1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:23,399 Speaker 1: This is pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. Hey, welcome, Welcome, 2 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,079 We're live on Life Radio. And here I asked the 3 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,320 better talk to Jeff here for you, here for your pets. 4 00:00:28,519 --> 00:00:30,399 So anything you want to talk about now is the 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,200 time because the advice is free. I don't charge for this, 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,479 and this is my fun. So hello, b how you doing? 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,759 You know, I can't be that bad. If my own 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,280 sister hops on some much having a good time, maybe 9 00:00:43,719 --> 00:00:46,799 I'm definitely having a good time. So in keeping with 10 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:49,960 the idea that I want to kind of push the 11 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:51,399 envelope a little bit, I want to be a little 12 00:00:51,399 --> 00:00:55,359 bit more controversial because some of these things. You know, again, understand, 13 00:00:55,399 --> 00:00:57,439 the good news is because I'm not in anybody's back pocket, 14 00:00:57,439 --> 00:01:00,560 I get to talk about my experience, what I think 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,439 is right, what I do, what I like to do. 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,519 Could I be wrong? Absolutely? Do I think I am? 17 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:08,040 Of course not, at least for now. I think I'm 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,879 doing all right. But this is where it's good to 19 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,280 have a show like this because I would love just 20 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,439 like with insurance. You know, I was doing my thing 21 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,040 and whatever our listeners actually has had great luck with insurance. 22 00:01:18,159 --> 00:01:19,920 I said, that's great. I just said, that's the person 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,120 who goes to Vegas and has that really good weekend. 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,040 It could happen. So would I say everybody is going 25 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,959 to have that? I don't think so. But anyway, so 26 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,159 what I want to talk about today. You know, these 27 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:32,439 are things that I get hit on all the time. 28 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:36,760 So I get so many people coming in, clients coming in, 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,040 and I'll tell you, the issue here is going to 30 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,920 be pet food. They want to know what I think 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,439 about certain pet foods. Why are you asking? Well, because 32 00:01:43,599 --> 00:01:47,079 I went to the pet store and the salesperson or 33 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:48,760 the owner of the pet store told me what I'm 34 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,319 feeding is terrible and they want me to switch. I 35 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:54,159 should switch to this or whatever food this is. Now. 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,680 Of course, of course that new food is going to 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,560 be way more expensive, but they wouldn't be selling it otherwise. 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,959 So I want to go through. First of all, I 39 00:02:01,959 --> 00:02:05,959 would love to know what criteria you use or have 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,800 used to decide what food is good for your pet. 41 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,479 And you know, the first thing I say is this, 42 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,400 You know, us telling our dogs or cats what they 43 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,199 should be eating is like you telling me what the 44 00:02:19,199 --> 00:02:21,919 best ice cream is for me. And they're just too 45 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:23,840 many out there. You know, one thing I always tell 46 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:26,560 when it comes times to food, speaking the subject of 47 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,960 pet food, et cetera, et cetera. You know, I think 48 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,599 I've heard the series ago. It might be a little 49 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:35,680 different now. The one one of the largest aisles, which 50 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:39,960 means the most variety in a major supermarket, and he guesses, 51 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,080 you know, it's not pet food. That's probably number two 52 00:02:42,159 --> 00:02:46,080 or three is breakfast cereals. So now can you imagine 53 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:49,319 why if there was only the best breakfast cereal, why 54 00:02:49,319 --> 00:02:53,120 would you need a full aisle with about fifty sixty 55 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:56,560 different brand, variety, sizes, et cetera. Because there is no 56 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,159 best And the same thing I say about pet food, 57 00:02:59,199 --> 00:03:03,039 there's no such thing as the best, So what criteria? 58 00:03:03,159 --> 00:03:05,400 And again, look at the options. We go into a 59 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:08,840 pet store, not one of several aisles. Why are all 60 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:12,400 these foods there if there's only the best, Because there's 61 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:15,879 no such thing as the best, and there's so many 62 00:03:16,159 --> 00:03:19,039 things you need to consider. So I kind of like 63 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,639 work backwards. First of all, if you walk into a 64 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,560 pettil and your pet is eating whatever he or she 65 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,800 is eating and he's doing well, don't switch, period, don't switch. Now, 66 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,360 let's define, well, what criteria should we as pet parents, 67 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,599 be looking at to determine whether our pet is eating 68 00:03:36,599 --> 00:03:39,240 the best food for him or her. Now, first criteria, 69 00:03:39,879 --> 00:03:42,520 at least, I'm curious to know what you think is 70 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,639 in your mind? What is the most important thing. I'll 71 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:47,840 wait a minute to go, maybe throw me some answers, 72 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,280 but I'd be surprised if you get my answer, and 73 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,319 mind you this is my answer. It may not be 74 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,960 your answer, but I'm going it's the whole goal here 75 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,759 is I want to give you some things to think about. 76 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,199 I'm not here to ever tell you what you to 77 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,560 do and not to do, et cetera. I want to 78 00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:09,199 get your minds thinking about some of these issues. Let's 79 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:11,159 hear what you have to say. If I said, what 80 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:13,759 do you think the most important thing is when it 81 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,639 comes to choosing a pet food for your pet? Got 82 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:20,319 to come up with something. Okay, So one test, Steph says, 83 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:24,480 real ingreedia is not crude protein. Okay, right, certainly, that's 84 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,839 that's gonna be on my list. But not that's not 85 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,560 the first thing. Let's see. Come on, come on, think think. 