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Pet Owner Must-Haves with Dr. Greer or Checkout Veterinary · Ask The Experts

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Speaker 1: Eight forty thirteen ten WIBA and ask the Experts with
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Speaker 1: doctor Marty Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary. Doctor Greer recognized
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Speaker 1: as Veterinarian of the Year by Westminster Kennel Club. You
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Speaker 1: can learn more about doctor Greer and everyone at checkout
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Speaker 1: Vet and also what makes it such a unique and
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Speaker 1: such a great place to take your pet online check
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Speaker 1: out vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. It's
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Speaker 1: a great data start that relationship at Checkout Veterinary. Don't
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Speaker 1: forget your first visit. It is free. It includes that exam.
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Speaker 1: Now obviously tests and other things there are. There are
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Speaker 1: maybe fees associate with That's cool thing too with Checkout
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Speaker 1: Veterinary is transparent pricing, so you get a good idea
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Speaker 1: of what things will cost. But again, that first visit,
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Speaker 1: it will be free to you and most importantly to
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Speaker 1: your pet as well. They're writing Sun Prairie at twenty
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Speaker 1: seven to ten Prairie Lakes Drive. It's right off right
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Speaker 1: off the Highway one fifty one, very convenient to get
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Speaker 1: to and doctor, how you doing this morning?
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Speaker 2: I'm doing great. Thank you.
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Speaker 1: We got to grab you the mic here. Oh yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: doing great. Good to see you too, and we're going
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Speaker 1: to talk about some important owner resources, things that every
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Speaker 1: pet owner should have handy things like like phone numbers
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Speaker 1: and other things like that, but also other things you
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Speaker 1: may not think of as a pet owner. They should
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Speaker 1: probably just just keep available. One of the things I
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Speaker 1: would recommend is having check out vet dot com available,
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Speaker 1: And you recently updated. And why I why I think
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Speaker 1: it's important is it's really your Your previous website was
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Speaker 1: very good. Your new website is it's It takes it
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Speaker 1: up another level. Like it's very intuitive. I think it's
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Speaker 1: is probably the best word to like schedule appointments to
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Speaker 1: learn about wellness exams and other procedures. And it also
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Speaker 1: really does a nice job of kind of explaining to
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Speaker 1: folks how checkout vet is unique and how that works.
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Speaker 1: And I think you were I don't know if you
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Speaker 1: mentioned it on the show or if you and I
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Speaker 1: were talking before the program the other week. This has
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Speaker 1: been a bit of time in the making. You've been
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Speaker 1: working very very hard on this with your team to
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Speaker 1: get this website put together, haven't you.
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Speaker 2: Yes, you have some really great web developers. It's taken
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Speaker 2: almost a year to get to this point. But what
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Speaker 2: I really like about it is it's animated, so it's
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Speaker 2: a lot easier to really understand the process. So if
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Speaker 2: you go to the new web page, it's check outve
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Speaker 2: dot com, the same as before. There's a contact us button,
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Speaker 2: but the right below it or right next to it,
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Speaker 2: depending on whether you're on the phone or on the computer,
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Speaker 2: it says how it works, and then it basically shows
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Speaker 2: you the animation the graphics of you call the schedule
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Speaker 2: an appointment, or you can just drive up. You drive up,
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Speaker 2: we put up the garage door, you pull into the
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Speaker 2: exam room. So this is a novel concept. This is
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Speaker 2: a little hard for some people to understand because they're like,
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Speaker 2: what what I don't understand. So you literally drive into
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Speaker 2: the exam room. The garage bay, there are four of them,
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Speaker 2: is the exam room, and then your pet's care can
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Speaker 2: take place in your vehicle in the garage bay or
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Speaker 2: in the adjacent exam room. If you have a little
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Speaker 2: pat or a little dog, the exam room might be
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Speaker 2: a better choice, but it's right next to it. So
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Speaker 2: if you have Grandma with you and she needs to
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Speaker 2: stay in the car, or you have some mobility issues,
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Speaker 2: or you have your kids with you. You don't have
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Speaker 2: to worry about dragon and the kids and the cat
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Speaker 2: and all the stuff. You can just pull directly in
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Speaker 2: your car will be adjacent to the exam room. There's
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Speaker 2: a window so we can see you, you can see us.
