1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:24,519 Speaker 1: You were listening to Petlifradio dot com. 2 00:00:24,519 --> 00:00:28,839 Speaker 2: Well, Hello, hello, and welcome to another wonderful, exciting episode 3 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,560 of Pet Life Radios. Ask to best with doctor Jeff 4 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,799 and I am your host, Doctor Jeff Werber, and I 5 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,399 want to first of all again thank our sponsors. We 6 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,399 have Pro Sense Pet Products, we have some one of 7 00:00:42,399 --> 00:00:46,240 our major retailers, Walmart, we have Kong Pet Products. And 8 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,880 today we are bringing you a very very special guest. 9 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,799 And I have to tell you as now, years and 10 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,320 years ago, I was a proud parent many years ago, 11 00:00:57,359 --> 00:00:59,920 considering my kids are twenty two to thirty with one 12 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:02,759 in between, but having a grandchild, and I can't wait 13 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,879 to read this book to my grandchild when she's of 14 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:09,640 that age. And it is called JJ the American Street 15 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,599 Dog and how he came to live in our house. 16 00:01:11,879 --> 00:01:13,519 And the author is with us today. Her name is 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,200 Diane Rose Solomon. Diane, how are you? 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,879 Speaker 3: I'm well, thank you, thanks for having me on the show. 19 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: Oh our pleasure. So you know, first of all, you 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,439 know I want to talk about the book, and we 21 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,280 are calling show of course, so I want anyone who 22 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:27,760 is listening, you can reach us at eight seven seven 23 00:01:27,799 --> 00:01:30,120 three eight five eight eight eight two, you can just 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,359 join us here online by typing in your questions on 25 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,400 our show. Just go to ask the vets with doctor 26 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:37,840 Jeff that tab or you can also send me an 27 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:41,359 email at dr Jeff. That's doctor Jeff at Petlife Radio 28 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,280 dot com. So we make it really easy. As a reminder, 29 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:46,200 anyone who calls in to talk to us to ask 30 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:48,519 a question is going to get a free pro sens 31 00:01:48,599 --> 00:01:52,799 product or a free contoy, depending on what be your pleasure. 32 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,640 So anyway, Diane, I got to tell you, we're going 33 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,599 to talk about another kid's book that I even remember 34 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,000 reading to my kids when they were younger. That it's 35 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,319 still I can almost recited word for word. But how 36 00:02:02,319 --> 00:02:05,000 did jj' the American street dog come into a being? 37 00:02:05,519 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: Well, kind of by accident. We found accidentally found JJ 38 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,120 about nineteen years ago. Actually a friend found him on 39 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,120 soccer field and we were just about to go and 40 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,680 buy a dog. And nineteen years ago, I don't think 41 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,719 anybody knew anything about rescue. Some people did, but I 42 00:02:23,759 --> 00:02:27,319 certainly didn't, and it wasn't very popular then. And when 43 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:31,159 we adopted JJ, or accidentally adopted him, we learned about 44 00:02:31,159 --> 00:02:33,680 this all these animals that didn't have a home, and 45 00:02:33,719 --> 00:02:36,039 I was kind of horrified at the numbers. So fast 46 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,680 forward a few years and I ended up on the 47 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,280 board of a rescue organization. And then fast forward a 48 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,120 few more years, and I said, I feel like my 49 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:45,240 story needs to get out there. That if more people 50 00:02:45,319 --> 00:02:48,319 knew that there were all these animals that were dying 51 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,759 because they weren't enough homes, that maybe they would make 52 00:02:50,759 --> 00:02:53,199 a choice not to buy a dog from a breeder 53 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:55,400 or from a pet store even worse, but they might 54 00:02:55,479 --> 00:02:58,479 consider rescuing. And it's just a matter of education. So 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,879 it just kind of it was one of those things 56 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:04,039 that flowed right through me. There was nothing premeditated about 57 00:03:04,039 --> 00:03:06,199 writing a book. It just kind of happened. I wrote 58 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,000 down my story and I looked at it. I think 59 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:09,479 I've got a book here, and I think it's a 60 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,479 children's book. And then more I thought about it, I said, 61 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,039 you know, it would be great to have a children's book, 62 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,159 because let's talk to children. Let's teach children about responsibility 