1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: You were listening to Petlifradio dot Com. 2 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,679 Speaker 2: Well, good afternoon to all my fellow pet lovers out there, 3 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,320 and I am Jeff Werber and you are here with 4 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,759 me for the next half hour on Asktabet's with Doctor 5 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,159 Jeff on pet Life Radio, the number one the best 6 00:00:38,359 --> 00:00:42,039 pet life radio show that's animal radio show, animal show. 7 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:43,399 Speaker 3: Period out there. 8 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,679 Speaker 2: And I know there's been some sort of cooperation. Now 9 00:00:47,679 --> 00:00:49,759 we have a nice thing going with the iHeartRadio, which 10 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:52,799 is really cool. 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You know, 33 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:52,280 at the bottom it says talks about the friends you 34 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:54,560 can go ahead and says click here to join the conversation. 35 00:01:54,799 --> 00:01:58,200 Go ahead and join the conversation right now, and we 36 00:01:58,239 --> 00:02:01,640 will be happy to share your question with everybody else 37 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,400 you know here. As I was getting ready for the show, 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,719 I was just listening to deb Wolf and some really 39 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:10,520 great information about, you know, how to approach strange dogs. 40 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,800 You know, I often have the moniker. They call me 41 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,080 the I heard your expert in aggressive dogs, as if 42 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,439 to say I did a residency in aggressive dogs after 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,520 Veterini School, And the truth matter is no, I didn't, 44 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,360 but if we can understand where they're coming from. I'm 45 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,280 known as the Kissy Doctor because I get more tongue 46 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:30,400 than anybody I know, and I'm licked in the face 47 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,280 all the time, and in my thirty years, thirty years, 48 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,199 I was literally bitten once, well twice, in the face. 49 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,759 Once when I was a little kid. I was five, 50 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:40,360 and I stepped on my sleeping Doberman. He didn't think 51 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,120 that was a very cool idea, and he kind of 52 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:45,680 awakened from his sleep with his mouth around my face. 53 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,800 But short of that, in all my years, I've only 54 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,400 been bitten once in the face. And I wasn't even 55 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:54,039 sticking my face into this dog's face. I was actually 56 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,639 talking to the owner and the dog was in the car. 57 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,360 I had walked out to talk to the owner. She 58 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:02,080 was in the car with her pitbull cross, obviously known 59 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,639 to be a little bit aggressive, and I didn't want 60 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,159 to talk to them in a noisy, crazy waiting room, 61 00:03:07,159 --> 00:03:08,280 so I told me, got to the car, I'll come 62 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:08,759 out in a minute. 63 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: So I walked outside and. 64 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 2: The dog comes and greets me, sticks his head out 65 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 the window, gives me a lick like it always did, 66 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:15,479 and all of a. 67 00:03:15,439 --> 00:03:18,039 Speaker 3: Sudden, I'm talking to the owner and he just jumped. 68 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,319 Speaker 2: And grabbed me right on the lower lip. So called 69 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,319 my good friend, the plastic surgeon. You'd never know to 70 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,199 look at me now, but you know, typically you just 71 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,280 got to read dogs. There was I'm sure many of 72 00:03:27,319 --> 00:03:30,719 you have seen this video, the tape that was all 73 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,960 over the internet from this newscaster and they were doing 74 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,759 some pet adoption piece or something. In this they brought 75 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,439 not a pit bull. Now understand, this is a pit 76 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,800 bull that's up for adoption. How much do we know 77 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:44,680 about the history of this dog? And the answer is zero. 78 00:03:45,159 --> 00:03:48,919 And you are a newsperson, you are not an animal person. 79 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:49,879 Speaker 3: So how much do you. 80 00:03:49,879 --> 00:03:53,919 Speaker 2: Know about the art of truly reading a dog's body 81 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,159 posturing things like that? Well, anyway, she gets on and 82 00:03:57,199 --> 00:03:59,639 she sticks her face, grabs me by the head, sticks 83 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,879 her face right in his dog's face, and he did 84 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,759 what many dogs in that position might do, and that 85 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,919 environment with lights and cameras and lots of people and 86 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,479 strange people, and just literally bit right into our face. 87 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,840 It was caught live on TV, and as they said, 88 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,399 it was all over the internet for long. You can still, 89 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:19,480 you know, easily google it. But that was really not 90 