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Routine Pet Care (Squirt Returns) with Dr. Greer of CheckOut Veterinary · Ask The Experts

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Speaker 1: Hey thirty four thirteen ten wib and ask the experts
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Speaker 1: with Checkout veterinaryan doctor Marty Greer, of course recognized by
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Speaker 1: the Westminster Kin Club as Veterinarian of the Year, and
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Speaker 1: you can learn more about doctor Greer. Learn more about
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Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary. A lot of great information on their website.
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Speaker 1: Checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. Great
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Speaker 1: day to start that relationship at start that conversation again.
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Speaker 1: The website is very very intuitive, very very cool. As
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Speaker 1: far as understanding what makes checkout Veterinary so unique again,
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Speaker 1: head on over check out vet dot com. That's checkout
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Speaker 1: vet dot com. Doctor, how was your Christmas?
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Speaker 2: It was great? Thank you. We delivered a litter of
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Speaker 2: puppies yesterday morning, Oh my goodness, it was awesome, and
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Speaker 2: then spent the rest of the day with our family,
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Speaker 2: So yeah, it was awesome.
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Speaker 1: Does it get any better for a veterinarian than having
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Speaker 1: a day where you start out delivering puppies and then
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Speaker 1: spending the rest day with family.
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Speaker 2: I mean it doesn't like that's that's the krim delachrum.
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Speaker 2: It's perfect, so very pleasant. We had a great time.
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Speaker 1: I want to ask you about that real quick when
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Speaker 1: it comes to deliver, generally, I would assume obviously, just
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Speaker 1: like with humans, there are obviously higher risk situations, but
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Speaker 1: generally puppies that type of thing. Do they need a
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Speaker 1: VET involved in that process or is that something just
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Speaker 1: in certain circumstances that may be necessary.
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Speaker 2: Most of the time, puppies are born at home without
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Speaker 2: any complications, but there are times and certain breeds that
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Speaker 2: put the dogs at higher risks, so then we do
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Speaker 2: schedule them. In this particular case, the puppies were going
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Speaker 2: to be really big, so we wanted to make sure
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Speaker 2: that they were all delivered safely. They were really important
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Speaker 2: litter to this breeder, so we wanted to make sure
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Speaker 2: that that happened. So it depends if there's one puppy,
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Speaker 2: if there's twelve puppies, if there are a certain breed
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Speaker 2: like French bulldogs, them real bulldogs, those kinds of things,
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Speaker 2: sim will schedulec the sections for them just because it's
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Speaker 2: safer for the dog. And then treguatary care has gotten
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Speaker 2: hard there and harder to get on an emergency basis,
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Speaker 2: so many of our clients are becoming a little more
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Speaker 2: proactive in how they deliver their puppies interesting.
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Speaker 1: Are there are there certain breeds that are a little
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Speaker 1: more I think you had mentioned there might be certain
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Speaker 1: breeds that are a little more prone to complications with delivery.
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Speaker 2: Yes, in general, it's the break east tophalics, which are
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Speaker 2: the short face breeds that's going to be bulldogs, French bulldogs, pugs.
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Speaker 2: Those dogs are at increased risk. Corgi's and Bernie's Mountain
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Speaker 2: dogs are also at increased risk. Bernie's Mountain dogs just
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Speaker 2: don't have good labors. Some Golden Retrievers are just kind
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Speaker 2: of lazy. So it really depends a lot on the dog.
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Speaker 2: But a lot of times the clients are aware of
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Speaker 2: what their previous litters have been like, and so they'll,
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Speaker 2: like I said, just proactively schedule something so that they
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Speaker 2: don't end up in trouble. We used to be able
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Speaker 2: to call twenty four hours a day and get into
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Speaker 2: an emergency clinic with a veterinarian. Then that that ship
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Speaker 2: has sailed at least for now, so hopefully it comes back.
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Speaker 2: But for instance, I did three emergency surgeries on Christmas Eve,
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Speaker 2: and that was primarily because the emergency clinic referral centers
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Speaker 2: just didn't have surgeons on so we became the other
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Speaker 2: alternative for them. So I did three surgeries on Christmas
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Speaker 2: Eve afternoon.
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Speaker 1: That is that is amazing. Who's with you this week?
