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Pet Allergies with the Checkout Vet · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Eight forty one thirteen ten WIBA and ask the experts
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  Speaker 1: this morning is the twenty twenty three Veterinarian of the
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  Speaker 1: Year from the Westminster Kennel Club, of course, also from
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  Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary, his doctor Marty Greer. Doctor Greer, how you
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  Speaker 1: doing this morning.
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  Speaker 2: I'm great, Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: It's so good to talk to you. And we've got
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  Speaker 1: important stuff to cover this morning. And started talking a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. I know, the other week allergies came up
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  Speaker 1: for both pets and people, and let's talk a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about allergies and some of the you know, some
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  Speaker 1: of the weird things that they say. Weird obviously, as
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  Speaker 1: a vet says, you see it all the time, but
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  Speaker 1: it's or sometimes we wonder what's going on there, why
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  Speaker 1: is my pet acting a certain way or certain things happening.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of times it can be allergies, can't it?
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  Speaker 2: Doctor, It can, and they don't always seem obvious. When
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  Speaker 2: I was a kid, we had a neighbor dog that
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  Speaker 2: used to chew her feet and it was a little
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  Speaker 2: poodle and our neighbors would always yell at her for
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  Speaker 2: chewing your feet, and it still happens to this day.
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  Speaker 2: And of course, at that point a topic dermatitis atopy.
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  Speaker 2: Allergies weren't well described in the dog, but they are
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  Speaker 2: now and we know that that's allergies. They can be
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  Speaker 2: allergies to pollens and molds. It can be a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different things, but that's really common. And if you
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  Speaker 2: aren't experienced as a dog owner from a previous dog
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  Speaker 2: that has had those for symptoms, it may not be
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  Speaker 2: obvious to you that it's an allergic problem. And we've
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  Speaker 2: learned a lot about allergies and management that in the
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  Speaker 2: last fifty years, so a lot has changed.
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  Speaker 1: Are there like antihistamines specially made for pets or are
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  Speaker 1: there are there certain types of Obviously we've got use
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  Speaker 1: you can. You can you can let us know what
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  Speaker 1: are what are like some of those treatments that are available, doctor.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, And you can do antihistamines. There are over the
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  Speaker 2: counter antihistamines you can purchase for yourself, and they frequently
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  Speaker 2: can be used on pets, not all of them. See,
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  Speaker 2: you have to be careful. A lot of people use benadryl,
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  Speaker 2: some people use luratidine which is Clarton or zero tech,
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  Speaker 2: and some of those are okay, some of them are not.
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  Speaker 2: You can't just go to the drug store, the pharmacy,
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  Speaker 2: the dollar store, whatever, and you know, stand in front
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  Speaker 2: of the aisle where all the human medications are and
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  Speaker 2: assume that everything that you can take is safe for
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  Speaker 2: your pet, because it isn't. But benadryl is safe, and
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  Speaker 2: luratodine claratin is safe, so we are. We do see
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  Speaker 2: some of those products used. However, they're not as effective
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  Speaker 2: as some of the other medications that we have, and
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  Speaker 2: that's unfortunate because the other meds are you know, you
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  Speaker 2: have to go to the vet, you have to have
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  Speaker 2: a prescription form those kinds of things, so they're not
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  Speaker 2: as convenient. But if your pet isn't getting enough relief,
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  Speaker 2: clearly you need to do something. Now, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people use benadru and it does make your pet sleepy,
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  Speaker 2: which if they're sleeping, they can't chew their feet because
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  Speaker 2: they're too tired. But it really isn't a great solution
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  Speaker 2: for most pets. So benadrill can be used safely, but
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  Speaker 2: should not be used as your only landed defense, and
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  Speaker 2: it shouldn't be used this is a little off topic,
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  Speaker 2: but shouldn't be used as an anti anxiety drug because
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  Speaker 2: it is not anti anxiety. It does make them drowsy,
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  Speaker 2: but it doesn't reduce anxiety or car sickness or any
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  Speaker 2: of those things. So we have better drugs that are
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  Speaker 2: more specific for those. So getting back to what we
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  Speaker 2: do have. Back in the sixties, predmozone cortizons were developed
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  Speaker 2: as anti inflammatory drugs, and they do a great job
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  Speaker 2: for allergies. They're inexpensive, they're wonderful, they do a good job,
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  Speaker 2: but they do have some side effects and long term
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  Speaker 2: use on a daily basis can become a problem for
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  Speaker 2: a pet's health. So, although I still rely on steroids
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  Speaker 2: and I'm still kind of old school in that regard,
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  Speaker 2: I will fall back to those if other antihistamines and
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  Speaker 2: other anti inflammatory drugs not working because number one, they
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  Speaker 2: give you a quick effect, and number two, they're very
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  Speaker 2: cost effective. People can afford pregnanism, they can't afford. Some
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  Speaker 2: people can't afford some of the other meds. Some can.