63 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:20,639 and the choices that they make and how they can 64 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,000 make a difference just by a choice that they make 65 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,199 and learning about it now. So and plus adults, you know, 66 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,120 read it with them and they get an opportunity to 67 00:03:28,199 --> 00:03:29,039 learn the information too. 68 00:03:29,319 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting and for those of you out 69 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,159 there that don't realize how big a problem it is 70 00:03:33,159 --> 00:03:36,479 that Diana just mentioned. But the estimate is that a 71 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,439 dog or cat is put to sleep in the US 72 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,800 shelter every three seconds. That is frightening when you think 73 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:44,520 of it that way. 74 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 4: And I do agree. 75 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: You want to get something you know soon. You want 76 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:51,039 to think about adoption and what's interesting hearing about in 77 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,319 Los Angeles. We've mentioned this before that the pet store 78 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,719 as we used to know it, the puppy mill sort 79 00:03:56,759 --> 00:03:59,400 of pet store, they're no longer allowed in Los Angeles, 80 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:01,960 which is great. So the pet stores now that are 81 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,000 here are basically adopting out selling, if you will. But 82 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,479 I like the term adopting out shelter dogs that they 83 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,240 would go to a shelter. They find dogs that they 84 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,719 feel would be the most adoptable, They clean them up, 85 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,040 make sure they're spade neutered, and then they bring them 86 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,480 to these quote unquote pet stores and they're all primped 87 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:23,639 and they look adorable, and it's sort of like they're 88 00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:25,879 making it easier for you to pick up certain dogs. 89 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,399 And also you know, just let it be known. Don't 90 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,720 think that if you really are heart set on a 91 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,360 pure bread dog or pure bread cat, that you can 92 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:38,040 only find them at a breeder. You would be amazed, 93 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,079 absolutely amazed, how many pure breids are available for adoption 94 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,439 right now at your local shelter or a rescue. In fact, 95 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,079 there are so many rescues, especially in the larger cities, 96 00:04:49,319 --> 00:04:54,519 that deal specifically with breeds Labrador rescue, Golden Retriever rescue, 97 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,040 a poodle rescue. I mean almost every breed and even 98 00:04:59,079 --> 00:05:00,839 breeds that you would think, oh my god, there's no 99 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:03,959 way I'm going to find this particular breed. For example, 100 00:05:04,079 --> 00:05:06,240 you know, I have two of them, and they have 101 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:09,959 increased in popularity so over the last five years. And 102 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,920 that is the French bulldog. You can even find Frenchies 103 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,519 now in Frenchy Bulldog Rescue group, so they are everywhere. 104 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,319 And another frightening statistic, and I is a cat nut 105 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,040 as well. I have five dogs but eight cats, and 106 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:26,839 that is that in the US, a cat that ends 107 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:30,199 up in a shelter has less than a ten percent 108 00:05:30,319 --> 00:05:34,879 chance of being either reunited with its family or finding 109 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,800 or forever home with another family. So again, it's frightening, guys. 110 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,600 I mean, the whole goal of these city changes and 111 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:48,759 municipal rules about pet shops was to stop the bleeding, 112 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,839 if you will, of so many animals being put to sleep, 113 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:55,720 and even shelters with the best intentions, shelters that if 114 00:05:55,759 --> 00:05:58,240 they could, if they had the funding, if they had 115 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,199 the space, would become no kill still can't do it, 116 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,360 And don't think you know. Interestingly, I read an article 117 00:06:04,399 --> 00:06:09,519 once buy a shelter person a shelter personnel that you 118 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,600 know you read you think that these people are cold 119 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:14,399 hearted and they don't give a darn Not true. It 120 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,839 kills them every time they have to put an animal 121 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,120 to sleep, especially one that they know that if it 122 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,800 just had a little more time, a few more people 123 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,279 