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Summer Travel with Your Pets - Dr. Greer of CheckOut Veterinary · Ask The Experts

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Speaker 1: eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. And we, of
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Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary each and every week right here on thirteen
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Speaker 1: the Year from Westminster Kennel Club and doctor Greer, it's
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Speaker 1: great to talk with you. It's a fun time of
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Speaker 1: year for people and it's a real fun time of
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Speaker 1: year for pets as well, well, isn't it it is?
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Speaker 2: This is the best. It's not quite too hot, but
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Speaker 2: it's warm enough to be out there and really enjoy it.
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Speaker 2: So yes, then there's so many cool things you can
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Speaker 2: do with your dog.
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Speaker 1: Hey, we're going to talk about some some of those
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Speaker 1: great adventures. I know some dogs, a lot of dogs,
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Speaker 1: most dogs really enjoy road trips and those type of things.
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Speaker 1: We'll talk about all these things, but real quick too.
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Speaker 1: Last week, you know, we we got a chance to
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Speaker 1: talk of course, with with summer and that just just
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Speaker 1: getting underways, talk a little bit about about you know,
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Speaker 1: summer precautions and hydration and the importance and we we
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Speaker 1: focused a bit more on cats than usual, and I
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Speaker 1: think too is we're going to talk this week about
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Speaker 1: some of the fun things you can do, you know,
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Speaker 1: with your with your pupper and you know, getting out
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Speaker 1: and doing those type of things. Also want to don't
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Speaker 1: want to forget that that are as sometimes they may
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Speaker 1: be a bit aloof about it, but cats genuinely love
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Speaker 1: spending time with you around the house.
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Speaker 2: Don't they Oh yeah, oh yeah, for sure. But there's
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Speaker 2: some fun things you can do for the cats too,
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Speaker 2: even if they don't go out. Some people will build
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Speaker 2: them a cadio. They have access to the breeze and
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Speaker 2: the you know, the smells, and all the sites of
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Speaker 2: the outdoors, but with protection or sometimes just putting up
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Speaker 2: a bird feeder outside the window where the cat can
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Speaker 2: sit on the back of the couch or a cat
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Speaker 2: ledge on the window can be really fun. They love
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Speaker 2: watching the birds, and so there's some really nice things
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Speaker 2: that you can do for cats, even if they don't
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Speaker 2: tend to venture outside. If they do venture out, all
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Speaker 2: of our pets should be microchips, dogs and cats, so
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Speaker 2: make sure you're doing that. We are running a special
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Speaker 2: on microchipping at the check in and checkout Veterinary right
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Speaker 2: now because this is the time of year that pets
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Speaker 2: tend to disappear, so make sure their microchips and make
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Speaker 2: sure your microchip is registered. And then the Buddy bags
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Speaker 2: ID also comes with a little ID tag that has
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Speaker 2: a QR code on it. And if you take your
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Speaker 2: phone so you don't have to have a microchip scander
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Speaker 2: to use that device. You can take your phone, take
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Speaker 2: a photo of it, and then it'll take you to
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Speaker 2: a website. Well you know how you do that. You
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Speaker 2: go to the website with the QR code and it'll
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Speaker 2: have the name of the owners to your name, your
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Speaker 2: phone number, where you are, are, all the information. So
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Speaker 2: say you go to the lake for the weekend and
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Speaker 2: your neighbors aren't the people who are usually there. They
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Speaker 2: don't know your dogs. But the next person that finds
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Speaker 2: your dogs and stand the QR code, find your phone
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Speaker 2: number and figure out, oh, you are at the lake,
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Speaker 2: and so you aren't really from Madison, You're really, you know,
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Speaker 2: just down the road a little ways. So they'll call
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Speaker 2: you and you can get your pet back immediately. It's
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Speaker 2: a much faster system than going through the microchip system itself.
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Speaker 2: So take a look into those technologies.
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Speaker 1: I had to laugh when you said they don't know
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Speaker 1: your dog, but I thought, but your dog knows them
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Speaker 1: the best friends, right, Oh yeah.
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Speaker 2: You know they're like, oh, yeah, you're the one who
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Speaker 2: always gives me the cookies, or you're you're the one
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Speaker 2: who throws the scraps out for the My neighbor used
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Speaker 2: to throw scraps out for the squirrels. It wasn't for
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Speaker 2: the squirld My dog would go over there and ETO like,
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Speaker 2: please don't do that.
