1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: This is pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets, and. 2 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 2: We are here live. Let's get set up. I want 3 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,559 to make sure you can all wake up this morning. 4 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:32,039 So that's the very very right. Yet I didn't realize 5 00:00:32,039 --> 00:00:35,000 how bright did for it was. I said, Holy cow, 6 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,280 I glow in the dark. It's crazy. Anyway, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, 7 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,240 here live with doctor Jeff. Here of the next thirty 8 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,320 minutes from Pet Life Radios. Ask the best with doctor 9 00:00:43,399 --> 00:00:47,320 Jeff before anyone starts asking and wondering, what is going 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,079 on with my hand? So I basically I don't want 11 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:54,359 to believe my age. Actually, so what I do is 12 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,799 I still do things that most people my age wouldn't do, 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,719 like run a basketball game every Tuesday with kids in 14 00:01:00,759 --> 00:01:04,280 their thirties and forties basically younger than my kids, which 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,359 is insane. Anyway, I took a crazy fall. My legs 16 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,120 got tangled with one of the other guys, and I 17 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:12,560 went flying landed in some way. I don't know exactly 18 00:01:12,599 --> 00:01:16,560 what happened because my hand got so swollen I couldn't 19 00:01:16,599 --> 00:01:19,599 even see my knuckles for like two weeks. But turns 20 00:01:19,599 --> 00:01:22,319 out that Hey, dav are you doing phil time? How 21 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:26,159 are you Hello? Cloud chaser. So anyway, I must have 22 00:01:26,239 --> 00:01:28,959 pulled my thumb way back and tore these tendons. It's 23 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,159 called the volar plate. So Friday, two days ago, I 24 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:35,560 had surgery on my volar plate to repair. I didn't 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,920 even know exactly what he did. I don't know if 26 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,920 he had to put pins in. I know I'm going 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:40,920 to see him probably tomorrow, just to talk to him. 28 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:43,519 He's a friend of mine. So he's a hand surgeon. 29 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,920 And it was funny because when I happened, I showed 30 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,799 him a finger and he looked at it. He says, 31 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:49,719 it's star flyer. I said, you know, Robbie, this is 32 00:01:49,719 --> 00:01:51,959 not arthritis. Look at this hand. I mean I showed 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,879 him the difference. He goes, oh, so he started messing 34 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,599 with my family. He goes, oh, it looks like you 35 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,439 tore to your volar plate. Whatever it is. Anyway, he says, 36 00:01:58,439 --> 00:02:01,319 but I'm booked out till the end of the year 37 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:04,400 and I'm retiring December thirty. First, he's a couple years 38 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,439 old than I am. I said, rob you can't retire. 39 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,800 I said, who else can? I trust? I don't know 40 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,800 anybody else anyway. Ps He calls me a week later, 41 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,400 had a cancelation, and I had it done on Friday, 42 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,240 So I'm in this thing for ten days. It's a 43 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,039 soft gap, but there's a metal plate in here to 44 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:22,919 keep my thumb from moving, which I can't obviously move. 45 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,639 And then I go back for the stitches out in 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,080 ten days, and then he's gonna put a hard cast 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,520 on for another two or three weeks. So ask me 48 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:33,759 how happy I am. I'm not that happy. You don't 49 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,800 realize how important the thumb is until you don't have 50 00:02:37,879 --> 00:02:40,240 one to use. It is insane. I'm trying to revenate 51 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,319 with these two fingers. I'm sure he's to be so 52 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,840 mad at me for even doing what I'm doing. But anyway, yes, 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,400 now I can still work. I'm not supposed toucer. I 54 00:02:50,439 --> 00:02:52,520 told him do it. So at least if I could 55 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,479 touch my index finger to my thumb and then I 56 00:02:55,479 --> 00:02:57,360 can still hold the thumb for steps, then I can 57 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,199 actually do some work. But anyway, duh, Yes, somes matter, 58 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:06,960 but it's crazy, so I'll be a little slower doing things. 59 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,280 But it's God, it's just so frustrating. I mean, I'm 60 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:10,800 telling you, every time I try to do something, I 61 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,960 go wall. I can't do it right. But I was 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,960 able to. I was able to blow chauffeur. That's right. 63 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,599 Let's see, So any questions, you must have some questions. 64 00:03:18,719 --> 00:03:20,280 I don't know if you've seeing my I've been seeing 65 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,080 some of the cutest animals, and I say, I saw 66 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,039 a couple of breeder animals. And again I'm not against breeders, 67 00:03:27,039 --> 00:03:31,159 but understand what I'm against are things that are if 68 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:33,280 it's a backyard breeder. If you're going to be a breeder, 69 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:35,120 you got to do it right. You have to know 70 00:03:35,439 --> 00:03:37,560 you know what. And just so you know, I always 71 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,639 tell people this and maybe we've talked about it before, 72 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,680 but if you are getting a dog and you're not, 73 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,800 you know, you see these ads online that the breeders 74 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,840 and the best puppies in the world, et cetera. You 75 00:03:47,919 --> 00:03:49,560 need don't just jump out and you need to talk 76 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,680 to the breeder. First thing on the question ask is 77 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,400 is first of all, you want to relist the people 78 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,960 that have already purchased puppies. And most importantly, who's your veterinarian. 