86 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,079 I tell you this is not a trick question. This 87 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,879 is the easy question. This is the first thing that's 88 00:04:34,879 --> 00:04:37,279 come to your mind when choosing a food for your pet. 89 00:04:37,439 --> 00:04:41,879 All right, I see you're not engaging, So I'm gonna 90 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:44,480 give you my answer. They have to like it. I 91 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,879 don't care what's in it. I don't care how good. 92 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,079 I don't care the protein, I don't care the grains. 93 00:04:49,319 --> 00:04:52,079 If they are not gonna eat it, it's not the 94 00:04:52,079 --> 00:04:55,600 best for that pet. They have to like it. So 95 00:04:55,959 --> 00:04:58,199 you're already you're thinking about the ingredients and this, that 96 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,800 and the other. That's great, that's something, But you know 97 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,800 what decisions are you making. Those are things that you 98 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:09,040 you are anthropomorphizing and putting in your values into what 99 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,720 your pet wants to eat. That's like the vegan and 100 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:14,959 the vegetarian who is trying to make their pet a vegetarian. 101 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,120 And we'll get to that in a minute. But the 102 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,959 whole thing is, if they don't like it, who cares 103 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 what's in it. I don't care if it's the best 104 00:05:22,319 --> 00:05:25,079 ingredients of the planet. They gotta like it. Okay, So 105 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,720 now we get that. So first of all, they like it. 106 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,839 Second thing is, these are the criteria that it's not 107 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,000 the second, third, fourth, These are things that I look at. 108 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,399 I will speak to an owner about and say, okay, 109 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,720 what is it? So first of all, yes, they gotta 110 00:05:38,759 --> 00:05:41,279 like it, they don't like it? Who kicks? Secondly, do 111 00:05:41,319 --> 00:05:43,439 they have energy? Does it give them lots of energy? 112 00:05:43,879 --> 00:05:47,319 Thirdly do they have a nice shiny coat? Fourthly do 113 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,160 they have a nice m vowel movement? Normal stools, normal 114 00:05:51,199 --> 00:05:54,360 healthy stools. So my feeling is if they like it, 115 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,839 they have lots of energy, they have perfect poops, they 116 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,560 have a good stool. Why are you even thinking about switching? 117 00:06:01,879 --> 00:06:05,639 Those are really good things. Now that's the pets perspective. 118 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,199 Now that's about your perspective at pet parents. And again 119 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,319 the simplest thing is how convenient is it? Does it 120 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,920 fit your budget? I care for good it is if 121 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,000 it's you know, eight hundred dollars a bag, Oh that's 122 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,720 impractical if you have to travel because there's one pet 123 00:06:20,759 --> 00:06:23,560 store on the edge of town fifteen miles away, the 124 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,360 only one that carries it. Though, that is not an 125 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,839 ideal pet form for your situation, Which is the reason why, 126 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:34,279 because of all these little factors to consider, is why 127 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:38,040 there are so many choices out there. So when I 128 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,199 hear client comes and tells me they say they want 129 00:06:40,199 --> 00:06:41,600 to switch over to so and so fore, I go, 130 00:06:41,639 --> 00:06:44,199 why is he having a problem with yours? And they go, no, 131 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,399 he likes it, Yeah, loves it, and poof's good. Yeah, 132 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,079 energy good. You got all the important things. May you 133 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:52,720 can afford it? Not too hard for you to No, 134 00:06:52,759 --> 00:06:56,120 I'll get it wherever. Okay, now now let's take the 135 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,639 anthropomorphizing part. Now, let's take the part where you are 136 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,399 putting your own values into the pet food. Okay, So 137 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,240 and again I'm gonna say hi to everybody here. Hi, 138 00:07:06,319 --> 00:07:08,759 I'm waving, I'm waving, I'm waving. So then you want 139 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,000 to look at the ingredients. How many are a lot 140 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,240 of fillers? If you don't want fillers, I get that's good. 141 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,680 You want a good solid protein. You want to make 142 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,639 sure it's a protein that they can handle because a 143 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:22,759 lot of dogs, and the especially dogs that are have 144 00:07:22,839 --> 00:07:27,199 food sensitivity hypersensitivity. It is the protein grain is number two. 145 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,639 So and that's why we look for food we call 146 00:07:30,079 --> 00:07:34,800 either single amigen all right, diets all right, and novel protein. 147 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:37,519 So these are proteins that the body has probably ever 148 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:41,519 seen before, and therefore it's unlikely they'll be allergic to it. 149 00:07:41,759 --> 00:07:44,800 But speaking of pet allergies, food allergies. And again I 150 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:47,360 have Frenchies. I know Frenchies. A lot of Frenchies have 151 00:07:47,399 --> 00:07:51,319 food sensitivity. But I will tell you that overall, only 152 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:56,240 about fifteen maybe twist my arm, twenty percent of allergies 153 00:07:56,319 --> 00:08:01,160 and dogs are food related. Get that. That means eighty percent, 154 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:04,519 even up to eighty five percent. When your dog has allergies, 155 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,600 it's not food. So don't let the guy or girl 156 00:08:07,639 --> 00:08:11,360 at this pet store talk you into switching diets. All right, 157 00:08:11,399 --> 00:08:13,639 you need to know, first of all, what is the 158 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,600 source of the problem. One clue I can give you. 159 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,920 And again, as I always say, unfortunately your dog or 160 00:08:21,959 --> 00:08:24,240 cat did not read the textbook, so they don't know 161 00:08:24,399 --> 00:08:28,519 how they're supposed to respond or react. But the classic, 162 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,160 if there was