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Vet Josh Davis Q&A for July 2nd, 2025 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: It's brought to you by Golden Retrievers the best dogs
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  Speaker 1: in the world.
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  Speaker 2: I think that there are people who would dispute that.
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  Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, if you would like to
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  Speaker 3: dispute that statement, what dog do you think is the
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  Speaker 3: best in the world. I'm sure we'll come up with
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  Speaker 3: a consensus at some point. Doctor Josh Davis is here.
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  Speaker 3: He's a veterinarian, a licensed.
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  Speaker 2: Veterinarian, I might add, it does help you. Yeah, he's not.
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  Speaker 3: One of those back room with veterinarians. He's a licensed veterinarian.
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  Speaker 3: He is here to answer questions that you may have
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  Speaker 3: about what's going on with your pets.
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  Speaker 1: We have a text question from our attorney to start
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  Speaker 1: things off while we're waiting for calls. He says, we
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  Speaker 1: are presently fostering a Chihuahua terrier pup lost a leg
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  Speaker 1: from being hit by a car and them being neglected
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  Speaker 1: by his owner. I have two questions. One, the staples
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  Speaker 1: from his surgery were removed approximately two weeks ago. Is
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  Speaker 1: it possible to remove the cone of shame at this point?
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  Speaker 4: Okay?
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  Speaker 1: And then two, what can we do to strengthen and
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  Speaker 1: protect his remaining hind legs? Since it's supporting all of
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  Speaker 1: his weight.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, those are two really good questions about amputations and
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  Speaker 5: those types of injuries. So for staples, usually surgically we
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  Speaker 5: want those in for two weeks and then taken out.
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  Speaker 5: So if they were taken out two weeks ago, I
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  Speaker 5: think unless the wound doesn't look healed, I would be
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  Speaker 5: fine to get out of the corner shame at that point.
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  Speaker 5: And then for small dogs like that, they actually do
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  Speaker 5: quite well with three legs and a majority of dog's
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  Speaker 5: weight about sixty percent is actually carried in the front
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  Speaker 5: legs and about forty percent in the back of it
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  Speaker 5: was so, yeah, they actually a small dog like that
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  Speaker 5: probably will be just fine. Yeah, I wouldn't worry too
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  Speaker 5: much about it. Don't let him get obese, and you'll
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  Speaker 5: probably be fine.
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  Speaker 6: Let's see, my dog's heartbeat is more of a vibration.
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  Speaker 6: What does that mean? It means it's a cat.
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  Speaker 2: What does that? Is there anything to that question?
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  Speaker 5: It depends on So if it feels like a vibration
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  Speaker 5: versus just the normal beats, the love dub beats. Some
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  Speaker 5: pets when they do have advanced heart murmurs, it can
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  Speaker 5: feel like a vibration because the murmur is causing literally
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  Speaker 5: the heart to vibrate abnormally, so probably worth checking that
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  Speaker 5: out if if it is.
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  Speaker 4: If it is a murmur, you'd want to know about
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  Speaker 4: it exactly.
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  Speaker 3: Any questions you have about your pets, your cats, your dogs,
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  Speaker 3: Doctor Davis is here to answer them for you so
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  Speaker 3: that you can put your mind at ease.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody says, sorry, Gina, my mutt is the best dog ever.
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  Speaker 1: The MutS are the greatest. He's a lab challenged, hearing challenge.
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  Speaker 1: That might be voice to tech. Yeah, I just think
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  Speaker 1: your voice to tell MutS or MutS are great. They
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  Speaker 1: have they have hybrid vigor, right.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, everybody.
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  Speaker 5: Compared to some of the more pure breeds, they're less
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  Speaker 5: genetically troubled sometimes too, you know. So I think you
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  Speaker 5: could talk about the best dogs for months on end
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  Speaker 5: and never get to consensus.
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  Speaker 2: Oh sure you could. But some of the.
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  Speaker 4: Cats are the best, you know. I'm just throwing that
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  Speaker 4: out there, you know.
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  Speaker 7: No, My my my first dog was a pure bread
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  Speaker 7: did not have did not have bigger, No ripley mix
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  Speaker 7: had bigger, bigger at first, and then we we got
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  Speaker 7: rid of that. Really, we get rid of the unfigured.
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  Speaker 3: Eight seven seven six oh two nine six nine six. Well,
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  Speaker 3: I was going to ask you about veterinarians. Is there
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  Speaker 3: are there levels of veterinarians like specialists, specialists and that sort.
