The Doggy Diva Show - Episode 184 New Year Celebrations and Wellness Trends for Pets and Pet Parents

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Hi, this is Susan Marie from The Doggy Diva Show.
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In this episode, acclaimed pet expert Kim Gablin share simple
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daily habits, wellness trends and ways to stay.
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Active with your pups for a happy, healthy New Year.
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That what's on our show, So let's get started.
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Welcome here, babies, It's time for retreat the Doggy Diva Show.
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Welcome to The Doggie Diva Show, the show for animal lovers.
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Welcome back everyone to the Dougie Diva Show. Happy New Year,
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and what better way to kick off the new year
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in twenty twenty six than to have esteemed pet health
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and wellness expert Kim Gabling with us to share simple
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and realistic ways for pet parents to head into a
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happy and healthy new year together with your pets, focusing
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on daily habits, wellness trends, and staying active as a team.
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I think this is wonderful. I love it.
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I'm all in Kim, welcome back to the show, and
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happy new Year.
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Hi, Sue, Happy new Year.
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This is such great information.
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And I have to tell you, I do like simple
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and I do like realistic. So what's new like in
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twenty twenty six when it comes to health and wellness
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for our pets?
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You know, twenty twenty six, there are a lot of
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things that are just continuing to gain momentum. So you know,
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first of all, Number one I have to say is
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preventive care for your pets. So pet parents are looking
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to catch things early instead of reacting later. So there's
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a lot of things out there that can kind of
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help you be able to do that. So we're going
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to talk about some of those things today. One of
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the other things is wearable tech for dogs that's really booming.
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There's a lot of devices that track, you know, things
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like heart rate, how much they're sleeping, the steps they take,
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even early mobility changes. You know, say you have a
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senior dog and maybe their gait is changing. They can
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also sense that on some of the new wearable tech
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that's out there. And I have to tell you this
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is a great story. Just yesterday I was talking with
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one of my friends and she was saying that her
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daughter picked up a dog that was weaving in and
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out of traffic because she was worried that.
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It was going to get hit.
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And she took it home and two hours later, the
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people who have the dog, there was no tag on
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their collar or anything.
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There's just a collar.
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They showed up at her door because I think her
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collar had a GPS tag in it.
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Oh, I have heard of those.
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Yes, yeah, it is amazing awesome.
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Like if you have a dog that gets out of
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the house, yes, you know you want to kind of
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make sure that you know exactly where they are all
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at all times. A GPS collar could be really a
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great wearable tech for your dog. This year, we're also
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seeing a lot of people exploring integrated wellness.
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I love this.
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It sounds like such a big word, but it's things
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like laser therapy, for example, which is laser light therapy
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which can help with healing and pain relief. It increases
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blood flow. If you have a dog that potentially has
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arthritis or maybe has sprained or broken a bone, had surgery,
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that can really help kind of, I guess with the
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healing and also with the inflammation that they're having. So
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that's one thing that people are kind of looking at
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and integrated wellness. There's also physical rehab. You know, there
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are times when maybe how your dog needs to be
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kind of trained to get back into kind of better
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health and better kind of shape. And you know, there
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are a lot of things like swimming and treadmills for example,
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that people can do with their dogs, and even massage
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for dogs. You know that that relaxing. You know, there
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are people who do offer that in different areas, especially
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for seniors or active breeds, right to kind of relax
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them and give and give their muscles kind of a difference,
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just like just like massage does for us, right, it
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really kind of helps us relax helps us kind of
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get everything through the lymph system, that kind of thing.
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So it's really nice to be able to do that
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as well.
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Well. I have to tell you that with ol Of,
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we did laser therapy. We also did acupuncture. She had chiropractic,
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she had the water, you know, the water rehab.
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And I'm not sure if she's still around, but we
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also had years ago.
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She was here for years because you know, all have
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passed away, Like three years ago. She did massage to
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touchdog massage and it was so I have to tell you,
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those are all things that are great enhancements, and we
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did it working through my so my vet was very
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open to anything that could help. And I have to
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tell you I think that it's these are wonderful things.
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They're great for humans and they're great for our pets.
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Yeah, and we're just really seeing that kind of evolve
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and it's great that you've had experience with it and
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that you've had a really great experience with it too. Yes,
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so that really can make a difference in the life
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of your pet and then your last but not least
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certainly daily routines. I know that sounds kind of basic,
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but actually having little consistent habits with your dog can
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really make a big difference. And so we're going to
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talk about some of those habits you might be able
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to take it. I don't like resolutions as much, but
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I could do some new habits maybe, but resolution sounds
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maybe a little bit too big in some days. So
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I think we'll talk about some nice habits we could
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talk about today.
