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Veterinarian Josh Davis Pet Q&A for October 30th, 2024 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: And particularly if you have a pet oriented business. Yeah,
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  Doctor Josh Davis is here. He is a veterinarian.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have a specialty in veterinary medicine and do
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  you have one? Are you just like a general practitioner
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  or yeah?
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  Speaker 3: I mean there are all specialties, just like in human medicine.
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  I'm not a specialist, but I have interest in surgery
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  and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to be perform surgery today.
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  Speaker 3: I see, yep, We've got some dentistry and oral surgery today.
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah, Well, here's our first question. Let's see, we
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  recently adopted a Chihuahua Yorkie mix from the shelter. His
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  name is Grady, after Delbert Grady from the Shining He
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  is terrified of being groomed. He can't be groomed by
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  a professional or myself. Any tips to get him comfortable
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  with that question?
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  Speaker 1: Mark?
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  Speaker 4: He has a dental with anesthesia next week and they
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  will shave him in the meantime.
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  Speaker 5: But how do you how do you.
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  Speaker 1: Accustom your pet?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, pets in those situations, especially the adoptions, you don't
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  know all their history. So and little dogs do. They
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  can be a little more scared of things. And so
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  grooming is really important at the same time. So I
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  think the best thing is to take your time over
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  time and take small steps towards the parts that make
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  that comfortable, whether that's brushing, bathing, things like that. Sometimes
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  a little bit of medication can help with that, you know,
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  in those really stressfuls. Yeah, mild sedative or tranquilizer. But
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  you don't want them to be knocked out either, because
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  you want them to get used to that experience.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, all right eight seven seven six oh
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  two nine six nine six.
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  Speaker 1: For phone questions, I'm really interested in line one because
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  the answer to this because I suffer from some of
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  this sometimes too. So Chris is here. Hi, Chris, what's
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  your question for doctor Davis.
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  Speaker 2: So I adopted an older dog, he's like ten years old,
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  and he keeps getting anal gland infection. Man, and I'm
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  just wondering how to avoid this because it keeps happening
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  and it's sensitive. Fixed.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, anal glands are They're a pain literally in the
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  butt with dogs and cats sometimes and in those types
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  of cases, so one is keeping them emptied out regularly,
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  which normal pets will do that on their own, but
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  some pets we have to go in and empty out
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  those glands, and that's a vet visitor curning visits.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes when you say regularly, how often is regularly?
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  Speaker 3: It depends. Yeah, some dogs it's once a month, some
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  dogs every three for three four weeks, and some dogs
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  is like once a.
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  Speaker 1: Year if ever. So with me every other day.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, And they're just they're just not fun. So there
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  are extreme cases too, where we just know it's going
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  to be a losing battle for whatever reason, whether it's
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  genetics or infections or things like that. There are surgeries
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  to actually remove the anal glands and they're not inexpensive,
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  but also you never have to worry about them again too,
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  so there's a balance for that. In real life and
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  the wild, they're sent marking like territory mark and identification
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  that way.
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  Speaker 1: Is that what you use it for bills? Well? Yeah,
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  but I didn't know for sure. I just do it,
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  you know, yeah, kind of have it.
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  Speaker 3: And I had a pet actually a surgery yesterday. We
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  took out the dog's anal glenns because it was having
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  similar issues.
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  Speaker 5: So maybe you want to consider that, Okay, Yeah, probably
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  to think.
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  Speaker 1: About save your money on the long running and your
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  dog with a lot of stress.
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  Speaker 5: All right, thank you very much. Let's go to Jason.
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  Speaker 1: Hello, Jason, Hey, Jason, where are you calling from?
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  Speaker 6: I'm calling from Sarah.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, what's your question? Oh? What's your pets name by?
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  Speaker 6: His name is Dirk, Dirk?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, question he Oh.
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  Speaker 6: The question is is I think he may be uh
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  having problems with dementia. He's just kind of he used
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  to be a dog of a fire side and now
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  he is constantly outside it and reduce him and you're
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  kind of he looks confused and he doesn't respond one way.
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  Speaker 1: So this is this something that can happen to dogs?
