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Vet Josh Davis Q&A September 9th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Josh Davis is here in the studio with us. He's
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  Speaker 2: the chief veterinarian, the head veterinarian at Trilogy Veterinary Clinic
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  Speaker 2: in Sandy. And I asked you this before, but I don't.
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  Speaker 2: Why is it called Trilogy?
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of the three parts. So the medical team
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  Speaker 3: and then the pet owners and then the pets. So
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  Speaker 3: it's kind of that three parts to that. And if
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  Speaker 3: you do all that right, I think you do a
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  Speaker 3: really good job.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. You have to be sort of a psychologist in
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  Speaker 2: some instances with the pet owners.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of times. But I think it's good, though,
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  Speaker 3: because the pets can't talk to us, and we really
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  Speaker 3: rely on good pet owners to do that.
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  Speaker 2: So if you have any questions about your puppies and
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  Speaker 2: kitties in particular, we would like to hear from you.
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  Speaker 2: Just remember, tell us what kind of an animal it is,
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  Speaker 2: and we'd like to know the name of your pet
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 4: Let's go to Leanne first.
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  Speaker 5: Hello, Leanne.
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  Speaker 4: What's your question, Leanne?
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  Speaker 1: Hi.
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  Speaker 5: Hi.
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  Speaker 6: Actually, I don't have a question. I have a thank
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  Speaker 6: you for Dr. Davis and his team and Dr.
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  Speaker 7: Pai.
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  Speaker 6: A few weeks ago, I had to bring in my kitty, Moose,
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  Speaker 6: and we had some... He went into kidney failure. That's
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  Speaker 6: like the end of the story, and.
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  Speaker 8: We lost him.
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  Speaker 3: But.
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  Speaker 6: they were so kind and patient with me as I
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  Speaker 6: was like working through all of the sorrow and grief
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  Speaker 6: and then sent me a beautiful card after we lost him,
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  Speaker 6: followed up to make sure that, you know, we were
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  Speaker 6: all good. And I just wanted to say, thank you
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  Speaker 6: so much. You guys are amazing.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you're so welcome. And that's how we want everyone
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  Speaker 3: to feel when they come and see us, even with
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  Speaker 3: those difficult things, because it's, I think it's the hardest
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  Speaker 3: part about owning an animal is saying goodbye. It really is. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: thank you so much. We appreciate that.
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  Speaker 4: And that's what you were talking about, the trilogy.
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  Speaker 3: We've got to have all the parts there.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks for calling us.
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  Speaker 5: All right, Leanne.
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  Speaker 3: I hope you're doing okay.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: All right, let's go to Todd.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Todd. What's your question, Todd?
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Dr. David. So I was going to call
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  Speaker 1: and ask about, I have a domestic short-haired cat named Wolverine.
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  Speaker 1: He's mainly indoors, occasionally in the backyard. But his left
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  Speaker 1: eye for the past two weeks has just been running
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  Speaker 1: a clear liquid, just like almost like tears. Occasionally, it
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  Speaker 1: will kind of become maybe a yellowish to green and
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  Speaker 1: kind of get like that. But it's just clear, and
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  Speaker 1: it's just running like a little tear.
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. Yeah, that can be a couple of different things.
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  Speaker 3: So this time of year, especially if they spend even
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  Speaker 3: small amounts of time outside, uh, there's always the chance
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  Speaker 3: for allergies or irritation, um, with seasonal change. We see
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  Speaker 3: that a lot. Also, there's always a chance to, of
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  Speaker 3: picking up either an eye infection, cause you never know
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  Speaker 3: what's going on outside. And so that's possible. And then
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  Speaker 3: cats are really good at, even if they don't get
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  Speaker 3: in fights or anything, um, they can bump into things
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  Speaker 3: and get scratches on their eyes too.
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  Speaker 4: So. I never think.
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  Speaker 3: It's a bad thing to just get it checked out,
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  Speaker 3: rule out some of the normal things, and then sometimes
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  Speaker 3: a week or so on some eye drops to help
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  Speaker 3: it clear up. And most of the time they do great.
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  Speaker 3: But if you don't know, it's just hard to say
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  Speaker 3: what the best thing is.