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,480 the smart thing to do. And you have to realize 91 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,040 that if you are going to work with dogs, you 92 00:04:25,079 --> 00:04:28,000 need to learn to how to approach them. Read their 93 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,240 position of their ears, read their tail, read the hackles 94 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,000 on their back. They start getting stiff as you're approaching them. 95 00:04:34,319 --> 00:04:37,319 That is not a good sign. So you know, just 96 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,120 knowing this, it would just alleviate a lot of issues 97 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:41,639 if you're going up there. You know, Deb gave us 98 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:43,240 great advice. You don't want to go up to a 99 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:44,959 dog that you don't know and start whacking them on, 100 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,879 you know, let them sense you get low, you know, 101 00:04:47,959 --> 00:04:50,120 don't be a threat to them. Just you know, it's 102 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,040 amazing how well these dogs can do, and you need 103 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,759 to be in control. I had this dog come in 104 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,160 actually just last week, and the reason it came to 105 00:04:58,199 --> 00:05:00,639 me is because the last two veterinarians wouldn't the dog 106 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,600 in their office anymore. And I told the owner, I'm 107 00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:06,279 not worried. Just bring the dog in and we're gonna 108 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,120 meet outside, not in the office. Eliminate some of the 109 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,120 smells and some of the sounds. And as I walked 110 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,800 up and I approached her, the dog, of course took 111 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,079 the posturing and I told her in advance that I'm 112 00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:17,839 gonna come up to her and she's going to I'm 113 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:22,120 just like passing the baton and to hand me the leash, 114 00:05:22,319 --> 00:05:25,240 so this dog doesn't realize that this pass had taken place. 115 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,079 And I start walking away from her, and now I 116 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:31,600 have the leash, and I called the dog by name, 117 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,160 and I do a little heel. 118 00:05:33,439 --> 00:05:34,079 Speaker 3: And as I'm. 119 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,439 Speaker 2: Walking with this dog and he's really doing pretty well, 120 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,759 I'm sort of inching my hand down the leash to 121 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,399 where the leash attaches to the collar and ultimately is 122 00:05:42,439 --> 00:05:44,720 on a sit. I'm starting to pet him just gently 123 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:46,720 behind the ears, on top of the head, you know, 124 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:50,480 a little rubbed neck rub. Literally within not even ten minutes, 125 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,759 I'm kneeling down. I examined this dog, including the mouth, 126 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,920 gave him medication, gave him a shots, and not even 127 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,560 one attempt. I must obviously the dog knows that I'm 128 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,319 no longer a threat. And the dog obviously was afraid 129 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,160 at elsewhere animal hospital and wasn't afraid with us because 130 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,240 of the way I sort of set the tone from 131 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,759 the beginning. And if you do it, it's really most 132 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,439 dogs out there are not really aggressive. I mean, there 133 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,959 are some dogs that you can tell. You can tell 134 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,519 the difference between invading a dog's space and having them 135 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,160 become somewhat of a fear bier all right, or even 136 00:06:24,199 --> 00:06:26,600 an aggressive bier, but only when you invade their space. 137 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,360 Versus a dog that you walk into room and they 138 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,399 are going to run across the room. 139 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,199 Speaker 3: And lunge at you. That is a problem dog. 140 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:38,079 Speaker 2: But most of them, the vast majority, ninety five ninety 141 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,160 eight percent, are not like that. And also, by the way, 142 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:45,519 what's also amazing about dogs is they read us way 143 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,680 better than we read them, and they can read our fear, 144 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,399 they can read our anxiety, and if you are timid 145 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,600 around an aggressive dog, oh my gosh, this dog is 146 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,399 definitely going to take advantage. So again you have to 147 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,639 kind of know how to read them and how to 148 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,279 work around them. And if you do, that relationship is 149 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,800 just going to be a phenomenal, phenomenal relationship. Anyways, if 150 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,120 you're out there and if I would like to hear 151 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,680 from you, you can send me an email call us. 152 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,560 I want to know if any of you eight seven 153 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,879 seven three eight five eight eight eighty two, what kind 154 00:07:14,879 --> 00:07:17,120 of experience any of you have had. I'm sure there 155 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,639 are very few dog lovers, very few dog trainers, and 156 00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:24,319 