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  They get dementia?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there it is described in dogs. They can get
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  old we call it old dog kind of cognitive dysfunction,
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  and they can have some of those behaviors. But there
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  are those situations where they can be losing their hearing
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  or their vision. Arthritic pain can also change behavior. So
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  there could be multi factors, but there there is definitely
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  that dementia like syndrome that can happen to some dogs.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything that can be done about this?
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  Speaker 3: There are in some situations. Are medicines are special diets
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  that can help some dogs. So best would be get
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  an assessment and make sure we rule out the other
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  medical problems, and then you can kind of talk about
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  the you know, if all you're left with this dementia,
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  you can talk about that because that that does happen.
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  Speaker 4: All right, all right, okay, yah, all right, san A
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  quick text question, what is the risk that a dog
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  who is anaesthetized for dental cleaning will die from the anesthesia?
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  Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of factors.
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  Speaker 3: There are a lot of factors, and the risk in
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  general is low if you check the boxes as far
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  as the medical team with your physical exam and making
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  sure lab work is healthy and that you have a
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  good history on the patient, just like if we're going
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  in for anesthesia, and not everyone does anesthesia the same either,
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  So it is good to ask questions of your medical
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  team about the process because we want to make it
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  as safe as possible, and in generally it is safe
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  if there aren't other issues.
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  Speaker 1: So all right, you know you don't really deal with hamsters, though,
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  do you, doctor Davis?
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  Speaker 3: Small things here and there, but not yeah, not in general.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, Alicia, Hi, Alicia, where are you calling from, Alisha
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  or not? Hello? Well, there's a line open right there.
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  Speaker 5: The line open for the hamster. Call Lindsay, Hello, Lindsay.
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  Speaker 1: Where where are you calling from? We's Jordan, okay, and
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  where where's your what's your dog's name?
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  Speaker 7: Dobby and Gino.
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  Speaker 1: Dobby and Chino and what's your question?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, Dobby, my Chihuala. He comes back in from out
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  outside and he starts jumping on my New Finland's back,
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  who's also a male. My my New Finland starts to growl,
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  and then they get into a growling match and chase
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  each other around. I'm just wondering what my SOA was
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  doing and how I can stop.
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  Speaker 1: Don't stop that. This sounds very entertaining.
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  Speaker 7: It is entertaining the New Finland's I don't know, if
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  you know what they love each other. I don't think so,
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  because one time it got really aggressive.
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  Speaker 8: Okay, well, I'm thinking that.
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  Speaker 7: Chillala is trying to show dominant.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds like to stop it. What do you think,
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  doctor Davis?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's probably. It sounds like you're probably on the
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  borderline of dogs being dogs in playing and then but
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  when you have that size difference, you have to be
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  really careful with that. So if if it's kind of
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  in that situation. One of the things you might try
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  is just in that exact situation, is give them something
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  to get their attention while they're coming back in and
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  they're excited and everything. Whatever they like to do is
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  kind of steer them away from each other till they
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  can calm down and then just kind of let it,
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  let things go after that.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't mean to hurt Dobby, Mama. Yeah, I didn't
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  mean to hurt Dobby.
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  Speaker 3: Because even just playing, you know, that size difference could
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  just get stepped on. I've seen dogs break their legs
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  and all sorts of stuff. So yeah, just being careful
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  that way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for an entertaining question.
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  Speaker 4: Eight seven seven, So to nine six nine six. We
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  got a couple of lines open. Let's see, let's go to.
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  Speaker 1: This is Alicia, Alicia, Hello, Hi, what's your puppies name? Alicia?
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  Speaker 9: My puppy's name is Pepper.
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  Speaker 1: It's a girl, Pepper, And what's Pepper's problem?
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  Speaker 9: So Pepper is about a year old and she's just
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  started torking. We don't really call it humping because we
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  have little kids.
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  Speaker 1: Now makes it better somehow.
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  Speaker 9: Right, But she's only she's only just doing it to
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  my husband, just the one man in the house and
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  no stuffed animals. I'm wondering why she's doing that question.
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  Speaker 3: Has she been in spade already?
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  Speaker 9: Not yet?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, So that may be part of it. Is even
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  though they are female dogs, they still can have that behavior.
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  And if they're if they're intact, then that behavior might
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  be a little more prominent in those situations. And maybe
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  your husband's just the lucky recipient.
