The Doggy Diva Show - Episode 189 Disaster Preparedness for Pets

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Hi, this is Susan Marie from The Doggie Diva Show.
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In this episode, Colleen Gray sires helpful information for disaster
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preparation for.
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Pet parents during National pet Preparing this month.
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That's what's on our show, So let's get started.
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Welcome back everyone to the Doggy Diva Show. Everyone across
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the country has the potential for natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, blizzards, wildfires, earthquakes, landslides,
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just to name a few. No matter where we live,
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it's always a good idea to be prepared and in
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case of any emergencies. National Pet Preparedness Month, which is
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in June of each year, is there to encourage pet
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parents to create emergency plans and disaster preparedness kits for
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their pets and for themselves and their families. It's important
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to remember that if it's unsafe for you to stay
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in your home during a disaster, it's unsafe for your
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pets to stay as well. And with us today is
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Colleen Gray Colleens from the West Coast. He's in California,
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who will be sharing along with me, who is on
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the East Coast, some helpful information to help prepare for disasters,
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what to do during a disaster, and also what to
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do after disaster and how it could impact you, your
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pets and your surroundings. So I want to welcome back Colleen.
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Welcome back, Colleen.
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Hello, it's great to be with you, So good to
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have you, and this is such an important month to
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officially start preparing for, in my case, hurricane season, but
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also as a California pet parent, you have like a
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different level of preparedness that you have to prepare for
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with these weather related and environmental disasters and those challenges
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that impact the West coast. So what I thought I
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do is I will start with our East coast weather
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related issues, and then you can share the West coast,
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which is equally important and critical, but kind of in
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a different way. So I'm going to start with the
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East coast. You can go to the West.
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Coast, and then I think that hopefully everyone will have
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their pens and papers ready because it's kind of like
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a different set of preparedness and kits that we're going
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to be putting together. A lot of it will be
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the same, but some of it's different based on where
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we're located. So well, because hurricane season begins June first,
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the month of June is also recognized as National Pet
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Preparedness Month for those of us living in Florida and
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on the coast here on the Gulf Coast, the most
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effective way to prepare for this type of stormy weather
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is to start planning now. Every home should have their
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hurricane preparedness kits ready for their pets and for pet
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parents in case of weather related emergencies. So what I'm
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going to do is I put together some of the
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things that I do and also that we recommended throughout
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the years here on the Sun coast, So number one,
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it's very important have your pets callers on at all
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times with their tags on for easy identification and verify
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that the current contact information is on your pets ID
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tags and very important and I learned this during a hurricane,
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and I think we all learned it during Katrina. Very
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important to have an out of state contact number on
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the tag as well, because you want to make sure
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that if any of the cell towers or any of
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your local communications go out, if you happen to be
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separated for your pet for any reason, with their callers
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on with their IDs on, there could be notification made
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to someone out of state just to let them know
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that the pet is being held, so that you know
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when the services come back up that you could be contacted.
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And also, along with the caller ID tags, please make
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sure that your pet is microchip. If your pets should
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ever become lost or separated you again for any reason.
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Micro Chipping your fur kids it just greatly increases the
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chances of locating them. It's very critical to keep your
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contact information current if you happen to move, if you
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happen to be even on vacation somewhere, if you spend
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months in one part of the country another months another
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part of the company. Make sure you have your correct
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ID tags on, and make sure that you also have
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your microchip information pertaining to where you're going to be,
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and again include that out of state contact number in
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case any of the local phone or sell connections are
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not in service. Another thing is leashes and harnesses. Be
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sure to bring a harness and an extra leash for
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each pet in case they pull out of their callers.
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I know some people never use harnesses. I didn't until
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again we had an emergency and I know the importance
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of them. So have the harness on and I also
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have an ID tag on the harness, and I have
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the collar on with their ID as well. So just
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make sure and I have on my collar. I actually
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got the hard little tag that has the microchip information
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on it as well, So you may want to do
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that because again microchipping and keeping the information current is
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very very important. You may also want to have because
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and I believe Colleen, you're going to be going over this,
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whether it be during or after a disaster. You also
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you know your pet is acclimating. It may be in
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a stressful situation where you've never had a muzzle your pet,
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but have a pet muzzle on hand in your kit
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just in case. You never know when your pets are
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anxious or the what's going on outside, or when you
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actually leave your house the surroundings have changed, then you
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want to make sure that your pets and a muzzle
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so that it doesn't do anything out of anxiety. Always
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make sure you pack your have your crates ready. We
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have collapsible crates. You know, we have crates in our
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house for the dogs, but I also have collapsible crates
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that are in the room that I keep all of
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that I keep my go kit in and I can
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just throw them into the back of the truck and
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the everything will be good. They don't take up much space.
