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Vet Josh Davis Q&A from May 20th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: And let's get the theme music going on. And it's
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  Speaker 1: sponsored it is yeah, Lasting Pause.
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  Speaker 2: Pot Pet Memorial offers compassionate, dignified pet cremation across Utah,
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  Speaker 3: Doctor Josh Davis is here. He is with the He's
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  Speaker 3: not just with the Trilogy Veterinary Clinic. He is the
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  Speaker 3: Trilogy Veterinary Clinic. Doctor Davis is here to answer your
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  Speaker 3: questions about your puppies and your kiddies.
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  Speaker 1: What are you seeing a lot of today or these days?
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  Speaker 4: The big one last two weeks, I would say, is
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  Speaker 4: really blowing up is the foxtail weeds that are kind
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  Speaker 4: of blowing up in everyone's yards.
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  Speaker 3: And you've mentioned these before. Apparently they're just awful.
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  Speaker 5: They are pretty awful.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we uh, we've pulled a bunch out of feet
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  Speaker 4: because what's the problem with them is is they'll get
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  Speaker 4: into the fur and then migrate through the skin and
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  Speaker 4: get up under the skin, and the fee are very common,
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  Speaker 4: eyes ears, all of it, so.
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  Speaker 2: It's really hard to prevent them getting it. Like now
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  Speaker 2: I'm panicked when I go on walks. There's really not
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  Speaker 2: much you can do.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, if you get a plastic bag and just
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  Speaker 3: put it over, or how about a shower cap.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, the avoidance, of course is the best, and especially.
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  Speaker 4: In your own yard that you can control. But even
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  Speaker 4: around the neighborhood, they just once they get hot and dry,
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  Speaker 4: they just blow everywhere. And so and dogs like yours
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  Speaker 4: especially have that fur it's the exact same color as them.
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  Speaker 4: So I just be really diligent about checking feet. Ears
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  Speaker 4: are tougher because once they get down in the ear
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  Speaker 4: you can't get it out without we have to sedate
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  Speaker 4: them and use long instruments to go in there and
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  Speaker 4: pull them out, and so just be really diligent.
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  Speaker 5: Those are kind of the hot topic.
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  Speaker 4: And then it's getting warmer, so please don't leave your
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  Speaker 4: pet's in your car ever, no matter what, don't do
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  Speaker 4: it for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Just leaving them outside. Oh yeah, what temperature should I be?
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  Speaker 3: Like?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, you can be out for a little bit, but
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  Speaker 2: not more than that.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's that's a good one.
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  Speaker 4: And being outside the pros theres there is you know,
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  Speaker 4: there's at least air flow going on. But they need
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  Speaker 4: shade and shelter, they need plenty of water that there's
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  Speaker 4: no chance of it running out.
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  Speaker 5: But especially depending on the dog.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I think when you're getting into the eighties
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  Speaker 4: and nineties we start paying attention, and certainly when we're
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  Speaker 4: getting into the hundreds.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, am I going? Am I going to need that?
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  Speaker 6: For?
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  Speaker 3: I have an air conditioned dogouts?
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  Speaker 5: Those those are pretty sweet?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, but it's just being careful because injuries can
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  Speaker 4: happen really quick, especially in cars, even if your ace's
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  Speaker 4: on anything like that, it just gets really hot in there.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Randy is here.
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  Speaker 7: Hello Randy, Hello, good morning.
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  Speaker 3: Hi. Where are you calling from, Randy?
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  Speaker 7: I'm in Salt Lake.
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  Speaker 3: And what's your animals name?
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  Speaker 8: I have roughly a three year old French bulldog named Maizie,
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  Speaker 8: and I've actually spoken with you guys before, and the
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  Speaker 8: update on that part would.
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  Speaker 7: Be she's doing really good.
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  Speaker 9: Now, right, here's my next question.
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  Speaker 7: Is there a specific supplement or something that I can
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  Speaker 7: do to help her with her I mean, she's a frenchie,
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  Speaker 7: she's itchy.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, sure.
