalities pet stores who are purchasing dogs from these
puppy mills. And I had a terrible name for them,
but unfortunately that's kind of what they are. Call it
what you will, large scale multi breed reading operations. Most
reputable breeders will not be breeding five different breeds, maybe
two different breeds, but not multiple breeds. So as soon
as you know that a dog is coming from an
operation that has you can buy your anything from your
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Speaker 7: So experience my question, doctor Jess.
Speaker 8: I have dogs that love to bark all the time.
Sometimes that's nothing. What suggestions do you have?
Speaker 2: Okay? Well, first of all, are they doing it just
as bad when you're home with them or only when
you're gone?
Speaker 8: Usually when I'm gone?
Speaker 2: Okay? So the reason I ask is there are two
types of correction that we can use, and when you're
there with them. I don't know if you've ever heard
of the penny can. Okay, okay, shaking right right? And
the whole idea is not to freak them, or the
whole idea is that it's a distraction. Did you shake
that can? The noise it's making is a distraction. And
then typically what I would recommend doing is when they
hear the distraction, you call them over to you and
you ask them to sit and give them a treat,
and then pretty soon the association will be that that
noise from the can means a treat, so you don't
have to call them anymore. All you do is they
hear the noise and they come running to you, and
now you have them under your control. But that's when
they're barking when you're there. So what happens when you're not.
One of the best safest ways to prevent the barking, well,
if you have neighbors that are good neighbors that adore
you and your dogs, you can work with your dogs
at home with the penny can and then have your
neighbors shake a can from across the fence or whatever.
That's a good way. Now, when that's not possible, or
you live in an apartment or you're getting complaints, you
need to resort to some kind of remote correction, and
that usually will be in the form of a collar.
There are many types of collars out of the market,
most of which I am very unenamored with, and those
are the ones that will provide some sort of shock.
They're called shock collars. I hate that word shot collar.
I like to call it an electrical impulse collar. But
nonetheless it does give them a little bit of an
electric impulse, and I prefer using those only in association
with a certified trainer, a trainer who is very comfortable,
very familiar, because unfortunately, I've seen those backfire where the
dog barks and they get the zapp and now they're
mad that they got the little zapp, so they bark more.
The more they bark, the more the app and it
really will escalate into a dog that's ready to kill
the next person or a thing, or your other dog
that it sees. So I'm not a huge fan. There is, however,
a collar that I do like. It's been certified by
all of the humane groups, and it is the citronella
collar you familiar with that ye keeps thugs away? Yes, okay,
so that's true. So citronella. It comes from citrus fruit
and it's a very very very strong smelling, strong, bitter
tasting spray. What happens is this when a dog barks
and it's wearing a citronella collar and the citch anela
collar is adjusted properly that it will hit all of
the dog's senses to distract them. First of all, it's
going to spray them. They're going to smell the spray.
They're going to taste the spray. They're going to feel
the spray, they're going to hear the sprayer, and they're
going to see the mist in front of their face.
So it hits all of the five senses, all right,
see it, feel it, taste it, smell it, and whichever
one I miss and hear it. So what happens is
it's going to distract them, and they hate the taste
so much they will immediately put together, Oh my god,
every time I bark, I get this spray in the face,
I feel it against my chin, I smell it. I
ate the smell, I ate the taste. I don't like
seeing it. I don't like hearing the wish sound. So
they stop barking. And when it's that work, yeah, and
it's really good. And what's about it is that once
the dog is totally primed to the collar, that and
I've seen this work. It blows my mind that you
don't even have to have it filled anymore. You don't
have to turn it on anymore. All you have to
do is before you leave the house, put the collar
on the dog. And in their mind, they don't know
it's not going to work. They just don't want to bark,
but it is. It's very safe. Because they've become so
popular and they're more and more on the market. Right now,
they've come down in price. You can probably pick one
up for under one hundred bucks. I think it's one
of the market for like fifty bucks. Of course, you
want to get one that's good quality that's going to
last a while, but you have to obviously fill it
good buy citronella spray you feel it like you want
to abut tant a lighter and they're great, and your
chains the batteries is needed. That's what I would do,
only because they're safe, they're effective, and it's something that's
going to provide the correction even in your absence.
Speaker 4: What a great idea.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: So while I have you on the phone, are you
do you know anything about in your area? We were
talking earlier about the pet stores. Are there still mall
related multi pet stores that are selling all these two
little puppies in the window in your town's or city?