79 00:03:57,319 --> 00:03:59,680 Just like if I asked any mom out there, who's 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,439 your peace atrition boom, They're gonna know it immediately. They 81 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,360 have to think about it. They know exactly who they 82 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,759 go to for my clients. And this is a very 83 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,000 unfortunate veterinarian world because it's not that way anymore. But 84 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,560 if people ask my clients, who's your vet, oh, doctor Teff, 85 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:15,280 I mean they know right away. Now, these corporate practices 86 00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:18,720 are almost they don't want people to bond to a veterinarian. 87 00:04:18,879 --> 00:04:21,079 They want them to bond to the practice. So you're 88 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,160 seeing a different vet all the time. I can't believe 89 00:04:23,519 --> 00:04:25,639 that when people say, oh god, my pets are like 90 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,399 my kids. If you don't have a relationship with a veterinarian, 91 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,000 then they're not like your kids. Don't kid yourself, pardon 92 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,480 the pun. So anyway, make sure that if they can't 93 00:04:35,519 --> 00:04:37,360 tell you who their vet was and so you can 94 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,920 call the veterinarian, how is this person as a breeder, 95 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,439 then it's a bad choice. And I'm telling you now, 96 00:04:42,519 --> 00:04:45,279 if I had to pick one breed that I'm seeing 97 00:04:45,519 --> 00:04:48,079 such terrible dogs, and it's a breed that is near 98 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,560 to my heart, French bulldogs. I am seeing some of 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,519 the worst French. He's coming out with so many problems 100 00:04:53,879 --> 00:04:57,040 because they don't know exactly what they're doing. They're not 101 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,120 breeding cautiously. They're not finding out which parent might have 102 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,160 a problem if they don't want to pass on. I mean, God, 103 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,560 ask any breeder, would you breed a dog if it's 104 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,959 a mon orc it only one testicles descended into the 105 00:05:08,959 --> 00:05:11,560 scrow to them. The answer is any legitimate breeder would say, oh, 106 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,959 no way. But a lot of these places are doing 107 00:05:14,959 --> 00:05:18,399 stuff like that. They're breeding poor quality dogs, and that's 108 00:05:18,439 --> 00:05:21,199 what gets me. So I've seen if you do your 109 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:24,680 homework and it's a legitimate breeder and they have great dogs, 110 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,480 and you can talk to them and double check and 111 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,560 check them out, then I'm okay with it. But having 112 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,920 said that, working with a number of rescues that I 113 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,519 work with, I have to tell you that I am 114 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,240 seeing some of the most amazing dogs. I joke that 115 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,560 if my bed was any bigger, I would take some 116 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,000 of these dogs. I mean, I already have five, so Ila, 117 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,040 be really careful our house. I'm sleeping in the doghouse. 118 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,240 But anyway, please, please please, If you are ready for 119 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,879 a pet, then I think look at some of these rescues. 120 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,240 You can see the dogs talk to the fosters that 121 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,839 are taking care of them. There are so many fantastic 122 00:05:59,079 --> 00:06:03,000 dogs out there, and looks don't mean everything. So it said, yeah, 123 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,079 if you want that. I mean, I've been a Labrador 124 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,160 guy forever. It is my next dog. And the only 125 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:10,279 reason I have a pure bread Labrador now after Grover, 126 00:06:10,399 --> 00:06:12,920 my dog that went sixteen and a half years, is 127 00:06:12,959 --> 00:06:16,240 because it was a rehome. He was a purebread dog, 128 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,279 well bred. He's now fourteen and he's doing great and 129 00:06:20,319 --> 00:06:24,480 he's beautiful. So yes, you can. I was lucky my Frenchie. 130 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:27,319 My Frenchie is a rehome. So my only two of 131 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,879 my five dogs that are purebread were both rehomes. Would 132 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,399 I get a dog now? I look, I love Labradors. 133 00:06:33,399 --> 00:06:35,600 I've had them for over fifty years. I've had Labradors 134 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,839 my favorite dog ever. But would I get another pure breed? 135 00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:43,680 Probably not? Because I work with I see how many animals. 136 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,759 The crime of these animals being put to sleep not 137 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,199 because they're a bad dogs. It's just because they're no 138 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,399 homes for them, and that to me just gets me 139 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:56,079 so anyway, and then the lapeck, that's right, Well, let's 140 00:06:56,079 --> 00:06:58,600 talk about Mokie and Freddie. I should say Mookie is 141 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,120 the one that stayed so Freddie LA PetCare. So Lauren 142 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:06,959 has actually adopted one of my patients. There were two 143 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:09,959 dogs if you know anything about baseball, Mookie and Freddie. 