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  Speaker 8: I mean you see all the ads for things, and
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  Speaker 8: I'm just wondering if there's one you would recommend.
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  Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, there is a lot of advertisement for pet supplements,
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  Speaker 4: it's just a hot item. And I always caution if
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  Speaker 4: it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So,
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  Speaker 4: you know, if you're going to spend your money, and
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  Speaker 4: I think it's you know, try to spend it on
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  Speaker 4: quality things. And it's hard to tell that sometimes. But
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  Speaker 4: for really itchy dogs, certainly diets, certain diets can be helpful.
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  Speaker 5: Fatty acid or the fish.
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  Speaker 4: Oil types of supplements can be quite helpful for some dogs.
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  Speaker 4: But itchy skin is often takes multiple things, and sometimes
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  Speaker 4: that does include either medicated bathing or even medications in
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  Speaker 4: some cases.
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  Speaker 5: So it's really a one and done with itchy skin.
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  Speaker 4: So you do have to be realized that, and and
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  Speaker 4: don't go to the vet when it's already just terrible,
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  Speaker 4: you know, try to get seen a little sooner if
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  Speaker 4: you can.
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  Speaker 5: All right, But faty acid's never.
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  Speaker 4: Really hurt anyone there, they're good and sometimes that does
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  Speaker 4: help them.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, thank you, all right, right, see you later, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to Lane. Hello Lane, Good.
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  Speaker 3: Morning, guys, Morry Lane. What's what's your question? And what's
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  Speaker 3: your dog or cat's name?
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  Speaker 10: My cat's name is Saban and he is a seven
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  Speaker 10: year old domestic short hair main tune mix.
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  Speaker 7: Wow, we just got a.
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  Speaker 11: New automatic kitty litter sifter.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and he's not wanting to use it.
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  Speaker 10: My mother was wanting to figure out if maybe using
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  Speaker 10: the old kitty litter that he used to use, like
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  Speaker 10: mixing that in first.
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  Speaker 11: If that would work.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you're supposed to do that, aren't you.
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  Speaker 4: With the litters that sometimes it's the litter, sometimes the
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  Speaker 4: litter robots or other types of boxes. They have to
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  Speaker 4: figure it out a little bit because also automatic litters,
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  Speaker 4: they will move and that can scare them until they get.
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  Speaker 1: Used to it. It's probably it could be the mechanism.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so that could be a factor.
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  Speaker 4: And so you know things I would do is you
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  Speaker 4: know if the old litter was working, well, I think
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  Speaker 4: you used that, But also have another litter box right
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  Speaker 4: in that area so if they want a different option,
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  Speaker 4: that's okay, And maybe have a box somewhere out of
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  Speaker 4: that room so as they get used to the mechanism
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  Speaker 4: and the sifter over time, most cats I think will
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  Speaker 4: accept that.
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  Speaker 3: But I can I be scary. Can I ask you
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  Speaker 3: how much that was? How much that the litter box was?
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  Speaker 4: I think my mom bought two of them for like
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  Speaker 4: almost four hundred dollars on my Amazon.
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  Speaker 3: Well that's actually cheaper than I thought it was, right.
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  Speaker 3: I just remember when I brought that up to my wife.
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  Speaker 3: Let's get an audit, because I was the one who's
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  Speaker 3: emptying the litter box all the time. I don't do
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  Speaker 3: it anymore. My kid does now, but I was doing
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  Speaker 3: all the time. So when don't we get one of
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  Speaker 3: these automatics?
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  Speaker 4: She said, what, No, they can be expensive, but there
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  Speaker 4: is you know. The trade off is because some cats,
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  Speaker 4: if you don't keep up on it, they'll start peeing
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  Speaker 4: outside of the box. And so I do think the
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  Speaker 4: benefits and keeping it super clean all the time is
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  Speaker 4: really helpful, But it may just be the cat's got
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  Speaker 4: to figure it out a little bit because they can
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  Speaker 4: be scary the way they move and the way they sound.
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  Speaker 3: Tell them to quit being Tell him to quit being
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  Speaker 3: such a coward.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah, he's a bit stubborn with it.