Speaker 7: You know, I haven't seen many of those.
Speaker 2: Where do you live in South Florida? Okay? So I
mean i'd be curious only because we see a lot.
I mean every major mall here in LA used to
have a pet store, and now the only pet stores
we see now because they've been outlawed, are the ones
that are selling rescue dogs, selling shelter dogs, selling breed
rescue group dogs. They're very popular and it's certainly I think,
a nicer way to go. So anyway, try to sit
Chranella callar. We'd love you to get back to us
and kind of let me know how things are working out.
Speaker 1: Great.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much, thank you, and any other suggestions
out there again for you listeners, anyone who's tried any
technique to eliminate the uh barking in your pets, And
it's important to know that you want to look for
correction when you're there and when you're not there. I
think we have another caller on the phone. Hello, are
you there? Yeah? Hello, hear me, I can hear you now?
Who's this? How you doing good? Good?
Speaker 8: I have a question of how my dog I have
a boy. I guess it's like an uneer doorsal something
like pushing her back like beard. It's like really sensitive there.
I can't tell if that's like like a sweet spot
for her, like she has to be pat there. But
a lot of times, like scratches will just let drop
the floor, you know, like it's so hyper sensitive. I
don't know if that's like a rash or I can
figure out what it is exactly.
Speaker 2: Let me ask a question first of all, does it
just to look at the area, don't touch it yet,
but just to look at the area. Does it look irritated?
Is her hair loss? Is the skin red and inflame?
Or does it look totally normal?
Speaker 8: There's no hair loss, but you know she's a dark
haired dog, so it's hard to see. I guess it's
hard to see her skin. I can't tell if it's
irritated or not.
Speaker 2: Because what you can do is it gently. Two things
come to mind, and you kind of hit the first
one on that head, and that is something skin related,
And what I would recommend doing is gently, you know,
take it like you stand behind her and you kind
of pull the hair backwards against the grain. And why
you're doing it, You're carefully looking at the skin itself.
Is there debris? Is it red and flamed? Are you
feeling scabs or irritation? And if so, then there's a
more likely than not the problem is going to be
skin related. And back there and if you know calling,
you know certain parts of the country, they're still enjoying
very good weather. Back there, you could have still be
having flea problems. And that's certainly possibilities. I don't know.
If you ever see her whip around that neck, that
head and start like little chiseling away at her skin
with her teeth, then that's a high likelihood of some
sort of flea problem or just the secondary issue of
maybe a skin infection. Now, the other thing that you
want to check for and how old is she?
Speaker 8: By the way, she's three three.
Speaker 2: Yeah, unlikely at free to have this problem, but it's
certainly possible. There is a spinal skeletal problem that many
dogs have that also you can barely touch them right
above the base of the tail, and truly they'll drop
into a sit in a second. And that is a
lumbo sacral instability. The late term is cauta equina syndrome
where the last lumbar vertebrae as it meets up with
the first saco vertebrae. They call it LS and people
it's L five S one because people only have five
lumbar vertebrate. Dogs have seven so it'll be L seven
S one and there's too much movement, too much laxity
in that area when they put themselves into certain positions,
and the area becomes very sensitive because some of the
nerves as they exit the spinal cord at the LS
region are getting pinched by the vertible movement. And these
dogs are extremely sensitive. You can even have a nice
dog that if you touch hard enough, might even turn
around to try to bite you. But that's a skeletal
problem and that can be diagnosed via X ray. And
what we do is we take a lateral X ray
and we put the legs in three positions. Number one,
we tuck the legs all the way underneath them. We
put them in a natural normal resting position, and then
we take the legs and pull them all the way back.
That's the position and that usually hurts them the most.
And then you compare the three positions and you can
see how much movement is taking place at the LS junction.
And if there's too much laxity, too much movement, very
likely that's the problem. Usually you treat it medically, sometimes
rarely surgically. Mostly it's a medical treatment. But in a
three year old dog, if you are seeing and feeling
maybe some skin out remlodies. I would shoot for the
skin issues number one, and then if everything checks out fine,
then I would take her in have her X ray
and see if you can identify any type of lumbo
sacral movement or laxity and go from there, and then
of course get back stay on afterwards, give your information
to our producer Mark. They'll send it on to us
and we'll send you out maybe a nice vitamin or
a glucosamine supplement for her, and start her on some
good glucosamine that'll help her anyway from her spine. Okay,
thank you very much, thank you, thank you, thanks for
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