144 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:14,040 Yes they are major LA Dodgers fans and Freddie. They 145 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,680 have to give Freddy up and guess who took him 146 00:07:16,759 --> 00:07:19,720 LA PetCare And he is the greatest dog yet. So 147 00:07:19,879 --> 00:07:22,519 that's okay when you see dogs like that and you 148 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,319 know them and they're well cared for, and that's support 149 00:07:25,439 --> 00:07:28,399 right now, Suzanne, why arm Rapp you missed it. I 150 00:07:28,439 --> 00:07:31,079 had a basketball injury. Don't tell me and give me 151 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,759 hell for playing basketball at seventy, but I'm gonna do 152 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:36,079 it anyway. But I fell in a weird way that 153 00:07:36,519 --> 00:07:39,639 hyper extended my thumb and there's a bunch tendons and 154 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,720 ligaments here that tour and I had to have them fixed, reattached, 155 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,600 and I'm in this thing for got four weeks. Ask 156 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,519 me how happy I am? So anyway, Yes, so there 157 00:07:48,519 --> 00:07:50,879 are some really really good And by the way, if 158 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,519 you run a particular breed, there are many of the 159 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,439 more popular breeds like Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers. There 160 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,800 are breed specific rescues so you can get probably a 161 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:04,560 pure breed or close to it, and still get the 162 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,560 dog of your choice. So there's no excuse not to 163 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:10,959 so let me. There was a question here about congestive 164 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,120 heart failure. Check out the new Costco Affordable Pet insurance. 165 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,160 Even I come and say, oh, so that's okay. Here's 166 00:08:17,199 --> 00:08:20,360 one from Sharon. It's because you talk about this, can 167 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,680 you please check out the new Costco Affordable Pet insurance. Again, 168 00:08:23,959 --> 00:08:27,560 it's not just the affordability, because even though like Nationwide 169 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:32,279 double their premium, it's insane. It's the philosophy, but bothers me. 170 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,240 The philosophy is that you have a problem that was 171 00:08:36,279 --> 00:08:39,600 a minor problem of no consequence as a young dog, 172 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:44,039 and they're going to now basically not allow anything related 173 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,799 to this skin. For example, it was a papaloma, as 174 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:49,960 the example I gave before it a little puppy papoloma 175 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,559 oral papaloma, very common in puppies. And then six years 176 00:08:53,639 --> 00:08:55,240 later the dog gets a growth on the skin that 177 00:08:55,279 --> 00:08:57,120 looks like it might be a cancer. Oh no, we 178 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,240 don't cover that because there was a skin problem when 179 00:08:59,279 --> 00:09:01,799 he was a puppy. But what do you create? Nothing 180 00:09:01,799 --> 00:09:03,879 new with each other. They're always looking for excuse is 181 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,279 not to pay they're looking for pre existing Ah, God, 182 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,039 that's pre existing so or that's congenital. Everything going to 183 00:09:11,039 --> 00:09:13,200 go back to something if you're really looking for a 184 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,080 way not to pay out. So that's my issue, and 185 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,320 it's just gotten besides the fact that premium has got 186 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,879 out of hand. Pause, it's is this environmental of food allergies? Again? 187 00:09:23,039 --> 00:09:25,480 Great question, and I wish I could give you an 188 00:09:25,519 --> 00:09:27,559 easy answer. There is no easy answer. One of the 189 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,320 things I will tell you this, if the problem appears 190 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,440 to be seasonal, it's probably not food unless you change 191 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,879 through each every season, which is unlikely. So then you're 192 00:09:36,879 --> 00:09:39,679 looking at contact, meaning grasses, things that are put on 193 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,240 the grass is allergy or atopy atopic, which is the 194 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,320 inhaling of the pollens. So if it's seasonal, then the 195 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,759 better chance it is going to be a non food 196 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:53,679 related it's going to be environmental. Now here's another thing 197 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,080 you can do again, before you start spending a lot 198 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,480 of money on the allergy testing, which is expensive, you 199 00:09:59,519 --> 00:10:02,559 have to ask yourself, are you willing to start medicating 200 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,440 either sublingually under the tongue daily for the rest of 201 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,759 the petch life or giving injections, almost like a diabetic 202 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,120 has to get insulin shots. If you're not willing to 203 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:15,720 do that, then treat symptomatically now through food elimination diet. 204 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,759 That's what I always want I say. But if you 205 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,279 treat the allergy as you would an inhaled allergy like 206 00:10:21,519 --> 00:10:25,720 sided point or steroid or cyclosporin, any of the old 207 00:10:25,759 --> 00:10:29,080 fashioned like the two preds and cyclosporin, even though suppression, 208 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,480 that's suppress the immune system so it doesn't react. Or 209 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,000 side a point which blocks the anagin. It is the 210 00:10:35,039 --> 00:10:40,039 cellular mediator of the inflammatory response called interluken thirty one. 211 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,679 Side of point blocks into luken thirty one. If that works, 212 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,559 then you know it's probably a seasonal, environmental kind of allergy. 213 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:50,200 If it doesn't work, then it probably is going to 214 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,879 be food. It's a different pathway. So anyway, that's keep 215 00:10:52,879 --> 00:10:55,960 that in mind. Ah, here we go. Because its congestive, heartful. 216 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,159 You always show up on chest x rays Charles great 217 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,039 beat to murmur AG thirteen and coughing. It's on people. 218 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,200 Bendim chextually didn't show much besides court. Okay, now your 219 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,320 very last sentence was the key right there. Okay, and 220 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,200 I'll read it in case those of you aren't seeing this. 221 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,600 The congestive heart failure always show up on a chest 222 00:11:11,759 --> 00:11:14,799 X ray. A Chuao with grade B two murmur H 223 00:11:14,879 --> 00:11:18,279 thirteen recently began coughing is on pema bending. Chest x 224 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,879 rays don't show much besides, of course, some heart enlargement. 225 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,440 And that's about all you're gonna see is heart enlargement. 