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Speaker 1: Yees all that is Yeah, dogs are dogs, are they
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Speaker 1: They love they love smells, they love food, and they
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Speaker 1: love getting to know people as well. Yeah doctor, let's yeah,
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Speaker 1: let's talk about you know, we think about you know,
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Speaker 1: summer vacation plans and of course a lot of us
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Speaker 1: because of you know, our pets, especially are you know,
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Speaker 1: with when it comes to going places. And I know
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Speaker 1: more hotels are accepting dogs, and I know it used
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Speaker 1: to be hard to do. I think just most it's
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Speaker 1: probably in the majority now that accept which has really
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Speaker 1: opened up the opportunity to bring our pets along. There
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Speaker 1: are some precautions and obviously there's some fun things do,
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Speaker 1: but real quick, so I would I would think it
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Speaker 1: would probably be important to talk about some of the
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Speaker 1: some of the things just to be cautious of. And
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Speaker 1: I think of like hotel rooms and I know they
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Speaker 1: do a really good job of cleaning them, and they
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Speaker 1: do really good work, but other people have been there,
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Speaker 1: I know for me and I've just got a little dog,
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Speaker 1: I always when we check into a hotel, I kind
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Speaker 1: of do a little ocular search of the room just
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Speaker 1: to make sure that there's nothing at Homer's level. Probably
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Speaker 1: good advice, isn't it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, under the bed. You know there have been times
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Speaker 2: where dogs I've gotten into things like marijuana under the
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Speaker 2: bed and you weren't aware of it, or cigarette butts
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Speaker 2: or you know kinds of stuff. Just be really careful
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Speaker 2: when you take your pet into a hotel room. And
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Speaker 2: I typically when we travel with our dogs and we
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Speaker 2: do a lot, I will take along an extra sheet
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Speaker 2: that is our sheet, and I put it over the
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Speaker 2: bed so that if the dog just sleep on the
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Speaker 2: blanket or the bedspread, that they're not shedding on it.
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Speaker 2: And then when we clean up we leave, we take
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Speaker 2: the sheet with us. We take it, wash it of
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Speaker 2: course at home, and take it on the next trip
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Speaker 2: so that we aren't leaving extra work for the housekeeping service.
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Speaker 2: And I also have a tendency to you know those
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Speaker 2: table claws that have the flannel backing on them, that
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Speaker 2: are these and all like they have Christmas ones and
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Speaker 2: Easter ones and summer ones. They're a couple bucks a piece.
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Speaker 2: I'll put those on the floor of the hotel room
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Speaker 2: so that if we do have an accident that it
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Speaker 2: is going to soak into the carpet. A lot of
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Speaker 2: hotel rooms now are coming with the vinyl flooring instead
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Speaker 2: of with carpeting because so many people are traveling with
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Speaker 2: pets and so many people have allergies, so there are
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Speaker 2: some things that they're changing in hotels. But you're absolutely right.
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Speaker 2: You need to be careful and you need to be thoughtful.
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Speaker 2: And if you're outside with your dog and they have
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Speaker 2: a stool, make sure you pick it up because you
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Speaker 2: want those hotels else to continue to take dogs. And
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Speaker 2: one bad person can ruin it for the next people
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Speaker 2: that come along by leaving the area soiled. So you know,
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Speaker 2: be thoughtful, be nice. We go to dog shows a lot,
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Speaker 2: and some of the hotels have simply stopped taking dogs
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Speaker 2: because people were they were They destroyed hotel rooms, they
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Speaker 2: didn't pick up after their dogs, they lifted their leg
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Speaker 2: on the elevator shaft. You know, there's just things that
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Speaker 2: are really tacky. So be really thoughtful so that the
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Speaker 2: next people behind you can continue to travel with their dogs.
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Speaker 2: You can ruin it for everybody if you're not nice.
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Speaker 1: It's it's such a great gift that they have that opportunity,
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Speaker 1: and that's the really really important stuff to make sure
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Speaker 1: that that you're being respectful and of course making keeping
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Speaker 1: those options available for everybody, including you and your pet.