walking in the door, a few less people buying puppies 124 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,720 from pet stores and instead going to the shelter, this 125 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,439 life would have been saved. So it's really critical. So anyway, Diane, 126 00:06:31,519 --> 00:06:32,800 let's talk about JJ. 127 00:06:33,319 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 128 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 2: So, first of all, this book is adorable, and why 129 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,360 don't you like I'm sitting here, I have a book open, 130 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:41,720 of course, and I hope you do as well. So 131 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:44,160 it opens up with a little girl saying, since as 132 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,480 long as I can remember, I've wanted a dog, And 133 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,160 she would dream about dogs, dogs with flop ears and 134 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:51,399 short legs and big dogs with pointyiers and long legs, 135 00:06:51,439 --> 00:06:53,720 the idea being there were so many. She already has 136 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,120 a cat named Casey, and all she wants is a dog. 137 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,399 Speaker 4: So when do you kind of take us. 138 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: Through it briefly? How did she end up getting her 139 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:02,920 dog in the first place? 140 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 3: Well, you know, like many children, I want a dog, Mom, 141 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,279 can we please get a dog? And it's not uncommon. 142 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,959 We hear it all the time. And the family wasn't ready. 143 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,480 And this family they were planning on buying a dog 144 00:07:14,519 --> 00:07:17,319 because they didn't know. And it's kind of like, in fact, 145 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,360 it's exactly like I was. I just didn't know about 146 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,680 the alternatives. And it turns out in the story that 147 00:07:23,959 --> 00:07:26,680 Maya's uncle's playing soccer, kind of like our friend was 148 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,240 playing soccer on a field and finds this dog who 149 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,959 he can't keep because he's in an apartment building. And 150 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,079 he calls Maya, who's our protagonist in the book The 151 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:38,240 Little Girls the Dog and calls Maya's dad and to 152 00:07:38,399 --> 00:07:40,160 you know, our found's dog. I know you guys are 153 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:42,639 thinking about getting a dog, would you, And so I 154 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,439 can't keep the dog, and Maya says, please, can we 155 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:45,920 keep him? 156 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:46,279 Speaker 1: Please? 157 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,199 Speaker 3: And you know, the moment says, well, I don't know 158 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,439 if I want to trust a dog from the streets. 159 00:07:51,439 --> 00:07:53,680 And this is, like, you know, my story, this is 160 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,879 exactly what happened with me. But they took a look 161 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,199 at the dog, and like what happened with me, I 162 00:07:58,199 --> 00:08:00,600 fell in love and I realized that it wasn't that 163 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:03,519 I needed the breed that I thought I wanted, but 164 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,199 I fell in love with the dog. And I call 165 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,439 it the dogness of the dog that you fall in 166 00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:09,160 love with. It's not the breed, it's the fact that 167 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:11,439 they're a dog and you just fall in love. So 168 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:15,720 in the story, they tentatively adopt JJ and then they 169 00:08:15,759 --> 00:08:18,160 do all of the responsible things. And that's a big 170 00:08:18,199 --> 00:08:20,279 word that I use when I speak to students. Let's 171 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:23,319 talk about the responsibility here. Well, first of all, the 172 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,800 first thing you do when you find a dog is 173 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,480 you need to make sure that the dog doesn't actually 174 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,639 belong to somebody else. So you go out and you 175 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,839 put up posters in the neighborhood, You go to the 176 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:34,399 shelter and give a description, and sometimes people place an 177 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:36,600 ad in the newspaper just to be safe and make sure. 178 00:08:36,639 --> 00:08:38,200 But you also want to make sure people aren't going 179 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,559 to take advantage of you and just take the dog. 180 00:08:40,919 --> 00:08:43,039 So they do all of these things to be responsible. 