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Speaker 1: By the way, I hear a special guest in the background.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's wlirt. She's with me again today. She's a
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Speaker 2: little bit mad about being stuck in this box while
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Speaker 2: we were driving. She wants to us to get out
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Speaker 2: and run around, but not quite yet. Or we'll get
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Speaker 2: to that in a minute. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Talking this morning with doctor Marty Greer of Checkout Veterinarian,
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Speaker 1: the website checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com.
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Speaker 1: Me talking this week about keeping your pet healthy kind
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Speaker 1: of like an overall a pet owner, a pet caretaker.
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Speaker 1: Things you need to be aware of and think of
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Speaker 1: when it comes to I'm really keeping your pet healthy?
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Speaker 1: And I think doctor the big thing is not only
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Speaker 1: just kind of an overall thing. Is keeping your pet
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Speaker 1: healthy going to make them happier, but it also allows
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Speaker 1: them to be with you longer, doesn't it?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely? And it kind of dovetails with what your previous
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Speaker 2: guest had discussed for developing relationships. One of the really
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Speaker 2: important things that you have going for you with a
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Speaker 2: veterinary clinic is getting to know the staff, the doctors
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Speaker 2: and having that relationship so that you trust us, we
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Speaker 2: trust you, we know what your expectations are, and so
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Speaker 2: I think that's really important and you sometimes miss that
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Speaker 2: if you just go to one of the vaccine clinics
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Speaker 2: that you can know the pop up vaccination clinics where
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Speaker 2: they have just you walk in, you get a vaccination,
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Speaker 2: you don't get a physical examination, you don't get a history,
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Speaker 2: you don't get to talk about nutrition and preventive care
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Speaker 2: and all those other things. So it's not just about
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Speaker 2: getting a shot. It's really about having the pre opt
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Speaker 2: to preemptive blood work done, the wellness visits where we
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Speaker 2: can get blood work done and make sure that delivering
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Speaker 2: kidneys are fine and the blood counts are okay, and
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Speaker 2: that they don't have lime disease or heartworm, they don't
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Speaker 2: have any intestinal parasites. You know, we have some challenges
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Speaker 2: with our pets that on the human side they don't have.
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Speaker 2: Our pets have more parasites, and we are doing a
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Speaker 2: really good job of preventing those with getting you in,
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Speaker 2: getting the blood work, finding out early on if there's
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Speaker 2: a problem with kidney function, liver function, thyroid, any of
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Speaker 2: those things, getting you on the appropriate heartworm preventive that
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Speaker 2: also do flea and tick or I'm sorry, they also
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Speaker 2: do intestinal parasite control and then the flea and tick
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Speaker 2: preventives to prevent lime disease antiplies necessarily you as some
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Speaker 2: of those other things. So I think it's really important
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Speaker 2: that you do that preventive care because we can definitely
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Speaker 2: improve quality of life and length of life with our
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Speaker 2: dogs and our cats if we're proactive.
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Speaker 1: Doctor agree. Is is some of that too as we
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Speaker 1: talk about of course the clinic checkout, veterinary the clinic
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Speaker 1: right and sun pray and prairie leaks drive really easy
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Speaker 1: to get to the Marshall Clinic. Obviously, this was a
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Speaker 1: vet that was that was retiring and and you were
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Speaker 1: able to step in and keep that keep that clinic
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Speaker 1: open and running and put some great vets out there
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Speaker 1: was part of is that kind of along those same
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Speaker 1: lines where it's kind of important to have that you
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Speaker 1: mentioned we talked about starting that relationship. If you've been
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Speaker 1: taking let's say you've got a dog that's that's in
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Speaker 1: the double digits, they've been going to that same clinic
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Speaker 1: for their entire lives. Having a change at that age
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Speaker 1: can be can be pretty scary for them. Keeping something
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Speaker 1: like that Marshall Clinic open and available to those to
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Speaker 1: those families into those pets, it's got to be a
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Speaker 1: great benefit as well to the overall health and well
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Speaker 1: being of the of those animals.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, because we've got your medical records, we've
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Speaker 2: got your history. We understand what the previous bloodwork looked like.