such a thing as the classic presentation 163 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:35,399 of a dog with food allergies are they have number one, 164 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:40,080 attacking their feet. Number two their ears and their face. 165 00:08:40,399 --> 00:08:43,200 They're rubbing their face, they're chewing attack, and I mean 166 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,360 attacking their feet. And the reason why I make the 167 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:48,759 distinction between just licking their feet and attacking their feet 168 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,360 is I look at the foot itself. If the foot itself, 169 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,879 if the hair is not just colored because of what 170 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,279 we call saliva staining. If the webs in between the 171 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:02,000 digits are not in flamed an airr feminist meaning red 172 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,159 and irritated, the bottoms of the feet are not red 173 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,399 and irritated, then I don't care if they're looking at 174 00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:11,799 the feet. And I always say to a client that 175 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:13,919 I can almost look at a dog when it comes 176 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,080 into the exam room and know whether it is attacking 177 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,480 their feet like allergy wise, because ot of times they'll 178 00:09:19,519 --> 00:09:21,440 come and say he's blicking his feet a lot. And 179 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:23,120 I'm looking at these feet and say, they look God 180 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,720 Dan good, and the ears look really good, and the 181 00:09:25,759 --> 00:09:28,320 face looks really good. I don't think this is allergy. 182 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:31,080 So what do I think it is? So? What does 183 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:35,679 some people do to relieve their anxiety? What are two 184 00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:40,480 behaviors that we see to relieve anxiety? One obviously more 185 00:09:40,519 --> 00:09:44,799 so in adults and the other one certainly as little kids. Okay, 186 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:48,360 those of you that have children or had children probably 187 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:50,960 know that the answer is to two of these, and 188 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,960 some of these from yourselves. You might know. What do 189 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:59,679 some people do to relieve anxiety? It's a behavior, okay, 190 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,039 And you want to take a guess, not I'm gonna 191 00:10:02,039 --> 00:10:05,000 share it with you because dogs do it too in 192 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:09,080 a different way, all right, And my answer is okay, No, 193 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,639 it's not as a little kid, yes, thumb sucking. As 194 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,240 an adult nail biting, So people bite their nails. It's 195 00:10:16,279 --> 00:10:20,559 some sort of anxiety relief. It relaxes them. Okay, it's 196 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:25,120 a stress mediator. Same thing with dogs that lick their feet. 197 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:27,320 So if it dog is licking your foot, but it's 198 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,200 not attacking, they're not saliva staining. They are not the 199 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,720 feet don't look red. If you were to look at 200 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,399 the feet, you would have no idea they're licking the feet. 201 00:10:36,639 --> 00:10:40,279 That is probably not food allergy. Now could it be, yes, 202 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,080 it could be. I'm just talking about the norms. So 203 00:10:43,159 --> 00:10:46,559 therefore it's something to consider, is whether they're licking their feet. 204 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,240 Don't say automatically jump to food. So you go to 205 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,360 it to a pet store and the owners of the 206 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,639 pet store, the salespeople always gonna ask what are you're feeding? 207 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,799 And they go, oh, you're feeding that stuff. Oh that 208 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,159 stuff is terrible. That's maybe. I mean, they're gonna tell you, 209 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,799 they're gonna go to town on you and like, are 210 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:05,919 they board certified veterinan nutrition? Is I doubt it. So 211 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,360 use some criteria before you decide to start switching foods. Now, 212 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,879 if you have an option a number of foods, which 213 00:11:13,879 --> 00:11:18,480 you probably do that satisfy the real criteria. They like it, 214 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:21,840 they have good coats, they have good poops, they have 215 00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:25,200 lots of energy, you can afford it. It's some readily 216 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,960 available to you. All of those, you're gonna have multiple choices. 217 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:30,919 So you really have to think long and hard. Why 218 00:11:30,919 --> 00:11:33,440 are you switching? So now you see, ah, because of 219 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:37,360 your preferences. You want to put some of your preferences 220 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,320 into the dog, which is be careful out there anyway. 221 00:11:41,399 --> 00:11:44,559 Then yes, you want to look for raw ingredient, not 222 00:11:44,639 --> 00:11:47,440 raw food, we'll talk about that in a minute, but natural, 223 00:11:47,639 --> 00:11:51,000 healthy ingredients, no fillers. You want to do organic. You 224 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,840 can do organic, whatever it is that makes you feel good, 225 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,080 but to got to make sure that your pet like 226 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,000 that food. And when you're switching, by the way, you 227 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,559 do not want to do any abrupt switching because if 228 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,519 you switch abruptly, you're gonna get diarrhea. No not you 229 00:12:09,519 --> 00:12:13,919 hopefully make you, but you'll be cleaning up your dog's diarrhea. 230 00:12:14,039 --> 00:12:16,519 So so you got to go very gradually I say, 231 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,720 do you know you start with twenty percent of the 232 00:12:18,759 --> 00:12:20,320 new and eighty percent of the old, but a day 233 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:23,120 or two then go to sixty forty, then forty sixty, 234 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,639 until you keep increasing the new decreasing the old. So 235 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:29,600 at the beginning you want to just do it. Really, Now, 236 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:32,879 what am I causing tearstains my poodle? Okay? Now, so 237 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,759 there's a different now there. The tear stain is very 238 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,240 much light, but it's not necessarily related to the diet. 239 00:12:40,639 --> 00:12:43,039 So doctor Martine's is a good food if he likes 240 00:12:43,039 --> 00:12:45,720 it and all the criteria, it's healthy, it's all the above, 241 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,799 and he's doing well on it. Don't switch that tear staining. 