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Doing Things Together With Your Pet with CheckOut Veterinary · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Eight thirty six thirteen ten WIB and ask the experts
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  Speaker 1: with check Out Veterinary. Joined this morning by doctor Marty Greer.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, doctor Greer is recognized by the Westminster Kennel
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  Speaker 1: that's checkout vet dot com. As mentioned. Joining us this
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  Speaker 1: morning is the doctor, doctor Marty Greer. Doctor Greer, how
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  Speaker 1: you doing this week?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing great? Thank you. It's a beautiful summer day.
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  Speaker 2: Can't go wrong, it is.
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  Speaker 1: We were talking early. You're just I we don't have
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  Speaker 1: to get way into this, but We were talking earlier
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  Speaker 1: today about about pets and swimming, and uh, I know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: as we get towards the end of the end of
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  Speaker 1: the season, for a lot of the municipal pools, they
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  Speaker 1: kind of do like a dog day, and I know
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  Speaker 1: here in Madison with Goodman, they have the dogs come
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  Speaker 1: out for a little fundraiser. Dogs do love and cats,
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  Speaker 1: some cats. I have a cat that likes water, but
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  Speaker 1: a lot of dogs do really enjoy spending time in
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  Speaker 1: the water. But you do want to you do want
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  Speaker 1: to be be careful and cautious with with what they're
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  Speaker 1: what they're swimming in, don't you, doctor.
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  Speaker 2: Oh for sure, right, you want the water to be
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  Speaker 2: pretty clean. We've talked before about the blue green algae concern,
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  Speaker 2: so definitely that. And there are things that can be
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  Speaker 2: hidden in murky water that you're not aware of, sticks
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  Speaker 2: and wire and all kinds of things that dogs will
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  Speaker 2: come out of the water with injuries. So you want
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  Speaker 2: to be thoughtful and cautious about it. If you're not
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  Speaker 2: sure how your dog is going to do in the water,
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  Speaker 2: I would suggest that you first get a life jacket
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  Speaker 2: for them and that you give them a test drive
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  Speaker 2: before you just plunk them in the water. In some
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  Speaker 2: places they can wade in, and you know, dogs are
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  Speaker 2: often more comfortable they can weight in on their own
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  Speaker 2: rather than jumping in until they really run the swimming skills.
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  Speaker 2: And of course there are swimming tools for dogs so
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  Speaker 2: that you can take them for physical therapy and for
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  Speaker 2: other activities for weight loss and those kinds of things
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  Speaker 2: around the Madison area. So we do have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different options. And some dogs love the water, and
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  Speaker 2: frankly some just don't.
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  Speaker 1: Mine's one that does not. He does not care for
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  Speaker 1: the water. He has my looking at it, but doesn't
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  Speaker 1: want to go anywhere near it. It's i think for
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  Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of folks as well, getting
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  Speaker 1: to these you know, whether it's these events or maybe
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  Speaker 1: taking taking your dog on vacation up north or something,
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  Speaker 1: it's really also an opportunity for them to experience different
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  Speaker 1: environments a little bit of socialization. And we're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk this week about the importance of socialization with both
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  Speaker 1: both puppies, kittens of course, grown and growing dogs and
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  Speaker 1: cats as well. Socialization is a really really important thing
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  Speaker 1: for your pet for some very obvious reasons and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: not so obvious reasons, things like you may not think
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  Speaker 1: about this, but a well socialized pet, and I would
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  Speaker 1: say you would obviously know this firsthand, tend to do
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  Speaker 1: a little bit better when it comes to things like
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  Speaker 1: vet visits or other things as well.