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  Speaker 2: Of thing, right?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, there there are pretty much any specialty you can
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  Speaker 5: think of in the human field, you'll you can get
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  Speaker 5: in the veterinary field. So you know, we graduate as veterinarians,
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  Speaker 5: but some people go on to do internships and some
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  Speaker 5: people go on to specialize after that, so that can
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  Speaker 5: be another three to five years on top of a
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  Speaker 5: veterinary degree, like a heart specialist for him, cardiology, oncology, orthopedics,
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  Speaker 5: you name it, it's probably out there.
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  Speaker 6: Now here's a quick text question.
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  Speaker 7: My cat has black earwax, so I'm thinking that she
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  Speaker 7: has an ear infection because her ear is also super itchy.
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  Speaker 7: Are there drops that I can give her that I
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  Speaker 7: don't have to get the vet? Or do I need
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  Speaker 7: to schedule a vet appointment and take her in?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Cats with the black debris could be an ear infection.
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  Speaker 5: Also could be ear mites, and you want different medicines
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  Speaker 5: depending on what you've got there. And cat ears can
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  Speaker 5: be really sensitive and difficult, so if you overdo it,
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  Speaker 5: you can cause a lot of harm if you don't
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  Speaker 5: know what you're working on. So yeah, i'd get it
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  Speaker 5: checked out.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 3: My cat's going to the vet today and it's such
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  Speaker 3: a joy trying to get him into the carrier.
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  Speaker 6: All right, Well, let's continue, doctor Josh Davis.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I don't know these phone questions.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if doctor Davis can answer these, but
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  Speaker 3: he may have some indication.
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  Speaker 6: Jacob is here.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Jacob, what's your question? Jacob?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 8: Well, first off, hello lord and lady and doctor. Thanks
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  Speaker 8: for the call. I just daughter recently got a hog
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  Speaker 8: nosed snake and at first when we were got we
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  Speaker 8: brought it home, it was eating and doing everything just fine.
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  Speaker 8: But for the last couple of weeks it has stopped eating,
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  Speaker 8: and I didn't know if there was any kind of
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  Speaker 8: specific thing we should be doing to work on that.
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  Speaker 2: Does the snake have a name?
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  Speaker 8: It's Ecking's the snake snake backwards?
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  Speaker 5: Oh okay, Well, I can tell you I'm definitely not
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  Speaker 5: an expert on snakes, but I do know some of
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  Speaker 5: the things around reptiles, especially A lot of it comes
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  Speaker 5: down to the husbandry or environment for them, and often
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  Speaker 5: if they aren't eating, that's that's a big factor. So temperature, humidity,
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  Speaker 5: the type of food you're doing, all of those can
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  Speaker 5: be a factor in that. And if especially like it,
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  Speaker 5: say they're kept too cold and not a good temperature,
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  Speaker 5: then they just they won't eat because their their whole
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  Speaker 5: body is as blow the temperature. They need to do
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  Speaker 5: their digestion and have that drive to eat. So it's
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  Speaker 5: that would be something I'd start with. But also, you know,
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  Speaker 5: getting getting the snake looked at if if you just
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  Speaker 5: can't figure out what's going on with that, but make
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  Speaker 5: sure to research temperature, humidity, all those things need to
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  Speaker 5: be pretty tight to keep them healthy.
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  Speaker 3: Now, if Jacob looks looks online, will he be able
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  Speaker 3: to find somebody who specializes in snakes?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, there are some exotics vets that are available and
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  Speaker 5: they will do those types of things for sure.
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  Speaker 2: So I want to go to an exotic Yeah, all right,
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  Speaker 2: all right, Jacob, you.
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  Speaker 6: Jacob, all right? And uh, Terry, Terry has an iguana?
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  Speaker 4: Terry, did you have to brush up on my my reptiles?
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  Speaker 4: You know?
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  Speaker 2: Did your did your iguana have a name?
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  Speaker 8: Yes? My iguana's name is Pixel.
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  Speaker 2: Answers to Pixel, all right, what's your question.
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  Speaker 8: She's recently developed some gray patches on her back, and
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  Speaker 8: the last time she said they went away, but now
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  Speaker 8: they're starting to come back. And she just finished setting,
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  Speaker 8: so wondering if you had any ideas what that might be.
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  Speaker 8: She free realms the house. She takes fast for hours.