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And if you have to go into a shelter situation
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where you're going to a pet free shelter, you want
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to make sure that your crates are ready to go.
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And also if you have a smaller pet, make sure
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it's in a carrier and make sure that both the
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crate and the carrier that they can move around in it.
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And in a crate, it's important that be able to
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lie down, to stand up, to turn around in and
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always make sure you have familiar favorite beds, blankets, and
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toys for your pets in case you do have to
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go into a shelter situation where they will have familiar
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things in there within their crates. And also it's always
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important to check with the shelter before you go make
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sure it's pet friendly. You can go into your local
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government websites that will tell you where there are pet
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friendly shelters. But I always also have a plastic sleeve
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for the outside of the crate with a picture of
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my dog and me so that people will know that
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these are my pets and that they're easily identifiable, so
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that may be something. And then I just have the
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contact information on the back of the picture and some
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essential supplies that we all need. Its pet parents, you
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have to pack up extra dog waste bags. I have
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these great bags. They are actually at least their smell proof.
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We use them all year round. Actually we use them
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in a hurricane situation and they are so effective. We
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use them all year round. They're great. And we also
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you have to have disinfectant on hand paper towels, and
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then I use zip block bags as well and put
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everything in trash bags disposable trash bags. And for those
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of you that have kitties, you're gonna need a kitt
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litter box that fits inside your kitty's carrier, and don't
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forget to pack extra kitty litter a scoop, and again,
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secure disposable trash bags. You could also put it inside
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a zip block bag to ensure that you know it's
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the waist and the odor are trapped in the bag
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the ziplock bag before you put it in the trash bag.
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And again, if you do not have a kitty litter
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box small enough for your carrier or a small crate
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that you're going to have your cat in, please make
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sure that you look at and you can get them
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at the dollar store. You can get them at different places.
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They're small gift boxes. You could use a small gift
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box for your cat as a kitty litter box as
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well if you can't find one that's small enough. Important
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to have your pets photos current photos. And I know
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this may sound odd, but we never know what time
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of year disaster is going to strike, so please make
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sure that you have a photo of your whether it
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be a dog or a cat, before grooming and after grooming,
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because as we all know they could look like two
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different pets after the grooming. And also make sure you
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have a photo of not only your pet alone, but
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again have a photo of you with your pets, so
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they would be the pet parent and the pet. For food, treats, water,
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pack enough for at least five days for each pet,
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and don't forget bowls a can opener if you bring
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canned pet food. For myself, what I do is I
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have the collapsible bowls. They're very handy. I have one
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for each of them, one for water, one for food,
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and I have the canned food. The wet food that
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I give them also comes in a freeze dride food
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I take. I have the freeze dride bags packed right now.
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My kits all packed and ready to go. I have
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the freeze drive food and then I have treats in
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there as well.
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And water.
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I have packs of water. You could buy them, they're
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like good for five years. I also have bottle water
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for the house. But if we have to leave, you
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don't you can't bring twenty thirty bottles of water. So
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I have and you can order them online too. It's
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just small water containers that pack up very very handily
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and are good for if you're going to be put
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in a situation where either you have to go to
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a shelter or you are without water for a few
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days in your home. And medications, it's very important, especially
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I'm in hurricane seasons, so all of our vets are
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on high alert and know that we're going to be
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looking for things going into this season. So make sure
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you contact your veterinarian in advance to ensure that all
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of your pets prescriptions are filled and up to date.
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And if you're pets suffers from any weather related anxiety issues.
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I have two that are severely affected by weather related
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anxiety issues. Discuss medications with your vet or discuss with
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them alternate calming treatments I have for all of mine.
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I have a thundershirt and I also have rescue remedy
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and I have calming shoes that I actually get from
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my vet. So these are things you want to have
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on hand. And also make sure that you place all
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of the medications and a water proof container. We have
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them in waterproof packages that we actually ordered online and
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we put them inside of the container that we have
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our little go container and the medical records obtain your
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pets vaccine and all other medical records by contact your veterinarian.