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  Speaker 2: Aren't there a benefits, right doctor, Oh for sure. And
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  Speaker 2: we want the dogs to be as comfortable as they
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  Speaker 2: can be in all setting. So some dogs just inherently
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  Speaker 2: seem to have temperaments that are a little nervous or
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  Speaker 2: a little anxious. There's a lot of breeds and a
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  Speaker 2: lot of individuals within breeds that are very gregarious, very
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  Speaker 2: happy to be wherever you are, happy to join in
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  Speaker 2: on anything. The Labradors, the Golden Retrievers, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: those dogs. The Retrievers in general tend to be pretty happy,
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  Speaker 2: go lucky dogs. They come into the vet, they hop
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  Speaker 2: on the table, they eat a cookie. They're having a
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  Speaker 2: great time. You know, no matter what you do to them,
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  Speaker 2: they're still having fun because you're paying attention to them.
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  Speaker 2: Other dogs are a lot more wary, oftentimes the smaller
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  Speaker 2: breeds of dogs, and sometimes they're pretty protective of their owners.
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  Speaker 2: If we have a little dog sitting on someone's lap,
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  Speaker 2: we'll often have them hand us the dog rather than
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  Speaker 2: us pick up the dog, and it seems like a
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  Speaker 2: subtle difference. But if I reach towards the owner and
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  Speaker 2: the dog, sometimes the dog is protective of the owner
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  Speaker 2: and not really aggressive toward us. But just because they
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  Speaker 2: think that they're protecting the person whose lap they're sitting
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  Speaker 2: on them, they'll be a little bit defensive. So it's
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  Speaker 2: kind of interesting and you need to be aware of
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  Speaker 2: those things and watch those But starting off from little
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  Speaker 2: puppies on, there's some really important things that we can do,
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  Speaker 2: and kittens too, but kittens are typically not socialized the
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  Speaker 2: same way that dogs are, unfortunately, So if we can
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  Speaker 2: do it right and we can get our puppies started
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  Speaker 2: off with really fun experiences from the very beginning, we
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  Speaker 2: can make a big difference. So back during the pandemic,
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  Speaker 2: I wrote a book Your Pandemic Puppy because we had
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  Speaker 2: concerns that there were going to be a lot of
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  Speaker 2: dogs that were socially isolated. During the pandemic. People got
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  Speaker 2: a lot of dogs during that time. They were staying home,
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  Speaker 2: so the dogs weren't getting out. I mean, frankly, people
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  Speaker 2: just weren't going anywhere, so their dogs weren't going anywhere either,
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  Speaker 2: So we had a lot of dogs that were socially isolated,
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  Speaker 2: and we're still seeing some of that effect. I had
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  Speaker 2: a client and with two dogs the other day, and
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  Speaker 2: that was her. You know, Rationale is first of all,
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  Speaker 2: she has a sight hound, so they tend not to
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  Speaker 2: be a very gregarious breed. And secondly, they were raised
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  Speaker 2: during the pandemic and they were raised as brothers at home,
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  Speaker 2: and so they're highly dependent on each other and not
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  Speaker 2: super social. But if you do the right things with
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  Speaker 2: your puppies, you can really make a big difference in
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  Speaker 2: how they develop. So Sophia in a few years ago
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  Speaker 2: wrote a really nice bit of information and that's included
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  Speaker 2: in the Your Pandemic Puppy book called one hundred Experiences
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  Speaker 2: in one hundred Days. So by doing those, you get
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  Speaker 2: the puppy out and you just pick something off of
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  Speaker 2: the list, and it's really helpful to have some structure. Now.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't mean those are the only things you can do,
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  Speaker 2: or you have to do them one at a time
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  Speaker 2: or in any particular order, but it gives you some
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  Speaker 2: structure to saying, Okay, I can do all these interesting
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  Speaker 2: things with my puppy and they maybe things you hadn't thought.
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  Speaker 1: About with that as we talked this morning with doctor
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  Speaker 1: Marty Greer of Checkout Veteran Area of course website checkout
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  Speaker 1: are open. Also if you've got a question for doctor Greer,
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  Speaker 1: get on the air six eight three two one thirteen ten.
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  Speaker 1: That's six eight three two one thirteen ten. Talking this
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  Speaker 1: week about socializing and developing social skills for your pet,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's your cat or your dog. And you mentioned there, doctor,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes cats and it seems like a kind of a
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  Speaker 1: running thing is kind of get get the short end
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  Speaker 1: of the stick with some of this stuff. It's obviously
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  Speaker 1: it's different, but it's equally important to socialized cats as well,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it It is?