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Speaker 2: You can go right through the window, and we can
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Speaker 2: very easily accommodate your needs based on whatever number of
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Speaker 2: pets you bring, whatever mobility issues you may have, whatever
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Speaker 2: the weather, whoever's with you. Your kids can stay in
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Speaker 2: the car and watch TV, or do their homework or
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Speaker 2: eat their supper, and off you go.
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Speaker 1: It's not only a great concept for the pet parents,
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Speaker 1: but in the families, but for the pets themselves. And
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Speaker 1: I think one of the things that was to me
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Speaker 1: when I remember when at first learned of your practice
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Speaker 1: and learned of what you were doing, and my first
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Speaker 1: thought was, why isn't this just universal? It's such a
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Speaker 1: great thing for pets, isn't it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, we really haven't changed how we practice
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Speaker 2: since James Harriet in the nineteen forties when he had
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Speaker 2: his surgery that's what they call the veterinary clinics, the
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Speaker 2: surgery where you would take your pet. Of course it
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Speaker 2: was a cow. He would go to your farm. But
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Speaker 2: we don't do that. We just do dogs, cats and
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Speaker 2: other little furry creatures. So I don't know why it
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Speaker 2: isn't more universal. There's really not a good reason for it.
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Speaker 2: No matter where in the Madison area you live. Columbus Madison,
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Speaker 2: some Prairie Cottage, Grove, Fitchburg, Middleton is so convenient, like
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Speaker 2: you just put your pet in the car, you drive
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Speaker 2: in and it doesn't matter if it's snowing, raining, cold, windy, dark,
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Speaker 2: it's not going to be an issue. You just pull
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Speaker 2: in and there you are.
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Speaker 1: And it's easy for pets that have anxiety and other
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Speaker 1: things as well. And I'm speaking of getting to check
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Speaker 1: out Veterinary as mentioned, real convenient right on Prairie Lakes
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Speaker 1: Drive and some prairie open Monday through Wednesday and then
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Speaker 1: Friday through Sunday, yes weekends from nine until five. You say,
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Speaker 1: well what about Thursdays? On Thursdays, check in vet is open,
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Speaker 1: so they are there for you seven days a week
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Speaker 1: at checkout and check in Veterinary.
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Speaker 2: Again.
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Speaker 1: You can learn more online at checkout vet dot com.
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Speaker 1: That's checkout vet dot com all one word at great
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Speaker 1: website to learn more about checkout veterinary even better, pick
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Speaker 1: phone game, a call, make a employment today six to
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Speaker 1: eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. That's six's soh
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Speaker 1: eight three one eight sixty seven hundred. And folks definitely
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Speaker 1: going to want to mark out December fifteenth down on
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Speaker 1: their calendar, because not only is it going to be
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Speaker 1: a great, great chance for folks who haven't maybe had
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Speaker 1: a chance to visit, a great opportunity to stop on
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Speaker 1: in and say hello to the doctors. But you've got
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Speaker 1: a special guest star coming in on the fifteenth, don't you.
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Speaker 2: We do We have a real live reindeer, a real reindeer,
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Speaker 2: not you know some thank you. No, No, it's a
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Speaker 2: it's a real reindeer of a colleague of mine, a veterinary.
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Speaker 2: And that's a colleague of mine has as a client
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Speaker 2: this organization called Reindeer Games here in Wisconsin. He does
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Speaker 2: all the reproductive work for the hoofstock across the United States.