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Speaker 2: If there was some kind of a mask or something
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Speaker 2: that was removed, we know the history of that. We've
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Speaker 2: kept the receptionist and one of the veterinary assistants, so
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Speaker 2: we've got some continuity of death. And I think all
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Speaker 2: those things are really important. It's and it's close, it's handy,
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Speaker 2: it's we have a lot of clients that live right
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Speaker 2: in that community and they're very pleased that they don't
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Speaker 2: have to pack up and go to another clinic. And unfortunately,
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Speaker 2: right now, like I said a few minutes ago, in
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Speaker 2: veterinary medicine, we don't have the surplus of veterinarians and
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Speaker 2: veterinary staff we would like to have, so their practices
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Speaker 2: are simply not taking new clients. And so then you're
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Speaker 2: really frustrated by saying, well, my dog needs care, my
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Speaker 2: cat needs an appointment, and I can't get in. I'm
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Speaker 2: not really sure what to do about that. So that's
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Speaker 2: where that continuity of care can really be helpful, as
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Speaker 2: people are not now being sort of dispersed to different
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Speaker 2: veterinary clinics, but they're trying to have to trying to
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Speaker 2: find something. I actually was in the parking lot at
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Speaker 2: the grocery store this morning, and I have all three
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Speaker 2: clinic names on the outside of my vehicle, and a
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Speaker 2: gentleman came up to me and started to talk to me,
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Speaker 2: and he said I was going to a vet clinic
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Speaker 2: near where I was, and he said I got a
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Speaker 2: second dog, and even though I was an established client there,
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Speaker 2: they said they couldn't see my second dog because it
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Speaker 2: was a new patient. And he was really frustrated by
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Speaker 2: that because he was established and had been established their
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Speaker 2: friend members years. So those are limitations that are happening
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Speaker 2: in some veterinary clinics. But all four of our practices,
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Speaker 2: Marshall Veterinary Village and Lamira check In and check Out
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Speaker 2: in Son Prairie are all accepting new clients and that
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Speaker 2: way you can keep all your veterinary care under one roof.
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Speaker 2: Now check it and check in and check out our
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Speaker 2: sister clinics. We're two minutes apart, so in a lot
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Speaker 2: of cases people will go back and forth between those
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Speaker 2: two practices. But we share a computer system and we
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Speaker 2: share staff, so again you have that continuity of care.
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Speaker 2: And I think that's really important that you get to
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Speaker 2: know your veterinarian. You get to know the staff, and
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Speaker 2: when you call, they already know who you are. You
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Speaker 2: don't have to try and go through the whole dance
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Speaker 2: of this is who I am, and this is what's
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Speaker 2: important to me, and this is how I want my
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Speaker 2: pets care to go. Because everybody has their own idea
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Speaker 2: of how they want pets care to go, and I
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Speaker 2: think having that understanding and that underlying information is really important.
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Speaker 1: One of the things I've loved is in talking with
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Speaker 1: you is is the openness and the availability. I think
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Speaker 1: for a lot of a lot of a lot of
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Speaker 1: pet people, they're they're saying, well, you know, I need
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Speaker 1: I need to I want to have that relationship and
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Speaker 1: I want to have that conversation. I want to get
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Speaker 1: to know my vet. I want to have a really
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Speaker 1: good open dialogue. And I also want my vet to
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Speaker 1: be available and that's one of the great things with
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Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary and the clinics check out check in Marshall
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Speaker 1: Clinic as well as the clinic and Lamira. As we
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Speaker 1: talk with doctor Mardi Greer, they are there for you your pet.
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Speaker 1: They have they have a phenomenal I mentioned the website
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Speaker 1: checkout vet dot com. They have a great setup at
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Speaker 1: Checkout Veterinary. You can learn more online on that website
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Speaker 1: checkout vet dot com. That's checkout vet dot com. And
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Speaker 1: when we talk about kind of things you can do
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Speaker 1: to keep your pet healthy, obviously establishing a great relationship
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Speaker 1: with a vet. And I know one of the other
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Speaker 1: cool features of Checkout Veterinary that first visit that's free.
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Speaker 1: You get that free exam. Of course, if there are
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Speaker 1: if they are tests and other things, there are costs
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Speaker 1: that spelled out in black and white on the website
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Speaker 1: and of course you can talk to your vet as
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Speaker 1: well about those at checkout vet dot com. But one
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Speaker 1: of those those areas vaccines are really important. And I
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Speaker 1: know we've been seeing I know we had some stuff
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Speaker 1: in the news about canine distemper and and raccoons and dogs.
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Speaker 1: I guess I'd never thought about that. But what are
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Speaker 1: there that's a viral disease? Is there a vaccine for
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Speaker 1: that or what do pedal owners need to know their doctor?