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  Speaker 2: And I was outside yesterday at my clinic and the
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  Speaker 2: Maira and I was walking between the buildings. We have
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  Speaker 2: a couple of buildings on the campus and I'm walking
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  Speaker 2: along and this woman gets out of her car and
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  Speaker 2: she's walking into the door. She's she's carrying a carrier
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  Speaker 2: and she's walking into the door with a pet on
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  Speaker 2: a leash, and I realized it wasn't a small dog,
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  Speaker 2: it was a white cat. And she had this cat
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  Speaker 2: in a harness and he was just trotting up the sidewalk,
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  Speaker 2: no big deal, just completely confident, just like you would
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  Speaker 2: expect a dog to. And I realized she was one
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  Speaker 2: of my new employees that I had just barely met.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, oh, my goodness, look at this. And
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  Speaker 2: they said, oh, yea, yeah, he high fives, he sits,
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  Speaker 2: So she's basically raised him as a dog. And you
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  Speaker 2: can do a lot of those things if we work
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  Speaker 2: with our cats to be social. Cats are not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: socially isolated animals, and if we do a good job
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  Speaker 2: with them, they can do a lot of really fun things.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen cats run and agility courses if you train
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  Speaker 2: them correctly. I mean, there's some fun stuff you can
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  Speaker 2: do with cats. So we shouldn't write cats off and
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  Speaker 2: just say, oh, you know, they're just grouchy, you know,
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  Speaker 2: couch potatoes that don't really want to socialize, or don't
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  Speaker 2: like other cats, or don't like people. It's really not
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  Speaker 2: true if we give them the opportunity. So given the
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  Speaker 2: right experience, as cats can be equally social as dogs.
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  Speaker 2: But a lot of the things you can do with dogs.
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  Speaker 2: Some of the stores will let you take dogs to them,
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  Speaker 2: So some of the lumber yards will let you take
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  Speaker 2: dogs in. The pet stores oftentimes will of course, you
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  Speaker 2: want to make sure that it's okay to take a
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  Speaker 2: pet in. You want to make sure that it's safe,
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  Speaker 2: that there's not a dog there that's not going to
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  Speaker 2: be friendly with your dog. And then you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: some really simple things that you can do at home
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  Speaker 2: that give them a hundred experiences in one hundred days.
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  Speaker 2: So that basically just means one time a day you
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  Speaker 2: have to think of something new for your dog. And
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  Speaker 2: during the pandemic, I went to Walmart, and Walmart made
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  Speaker 2: eleven different kinds of bath mats. There were briskly ones
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  Speaker 2: and shiny ones, and ones with roundhios round holes, and
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  Speaker 2: some with square holes, and you know, dark colored ones
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  Speaker 2: and light colored ones and all kinds of things. So
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  Speaker 2: I could give my puppies eleven different surfaces to walk
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  Speaker 2: on without having to leave the house. I would go
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  Speaker 2: to the store and buy fruits and vegetables and other
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  Speaker 2: than grapes and raisins, and we typically don't use potatoes
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  Speaker 2: and corn because they're kind of starchy. But you can
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  Speaker 2: feed watermelon and cantalope and bananas and apples and carrots
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  Speaker 2: and celery and lettuce and broccoli and all kinds of things,
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  Speaker 2: and that's a new experience. Every day you can give
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  Speaker 2: them something new. So you can go through the fruit
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  Speaker 2: and produce department at the grocery store and get twenty
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  Speaker 2: or thirty experiences without having to try very hard. And
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  Speaker 2: then you need to get them around people that use
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  Speaker 2: walkers or wheelchairs or umbrellas, or have hats on, or
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  Speaker 2: that have beards, and all the different kinds of people
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  Speaker 2: that you can think of that your dog made somewhere
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  Speaker 2: along the way come across. Because if a dog is
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  Speaker 2: raised in a household with only men are only women,
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  Speaker 2: and they see someone of the opposite sex, they dress differently,
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  Speaker 2: they walk differently, they talk differently, it can be a
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  Speaker 2: little startling to a dog. So the more experiences we
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  Speaker 2: can give them as young puppies, and the more we
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  Speaker 2: can make their brains elastic, the better able they are
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  Speaker 2: to cope with differences and adjust to different situations. When
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  Speaker 2: you go to the vet, go to the park, go
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  Speaker 2: you know, have someone come to your house to do
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  Speaker 2: a repair on your washing machine, whatever it happens to be.