226 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,200 The murmur tells you there is some valve deficits. They're 227 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,200 not closing properly. The enlarge heart can be secondary obviously 228 00:11:33,279 --> 00:11:37,200 to the heart working harder to basically pump more blood 229 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:42,440 to compensate for the defective valves. Now do we have 230 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,799 congestive heart disease. Congestive heart fail usually gonna see lung 231 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,159 damage too. You're gonna see things in the lungs. You're 232 00:11:48,159 --> 00:11:52,799 gonna see the fluidy. You're gonna see a hazy bronchioles, 233 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:56,919 and the lung tissue itself is going to show evidence 234 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,559 of thickness. You'll see more definitely within the test exers. 235 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,480 You're not just going to see a beautifully clear exit. 236 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,360 But remember this, thirteen year old dogs are going to 237 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:09,559 have some pulmonary fibrosis. Anyway, so it's going to be 238 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:13,559 really hard to tell. So the congestive heart disease that 239 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:15,360 and if you have a lot of fluid in the lungs, 240 00:12:15,639 --> 00:12:18,320 then you might be able to make a diagnosis, or 241 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,120 at least a partial diagnosis. It's going to be on 242 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:25,159 your list of differentials from congestive heart failure. But as 243 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:28,480 far as the heart disease itself and whether it's functioning properly, 244 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,120 you got to go echo cardiography. Okay, you have to 245 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,840 have an echocardiagram. It's basically an ultrasound of the heart, 246 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,799 which can measure first of all, follow the blood flow 247 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:40,639 measure the pressures measure the amount of blood flowing through 248 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,480 going backwards. And when you have left sided heart failure, 249 00:12:44,799 --> 00:12:48,360 where's the blood coming from into the left heart? From 250 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,919 the right heart, it goes through the lungs first, then 251 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,919 after the blood is oxygenated, it goes into the left 252 00:12:53,919 --> 00:12:55,559 side of the heart and then it gets pumped out 253 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,039 of the order to go through the whole body. So 254 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,159 if there is a problem with the heart valves and 255 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,799 you have a backup of blood coming that goes from 256 00:13:08,159 --> 00:13:11,759 the right heart into the lungs, then who's gonna feel 257 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:13,840 it the lungs, you're gonna feel it, and then you're 258 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,919 gonna get congestive heartful. That's exactly what it means. It's 259 00:13:17,039 --> 00:13:20,320 usually a sign of left sided failure. The question is 260 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:23,080 how bad is it? And then if you have true 261 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,200 congestive heart disease, people abandon's good one hundred percent for 262 00:13:26,279 --> 00:13:29,799 the heart, but you need to also treat the pulmonary 263 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,600 congestion and that's going you need to talk to your veterinarian. 264 00:13:32,639 --> 00:13:36,399 It's gonna be spernlactone, it's gonna be lasix, something that 265 00:13:36,639 --> 00:13:39,240 is going to help remove some of the fluid out 266 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:41,399 of the heart, avoiding salt and the diet. There are 267 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:43,080 a lot of things that need to be done, but 268 00:13:43,519 --> 00:13:46,320 the most important thing is to do what you can 269 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:51,200 to increase the efficiency of the heart and the heart 270 00:13:51,279 --> 00:13:55,919 pumping despite the bad valves. So echo cardiography is going 271 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,759 to be your answer to go along with it. Of course, 272 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,799 all right, let's see. Ah, So my daughter in law's mom, Frenchie, 273 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,039 won Westminster Best to Breed this year. She likes no 274 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,799 so I ah, if you have Sharon, if you have 275 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,559 a dog like that that you know obviously to win 276 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,879 Westminster which, by the way, that's fantastic. Then you know 277 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,240 you have a legitimate breader. So whoever's breeding the dog, 278 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:18,639 and if someone said, you know what, I want to 279 00:14:18,639 --> 00:14:21,360 get a frenchie, that's who I would one hundred percent recommend. 280 00:14:21,519 --> 00:14:26,120 Someone who has legitimate reading practices, who's experienced, who knows 281 00:14:26,159 --> 00:14:28,240 what to look for in the mom and dad before 282 00:14:28,279 --> 00:14:30,559 they breathe them, and they want to pass those good 283 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,919 trades on, then that's okay. But backyard breeders, they don't 284 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:35,639 do it. They don't know what to do. Let alone 285 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:37,399 do it. They have a French see of another French sie, 286 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,399 they put them together. Now that's not good enough. Open 287 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,000 a seater, yeah, that's my ranswer. Open up a seed 288 00:14:43,279 --> 00:14:45,799 in your or investment in your dog's names. You put 289 00:14:45,799 --> 00:14:49,840 the money. We talk about this every month automatically and 290 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,799 just let it, let it ride. I elevated liver enzymes. 291 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:54,519 Seven year old pig was put on daily medication for 292 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:57,440 a month, but the enzymes stayed the same. Next step ultrasound. Okay, 293 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,200 so also great question. So elevated lib enzymes. First of all, 294 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,240 there are a number of enzymes. They're big four. There's 295 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:08,039 ast not that important. Alt the most important. Okay, alk 296 00:15:08,159 --> 00:15:11,759 foss very important in GGT. Now, the one that we 297 00:15:11,799 --> 00:15:14,039 look at the most for true liver function is the 298 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,919 alt alkfoss tells us a lot. However, if you have 299 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,039 dogs with vacuolar hepatopathy, high ALTFAUSS, dogs with Cushing disease, 300 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,480 high alcfass, dogs that are on steroids or phoenobarbital, high alcvas. 301 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:28,559 So you need to get a good history first of 302 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:33,200 all to know where's this coming from. Now, ultrasound very important. 