242 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,840 First of all, poodle's are notorious for it. Usually it's 243 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,279 the light color, it's the apricup, it's the white one 244 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,200 because you see it more and there. You want to 245 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,519 just check. Make sure next time your dog under an 246 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,320 athesia four like a dentistry, have your veterinarian flush the 247 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,159 tear ducks. Have them stain in the eye also, and 248 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,879 make sure there's nothing no irritation conjuncti bitis because when 249 00:13:10,879 --> 00:13:13,679 there is, what happens is that they tear more and 250 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,559 when they tear more. The tear ducts can only handle 251 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,159 so much, so the rest spills over the lid and 252 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,120 you get that staining. Here. You could listen out things 253 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,600 out there. There is you know, I envy, there is 254 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,240 clear eyes, but a lot of products. I don't know 255 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,919 how effective they are, but I will say this, Yes 256 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 you're gonna get diarrhetic because you have to clean up 257 00:13:32,039 --> 00:13:35,559 all the diarrhea. But yeah, that's a good point. So anyway, 258 00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:39,120 so yes, apricot, So it could be anything that's causing 259 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,799 increased tearing, and it could be an environmental allergen of course, 260 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:45,519 so I would again have the eyes checked. It may 261 00:13:45,519 --> 00:13:48,519 be nothing more than just the dog and the fact 262 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,799 that they light colored. You're seeing it more so it's 263 00:13:51,799 --> 00:13:54,919 freaking you out. But make sure that someone tries to 264 00:13:55,159 --> 00:13:58,120 flush those tear ducks because that can make a big difference. 265 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,360 So all right, hold on, you are going to take 266 00:14:01,399 --> 00:14:04,559 our quick break here on pet Life Radio, so don't 267 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,519 go away here up mute Netlife Radio. 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I caution against what we call anthropomorphizing, 289 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,240 that is taking your values and instilling them into your pet. 290 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:37,480 I use this example all the time. Cats are obligate carnivores. 291 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:41,639 Cats must eat meat or fish, animal protein. Dogs, however, 292 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,399 can let me underline that can be vegetarian who they 293 00:15:46,519 --> 00:15:49,639 want to be vegetarian? I don't think. So here's what 294 00:15:49,679 --> 00:15:51,720 I recommend for any of you out there that want 295 00:15:51,759 --> 00:15:54,039 it because you're veggie or you're vegan and you want 296 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:56,200 to try to make your dog do the same. Here's 297 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,000 just a simple test you can do at all. I 298 00:15:58,039 --> 00:16:01,879 want you to make your best, your best vegetarian or 299 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,720 vegan meal. I mean said that your friends come over here. 300 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,480 Oh my god, I can't believe this is a vegetarian. 301 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:09,519 Can't believe the vegan. All right, do that, and I 302 00:16:09,559 --> 00:16:10,960 want you to set a bowl down with that frue. 303 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,799 But alongside of it, I want you to set a 304 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:16,200 bowl down of meat and hold your doll back and 305 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:17,919 all of a sudden one two three, let them go 306 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:22,120 and see which bowl he or she attacks. If she 307 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,840 likes them began, better go for it. But my hunch is, 308 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,480 and I had many clients try this, they're going to 309 00:16:28,519 --> 00:16:32,080 go for the meat. So don't think that because you 310 00:16:32,279 --> 00:16:34,559 want to be a vegetarian, that your dog needs to 311 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,399 be vegetarian. All right. They weren't geared that way in 312 00:16:37,519 --> 00:16:40,759 their development, in their evolution, they were not supposed up. 313 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:44,960 They were omnivorce, yes, but they always got their meat. 314 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:49,840 They hunted for meat, They weren't hunting the corn fields 315 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,799 or the wheat fields or whatever to get the vegetables. 316 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,919 They were hunting for meat. So keep that in mind. 317 00:16:56,399 --> 00:16:59,679 Now if you want to feed raw, and again I 318 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,599 am not really against it, but I am against pure 319 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,559 raw food. So we have a lot of problems with ecolie, 320 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,160 we have problems with salmonella, and we see this in 321 00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:17,640 greater incidents in raw diets. Now, what are the solutions. Well, 322 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,519 there are a couple of solutions, a couple of options 323 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:22,000 to stay with raw if that's what you want. But 324 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:27,519 one is we call HPP high pressure pasteurization, or they 325 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:32,039 call it high pressure processing. Instead of subjecting the food 326 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,519 to heat, pasteurizing which destroys the nutrients, what they do 327 00:17:36,599 --> 00:17:39,200 justice to know. After pasturizing it and getting rid of 328 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,680 all the bad things, they put the vitamins and minerals 329 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,440 back in, so it's not like, yes, it's destroying the 330 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:49,559 natural ones, but they're replenishing them with other vitamins and minerals. 