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Speaker 1: Live. This is Pet Life Radio. Let's Talk Pets.

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Speaker 2: Hello, be lying friends, Welcome to Cata Tude. I'm your

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show host Michelle Furn. I have an exciting guest today

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who is from Zoettas and Zoettis has created a breed Explorer.

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Have you ever wondered what kind of cat is best

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for me? Well check out their breed Explore because it

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tells you all kinds of things about the type of

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cat that would sell best for you and fit your lifestyle.

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Stay tuned, we'll be right back.

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Speaker 4: Let's talk pets on Petlife Radio dot com.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone. I'd like to welcome my guest today,

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doctor Heather First. She is the medical lead at Zoetis,

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who is the global leader in animal health, and we're

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going to talk about the Zoettis reed Explore. Welcome, doctor Heather.

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I'm so happy to have you on the show. Is

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it okay if I call you doctor Heather? Absolutely so,

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Doctor Heather. I'm so so excited to have you on

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Best Bets for Pets. So, for those of us that

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have not heard about Zoetis, who is Zoetis? And then

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let's talk about what the Zoetis breed Explore is.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, now that sounds great. You know, Zoettas is a

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global animal health company and we make products for dogs

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and cats and other species of animals as well, and

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we really like to support, you know, the human animal

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bond and bring some really good resources to dog and

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cat owners.

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Speaker 2: Okay, great, thanks for sharing that information with our listeners.

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Let's talk about the breed Explore because I think it's

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really cool, and we are focused on all pets, so

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I think it's so important to know what you're getting,

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and you don't always know what you're getting with mutts,

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but a lot of key all well decide, you know,

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Oh I just love Jack Russell's They're my favorite. Or

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I just love a sphinx, you know, for for cats,

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not realizing how high maintenance they are. So I made

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that mistake too. I really wanted his sphinx un till

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I found out more about them and thought I can't commit.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I have a Chinese crusted dog, so I can

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empathize with.

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Speaker 2: That a Chinese. I've seen that a Chinese crested at

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the dog park. I was a long time ago. But

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they're they're so cool looking. So you can do research,

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but you have to go all over the place. So

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why did Zuetis decide? You know, I know they're into

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animal health and wealth there, but why did they decide

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we need a breed explore?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know what, there's so many new cat and

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dog owners both around and frequently I think people make

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the mistake of they see a cat breed or a

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dog breed on TV or in a movie and they're like, Hey,

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that's a really cool breed. I'm going to go get it,

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you know, not really thinking through that that breed might

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be made to do a job or function, it doesn't

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really fit with their family and their lifestyle. So you know,

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one thing that Zoetas wanted to do was get a

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veterinary approved resource that would really help people who are

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going out to get a new pet understand, you know,

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the unique needs and what qualities like different breeds might

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bring to the plate. You know, there's a lot of

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information out there online and you know, sometimes it can

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be really challenging to figure out what are the best

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resources to find out information about animal breeds. So, you know,

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Zoetas wanted to come out with this Veterinary Approved, an

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assessed site that has over four hundred dog and cat

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breeds on it and will give personalized insights to the

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pet owner about different animals that might meet their lifestyle.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thanks, I like that you said VET approved. So

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how does the Breed Explore connect with Zoetis's overall mission

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and pet health and responsible pet ownership and in addition

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the fact that the Breed Explorer is BET approved. But

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how does this all connect together with let's make sure

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that the we're really focused on pet health and responsible

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pet ownership. I like that word responsible.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I agree with you. I think you know,

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responsible and I would say informed pet ownership is really critical.

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You know, we want to be able to strengthen an

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animal bond, and we can do that we learn by

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providing guidance health tips, some education are all tools and resources.

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It will help those pet owners understand, you know, which

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pet is going to be best for their family, and

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you know, beyond linking to the Breed Explorer when that

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potential pet owner is going through the process of trying

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to think which animal is you know best for their lifestyle,

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it will also link out to some other Zoetis resources

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that have things like, for example, if you're bringing a

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new kitten home, a checklist for things you might want

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to think about, or if you're bringing a new puppy home,

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you know, what's a checklist? How do you puppyproof a

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kitten proof a home? You know, so that it's going

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to link out to a whole bunch of other really

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nice resources. And we have a team of many veterinarians

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who work with myself and myself and peers have gone

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through the information that they are both the resources and

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on a Breed Explorer. Just you need to make sure

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they're accurate to make sure the pet owners are getting

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the best information possible.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thank you. So the Breed Explorer has over four

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hundred breeds. What kind of data can you share with

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our listening audience that is included for each breed.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, that was great, and I can tell you

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when we first started getting all the data set, it

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was even impressive to me as a veterinarian, the amount

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of information that we had on different breeds. But you

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can look for things like energy level, family friendliness, potentially

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being hypoallergenic qualities, size, will they be good with kids?