very few veterinarians out there that have never been bitten 157 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,199 by a dog or a cat, I know you have, 158 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,680 so don't lie. I want to hear the story. I 159 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,079 want to hear what happened and when this happened. Have 160 00:07:31,279 --> 00:07:34,439 you sort of thought about the circumstance and said, oh, 161 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,160 I know what I did. I mean, I had one 162 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:38,839 classic one, and you know, deav mentioned something about a Rottweiler, 163 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,399 and again I see a lot of Now I don't 164 00:07:41,399 --> 00:07:43,480 see that anymore because they aren't that popular anymore. But 165 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,680 ten fifteen years ago, you know, sort of back in 166 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,480 the eighties for sure, and the early nineties, Rottweilers they 167 00:07:49,639 --> 00:07:51,959 were at one point sort of like the fortieth most 168 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:55,240 popular dog on a case's top fifty, and then they 169 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,959 worked their way down to eleven, number eleven most popular 170 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:01,560 dog in the US the AKC. So, I mean, every 171 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:02,959 other dog that would come into my office was a 172 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,439 ROADI and I remember a very very aggressive Rottwiler and. 173 00:08:06,399 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 3: Many of them are and were. 174 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 2: And I'm doing my magic, working my magic on this dog, 175 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:13,600 and he was actually really good. And one trick is 176 00:08:14,199 --> 00:08:19,319 never take your eyes off of the dog's face behavior body. 177 00:08:19,519 --> 00:08:21,560 And I'm sitting and talking with the owner at this point, 178 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,920 I'm sort of kneeling down. I got him under the chin, 179 00:08:24,279 --> 00:08:27,160 he softened, Everything was good, and I made the cardinal 180 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,680 mistake and I took my eyes off of him. And 181 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,840 sure enough, as I'm petting him and talking to the owner, 182 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,480 my attention is that the owner. Now, he just turns 183 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,759 around and gives me just a little nipple on the hand. 184 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:41,039 Fortunately it wasn't that bad. But he got me pretty good, 185 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,279 didn't need stitches or anything. And I felt like such 186 00:08:43,279 --> 00:08:45,480 an idiot. I broke my own rule. I broke my 187 00:08:45,519 --> 00:08:48,759 own rule, which was, don't ever ever take your eyes 188 00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:49,519 off this dog. 189 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 3: Anyway. 190 00:08:50,159 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 2: We have a caller coming in at the eight seven seven, three, 191 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:53,639 eight five eighty eight two. 192 00:08:53,879 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 3: Hi, Hi, Hi, Hello, Hi, how are you? 193 00:08:58,279 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 4: Oh good? 194 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 3: And you have a question for me a comment. 195 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 5: So I was just going to ask you. My cat, 196 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:08,360 who's a fairly large cat, has been on the light 197 00:09:08,879 --> 00:09:12,679 style food, you know, for the last oh probably eight years, 198 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,559 and he's about eleven years old now. 199 00:09:14,799 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: And when you say a fairly large cat, what is 200 00:09:16,759 --> 00:09:18,879 so we have an eleven year old male, I assume 201 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,159 male neutered, male neutered. And when you say a fairly 202 00:09:22,279 --> 00:09:24,639 large let's put into perspective for our audience. Are we 203 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,720 talking fifteen pounds or twenty. 204 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,279 Speaker 5: Five pounds, no more like sixteen pounds. 205 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,519 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, see for two of my cats that's 206 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,279 actually small. But ye, our house cat here at the 207 00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:37,519 hospital is twenty four pounds, and one of my cats 208 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:39,600 at home is twenty two pounds, and another one is 209 00:09:39,639 --> 00:09:40,279 twenty pounds. 210 00:09:40,279 --> 00:09:43,279 Speaker 3: So I'm used to big relatives. It is all relative. 211 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,399 Speaker 2: Hey, so you have a big eleven year old cat. 212 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,399 He's eating light food, and so. 213 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,399 Speaker 5: He's now from last year to this year, and he's 214 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,960 been eating light food for many years, and he's probably 215 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,799 lost about a pounds, okay, fifteen pounds now, right, sixteen pounds. 216 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,919 So I was just was just at some point, you know, 217 00:10:02,039 --> 00:10:04,279 his whole life, or his most of his adult life, 218 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,000 he's been on the light food because the vet was 219 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:09,000 worried that, you know, he was just going to keep 220 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,200 getting bigger and bigger and bigger and be too fat. 221 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,159 But at about fifteen pounds or so, he seemed okay 222 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,399 for the size of cat. He was right, And he's 223 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,159 been stable at that weight for a long time. But 224 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:22,679 as he's getting a little older, I was wondering, at 225 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,360 some point, how would you decide that he should not 226 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,159 be on the light food anymore or not. 227 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:28,159 Speaker 3: Well, here's the thing. 