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  Speaker 1: Is kill you down, kill your down buddy.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so if you are planning on spaying her, it
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  may help with some of that behavior, and then as
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  they get older they often will smooth out with that too.
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  Speaker 1: Or maybe change is colonne the colony? I don't know.
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  Speaker 9: So she is doing it, How do I stop her
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  from doing it? I mean, do I like repriment? Like
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  do I get mad at her? Or like you know?
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  Speaker 3: I mean how Yeah, with dogs and cats especially, negative
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  reinforcement may not get you where you want to be,
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  so more of positive redirection. So if they've got a
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  favorite toy or treat or something they like to do,
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  is trying to direct them away from that. But that
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  behavior is on some level, probably hormone driven, and behavior driven,
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  so you have to change that because it probably won't.
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  Just stop on its.
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  Speaker 1: Own is not a good idea.
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of that negative reinforcement category. You may get
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  some response, but it's not it won't. It'll be harder
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  to solidify if getting her spade is helpful, and that's
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  something you should do anyway, Yeah, I would just ye
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  oh good there, So let's see how that does for you.
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  Speaker 9: Okay, thanks for calling, though, even after they get fixed.
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  Speaker 5: The time our dog Alreadie he was talking, he had
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  a particular stuffed dog.
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  Speaker 1: That he deny him that love.
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  Speaker 5: We let him have it.
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  Speaker 3: The other age can really fascorate and if they learn
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  those behaviors, it's harder to.
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  Speaker 1: Could I just pose this question? Is porking really better
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  thanking working like porking? Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: You just hear porky?
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  Speaker 1: You wanted to hear pork Let's.
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  Speaker 5: Go to Caitlyn. Caitlyn, Caitlin, are you there?
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  Speaker 1: Hello?
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  Speaker 5: Hello? I go ahead.
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  Speaker 1: What's your pets name?
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  Speaker 10: My pets name is Felix.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, what's felix problem?
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  Speaker 10: So he's a pug and he is just constantly scratching
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  and itching and to the point where he will cut
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  himself and he'll be red. He rubs his belly across
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  the floor and will give himself a carpet burd We've
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  tried using like eggsamut of creams and things like that,
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  and wondering maybe what it could be if we should
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  take him in or why he's constantly scratching like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, with that breed mix especially, you're probably dealing with
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  allergic dermatitis, which is similar to X amounting people and
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  often requires multi therapy approaches to deal with it because
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  they will cause quite a bit of self harm and
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  they typically will have chronic ear infections, chronic skin infections,
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  and so I would get that looked at for sure,
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  because there are some things medication wise and also topical wise,
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  like special shampoos and things like that that can really
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  help decrease that itchiness. So we're comfortable it's very common
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  problem and definitely get seen if you can for that.
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  Speaker 10: Great. Okay, thank you part of him?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that sounds bad.
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  Speaker 5: All right, let's Danny your question.
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  Speaker 4: Tell Jill that she can hang on to play beat
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  Gina if she wants to, because we are out of time.
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  Speaker 1: Danny, Hi, Danny, what's your question.
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  Speaker 8: I have a I have a German short hair and
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  it's got like a growth on her foot.
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  Speaker 1: What's the dog's name? And oh, Olive, Olive, Okay, a
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  growth and.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, it looks like a pile of works, like a
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  bunch of small works all piled together. It's probably probably
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  like inch and a half round kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of a ball on the dog's foot, on Olive's foot.
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  Speaker 8: Kind of I would say, ankle if you heard it.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, okay, yeah, And that sounds so as dogs age there,
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  they very commonly will get just benign little skin growth,
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  skin tag stuff like that. So what you're describing sounds
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  like that. And other than they can be irritating and
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  get infected if they get licked on too much or
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  just irritated. So we'll often remove them more cosmetically and
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  just to reduce the chance of problems. But you know,
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  without a biopsy, I can't tell you a hundred percent,
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  but it's probably benign. But if it's irritating you or
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  the dog, will remove those dental cleanings or just you know,
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  things like that.
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  Speaker 1: So there you go.
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  Speaker 4: All right, yeah, all right, thanks thank you very much.
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  Well there we go, thanks for coming in.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Josh Davis off to dental surgery.
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  Speaker 3: Off to dental surgery day, all right, We'll see you
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  guys very much.