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Speaker 2: Yes, there is a vaccine, and we've had a vaccine
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Speaker 2: for dissemper and canines for many, many years. It's one
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Speaker 2: of the first vaccines that was developed. So we have
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Speaker 2: that and most pets, most dogs should be vaccinated against
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Speaker 2: that several times as puppies. Every single puppy needs vaccinations.
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Speaker 2: I want people to be really clear about that because
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Speaker 2: we do have some vaccine hesitancy happening since COVID on
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Speaker 2: the human and the veterinary side. So every single puppy
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Speaker 2: needs vaccinations at least too and perhaps more than that,
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Speaker 2: depending on the age and their immunity. So, yes, we
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Speaker 2: do have a vaccine. Parvo and lepto Parvo's a virus
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Speaker 2: that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Leptosporosis is a bacterial disease
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Speaker 2: that causes kidney and liverpool. We have those also that
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Speaker 2: are contagious from raccoons and other wildlife, fox, coyote, those
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Speaker 2: kinds of things to our dog population. And so on
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Speaker 2: a regular basis, our pets need to be booster Most
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Speaker 2: pets we do on a three year interval once they're
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Speaker 2: past their fifteen months vaccination, so they get vaccinated two
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Speaker 2: to four times, those puppies again at fifteen to sixteen
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Speaker 2: months of age, and then every three years to keep
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Speaker 2: their immunity up because gosh, you know, dogs whot do
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Speaker 2: things that weally aren't appropriate in our world as humans.
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Speaker 2: They have little furry lips with big can nineteen underneath them,
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Speaker 2: and they go and they eat things in the yard
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Speaker 2: and roll around in things and drink things that you
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Speaker 2: would never think of as a human. So we want
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Speaker 2: to protect our pets against those bacterial diseases, those viral diseases,
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Speaker 2: and of course the parasite. So it's really important that
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Speaker 2: you keep that preventive care of to date.
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Speaker 1: And of course reports of rabies vaccinations, I know most
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Speaker 1: I think just about it. Maybe it's even state law
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Speaker 1: requires that. But that's an important one as well, isn't it.
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Speaker 2: Yes, And a lot of people are a little relucted
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Speaker 2: to do rabies just like they are other vaccines. But
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Speaker 2: again that's given once as a puppy, once at fifteen
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Speaker 2: months of age, and then every three years after that.
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Speaker 2: For most pets. There is a one year cat vaccine.
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Speaker 2: That's a little bit safer for our cat friends because
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Speaker 2: they do have a tendency to be a little are
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Speaker 2: sensitive to vaccines. But rabies is required in some communities
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Speaker 2: for cats, not all. Rabies is required in every state
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Speaker 2: in every community in the country for dogs, so it's
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Speaker 2: very important that you keep that up to date. Now,
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Speaker 2: there was an exemption written in two thousand and four
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Speaker 2: by Governor Doyle for dogs that are suffering from certain
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Speaker 2: health conditions, but that is absolutely the rarest of occurrences.
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Speaker 2: I maybe write one of those letters a year. This
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Speaker 2: is not something that you should be going in and
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Speaker 2: asking regularly for your vet to do unless your dog
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Speaker 2: has a very severe reaction to vaccines. But yes, we
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Speaker 2: need to keep them up to date. And you know,
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Speaker 2: it's for our protection, not just the protection of the dogs.
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Speaker 2: Rabies is a big concern in we still have it
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Speaker 2: the United States, and a big concern in a lot
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Speaker 2: of developing countries. So rabies hasn't gone away. Rabies is
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Speaker 2: in our wildlife population, skunks, raccoons, other little fur recrutters
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Speaker 2: that are out in the yard that our dogs may
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Speaker 2: interact with. So we keep our dogs up to date
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Speaker 2: for vaccinations for rabies, to protect your family, yourself against rabies,
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Speaker 2: so that they're not bringing that into your household. And
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Speaker 2: then any body fluid saliva. Of course everybody thinks of
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Speaker 2: it as being a bite, but it can be any
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Speaker 2: kindy body, fluid saliva, blood you're in, any of those
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Speaker 2: things can trendmit rabies to humans. So very very important
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Speaker 2: that we keep our pets vaccinated. Don't just assume that
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Speaker 2: because your cat never goes outside that that's not going
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Speaker 2: to be the case. Bats carry rabies. Last week, my
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Speaker 2: daughter's father in law's house head a bat flying around
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Speaker 2: in it. So cats, even in the house can have
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Speaker 2: those exposures and bats.