181 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,000 But they also go to the vat the next day, 182 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,559 which as you know, is super important. You want to 183 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,080 make sure that the dog is healthy and take care 184 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,559 of anything like fleas or ticks or things that are 185 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,320 going on, and get them dewarmed and just give them 186 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,679 a good check up. And then you'd want to get 187 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,440 them good toys and come bed and good quality food. 188 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,200 And these are all the things that they do in 189 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,919 the book because it's important to know, well, now you've 190 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:07,840 found this dog and you're going to maybe rescue and 191 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:10,559 adopt the dog, but there's other things to do afterwards 192 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,320 to make sure that it's a successful relationship. And so 193 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,000 they go through, they give the dog a bath, they'd 194 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,360 buy some toys, and then there's a little bit of 195 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,320 a twist. They think that a neighbor calls thinks that 196 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,840 maybe this is their dog that they lost, and she's 197 00:09:23,919 --> 00:09:25,919 very on she said, no, it's not my dog. My 198 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,039 dog was found somewhere else her dog had gotten loose, 199 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:30,799 and not to give away the whole ending, but you know, 200 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,480 you can imagine that, right, you know the title of 201 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,159 the story and how he came to live in our house. 202 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:37,919 So it's kind of a little bit of a giveaway as. 203 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 4: It is, right. 204 00:09:38,759 --> 00:09:41,159 Speaker 3: So yeah, So ultimately they get to keep JJ. They 205 00:09:41,159 --> 00:09:43,879 fall in love, and Maya couldn't be happier with this 206 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,639 new dog, and the family really loves them too. 207 00:09:45,879 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 2: Now, there are a couple of points here that I 208 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,159 have to make, and I so appreciate that you took 209 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,000 a number of pages for kids that are gonna have 210 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,480 this book read to them and or ultimately maybe read 211 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,679 it themselves. Is the importance of a kid who wants 212 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,919 a dog so badly. Typically what happens is once they 213 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:03,720 get the dog, the dog sorts to take a back seat. 214 00:10:03,759 --> 00:10:05,080 I mean, they still love the dog, and they wanted 215 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,120 the dogs seat bed with them. It's all great, but 216 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,960 as far as the bathing and the walking and the 217 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,799 feeding and the cleaning up the you know, the poop 218 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,159 in the yard, that sort of mom ends up doing 219 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,480 that stuff and we always, you know, the big joke 220 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,440 is my mom will say when they come in with 221 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,480 the kids and the kids you know, I wanted this dog. 222 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,080 The mom says, yeah, I know, it's going to be 223 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:23,639 really be my dog. I'm going to be doing all 224 00:10:23,639 --> 00:10:25,200 the work. And you know, a good thing to do 225 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,720 is really teach kids at this age that you know 226 00:10:27,759 --> 00:10:31,360 what it's probably would be a good idea to teach them, 227 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:35,080 and it becomes a participation. It's a family affair, and 228 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:36,799 you know, one of the things that my folks used 229 00:10:36,799 --> 00:10:39,080 to do. And again, obviously I grew up in a 230 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,519 house my parents had pets before they had the kids, 231 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:44,399 and the same thing in my household. My kids were 232 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,000 born into a home with pets. I never have been 233 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:50,759 without a pet. My high school graduation president was my 234 00:10:50,799 --> 00:10:52,519 own dog, who went to college with me and used 235 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:54,440 to go to class with me. So I don't know 236 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,600 what it's like not to have a pet, but so 237 00:10:56,759 --> 00:10:58,960 many kids, I'm amazed. I met a family the other 238 00:10:59,039 --> 00:11:01,159 day and I and we were talking about pets, and 239 00:11:01,159 --> 00:11:03,360 they were amazed that I have thirteen and they said 240 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:04,080 they don't have many pettes. 241 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 4: How can you? How do I don't understand it. 242 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 2: It's it's such a great way to teach kids responsibility 243 00:11:08,399 --> 00:11:11,000 and to give that love. I mean, besides the fact 244 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 that you're saving a life if you adopt, but there's 245 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,480 so much more to a household where there are pets involved. 246 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:19,200 And you know, it's also interesting is as when I 247 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:24,559 meet adults or even young adults that are absolutely petrified 248 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,120 of pets, it's clear that they've never had pets. 249 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:30,919 Speaker 3: I never had a pet in the homet amazing. 