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Perfect Now, how can pet parents make sure that we
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all want to be healthy? And again we're talking about
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no resolutions. How can pet parents make sure that their
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dogs start the year off healthy well?
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First of all, I think everything has to start with
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of that. So do you have your annual vet visit
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booked with your veterinarian. That's really important. You know, one
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good wellness exam really can make the difference for the
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whole year. That's are able to take a look at
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your dog's dentals, and that's really important to be able
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to keep them healthy.
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Weight.
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You know, weight is an important thing, and I know
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that's you know, over fifty percent of dogs and cats
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are overweight and that is really a critical issue. So
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keeping them in a healthy weight is really important. Arthritis
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screening and blood work. You know, we've talked about blood
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work for a regular dog, regular adult dog that's doing
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just fine, but especially for senior dogs, that really can
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make a difference to kind of see if there's anything
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bubbling or brewing that maybe needs to be taken.
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Care of proactively.
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So that vet visit is really an important thing at
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least once a year and make you have an older
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dog twice a year. And then you know, we also
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need to just kind of be aware, you know, watch
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for changes, any kind of changes that are happening with
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our pets, so things like increase thirst. Sometimes dogs do
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get fatty deposits or new lumps. Sometimes they're just a
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fatty deposit. There something more serious, so you want to
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be able to look out for those if they're having
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issues jumping, or maybe they've changed a little bit with
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they're eating. You know, they are they eating more, are
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they eating less? If they're having some anxiety, that means
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that that's worth the check in, right, check in with
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your vet to kind of find out is there something
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else going on more specific that you want to be
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able to kind of look into and see if you
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can address.
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And also kim with these issues.
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You definitely you want to take your pet in so
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that you know you could see if there's anything wrong,
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especially Bond is prone to lumps a lot of lumps
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and we have them all checked out. So just to
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have the vet say no, this is nothing to worry about,
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that's what you want to hear. So it's always good
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just to go in proactively, just to have these things
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checked out.
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Yeah, and you know, and I know tim being an
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expensive thing to do, but you know it may get
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more expensive down the road, yes, right, So trying to
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be able to do it up front or try to
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find it as early as possible can be really very helpful.
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And along those lines, you know, brushing your dog's.
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Teeth or wiping them.
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You know, they have some wipers also that are good
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for tea that is really important. There's also there's a
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lot of dental shoes out there or other products like
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that you can put in their water that can help.
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So that's a little thing.
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That all of a sudden, you know, builds up over
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time literally, so maybe you can kind of start addressing
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it day by day or at least every couple of days,
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then that can really kind of make a big, big
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difference with your pet's health.
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You know what I wanted to add, Kim, because I
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have three of my four have maybe three teeth between them.
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They're seniors, and the bad they go for their dentals
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year of the year. But so what was recommended to
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us was there's actually a solution that you could put
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in the water you have to change the water every day,
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but it actually helps to maintain the oral care of
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your pet in it because they can't eat shoes or anything.
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So this is what I use to to help my
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my three geriatric pets.
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I love that idea because that's really it's very non
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invasive mm hmm. You know, you don't have to struggle
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with them to kind of get get in there and
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brush their teeth, and it's just an easy, simple thing
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that happens every day that can kind of help keep
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that again, that plaque and that tartar from building up
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and help them keep their teeth for a longer period
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of time, which.
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Exactly and gumcare. Gumcare is important too, so that helps
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with the gum care too, Yeah.
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Very very important. It's also a great time to update
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the ID and microchip information that you might have.
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You know, new year. Do you have a new address
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this year then you had last year? Is everything up
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to date?
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You want to make sure that if something happens and
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your dog is lost and someone finds them that when
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they micro scan that microchip, they can be able to
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get the right phone number, the right address and be
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able to find you quickly, so that you can minimize
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any of that stress of that separation. And then, last,
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but not least, I think one of the things we
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can do to kind of help start off a healthy
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year is, you know, not again, no goals, no resolutions,
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but how about a few habits, right, just pick let's
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say one to three healthy habits you can do. Could
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be a little bit longer daily walk. It could be
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maybe a weight target that you want to be able
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to help your dog achieve. It could be that dental
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brushing or adding that special sauce to the water. That
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could be something you could do. I mean again, it
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doesn't have to be crazy again, building those little habits
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and starting now with a couple that you can write
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down on a post it note and put it somewhere
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where you see it every day, right on the bathroom mirror,
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in the kitchen, you know, where you feed your dog.