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  Speaker 2: We want our dogs to be comfortable and social.
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  Speaker 1: What about the importance of positive reinforcement? And I know,
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  Speaker 1: you know one of the things talking about the experience
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  Speaker 1: that checkout vet is I know you've described it as
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  Speaker 1: as like like going out to dinner at a fancy restaurant.
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  Speaker 1: You really want these new experiences to be positive. You
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  Speaker 1: really want the pets to to really be excited for
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  Speaker 1: these experiences, don't you right.
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  Speaker 2: And for some pets, they're food motivated and that works
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  Speaker 2: really well, and you can do chicken baby food, or
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  Speaker 2: peanut butter, or squeeze cheese or you know, a a
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  Speaker 2: lot of different things. For cats, we do anchovies, or
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  Speaker 2: we do anchovy paste. We'll do tuna. There's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things we can do. And then there are some
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  Speaker 2: pets that are just not food motivated at all. Either
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  Speaker 2: they're a little too nervous or they're just simply not
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  Speaker 2: a food motivated kind of dog. Scenthounds like bassets their
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  Speaker 2: food motivated. Sidehounds like greyhounds not so much. So it
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  Speaker 2: really depends on the dog. So by doing some other
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  Speaker 2: things like if they love tennis balls or they love
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  Speaker 2: a certain toy, then that's what you use as your
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  Speaker 2: positive reinforcement. And so you start to use those things
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  Speaker 2: to reinforce the behaviors that you want and to try
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  Speaker 2: to extinguish the behaviors that you don't want. So, for instance,
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  Speaker 2: if your dog is afraid of other dogs and you're
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  Speaker 2: out on a walk and you see a dog coming
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  Speaker 2: before the dog sees it and starts to get nervous
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  Speaker 2: or stiffened up, then distract the dog with the tennis ball,
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  Speaker 2: with the toy, the squeaky toy, with the food treat,
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  Speaker 2: whatever it happens to be, and you get them in
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  Speaker 2: a mindset that they're paying more attention to that or
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  Speaker 2: the siren that goes off, or whatever it happens to be.
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  Speaker 2: Really try to focus on what your pet is experiencing
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  Speaker 2: and get ahead of that so that you're already predicting
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  Speaker 2: that you need to get their attention and give them
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  Speaker 2: the confidence that you're cool about it. And if you're nervous,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be nervous too. So as soon as
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  Speaker 2: you act a little nervous, say your dog often isn't
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  Speaker 2: good around other dogs or this dog looks like it
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  Speaker 2: might be a little scary, and you tighten up on
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  Speaker 2: the leash, the dog's like, uh, oh, she's nervous. I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna have to worry. As soon as you do that,
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  Speaker 2: you telegraph that information right down the leash. So it's
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  Speaker 2: important that you're confident in those situations. If you don't
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  Speaker 2: like thunderstorms, your dog is going to learn not to
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  Speaker 2: like thunderstorms too. So really be cognizant of your own behaviors,
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  Speaker 2: your own reactions, and try to prevent you from giving
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  Speaker 2: the dog a message that you don't intend to give them.