250 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,159 Speaker 2: Exactly. And I have the exact scenario with a cross 251 00:11:35,159 --> 00:11:39,360 street neighbor. He is scared. He literally, if he's walking 252 00:11:39,639 --> 00:11:42,279 and he sees a dog coming, he will go four 253 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,440 blocks out of his way to avoid the dog. And 254 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,799 his kids are the same way. He had one incident 255 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,000 when he was younger, and it's effected, it scarred him 256 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 ever since. And interestingly, and I tell the story that I, 257 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,000 you know, I kind of reversed. And I actually wrote 258 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,519 this in one of you know, the chicken soup books, 259 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,279 you know, his Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover Soul, 260 00:12:00,639 --> 00:12:03,320 edited by my good friend Marty Becker, and Marty asked 261 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:04,919 me to write a story. I wrote a story that 262 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,159 happened to me when I was a kid and after 263 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:12,440 having a successful relationship with three boxers at home, my 264 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,840 dad fell in love with this eleven month old intact 265 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,879 male Doberman pincher that had just come off of the 266 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,879 show ring, and for whatever reason, he didn't make it 267 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:25,799 as the show dogs. They decided to sell him and 268 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,759 his sister. This dog's sister lived down the block from us, 269 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,879 was owned by an older couple, and the dog was magnificent. 270 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,559 I was all of five. I was outside and I 271 00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:36,919 came in the house. I was living in New York 272 00:12:36,919 --> 00:12:39,000 at the time, all bundled up, and again, I was 273 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:41,679 not much of a talker, but my parents can only 274 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:45,679 guess based on my injuries. But I apparently stepped on 275 00:12:45,759 --> 00:12:51,360 this sleeping Doberman who jumped up out of reflex and literally, 276 00:12:51,639 --> 00:12:55,759 very literally grabbed me by the face and ripped open 277 00:12:55,919 --> 00:12:58,679 my entire left side of my face under my nose. 278 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,120 Chin said you could see into my mouth from my cheek. 279 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,960 So it was a bit obviously traumatic, and I had 280 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,679 the fortunately, a very competent plastic surgeon put me back together. 281 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,440 And yet when I got home from the hospital, instead 282 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,639 of being scared, you know what, liss, I was in bed. 283 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:16,840 I was all bandaged up and my arm I was 284 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,279 still kind of drugged up, and this dog walked into 285 00:13:19,279 --> 00:13:21,919 the room. My arms were at my side. He nudged 286 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,639 his nose under my right arm because it was like 287 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,279 literally limp. He kind of kept advancing. So now my arm, 288 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,840 my limp arm is draped on his neck and shoulder area. 289 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,440 He rested his head on my chest and he sat 290 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,360 there all night long. 291 00:13:35,519 --> 00:13:37,799 Speaker 3: Yeah, mean to hurt you, of course not. 292 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 2: And I write about this dog the story, and it 293 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,519 was like to me talk about a bond. 294 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 4: I mean this dog. 295 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: If I could anthropomorphize, I would say he was actually sorry. 296 00:13:49,279 --> 00:13:50,679 It was not what he meant to do. 297 00:13:50,799 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 4: Anyway. 298 00:13:51,159 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 2: We got to take a quick break here. We'll be 299 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,320 back in just a few minutes. We're here with Diana 300 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,679 ro Solomon, who wrote a great book, JJ, the American 301 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,200 Street Dog, and I want to talk a couple of 302 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,919 other things, plus a children's book that I treat to 303 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,159 my kids, and one of the pages in here just 304 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:06,159 reminded me so much of it that I will share 305 00:14:06,159 --> 00:14:08,080 with you when we come back. We're back here with 306 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,279 doctor Jeff and Diane ro Solomon asked the be's with 307 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,639 doctor Jeff here in pet Life Radio. 308 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: We'll be right back right after these messages. 