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Speaker 2: So he breeds reindeer and recommended to us. So I
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Speaker 2: have access to a reindeer. And I'm not sure yet
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Speaker 2: if it'll be he or she, but this reindeer will
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Speaker 2: be at the practice in sun Prairie at checkout on
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Speaker 2: the afternoon of December fifteenth for you to come over
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Speaker 2: with your pet, pets, with your kids, with whoever and
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Speaker 2: your family you want, and we'll have a photo opportunity,
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Speaker 2: so you'll still have time to get that on your
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Speaker 2: Facebook page or quick shutterfly or you know, cards sent
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Speaker 2: out to your friends, your family, and you can see
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Speaker 2: your kids with a real reindeer. I'm so excited.
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Speaker 1: That is going to be cool. I'm definitely going to
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Speaker 1: stop out. That's going to be coming up December fifteenth,
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Speaker 1: that afternoon. Of course, that's a great opportunity as well.
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Speaker 1: If you haven't had a chance to check out Checkout Veterinary,
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Speaker 1: what a great chance to do them both. Get those
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Speaker 1: pictures taken. I'll let your pets see it. Get familiar
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Speaker 1: with Checkout Veterinary as well. Again, that's coming up on
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Speaker 1: the fifteenth of December that afternoon. You can learn more
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Speaker 1: about everything online checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet
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Speaker 1: dot com. Speaking of learning more, if you have a question,
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Speaker 1: phone lines, they're open for you this morning. Had a
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Speaker 1: couple of great calls last week. We'd love to hear
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Speaker 1: from you this morning. If you've got a question for
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Speaker 1: doctor Mardy Greer. I can just pick up phone gifts
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Speaker 1: call get you on there. Six so eight three two
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Speaker 1: one thirteen ten. That's six so eight three two one
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Speaker 1: thirteen ten. Your phone phone lines are open for your
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Speaker 1: pet questions and doctor pet resources. And we've kind of
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Speaker 1: touched on this a little bit last week, but I
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Speaker 1: thought it was probably worth mentioning and maybe a little
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Speaker 1: greater detail. Some of those basic things that you know
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Speaker 1: pets are are fantastic and generally everything's nice and mellow,
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Speaker 1: but sometimes things around the house can get a little chaotic,
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Speaker 1: and having things handy can really not only good for
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Speaker 1: peace of mind, but can really help things are there,
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Speaker 1: like like a I think of like with humans, we
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Speaker 1: have you know, most of us have like a first
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Speaker 1: aid kit of sorts. Do they make like pet first
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Speaker 1: aid kits? Or can we put one together? Or how
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Speaker 1: what would that conclude it?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they do make some, but they're not great. I
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Speaker 2: have a wonderful resource. I have the ultimate first aid
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Speaker 2: kit that we've made a list of all the things
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Speaker 2: that you should have. When I worked with Laura Reeves
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Speaker 2: at Peer Dog Talk, we did a six hour series
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Speaker 2: of pet first aid and the first one of the
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Speaker 2: series was what to have in your first aid kit
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Speaker 2: and why those are available on her website peer dog Talk.
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Speaker 2: If you want to purchase those, they're not expensive and
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Speaker 2: you can learn a six hour class in pet care
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Speaker 2: for Emergencies. We went through the first aid kit. We
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Speaker 2: went through what you should do at home, which you
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Speaker 2: should not do at home, some of the other issues, toxicities,
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Speaker 2: those kinds of things, So those are really important. You
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Speaker 2: should have a list of the local emergency clinics, not
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Speaker 2: just one, but all of them that are available to you,
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Speaker 2: because now we're at a point in the emergency clinic
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Speaker 2: space that they don't always have capacity for you. So
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Speaker 2: if you used to go into the VET school or
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Speaker 2: VCA or MVS or whatever, they may not have capacity
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Speaker 2: because of their staffing. So you want to call first
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Speaker 2: and make sure that you're driving your pet to a
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Speaker 2: place that can accommodate your needs. So call them, tell
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Speaker 2: them what's going on with your p and they'll tell
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Speaker 2: you do they have hospital space available or a doctor
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Speaker 2: time available to get you in. And if they don't,
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Speaker 2: go down your list of other places to call, you
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Speaker 2: may end up in Waukesha. I hope not, but you
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Speaker 2: may have been wauk a shap, So we have those.