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Many of us can go online. There's online access to
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our pets records because because if you must evacuate and
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you're going to a pet friendly shelter, your pets medical
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records are mandatory. So please make sure that your pets
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photos and medical paperwork are kept in a water group
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document protector and you'll find that that's very helpful. And
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also as you put it in your kit, you're going
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to find that these things are easier to access if
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you have them located that way. For I've talked about
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the shelters, the pet friendly shelters if you are going
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to if you're in an evacuation area and where I am,
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it's you know where your code is for your evacuation area.
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If you're in an evacuation area, you're probably going to
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be planning ahead and you're going to you can also
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go to there's pet friendly hotels that are that are
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off further inland from the evacuation areas. And please include
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your pets in your evacuation plans. Never ever leave your
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pet at home. Always sure that the shelter a hotel
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you're taking them to. Is pet friendly well before you arrive.
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If the day of is going to be too late,
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please make sure you have all of this information. You're
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probably going to want to keep a lot of it
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in your phone so that it's ready the minute you
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hear the warning that you're ready to go, or that
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you have made arrangements ahead of time so that you
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could And it may be that you have friends that
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live out of the evacuation zone or family, just make
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sure that the plans are made well in advance and
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that they know that you'll be coming with your pets
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and have all of the things ready that we just discussed.
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To make sure it's already packed away so that you're
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ready to go when you have to. And again I'm
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going to say, do not leave your pets behind. If
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you absolutely cannot take your pets with you and need
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to evacuate, make your pets boarding arrangements well in advance
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with your veterinarian and or a boarding facility, and a
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lot of veterinarians have boarding facilities. I have my vet
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has this a large boarding facility with the hospital, and
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there are a number of other places locations around where
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I am that have that. But also with your vet's help,
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or you may just know of different boarding facilities that
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you could place your pet in. So make sure you
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have all of this all of this information well beforehand.
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That's why I say June's a great month. It's the
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beginning of hurricane season here, so it's a great month
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to make sure you have all of this information in
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your phones or on a piece of paperwords and waterproof
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and I also have a waterproof carrier for my phone.
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And just make sure that if you are going to
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be going to a boarding facility, and again your vet
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will know this, but you're probably they're going to be
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having so many pets staying with them, make sure that
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you provide them with your pets medication, the dosing schedule,
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the food that you're feeding them. You have to bring
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your own food and the feeding into instructions, and be
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sure to discuss any anxiety issues that your pets may
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have well beforehand with where you're going to be taking them.
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It's very important to be prepared. Being prepared is the
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number one key to survival for both you and your
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fur kids during these extreme weather events. And as always,
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contact your veterinarian for your pets health related questions and
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concerns going into this or just along the way, have
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them in your phone in case we lose self first service,
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have them in a location, the numbers in a location
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that you will be able to contact them if you
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have pet insurance. Just make sure that everything's where you
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could just go to right away. And for more information
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on pet disaster preparedness, please visit the American Society Professional
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Cruelty to Animals online that's at www dot ASPCA dot org.
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And again, I can't enough it's so important to be prepared,
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and that's why June is perfect, a perfect time for
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all of us to get together and start preparing for
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our pet safety and for our safety as well. So
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I think what I'm going to do right now is
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take a quick break, and then when we come back,
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we could talk to Colleen a little more about disaster
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preparedness and also how specifically you prepare with wildfires, with
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earth spakes, landslides, and also we'll both talk about what
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we do after the disaster occurs, how we could help
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with our pets anxiety and our anxiety. So we will
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Welcome back everyone. We are here with Colleen Gray discussing
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June being National Pet Preparedness Month. We have heard about
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disaster prep for the East Coast and hurricanes and flooding.
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But Colleen, can you share with us because you have
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a little bit of a different situation with your weather
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and environmental situations on the West Coast and your challenges.
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Can you share a little bit of that with us,
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Because even though we all have our go kits, preparedness kits,
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you know, crates ready, there's a little bit more to
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do on the West Coast because usually I know ahead
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of time when a hurricane's going to hit. A lot
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of times with the wildfires, you have to do an
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immediate evacuation, So can you share a little bit of
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that with us.