228 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,879 Speaker 2: First of all, at eleven years of age, you probably, 229 00:10:30,879 --> 00:10:33,679 if you haven't already, you should be having a really 230 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,360 a full physical sooner than later. And that's where they 231 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,360 take the blood in urine. Obviously, we're always worried about 232 00:10:38,399 --> 00:10:42,679 kidneys with these older cats, always worried about diabetes, especially 233 00:10:42,799 --> 00:10:45,639 larger cats. Cats are known to have what's called type 234 00:10:45,639 --> 00:10:48,200 two diabetes, which is the kind of diabetes that people 235 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,600 get so oh, you know, overweight people, So that's always 236 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,639 a concern. Of course, heart disease, cardamiopathy. Some of these 237 00:10:54,639 --> 00:10:57,279 big cats might have some main coon in them, some 238 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,519 of the Persians, and they might be prone to certain 239 00:10:59,519 --> 00:11:01,039 things like that. So I think a good physical would 240 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:03,480 be in order. The only thing I mean at this age, 241 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,279 I would like to see sort of the slow transition, 242 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,879 maybe even by settling with fifty to fifty by the way, 243 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,080 to a senior diet, because only we do want to 244 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,200 cut down the protein in the diet. It makes it 245 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,559 easier on the aging kidneys. By the way, one of 246 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:20,720 the number one diseases afflicting our older cats is going 247 00:11:20,759 --> 00:11:23,039 to be kidney failure. Another thing we see often an 248 00:11:23,039 --> 00:11:25,039 older cats, but it doesn't seem to be the case 249 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,960 in a big cat like yours. Is hyperthyroidism, But then again, 250 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,759 if we had that, we probably would have a cat 251 00:11:29,799 --> 00:11:33,600 that's losing weight much faster than you want based on 252 00:11:33,639 --> 00:11:36,480 the hyperthyroid status. So I think that's probably a safe 253 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,840 bet that we don't have that issue to deal with now. 254 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,440 So I would start with the good physical If everything 255 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,639 is really just perfect and he's eleven but he tests 256 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,600 like six, then stay where you're at. If you wanted 257 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,240 to put him on a little senior diet, I would 258 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,559 slowly increase or gradually add in a good senior food. 259 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:56,639 Talk to your veterinarian about it, and they said, at 260 00:11:56,639 --> 00:11:58,720 this age he's you know, eleven for a cat is 261 00:11:58,759 --> 00:12:02,600 not super super old. We're not really geriatric yet. We're 262 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,360 moving into the adult senior adult status. So I wouldn't 263 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,679 be a bad idea to start on a food that's 264 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,919 a little better, easier for them to digest, easier on 265 00:12:11,919 --> 00:12:15,399 their kidneys, but still having a lower fat. And interestingly, 266 00:12:15,639 --> 00:12:18,200 because of the fact that most senior pets are slowing down, 267 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,840 they're not exercising as much, most of those foods are 268 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,840 lower calories already, so I think that would be a 269 00:12:24,919 --> 00:12:25,600 wise thing. 270 00:12:25,799 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: Do you get a chance? Is he intoor outdoor? Just indoor? 271 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 5: He does both? 272 00:12:29,519 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 3: He does both? 273 00:12:30,279 --> 00:12:33,039 Speaker 2: All right, Look, you're probably as an indoor outdoor cat, 274 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,639 you're probably going to get as much exercises as you 275 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,279 probably can out of him already. I mean, the problem 276 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,000 is with many of us a pilose with live in 277 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,200 big cities. I have six cats, they're all indoors, and 278 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,639 you know, obviously the biggest challenge is getting them to 279 00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:48,679 exercise because you know, they want to graze, they want 280 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,039 to eat. Most of us, do you free feed or 281 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,120 do you have a meal time? 282 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:52,639 Speaker 6: No? 283 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 5: He has dry food available all the time, right right. 284 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 3: And that's exactly what we do. 285 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 2: We do a meal in the morning and a meal 286 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,279 in the evening, and then they have the dry food 287 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,919 to nibble on all day. And I think that's pretty standard. 