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Speaker 1: I've lived in houses where bats can find they can
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Speaker 1: find their way in little tiny holes, in little tiny
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Speaker 1: ears that you don't even think about. And really important
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Speaker 1: doctor one thing too, as we talk about vaccines and
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Speaker 1: the importance of you know, having that conversation with your
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Speaker 1: vet and kind of understanding what these all are for
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Speaker 1: and why they're so important. Limes disease. There is a
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Speaker 1: vaccine for lines, isn't there? And I guess I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Is it overly common? Are there reasons why folks may
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Speaker 1: not get that, or what do we know about a
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Speaker 1: lime's disease vaccine?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we do vaccinate a lot of dogs for
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Speaker 2: lime disease. We see a ton of lime disease in Wisconsin.
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Speaker 2: If you really want to see what's going on in
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Speaker 2: your neighborhood, you can go to a website called CAPSI
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Speaker 2: that's capc veetcapsi dot org and you can put in
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Speaker 2: your zip code and look at different diseases, including lime disease,
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Speaker 2: all the way down to the county that you live
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Speaker 2: in and see what the incident is. And I think
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Speaker 2: it's really a good idea for people to educate themselves
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Speaker 2: about what kind of incidents they have. Now, there are
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Speaker 2: people who vaccinate for lime disease because they want to
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Speaker 2: protect their dogs, and they still use a flee intick preventive.
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Speaker 2: Then there are people who don't vaccinate for it. But
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Speaker 2: there sometimes again reluctant to vaccinate for everything. But lime
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Speaker 2: vaccination only protects your dog against lime disease. It doesn't
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Speaker 2: protect against the other tickboard diseases like antaplasmosis and erlichia,
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Speaker 2: which we also commonly see in Wisconsin. So that's why
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Speaker 2: the flea and tick preventives are still important. Now there's
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Speaker 2: two categories of those. There's the well three, there's a collar,
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Speaker 2: there's an oral which you can give as a pill,
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Speaker 2: and then there's a topical. The topicals do a good
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Speaker 2: job of repelling the ticks and fleas. They're pretty effective,
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Speaker 2: but some pets are uncomfortable because of the reactions they
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Speaker 2: have on the surface of their skin from it. There
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Speaker 2: are the four oral medications. There's Pervecto, Credelio, necks Guard,
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Speaker 2: and Simperica. Those are all available as orals, and those
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Speaker 2: will prevent tick and fleas because they are picked up
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Speaker 2: in the bloodstream and as the tick and the flea
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Speaker 2: bites the dog, that will kill the little parasite and
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Speaker 2: they will fall off of your pet. And then there's
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Speaker 2: the collars. And pretty soon we're going to have another
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Speaker 2: category of drugs. But I can't really say too much
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Speaker 2: about it other than perhaps by next year you're going
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Speaker 2: to be hearing more information about this at your veterinary visit.
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Speaker 2: It'll be a whole new thing, so don't be surprised
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Speaker 2: if you hear about something different coming to market. But
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Speaker 2: it's important that we protect them both from the vaccination
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Speaker 2: and from the topical or oral or collar preventives, because
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Speaker 2: you don't want them bringing those parasites into your environment,
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Speaker 2: either into your yard, into your house. You don't want to,
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Speaker 2: you know, find I have found ticks on me that
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Speaker 2: I know. I've gotten from patients that the patient didn't
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Speaker 2: taste good, so the tick walked off the dog and
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Speaker 2: right on to me and on a nice home. So
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Speaker 2: that I really care for that much.
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Speaker 1: No, I'll talk it this morning with doctor Marty Greer
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Speaker 1: little bit more about keeping your pet healthy, things like
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Speaker 1: Greris we're talking Greers. We're talking this week about about
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Speaker 1: overall pet health and things you need to be thinking
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Speaker 1: about as a pet owner. I know sometimes it can
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Speaker 1: be hard for all of us to get that exercise.