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Home studio is Diane Rose Solomon, 354 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,599 author of this really, really cute book that teaches a 355 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,400 lot of things, including responsibility and adoption and the importance 356 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,880 of both. It's called JJ, the American Street Dog and 357 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,640 how he came to live in our house. So we 358 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,599 were talking before the break about and I was reading 359 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:23,319 this book and it is absolutely adorable. Anyone out there 360 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,519 with small kids, it's a must. 361 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:26,279 Speaker 4: So I'm reading this. 362 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,279 Speaker 2: On page sixteen, it shows they're giving this dog that JJ, 363 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,400 that they found this little girl, Maya's uncle found on 364 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,759 the street while he was playing soccer, and they're, you know, 365 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:36,839 teaching one of the responsible things to do is you'd 366 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,880 have to bathe your dog. So there's a picture of 367 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,759 the Maya and mom and little JJ being bathed. And 368 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:43,839 I don't know, Dan, do you ever hear or remember 369 00:17:43,839 --> 00:17:45,880 a book called Harry the Dirty Dog? 370 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 3: Absolutely all right? 371 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 4: So that is one of my favorites. 372 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 2: And basically in Harry the Dirty Dog, a family has 373 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,920 a dog named Harry, and he was a white dog 374 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,240 with black spots, and he's lost, runs away, he gets 375 00:17:58,279 --> 00:18:01,240 out and they're looking all over for him. In the 376 00:18:01,279 --> 00:18:04,000 process of looking for Harry, they find this really cute 377 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,319 dog about the same size, seems to look a lot 378 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,960 like Harry, but this is a black dog with white spots, 379 00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:13,680 so it can't be Harry. Harry's a white dog with 380 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,680 black spots. So the story goes on that they end up, 381 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,440 you know, they can't fight Harry, and the kids bag 382 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,640 and bag and they get to finally keep this other dog. 383 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,160 And of course, because he was an outside dog and 384 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,000 he was filthy, they put him into the tub. And 385 00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:27,039 what do they find out after all this that this 386 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,559 black dog with white spots after they clean him up, 387 00:18:29,559 --> 00:18:31,319 it's actually a white dog with black spots. And it 388 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,440 was Harry coming home again. So and it was really 389 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,480 really cute. And it's funny because my daughter just had 390 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,000 a daughter, so we've gotten out all the old kids books, 391 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:44,759 and of course, being a veterinarian, I have a zillion 392 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:47,480 of pet stories. We found Harry the Dirty Dog, and 393 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:49,440 I can't wait to read it. And now I get 394 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,279 to add this to the collection. Now let's speak of collections, Diane, 395 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:56,720 it seems like there are more JJ books in the horizon. 396 00:18:56,759 --> 00:18:58,440 What's the plan for sure? 397 00:18:58,519 --> 00:19:01,799 Speaker 3: Well, the next one is coming out this fall. Because 398 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,319 now that you've successfully adopted a pet and they start 399 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,440 to acclimate to your home and you've gotten all the 400 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:11,079 necessary things that you want for them, the goodies, and 401 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,759 you're giving them love and they're giving you love back. 402 00:19:13,799 --> 00:19:16,279 But you also want them to behave properly so that 403 00:19:16,599 --> 00:19:19,079 they're doing what you expect of them, So you've take 404 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,359 them to puppy class. So JJ's going to go to 405 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,759 puppy class starting this fall. 406 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:23,799 Speaker 4: Oh that's great. 407 00:19:24,319 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's great. And then there's three more behind that 408 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:29,039 as well that should I don't know when they're coming, 409 00:19:29,039 --> 00:19:31,559 but they're coming. And the next one after that is 410 00:19:31,599 --> 00:19:35,200 introducing a dog to a new baby that comes into 411 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:36,839 the family. I think Maya is going to have a 412 00:19:36,839 --> 00:19:40,759 new sibling, okay, and that's always important to do that correctly. 