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Absolutely, Yet, wherever we live, there are weather events and
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emergencies that happen, and like you said, here in California,
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we have wildfires, earthquakes, landslides and other things. But those
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tend to be the three issues that provide the most
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cause for concern as far as preparing for an emergency,
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and it is a little bit different out here. I'll
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just use wildfires as an example, because that seems to
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be the most knock on wood that seems to be
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the most frequent natural disaster that we deal with on
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a more frequent basis than we used to do.
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So just kind of.
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How it differs a little bit from the East Coast
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and what you had just described in terms of the
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go kit, I believe everything you said is exactly applicable
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to the West Coast as well. So all the items
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that you mentioned, the microchipping, the items that you need,
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the go kit, medications, etc. Etc. Those would be the same.
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So that was a fantastic list that you went through.
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Some things though, that we take into consideration here in
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California and certainly even on the West Coast. I know
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Oregon and Washington have fires, We just have a tend
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to have several of them down here in southern California
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per year. But you know, in terms of the difference
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is that we tend to have less warning time versus
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a hurricane. Typically, hurricanes are tracked, sometimes for days in advance,
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but wildfires can start with no notice or short notice,
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requiring instant reaction and evacuation. So we really have to
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be ready in an instant Also predictability. You know, Hurricane
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pass can again be tracked and forecasted, they can still
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be unpredictable. But the challenge with the fires here in
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California is the wind can shift, the terrain is different.
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The dry fuel can cause the wildfires to change speed
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and direction very very fast. It's interesting to think about
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this area in southern California as being a desert, but
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it truly is. So we have a lot of dry
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fuel vegetation, dry vegetation that fuels these fires. Even when
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we have a wet winter, oftentimes that will encourage growth
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and we'll have lots of green vegetation, but then that
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dries out. So it's kind of a double edged sword
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when we have rainy seasons. But the more fuel that
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we have for these fires to grow, the more challenging
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they can be. So another thing is the scale in distance,
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So wildfires are typically highly localized. The vacuees usually travel
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much shorter distances to temporary assembly areas or local shelters
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versus the hurricanes. But again it's very very intense on
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a very short notice level when you're dealing with wildfire,
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so you really have to have that plan firmly in
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place before you have to handle the situation. And then
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also in terms of the routing risks, so for escaping
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at wildfire can be complicated by smoke reducing visibility and
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the fire potentially jumping or blocking designated exit routes, so
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you really need to have a couple of different routes
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in mind in your plan just in case things change.
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Hurricane evacuations have different challenges like the massive traffic congestion,
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bridge closures, etc. Due to high winds, but you do
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have to prepare similarly to have a few routes in
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place when you're preparing for wildfire evacuation.
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And it used to be.
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That wildfire season year decades ago. Probably I moved here
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almost forty years ago, And once you got through the fall,
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you were pretty safe in terms of wildfires for at
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least a few months. Now it is truly a year
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round concern that we have here. There's a wonderful app
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called watch Duty that I have on my phone and
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we get notifications. You can set the state and county
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in which you like to get the notification. So I'm
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in San Diego and I got a notification today. I'm
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looking at my notifications for watch Duty that there is
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a five hundred acre fire in East San Diego County.
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So it's quite a ways from here, but it is
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five hundred acres and remains ten percent contained. So that's
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kind of the scale of some of these fires. And
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this started not that long ago, so they can get
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really big, really fast, so you really do have to
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be prepared.
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And I just wanted to ask one more thing about
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the app. Can you just get that app out again?
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Because I know that there's quite a few people that
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have that app, and there's others that may not even
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know about it.
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Yeah, one of my friends told me about it a
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couple of years ago. I lived here for a really
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long time, I didn't know about it. And it's called
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watch Duty. Watch Duty, and you can just download it
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from the app store and it's wonderful, and then you
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just set the locations that you want to have on
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alert and it's great. It's we had fires here not
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too long ago, gosh, probably about two weeks ago that
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were about ten miles from my house and it was
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a windy day. So even though it was you know,
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about ten miles away, we were we were thinking about
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it and you know, starting to potentially get ready to evacuate.
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So fortunately, the wonderful, wonderful firefighters in we have cal
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Fire here and then of course our county and city
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fire departments they are absolutely fantastic. So we're really really
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lucky for such a you know, such wonderful people helping
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us out and they do a really great job getting
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them knocked down. But sometimes they're really tough. So but anyway, yet,
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if you are in an area with wildfires, I definitely
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recommend downloading the Watch Duty app.