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You know, and again that's an individual thing, but in generalities,

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which types of pets might be better in households with kids?

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Were they going to be great city pets or do

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they need to be you know, running outside grooming considerations.

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We were talking about sphinxes earlier. You know, that's one

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that pops on my radar that might have some extra

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skin issues. Also, you know, potential health considerations. There's some

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breeds of both cats and dogs that I adore, but

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I think owners need to be you know, aware of

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different health considerations that they might be getting into, things

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to look out for as those pets age, so they

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can find you know, kind of all those those pieces

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of information on this Pet Explorer site.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thanks, I think there's great information and one of

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the things that always is you know, top of mine

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for me, is that people that are adopting, the more

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they're aware of what they're adopting getting into. You know,

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it's not a toy you buy in return. Because puppies

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grow up to be dogs, kiddies grow up to be cats,

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and sometimes people are not informed. I'll give you a

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little bit history. I mentioned sphinks earlier. There was a

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listener that wanted to give me a sphinx. She wasn't

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in the same state, but they could be pricey, and

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I was really considering it, and it wasn't so much

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that they're I know, they're high maintenance. You know, for

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a cat that has no further, their skin gets oily.

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little cats. They need to be around you all the time.

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have three other cats and one is not so nice,

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and a sphinx has no fur so one claw and

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that poor little cat will be scratched. And you know

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there's other things too that you have to clean their

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ears in certain ways, to other high maintenance things. But

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the idea that even that there was a thought that

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one of my cats might attack this poor little kitten

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concern me. So for that reason, I decided to not

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adopt the cat because the little Sphinx kitten, because I

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don't want to bring a kitten into my home that

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could be, you know, hurt by one of my other cats.

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us that have cats, one little swipe and you have

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a cut, right, So can imagine that for a kitten.

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it was kind of knowing the breed and making sure

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that I was aware of what everything I was getting into.

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You know, like you said, family friendly, high energy. You know,

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if you're not a high energy person, don't get a

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high energy kitty or or breed or high energy dog

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like a Jack Russell because you know, unless you're planning

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to go the dog parks six times a week at least,

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forget it. So I think these are really important in

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helping people retain ownership, not just you know, adopt and decide, Ah,

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this dog's not for me or cat's not for me.

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Speaker 5: One hundred percent agree? And you know one thing I

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will say I'm super impressed with what you were telling

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me about the Sphinx because you know, I think most

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people when they look at the breed explorer would learn

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the skin cares a lot. But I'm even pressed that

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you thought even further down the line and how you

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know another cat scratch could be more detrimental to that

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new kitten. So that to me, what you your story

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is Florida one of the cornerstones of good you know,

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good health owners, you know, good pet stewardship and being

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a good pet owner and thinking through. You know, the

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last thing that we want is for somebody to get

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a dog or cat and realize it doesn't fit with

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their lifestyle, that it's not working out for them, and

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have to try and find a different house for the animal.

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what you're gonna get with that breed is critical. You know,

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every time a movie comes out with a certain you know,

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dogg or cat breed, the we vets will find people

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coming in with puppies of that. And you know, depending

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on a dog or cat breeds, sometimes we're like okay,

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and sometimes it can be a more challenging breed to

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train or a breed that's known to have some more

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potential health problems. That's frustrating that the people aren't, you know,

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getting informed about potential issues with that breed down the line.

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So I do think you know, it's important and to

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plan your pet's life and to plan your pets care

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early on whether you buy one or you know, adopt

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an older one that you know is a certain breed.

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I think that's critical.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So doctor Heather, how do you assure that the

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breed help and the care information is current and accurate?

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Speaker 5: You know, we're always continually, you know, updating the Breed

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Explore looking at it. You know, there's a lot of

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veterinary research that goes on a lot of journal articles

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that get published, so making sure that we really regularly

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look at that content, make sure it's relevant, reliable, you know.

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I know I personally have edited some other content on

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there a few times since it's been up, just to

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make sure that we're giving pet owners the most accurate

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And we'll look at beyond the Breed Explorer, We'll look

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at all of our resources we have for pet owners

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pretty regularly, and as trends chain, as information changes with

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pet ownership, we update those to reflect that.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thank you so much. Stay tuned. We'll be right

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Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone. We talked in the first half about

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the Zoetis breed Explorer, and we're gonna talk a little

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more about that. So doctor head how does the breed

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Explore help those that they've decided on a breed, And

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like you said, a movie comes out it's about, you know,

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cute lab everybody wants a lab or cute Yorki everybody

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wants a Yorkie. So there's that. You know, just because

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you love a breed doesn't mean that's the breed for you.