288 00:13:03,039 --> 00:13:05,919 So if you've gotten down to sixteen and now fifteen 289 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,200 and the veterinarian says that you know that's a good 290 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,159 weight for your cat, obviously a fairly good sized framed cat, 291 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:13,360 then yeah, I would just the only reason I would 292 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,840 switch is not necessarily for the weight issue, but because 293 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,320 at eleven, we're starting to get into those early senior years, 294 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:21,919 and it might be just good to add in not 295 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,720 necessarily switch completely. And I think down the road, four 296 00:13:24,759 --> 00:13:27,000 or five years down the road, it'll be easier to 297 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:30,200 continue that transition to the all senior food if he's 298 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,399 already kind of used to it. 299 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 3: So that would be a bad idea. Okay, all right, and. 300 00:13:36,919 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 2: I know you have to absolutely. Then they ask you 301 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,000 a question. I don't know if you've been listening in 302 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,840 have you ever had dogs or just cats? 303 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,279 Speaker 5: I haven't had dogs for many years now. 304 00:13:45,399 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 2: Okay, So as a cat owner, cat lover, how many 305 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:48,480 cats do you have? 306 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 3: Just the one? Just one, just one? Ever been bitten 307 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:51,440 by a cat? 308 00:13:51,919 --> 00:13:54,919 Speaker 5: No? Not really? I mean, oh good baby, you know 309 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:55,960 kitten that was sill? 310 00:13:56,039 --> 00:13:57,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, a little bit, but not right. 311 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 2: And just you know, while we're on the subject, but 312 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,000 we were talking about, you know, people and approaching strange 313 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,720 dogs or cats, and you know, one thing you notice 314 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,240 is about funny and listen, I'm glad you called it 315 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:07,480 with a cat question. Cats are really funny because you 316 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:11,200 can have and this happens. Cats have a threshold. I 317 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,000 wouldn't say all cats. Many cats have a threshold up 318 00:14:14,039 --> 00:14:16,919 to which they will actually tolerate being petted. In fact, 319 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,080 they like it. But all of a sudden, in the 320 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,679 middle of the petting, when they reach that threshold, they 321 00:14:21,679 --> 00:14:23,360 are going to turn around and they're either going to 322 00:14:23,399 --> 00:14:26,000 try to grab you with all four feet and pull 323 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,679 their hand into you and start nibbling on your wrists 324 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,840 or your fingers, right, or they're just going to turn 325 00:14:30,879 --> 00:14:34,360 around and give you a whack. So, oh yeah, and 326 00:14:34,399 --> 00:14:36,080 that is a cat thing, you know. You get the 327 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,919 dog rolled over on the belly, right. You could sit 328 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,919 there for two hours. The cat you could sit there 329 00:14:39,919 --> 00:14:41,919 maybe for twenty seconds, and all of a sudden, Oh 330 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,159 my god, I've had enough. And boy, don't they let 331 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,279 you know it. And as bad as bad as dog 332 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,600 bites are for everybody out there, cat bites are way worse. 333 00:14:52,039 --> 00:14:54,559 Speaker 3: They seem to have much more bacteria in the mouth. 334 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 2: I mean personally, you know, when you get that little nibble, 335 00:14:56,519 --> 00:14:58,519 I don't worry too much about the dog bite. I'll 336 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,000 wash my handles, open water, fish, a little scratch or 337 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,240 whatever with the teeth and I'm done. Maybe little neosporn 338 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:03,600 on it. 339 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:06,679 Speaker 3: Done? Deal cat, Oh my god, get out that antibody. 340 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: Get out that augmented of the clavimox and start, you know, 341 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,879 going to town because cat bites can be pretty bad. Anyway, 342 00:15:11,919 --> 00:15:15,000 Thanks for the call and anytime listen, if you can 343 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,080 hang on, I'm gonna get some information or Mark in 344 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,200 the studio will get some information from you and we'll 345 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,559 send you out something really special for your kiddie and 346 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,399 Kay as a caller, I will good pro Sense product, 347 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:26,000 one of our sponsors. As a matter of fact, speaking 348 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,960 of sponsors, we are it's time for a commercial break, 349 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,440 so thanks all for listening. Eight seven seven three eight 350 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,519 five eight eight eight two. When we come back, we'll 351 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:35,159 talk a little bit more bites. 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I was so intrigued 405 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,240 by listening to the conversation from the show just before 406 00:19:08,319 --> 00:19:10,279 us from a deb wolf and you know a lot 407 00:19:10,279 --> 00:19:13,480 of great information and you know, don't be timid now, 408 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:15,480 you know. Let's while we're on that subject, let's talk 409 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,720 about what do you do if you're, say, at a park, 410 00:19:17,799 --> 00:19:20,319 or you're out in public somewhere and you see an 411 00:19:20,319 --> 00:19:22,359 aggressive dog or dogs? And how many stories have we 412 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,079 heard about, you know, the two dogs. And by the way, 413 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,160 when you see two loose dogs running and seemingly aggressive, 414 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,640 that is worse than the one. And the reason for 415 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,920 that is it sets off sort of like a pac mentality. 