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  Speaker 5: So all right, make sure there's options for sure. Thanks Line,
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's see our Sphinx Jennifer of vinger Perg. Well,
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  Speaker 1: my goods was just diagnosed with stage one HCM.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, yeah's h hm is it's a heart condition. It
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  Speaker 4: sends for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is actually relatively.
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  Speaker 5: Common in sphinx cats.
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  Speaker 4: So stage one is that's the earliest possible stage there
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  Speaker 4: generally doesn't require a lot of intervention, but monitoring well.
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  Speaker 1: The question is what can I do to help keep
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  Speaker 1: her comfortable for the longest.
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  Speaker 4: As long as they're not symptomatic early stages like that,
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  Speaker 4: you don't really have to do anything but regular monitoring.
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  Speaker 4: Usually the cardiologist sort of recommend every six to twelve
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  Speaker 4: months for ultrasounds and then keeping them from being obese
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  Speaker 4: also is very important for heart health, and then regular blood.
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  Speaker 5: Work to make sure there's no other conditions.
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  Speaker 4: But as that progresses, they're often on medicines and often
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  Speaker 4: multiple medicines as it progresses.
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  Speaker 3: So there you go. Doctor Josh Davis here to answer
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  Speaker 3: your questions about your puppies and your kid is how
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  Speaker 3: are they doing? They got problems? Josh can probably guide
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  Speaker 3: you to at least some idea of how to take
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  Speaker 3: care of it.
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  Speaker 6: All.
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  Speaker 1: Right, we've got a couple lined up here. Let's go
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  Speaker 1: to Catherine first. Hello Catherine, Hello, thank you for letting
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  Speaker 1: me listen.
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  Speaker 3: It's our pleasure. Catherine, go ahead, What do you got
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  Speaker 3: a cat or a dog or what?
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  Speaker 6: I have a dog? I have, well, I have two.
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  Speaker 6: But the woman calling about is a miniature docs in.
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  Speaker 3: Her name is.
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  Speaker 6: Poppy all right, so she is one year old and
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  Speaker 6: she is into everything. My question is I have been
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  Speaker 6: wanting to get a subtle leaf fig plant. I found
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  Speaker 6: out that they can be toxic to dogs. Is it
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  Speaker 6: so toxic that I should not even consider getting the plants?
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  Speaker 6: Is it too much of a risk if she gets
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  Speaker 6: one of if a leaf falls off and.
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  Speaker 4: She gets it, Yeah, it's I mean, I don't I'd
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  Speaker 4: have to look at the specific toxicity.
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  Speaker 5: In general, most plants.
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  Speaker 4: Are you know, on some level they're toxic, and mostly
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  Speaker 4: for most of them that means that they'll.
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  Speaker 5: Cause often GI upset.
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  Speaker 4: And then if they do have a true toxin, then
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  Speaker 4: you can have all sorts of varieties of effects. And
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  Speaker 4: what I usually say is for especially young dogs who
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  Speaker 4: are very prone to you know, bad behaviors, eating, swallowing,
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  Speaker 4: there are most common offenders for bowel obstructions and things
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  Speaker 4: like that. And then if you throw in plants even again,
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  Speaker 4: if they're not like truly toxic, but if they eat
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  Speaker 4: enough of them, can cause them to be pretty ill
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  Speaker 4: gastrointestinal illness. So for a high risk dog, I would
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  Speaker 4: either if you do get something like that, you have
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  Speaker 4: to ensure that it's out of reach in all scenarios,
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  Speaker 4: or just avoid it because it's just not worth finding
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  Speaker 4: out for especially plants and decorative things like that, because
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  Speaker 4: you know, opening them up for surgery is never fun.
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  Speaker 5: And when they.
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  Speaker 4: Get a lot of that GI sickness sometimes they have
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  Speaker 4: to be hospitalized and treated for that.
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  Speaker 5: So I would be pretty cautious if you can.
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  Speaker 3: All right, all right, Catherine, thank you, thank you so
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  Speaker 3: much for your help.