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Speaker 1: Dogs especially can be quite encouraging to get exercise. And
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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter the time of the year, it's always
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Speaker 1: a good time to you know, obviously during a blizzard
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Speaker 1: you're not going to want to do this, but there's
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Speaker 1: always time and always ways to keep your pet engaged
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Speaker 1: and healthy and exercise, right yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And they will encourage you to get out there
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Speaker 2: and walk, even on days that perhaps you'd be a
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Speaker 2: little bit reluctant because it's cold or dark or whatever.
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Speaker 2: Now in the rain. Ah yeah, some of them don't
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Speaker 2: really like that, but they're always looking at you. They
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Speaker 2: have that internal clock, and when you walk in the
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Speaker 2: door after work or when you get up in the morning,
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Speaker 2: they're looking at you like, okay, here we go. So
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Speaker 2: they get very excited about those walks, and they do
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Speaker 2: keep us active as pet owners. I think it's a
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Speaker 2: really good way to have those activities is you can
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Speaker 2: spend time with your dog and they get a chance
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Speaker 2: to get out and see the rest of the world,
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Speaker 2: sniff around, explore the neighborhood. It's really fun. But of
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Speaker 2: course they need to be someplace safe, so on leash
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Speaker 2: in your neighborhood. And then if you do use the
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Speaker 2: dog parks, then a lot of people like them, but
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Speaker 2: there are some risks that go with them, so you
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Speaker 2: have to be thoughtful about it. Be sure that you're
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Speaker 2: selecting the dog park, in the time of day that
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Speaker 2: you go to the dog park, when there is a
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Speaker 2: compatible group of dogs or yours to interact with. Little
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Speaker 2: baby puppies should not be at the dog park until
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Speaker 2: they're fully vaccinated, so we want to make sure that
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Speaker 2: we're being wise and safe about the dog park use.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, our pets are really good at getting us
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Speaker 2: to interact and getting us out there to get some exercise.
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Speaker 2: Because it's really easy just to you know, turn on
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Speaker 2: the TV and flap on the couch. But when those
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Speaker 2: brown eyes sernage like, okay, I've got the leash, let's go,
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Speaker 2: it's very encouraging. I'm sure your little guy doesn't take
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Speaker 2: very long walks because he's got.
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Speaker 1: Little tiny legs, but he loves get Yeah, he does.
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Speaker 1: He does the same thing. It's like he loves to
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Speaker 1: make sure that he gets his time out. I always
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Speaker 1: think it's like for him, it's like his social media.
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Speaker 1: He's smelling everything, like checking out his posts and his
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Speaker 1: updates and things like that. But yeah, they are. They
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Speaker 1: are great no regards the dog. They love getting out
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Speaker 1: and having fun and just being just being around the
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Speaker 1: neighborhood is so great for him and doctor. Before we
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Speaker 1: wrap up this week, and this is a big one here,
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Speaker 1: and that's the importance of getting your pet in regularly
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Speaker 1: for an exam. Having that relationship and getting to know
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Speaker 1: a vet that that you communicate well with. That is
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Speaker 1: a big part as well. When it comes to a
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Speaker 1: healthy pet. Is really getting it in to see your veterinarian,
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Speaker 1: isn't it. Yes?
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Speaker 2: And you want that VCPR, that veterinary patient client relationship.
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Speaker 2: There are times that you can pick up the phone
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Speaker 2: and get some information over the phone for your pet,
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Speaker 2: but all the state laws are pretty specific about having
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Speaker 2: a relationship that the VET has to actually have seen
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Speaker 2: your pet recently enough to know what their medical condition is.
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Speaker 2: So don't give your vet a hard time as they say,
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Speaker 2: we have to see you before we can prescribe for you,
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Speaker 2: because that is state law in Wisconsin and every other state.
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Speaker 2: But keep that relationship, keep it good, and remember, be
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Speaker 2: really good to everybody on the staff, starting at the
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Speaker 2: reception team all the way back to the DA's the
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Speaker 2: veterinary assistance the VET text, be really good to everybody.
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Speaker 2: Don't just be nice at Christmas. Go in in the
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Speaker 2: summertime and drop off, you know, a pie that you baked,
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Speaker 2: or go in and have a little barbecue. Form Have
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Speaker 2: a good relationship with your vet clenty because that goes
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Speaker 2: a long way in your pet's care. When them understanding
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Speaker 2: you and you understanding them and what kind of care
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Speaker 2: that they can provide good for you. It's super important
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Speaker 2: that you keep that relationship.
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Speaker 1: It's a good good time to start that relationship, start
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