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  Speaker 4: By it sounds pretty happy, free run of the house.
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  Speaker 2: I like that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I.
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  Speaker 8: Had a little cage as the bedroom, but yeah, free rooms.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I would assume if if the other
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  Speaker 5: things haven't changed as far as like the activity and
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  Speaker 5: appetite and types of things like that, if they are changing,
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  Speaker 5: I mean, the scales would be my first thoughts on that.
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  Speaker 5: You know, if we are just doing even though it
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  Speaker 5: just happened, potentially it could be you know, a couple
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  Speaker 5: could be just doing that again. So but if everything
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  Speaker 5: else seems normal, I don't know that I'd worry yet
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  Speaker 5: about that. But again, my expertise isn't all the way
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  Speaker 5: on that. But but that that type of change, that'd
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  Speaker 5: be my first thoughts on it for sure.
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  Speaker 8: All right, all right, thank.
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  Speaker 7: You again, puppies and kiddies, little kid.
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  Speaker 3: There are lots of cats and lots of dogs out
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  Speaker 3: there that have problems.
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  Speaker 7: One from a librarian. Peaches fifteen year old cat lost
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  Speaker 7: a lot of weight over the last year. Should I
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  Speaker 7: see a vet or his peach is just old?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, see a vet.
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  Speaker 5: For old cats like that, losing weight, kidney disease, diabetes,
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  Speaker 5: those are the big ones for older cats, and then
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  Speaker 5: also thyroid disease. So if if you jump on it
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  Speaker 5: sooner than later, you might be able to make some
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  Speaker 5: changes and get some therapies going. But an old cat
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  Speaker 5: losing weight is always a concern.
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  Speaker 6: All right, let's go to Zane. Hello, Zane, what's your question?
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  Speaker 2: Zane?
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  Speaker 6: Good morning, doccy datis. I got three little chuaa mixes.
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  Speaker 6: I was wondering why they cough after they drink water.
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  Speaker 4: Do they all do that?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, some of the Some dogs will just because they'll
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  Speaker 5: just drink kind of fast sometimes so sometimes drinking fast
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  Speaker 5: and then they'll just cough a little bit to clear
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  Speaker 5: it out and they go on with their day. Some
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  Speaker 5: dogs too, can have little dogs especially they can have
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  Speaker 5: the collapsing trichia type of thing where they have a
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  Speaker 5: trichia that's a little bit weaker, the cartilage is weaker
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  Speaker 5: than normal, and so sometimes those dogs too can cough
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  Speaker 5: after drinking, or if they get really excited they can
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  Speaker 5: have a little coughing fits, or if they're running around
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  Speaker 5: and playing really hard or anything like that. So as
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  Speaker 5: long as they're doing their normal things, I don't worry
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  Speaker 5: too much about.
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  Speaker 3: That, Jane, make sure that make sure you tell them though,
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  Speaker 3: to turn their head away from you know, you don't
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  Speaker 3: want to spread germs, all right.
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  Speaker 5: And sometimes elevating the water bowls sometimes can help with
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  Speaker 5: that too, so because then they're not swallowing kind of uphill, they're.
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  Speaker 4: Just swallowing at a level. So maybe worth trying as well.
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  Speaker 6: You've a try, all right, insane, Let's go to Nicole.
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  Speaker 6: Hello Nicole, Hello Lord this morning for.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. If you go to x S ninety
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  Speaker 1: six dot com slash live, you can see my pups
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  Speaker 1: and I don't know, I'll.
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  Speaker 2: Put them up.
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  Speaker 3: You have a giant chnauzer, nical I have two of them,
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  Speaker 3: and what are their names? Chloe and Molly.
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  Speaker 9: We're walking right now.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, awesome. What's your question?
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  Speaker 9: I just want to know if there's some good supplements
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  Speaker 9: to give your dogs for when they get older, for
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  Speaker 9: hipp and joint pain and just general health.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 5: So for especially giant Schnauzers or any of the giant breeds. Weight,
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  Speaker 5: good weight management is always the number one thing that
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  Speaker 5: you should be focused on there. And then just regular
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  Speaker 5: routine exercise is really important. Doesn't have to be high impact,
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  Speaker 5: you know, running, jumping, but walking, hiking, all that stuff
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  Speaker 5: is really important to keep those joints moving. And then
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  Speaker 5: supplement wise, I mean there's a bajillion things out there
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  Speaker 5: for that, but a good joint supplement some dogs can
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  Speaker 5: benefit from that, and some dogs don't seem to benefit
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  Speaker 5: as much, but you're you're not likely to hurt them
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  Speaker 5: by doing that, So a daily joint supplement. Some people
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  Speaker 5: have found some of the CBD supplements they've found that
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  Speaker 5: their dogs seems to do better on. But if they
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  Speaker 5: are in pain or actually have arthritis, then you should
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  Speaker 5: really consider anti inflammatory therapy as well, because none of
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  Speaker 5: the supplements are effective at taking away all the inflammation
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  Speaker 5: for some dogs.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, thank you, Yeah, they're just too so I'll just
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  Speaker 6: look at.