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  Speaker 2: One of the things I wrote in the book, and
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  Speaker 2: it was commented on multiple times, is even when you
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  Speaker 2: think your dog's not learning something, they're learning something. And
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  Speaker 2: that may be if you're nervous during the storm and
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  Speaker 2: you turn on the radio and you sit at the
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  Speaker 2: kitchen table and you know you're staring at the radio
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  Speaker 2: or staring at the TV to figure out if there's
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  Speaker 2: bad storms coming, your dog picks up on that because
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  Speaker 2: that's not your normal behavior. So any of those things
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  Speaker 2: that you can do to overcome your signals to the
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  Speaker 2: dog is also going to help your dog to be
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  Speaker 2: more confident. So those are really subtle things that oftentimes
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  Speaker 2: people don't identify because they're so focused on themselves that
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  Speaker 2: they forget that the dog is picking up things. If
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  Speaker 2: you're in the kitchen making dinner and your dog is
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  Speaker 2: trying to tell you they need to go out to
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  Speaker 2: go potty, and you're not paying attention, and the dog decides, well,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go under the dining room table because
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  Speaker 2: there's nobody there to yell at me. They just learned
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  Speaker 2: by you, not meaning for them to learn, but they
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  Speaker 2: just learned that when you're cooking dinner, urinating on the
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  Speaker 2: dining room floor is okay. So those are really subtle
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  Speaker 2: things that you need to be super aware of because
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  Speaker 2: your dogs are They spend every waking moment watching you,
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  Speaker 2: staring at you, every bite you take, every move you make.
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  Speaker 2: There's a T shirt like that that says I'm watching you,
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  Speaker 2: and it's really true. They're picking up things that you
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  Speaker 2: aren't aware of.
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  Speaker 1: Talking this morning with doctor Marty griv check out Veterinary again.
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  Speaker 1: That book too, Your Pandemic Puppy. You can find it.
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  Speaker 1: I know what's on Amazon, on and uh many bookstores.
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  Speaker 1: The ones that are that are still around they carry it,
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  Speaker 1: but the easiest thing to do and order it, to
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  Speaker 1: order it online and get that brace. Doctor two. When
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  Speaker 1: you were talking about some of these talking of course,
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  Speaker 1: doctor Marty Greer, checkout Veterinary the website, checkout vet dot com.
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  Speaker 1: When you were talking to about about, uh, some of
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  Speaker 1: the behaviors and things that that pets is there sometimes
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  Speaker 1: like like pet owners will reinforce stereotypes. Is we have
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  Speaker 1: a Chihuahua at home, and I always heard all these
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  Speaker 1: stories about you know, they're a one person type of breed,
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  Speaker 1: they're they're loud, they can be nippy, and those type
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  Speaker 1: of things. And and Homer's got our dog has has
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  Speaker 1: some of those traits. He's kind, he likes to bark,
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  Speaker 1: but like he's very much a family dog and likes
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  Speaker 1: to socialize. Do we sometimes make the mistakes We'll pick
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  Speaker 1: out a specific breed and kind of reinforce some of
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  Speaker 1: those some of those stereotypes that may not always be
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  Speaker 1: be the case.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's absolutely true. The other thing we
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  Speaker 2: see is we'll oftentimes see the same behaviors in one
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  Speaker 2: pet to the next from the same owner. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure if they select the dog that has those
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  Speaker 2: traits or if they have created the dogs, because those
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  Speaker 2: are the way that they interact with their dogs. So
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  Speaker 2: it's definitely the case. And if you can change your mindset,
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  Speaker 2: change the way you do things, you can really make
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  Speaker 2: a big difference. So you don't have to assume that
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  Speaker 2: al chuahas are going to be nervous and fearful. You
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  Speaker 2: can treat them like a labrador and just say buck up, buddy,
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  Speaker 2: here we go, and you know, kind of teach them
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  Speaker 2: that those are the things. And there's some really good
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  Speaker 2: dog training classes in the community, so take a look
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  Speaker 2: at those anytime you get a puppy. I think all puppies,
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  Speaker 2: I don't care how many puppies you've owned. I don't
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  Speaker 2: care how experienced a dog person you are. I think
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  Speaker 2: all dogs benefit from a training class, so getting them out,
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  Speaker 2: getting them with other dogs, getting them different people, different settings,
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  Speaker 2: being forced to do certain exercises, so that if you
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  Speaker 2: go back to class the following week and you haven't
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  Speaker 2: done your homework and your dogs still can't do any
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  Speaker 2: of the things they taught you last week, you kind
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  Speaker 2: of look like a heel. So you want to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that you're doing those things in those classes will
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  Speaker 2: kind of encourage you and reinforce your behaviors to train
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  Speaker 2: the dog. It can be really important. Badger Kennel Club
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  Speaker 2: teaches classes. Dog's Best Friend is really an outstanding place.