303 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,840 So if we have a dog with high liver enzymes, 304 00:15:35,919 --> 00:15:37,799 then also have to ask up how are they behaving. 305 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,960 I've had dogs with alkin phosphatastes high normal is like 306 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,279 one hundred some test one hundred and thirty one. I've 307 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,440 seen it two thousand and the dogs are acting totally fine. 308 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,919 So we do it ultrasound and the liver looks pretty good. 309 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,360 Even sometimes you would do a bleeding panel and you 310 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,120 take little needle aspirts of the liver. Got to be 311 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,039 very careful, you know what you're doing. And but sometimes 312 00:15:59,039 --> 00:16:02,600 you'll see is on the liver that indicate vacuolar epitopathy. 313 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:04,799 Dogs that are on steroids or preen of barbitol and 314 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,200 they're acty totally fine. So the one where you see 315 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,879 a sick dog and high liverenzame is going to be 316 00:16:10,879 --> 00:16:15,080 alt alanine transphrase. So when that is elevated, now we 317 00:16:15,159 --> 00:16:17,440 have a potential problem. We need to find out what 318 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,559 the answer is. So sometimes we just modify diet. We 319 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,080 can put them on a denim eron, which is a supplement, 320 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:26,480 a dnosil, and see if that helps the liver. If 321 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,519 it does, that's great, and it may not, so we 322 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,840 got to be you know, understand ultimately to really make 323 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:36,120 a diagnose, an accurate diagnosis. When it comes to liver 324 00:16:36,279 --> 00:16:39,919 enzymes and the dog is actually not eating, losing weight, 325 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,519 showing evidence of being a sick dog, the answer is 326 00:16:43,559 --> 00:16:47,519 going to come from a biopsy and that again done 327 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,960 very carefully. We do them. There's a device called the 328 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,039 true cut biopsy punch. Of course, you need to check 329 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,000 for bleeding first, make sure the dog has a good 330 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:01,799 normal bleeding panel. Secondly, you have to under ultrasound guiding 331 00:17:02,279 --> 00:17:04,440 trying to if you see an abnormality. You want to 332 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,559 be really careful. But there are hazards and that is 333 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:09,680 you might hit something, You might hit a vessel, you're 334 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:14,759 doing this blindly. So the new updated treatment or diagnostic 335 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:18,279 aid of choice is laparoscopy. Doing the same thing with 336 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,839 a laparoscope has to be done by a board certified 337 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,680 interness unless you your general practitioner is really good at laproscopy. 338 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,200 So you can see exactly where you're gonna stick that 339 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,880 biopsy punch, you're gonna take a sample, you can continue 340 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,880 to watch to make sure it doesn't bleed like crazy, 341 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,880 and you're gonna get your answer. Nowadays, with that available 342 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,039 to me, even though I personally don't do it, I 343 00:17:41,079 --> 00:17:44,119 would prefer that out because there's no sense from a 344 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,240 legal aspect forget to strict the dog from legally if 345 00:17:47,279 --> 00:17:49,799 you do something to cut the old fashioned way and 346 00:17:50,039 --> 00:17:52,720 knock on whatever. I've never ever and all the true 347 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,400 cuts I've done ever had a problem. So am I confident. 348 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,680 I'm still confident, but knowing that you never know when 349 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,480 that first probably you may encounter that first problem, and 350 00:18:02,519 --> 00:18:06,039 then then you're screwed. So and then when someone hears, 351 00:18:06,079 --> 00:18:08,559 if a lawyer hears that what you did out on 352 00:18:08,599 --> 00:18:11,799 your own blindly and you had a board certific interness, 353 00:18:12,079 --> 00:18:14,519 especially in West LA you know, not even a mile 354 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:17,319 away and you didn't refer it, then I'm in the hazeat. 355 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,440 So that's what I'd recommend. A liver biopsy and then 356 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,480 go on. So it's ultrasound look at the liver. You 357 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,359 can do a needle asp but those are pretty safe 358 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:29,039 again under an ultrasound guide. But if you're gonna do 359 00:18:29,079 --> 00:18:31,519 a biopsy to get your ultimate answer, you should do 360 00:18:31,559 --> 00:18:35,319 a laparoscopy with a board service specialist. All right, we're 361 00:18:35,319 --> 00:18:37,359 gonna break right now. I'm gonna look at some more 362 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,319 questions in meantime while we're having our commercial break on 363 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,160 pet Life Radio, and we'll be back. Tony, how you doing, 364 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:47,400 Thank you, Thank you so much, KB Life. I'm gonna 365 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,039 accept this request. And if it was for real, and 366 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,680 you see one year ago probably needs another Julianne, what 367 00:18:55,079 --> 00:18:56,599 what were we talking about? Let me know. So let 368 00:18:56,599 --> 00:18:59,400 me break for one second. You guys stay here on Instagram. 369 00:18:59,519 --> 00:19:02,480 I'll that Mark do the commercialist part put Life Radio 370 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,920 and so you guys don't go await and you'll be 371 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:05,599 right after you. 372 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 3: Take a bite out of your competition. Advertise your business 373 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,680 with an ad in pet Life radio podcasts and radio shows. 374 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,680 There is no other pet related media that is as 375 00:19:18,759 --> 00:19:21,799 large and reaches more pet parents and pet lovers than 376 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,759 pet Life Radio, with over seven million monthly listeners. 