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That's wonderful. And you know, what we have mostly talked
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about in going through June being National Pet Preparedness Month.
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We've talked about you know, small domestic animals are pets,
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but you work at a large animal veterinary hospital, can
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you and again we don't want to go into like
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a lot, but can you just share some information regarding
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large animals and livestock information just in preparation for any
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type of weather or environmental disaster.
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Yes, it's particularly scary when you have a large animal
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and you need to get them out of an area
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quickly because there are just additional logistics. And I have
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actually had to evacuate before. It was in I believe
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it was nineteen ninety six and I had a horse
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in Carlsbad, California, and we could actually see the fire
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coming over the hill and it was at the time
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a very undeveloped area, and there were eucalyptus trees and
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they were just going up like matchsticks. So fortunately we
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had a plan and we're able several people with their
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horses on the property. We were able to evacuate to
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the fair grounds in Delmar. A lot of times those
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are the types of areas that you evacuate too with
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large animals. But it is just a whole different level
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of coordination and planning when you have livestock and large animals.
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So just a few things I wanted to touch on.
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The first thing is to maintain a road ready trailer
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and truck. So if you just have it ready to go,
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have it maintained. Practice loading your animals, so make sure
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that they can get on a trailer, that they're not
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extra fearful getting on a trailer, because in an emergency
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it's going to be a stressful situation anyway, but if
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they're used to getting on the trailer, it's just that
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much easier because it could be it is crucial that
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they're able to get on the method of transport. So
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the first thing is make sure you have your road
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ready trailer or you have a friend that you've made
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arrangements with that has a truck and trailer. Know generally
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where your off site sheltering might be. So here in
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San Diego we have the Delmar Fairgrounds. There are maybe
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check your local county websites, your large you can even
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just google large animal evacuation websites and just look specifically
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to your area and just see where those evacuation sites
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might be. You might know intuitively, but it's definitely good
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to know generally where you can take your animals before
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you actually have to leave. You also want to pack
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again a seven to fourteen day go kit featuring food, water,
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medical records, ID tags, etc. And then when you do
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put together your evacuation plan, calculate your trailer capacity, so
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see how many animals you can actually haul. If you
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don't have enough space in your trailer, make sure to
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pre arrange with neighbors or friends or local community hallers
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for backup transport. It's really really important to have that
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in mind and planned out in advance. As I had said,
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make sure you practice loading regularly. Inspect your equipment, make
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sure your trailers and your trucks are in good working order,
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their brakes work, their running lights work, your hitch is
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fully functional. Super important. And then also kind of like
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just evacuating from your home, you want to pre plan
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your routs, so identify at least a couple of different
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evacuation routes in case the primary roads are blocked because
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you just never know. The go kit for large animals
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as I had mentioned, and it's a little bit different
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but generally similar. Your water, you want to have six
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to ten gallons per horse per day, plus buckets. Make
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sure you have buckets. You want to pack a fourteen
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day supply of feed and hay in waterproof containers per
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animal identification like we do with our small animals. You
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want permanent forms of ID microchips and tattoos. Also have
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waterproof photos of you with your large animals to prove ownership.
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Have your medical and legal documents with you copies of
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Coggins tests, vaccination records, etc. And then also you're handling
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gear which would be Halter's lead ropes, splash lights, thick gloves,
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first aid supplies and all that. If you aren't able
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to evacuate your animals if the roads are closed and
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it's too late to leave, make sure that you put
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the live stock in life large overgrazed pastures rather than
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wooded areas or small barns where they could be trapped
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by falling trees. You don't want to lock large animals
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into an enclosed barn. And also ensure that all your
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gates can be opened easily. And mark animals with non
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toxic spray paint so people actually spray paint their phone
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number on their animals with non toxic paint, and you
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can also write your phone number on their hoofs. So
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those are just kind of a few different ideas. A
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great place to go for a good checklist, and also
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some more specifics about how to prepare is The American
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Veterinary Medical Association has a section under emergency care. You
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can type in large animal and livestock. They have a
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really good checklist of the items you'll need and how
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to prepare in case of emergency. And the website it's
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a v m A dot org American Veterinary Medical Association
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av MA dot org.