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longer with us, mister Zeus. So I added a thing

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for border Collies, but I like border Collie mutts because

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they're usually not quite as high energy. I've had two.

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high energy, like feisty. My other one was a Border

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a made up breed but it's not, and he was

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more like chill. So I know that breeds can only

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tell you so much. But they both needed to go

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to the dog park a few times a week otherwise

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in my house. So how can you people use to

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breed explore to help with mixed breeds because we see

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a lot of those in the shelters.

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really cool mixed breeds that I love and I'll share

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with you. I mentioned earlier my little dog, Dotti's a

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Chinese crusted but she's actually a Chinese crested mix. She

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looks like a Chinese crested, but she has terrier and

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Chihaba in her. But to your point talking about your

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border collies, I think because she has the terrier in her.

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will hike up mountains, do five or six mile hikes,

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which I wouldn't have thought for a Chinese crested, So

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the terrier comes out sometimes, you know, I would say

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for mixed breeds, you know a lot of times by

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what the primary breed is for sure, and then you

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know just by looks and qualities on it. So I

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an animal online at a shelter, at a rescue, you

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know a lot of times those shelters and rescues will

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or this is a this is a Begle cross, or

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you know, whatever breed they're looking at, and then you

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can look up. You know that there are some genetic

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testing that you can get done on your pets to

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figure out exactly what breeds they are. But I also think,

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you know, talking about the mixed breeds. I think that

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breed explorer is that, you know, these are tendencies for

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all these pets, but everybody is an individual, and a

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lot of how that dogger cat's going to turn out

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also is you know, how you raise it, how your

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environment is, what what veterinary care, preventive veterinary care you

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get for that pet even will help with its longevity.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thanks. I think it's also interesting how breed traits

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can predict potentially predict behavior, and we talked a little

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bit about that just now. But I'm going to tell

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you a little bit about my cat, Dennis. So Dennis

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found me. He was abandoned. He was outside crying one

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night cold and opened the door. He just walked in

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and I've had Dennis. Oh my gosh, almost eighteen seven fars.

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Speaker 5: Oh that's amazing.

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Speaker 2: I was not a cat person then my cat or

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two friends. I was not a cat person. And it

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wasn't until I had my next set of cats that

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I learned Dennis is like a typical He's more like

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a dog in action. So I found out he's part

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I didn't do a genetic test, but over just checking

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and everything, he's partnering Kun. So I thought he was

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like special, cool cat, but that's just in his nature.

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He's not what they say quote cat like. And I

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know some people might cringe here in that, but it

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was better for me to get started on a cat

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like this, you know my cat app because it was

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just a nice way to get used to cat behavior.

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But it also tricked me because I learned from other cats,

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especially Molly, that that's how cats are. So how much

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breed traits can you actually do as far as in behavior,

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because we touched on it, But how exact is that

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or is it just you know, it's some it's a tool,

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it's a guy, but it's not all of it.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna give you a mixed dance or I'm gonna say, Okay,

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that's a little bit of both is what I was.

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I'm gonna say. You know, I think that a lot

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of cat and dog breeds have been bred for long

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periods of time to do certain jobs. My mind goes

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more with the canine side and thinking about working dogs

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and dogs that were to you know, for example, hard sheep,

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herd cattle, or be watchdogs. I do think that when

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you have a specific breed of dog or cat that's

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been bred for generations to bring out certain qualities, they

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are pretty likely to bring some of those. I also think,

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though equally as important is you know, hey, you might

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get a dog that may have more energy, and you

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know that's going to be a behavior piece, so you know,

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you may maybe you want to do flyball with a dog,

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or maybe you want to do some extra training. So

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and I think that even with a mixed breed, that

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predominant breed is going to bring characteristics with it. And

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you know, talking about health wise, certainly as a veterinarian,

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you know there are genetic diseases, there are certain things

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that breeds are prone to those are gonna come to.

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appropriate environment is going to help. And you know, every

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animal obviously is an individu Joel too, so so no

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matter you know what you get, you might be surprised.

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Speaker 2: Okay, good answer. How does Breed Explorer work with other

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zoettics resources, like you know, maybe the Pet Health Checklist

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or vet visits?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I mean really great, Like you know, different things.

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It can be toxic to dogs or cats, how to

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puppy proof a cat or dog? You know, there's even

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articles I'm thinking about you talking about having a couple,

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you know, multiple cats, like what if one of your

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cats is having a litter box problems? What types of

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things can you do to problem? Shoot, you mentioned cleaning

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a cat ears. There is actually an article I just

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thought about that is on there about how to clean

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the cat ears. So for example, like if you look

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up a breed that may be tending to have skin

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problems or ear problems, and you might see a link

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at the bottom that's like, hey, you know, here's a

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link to how do you know if your dog has

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an ear infection? Or how do you know when to

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take your dog to a vet or cat to a

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vet with an ear infection, so you'll be able to

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find a whole bunch of other resources related to it,

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and again all veterinary approved. So I think those are

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you know, to me, that's kind of the critical piece too,

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is knowing that a veterinarian has looked at the resources

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and approved them.