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  Speaker 2: So I want to give people options so that they
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  Speaker 2: know what their choices are. If it's this late in
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  Speaker 2: the season and we're close to a hard frost, of
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't really seem that way some days, if we're
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  Speaker 2: close to a hard frust, I may use pregnant zone
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  Speaker 2: just for those couple of weeks before the hard frost occurs,
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  Speaker 2: and then talk about doing something more the following year
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  Speaker 2: when the pet develops allergies again. Because most of the
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  Speaker 2: time you can almost set your calendar to the third
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  Speaker 2: week of August is always when they start to shoot
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  Speaker 2: their feet, or the second week in May, or you
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  Speaker 2: know whatever. So what happens one year will almost always
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  Speaker 2: predictably happened the following years.
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  Speaker 1: It's interesting to talk about things like seasonal allergies and
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  Speaker 1: of course putting that plan together. We talked to doctor Greer.
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  Speaker 1: We talked the other week about pen insurance. Do pen
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  Speaker 1: insurance cover do any of them cover any type of
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  Speaker 1: prescription that or is that something that that's just about
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  Speaker 1: universally out of pocket not covered?
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  Speaker 2: No, most of the prescriptions will be covered. Now, the HeartWare,
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  Speaker 2: men'sly in tech medications frequently or not routine, there's something
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  Speaker 2: you's in budget for, but the anti allergy medications frequently
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  Speaker 2: those are covered. The medications for arthritis, sometimes cancer therapy
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  Speaker 2: is covered, depending on what policy you have. So there
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  Speaker 2: is a great deal of coverage for our pets. There's
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  Speaker 2: a lot we can do for them, and having that
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  Speaker 2: pet insurance policy will keep you from having to say
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  Speaker 2: it's how much. The only people who don't need pet
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  Speaker 2: insurance are the people who don't have to ask how
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  Speaker 2: much is that going to be? So if you end
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  Speaker 2: up at the emergency clinic or the referral center or
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  Speaker 2: the that school or whatever, and they walk into the
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  Speaker 2: room with a fifteen thousand dollars estimate for you, and
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  Speaker 2: you don't have to say, oh, fifteen thousand dollars, I
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure I can do that. If you if
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  Speaker 2: you don't have to say, fifteen thousand dollars is going
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  Speaker 2: to ding your checking account, then don't buy pet insurance. Otherwise,
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  Speaker 2: you probably should have it for at least the most
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  Speaker 2: predicted expensive pet we all have, you know, multiple pets
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  Speaker 2: that have varieties of predicted needs. If you have a
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  Speaker 2: French bulldog, a bulldog, you know some of the breeds
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  Speaker 2: that we know are going to have health problems, the
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  Speaker 2: ones that we jokingly stay in veterinary medicine. If you
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  Speaker 2: get a bulldog, just set up direct deposit with your veteran.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to be seeing them all the time. If
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  Speaker 2: you have one of those. Geat pet insurance. If you
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  Speaker 2: have a puppy, get pet insurance. Fifty percent of puppies
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  Speaker 2: end up needing some kind of unexpected care in their
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  Speaker 2: first year of life. They fall on the stairs, they
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  Speaker 2: you know, cut themselves on something, and then the dog
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  Speaker 2: beats them up, they get diarrhea, whatever. It's really common
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  Speaker 2: to see that. So if you don't have to say
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  Speaker 2: how much will that be, here's my credit card, just
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  Speaker 2: put put on it whatever you need to. If you
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  Speaker 2: don't have to say that, great, you don't need pet insurance. Otherwise,
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  Speaker 2: I think I'm going to say probably ninety nine percent
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  Speaker 2: of our owners should have it.
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  Speaker 1: Really good perspective this morning, as we talk with doctor
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  Speaker 1: Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary the website checkout vet dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That's check out vet dot fantastic clinic. Of course, the
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  Speaker 1: first visit it is free, get that exam free. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: other things there are charges. The great thing too is
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  Speaker 1: and understanding what things kind of ballpark are going to cost.