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Wow, that's great information. Thank you so much, because most
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of the time we talk about, you know, our pets,
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and we tend to forget and I know that you're
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around them all the time, but most sometimes we forget
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to talk about what to do with our large animals
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and the livestock. So I thank you so much. That's
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great information, very helpful. Before we go. What I want
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to talk about with you and I think that we've
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both experienced this, how to go about We've prepared for
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the disaster we're in. We've already taken care of what
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goes on in the disaster. If you have to go
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to a shelter or your pet, you know, is some
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in a boarding facility or whatever, you've gone through what
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you have to do to prepare, what you have to
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do during the hurricane or disaster, wildfires, and then after
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the disaster when you have to assess your home, sssh
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your yard, your streets, and you have to do all
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of that before you can even take your pets outside,
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which they are probably in a high anxiety situation as
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it is because of what we just We happened to
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be in the middle of a tornado not too long
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ago which did a lot of damage to our home
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and we had the pets and crates in our safe room.
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When we did not we were fine, but when we
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came out is you know, it's a very tenuous situation.
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So can you share some of some advice or some
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information that you may have with that, sure?
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Absolutely, So, like you said, you know, you and your
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animals have just gone through a real high anxiety situation
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and their behavior may change some after a disaster. You know,
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they don't understand, they don't really know what happened, so
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kind of be aware of their well being and protect
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them from hazards to ensure the safety of them of
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other people and other animals. So watch them closely, keep
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them under your direct control, since fences and gates may
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have been damaged, so you know, just just keep them
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close and keep an eye on them. Also, pets may
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become disoriented, particularly if the disaster has affected scent markers
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that normally allow them to find their way home. So
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I think that would be you know, in most disasters
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that would be applicable. Also, be aware of hazards at
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nose and paw level, particularly debris, spilled chemicals, fertilizers, and
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other substances that might not seem to be dangerous to humans,
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but you have to kind of think of those hazards
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you know, down at their level, at their nose and
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paw level. And then also you know, consult your veterinarian
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if any behavior problems persist. So if they just you know,
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if they're anxious for a little bit longer than you
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know that you feel that is normal, just set up
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in a point with your vet, have them checked doubt,
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and then you know they may be able to make
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some recommendations on how to help them, you know, settle
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down and feel better and get back into normal life.
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Also, it would be for I guess in preparation and
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during and especially after, have a first aid kit on
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hand you could do. You could go to the Red
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Cross or the ASPCA, they have different di Wise, if
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you want to put a kit together, but you could
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also buy one online. I want to make sure that
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you have enough in there to take care of, you know,
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if there is an injury or some sort of something,
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something that you want to take care of right away.
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Absolutely, so you can never be too prepared.
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Never be too prepared. And I think the bottom line,
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I think what is this is all about is make
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sure that you recognize and treat your pets like the
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family that they are, and to include them and all
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of your evacuation plans. And what's good two is and
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I would imagine this would be for disasters on your
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in your side of the country and my side of
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the country. When you put your whether it be an
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evacuation plan, a disaster plan together and if you have
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different family members, assign each person something. Maybe it may
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be a pet, maybe it'll be to put the crates
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in the truck. Maybe it'll be to put the tots,
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the you know, the food, whatever.
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It may be.
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If you have someone in charge of it, you're not
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all and it's written out on paper or you've got
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it in your phone or you got it on your computer,
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so that everybody knows what they have to do. And
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kind of do like a dry run ahead to make
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sure that everyone knows what they have to do, so
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that everyone's not like bumping into each other. It's like
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more of a well coordinated plan and that and again
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we learn this, you know, it was like, oh, I
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got my kit ready to get that. No, you have
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to plan and that's why this month is so important.
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And you brought so much information to this calling that
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you know, we normally do hurricane preparedness, but to do
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the wildfires and earthquakes and all in the large animals.
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Thank you for bringing that knowledge to us. It's very
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valuable and more as you know, we're hurt all over
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the place. I'm sure that people will find that valuable
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in preparing for their whatever disasters they have in their area. Absolutely,
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and if it just you know, the information just helps
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a handful of people, Yes, that's wonderful. And if people
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have questions, they can always go to the Red Cross
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and ASPCA dot org. And what was the large animal one.
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It's the American Veterinary Medical Association. It's the a v
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MA dot org. And also if you know, as I
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had mentioned, to check in your local area for the
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potential evacuation sites. This could be for large animal and
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small animal. Here in San Diego County, we have the
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San Diego County Department of the Animal Services, so I'm
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sure in every person's counting they have an animal services website.
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So check that out.