331 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:52,799 The ones that we're destroyed, But if you high pressure 332 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,079 it doesn't destroy those. So that's one option. The other option, 333 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,279 I think doctor Marty says is freeze dry. So if 334 00:17:59,319 --> 00:18:03,680 you're freeze dried again the quick flash freeze drawing. That 335 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:08,559 will destroy the salmonella, that will destroy the ecoli and 336 00:18:09,039 --> 00:18:11,920 it will sort of doesn't disrupt the balance and the 337 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,440 nutrient value of the food, and it's fine. So stelen 338 00:18:16,559 --> 00:18:19,079 chewies also they do I think they do both some 339 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,559 of their brands. So when you are looking at a 340 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:27,039 food that's a raw diet, all right, make sure that 341 00:18:27,279 --> 00:18:30,160 the food was put through some process to eliminate the 342 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,119 batter accuray. Now, one thing I noticed a lot of 343 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,960 I work with a pet store in Santa Monica. They 344 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:40,440 have an amazing fantastic variety of foods, especially novel protein 345 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,640 foods and single anigen food so I love that when 346 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,400 we come to a dog truly of food allergy, they 347 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,359 have many, many options, and a lot of their foods 348 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,160 are frozen. So what I'm not sure, and I will 349 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,720 check with some nutrition, is that if the food is frozen, 350 00:18:58,279 --> 00:19:02,319 and they were talking a deep freezer, will that maintain 351 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:07,599 the envitamin mineral population but destroy the bacteria. So I 352 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,839 knew that food falls out to be eaten. It is 353 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,839 almost like a flash freeze, but it's good old fashioned freezing. 354 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,160 So if that is good enough for them, then that's 355 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,839 certainly good enough for me. The goal is you really 356 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:26,200 need to be prepared and do something to prevent the bacteria. Yah. 357 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:30,759 You see dagasteph So Steph's and her husband Jeff, they 358 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:33,680 have two cats, George and Walter. They did that and 359 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,279 they well, of course with cats anyway, cats really do 360 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,240 need to have animal protein. You can make a dog 361 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,279 of vegetarian if they so choose and are okay with it, 362 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,240 but cats have to eat meat or fish. They have 363 00:19:46,279 --> 00:19:49,799 to have animal protein. That's what we call them obligate carnivores. 364 00:19:50,079 --> 00:19:52,960 Bunker my Yorki he's on hills WD Multi Benefit. I 365 00:19:53,079 --> 00:19:57,000 use that food for my dogs, gibbles. The way is 366 00:19:57,039 --> 00:20:00,279 food twing it the same amount each time? Yeah, I 367 00:20:00,279 --> 00:20:02,720 mean for sure, you know that is a good food. 368 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,759 You know it's Unfortunately, there are a lot of good 369 00:20:05,759 --> 00:20:09,079 brands out there that are getting a bad rap. And 370 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,799 I give you a perfect example, Iams. You canuba now, Iams, 371 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,240 was I remember where my sister who is on the show, 372 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,319 unless she hung up on me, that's and I hope 373 00:20:18,319 --> 00:20:21,799 you're still here. I remember she got this magnificent, magnificent 374 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,799 Domman Pincher years and years and years ago, and I 375 00:20:25,839 --> 00:20:28,279 remember she showed me I wasn't a vet yet. I 376 00:20:28,319 --> 00:20:30,559 was still a prevat I was in school and there 377 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:36,519 was a guarantee from the breeder. But this guarantee is 378 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:41,400 only effective if the dog is on Iams. I've never 379 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,559 heard that before. They will literally negate the warranty if 380 00:20:45,559 --> 00:20:47,680 that dog had a difference. And that was so weird 381 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,920 to me. But what it shows you is that at 382 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:54,279 that time that i Ams and Yukanuba were the cats 383 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,480 me ow. They were the big competitive hills. They were 384 00:20:57,519 --> 00:21:00,519 going to take over, right, So what happened? They grew 385 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,279 got borrowed by Procter and Gamble. It was a big, big, 386 00:21:03,319 --> 00:21:06,640 big takeover. And now Procter and gam is a business company. 387 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,079 So what do they start doing. They started selling itmes 388 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,880 over the count and you can get now get it 389 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:13,480 at the big stores, at the box stores, you can 390 00:21:13,519 --> 00:21:16,039 get it at the market. Oh. Now you walk into 391 00:21:16,039 --> 00:21:18,079 a pet store who oh used to could only get 392 00:21:18,079 --> 00:21:20,000 it at the pet stores and they go, oh, that 393 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,480 food is terrible, that's the worst. But in a month 394 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,240 ago you were selling it here said it was the best. 395 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,000 They didn't hate their formulation, It just tells you there's 396 00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:31,039 so much politics. They were just going to be snow 397 00:21:31,079 --> 00:21:34,160 they didn't own the right to sell it. You can 398 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,839 get it for cheaper at the market, and from the 399 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,400 decision of Procter and Gamble to do that, of course 400 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,279 they were going to do it. Give a darn about 401 00:21:41,319 --> 00:21:43,519 that the food percent They just want the money and 402 00:21:43,519 --> 00:21:45,319 they knew they would sell more food that way if 403 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,599 they can offer it to more people lower the price. 404 00:21:48,039 --> 00:21:50,839 So anyway, there's a lot of stuff going on like that. 405 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,880 Some of these really really good foods only available through 406 00:21:54,039 --> 00:21:57,480 very exclusive pet stores. Let's face it, are really expensive. 407 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,640 So I know years ago, as a young veterinarian, I 408 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,799 started doing my medium and I started doing my lecturing. 409 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,000 I was invited back to Topeka, Kansas to visit the 410 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:11,920 Hills Factory, and I gotta tell you something, you could 411 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,480 eat off the floors. It was so impressive. It was 412 00:22:15,519 --> 00:22:19,319 so amazing. When you hear somebody who just doesn't know 413 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:22,920 telling you what's right for your dog, No, I have 414 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,839 a problem with that. The only being that can tell 415 00:22:26,839 --> 00:22:29,640 you what's right for your dog is your dog. So 416 00:22:29,799 --> 00:22:33,160 if they're it's checking off all those criteria everyan's good, 417 00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:36,920 then that's fine. That's fine, And don't tell me that, 418 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,880 Oh I've been feeding my dog raw and now he's, 419 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,279 you know, thirty two years old. That's not gonna happen. 