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  Speaker 1: nine am until five pm. At checkout Vet. You say, well,
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  Speaker 1: what about Thursdays? Yes, checkout Vet is closed on Thursdays,
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  Speaker 1: but check in is open for you during the week,
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  Speaker 1: so they're always there for you. It's an amazing thing
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  Speaker 1: with doctor Greer and the team at Checkout Veterinaria and
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  Speaker 1: you can learn more online at checkout vet dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That's checkout vet dot com. Talking about allergies, obviously think
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  Speaker 1: about seasonal I think about myself personally. I have for
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  Speaker 1: some reason, there's some ingredient and TI detergent that makes
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  Speaker 1: my skin breakout in hives. Are there are there? There's
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  Speaker 1: got to be also for pets. Environmental things that can
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  Speaker 1: trigger allergic reactions, well, aren't there, Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes it is longer detergents from having those Fragrance
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  Speaker 2: free and die free soap can be very helpful. So
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  Speaker 2: if your pet sleeps on a blanket in your bed, whatever,
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  Speaker 2: and they have some skin problems, you may want to
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  Speaker 2: look at that as a possibility. Carpet powders can be
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  Speaker 2: irritating to their skin, and the more they scratch lick
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  Speaker 2: bite two and the more itchy they are, the more
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  Speaker 2: they smell, so the more carport powder you may use.
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  Speaker 2: So those are some things to be aware of, so
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  Speaker 2: just you know, be very cautious about those things. But
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  Speaker 2: like I said, we have some really nice new allergy
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  Speaker 2: medications that we didn't have back in the sixties seventies
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  Speaker 2: when pregnant zone was developed. So about ten years ago
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  Speaker 2: apicuoil came to market. That's a daily medication. It starts
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  Speaker 2: off twice a day for the first two weeks and
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  Speaker 2: then we go to daily medication. That can be really
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  Speaker 2: helpful for our dogs both allergies. It's a tablet. It
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  Speaker 2: used to be just a tablet. Now it comes as
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  Speaker 2: a chewable from the same company that brought us the
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  Speaker 2: original product and There is also now a generic which
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  Speaker 2: makes the cost of it a little bit less expensive.
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  Speaker 2: Still daily medication, very effective for allergies for a lot
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  Speaker 2: of dogs. And then we have a newer one even
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  Speaker 2: yet called sided Point, and that's an injection that's given
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  Speaker 2: every three to five weeks under the skin, so it's
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  Speaker 2: pretty painless. You just run into the bed every three
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  Speaker 2: to five weeks, have one of their technicians or their
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  Speaker 2: assistance give the injection. Once you've seen the veterinarian that
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  Speaker 2: has DIAGNOSEDI and a treatment plan put together, and again
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  Speaker 2: that can be a very effective medication. They have two
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  Speaker 2: different mechanisms of action. One affects the jack pathway that
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  Speaker 2: causes the allergic reaction, which is the biding, chewing, looking,
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  Speaker 2: scratching at their feet, at their skin, at their belly,
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  Speaker 2: if they break out in the rash their ears. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of ear infections are related to allergies. And then
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  Speaker 2: the injectible product is a monoclonal a antibody. So they
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  Speaker 2: have two different mechanisms of actions. So if one doesn't work,
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  Speaker 2: the other frequently will for your pet. And if all
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  Speaker 2: those sales, we can always fell back to pregnant zone
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  Speaker 2: as either an additional drug delayer with it in cases
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  Speaker 2: that we have very bad allergies, usually the end of
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  Speaker 2: August and most of September when the ragweed and goldenrod
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  Speaker 2: is bad. Or if you have a pet that you
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  Speaker 2: you simply can't afford those medications for Please don't leave
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  Speaker 2: your pet unprotected and uncard for if you can't afford
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  Speaker 2: apicuail or started point speaks for veterinarian about the alternative
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  Speaker 2: for steroids because they are still very effective and very
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  Speaker 2: good drugs used appropriately, meaning every other day, not daily,
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  Speaker 2: doctor l there's some things we can do.
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  Speaker 1: And then doctor, when you talk about you know the
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  Speaker 1: feed and then some of the belly, is that just
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  Speaker 1: because that the skin in those areas are a little
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  Speaker 1: more exposed, a little less fur covering or are those
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  Speaker 1: just areas that tend to tend to get those lichy
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  Speaker 1: spots for the pets? Obviously we can't ask them. How
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  Speaker 1: does any ask any dog how's your backs? And need
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  Speaker 1: a scratcher? Saying oh sure, yes I do, Yes I do.