416 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,279 You're much safer to have just the one that you 417 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:39,720 can deal with too, not just because the strength and numbers, 418 00:19:39,759 --> 00:19:42,480 but they seem to feed off of each other, part 419 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,680 in the pun when it comes to dogs. But that 420 00:19:44,839 --> 00:19:46,279 could make it worse. So some of the things that 421 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,759 might work when you're dealing with one dog may not 422 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:51,519 work as well sadly when you have this pack mentality. 423 00:19:51,559 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 3: But a couple of things that you can do. 424 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 2: First of all, and you've heard this before, don't run, 425 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,440 because what happens is that now it becomes a predator 426 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,279 prey instinct that sort of will click into that dog. 427 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:07,119 And trust me, I don't care who you are, I 428 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,920 don't care. If you're the world record holder in the mile, 429 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,799 you will not outrun a dog. So you just have 430 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,039 to know that they can catch up to you, and 431 00:20:15,079 --> 00:20:18,759 they will want to if you're running. Number Two, don't challenge, 432 00:20:18,799 --> 00:20:21,640 meaning don't look an aggressive dog in the eyes, because 433 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,400 to them that's a threat. Number Three, if you really 434 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,480 think you're gonna lose this battle in this dog is tough, 435 00:20:26,799 --> 00:20:30,160 bend down, crouch down, kind of put your hands covering 436 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,680 your head, your face, take your face like down into 437 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,240 here in between your legs, and hopefully some help will come. 438 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,680 If you're not much of a threat, maybe the dog 439 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,359 will stop. Here's the best thing. However, dogs don't necessarily 440 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,400 have great depth perception. In fact, I'll take it one 441 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,079 step further. They have lousy depth perception. So if you 442 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,039 look around where you are, if you are close to 443 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,799 a wall, even if it's the end of a brick wall, 444 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,920 somewhere a tree or a park, car lean up against 445 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:01,720 one of anything you can, because dog doesn't realize that 446 00:21:01,839 --> 00:21:04,079 you might be standing now even if you're up against 447 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,839 the wall, there might be eight ten inches really you're 448 00:21:06,839 --> 00:21:09,119 in front of that wall. But to the dog, they 449 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:09,759 don't get it. 450 00:21:09,799 --> 00:21:12,599 Speaker 3: To the dog. You are literally part of the wall. 451 00:21:12,799 --> 00:21:15,519 Speaker 2: And obviously a dog is not going to lunge for 452 00:21:15,599 --> 00:21:18,400 a wall or a lunge to a tree, so they 453 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,440 will sit there. They might park themselves in front of you, 454 00:21:20,559 --> 00:21:23,519 and they might be barking and salivating and growling and 455 00:21:23,559 --> 00:21:26,200 showing their teeth, but it's less likely that they're going 456 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,680 to take that lunge. Just be very still, and again, 457 00:21:28,839 --> 00:21:31,039 don't look them in the eye. So those are just 458 00:21:31,039 --> 00:21:33,720 some tricks to avoid being bitten by a dog, and 459 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,279 you should teach your kids the same thing. The biggest 460 00:21:36,279 --> 00:21:39,720 mistake people make because they start running around, hands flailing around, 461 00:21:40,039 --> 00:21:42,200 and you know, that's like an invitation to the dog 462 00:21:42,279 --> 00:21:43,960 to say, okay, come and get me, come and get 463 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,279 me and bite me. So be really careful out there. 464 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,119 So anyway, again, I want to hear more stories. I 465 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,000 mean like to know if any of you out there 466 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:53,799 that work with animals, especially or just even if you don't, 467 00:21:53,839 --> 00:21:55,599 even if you're just a pet parent, how many of 468 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:56,559 you have been bitten by. 469 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,079 Speaker 3: Your own dogs. 470 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 2: That's a good one. I'd love to hear about that. 471 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,400 Send me a response and send me your information and 472 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,960 we'll go ahead and talk about that at a future show. 473 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,559 How many listeners out there have been bitten by their 474 00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:08,599 own dog? I mean I have It's not the craziest 475 00:22:08,599 --> 00:22:10,400 thing in the world. When I was little, I'm act 476 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,759 that's some really stupid things, they said. Stepping on a 477 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,279 sleeping Doberman is really not that smartest thing in the world. 478 00:22:16,319 --> 00:22:18,799 But you know, sometimes it's just My aunt had a dog, 479 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:20,519 for example. Of all the breeds, and those of you 480 00:22:20,559 --> 00:22:22,000 that have this breed, and I have two of them, 481 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,200 can certainly appreciate. 