420 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,400 So look, I feed my dogs another type of commercial food. 421 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,200 It was a Big Hills competitor years ago. It's called Ivet. 422 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,599 I credit directly from the manufacturer. My dogs love it. 423 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,000 They do really really well on it. And my last 424 00:22:56,039 --> 00:22:59,599 Labberdor a labrador, went sixteen and a half years. My 425 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,559 car labrador it's thirteen and you wouldn't even know it. 426 00:23:03,039 --> 00:23:06,279 So we hear these stories after the fact about their 427 00:23:06,319 --> 00:23:08,319 dog and how long it lived on this dy and 428 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,640 that died. They didn't do a side by side study 429 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,839 with an identical twin dog to prove that under the 430 00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:16,640 same environment, the same, the same, the same, and say, well, 431 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,839 this dog ate this X and this dog ate y, 432 00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:22,039 and look how much longer the why dog lived. I mean, no, 433 00:23:22,279 --> 00:23:24,160 that's what you have to do. You have to do 434 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,799 some scientific side by side, you know, really studies to 435 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:31,400 determine really is there that much of a difference? So 436 00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:34,160 I think so much is? I gotta tell you another one. 437 00:23:34,319 --> 00:23:37,160 When I was sitting working with IMS, I did the 438 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,759 same thing. One of my colleagues, doctor Ernie Ward, we 439 00:23:39,759 --> 00:23:44,319 were invited to this whole roundtable discussion and they were 440 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,559 talking about the actual just the morsels themselves, and they 441 00:23:48,599 --> 00:23:52,279 wanted to make them shape like little dog bones boy, 442 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,359 because the owner would think that's cute. The heck of 443 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,920 the dog. Do you think a dog cared whether it 444 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,920 was round or shape like a BM. They don't care. 445 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,640 But that tells me how much the marketing is. They're 446 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,839 looking for things that the owner seeing the packaging will think, 447 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,920 oh my god, that's so adorable. So anyway, all I 448 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,640 can say is you're out there, be careful out there. 449 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,920 I would love to hear your comments. Let's you hear 450 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,039 from Bunkers. So thankful. Bunker loves it. He loves a 451 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,640 WD and it's good for his diabetes. Absolutely, you have 452 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,160 any other puppies for adoption? No right now, No from 453 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,960 Sea realtorve. My dog is ex tol. I love those 454 00:24:28,319 --> 00:24:30,319 dry skin on his legs and paws can be caused 455 00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:33,599 by running around on grass and shrubs, vigilation, dry scally 456 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,720 other topical ointments for doggies. So the answer is yes. 457 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,559 And I hate to push my product, but I have 458 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,599 a spray called derma mist, also one that is called 459 00:24:41,599 --> 00:24:44,519 my ammollion spray. The amlion spray is like a moisturizing spray, 460 00:24:44,839 --> 00:24:48,640 and the dormam mist is antibacterial. It's called colaxidine and 461 00:24:48,759 --> 00:24:53,079 ketcon is also gendractorial, anti fungal. It's soothing. You spray 462 00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:54,880 it on and you don't want things when you have 463 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,200 a dog with dry skin, you don't want to essay 464 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,480 put ointments on him because it goops them ups but 465 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:01,720 actually impedes flow. You want to use something that is 466 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,200 a non alcohol base. But it is something it's spray on, 467 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,680 and I think they tolerate it better and it doesn't 468 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,519 leave as much of a residue blocking. Remember dogs some 469 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,759 sweat like we do. Those hair follicles need to still breathe. 470 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:20,000 That's my only concern. But Todd waving, waving, waving, and 471 00:25:20,039 --> 00:25:21,799 there was someone here who wanted to do let me 472 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,160 see posterio dog who has been weaned too soon to 473 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,559 this spla aggressive behavior with being fed, like he wants 474 00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:29,480 to play any groulse to get your attention. So the answer, yes, 475 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:35,000 if they become very very food protective, then yet when 476 00:25:35,039 --> 00:25:37,839 you are there while they're My ant had a dog. 477 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,200 There was the sweetest yellow lab in the planet, and 478 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,160 you could almost do anything. But don't try to take 479 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,920 a bullet away from this dog. He was a Labrador 480 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,519 in every way except that then he became a raw viler. 481 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,480 I'm telling you he would attack if you went near 482 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:54,599 him while he was showing his bone. Now, so are 483 00:25:54,599 --> 00:25:57,119 there ways to train this? Of course there are, but 484 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,599 you have to make it again fun. So when your 485 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,400 dog is aggressive behavior while he's being fed, so what 486 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,599 you want to do is hold the bowl full you're 487 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,880 about to set it down again. Dogs have to learn 488 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,039 to earn their praise. You ask your dog to sit, 489 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,240 and you give him, okay, a piece of meat, fresh meat, 490 00:26:16,279 --> 00:26:19,319 something that's he likes better than that food. Okay, now 491 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,799 you're about to put the food down. Ah ahh, wait 492 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,079 stay and then you put it down. Okay. Now while 493 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,279 he's eating, you walk up to him and ask him 494 00:26:28,279 --> 00:26:30,799 to sit and show him the piece of meat that 495 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:34,559 you have and sit down. You start giving you the meat. 496 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:36,160 You take the bowl away, all right, and then you 497 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,680 give the bowl back to him. If you walk near 498 00:26:38,759 --> 00:26:41,599 him while he's eating, you have to let him know 499 00:26:41,839 --> 00:26:44,000 he has to learn that he's gonna get something even 500 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,200 better than what he's eating. And they usually when you 501 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,119 do this slowly and carefully, they will usually see you 502 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,440 coming up to mother eating and they will sit stop 503 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,200 why because they want that piece of meat? And then 504 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,119 you give them the meat. Good boy, good boy, and 505 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,319 then they get to go eating again. So that's how 506 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,119 you train a dog slowly to tolerate you going near 507 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,279 him or anybody going near him while he's eating. But 508 00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:07,559 he's got to get that reward. He's got to get 509 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:09,480 that piece of meat. He's got to get something that 510 00:27:09,519 --> 00:27:12,720 he really likes even better than the food, and they 511 00:27:12,759 --> 00:27:14,559 will start letting you go near him while they're eating. 