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You know those kinds of things.
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That makes it just really easy for you to remember it,
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and it makes it really quick and it reminds you, right,
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it doesn't leave your memory, so that you're kind of
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reminded that, hey, these are the things that I'm trying
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to do as we start off the year in a
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healthy way.
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And you're not pressuring yourself. It's one to three. It's doable.
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It's very simple, and it's you know, if you're setting
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and you could have five or six, but I mean
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if you have one, two or three that and I
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know that I have a post it that I have
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over the cupboard where I keep their balls so that
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every morning, and we have routines. So once you're in routines,
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that helps too with the you know, to get into
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a habit of doing things every day. But I think
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that setting one to three of them is great. Again,
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it's not like a res I like, oh my gosh,
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I didn't do it today, right, Yeah, you know we
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got to and it's simple.
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to do for my dog, you know this week, today,
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you know this month. So those are really just make
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it easy, don't put a lot of pressure on yourself.
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But again, you're making some progress toward the things that
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you want to be able to make better in your
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pets life.
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Absolutely, And you know, as we talk about weight and
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health and everything, nutrition is a constant. It always comes
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up because it's really so important to our pets health
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and so what would we consider feeding our dogs in
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the new year in twenty twenty six.
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You know, every time we talk, so you know, we
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can't not talk about nutrition. I mean, it is the
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foundation of health for your dog and for your cat, right,
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So what you want to do is you want to
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stick with a balanced, complete food and that's really important.
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So you want to make sure that it's got all
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the nutrition that it needs in there, and usually that's
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on the package, so it'll tell you that's one.
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Hundred percent complete and balanced.
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You're going to want to look for a food that
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has a meat first, you know, a meat or a
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fish first, and that's really important, not a meat meal
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or whatever, a meat. So if it has chicken or
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fish first, that's really a very good thing because that
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means they're getting the protein that they need, and you
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want to make sure that it's a high quality food
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and it's backed by science. So not every food works
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for every single dog, so you know, you might have
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to play around with that, right, but you want to
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be able to kind of find a food and then
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be able to stick with that and feed that regularly
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to make sure that they're getting all the nutrition that
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they need. One of the trends we continue to see
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kind of grow and magnify. Is functional nutrition, and functional
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nutrition is nutrition that's there to be able to help
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support a challenge or a concern that your dog might have.
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So for example, it's great to be able to have
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omega fatty acids, so particularly omega threes, and those are
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really important to be able to help with skin and
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coat and with the health of your dog. We're seeing
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a lot of probiotics now in foods, so I think
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that's become really very mainstream really here in the last
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few years, and those probiotics really help to feed your gut,
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their dog's gut, and to be able to help them
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stay their guts stay healthy. And then you know, ingredients
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like any oxidants, there are a lot of any accidents
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or other ingredients that help with joint, skin or cognitive support.
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So depending on your dog, you know.
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What they might need. If they're a sensitive dog, maybe
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you need a sensitive formula. You know, if they're getting older,
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they might need a formula that helps support their joints.
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So there's so many options out there to be able
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to look for, so you know, do a little bit
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of research and look for those products that would specifically
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help your dog eat. I know soon in the past,
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we've talked about it. I mean, picking no more was
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one of the foods that you've fed in the past
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when you had a dog that was very picky. So,
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you know, there are so many things out there. There's
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really some great things that you can find that would
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really satisfy your dog's specific needs.
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Absolutely, and you're right, there's something for almost everything out
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there now.
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Yeah, I mean that it's very really very good.
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You just have to do a little bit of research
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and that you don't ask you know, ask again your vet,
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ask your friends. It's always it's also important to be
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watching calories and so I'll be like we talked about earlier,
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is still the number one preventable health issue in pets,
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and so it's really critical to kind of address that
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if you can. You have to address that little by little.
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You can't just go cold turkey and take all the
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food away that's good. That's not a good idea. You
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want to make sure you're using a measuring cup. And
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the measuring cup is really important because it sets like
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kind of the basis, right, So if you're feeding them
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a cup a day, a half a cup of day,
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half a cup of meal, whatever that might be. Then
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you want to be able to monitor your dog's weight
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for a little while as you're feeding. You want to
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make sure you're adjusting up or down if they're gaining
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weight or losing weight, and you want to get them
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to that proper weight. Then you want to just monitor
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and adjust. And it's just really important to remember that
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those little extra scoops can add up quickly, so you
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want to be real careful about that.