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  Speaker 1: Those are those those areas that they just tend to
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  Speaker 1: focus in on because they can kind of get access
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  Speaker 1: to their skin and it's on it. Or do we
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  Speaker 1: see more like little breakouts or rashes in those areas.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that is the greatest question. We used to
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  Speaker 2: say that the dogs have mass cells. Mass cells are
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  Speaker 2: a form of stuff we have in our body that
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  Speaker 2: creates a histamine, and that histamine releases what makes you
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  Speaker 2: uncomfortable during allergies. And people they're concentrated in their nasal
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  Speaker 2: passages their eyes, so we get runny eyes, itchy noses,
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  Speaker 2: running noses, sneezing, congestion, that kind of thing for people.
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  Speaker 2: Dogs will have a component of that, but most of
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  Speaker 2: their masks dolls appear to be in their feet, so
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  Speaker 2: that's where we see a problem. And the direct contact. Again,
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  Speaker 2: we used to say that it was from the pollens explicitly,
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  Speaker 2: but we also know now that direct contact with grass
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  Speaker 2: will cause those dogs to have an allergic reaction. So
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  Speaker 2: I've actually had one client with a bulldog that replaced
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  Speaker 2: the grass in the part of the yard with AstroTurf
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  Speaker 2: that the dog goes into significantly cut down on their
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  Speaker 2: allergic reactions. So they saved a lot of money, didn't
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  Speaker 2: have to put on put the dog on as many medications.
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  Speaker 2: So there are some things that you can do, washing
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  Speaker 2: their feet when they come inside, especially the last trip
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  Speaker 2: outside at night to go potty. If you wash their
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  Speaker 2: feet before you go to bed, that's good eight hours
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  Speaker 2: that their feet aren't being exposed to the direct contact
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  Speaker 2: that they had with the grass when they were out.
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  Speaker 2: In people, they tell you to wash your hair before
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  Speaker 2: you go to bed at night if you have allergies,
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  Speaker 2: so that you're not that the pollen that sticks to
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  Speaker 2: the oils of your hair don't transfer on to your
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  Speaker 2: pillow and then have you really back and forth all
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  Speaker 2: night with your nose on where those exposed pollens are.
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  Speaker 2: So there's some little things that you can do, both
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  Speaker 2: for yourself and your dog that will reduce the amount
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  Speaker 2: of medication that you need. So there's a little device
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  Speaker 2: called a pop plunger. You can put your little dogs
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  Speaker 2: pull on it one at a time so that you
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  Speaker 2: can wash their feet before you go to bed. Or
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  Speaker 2: you can just use a bowl with some warm water
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  Speaker 2: and some soap in it. Doondish soap is fine to
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  Speaker 2: break up those oils on the coat and get rid
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  Speaker 2: of those residues that are causing the problem. So just
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  Speaker 2: be aware that simple things like that can significantly reduce
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  Speaker 2: the cost of medication. The amount of medication and your
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  Speaker 2: pet's discomfort.
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  Speaker 1: Talking this morning with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary.
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  Speaker 1: The website checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com.
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  Speaker 1: bit more about allergies. We'll get into cats. We also
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  Speaker 1: talk about it if maybe certain breeds are more more
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  Speaker 1: susceptible to allergies, and also if you're a person that
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  Speaker 1: has allergies to some pets, are there things you can
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  Speaker 1: be doing to reduce that allergic reaction. We'll get the
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  Speaker 1: details from the doctor next as ask the experts with
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  Speaker 1: the Experts, talking this morning with doctor Marty Greer of
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  Speaker 1: com and doctor As we talked this week about allergies,
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  Speaker 1: kitties and kittycats can have can have allergies as well,
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  Speaker 1: can't they.
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  Speaker 2: They can and frequently they'll be. I have different symptoms
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  Speaker 2: in our dogs. They tend not to have looking and
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  Speaker 2: foot chewing, but they can break out on their skin
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  Speaker 2: with different kinds of rashes, and they also can have
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  Speaker 2: allergic problems around their ears. So if your cat is
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  Speaker 2: really itsuy around their ears, scratching at their ears, sometimes
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  Speaker 2: to the point of self mutilation because their nails are
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  Speaker 2: so sharp. If they're really intently scratching at their ears,
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  Speaker 2: then you don't have ear mites or an ear infection.