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If a group of cats and 387 00:20:13,759 --> 00:20:17,039 a rescue situation dies of kindoikopenia, does that mean all 388 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:18,400 the other cats have it? And the answer is no, 389 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,680 if they're all acting fine. First of all, it's a virus, 390 00:20:21,759 --> 00:20:24,440 so there's no test for it anyway. You can just 391 00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:27,680 treat them, monitor them one thing that's going to ravage 392 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,559 through the entire household, but of course keep an eye 393 00:20:31,599 --> 00:20:33,920 on some of the other kids whollow it. Probably there 394 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,880 was something going on from the immune system, some immuno 395 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:42,359 compromisation in that particular cat. Okay, even the same litter, 396 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,799 So keep an eye on that it was congestive heart 397 00:20:44,799 --> 00:20:48,000 failure right, So again then if it was congestive heart failure, 398 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,839 my hunch is that there was something in the lungs 399 00:20:50,839 --> 00:20:54,119 that you can see. And because when they're coughing, then 400 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,920 usually going to see something in the lums when any 401 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,960 coughing animal, I always take Chesteck trayce and you can 402 00:20:59,079 --> 00:21:01,240 learn a lot from a chest deck rays and then yes, 403 00:21:01,519 --> 00:21:04,640 if there's there's certain things you're looking for within the 404 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,440 lung tissue itself and the bronchials and the main bronchi 405 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,799 and the alveli, then you'll usually with congestive part for 406 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,960 you have alveoler disease, then yes, you can make that 407 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:20,559 diagnosis based on X rays. All right, REGENTSA, I am 408 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,799 still trying to get information from my friends the interness. 409 00:21:24,279 --> 00:21:26,359 I don't like going to these companies that make it 410 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,960 because look at Librella Librella. I've spoken at length to 411 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:32,880 Zoetis and they are confident that these issues are not 412 00:21:33,519 --> 00:21:36,640 abnormal reactions to any drug. It's like when you go 413 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,880 when your heroos commerce's on TV the very end of 414 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,880 the commercial. First of all, the scenes are beautiful, and 415 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,920 these people and then smiling all of a sudden at 416 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,559 the very end, man can do this and this and 417 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,160 this and this and even death. So does that mean 418 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,160 are people not going to use it? Obviously someone's using 419 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,960 it and or I heard one what on the radio here? 420 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,920 I forget what the disease is one of the gas 421 00:21:55,960 --> 00:22:00,839 to intestinal colitis or inflammatory ballel and they're both bosting. 422 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,720 And three out of ten even showed, you know, remission 423 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,400 for a year thirty percent in you're at that's not 424 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,160 too good if it was seventy eighty percent. Now we're 425 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,160 talking so thirty percent, Really, are you going to risk 426 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,759 getting improvement? We're seventy percent time that didn't work or 427 00:22:17,759 --> 00:22:20,200 it only works short term, and who knows how a 428 00:22:20,279 --> 00:22:22,920 percent of people actually got really sick because of it, 429 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,920 So you know they're still standing by librella. Again, personally, 430 00:22:27,319 --> 00:22:31,240 I think I've had one model reaction. The dog wasn't 431 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,640 feeling well after the shot, and this was out their 432 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,079 fourth or fifth one, so you know that it was working. 433 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,519 If it wasn't working really well, why would they have 434 00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:39,720 come in for the next one, of the next one, 435 00:22:39,759 --> 00:22:41,480 of the next one. So and then I'm not even 436 00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:43,960 sure that their older dogs was that the fifth one 437 00:22:44,079 --> 00:22:46,279 or fourth one actually made them sick. I don't know. 438 00:22:46,319 --> 00:22:48,680 There's no way to tell, but we are we're holding 439 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,279 back for now. And then another one is convinced that 440 00:22:51,279 --> 00:22:53,359 it was a Librella shot that really I don't know 441 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,880 if the dog passed away, but it was really bad. Again, 442 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,279 it is so hard to tell when you have these 443 00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:02,640 condition is that you're using the drug because of old 444 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:06,880 dogs and I'm not sure anyway for ecoss lives matter 445 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,319 on that great pyne. Can you please send me pictures, 446 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,160 get an up close picture, and I'll be happy to 447 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,759 follow up with you. But it may be something and 448 00:23:15,799 --> 00:23:17,720 maybe even something on the third eyelid, but it's not 449 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,640 quote unquote cherry I because that gland only is on 450 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,519 the inside. I've never seen a prolapsed gland of the 451 00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:28,240 third eyelid anywhere but the medial cantas. So now my 452 00:23:28,319 --> 00:23:31,519 problem is much of my work, as you know, is surgery, 453 00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:34,519 and I'm thinking I had to get this done because 454 00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:37,039 the longer I wait, sooner I would probably end up 455 00:23:37,079 --> 00:23:40,400 developing arthritis in that joint because at the time, without 456 00:23:40,799 --> 00:23:44,359 those tendons and ligaments keeping that thumb in place. Then 457 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,480 I would end up getting arthritis in that joint. Then 458 00:23:47,519 --> 00:23:50,160 I'm really screwed. That becomes a lifelong problem. And for 459 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,920 someone who does a lot of surgery like I do, 460 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,559 I didn't want to run that risk of having, you know, 461 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,880 really really better arthritis. Okay, Kavi' not able to doing good. 462 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:02,039 I just didn't want to ignore you, all right, I 463 00:24:02,079 --> 00:24:05,160 think I hope I got to all thank you, Susan. 