482 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 3: His dog was a yellow Labrador. 483 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,079 Speaker 2: And he was the sweetest, the most fun the greatest dog. 484 00:22:29,279 --> 00:22:32,799 I mean literally would lick you to death major tongue. Okay, 485 00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:36,039 but he had a bone, and I'm talking this one 486 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,240 bone that he used to play with, and darn it, 487 00:22:38,319 --> 00:22:41,079 you could not get near this guy when he was 488 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,400 chewing on his bone. And I'm talking even me and 489 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,119 I got along great with him. Anyone, my aunt, her family, 490 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,279 my cousins, nobody. That was the one time his name 491 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,920 was by Centennial Barnabus. They got him back in nineteen 492 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,640 seventy six. They called him Barney. And you could not 493 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,599 touch this dog when he was chewing his bone. It 494 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,839 was off limits. And it was really funny because a labrador, 495 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,799 they'll usually get up and start licking you in this 496 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:04,680 because they know they can probably get another bone. But 497 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,720 it was very interesting. So I want to know who 498 00:23:06,759 --> 00:23:09,359 out there of our listeners, and hopefully there are quite 499 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,440 a few of you listening today who are afraid to 500 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,559 call us at eight seven seven three eight five eight 501 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:15,720 eight eighty two or send me a question at doctor 502 00:23:15,799 --> 00:23:18,759 Jeff at petlife radio dot com who's been bitten by 503 00:23:18,759 --> 00:23:20,599 their own dog. So, first of all, it's been really 504 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:23,640 busy at work. I've had some really really good cases. Sadly, 505 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,960 one of our splenectomy cases. Actually, I think I told 506 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,960 you we had two. One that I thought was going 507 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,559 to be disaster came back benine. The other one which 508 00:23:31,559 --> 00:23:35,599 did come back malignant and started treating and this poor 509 00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:38,559 girl she started to metastasize and it's the hardest thing. 510 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,920 And you know, the dog is twelve or thirteen. So 511 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,160 I mean, overall it did fairly well, but you know, 512 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,680 it's tough because it's a dog in a family with 513 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,799 two small kids, and it's really really I mean, it's 514 00:23:49,799 --> 00:23:52,119 always tough to say goodbye. It's always tough to deliver 515 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,720 that news about a dog who's coming out of our mission, 516 00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:58,400 or the tumor that we knew was going to metastasize 517 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,839 finally is and starting to create some havoc in the 518 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,359 liver and more bleeding, et cetera. But to have to 519 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,160 break that news to kids is really really tough because 520 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,400 they don't understand it the same. 521 00:24:07,599 --> 00:24:08,599 Speaker 3: So it's really sad. 522 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 2: But doing a lot of media work. In fact, we're 523 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,960 going to try to post a segment. I just did 524 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,640 a segment on our local ABC affiliate here in Los Angeles. 525 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,799 I have one coming up next week on our one 526 00:24:17,839 --> 00:24:20,480 of our local stations. It's a CBS station, it's called 527 00:24:20,519 --> 00:24:22,440 k CAL, Channel nine, and I'll. 528 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 3: Work on a few. 529 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 2: I'm coming into New York actually in a couple of 530 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,559 weeks to do another segment. But I'm getting a lot 531 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:29,960 of interest in something that obviously many of us do 532 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,119 and have done for a long time. And for some reason, 533 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,720 I think it's because of all the Housewives TV shows 534 00:24:34,759 --> 00:24:36,720 you know outside of Dallas and How's Wives Miami and 535 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,119 Housewives of New Jersey and Los Angeles, Housewives of New York. 536 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 3: But plastic surgery for pets and TV. 537 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 2: Producers, news producers are so intrigued that the whole concept 538 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,640 of plastic surgery for pets like, oh my god, why 539 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,160 would it pet ap plastic surgery? So I often have 540 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,039 to sort of put the brakes on. I said, time out, 541 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:57,680 time out. We're not talking cosmetic surgery. We're talking pure, 542 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:00,960 the purest of the plastic surgery, which is plastics and 543 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,559 reconstructive surgery. When inventing medicine with pets, our biggest concern, 544 00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:09,359 our primary focus is going to be on function, so 545 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,079 much so that we will often have to sacrifice form 546 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,680 in order to achieve that function. As an example, let's 547 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,920 take one of the common surgeres we often do, and 548 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,640 