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Speaker 2: There's two really good websites with poison control information on them.
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Speaker 2: One of them is ASPCA's National Animal Poison Control. You
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Speaker 2: can look up that phone number, so write that down,
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Speaker 2: have it inside your kitchen cupboard. You know where we
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Speaker 2: used to have a phone. Remember when we used.
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Speaker 1: To have a phone language?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, remember that, so write that down. Or Pet Poison
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Speaker 2: Health Network they have. Both of them are staffed by toxicologists,
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Speaker 2: So have those numbers and have a credit card because
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Speaker 2: you will have to pay a small fee. It's under
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Speaker 2: one hundred dollars, but you will have to pay a
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Speaker 2: fee to have access to the toxicologist. And those can
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Speaker 2: be life saving and really money saving as well, even
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Speaker 2: though there's a small fee associated with the front end
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Speaker 2: of it. Once you're in the system, they can tell
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Speaker 2: you did your pet based on its size, its breed,
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Speaker 2: it's type it's a cat or a dog. Did they
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Speaker 2: ingest enough of a toxin to be concerned about? If
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Speaker 2: they did, what do you do about it? What's the anadote?
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Speaker 2: Do you need to go to the emergency clinic? And
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Speaker 2: if you do, go to the emergency clinic or your
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Speaker 2: regular vet. If it's during their hours, you trod in
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Speaker 2: with your case number. They can then access the rest
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Speaker 2: of the treatment care plans, so they don't have to
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Speaker 2: start the whole process over. If they say to give
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Speaker 2: this and this drug or this for fluids or this
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Speaker 2: for an antidote, you've already got it written out based
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Speaker 2: on the pets weight. So it's super easy for you
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Speaker 2: to get care much more efficiently and much more cost
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Speaker 2: effectively by having those resources. And then there's lots of
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Speaker 2: other really good resources, but stick to the ones that
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Speaker 2: are basically veterinarians. Veterinary Pet Network, Lifeline for Pets on
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Speaker 2: our website, we have a symptom checkers so it helps
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Speaker 2: you to decide based on what your pet symptoms are,
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Speaker 2: whether you need to go to the VET. So there's
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Speaker 2: a lot of good resources, but stick to the veterinarians.
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Speaker 2: Facebook is not your best friend when it comes to
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Speaker 2: veterinary care.
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Speaker 1: I see a lot of skins, and it's funny when
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Speaker 1: you watch that. I see a lot of really scary
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Speaker 1: stuff out there, and I'm like, oh my goodness, But
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Speaker 1: you mentioned too with the with the toxicity and the
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Speaker 1: and poison poison control for pets. If I remember they're
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Speaker 1: both very good, but you had said ASPCA is kind
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Speaker 1: of the one that you consider to be a little
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Speaker 1: a little better.
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Speaker 2: For most folks. Yeah, they've got a larger staff of toxicologists,
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Speaker 2: they've been around longer, they're based out of Illinois. They're
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Speaker 2: they're very responsible, very resourceful. They're great. I've used them
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Speaker 2: for forty four years. Ever since i was in a
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Speaker 2: senior in vet school. We started using them. And so
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Speaker 2: you call and yes, you might be on hold for
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Speaker 2: a minute or two while they're getting you processed through
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Speaker 2: and getting your credit card. But they're very efficient, very effective,
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Speaker 2: and they do a super job in helping you with
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Speaker 2: that specific need. We've had pets pick up pills off
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Speaker 2: the floor that have been dropped. Do I need to
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Speaker 2: make them vomit? They've eaten a battery, They've eaten, you know,
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Speaker 2: all kinds of things that could potentially be toxic plants, foods,
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Speaker 2: gums and candies, all those things. So with that information,
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Speaker 2: you can really make very good choices about your pets. Karen.