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Speaker 2: Right, and that it's not just generic AI, which is

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leads into my next question. So are there plans to expand,

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red explore, maybe add more species. You know, dogs and

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cats are the most predominant pets in the US, but

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people have other things. I can't think of anything on badgehogs,

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guinea pig, ferrets, That's what I couldn't think of. Ferrets

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are coming out there big. What about a vet chat

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box or possible AI personalization, but it would have to

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be of course vet improved AI side.

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Speaker 5: I don't know how that Yeah, no, you know, and

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dogs and cats, but we do do all species. And

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and it's probably just because I have one. You know,

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there would be a good new species and I don't

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know if we're actually going to work on it or not.

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you know, that's another animal that people keep as pets,

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but the breed really has a the bread to do

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certain things. So similarly so with dog and cats. So

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something that could be done, you know, I know for sure,

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looking at things like vet chat bots, alien powered personalization,

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and making sure we have the links out to not

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just the blogs, the downloadables, but even video content too.

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content on there is going to be important as we

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Speaker 2: Okay, great, thank you. What is the one myth about breeds,

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whether you know, cats or dogs, that you wish people

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would stop believing?

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Speaker 5: I would say that breed and it's something I sort

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of said a few different times, but I'll say it

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pretty clear this time, is that breed alone determines you know, personality,

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because I will say, I think you can have any

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cat breed or any dog breed, and if you don't

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provide that animal with appropriate care, you may not have

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the best outcome. And on the flip side, if you

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really do your homework, if you really are engaged with

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how you're bringing that pet home, and what veterinary care

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you're getting for it, and if how you're working with

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that animal and handling it, introducing it, all those things

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really are critical in your pet's behavior beyond breed.

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Speaker 2: I absolutely agree. I think you can only look at

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the breed as a guide. But you're right, doesn't determine personality.

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It might just be you know, I think it's very

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good for energy level or expectations that people might not

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be prepared for, but yes, doesn't indicate personality at all.

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Do you think the breed explorer can help improve that

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animal bond animal like human bond in the long term.

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Speaker 5: I think so because I think when you think about

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that human animal bond, you know, part of it is,

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you know, how we're helping that dogger cat, but it's

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also how that dogger cat is supporting us in our journeys.

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us with an exercise partner? Are they helping us when

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we're stressed? So I think, you know, if you really

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sit down and critically think about, you know, what is

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my lifestyle, what is my family's lifestyle, where do I live?

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And which pet will fit in the best. I think

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it's a win win because not only will that animal

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be happier, but guess what you will be too. You know,

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I think you'll have a more successful relationship with that

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dogger cat, and you could see some of the great

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benefits of pet ownership.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Okay, we have time for one

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more question. If you could give every new pet owner

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a piece some advice, what would you tell them?

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Speaker 5: So I will say, I think being a veterinarian, I

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will say, you know, find a veterinarian in your area.

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It's going to become your partner in your pets health journey.

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You know, do your research, ask your friends, talk to

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different veterinarians, find a vet hospital that will work with you,

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and that person will be, you know, in your pets

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entire journey a partner. They'll be able to obviously help

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you with like preventative care, They'll be able to help

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you figure out when your pet's not feeling well, and

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they can even help out with behavior questions and problems.

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vet healthcare team to be your partner with your vet's

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care as you go through the journey.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for everyone listening. You can go

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to the show page for this show and there will

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be a link to the Zoetta Spreed Explore and where

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else can we find doctor Heather?

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Speaker 5: So if you go to zoettas PetCare dot com backslash

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breed hyphen Explorer, it will be there. But even I

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know me and I'm not good at typing in those

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long addresses. If you just type into Zoetta's US PetCare

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and say you're a pet owner, you can navigate to

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it from there pretty easily as well.

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Speaker 2: Okay, perfect, and that's spelled z's and zebra o e

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like egg tea as in tomis is and Sam.

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Speaker 5: Yep.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely okay, Doctor Heather, thank you so much, Thank you,

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this was fun. I hope everyone enjoyed the show. Thank

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you so much to listening to Catatude. This has definitely

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been eye opening. I really encourage you to go to

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Zoetta's breed Explore. There's so many different cat breeds and

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there's so much great information on it. I want to

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thank doctor Heather Burst for coming on Cata Tude. Thanks

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to my cat crew, Dennis, Charlotte and Molly. I did

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investigate you guys, and I really know mostly what Dennis

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Charlotte is just I don't know Calico mix, so it's

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hard to tell what these they are, but Dennis I

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