464 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,200 Could I still work? Yes, I'm doing I can do 465 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,799 certainly minor things, so that's good. So if there any 466 00:24:11,079 --> 00:24:14,559 last questions, now is the time I'm trying to waive 467 00:24:14,599 --> 00:24:18,519 to everybody. Now's the time to ask them, because we 468 00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:20,960 had a good group today. Have I worked on primates 469 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,440 dealing with an anxiety issue in a lemur? I have 470 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,640 not interested. At UC Davis they have the primate Center, 471 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,240 which is very popular, so I personally have not worked. 472 00:24:32,279 --> 00:24:35,400 It wasn't really part of our normal training unless you 473 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,640 were going to the exotic animal or zoo animal tract. 474 00:24:38,799 --> 00:24:42,200 And I went small animal knowing that. Yeah, so blocked 475 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,160 tear duct of a cat. So now the great questions 476 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,400 coming Roland hold on zero is Peter recovery? What are 477 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,680 the thoughts on CBD oil or treats to commodore absolutely 478 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,680 worth trying. I like CBD. I also have my own product, 479 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,880 as you know, called chill, which is you know, all 480 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,599 the natural remedies that are that are advertise el trip 481 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:06,240 to fan, melatonin, valerian rud, passionate flower, cama meal. So again, 482 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,880 some dogs do well and some don't. What I promise 483 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,119 guarantee that CBS gonna work, Absolutely not. But I will 484 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,720 tell you that if you want to avoid the drugs 485 00:25:15,799 --> 00:25:17,960 to start, I would certainly put that on my list 486 00:25:18,039 --> 00:25:20,799 of things to try before going to the heavy duty stuff. 487 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,279 And so try it, you'll be amazed. I'm looking for Rolands. 488 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,480 I pup pooped all over the car and that night 489 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:28,079 even had the little blood in his tool. But now 490 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,799 seems fine. This stool is fine, and energy is fine. 491 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,039 You're causing it no cause concern. So first of all, 492 00:25:33,319 --> 00:25:37,319 when we see soft stool anywhere from mushy cowpatty like 493 00:25:37,599 --> 00:25:41,079 to flat out diarrhea, especially with nucus and blood and 494 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,880 the dog otherwise acting normally, still eating, et cetera, it 495 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,839 is colitis. I wouldn't say one hundred percent. I'm never 496 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:51,599 supposed to all, say ninety nine percent colitis. Now, why 497 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,359 does dogs sat colitis? Well, let's put the list. It's 498 00:25:54,359 --> 00:26:01,039 a pretty long list. Nerves, stress, anxiety, excitement, diet, diet change, 499 00:26:01,319 --> 00:26:03,680 eating something here she shouldn't have. Then, of course, in 500 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,839 a puppy parasites. Now you have a pup going into 501 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,640 a car. I don't know how many times you take 502 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,839 them in the car. But now let's talk about nerve, stressed, anxiety, excitement, 503 00:26:12,319 --> 00:26:16,160 and they're gonna let loose and have this irritated bowel. 504 00:26:16,319 --> 00:26:19,640 It's gonna cause diarrhea, it's gonna have a little mucous 505 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,039 on it, They're gonna have maybe a little blood. It's 506 00:26:22,079 --> 00:26:25,519 a normal reaction. I would say it's normal, but it's 507 00:26:25,519 --> 00:26:28,839 a normal reaction. That's exactly what happens under those conditions. 508 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,680 So what I recommend simply is to start add a 509 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,440 little fiber to the diet, maybe decrease the amount of 510 00:26:36,519 --> 00:26:38,759 food just a little. What kind of fiber, Well, the 511 00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:42,839 hot fiber now that's being recommended by the interness that 512 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,920 GI docs is sillium powder. It's pretty concentrated, a very 513 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,400 small amount. So if it's a pup, maybe an eighth 514 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,240 of a tea spoon mixed in with the food, and 515 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,440 might tell people feed add fiber to the diet, brand 516 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,279 cooked oat meal, can pumpkin, sweet potato, cook sweet potato, 517 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,599 cooked potato, or ccilium. All of a sudden, they tell 518 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,440 me that the dog still has diarrhea. Well, how much 519 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,839 to do you use? They go, I was feeding them pumpkin. Oh, 520 00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:10,039 you added this small amount to their regular diet. You dope. 521 00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:12,119 Give them a straight pumpkin out of the can. Of 522 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,200 course they're gonna have diarrhea. It's all about volume for 523 00:27:15,319 --> 00:27:18,680 most dogs, maybe half a teaspoon to a teaspoon. If 524 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,960 it's a huge dog, it might be a tablespoon, but 525 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,640 not plain mixed in with their regular food. With silium, 526 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,400 which more concentrated. You're going from a small amount an 527 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,599 eighth of a teaspoon to a quarter to maybe a 528 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,200 half a teaspoon, and a big dog. Again, you mix 529 00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:34,720 it in with the food, and if that doesn't work, 530 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,440 Plus it's a pup by now, I would imagine this 531 00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:40,799 puppy already had a fecal sample run if it was negative, 532 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,039 so you can eliminate that GRD or something. If it 533 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,200 was positive. Obviously you need to treat the parasites. If 534 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,920 it wasn't done, then bring a stool sample to your 535 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,400 veterinarian and have them evaluate the stool to see if 536 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,039 there were any parasites or giardia. And then beyond that 537 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,160 the next step. If the dietary modification and adding the 538 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,000 fibri alone doesn't work, then see your vet. I would 539 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:06,519 start something called flagile and nectronitisol and it seems to 540 00:28:06,599 --> 00:28:10,880 be very very helpful in cases of colitis. All right, 541 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,359 what's the best tool to clip nails? The nail file 542 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,559 of the clippers? Well, I would say the best thing. 