it is skin fold reduction. That means we have such 549 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,920 deep skin folds save the perfect dog would be a 550 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,799 bulldog or a sharpai or a frenchy a pug that 551 00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:32,480 have so many folds around, say their face or their neck, 552 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:39,240 that we continually get deep infections within these folds. And 553 00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:41,680 you can treat them, and you can drying powders and 554 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,920 antibiotics and anti itch and you know, collars, whatever the 555 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,559 case may be. But the inherent problem, the fold is 556 00:25:47,599 --> 00:25:51,559 still there. So even though you solve the problem today 557 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,319 a month from now, whatever longer, maybe even shorter, it's 558 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:55,880 back again. 559 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 3: So we have to do. 560 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,599 Speaker 2: And obviously, especially with a dog like a Sharpei, certain bulldogs, 561 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,960 one of the things that they're being bred for are 562 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,240 these big, big folds. I mean, what's a Sharpei without 563 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,119 all the skin folds. So of course, in order to 564 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,880 remedy this problem, we're going to have to remove some. 565 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 3: Of those folds. 566 00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:15,559 Speaker 2: We're going to have to take this beautiful prize Sharpei 567 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,599 and in my book, will always be beautiful, but make 568 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,359 them not as beautiful from the shar Pei perspective, from 569 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,640 the skin fold perspective, in order to correct the problem 570 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,279 once and for all and to eliminate these persistent bacterial 571 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,559 skin fold infections. So that's a perfect example. Another thing 572 00:26:32,599 --> 00:26:35,079 we're doing, and I'm doing one next week is called 573 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,880 entropion surgery, and entropion is an eyelid surgery, and it's 574 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,240 an inward rolling of the lids, and the lids continually 575 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:47,279 rub up against the eyeball, causing persistent conjunctivitis, drain, it, discharge, 576 00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:50,200 et cetera. And it is so uncomfortable for the dogs 577 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,680 and certain breeds. The chow again, the Sharpei, the Rodweiler. 578 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,160 Even some labradors are notorious the bulldogs for their entropion. 579 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,440 So we will be doing one next week. So you know, 580 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:04,240 the key is that when it comes to people and 581 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,640 just you know, I was joking about all these housewives 582 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,880 shows because they are so willing to make themselves uncomfortable, 583 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,960 to have more difficulty breathing or moving right in order 584 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,839 to with they and their minds look better. Personally, I 585 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,400 don't think it usually looks better. So whereas our goal 586 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,480 is we don't really care about the looks, we care 587 00:27:24,519 --> 00:27:26,640 about the function. And then it goes the same thing 588 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,759 for dental work, do you realize that we I shouldn't 589 00:27:29,759 --> 00:27:31,480 say we because I don't do it. We would refer 590 00:27:31,519 --> 00:27:34,240 to a veterani a dentist, But there is an entire 591 00:27:34,279 --> 00:27:37,559 specialty in veteran dentistry that will work with dogs or 592 00:27:37,599 --> 00:27:41,480 cat's mouths and they will put braces on and apparatuses 593 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,680 that will help straighten the teeth. And again it's not 594 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,640 for that prize winning smile. Dogs aren't going to smile 595 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,799 for the camera. But what it is for is to 596 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,240 allow them to eat properly, allow them to get with 597 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,400 the energy that they expend on trying to eat to 598 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,359 actually get that food in the mouth and chew it 599 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,119 more efficiently, and you know it's a or sometimes eliminate infections. 600 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,319 So there's so many things that we can do now 601 00:28:05,319 --> 00:28:08,920 that we understand that cosmesis is not the whole problem. 602 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,079 It is that that we're trying to improve their function. 603 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,599 So again it's always that battle between form and function. 604 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,519 So anyway, it's that time. Boy, I'll say, it goes 605 00:28:19,559 --> 00:28:22,279 really fast. I want to thank our caller. I want 606 00:28:22,319 --> 00:28:24,440 you guys to you know, sort of get the guts 607 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,480 to send me an email, and the offer holds if 608 00:28:26,519 --> 00:28:29,839 you send me an email and I discuss the email online, 609 00:28:30,279 --> 00:28:32,480 that pro sense product is still coming to you. So 610 00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:35,119 stay tuned. We'll see you next week. Have a great week, 611 00:28:35,319 --> 00:28:37,519 and I'm doctor Jeff signing out p ass bets on 612 00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:39,200 doctor Jeff here on pet Life Radio. 613 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on pet 614 00:28:44,039 --> 00:28:55,240 life radio dot com.