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  Speaker 4: All right. So go to the office and consult.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Let us check it out for you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right.
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  Speaker 4: There you go, Todd.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Veterinarian Trilogy Veterinary Clinic in Sandy. and he's here to
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  Speaker 2: answer your questions about your dogs and cats, and we've
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  Speaker 2: got a full slate of phones, so.
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  Speaker 4: Let's get to it. Let's begin with Addie.
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  Speaker 5: Hello, Addie.
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  Speaker 4: Addie, what's your question?
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  Speaker 2: Hi, I have a dog.
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  Speaker 7: Her name is Remy, and she gets really clogged ears.
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  Speaker 7: I usually wipe it down with a Q-tip or a
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  Speaker 7: baby wipe, but I was wondering if there's anything I
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  Speaker 7: can do.
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  Speaker 9: To help prevent it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the Dogs and especially dogs with ear infections or
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  Speaker 3: recurring ones, um, are always something you want to stay
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  Speaker 3: on top of because it can get really bad over time.
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  Speaker 3: It can be quite painful. Also just really bugs them
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  Speaker 3: a lot. So, um, making sure that one is what
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  Speaker 3: are we dealing with? So with ears, a lot of
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  Speaker 3: dogs have underlying skin allergies too, and the ears are
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  Speaker 3: just part of that process. So is making sure we're
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  Speaker 3: covering all of our bases, managing the skin. And then
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  Speaker 3: for the ears. is making sure that we're dealing with infections.
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  Speaker 3: We have to know what we're dealing with. So I
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  Speaker 3: think it's always worth getting them looked at and making
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  Speaker 3: a diagnosis and then being on the right cleaners. And
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  Speaker 3: then if necessary, the right medicines, because cleaners don't always
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  Speaker 3: kick everything out of there, like yeast or bacteria. So
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  Speaker 3: sometimes we have to go to medicines. Um, so I
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  Speaker 3: think it's worth getting them looked at and then helping
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  Speaker 3: you decide the best route to go. Because if you
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  Speaker 3: just guess, uh, a lot of times it will get
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  Speaker 3: worse if, if we're not sure what we're dealing with. Okay.
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  Speaker 9: Okay, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks, Eddie.
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  Speaker 5: All right. We had a line drop off while we
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  Speaker 5: were on with Eddie, so 877-602-9696.
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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 4: Mike is here. Dr. Mike, how are you today? How
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  Speaker 4: are you?
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  Speaker 5: I'm well, thank you. Good.
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  Speaker 4: I'm hooked up and a cyborg. Yes. He has electrodes
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  Speaker 4: in his brain.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, cool.
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  Speaker 4: Parkinson's. Cool. Microelectrodes. I didn't know you had a pet.
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  Speaker 4: What's the question?
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  Speaker 8: I'm trying to know if there's any good or what's
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  Speaker 8: the best way to trim my cat's claws so it
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  Speaker 8: doesn't be a total bloodbath.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, bloodbath for you and the cat maybe, right? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: there's a couple of strategies. I mean, for cats, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of times getting them bundled up into, we call
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  Speaker 3: it kitty burritos, but They have really good blankets for
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  Speaker 3: that and also just cat kind of containment units that
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  Speaker 3: are really good. You can pull out one pod at
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  Speaker 3: a time and keep the rest contained. I find there's
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  Speaker 3: a treat, they're little tube liquid treats called churrus, and
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  Speaker 3: those are also fantastic for distracting kitties while you're doing
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  Speaker 3: things they don't like. And then for the really difficult ones,
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  Speaker 3: I'm also a huge fan of a good little medication
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  Speaker 3: called gabapentin. Works great for stressful things too. But the
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  Speaker 3: best thing is not to scruff them, not to really
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  Speaker 3: hold them down and really stress them out because they
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  Speaker 3: will just explode and get worse. So you want to
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  Speaker 3: try to find the most fearless ways possible to do that.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we ever trim our cat's claws. Is
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  Speaker 3: it necessary to do it? A lot of indoor cats,
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  Speaker 3: they just aren't out and about and running around and
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  Speaker 3: getting the wear and tear that they need. So a
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  Speaker 3: lot of indoor cats... do regularly need it, and good
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  Speaker 3: scratching posts, good things to have them so they can
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  Speaker 3: work on that. It can take longer in between, but
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  Speaker 3: often they do need to be trimmed, yeah, because they
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  Speaker 3: can hurt themselves if they get too long.