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  Speaker 2: Patricia McConnell's started that the behaviors from UW that used
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  Speaker 2: to do the radio shows. She's no longer there, but
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  Speaker 2: she started the business and they still perpetuate a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things she does. There's a number of dog turning
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  Speaker 2: opportunities around the community, and then there's really fun classes.
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  Speaker 2: There's agility, there's scent work, there's nosework, there's search and rescue.
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  Speaker 2: There's all kinds of really fun activities that you can
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  Speaker 2: do with your dogs, dock diving and flyball. So if
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  Speaker 2: you have a dog that needs a job or wants
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  Speaker 2: some exercise, or you're looking for some kind of activity
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  Speaker 2: to participate with the dog, and take a look at
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  Speaker 2: the dog clubs like Badger, or take a look at
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  Speaker 2: what your choices are. There's some really fun things that
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  Speaker 2: you can do. S network is an absolute blast. You
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  Speaker 2: teach the dog to find things around the room. Doc
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  Speaker 2: diving really fun. If you have a dog loves the water,
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  Speaker 2: they basically dive as they jump off of a dock
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  Speaker 2: and see how far the dogs can leap across the water.
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  Speaker 2: Based on their size, they get different scoring systems. So
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  Speaker 2: there's some really fun stuff that you can do with them.
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  Speaker 2: If you're looking for some of those activities, or if
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  Speaker 2: you've got kids, put them in foro H with their dog.
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  Speaker 2: Put them in some of these activities because it's a
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  Speaker 2: great family option. Badger Kennel Club has a couple of
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  Speaker 2: dog shows a year if you want to go watch those,
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  Speaker 2: those are Renaissance dog shows at an Alliance Center. So
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  Speaker 2: be an active dog owner. Don't just you know, hang
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  Speaker 2: out on the couch or take the dog for a
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  Speaker 2: boring walk around the block, because that's not enough for
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  Speaker 2: your dog. Dogs need more interaction than walking slowly around
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  Speaker 2: the block. That is not enough for most dogs. So
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  Speaker 2: give them what they need and really pay attention because
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  Speaker 2: they're going to tell you what they want. If they
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  Speaker 2: want to do hurting, go find ducks, you know, not
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  Speaker 2: the ducks at the park, but go find somebody that
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  Speaker 2: keeps in duck hurting glass, you know, just don't randomly
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  Speaker 2: go pick them some ducks. So there's some really fun
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  Speaker 2: stuff that you can do with your dogs if you
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  Speaker 2: seek it out and if you're interested in doing those
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  Speaker 2: things and it'll fit your needs. Not everybody has the
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  Speaker 2: same ability to so you may not run agility, but
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  Speaker 2: your dog may run flyball because they can do that
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  Speaker 2: without you. Running fastcat is really fun. That's very popular
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  Speaker 2: right now, and basically it's chasing a lure and timing
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  Speaker 2: the dog on a relay. And it's a simple thing.
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  Speaker 2: Most dogs don't need to be trained to do it.
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  Speaker 2: You can take a couple of classes and then go
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  Speaker 2: compete and it's really a blast. It can be really
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  Speaker 2: fun to act with your dog.
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  Speaker 1: In those ways, and you think, got this great buddy
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  Speaker 1: that just wants to hang out and have fun. What
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  Speaker 1: a great great way to get out and have fun,
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  Speaker 1: socialize and it's really good for everybody, including your pet.