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Speaker 1: And doctor has some really good tips there for kind
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Speaker 1: of getting settled in some adventures, and I know, I
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Speaker 1: know there are obviously here in Wisconsin there are some
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Speaker 1: great things. There's also some great things regionally for pets
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Speaker 1: to do. First off, I think for a lot of us,
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Speaker 1: kind of going up to the if we get a chance,
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Speaker 1: whether we have our own or a friends, you know, cabin,
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Speaker 1: maybe they've got some water, maybe they've got some you know,
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Speaker 1: some nice trails, those type of things dogs love, and
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Speaker 1: I wish I had the same drive. Most dogs love
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Speaker 1: like just exercise. They love being out, They love walking,
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Speaker 1: they love running, they love swimming. And getting your pet
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Speaker 1: accustom and out into the nature and the smells and
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Speaker 1: those type of things is fun for them. But there
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Speaker 1: there are some things you want to make sure as
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Speaker 1: far as you know, shots and other things that they're
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Speaker 1: that they're in their in their heartworm those type of
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Speaker 1: things are heartworm medication, that they're up to date on
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Speaker 1: that stuff, don't you right right.
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Speaker 2: Make sure you're using your fla and tick preventives, your
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Speaker 2: heartworm preventives, so be careful with that. Make sure they're
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Speaker 2: current on their vaccines. If they come across the skunk,
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Speaker 2: you don't want it to be something that turned into quarantine.
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Speaker 2: They make some really interesting things for dogs. You can
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Speaker 2: buy a life preserver for your dog so that if
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Speaker 2: your dog isn't good at swimming, they can wander out
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Speaker 2: slowly into the water and then if they get in
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Speaker 2: a little deep there's a life preserver. They typically have
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Speaker 2: a handle on them so that if you do need
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Speaker 2: to grab them with your hand or your ore of
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Speaker 2: your canoe, you can lift them back out of the water.
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Speaker 2: So that's one tip if you have a dog that
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Speaker 2: tends to pick up things and eat what they shouldn't
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Speaker 2: when you're out on your walk. There's something called out fox.
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Speaker 2: It's a hood for dogs. It's a mesh hood, and
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Speaker 2: so it keeps the bugs off of them. It keeps
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Speaker 2: them from having chalktails and other things go up their
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Speaker 2: noses and into their ears, but it also keeps them
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Speaker 2: from picking up, oh, you know, deer droppings or icky
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Speaker 2: mushrooms or things that could be dangerous or toxic to them.
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Speaker 2: Because they don't really have great judgment when it comes
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Speaker 2: to those things. So getting an out fox food you
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Speaker 2: can buy them on Amazon. You measure the length of
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Speaker 2: the dog's head. They have them different sizes for different dogs.
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Speaker 2: They look a little weird, but just like when we
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Speaker 2: wear one of those mesh hats, you know, it can
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Speaker 2: be really safe and help cut down on the number
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Speaker 2: of bug bites and all that stuff. I actually we
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Speaker 2: went to Africa last year and I bought those hoods,
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Speaker 2: the hats with the mesh cover for ourselves. They never
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Speaker 2: came out of my suitcase when we were in Africa,
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Speaker 2: but we were in Marshfield at my kid's house a
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Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago. I got them out and my
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Speaker 2: grandkids wrestled them away from me because the flies were
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Speaker 2: so bad that they were putting them on and running
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Speaker 2: around in the yard with those on them, like, you
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Speaker 2: guys look ridiculous, But they were having a blast because
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Speaker 2: they could be out in that and not do it.
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Speaker 2: So the outshocks foods are well tolerated by dogs. If
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Speaker 2: you have a dog that has an eye problem, if
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Speaker 2: they're a pug and it tends to you know, get
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Speaker 2: injuries to the eye things like that. They make goggles
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Speaker 2: and they make a couple of other versions of that
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Speaker 2: for dogs. For their goggles, I've seen them with a
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Speaker 2: variety of different kinds of styles so that they can
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Speaker 2: really fit the dogs well, and you know it'll protect
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Speaker 2: their eyes. If you have a dog with jen you
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Speaker 2: know typically ends up with corneal ulcers or weed seeds
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Speaker 2: or something in the eye, and you need to protect
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Speaker 2: them so that their vision remains good. There's some amazing
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Speaker 2: equipment out there. You can buy a little boots to
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Speaker 2: the dogs. If you're going to be on the stand
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Speaker 2: too much, that would wear through their feet. So there's
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Speaker 2: a lot of stuff you can get. But you do
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Speaker 2: need to plan ahead a little bit because if you're
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Speaker 2: at the cabin and you need it on Saturday night,
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Speaker 2: you're not going to get it from Amazon where you're
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Speaker 2: out in the boonies. So plan ahead, you know where
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Speaker 2: you're going, know what your options are, and get those
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Speaker 2: things ordered ahead of time so you've got them.