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Speaker 2: It's it's important your pet is relying on you to
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Speaker 2: make good decisions because they don't. Yeah, they don't really
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Speaker 2: get it, you know, they'll eat the candy that was
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Speaker 2: wrapped up in the kids backpack. Yeah, and not really
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Speaker 2: understand that. The Easter basket, the Halloween candy, all those
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Speaker 2: things are toxic. They taste good, so they'll eat them.
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Speaker 1: There's there's there's something about that pet mind. Yeah, they
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Speaker 1: really like that stuff. So it really important resources to
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Speaker 1: keep handy, and of course mentioned earlier at first aid
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Speaker 1: put that together. Some great information out there, pure dog talk.
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Speaker 1: Of course, you can check that out online. Speaking of
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Speaker 1: checking things out online, the website checkout vet dot com.
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Speaker 1: That's check out vet dot com. Great website and resource
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Speaker 1: to learn more about checkout Veterinary and learn more about
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Speaker 1: doctor Greer and of course great place to make an appointment.
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Speaker 1: You can do it right online at checkout vet dot com.
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Speaker 1: All that information there on the website. Well. Also speaking
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Speaker 1: of great stuff going on at checkout vet, don't forget
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Speaker 1: to market on your calendars. December fifteenth, that afternoon they're
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Speaker 1: gonna have the reindeer visit for a Christmas pictures as
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Speaker 1: well at checkout Veterinary. Again the website checkout vet dot com.
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Speaker 1: Got a full mine open free if you've got a question.
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Speaker 1: Six oh eight three two one thirteen ten. That's six
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Speaker 1: oh eight three two one thirteen ten. We'll get you
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Speaker 1: right on the air with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout
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Speaker 1: Veterinary's into our conversation with the doc and take your
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Speaker 1: call next as ask the experts with Checkout Veterinary continues
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Speaker 1: right here on thirteen ten to dolbu ib A thirteen
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Speaker 1: ten WIBA talking with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary.
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Speaker 1: The website checkout vet dot com. Let's check out vet
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Speaker 1: dot com and doctor you're talking about, of course Checkout Veterinary,
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Speaker 1: the main clinic and Sun Prairie. But you've also got
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Speaker 1: the new clinic in Marshall, and this is a great thing.
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Speaker 1: One of the things that sadly happens a lot of
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Speaker 1: times in some of these smaller communities is when the
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Speaker 1: vet retires, the business goes away. And Marshall was facing
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Speaker 1: that and you were able to step in and bring
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Speaker 1: veterinary care and make sure veterinary care remains in Marshall,
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Speaker 1: weren't you.
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Speaker 2: Yes, And we're really blessed by that. I have a
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Speaker 2: technician who was willing to jump out of the role
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Speaker 2: she was in and into the role of a practice manager,
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Speaker 2: so she's breading the practice. We're working on getting doctors
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Speaker 2: established so that's consistent care. But we are there five
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Speaker 2: days a week, Monday through Friday, and then, of course,
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Speaker 2: because they're our sister practice, we have access to your
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Speaker 2: medical records. So if something comes up on the weekend,
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Speaker 2: a Saturday or a Sunday and you need to come
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Speaker 2: into check out to the drive through, we can access
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Speaker 2: the records and say, oh, well, this is that your
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Speaker 2: medication or that diarrhea medication or whatever that your pet's
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Speaker 2: been on. So it just allows some continuity of continuity
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Speaker 2: of care for those urgent but not life threatening conditions
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Speaker 2: that we can take care of a checkout.
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Speaker 1: I've got to ask you too about I feel like,
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Speaker 1: and I don't know this to be true, but you
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Speaker 1: would probably know. We do. See it feels like far fewer,
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Speaker 1: like a lot of consolidation of into like urban areas
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Speaker 1: and also of like practices. We're like, sometimes these smaller
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Speaker 1: communities that have had veterinarians in their communities for years,
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Speaker 1: they are losing them, aren't they They are.
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Speaker 2: It's getting harder and harder to staff to keep doctors.
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Speaker 2: So yes, it's definitely changed, and it was an opportunity
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Speaker 2: for us to save a nice little practice in a
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Speaker 2: sweet little town. So we're really pleased to be able
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Speaker 2: to do that and to be able to help people.