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Check if you good time to check it out, you
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know today or when you're putting your plan together, just
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so you are kind of familiar with the places that
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you know do accept animals and you kinne can have
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that in place.
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Yes, and you're right, today's the day, then the day
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to start preparing. You can never be too prepared. So well,
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I want to thank you so much for being our
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guests and sharing such vital information for pet parents, for
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large animal life, to all that you brought so much
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awareness to us during National Pet Preparedness Month. And in
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honor of our beloved Miss Olive and her pot Forward program,
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we will be making good donation to Spay and New
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in Action Project in San Diego SNAP in your name
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and you know, I know this is an organization that
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you're very passionate about and you're involved with. Can you
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just tell us a little bit about uh Snap.
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Thank you so much for the donation to the Spain
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Neuter Action Project. It is an organization that is very
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near and dear to my heart, and I'm just so
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thrilled with the work that they do every day in
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our county, providing thousands of low cost spays and neuters
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throughout San Diego County each year. So SNAP was co
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founded in nineteen ninety by a group of women who
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volunteered at local shelters and it was clear to them that,
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of course, over time, the population of animals that are
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taken into the shelters, you know, it just balloons, and
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they saw it for themselves and they were trying to
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think of a solution. So they felt that by establishing
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affordable spay and neuter clinics that that could be a
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real help in curbing the animal overpopulation in San Diego.
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So they founded SNAP in nineteen ninety and they have
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what's called a Newter Scooters. It's a large bus, it's
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a mobile surgical suite, and they go throughout San Diego
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County and they provide low costs spay and neuter all
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throughout the area, so they really get into every corner
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of the county. Sometimes the spay and neuter days are
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sponsored by different organizations and the spay and neuters are free,
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but if people do pay for these spay and neuter services,
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they're very very low cost, very affordable. And also if
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you get your animal spade or neutered with SNAP, they
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will provide a microchip implant for an additional ten dollars
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so you can have your animal altered and microchips. They
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do fantastic work. They have a new affordable spay and
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neuter actual suite. It's actually a building in East San
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Diego County that was just I believe it was a
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year or so ago they opened that. So they have
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the newter scooter, they have the new stay and neuter
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facility in East San Diego County, and there's going to
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be an additional neuter scooter that they are going to
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outfit and have ready to go hopefully within the next
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six months. So they just do fantastic work. I thank
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you from the bottom of my heart for supporting them
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because they just do a wonderful job helping our community
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here in San Diego.
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Oh No, And I know you speak so highly of them,
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and I am. I end each of my shows with
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remember to spay and neuter and microchips. So they're very
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near and during to my heart as well. And for
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people who may want to learn more or may want
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to help contribute to the wonderful work that they're doing.
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Can can you please share their information where people could
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go to find out more about them?
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Absolutely? So, it's the Spey and Uter Action Project. Their
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website is snap hyphen San Diego dot org. So it's
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s n A P hyphen s A N d I
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Ego dot org.
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Thank you. That's an amazing organization. And I also want
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to thank you for bringing so much knowledge and experience
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to this show. And this is like my show every year.
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I just feel so important to be prepared, especially during
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National Pet Preparedness Month, which not only is it for
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us and our pets, but I think that as it
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just shows from what you shared and what I shared,
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that it's something that's throughout the entire country. So I
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certainly hope that this helped and all of all of
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you listeners, you know, please be safe and be prepared.
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So thank you very much, and we'll be back in
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just a moment.
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Talk to the PA.
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Hi didn't Amy sure?
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Hi?
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I'm Jane Lynch.
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This is Mandy Boyne. Hi there, I'm Kate Wallach Katherine Tiger.
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There's only one station that gives you the scoop on
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wagging tongues and tails and who's walking who in rent
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in Tensiltown pet Life Radio the Tail Wagger.
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We would like to.
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Thank our guests this week and also as our Doggie
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Divas always say, please love your pets because they love
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you unconditionally, and please remember to adopt foster, spae, neoter
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and microchip and as always, please have a great Diva week.
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Everyone.
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Thank you for joining us for this episode of The
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Doggy Diva Show. To find out more about Susan, Marie
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and the Doggy Divas, visit them at their website, The
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Doggy Diva dot com and on Facebook at the Doggy
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Divas Show. Tell your fellow pet parents about it. We
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look forward to having you join us again for the
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next episode.
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See you soon.
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Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on Petlifradio
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