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  Speaker 5: Some Yah, if they're only two, you should be in
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  Speaker 5: good shape. Yeah, you should be in good shape. Just
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  Speaker 5: keep them lean, keep them lean and healthy.
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  Speaker 6: All right, thank you very much. Samantha is here, Hello, Samantha.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Samantha. What what's your German shepherd's name?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning?
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  Speaker 9: Her name is Lola.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, what's your question.
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  Speaker 9: Lola has one eye that gets more goopier than the other,
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  Speaker 9: and I notice she's always kind of like rubbing it
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  Speaker 9: and she'll get those like clear goops in it. And
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  Speaker 9: we're also wondering if she might have some vision issues
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  Speaker 9: because she'll like kind of get spooed sometimes when she
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  Speaker 9: sees things, and so I'm wondering is there possibly a
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  Speaker 9: connection there?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 4: Maybe? So how old is Lola seven? Seven? Okay?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: German shepherds can, I mean have a variety of eye issues.
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  Speaker 5: So allergies can cause itchys and discharge stuff like that.
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  Speaker 5: German shepherds get a they get a specific disease called
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  Speaker 5: panis in their eyes sometimes and that can affect the
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  Speaker 5: surface of the eye sometimes their vision if it gets
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  Speaker 5: more severe.
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  Speaker 4: So just being a German.
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  Speaker 5: Shepherd, it's it's it might be worth getting it looked
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  Speaker 5: at and make sure you don't have an injury to
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  Speaker 5: the cornea or that German shepherd panis type of disease
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  Speaker 5: or you know, just make sure it's not anything that's
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  Speaker 5: a big deal because at seven.
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  Speaker 4: You know, German shepherds are notorious.
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  Speaker 5: They have one of the longest list of diseases in
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  Speaker 5: the books for breeds, and so it's always good to
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  Speaker 5: get them looked at because they can have a lot
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  Speaker 5: of things go wrong with.
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  Speaker 2: Them because of all the shower craut that they eat.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, they just they're good dogs.
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  Speaker 5: But yeah, sometimes the breeding can get a lot of
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  Speaker 5: things involved.
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  Speaker 6: All right, Samantha, thank you, say thank you all.
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  Speaker 7: My fourteen year old fourteen year old cat Matilda suffers
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  Speaker 7: from dandruff.
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  Speaker 6: We brush and brush anything else.
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  Speaker 2: We can do.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, a couple of things. So diet is always one.
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  Speaker 5: If they have flaky skin or dull hair, sometimes diet
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  Speaker 5: lower quality diets can contribute to that. If your cat
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  Speaker 5: is obese and it's old, they just can't groom because
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  Speaker 5: they can't reach. Sometimes they're just too big to reach,
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  Speaker 5: or if there arthritic, they don't groom as much. So
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  Speaker 5: I'd want to get that stuff under control if that's
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  Speaker 5: part of the issue, and then fatty acid supplements can
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  Speaker 5: help if nothing else seems to be a problem. So
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  Speaker 5: like the fish oil, fatty acid supplements, and there's diets
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  Speaker 5: with a lot of that built in that you could
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  Speaker 5: do too.
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  Speaker 6: All right, good to hear this part of the show
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  Speaker 6: just finished. Milking the cows. The cows say, hey, well
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  Speaker 6: there we.
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  Speaker 2: Go, doctor Josh David Us. Thanks very much.
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  Speaker 3: You can uh yeah, you're going to open up a
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  Speaker 3: plaice right, yep, we are.
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  Speaker 4: We're working on that.
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  Speaker 5: We're under construction right now, so yes, stay tuned. Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: we're super excited for that.
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  Speaker 6: All right, thank you very much.
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  Speaker 4: All right, see you guys.