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  Speaker 1: As we talked this morning with doctor Marty Greer of
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  Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary of course online check out vets dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That's checkout vet dot com. They are accepting new patients
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  Speaker 1: right now. It's a great opportunity for you and your pet.
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  Speaker 1: Don't forget that first visit that exam at checkout Vet.
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  Speaker 1: It is free. Learn more online about Checkout Veterinary on
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  Speaker 1: the experts with Checkout Veterinary. Continues right here on thirteen
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  Speaker 1: WI b A and asked the experts with Checkout Veterinary
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  Speaker 1: talking with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinary. The website
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  Speaker 1: checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. Of
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  Speaker 1: That's checkout vet dot com now accepting patients. A great
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  Speaker 1: at Checkout Veterinary. Great opportunity there again, that first visit free,
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  Speaker 1: of the things I love talking with you about each week,
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  Speaker 1: doctor is getting getting a doctor's insight into into our pets.
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  Speaker 1: And I think sometimes people uh don't always take that
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  Speaker 1: opportunity when they have an appointment to talk with their
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  Speaker 1: vet and this type of conversation about socialization. These are
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  Speaker 1: perfect questions to be asking your veterinarian, aren't.
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  Speaker 2: They oh right? And so when you have a new puppy,
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  Speaker 2: you want to talk to them about do they make
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  Speaker 2: any recommendations for where to take a class? What are
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  Speaker 2: they doing to help your puppy to have the dust
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  Speaker 2: experience that they can. If they're providing you with squeezcheaes
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  Speaker 2: and peanut butter and cream cheese and all the fun
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  Speaker 2: stuff on the exam table, great. If they're not, take
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  Speaker 2: it upon yourself to bring along some treats. I often
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  Speaker 2: have people that will say, oh, no, don't see them anything,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm like, no, no, no, you don't understand. This
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  Speaker 2: is really important that we make this as great as
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  Speaker 2: the experience as possible. We use a lot of ginger
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  Speaker 2: snaps in our practice because if we have dogs that
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: get carsick, ginger settles their stomach, so they'll often eat those.
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  Speaker 2: So there's some definite things that you can do if
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  Speaker 2: your dog loaves chicken. We typically can't keep chicken in
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  Speaker 2: the exam room very effectively because it needs to be refrigerated.
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  Speaker 2: So if your dog loves chicken, bring a little zip
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  Speaker 2: lock bag of chicken or whatever it happens to be
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  Speaker 2: that your dog's favorite maybe their favorite toy, their favorite ball,
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  Speaker 2: maybe their favorite blanket, So we can put it on
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  Speaker 2: the table and just make it as comfortable an experience
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  Speaker 2: as we possibly can, because most veterinary staff and veterinarians
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  Speaker 2: are really interested in helping your pet have that good
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  Speaker 2: experience because it makes all the future visits easier. If
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  Speaker 2: they have a bad experience, if we have to do
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  Speaker 2: something that makes them unhappy, if it's something that really
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  Speaker 2: imprints in their head and they remember. So we don't
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  Speaker 2: want those experiences for your pet, and you probably don't
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  Speaker 2: want them for years either, But you have to get
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  Speaker 2: ahead of it. You have to think about what's going
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  Speaker 2: to happen so that you can predict that you can
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  Speaker 2: give your pet that opportunity to be comfortable in that setting.
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  Speaker 1: Talking this morning with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinari,
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  Speaker 1: it's an absolutely great day to get on into check
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  Speaker 1: Out Vet. As we talked this morning about the experience
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  Speaker 1: at Checkout Veterinarian, of course talking about social skills as well.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great model, a great design, and a great
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for you right now and your pet to get
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  Speaker 1: in for a visit again that first visit. It's free,
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  Speaker 1: that exam is free. They are now accepting new patients
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  Speaker 1: Make an appointment online or give them a call. Six
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  Speaker 1: great day and we'll do it all again soon. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: doctor Mardy Greer of check out Vet again that website
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