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  Speaker 1: I'm lucky. My dog does not seem interested at all.
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  Speaker 5: That's a good thing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very good thing. Both my dogs never been interested.
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  Speaker 1: Pat is here, Hello, Pat, Hello.
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  Speaker 7: I have a can you hear me?
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  Speaker 3: Go ahead?
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  Speaker 7: Okay, I have a cat. Her name is Harriot because
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  Speaker 7: she's a riot, all right. So we had an automatic
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  Speaker 7: litter box at one point, but I hated it, so
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  Speaker 7: I went back to a manual and now my cat
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  Speaker 7: just doesn't want to use the new litter box. And
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  Speaker 7: I also did change litter and she's now like going
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  Speaker 7: outside of the litter box.
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  Speaker 9: And I'm not sure what.
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  Speaker 7: To do how to fix it? Should I get the
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  Speaker 7: old litter and put it in the new litter box?
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  Speaker 1: That might help?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Those are you know? That's those are good questions for sure.
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  Speaker 4: And other things with cats is is it number one
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  Speaker 4: outside the box or number two?
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  Speaker 5: Because they can have different reasons.
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  Speaker 10: And josh, both of them poo, Yeah, the pee or
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  Speaker 10: the pooh. But if they're if it's both, then it
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  Speaker 10: would make me lean towards there's something about the new
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  Speaker 10: box or the new litter that they're not liking.
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  Speaker 5: So I would maybe try the.
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  Speaker 4: Old litter and even shapes of boxes. If they're older cats,
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  Speaker 4: they don't like the higher lipped boxes because then they
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  Speaker 4: have to step over it. So if they're older arthritics
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  Speaker 4: sometimes that's a factor. So it's it could be both things.
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  Speaker 4: And then also again there can be medical reasons, especially
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  Speaker 4: for urinary issues outside the box, so always making sure
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  Speaker 4: to check that off the list as part of the issue.
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  Speaker 4: But I think it may just be the newness of things.
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  Speaker 4: Potentially we're just not liking it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that makes sense, all right, Pat, thank you, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: I'll buye. Let's go to Sarah. Hello Sarah, Hey guys,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, Sarah.
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  Speaker 8: So, I've got a.
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  Speaker 9: Two year old kiuaha, and I.
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  Speaker 7: Got her spade.
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  Speaker 3: Wait wait wait her name.
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  Speaker 1: Is Zia's Zia Okay.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, the I a Za Okay. So I got her
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  Speaker 8: spade and we noticed that after we got her spade,
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  Speaker 8: she'd had really bad bland problems.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know if that's related to the SPAE.
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  Speaker 8: But she'll be like hanging out in her little dog
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  Speaker 8: bed maybe like five ten minutes, and they'll just be
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  Speaker 8: a pool of we call it poop juice. I don't
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  Speaker 8: know going on with it, I know, and so we've
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  Speaker 8: we've taken her to the vet and they told us
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  Speaker 8: and maybe change her diet, and we've done that, but
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  Speaker 8: it just doesn't seem.
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  Speaker 1: To be helping that happening.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, Yeah, I don't know that.
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  Speaker 4: I'd say it's potentially correlated to the SPAE. Other things
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  Speaker 4: can happen. Some dogs can get urinary incontinence from being
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  Speaker 4: spade over time, but the gland issue definitely. If it's
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  Speaker 4: normal material, that's a good thing, and usually just getting
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  Speaker 4: bulk more fiber into the diet can help with that
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  Speaker 4: because dogs every time they poop, they should express those
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  Speaker 4: glands naturally. But if they're not enough volume to the stool,
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  Speaker 4: or if the gland material is abnormal and that usually
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  Speaker 4: means thicker or grittier sometimes, then you have to keep
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  Speaker 4: them emptied regularly and just watch for scooting and licking
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  Speaker 4: and things like that. So but more fiber can be helpful,
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  Speaker 4: and then just getting them checked periodically to make sure
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  Speaker 4: they're not an abnormal material.