413 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,839 And then after that the importance of service and therapy dogs, 414 00:19:44,839 --> 00:19:49,319 because if everybody just knew how wonderful dogs are and 415 00:19:49,799 --> 00:19:52,359 what they can do for us, people, I think would 416 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,039 have a whole new respect for dogs, right. And then 417 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,920 the fifth one that's written so far is about misunderstood breed, 418 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,279 like you were talking about your adobe when you were 419 00:20:02,559 --> 00:20:05,160 a child, and people this is a big thing with 420 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,240 breed specific legislation and how it's really not the breed, 421 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,960 it's really the deed, and it's an isolated thing, and 422 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,200 it's really how you treat an animal that determines how 423 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,440 they're going to act. 424 00:20:17,559 --> 00:20:19,799 Speaker 2: And I often say when it comes to that that 425 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,920 in Baron's case, to my Doberman, it was just the 426 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,200 wrong dog in the wrong situation, you know what I mean. 427 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,720 This dog had never been around kids, four rambunctious kids, 428 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:32,880 all under the age of six. And you know, my 429 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,240 dad had no idea how he, you know, the dopeman 430 00:20:35,319 --> 00:20:37,400 to react if he was intact. He was never fixed, 431 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,720 he was never neutered, so all these things come into play, 432 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 and he turned out to be. 433 00:20:41,519 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 4: By the way. 434 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 2: After this happened, of course, we were not as dog lovers. 435 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,160 He was not going anywhere but to another home, and 436 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,400 the older couple down the street that had his sister 437 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,079 ended up adopting Baron and took Baron in and he 438 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,240 was an amazing dog. But you have to sometimes understand lifestyle. 439 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:57,960 How much time are you going to have? It's all 440 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,559 a matter of selecting the right dog and in the 441 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,480 right dog in one environment. One situation may not be 442 00:21:03,599 --> 00:21:05,960 right for another one, and it's rarely the dog. 443 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 4: As you say, I work with. 444 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: A number of rescue groups and one of them, I 445 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,200 actually two of them, deal pretty much solely with pits. 446 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,359 One is called Ace of Hearts and one is called 447 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,160 Angel City Pits. And I have to tell you that 448 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:23,160 they adopt out the most amazing dogs. And by nature 449 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,960 these dogs, you know, I always joke I get more 450 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:29,039 tongue than anybody I know. And I am literally licked 451 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:32,400 in the face by these dogs daily. It's amazing how 452 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,039 misunderstood they are. And another one called Rescue Pet adopts 453 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:38,079 out and they go to the shelters. Again, this is 454 00:21:38,079 --> 00:21:41,480 a breed that is often destroyed because of their reputation, 455 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:46,279 and that's the chow chow and Blake finds the most amazing, 456 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,720 sweetest chow chows. And so they're out there, and I 457 00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:53,680 am so much against these legislations. Actually, you know, there 458 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,440 are more bites that are attributed to say, a Chihuahua 459 00:21:57,559 --> 00:22:00,279 or a Cocker Spaniel than to a bit pull, partly 460 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,160 because obviously they're much more popular dogs. But the bites 461 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,359 are it doesn't make the news. No one's going to 462 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,279 lose a limb or an arm or finger because of 463 00:22:07,279 --> 00:22:10,000 a cocker Spaniel or a chihuahua bite. But of course 464 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,039 when a pit pull does it, or a Rottweiler or 465 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:16,279 a chao chow, it's major news. It's a problem. It's 466 00:22:16,279 --> 00:22:18,720 not fair, absolutely not fair one of the stories. And 467 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:20,960 I don't know how far along you are, but I 468 00:22:21,039 --> 00:22:22,799 deal with it a lot, and I would, you know, 469 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,359 love to maybe chat with you at some point off air, 470 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,039 or even we could talk about it on air. Be 471 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:29,839 A great segment is the baby and the introduction of 472 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,359 a resident dog and a new baby, and some suggestions 473 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,079 to make that introduction seamless. 