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Least, you want to for seniors a senior formula, so
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you know, senior formulas are better adjusted for your senior dog.
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They have extra protein typically to be able to help
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with that loss of muscle mass. Dogs tend to get
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as they get older, just like we do. And then
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a lot of times they have sport for joints and
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for brain health as well. So you're gonna want to
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look for a senior formula and that should really help.
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You know, doing some of those things would help your
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dog have a Grede twenty twenty six from a nutritional perspective.
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And again simple, not really complicated, and as always, work
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with your vet. But I mean, there's so much out
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there that you can work with and it gives you
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peace of mind, and it your dog will be healthy.
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So what are some fun ways that we could be
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active with our dogs this year, like out there doing things,
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or we have to stay in the house because it's cold.
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What are some things we could do?
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Yeah, well, you know, I think that.
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I think it's always important to remind everyone you don't
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need to run marathons with your dogs, right.
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I think some of my dogs I've had they would
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not like to do like.
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That anymay either.
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One thing you can do is had a few extra
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minutes of walking each day. So if you're walking right
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now for ten or ten minutes at a time, walk
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for fifteen minutes a couple of times you go out right.
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So just those extra five minutes again, doesn't have to
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be rocket science, doesn't have to take over your whole,
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you know, life. You just need to spend a few
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extra minutes of walking each day. That's one thing you
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can do.
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I think.
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Another thing which is really fun is to let your
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dog go on a sniff walk. Let your dog explore
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with their nose. This is really kind of mentally enriching
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for them. It's very calming for them. Dogs get so
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much information through their nose. It's like their number one
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sense that they get so many things through so being
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able to let them because a lot of times, you know,
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we're out there, like I just I don't know about you, Sue,
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but a lot of times I'm like, let's go, let's go,
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let's go do our business, let's go do our walk,
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let's get up a few minutes and let's come home. Right,
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But maybe, you know, maybe go to a different place,
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maybe go to a park, you know, spend fifteen twenty
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minutes and just let them sniff around, because again, they
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get a lot of information from that, and that can
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be really it's letting dogs be.
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Dogs, you know.
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You know it's funny. Kim and I am the type that, okay,
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let's go. We go for our walk and we do
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whatever we do, and they know it's like, okay, let's go.
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But with my.
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Husband, he takes into this place where a lot of
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dogs go, it's a place in our neighborhood, and he says, well,
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they're really busy.
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The p mail was really he says, they know everything
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about every dog now. So it's like that's how the
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community calls their female. So because he lets them snip
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and do what they have to do to see what's okay.
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And now I know what's going on. We could go
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back in the house. I'm good with the hood. I
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know what's going on.
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Yeah, they get to use their instincts. Yeah, they can
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use what they're built for. So it's really great to
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be able to like let them be dogged sometimes. And
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so you know, being able to have a special place
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that you go that you do that or you know,
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like you said, where some other dogs are, that's a
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great idea. Yeah, then you know, and you could also
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just play a game at home, right, you could play
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a game. It could be maybe hide in the seek
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with them. You know, you could hide a toy, you
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could hide some treats. You could do fetch what's short bursts.
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That's kind of a great way to like you're not
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doing a long time to fetch, but you might throw
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it five or ten times and be able to kind
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of get that in a few times a day. Or
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you know, I'm you know, I'm a big fan of
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puzzle toys and things like snuffle matts where you caet
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you take a felt matt, you can hide kind of
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some treats in there and they can kind of hunt
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around and find them.
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That's always really fun too.
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The latest thing though for twenty twenty six, which is
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I think getting bigger and I'm just really surprised about
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it as dog friendly fitness classes.
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Have you heard about the soup?
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I have not.
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I heard about yoga doga, but I have not heard
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about the fitness classes.
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Yeah, there's so there's actually starting to be classes where
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you can you know, you can do dog yoga obviously,
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you know, so that's kind of fun. You could do
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it with your dog if you don't have a dog
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and you and there's also some times places you could
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go and do it with dogs and cats, so that
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could be also fun for you. But there's also I've
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also seen some of the dog specialties here in my
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area are actually doing dog fitness classes where you go
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in with your dog and there's like a one, two
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and three level fitness class.