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Speaker 1: Talk this morning with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary
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Speaker 1: online checkout vet dot com. That's all one word checkout
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Speaker 1: vet dot com. You can learn more about Checkout Veterinary
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Speaker 1: and of course, great data. Make that appointment to start
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Speaker 1: that relationship. Don't forget that first visit that exam that
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Speaker 1: is free to you and your pet. Again, all you
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Speaker 1: eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. That's six o'
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Speaker 1: eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. Speaking of planning
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Speaker 1: ahead as an adult, I have to remember this to
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Speaker 1: pack my medications. Same is true for your pet, isn't it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, if you run out of DS while you're
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Speaker 2: someplace else, it's hard for another veterinary to fill those prescriptions.
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Speaker 2: It can be done on an emergency basis, but again
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Speaker 2: it's always going to be the weekend and most of
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Speaker 2: the time those aren't going to be places that are open.
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Speaker 2: And then again, take your bug spray. They make dog
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Speaker 2: bug sprays, they make flea and tick preventives that are
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Speaker 2: topicals that do a great job. And they do make
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Speaker 2: sunscreen for pets too, So if you have a dog
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Speaker 2: with a lot of fight on it to get some burned,
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Speaker 2: I mean seriously, that stuff really exists. So yes, hat
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Speaker 2: plan ahead, pack all this stuff. If you're taking sunscreen
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Speaker 2: for the kids and bugs pray for you. Make sure
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Speaker 2: you're taking it through your pets too, because they're in
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Speaker 2: the same environment. You want them to be out there
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Speaker 2: and enjoy it and not have to fret about, oh,
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Speaker 2: you know, something's going to happen. You should enjoy your vacation.
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Speaker 2: For water, it's a good idea to take some water
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Speaker 2: from home if you have a couple of extra gallon
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Speaker 2: jugs so that your dog doesn't have a water change.
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Speaker 2: And then they make these really interesting water bottles that
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Speaker 2: you can carry with you if you go out hiking
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Speaker 2: or walking with a dog that has a little tray
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Speaker 2: attached to it that flips down so you don't have
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Speaker 2: to try and get the dog to drink out of
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Speaker 2: your water bottle because it never goes well. So you
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Speaker 2: can get those with a little tray. There's a lot
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Speaker 2: of different things that you can take along for your
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Speaker 2: pet that can make the trip a lot more enjoyable.
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Speaker 2: If you take your hydration pack for you, take one
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Speaker 2: for your dog. You know, plan aheads. Cats are probably
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Speaker 2: not going hiking with you. We don't want to leave
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Speaker 2: cats out of the conversation, but I don't know a
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Speaker 2: lot of cats that hike.
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Speaker 1: No. I once said cat that didn't mind, and I
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Speaker 1: stressed that part didn't mind a leash, But generally it
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Speaker 1: was just used to get him outside and then end
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Speaker 1: up carrying him. He went around with us. But but yeah,
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Speaker 1: as we talked this morning with doctor Greer of Checkout
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Speaker 1: eight sixty seven hundred. Looks into our conversation with doctor Greer,
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Speaker 1: will talk a little bit more about summertime travel with
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Speaker 1: your pets. We'll do that next as ask the experts,
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Speaker 1: thirteen ten WIBA and Checkout Veterinary hanging out with doctor
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Speaker 1: Mardy Greer of Checkout Veterinary here on thirteen ten wib A.