474 00:22:36,319 --> 00:22:38,279 Speaker 3: And I find that done well, and I've seen it 475 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,279 not done well, as I'm sure you have to. 476 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,599 Speaker 2: You know, absolutely, And I think that that's another one 477 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,039 where you know, it's unfortunately when it's not done well, 478 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:49,720 it could be disaster. And it's sort of like when 479 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:52,119 you sit back and think about some of the suggestions 480 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,319 that I would offer, you'd say, oh my god, that 481 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,279 makes so much sense. 482 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 4: And it does. 483 00:22:56,519 --> 00:22:58,319 Speaker 2: But then why people don't get so wrong? You know, 484 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,039 most of the people don't realize that what they're doing 485 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,119 is they are encouraging resentment when you do it the 486 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,400 wrong way, and between dog and resident dog and baby. 487 00:23:08,519 --> 00:23:10,559 Well is if you do it the right way. And 488 00:23:10,599 --> 00:23:13,480 then if anything, I always say, that dog is going 489 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:15,319 to be saying himself, where's that little baby? Give me 490 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,680 that baby, because I'm getting all this treats in attention 491 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:19,559 when I got this little kid in the room and 492 00:23:21,839 --> 00:23:24,599 exactly instead of you know, people make the mistake and 493 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,440 they say, Okay, now I feel so guilty about the dog, 494 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:27,960 and I'm giving all this attention to the baby. So 495 00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:30,559 I'm going to shower all my affection and love onto 496 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:32,680 the dog when the baby's to sleep, Well, then what 497 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,960 are you doing. You're teaching the dog that life is 498 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,240 better without the baby. You need to teach the dog 499 00:23:37,279 --> 00:23:39,799 that life is better when the baby is there, and 500 00:23:39,839 --> 00:23:43,000 so the dog wants the baby there. It's all psychology 501 00:23:43,039 --> 00:23:46,079 and it makes sense. It's not like it's oh my god, 502 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,640 it's so difficult. It makes all the sense in the world. 503 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,279 It's common sense, and we often, unfortunately do it the 504 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:54,359 wrong way. But these are absolutely great, great books. We 505 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,319 look forward to it. Could you give us some information 506 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,559 real quick before we have to sign off. Where can 507 00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,400 we find your book? 508 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 3: You can find it on my website and that is S. O. P. 509 00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:08,279 Three Publishing dot com and the SS and Sam ops 510 00:24:08,319 --> 00:24:11,839 and Peter three the number three publishing dot com. And 511 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,480 if anybody does wish to purchase a copy and they 512 00:24:15,599 --> 00:24:17,480 shoot me an email through the website and so that 513 00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:20,240 they learned of it through your show, I will sign 514 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:20,720 it to them. 515 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,599 Speaker 2: Oh good, by the way, everybody, my copy is signed 516 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:24,640 as well. That's us. 517 00:24:25,319 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 3: And then if people prefer Amazon, it's available at Amazon 518 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,160 dot com or Barnes and Noble. 519 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 2: Excellent. Well, I do want to thank you. Our time 520 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,119 is up because half hour goes very fast. Best of 521 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,960 luckout again. I would love to, if it's not too late, 522 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,839 read over your manuscripts. Maybe throw in a suggestion or two. 523 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 3: I'd love to discuss it. 524 00:24:45,039 --> 00:24:47,519 Speaker 2: But anyway, it's great having you. When you when the 525 00:24:47,559 --> 00:24:49,599 next one comes up, we will have you back for 526 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,880 sure and talk about that as well. And thanks for 527 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,759 joining us. I want to thank our sponsors once again. 528 00:24:54,839 --> 00:24:57,200 Next week we have a very special guest. Her name 529 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,720 is doctor Heather Lenser. You can see her on Fox 530 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,359 for you can see doing some segments on the Today Show, 531 00:25:02,759 --> 00:25:05,720 and we're going to talk about diseases that both pets 532 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,960 and people seem to get. It's very funny and sat 533 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,319 at the same time. And it's amazing how many similarities 534 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,880 there are between us and our four legged friends. So 535 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,680 we'll see you next week here on Ask the Vets 536 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,799 with Doctor jeffon pet Life Radio. Thank our sponsors Pro Sense, 537 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,640 Balmart Kong and we'll see you next week. 538 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: Let's Talk pets every week on demand only on petlife 539 00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:37,119 radio dot com.