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  Speaker 8: All right, Okay, so we did take the doctor. We
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  Speaker 8: took the dog back, and the doctor advised maybe to
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  Speaker 8: have the glands removed.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, that is possible. I don't tend to do that.
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  Speaker 4: Unless it's more extreme cases where they're at risk for
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  Speaker 4: developing impactions or absesses, then I think it's worth thinking about.
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  Speaker 4: But if they can be managed medically, you don't have
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  Speaker 4: to deal with the risk of surgery and complications and
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  Speaker 4: things like that. But there are some dogs where it
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  Speaker 4: is a better choice. You know, I'm not sure you're
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  Speaker 4: there yet with that kind of thing.
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  Speaker 7: Oh okay, okay, great, thank you so much. I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: There we go, Let's go to Caden.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Caden, Hi, Cayden.
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  Speaker 11: Good morning, lords morning.
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  Speaker 3: Do you have a dog or a cat and what's
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  Speaker 3: the name and what's the question.
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  Speaker 11: Yes, I got a piple and his name is Raymond.
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  Speaker 11: And let me tell you, when I got a animal
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  Speaker 11: that is also a lawnmower, it's very fancy. So we've
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  Speaker 11: checked his diet. We've made sure nothing was wrong. And
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  Speaker 11: usually when dogs eat grass, it's something going on with
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  Speaker 11: their stomach. Yeah, we've been told. I believe he enjoys
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  Speaker 11: the taste of it. I don't know if there's something underlying,
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  Speaker 11: but his diet is correct, stomach's fine. He just goes
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  Speaker 11: out there and it's crazy on the Is.
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  Speaker 2: There a problem with eating grass like that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, So the first part is that some dogs will
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  Speaker 4: do that if they have stomach upset, but it's not
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  Speaker 4: every dog. Some dogs just like to eat grass, and
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  Speaker 4: that that isn't uncommon for that, especially if there's no
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  Speaker 4: other signs of sickness or illness. But the problem is
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  Speaker 4: if they eat enough of it and frequently over time,
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  Speaker 4: as they can actually develop basically big grass mats in
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  Speaker 4: their stomach, and they can become obstructed from that over
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  Speaker 4: time because grass isn't really digestible, and once they chew
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  Speaker 4: it up and swallowed, it can stick together and then
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  Speaker 4: it can become too big to pass through.
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  Speaker 3: This, So how do you stop them from doing it?
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  Speaker 5: That's that's the thing.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you have to It's it's all about avoidance. And again,
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  Speaker 4: if it's not a significant amount, then they'll tolerate it.
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  Speaker 4: It can be a little irritating because it's also blades
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  Speaker 4: of grass.
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  Speaker 5: And that can be sharp.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, the only way to stop it is to
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  Speaker 4: not give them access. I mean, you know, and you
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  Speaker 4: might be able to train them out of it and
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  Speaker 4: redirect them out of it.
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  Speaker 3: But and in your own yard you probably know. But
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  Speaker 3: if he's going to eat grass somewhere else, you don't
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  Speaker 3: know what kind of pesticides and crap they've been putting
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  Speaker 3: on the lawn.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you don't know that.
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  Speaker 4: And you don't know what other dogs have been there,
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  Speaker 4: and parasites. That's how parasites are passed around. So yeah,
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  Speaker 4: it's it's a tough one.
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  Speaker 3: But I offer him an alternative. Maybe he'd be into marijuana.
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  Speaker 11: Get me wrong, Get don't get me wrong. I enjoyed.
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  Speaker 11: I enjoy a sight salad here and there, but that's
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  Speaker 11: a little foreign for my taste.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe, uh, you know, like a loud horn or something.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: When they eat it, you know, you can monitor them
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: from the house. Yeah, I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, there's probably some behavior modification you can do
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: for that. But again, small amounts isn't necessarily harmful, but
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: over time the accumulative effect can be harmful to them.
• 16:28
  Speaker 11: All right, awesome, appreciate it you guys than you Right.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: Ll hang on a secon. We got a text here
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: from our attorney, Ed Brass. My Chiuahua Attila, the hun
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: has been diagnosed with diabetes. Two questions, One will this
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: shorten her life span?