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Speaker 1: That's what I wanted to say there. Of course, it's
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Speaker 1: checkout vet dot com. Talking about summer travel, summer vacation
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Speaker 1: and doing some stuff in the outdoors with your pet
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Speaker 1: and getting them from point A to point B doctor
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Speaker 1: can be something that you do not want to take
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Speaker 1: lightly as you want to make sure your pet is comfortable,
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Speaker 1: but also you want to make sure your pet is
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Speaker 1: very safe. And there are some really nice options out
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Speaker 1: there for transporting your pet, aren't there?
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Speaker 2: There are? And typically the seat belts and the little
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Speaker 2: raised seats are not very safe, especially in the front seat,
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Speaker 2: because if your air bag deploys, it will cause serious
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Speaker 2: damage to your dog. But crates are really the way
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Speaker 2: to go. I will not drive anywhere without my dog
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Speaker 2: in the crates. I have some custom mad crates for
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Speaker 2: the back of my Subaru that my husband bought for me.
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Speaker 2: They're dog transit crates that fit directly into the car
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Speaker 2: and their customs. They're made in Scotland but the Rough
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Speaker 2: Tough Kennel company. Now they call them a slightly different name,
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Speaker 2: but Rough Tough Kennels are these very high impact plastic crates.
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Speaker 2: They have doors, some of them will have two or
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Speaker 2: three doors on them. They survive rollovers. I've seen pictures
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Speaker 2: of pickup trucks that have had them in the back
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Speaker 2: and the truck is rolled and crashed and crushed and
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Speaker 2: the crates are just sitting happily in the back of
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Speaker 2: the truck. So they're very impact resistant, and god knows
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Speaker 2: you don't want to end up in a car accident,
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Speaker 2: especially rear ended with your dogs in the But your
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Speaker 2: dogs are only going to be safe in a crate.
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Speaker 2: The little seat belts are not safe enough. There's just
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Speaker 2: not a good enough restraint. Pets can become projectiles. I've
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Speaker 2: actually had one client who her dog got really agitated
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Speaker 2: and wouldn't let the EMC's into her car because he
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Speaker 2: was being very aggressive towards them. So there's definitely some
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Speaker 2: reasons to use crates instead. I rolled a car a
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Speaker 2: number of years ago, and if my cat hadn't been
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Speaker 2: in a crate. My kids are in seatbelts, my cat
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Speaker 2: was in a crate, and if they all hadn't been
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Speaker 2: as securely buckled in and locked up as they were,
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Speaker 2: I would have lost more than just the hat. It
15:35
Speaker 2: might have been my kids too, So you want to
15:37
Speaker 2: be really careful. You don't want your pet to be
15:39
Speaker 2: a projectile. You don't want your pet to be a
15:41
Speaker 2: distraction when you're driving. I see people with their windows
15:44
Speaker 2: down and their dogs sticking their head at the window,
15:46
Speaker 2: and yes, it's really fun for the dogs, but we
15:49
Speaker 2: have to use some grown up common sense and it's
15:51
Speaker 2: not safe. They're going to end up with something in
15:53
Speaker 2: their eye, They're going to end up with a problem
15:55
Speaker 2: with their ears. Just really, it doesn't matter how fun
15:58
Speaker 2: it is. And loose in the back of a pickup truck,
16:00
Speaker 2: absolutely not so think about I mean, when I was
16:04
Speaker 2: a kid, we didn't even have car seats for children.
16:06
Speaker 2: My mother used to lay us on the front seat
16:07
Speaker 2: of the car and you know, hold on to you
16:10
Speaker 2: if you had to hit the brake. Spath. We've come
16:12
Speaker 2: a long way for our kids, and we have for
16:14
Speaker 2: our pets too. So I really like the rough Land kennels.
16:18
Speaker 2: I really like some of these other options, and the
16:20
Speaker 2: pets are very comfortable in there that they just have
16:22
Speaker 2: to get used to it. If they have a little
16:23
Speaker 2: anxiety or a little car sickness, you can start off
16:26
Speaker 2: with some ginger snaps and if that doesn't do it,
16:28
Speaker 2: talk to your veterinary. There's really good anti anxiety medications.
16:31
Speaker 2: There's really good anti nausea medications on the market that
16:35
Speaker 2: can make a huge difference in how your pet feels
16:37
Speaker 2: about travel. Because, like you said, most of the time
16:40
Speaker 2: you go out in the garage, open the door. The
16:42
Speaker 2: pets are happy to jump in, even to jump into
16:44
Speaker 2: their crates, because that's how they know you get transported.