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  Speaker 2: Talk to your veginarian about the possibility of this being
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  Speaker 2: a food allergy. So that's how cats react is completely
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  Speaker 2: differently than dogs because dogs are not cats and cats
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  Speaker 2: are not small dogs, so we have to treat them
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  Speaker 2: as entirely different species. They have different medications, different needs,
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  Speaker 2: different kinds of symptoms, different disorders. Is their overlap. Oh sure,
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  Speaker 2: but they're not the same. So please, if you're not
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  Speaker 2: getting good success, maybe even consider seeing somebody that specializes
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  Speaker 2: in feline medicine. We have doctors in our practice that
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  Speaker 2: love cats, We speak cat and there are some other
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  Speaker 2: clinics as well that have feline medicine specialists. So don't
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  Speaker 2: overlook the possibility of having those as possibilities for your
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  Speaker 2: pets care. But they'll break out in these weird rashes
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  Speaker 2: that ooh boy. And when cats get itchy and start
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  Speaker 2: over grooming, they can really cause some damage to their
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  Speaker 2: skin because their load tongues are so rough. So it's
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  Speaker 2: a whole different species.
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  Speaker 1: Are there, are there, and they and fantastic pets cats
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  Speaker 1: are are there? Are there? Oftentimes, like for pet owners,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes mistakes some of these signs and symptoms for you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned mites or maybe fleas or ringworm, where people like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: maybe my cat or dog's got an infection or or
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  Speaker 1: has got a parasite. Turns out it's it's maybe the
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  Speaker 1: food that they're eating, or the seasonal allergies or something
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  Speaker 1: in the environment.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, we see a lot of flea allergies. We
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  Speaker 2: don't see as many mites as we used to. We
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  Speaker 2: used to see more scabies and demon decks. But the
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  Speaker 2: oral medications that we give for flea and tit control,
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  Speaker 2: like Crudelio simperica, Brevecto, next Guard and their cousins, some
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  Speaker 2: paragatrio and all the others, those will control mites. So
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  Speaker 2: we considerably see fewer mites than we used to. And
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  Speaker 2: it's gotten to like a place of concern for me
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  Speaker 2: that veterinarians are going to get a little bit complacent
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  Speaker 2: about doing the skin scrapings to look for those parasites.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a simple test that we take a blade
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  Speaker 2: and we just take some of the superficial skin cells
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  Speaker 2: and look under the microscope. But because we've gotten so
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  Speaker 2: used to those really controlling the pets parasites, we oftentimes
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  Speaker 2: just kind of bypass the possibility that might or a concern.
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  Speaker 2: So food allergies, ring, where mightes, bacterial infections, all those
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  Speaker 2: things cause skin problems. So if you're not making successful
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  Speaker 2: progress with some of the over the counter things that
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  Speaker 2: you may have tried at home, please come in have
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  Speaker 2: a veterinarian, take a look at your pet, have them
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  Speaker 2: do some blood work if it's necessary, do a skin scraping,
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  Speaker 2: do a flea comb, really give a good assessment. There
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  Speaker 2: are doctors that love dermatology and they can do a
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  Speaker 2: super job of getting to the source of the problem
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  Speaker 2: and rather than just throwing a band aid at it,
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  Speaker 2: we can get rid of the parasites, the bacteria, whatever
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  Speaker 2: seems to be causing the underlying issue. And then there
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  Speaker 2: are some hypoallergenic diets as well that are hydrolyzed protein.
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  Speaker 2: So we have lots of choices for what we can
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  Speaker 2: help you with.
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  Speaker 1: That's great and real quick and we got it. But
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  Speaker 1: just about a minute here, doctor, I've got to ask
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  Speaker 1: for pet owners. Obviously, we love our pets and and
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  Speaker 1: we want to you know, have you know, have spent
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  Speaker 1: great time with them. Some folks develop or have allergies.
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  Speaker 1: Are there things that people can do to kind of
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  Speaker 1: for them to, you know, to keep themselves from from
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  Speaker 1: from having allergic reactions, especially I think around cats and
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  Speaker 1: that type of thing.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, and there are some pets, dogs in particular, that
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  Speaker 2: tend to be hypoallergenic. They're never non allergenic. But frequently
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  Speaker 2: grooming your pet or having the groom or do it
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  Speaker 2: for you. Bathing the pet frequently, we'll cut down on
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  Speaker 2: the dander in that coat and keeping the dog's coat short.
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  Speaker 2: Those are the things you can do to keep the
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  Speaker 2: pets in the household and not have to eliminate them.
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  Speaker 2: There are jokes about, you know, we've got rid of
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  Speaker 2: the kids because they were allergic. They kept the pets,
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  Speaker 2: they got rid of the kids. Yeah, that's that's another
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  Speaker 2: veterinary joke that kind of circulates.
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