543 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,559 It depends on the animal. We use nail clippers and 544 00:28:19,599 --> 00:28:22,480 then we use the dremo to just round out the edges. 545 00:28:22,839 --> 00:28:24,960 There are dremos out there that are silent. You don't 546 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,720 hear it. The pet doesn't really feel it unless you 547 00:28:27,799 --> 00:28:29,960 get too much. You don't want it the quick. Now, 548 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,880 if you don't know what you're doing, or the nails 549 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,720 are black, you're better off taking a little less because 550 00:28:34,759 --> 00:28:36,759 if you take more and you hit that quick, and 551 00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:38,599 the first of all, what do you have that quick? 552 00:28:38,839 --> 00:28:40,759 You have the nerve and you have the blood supply. 553 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,200 If you want to develop a pet that is going 554 00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:45,160 to go nuts next time you approach them to clip 555 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,519 and nails. Clip their nails a little too short a 556 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:50,720 few times or even once, and you've lost it. So 557 00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:53,319 you're better off. Less is more, don't do it if 558 00:28:53,319 --> 00:28:55,759 you're not sure. Now, clear nails ring and actually see 559 00:28:55,759 --> 00:28:57,960 what you're doing, then it's a little easy to avoid 560 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,240 the quick because you can see the pink part through 561 00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:03,279 the sort of clear nail. Now, if you have dogs 562 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,519 and many and cats, some of are clear and some 563 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,720 of the nails are black pignited, then look how much 564 00:29:09,759 --> 00:29:11,960 you took away from the clear ones, and you could 565 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,240 do that same amount from the black ones and you 566 00:29:14,279 --> 00:29:17,200 should be okay. Now, if they're really not that long, 567 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:19,880 you just want to take the sharpness away, use a dremal. 568 00:29:20,039 --> 00:29:22,839 The drummer is great. Filing with a nail file, you 569 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,759 could do it, but it's the back and forth too much. 570 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,480 I think the pets can object. But you did dremal 571 00:29:28,519 --> 00:29:30,440 where you can just keep in one spot and the 572 00:29:30,599 --> 00:29:33,119 dremo is doing the thing going around around is doing 573 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,880 the filing, then they do really well with that. So 574 00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:40,240 my recommendation. So where that's where it starts. Okay, primeate, 575 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,079 it's hard way Kippos, Steve, I wish you got all that. Oh, 576 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,640 and b to Kevin, what happened to my arm again? 577 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,799 I hyper extended, took a fall playing basketball with youngsters. 578 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,640 Had nothing to do with that. It was just two 579 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,559 of us running for the same ball. Our legs got 580 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:57,640 entangled and I went flying. And the way I landed 581 00:29:57,839 --> 00:29:59,480 I don't know exactly. All I know my hand was 582 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,880 stuck un me, and which is a good thing. I 583 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,160 broke the fall because even with that, I still hit 584 00:30:04,279 --> 00:30:06,960 my chin on the hard work pretty hard. Fortunately, nothing 585 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,319 happened to that. I maybe rattle my brain a little bit. 586 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,519 Maybe that's why I sound the way I do. But whatever. 587 00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:13,759 So I had to surgery to reattach. It's called the 588 00:30:13,839 --> 00:30:16,920 volar plate. And now I'm stuck in this thing, well 589 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,200 this thing for ten days, stitches out after ten and 590 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,279 then he puts on a hard cast for another two 591 00:30:21,359 --> 00:30:25,079 or three weeks. So I'm not so when he's three 592 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,640 years old and in the car off and it probably 593 00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:28,839 ate something. Yeah, something could be that that is simple 594 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:33,160 and it just was coincidental, all right, Lauren Danielle, all right, good. 595 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:36,759 I overstayed my welcome as is normally the case of course, 596 00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:39,160 I'm available anytime. For those of you who are going 597 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,799 to this Thursday, have an easy fast, and I will 598 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,880 be back next Sunday, same Bat time, same bat channel, 599 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,720 here on Instagram, live here on pet Life Radio, and 600 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,039 here on pet Life Radio. Fal questions during the week 601 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,240 email doctor Jeffdrjeff at Petlife Radio dot com and I 602 00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:58,599 will get those and for Instagram anyplace else where you 603 00:30:58,799 --> 00:31:03,160 just added on Instagram, or dr Jeff at DRGFF dot com, 604 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,880 Doctor jeffordet job doctor Jeff dot com. For those of 605 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,279 you using AIRBT, you can reach me at Jeff at 606 00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:11,160 air bet dot com. So anyway, let's put this way, 607 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,279 I'm hard not to get a hold of, and most 608 00:31:14,319 --> 00:31:17,240 of you probably have my cell phone number anyway, so 609 00:31:17,359 --> 00:31:19,400 if you if you have to call me, feel free 610 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,240 or send me a text. All right, anyway, have a 611 00:31:22,279 --> 00:31:25,799 wonderful week and we'll be here next week and again 612 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,200 Happy New Year to those who celebrate. And I said, 613 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,440 have an easy fast on Thursday. 614 00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:36,039 Speaker 4: By Let's talk pets every week on demand only on 615 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:38,079 Petlight Radio dot com.