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Speaker 2: We're sort of small town folks. My husband grew up
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Speaker 2: in small town Wisconsin. I grew up in small towns,
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Speaker 2: and it's just really heartwarming for us to be able
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Speaker 2: to keep those communities close and to be able to
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Speaker 2: provide that care. People like to see the same person
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Speaker 2: every time. They like to know that you really do
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Speaker 2: care about them and their pet. So there's a lot
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Speaker 2: to be said for the relationship that you have with
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Speaker 2: the veterinarian and they know you, they understand you, they
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Speaker 2: know your pet, and so instead of having to take
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Speaker 2: all of your emergency care to a larger center where
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Speaker 2: they're uber busy and they do a super job with
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Speaker 2: urgent care stuff and emergencies. They do a great job,
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Speaker 2: but it's not quite the same.
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Speaker 1: Exactly as we talked this morning with doctor Greer of
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Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary of course. Yeah, the new clinic in Marshall
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Speaker 1: Monday through Friday there and of course check Out Vet
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Speaker 1: as well as check in Vet. They are there for
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Speaker 1: you seven days a week of course check out Vet
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Speaker 1: Monday through Wednesday nine until five, closed on Thursdays, opened
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Speaker 1: Friday through Sunday nine until five as well, and again Thursday.
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Speaker 1: I've got you covered at check in Vetic and you
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Speaker 1: can learn more online and make an appointment as well
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Speaker 1: right out check right at checkout vet dot com. That's
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Speaker 1: checkout vet dot com. And speaking of getting in to
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Speaker 1: see your vet veterinarian, it seems like a weird concept,
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Speaker 1: but there are people at own pets that don't have carriers,
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Speaker 1: that don't have craze. So think about things that you
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Speaker 1: should absolutely have as a pet owner. That is one
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Speaker 1: of those things, because, especially a pet and distress, you
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Speaker 1: want to make sure you can put them somewhere safe,
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Speaker 1: secure and not have to worry about them.
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Speaker 2: Yes, I absolutely never travel with my pets if they're
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Speaker 2: not in a secure crate. I have a specially made
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Speaker 2: crate for the back of my Super ru that's designed
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Speaker 2: for that, and fortunately I've never had to test it.
16:56
Speaker 2: But of a number of years ago, I had one
16:58
Speaker 2: of my cats and both of my kids with me,
16:59
Speaker 2: and I rolled a vehicle into the ditch upside down
17:02
Speaker 2: and the snow wheels up. So I had always really
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Speaker 2: felt committed to that, but I really just doubled down
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Speaker 2: on how committed I am. It's very concerning to me
17:12
Speaker 2: that the pets are sitting in your lap when you're driving,
17:14
Speaker 2: or distracting you when you're driving, or jumping back and
17:16
Speaker 2: forth across the seats, so they really should be in
17:18
Speaker 2: something secure. And really those little raised seats with a
17:22
Speaker 2: sort of a seat belt, they're not really safe, especially
17:24
Speaker 2: in the front seat where they're airbags. So really, really
17:27
Speaker 2: really take this seriously. If you have a hatch vehicle,
17:30
Speaker 2: get a crate. If you don't have one, secure a
17:33
Speaker 2: carrier into the second the back seat of your vehicle,
17:35
Speaker 2: and make sure your pet is safe. There's nothing worse
17:38
Speaker 2: than having an accident, and it happens, nothing worse than
17:40
Speaker 2: having an accident and having not only yourself injured, but
17:44
Speaker 2: your pet or pets. And we see it, and we've
17:46
Speaker 2: actually had some one client who her dog would not
17:49
Speaker 2: allow the emergency care people into the vehicle because he
17:52
Speaker 2: became aggressive. So just be really aware. Also, have identification
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Speaker 2: with you on your pets. If they take off, make
18:01
Speaker 2: sure they're microchip or they have some kind of a
18:02
Speaker 2: tag on them. Make sure that you have a phone
18:04
Speaker 2: number in your vehicle so that if something does happen,
18:07
Speaker 2: if they take you to the emergency room, that they
18:09
Speaker 2: know who to contact for your pets. So just think
18:11
Speaker 2: about some of those things. Just tape that to the
18:13
Speaker 2: inside window and of the vehicle or on the crate.