16:48
Speaker 2: They're very happy to do it. But there are a
16:50
Speaker 2: few a few dogs that aren't crazy about the car
16:52
Speaker 2: cats them. Most of them don't like the car, but
16:55
Speaker 2: most dogs do. And what's really funny is if the
16:58
Speaker 2: dog is loose when you go into the store, you've
17:00
Speaker 2: let them out of the crate so that they don't
17:01
Speaker 2: have to be in the crate when you're in the
17:03
Speaker 2: store shopping. They're always sitting in the driver's seat when
17:06
Speaker 2: you come back out. The dogs know that that is
17:09
Speaker 2: the position of power. I don't know how they know that,
17:11
Speaker 2: but they apparently have assimilated the information that you don't
17:15
Speaker 2: go anywhere until so there was someone sitting in that seat,
17:18
Speaker 2: and so if you're there, you are now in charge. Actually,
17:21
Speaker 2: very funny. So for traveling with your dogs, we always
17:26
Speaker 2: put a little note on the window that says your
17:30
Speaker 2: phone number on it. So if you feel my pet
17:33
Speaker 2: is in any kind of danger that they can call
17:35
Speaker 2: your cell phone. If you're in Target or Woodmand's or whatever,
17:38
Speaker 2: they can, they can give you a call instead of
17:40
Speaker 2: breaking your window if they think your petits in distressed there.
17:44
Speaker 2: I saw on su the other day this little velcro
17:46
Speaker 2: device that you can put on your steering wheel that
17:48
Speaker 2: says dog and crates, so that you don't forget when
17:50
Speaker 2: you're getting out of the car and that your dog
17:51
Speaker 2: is there. So put down the windows or you know,
17:54
Speaker 2: make sure that they're somehow not overheating in the car.
17:57
Speaker 2: Because everybody knows that cars get really hot. Kids get injured,
18:01
Speaker 2: dogs get injured by leaving pets in the car that
18:03
Speaker 2: you forget about. So use that as a little reminder.
18:06
Speaker 2: Drop your lisha around your neck if you're just running
18:08
Speaker 2: into the grocery store for one thing. I always drape
18:10
Speaker 2: the leisha around my neck so I don't forget that
18:12
Speaker 2: the dog is in the car, because invariably I go
18:14
Speaker 2: into the store, somebody sees me, they start talking to me.
18:16
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh no, I got to go, Like, my
18:18
Speaker 2: dog is out there, and I can't leave them for
18:20
Speaker 2: more than a minute and a half in the car,
18:23
Speaker 2: even with the windows down. They make little screens that
18:26
Speaker 2: you can put across the top of the windows, so
18:28
Speaker 2: you can leave it down part of the way and
18:30
Speaker 2: let the ventilation come in. My crates that were custom
18:33
Speaker 2: made for my subar roof the crates will lock, so
18:36
Speaker 2: I can leave the dog in the car with the
18:38
Speaker 2: crate the back of the hatch open, but the crates
18:41
Speaker 2: are locked, so nobody can come along and take the
18:43
Speaker 2: dogs out and you know, either walk them or steal
18:46
Speaker 2: them or whatever. So there's so many things that are available.
18:49
Speaker 2: We should take advantage of what all those things are.
18:51
Speaker 2: But the simplest thing is put a note on your window.
18:54
Speaker 2: It has your phone number on it. I mean, how
18:56
Speaker 2: easy is that. It doesn't cost you any money, and
18:59
Speaker 2: it's a really good way to make sure your pets
19:01
Speaker 2: stay safe in the vehicle.
19:02
Speaker 1: Really great information, really great ideas as well. As we
19:04
Speaker 1: talked this morning with doctor Martin Greer of Checkout Veterinary
19:07
Speaker 1: online checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com.
19:11
Speaker 1: Another thing too, I was thinking about with travel is
19:13
Speaker 1: you want to make sure that it just like for people,
19:16
Speaker 1: but with your pets as well, that you're making frequently
19:18
Speaker 1: if you're doing a road trip, for example, every couple hours,
19:21
Speaker 1: you're stopping, getting them some water and of course letting them,
19:23
Speaker 1: letting them stretch and do their do their business. You
19:26
Speaker 1: don't want them cooped up or uncomfortable or in a
19:28
Speaker 1: bad situation because they've got to go potty or they
19:31
Speaker 1: need a drink right right.