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  Speaker 4: And then you've got to be careful not to cut
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  Speaker 4: into the quick.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly.
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  Speaker 4: Because then there's a real problem.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and then you'll never have a good time again
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  Speaker 3: after that.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, Mike. Thank you, Mike. Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Let's go to Taylor is here.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Taylor. Taylor, what's up? What's your question? Hi.
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  Speaker 8: I have a new dog. I got him about a
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  Speaker 8: month and a half ago from the Best Friends Society,
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  Speaker 8: and he has anxious attachment and will not let me
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  Speaker 8: leave a room without him. And I understand the 3-3-3 rule,
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  Speaker 8: but it's honestly driving me crazy, and I want him
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  Speaker 8: to get attached to my daughter.
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  Speaker 4: What's the 3-3-3 rule?
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  Speaker 8: Um, is that it takes like three days for him
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  Speaker 8: to kind of get comfortable three weeks for him to
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  Speaker 8: kind of see that this is home and then three
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  Speaker 8: months to actually acclimate to, I'm not going to go
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  Speaker 8: back to the shelter.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's probably roughly true in a lot
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  Speaker 3: of cases for sure. Just the time because dogs tend
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  Speaker 3: to be routine. They like routine. And so establishing that
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  Speaker 3: I think is really important. And also, If I think
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  Speaker 3: trying to get them a little bit different people that
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  Speaker 3: they spend time with, I think that's good, that kind
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  Speaker 3: of socialization. So I think you have to be patient
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  Speaker 3: and not push it too fast, but also try to
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  Speaker 3: get them socialized as much as possible within their safety limits.
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  Speaker 3: And unfortunately, there are some cases where we do, I
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  Speaker 3: don't always jump to medication, but sometimes being on behavior
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  Speaker 3: meds short-term can really reinforce those things. And most dogs
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  Speaker 3: don't need to be on stuff like that forever, but
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  Speaker 3: sometimes it can help. But taking it easy, getting friends
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  Speaker 3: and family involved, and just kind of working on that
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  Speaker 3: socialization I think can benefit. Okay.
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  Speaker 4: Awesome.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, he was on trazodone for a minute.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, that worked for me. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 4: All right, Taylor.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Bye.
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  Speaker 8: Bye.
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  Speaker 4: Heather is here. Hello, Heather. What's your question?
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  Speaker 9: Hey, so I love the cats. I'm allergic to almost
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  Speaker 9: every cat, but I have a 14-year-old that's been begging
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  Speaker 9: me for another cat, and I don't know what kind
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  Speaker 9: to buy. I've gone through a couple. I know that
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  Speaker 9: sounds really bad, but I always try, and I've had
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  Speaker 9: one cat that's worked, and he passed away at a
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  Speaker 9: year old, which was really unfortunate. So we're trying to
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  Speaker 9: figure out what kind of cat is really non-allergenic, because
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  Speaker 9: When you look online, everything says, oh, they're hyperallergenic.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 9: So what one is really for people with allergies would
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  Speaker 9: be recommended?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, with kitty cats, there's– and depending on what your
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  Speaker 3: allergy is, the most common things is– so with any pet, dander,
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  Speaker 3: which is just, you know, it's their skin as it
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  Speaker 3: dies and flakes off. We've all got that. So some
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  Speaker 3: people have a problem with that. And then some people
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  Speaker 3: have a problem with um, actually proteins in the cat's saliva.
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  Speaker 3: And so, um, that's where they're for that, for those
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  Speaker 3: types of allergies, the saliva one, there's actually a food,
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  Speaker 3: I believe it's Purina that makes that, um, it's a,
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  Speaker 3: it's a food that helps kind of decrease your response
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  Speaker 3: to the cat and helps with that. So that's something
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  Speaker 3: to consider. And then, um, but at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the day, there's not truly a, a non allergenic animal.