512 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,839 Do I know everything? No? I don't. Why does the 513 00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:19,839 boxers live thirteen years? The golden tree around my eleven right, 514 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,920 So again these are great questions and the answer is 515 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,839 we don't know. So much of it is genetic boxers 516 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,160 usually don't live as long. Golden Retrievers eleven, yeah, my 517 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:33,039 labradors eleven twelve. I had one that was thirteen and 518 00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:35,759 a half. One current when it's thirteen out and does 519 00:27:35,839 --> 00:27:38,079 not look like he's going to be leaving anytime soon. 520 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,279 And then my last black right, Grover went to sixteen 521 00:27:41,279 --> 00:27:43,680 and a half. So anyway, cast every time I can 522 00:27:43,799 --> 00:27:45,440 keep my cat on and be destined for ibyd well, 523 00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:48,960 you know, I like to slowly wean. Now. First of all, 524 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:52,200 cats do better on steroids and dogs. There's no doubt 525 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,599 of that. So we always joke with a cat went 526 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,319 in doubt steroids. Now what did he better to start 527 00:27:58,319 --> 00:28:01,480 weaning and maybe get to every other day or third day. Absolutely, 528 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:03,920 probably on once a day. Now, Now, if you're on 529 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,480 twice a day, certainly go to once today. Do that 530 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:08,400 for about a week or two, then go to every 531 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,240 other day. And now, when you're doing cats on steroids 532 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,359 once a day and every other day, it'soul always be 533 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,359 in the evening. With dogs that's usey in the morning, 534 00:28:15,759 --> 00:28:18,359 and it's starting to meet their own rhythm of steroid 535 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,640 release on the body. So that's so I'd recommend it. 536 00:28:20,799 --> 00:28:22,960 I'm hoping you should be able to reduce the dose. 537 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,319 You may not get every other day, but let the 538 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,039 cat dictate where the here she needs to go as 539 00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:32,720 far as the level and the frequency of the bijessa. Right, 540 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:36,079 it says Pottery Alger wants to be in the video. 541 00:28:36,559 --> 00:28:39,160 If that is real they let me know because a 542 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,480 lot of times people hit the view request and I 543 00:28:42,519 --> 00:28:46,759 accept it and they disappear. So, Christine Hart, how are you? 544 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,119 I think I think I wave to everybody, so if 545 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,200 they're uh no, I did that every way and I'm 546 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,319 so sorry. Mama Sue, Hello, Okay, good. I think we're good. 547 00:28:56,359 --> 00:28:59,319 All right. So here's the deal. I thank you all 548 00:28:59,359 --> 00:29:02,119 for joining me, and I'm waving anyone I didn't want 549 00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:04,920 to miss and love your questions. If there's any subject 550 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,680 or anything that you want to talk about, and you 551 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:10,359 want to pick my brain what's left of it? Or 552 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,599 you just want to hear some wisdom or lack thereof, 553 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:16,680 depending on the subject they give you, go either way, 554 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,680 then I will love to hear from you. Just send 555 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,920 me anytime you can reach me here on cut Life 556 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,839 Radio or here on Instagram. Hammo, Yeah again, I'd love 557 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,559 to talk pat So anything that you want, any subject 558 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,839 that you think would be helpful, And trust me, there 559 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,359 are very few things that you might await. 560 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:33,799 Speaker 2: Good. 561 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: That's a great question. Can I get ringworm from my 562 00:29:36,519 --> 00:29:40,039 rescued cat even though she has no science of disease? Absolutely? 563 00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:43,079 Sotimes you can have sometimes just like a person I 564 00:29:43,079 --> 00:29:45,480 had a ring worm literally over forty years of practice, 565 00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:47,920 I had once. Do I touch cats with ring them 566 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,759 all the time, Yes, I do so just like people, 567 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:53,200 cats can build up their own resistance. So they may 568 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,279 be a carrier and you might pet that cat. It 569 00:29:56,319 --> 00:29:58,720 could have and all it takes is on a little area. 570 00:29:58,839 --> 00:30:02,759 So if there is suspicion of a cat having workworm, 571 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,440 the only thing I can tell you is be careful 572 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,440 because it is it is contagious. But one thing you 573 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,559 just to know for safety. In order for ringworm to 574 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:17,359 affect anybody, a person, a cat especially that have to 575 00:30:17,759 --> 00:30:21,799 has to affect or attack a hair follicle. So that 576 00:30:21,839 --> 00:30:26,200 means that don't be afraid to touch a cat to 577 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:30,880 apply some topical on the lesions because when you use 578 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,240 your hands and fingers, there are no hair follicles on 579 00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:37,640 the back, yes, but not up here, so you cannot 580 00:30:37,759 --> 00:30:41,000 get ringworm. So you need to if you use your hands, 581 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,720 then you could just wash your hands and you should 582 