19:34
Speaker 2: So, and if your pet does have a tendency to
19:36
Speaker 2: have issues, if it gets too warm in the back,
19:38
Speaker 2: you may want to put aluminum foil on the window,
19:40
Speaker 2: or you may want to drape something so that the
19:42
Speaker 2: pet can't see out the sides of the creative that
19:44
Speaker 2: makes them nauseous. So there's a lot of little things
19:47
Speaker 2: that you can do. You know, aluminum toil on the
19:49
Speaker 2: back window of your hatch is it's not going to
19:51
Speaker 2: interfere if it's on the passenger or the side not
19:55
Speaker 2: the back of course, not the hatchback, but the side windows,
19:57
Speaker 2: so that you can block their view or keep the
20:00
Speaker 2: sun from beating in on them. There's there's simple things
20:03
Speaker 2: that you can do that can really make your pets
20:04
Speaker 2: travel a lot more comfortable. So don't hesitate to do
20:07
Speaker 2: those things. If the back isn't well heated, put them
20:09
Speaker 2: in a little jacket if it's winter, if it's too hot,
20:12
Speaker 2: you know, just put the windows down and make sure
20:14
Speaker 2: that they have plenty of ventilation. They make little fans
20:17
Speaker 2: that are battery operated, I know, Milwaukee Tool makes them.
20:19
Speaker 2: Another of other companies do that are better operated fans
20:22
Speaker 2: that you can actually attach to the crate door that
20:24
Speaker 2: will move air through the crate. It'll ventilate for them.
20:27
Speaker 2: I see a lot of those. Of the dog shows,
20:29
Speaker 2: people use shammies that they've wet down and then they
20:32
Speaker 2: put over the dog to keep them cool and wet.
20:34
Speaker 2: They make cooling pads that you can put underneath the dog.
20:36
Speaker 2: You wet them down in the dog lads on them
20:38
Speaker 2: in the crate so it keeps them cool. There's there's
20:42
Speaker 2: a million different things that you can do to make
20:43
Speaker 2: the travel with your pet more comfortable for you and
20:46
Speaker 2: for them. We want them happy, we want them having
20:48
Speaker 2: a good time. Don't forget to take their food because
20:50
Speaker 2: you don't want to have a diet change and end
20:52
Speaker 2: up with a problems, you know, changing food at the
20:54
Speaker 2: last minute when you're somewhere else. And if your pet
20:57
Speaker 2: does have a tendency to have a tender, tell me
20:59
Speaker 2: take along those medications that can help to cut down
21:02
Speaker 2: on issues with things like diarrhea. So there's a lot
21:05
Speaker 2: of things that we can do to make our travel
21:07
Speaker 2: and our trips a lot more fun. And then national
21:10
Speaker 2: parks and state parks almost all of them will allow dogs.
21:13
Speaker 2: You do have to look at the rules. You have
21:15
Speaker 2: to check out the park's website before you go, or
21:17
Speaker 2: the national park website, but most of them allow dogs
21:20
Speaker 2: as long as they're on leash and as long as
21:21
Speaker 2: they're not a fensive to anybody and you pick up
21:23
Speaker 2: after them. So there's so many places you can take dogs.
21:27
Speaker 2: A lot of beer gardens now outdoor restaurants and beer
21:30
Speaker 2: gardens will allow you to have the dog there. So
21:33
Speaker 2: I do advise that people do not let them drink
21:35
Speaker 2: out of a communal water bowl. There's a lot of
21:38
Speaker 2: grossness that happens with that, and that is the technical
21:40
Speaker 2: term grossness. So take along your own bottle of water
21:44
Speaker 2: and your own bowls. Don't let them go swaps fit
21:47
Speaker 2: with other dogs because there's some things that they can
21:49
Speaker 2: pick up from that, and those goals aren't necessarily really clean.
21:52
Speaker 2: But there's so many fun things you can do. There's
21:54
Speaker 2: no reason to leave the dog home. Man plan your
21:56
Speaker 2: trips so that the dog can go along. It's a blast.
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