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: And two?
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: What snacks are best for a diabetic dog?
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: Those are a good question.
• 16:54
  Speaker 4: So diabetes has the potential to shorten their lifespan if
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: if it's difficult to control or manage. And two is
• 17:03
  Speaker 4: that sometimes when we end up getting to the point
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: of quality of life in euthanasia for diabetics, it's not
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  Speaker 4: always because of the diabetes.
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  Speaker 5: Sometimes it's secondary problems.
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  Speaker 4: So blindness can happen, other diseases can happen alongside of that,
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: And so in theory, yes it can, but if they're
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: well managed, it doesn't always. I've known many dogs that
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: have lived for years and years with diabetes. I have
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: my own cat who's lived for like seven or eight
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: years with diabetes, so okay, they can do.
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: Well if they're managed well. What snack is good for
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: I would.
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  Speaker 4: Stick to, honestly, I would be careful that like veggies
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: like green beans, carrots to some degree within reason are okay.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: And then diabetic diets I think are helpful and you
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: can use the diabetic kibble as the treat and you're
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: not really you're not messing anything up.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: But yeah, all right, let's go to l Or Is
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: it Ellie?
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: Is it l Or Ellie? L Okay, Okay, go ahead.
• 18:04
  Speaker 9: I have a black bombay cat named Todd. I've been
• 18:09
  Speaker 9: hearing he comes to it, so it works. I am
• 18:18
  Speaker 9: curious about tarreen. I've been hearing a lot that it
• 18:22
  Speaker 9: helps prevent cats from throwing up their food. I don't
• 18:26
  Speaker 9: have a huge issue with it. He does it periodically.
• 18:31
  Speaker 9: And that they were saying that the tarring helps them
• 18:36
  Speaker 9: be able to eat the food, keep the food in
• 18:38
  Speaker 9: them easier. Are anything true to that?
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: Well?
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: Tarreine for cats is actually an essential amino acid. It's
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: important for cardiovascular health. Like if you cut that out
• 18:51
  Speaker 4: of their diet, they will have a problem. So it's
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: important from that standpoint, and any commercial diet by law,
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: has to have an appropriate amount of tourrain in it.
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: As far as like vomiting and stuff, I guess I
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: haven't asked or heard that specifically, just because it's so important.
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: It's always got to be there. But if there is
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: chronic vomiting issues, and I will say, you can't own
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: a cat without vomiting here and there, that's that is
• 19:16
  Speaker 4: normal for cats. But hair balls can be a factor,
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: food intolerance can be a factor, a disease called pancreatitis
• 19:24
  Speaker 4: can be a factor. I mean, there's there's a million
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: things that can factor into that. But if it's just
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: here and there and the cat is otherwise fine, it's
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: it's probably not a big deal.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: But you know, interestingly, enough wasted my money.
• 19:37
  Speaker 9: So if I'm doing a tarring step or yeah, I.
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: Mean they need a minimum amount of course, so supplementing
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: them and this is true I think for many supplements
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: is you're probably not going to hurt them, but it
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: can be hard to gauge how much benefit they get
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: from that.
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: You're wasting your money, You're wasting your mind.
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: If there's other things in the supplement, you know, again
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: it's probably not hurting anything.
• 19:59
  Speaker 5: But if you.
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: We're feeding just a good, healthy diet. You should be
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: okay with that.
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  Speaker 3: All right, all right, thank you. I'm gonna I'm gonna
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: you name my next cat Pauline.
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: It's got some catch to it.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Thanks HeLa. We don't have time for all the calls,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: but Jill, I would say, get your cat to the vet.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: A blood coming from the anush definitely probably.
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: Worth checking that out.
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: Yet that check that's what got me to the vet exactly.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, I'm sorry.
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Blood.
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: We need to check that out for sure.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: Josh Davis Trilogy Veterinary Clinic, he could handle that for you.
• 20:41
  Speaker 5: We can check that out, all right, all right, see
• 20:43
  Speaker 5: you guys.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: Doc