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,680 be okay, or use it an anti fungal before you 583 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,440 touch something else, because you can carry it from one 584 00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:51,440 or if you have it on your fingers, you don't 585 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:53,559 wash it and then you scratch your arm yeah, you 586 00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:56,519 can get ring worm, so it's just a matter of 587 00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:59,599 being careful. But don't be afraid because knowing that you 588 00:30:59,599 --> 00:31:03,920 can still apply a ringworm ointment an anti fungo, and 589 00:31:04,119 --> 00:31:05,880 these anti fungals are the same stuff you can get 590 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,519 for you know, athletes foot and things like that. Most 591 00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:11,440 of them are going to be the exact lotrimen, ketakan 592 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,119 my ConA is all anything you see in that section 593 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,160 for athletes foot and jockets and all that stuff, it's 594 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,440 the same, so you can use that as well. So yes, 595 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,680 you can, so be really careful. But I would watch 596 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,640 the cat just in case and maybe have at least 597 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,119 an anti fungal bath and let the shampoo sit just 598 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,440 in case, because it could be some spores there that 599 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,039 affected you that have not affected the cat yet, but 600 00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:37,279 they may, so you want to try to get a 601 00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:39,680 hold of those. Ah right, we do not not have 602 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,519 set it. Dental cleanings once of times a year is 603 00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:43,880 not enough. Well, here's the thing. Years ago I would 604 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,720 to say yes, but what we're seeing now, there are 605 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,319 a number of studies showing that when you do the 606 00:31:49,319 --> 00:31:51,319 anezes are free. There's no way you can get deep 607 00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:53,200 under the gumps. So what you can do is you 608 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,279 can do a thorough cleaning on the surface of the tooth, 609 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,000 so much so that you get that false sense of security. 610 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,359 Is the teeth look great. But doctor Bellows, who is 611 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,759 a veninary dentist and Jan did the study and was published, 612 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:10,279 and he showed that the bone destruction after a few 613 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,759 years of only non a acivic dentals was dramatic. And 614 00:32:14,839 --> 00:32:17,279 at the end these pets locks more teeth because the 615 00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:19,559 bone loss, bone destruction, and the teeth started falling out 616 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,240 or they started becoming very bulbile. So if you want 617 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,599 to do it every other time, that's okay, but I 618 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,960 would still at least once a year whichever eight months 619 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,519 you should get a full ANTSISI dentity. But even a 620 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,599 portant to that, start brushing your pets teeth every day, 621 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,359 even every other day. But the best way to prevent 622 00:32:38,799 --> 00:32:42,839 the need for major teeth cleanings, even not at a sesia, 623 00:32:43,359 --> 00:32:48,359 is home dental hygiene on a regular basis. That means daily. 624 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,839 So anyway, keep that in mind. Why does my dog 625 00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:54,480 random vomit clear yellow liquid that usually happens early in 626 00:32:54,519 --> 00:32:58,480 the morning or after long period of not eating, so 627 00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:00,960 it could be late night, early morning, And what I 628 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,720 would recommend is feeding. When that happens with regularity, if 629 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:06,680 it's run in the blue moon, don't worry about otherwise, 630 00:33:06,759 --> 00:33:08,799 feed a late night snack, and prior to that late 631 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,160 night snack before you go to bed. So I tell 632 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,759 people to take about a third or a quarter of 633 00:33:12,759 --> 00:33:15,519 dinner set out aside, and maybe ten o'clock ten thirty 634 00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:18,319 at night, give about a half a pepsitter or pepsitter 635 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,000 or private sect, depending on the size of the dog. 636 00:33:20,079 --> 00:33:22,240 Talk to your veterinarian, and then about ten minutes later, 637 00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:25,680 fifteen minutes later, give the remainder of that meal that dinner, 638 00:33:26,079 --> 00:33:28,039 and when they have something they do, start with a 639 00:33:28,279 --> 00:33:30,799 pepsiit of the private sect, and then feed them and 640 00:33:30,839 --> 00:33:32,640 they'll have something to go to bed with something in 641 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,359 their stomach. They should not have that same regurs that 642 00:33:36,519 --> 00:33:39,000 gastro kriflux at some time in the middle of the 643 00:33:39,079 --> 00:33:41,680 night early morning. Try it all right. I wasn't a 644 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,039 rough fan, but it's always at work. Yeah, I mean yeah, 645 00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:46,480 and probatics. I love probatics, So that's a good thing 646 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,880 to do, all right. I think we got everybody. I 647 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,680 don't want to keep Mark waiting. I overstep my welcome. 648 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,680 I frequently do, and I think I waived everybody. If not, 649 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,319 if I don't get to you or your question doesn't 650 00:33:57,319 --> 00:33:58,680 mean I do love you. It just means that I 651 00:33:58,759 --> 00:34:01,720 missed Tim. So what you should do is be here 652 00:34:01,799 --> 00:34:04,839 next week, same time, same channel, here on pet Life Radio, 653 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,000 and we will and of course Instagram Live and we 654 00:34:09,039 --> 00:34:10,920 will get to your questions. And if you have somebody 655 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,079 during the week do you want to talk to me about, 656 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:15,360 just send me doctor Jeff petlife radio dot com, doctor Jeff, 657 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,320 doctor Jeff dot com, Jeff at Airvet dot you. I 658 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:19,559 have so many ways to get a hold of me, 659 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:22,519 so just give it a shot. All right, next week, 660 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:23,280 by bye. 661 00:34:23,559 --> 00:34:28,199 Speaker 3: Let's talk pets every week on demand only on petlife 662 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:42,480 Radio dot Com.