18:17
Speaker 2: Kind of think ahead because no one expects those things
18:20
Speaker 2: to happen, but when it does, it can be life
18:23
Speaker 2: threatening and it needs to be handled correctly immediately. Your
18:27
Speaker 2: pet mand up at a shelter and you may not
18:29
Speaker 2: even know where they are if you're hospitalized, So be
18:32
Speaker 2: very cognizant of that.
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Speaker 1: We've had a number of stories over the years of
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Speaker 1: people being involved in in collisions where the pet wasn't
18:39
Speaker 1: secure and the patent does what a pet does something
18:42
Speaker 1: a big bang of scary caattics situation. They run right,
18:45
Speaker 1: They're going to flee the area and you know, searching
18:47
Speaker 1: for these poor pets while it goes on. Having that
18:49
Speaker 1: create are there are there certain things to look for
18:52
Speaker 1: in a good and a good carrier, a certain you
18:54
Speaker 1: know something as a pet owner you should be saying,
18:56
Speaker 1: this is really something that that I should be looking
18:59
Speaker 1: at when it comes to selecting the right one.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a line of kennels called Rough Tough Kennels
19:04
Speaker 2: are TKS that I have in our van. I have
19:08
Speaker 2: canine transport in my Subaru. So depending on what kind
19:11
Speaker 2: of a vehicle you have, but make sure that their
19:13
Speaker 2: impact resistant, sturdy, really secure, and there are some of them.
19:18
Speaker 2: Like in my suber I can lock the crate so
19:20
Speaker 2: I can leave the hatch of the vehicle open if
19:23
Speaker 2: it's too warm to keep it closed. For instance, if
19:25
Speaker 2: I go someplace like a dog event, I want to
19:28
Speaker 2: be able to lock them in so that somebody doesn't
19:29
Speaker 2: come along and either deliberately or unintentionally open it and
19:33
Speaker 2: let the pets out. So look for those kinds of features.
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Speaker 2: They make some really great ones. And like I said,
19:38
Speaker 2: the ones I have in my suber are they're made
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Speaker 2: in Scotland and then shipped over here, and they're super secure,
19:43
Speaker 2: and I really hope I never test it by being
19:46
Speaker 2: rear ended by somebody or rolling my vehicle again, because
19:49
Speaker 2: once in your lifetime is more than enough. Yeah, yeah,
19:52
Speaker 2: don't need that again. But those are really important things
19:55
Speaker 2: to take into consideration when you're looking for the right carrier.
19:57
Speaker 2: The soft carriers are safer than having them loose, but
20:00
Speaker 2: they're not as safe as some of them are impact resistant,
20:03
Speaker 2: and they can be used for a lot of things.
20:05
Speaker 2: You can take them out of the vehicle if you're
20:06
Speaker 2: going to someone's home and you're going to be visiting
20:08
Speaker 2: and you need a place for them to sleep so
20:10
Speaker 2: that they're not you know, rattling around somebody's house all
20:13
Speaker 2: night on the holidays, when you know your sister's house
20:16
Speaker 2: and they're like, I don't know what to do with you.
20:19
Speaker 2: So's it's a great idea to have those available to
20:22
Speaker 2: you and just you know, plan ahead, get those securely
20:26
Speaker 2: or do you can get them on Amazon at the
20:28
Speaker 2: pet stores. You know, there's lots and lots of places,
20:30
Speaker 2: Leet Farm, they all carry those kinds of products. But
20:34
Speaker 2: really look for the best one that you can justify
20:36
Speaker 2: the cost of because they are life saving.
20:38
Speaker 1: Definitely worth it, and also you get a quality one.
20:40
Speaker 2: It's going to last for many generations of pets.
20:44
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