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  Speaker 3: That's just not possible. Yeah. But, um, you know, breeds
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  Speaker 3: with shorter hair can be a little more manageable. Um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, personally, I, I love the Sphinx cats, the
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  Speaker 3: hairless cats. Um, and so you have, that can help, um,
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  Speaker 3: some of the other short haired breeds, but I think
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  Speaker 3: that the expectation you're not going to have any allergies,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I'd say be careful about that. But that
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  Speaker 3: diet can be helpful. And then a shorter haired cat
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  Speaker 3: can sometimes be helpful.
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  Speaker 4: Unfortunately, it sounded like there was an explosion behind you there.
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  Speaker 4: Did you hear that?
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  Speaker 3: On me?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: It was just some wind or something.
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  Speaker 9: I didn't hear anything on my end. But yeah, it's
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  Speaker 9: interesting that you say that because the cat that we
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  Speaker 9: did have that did work out for me was a
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  Speaker 9: Sphinx and a Siamese mix, but it was like just
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  Speaker 9: an accident that these people had this, you know, this
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  Speaker 9: breed pop out, and it was amazing, and I wasn't
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  Speaker 9: allergic at all, and I just can't find that again.
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  Speaker 9: So I just wondered.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be a tough mix, but there's plenty
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  Speaker 3: of Sphinx out there, and they're good kitties for sure.
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  Speaker 4: All right, see you later.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: All right, so let's see.
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  Speaker 5: My mini dachshund has been taking allergy shots and now
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  Speaker 5: drinks a ton of water and then throws it up.
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  Speaker 1: Ooh.
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  Speaker 5: We had blood work done. Everything's fine. Is there something
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  Speaker 5: else going on?
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  Speaker 3: So if there is some allergy involved, also there are
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  Speaker 3: usually about 10% of the time or so some food
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  Speaker 3: can be a component of that. So if you have
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  Speaker 3: an allergic pet and they also have any intermittent vomiting
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  Speaker 3: or even not necessarily diarrhea, but loose stools or not
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  Speaker 3: consistent stools, sometimes food is part of that equation. So
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  Speaker 3: it might be worth doing a true diet trial to see.
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  Speaker 5: All right. Let's go to Christy.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Christy.
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  Speaker 5: Hey.
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  Speaker 10: So my cat, every once in a while she gets
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  Speaker 10: like one watery eye and she can't really like open it.
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  Speaker 1: All the way.
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  Speaker 10: And it's been happening a lot. And I was wondering
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  Speaker 10: if it was like from hair or if it was
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  Speaker 10: something that was like a little more.
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  Speaker 8: An allergy.
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  Speaker 4: What's the cat's name? What's the cat's name?
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  Speaker 2: Springs.
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  Speaker 10: Her name is Spring.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that we actually had one of those
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  Speaker 3: calls here earlier, and there can be a variety of things, allergies, scratches,
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  Speaker 3: other irritation that can go with that. And then there
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  Speaker 3: are also, especially as kitties get older, there are risks
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  Speaker 3: for other things, like sometimes they get tumors or cancers
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  Speaker 3: in their eyes, and sometimes things like glaucoma or cataracts.
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  Speaker 3: So It's always good to have us take a look because,
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  Speaker 3: you know, then we can tell you, should we be
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  Speaker 3: worried or is it something that's simple to manage and
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  Speaker 3: how can we manage it? So, yeah, you only get
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  Speaker 3: two eyes and they don't grow back. So never take
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  Speaker 3: chances if you can help it.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 10: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you. See you later.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Bye.
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  Speaker 4: Is that it? All the time we have. Good calls today. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Josh Davis, Trilogy Veterinary Clinic in Sandy. You'll be back
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  Speaker 2: again in a couple weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 5: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, and he'll be out at the... Yeah, the past
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  Speaker 3: home and... Yeah, the home pet fest thing next weekend.
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  Speaker 5: On Friday.
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  Speaker 3: Friday, yep.
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  Speaker 4: We'll see you out there.
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  Speaker 3: All right, see you guys.
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  Speaker 4: All right, thank you.