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Oh my god.
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It takes a fitness class with your dog and you
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do different activities and it's good for both of you
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to kind of get active, and it keeps your dog
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active and kind of their joints, you know, kind of oiled,
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and so that's kind of a really fun thing that
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you can sign up for too, a.
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Fun side for the winter, which is nice.
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Yes, I love that.
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Yeah, and so I think that's why fund. Another class
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that you might not have thought about is agility. You
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know a lot of dogs, you know, it's really just
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kind of like an obstacle course. And so during agility,
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the dog is not the only person running around. You
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are too, So it's kind of another way way to
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win win, you know, get your workout in and get
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a little running around while your dog is also learning
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some of the different apparatus and getting around. So agility
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could be a really fun, dog friendly fitness class that
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you can do too. But look online for some fitness
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classes in your area. I think you'll be surprised at
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what you'll find.
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I have to tell you my sister, she lives in California.
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Her dogs are she's three. They're all into agility and
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she has like the weave poles like she got her
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whole yard is set up like an agility course and
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they're so fun. Yeah, they're like in the higher levels,
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but it's so fun.
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It's she loves it and they love it, so it
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is it's a fun thing to do.
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Yeah, again, mental physical, it's a great challenge. So that's
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really that's really a good thing, you know. And if
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your dog is older, you know, obviously you're not going
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to be doing them. You're not going to be running
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with them, You're not going to be maybe you know,
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doingn agility with them. Look for things that are like
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slow and steady movement. It could be a nice steady,
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you know walk, and that's nothing wrong with that. There's
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also you know a lot of places where you might
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be able to swim with your dog. So swimming is
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fantastic if you have access to an indoor pool that
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allows that, or to a warm outdoor pool. So there's
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other ways for dogs to be able to kind of
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they're older, to be able to kind of get some
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of that exercise in a different way.
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Than just walking.
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Yes, absolutely, and and you know, now of course it's winter, right,
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so for some of us, not not all of us too,
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but some of us.
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Might in the pool.
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But I know, I know it's all relative depending on
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where you live. But it's important. It's an important time
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to start watching the weather, right, what's going to happen?
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You know, you don't want to go out and get stuck,
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you know, in a in a storm or into cold
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a weather. If you have you know, a smaller dog,
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an older dog, a dog that may have some medical conditions.
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So the smaller or older or more medical condition are
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you should be limiting their time in those freezing temperatures.
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So if you do have frasing temperatures, you know, you'll
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have to be aware that maybe being out there for
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five or ten minutes is really all you can do.
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And that's okay.
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You know, you can do a little bit of of
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other things inside, but don't worry about being outside too long.
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And you know, booties and jackets are great for warmth,
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being able to stay dry. And so if you're you know,
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if you can spend some time with your dog kind
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of getting them used to wearing clothes.
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I know, I know the girls are all so good
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about wearing their clothes.
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So they loved it dress, but I don't know.
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So yeah, but not everybody is so you know, so
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it might take a little bit of a cajoling or
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a treat here or too, you know, to to be
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able to get that to work.
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So so that's really important as we go into winter.
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You know what, Kim, when I lived up north.
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We had greyhounds and we lived in an area that
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was by the water, a lot of salt, a lot
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of you know, snow would blow up, and also the
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streets had salt in it, you know, from the because
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they'd have to plow. So we had to put booties
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on our greyhounds, which they did.
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This was years ago too. They my female loved it,
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my male not so much. And they both had heavy coats.
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You know. They were specifically for greyhounds to be out
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there because you sometimes we forget that the elements we
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have boots, you know, and the lashes and stuff so
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that we don't get the salt and all of the
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dirty snow on us. But you know, with the doggies,
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sometimes those little booties are and research them online because
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they're they have for all sizes of dogs. I know
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that when we went up north to visit my mother
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in law a few times, a few Christmases, I had
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to bring little booties for our girls so that they
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would go out because she gets she lives in New
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York a lot of snow and they would be out
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there with their little booties and their coats. So you
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just you're right, It depends on where you are, and
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you know, sometimes if you're walking in the city, there's
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a lot of stuff on the ground in the city
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and the sidewalks. You might want to get little booties
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just for walking around to keep your doggies feet clean
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and then your rugs will be clean.
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When you get in your place.
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Yeah.
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Absolutely, And you don't want them licking that up either. No,
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you know, you don't want them cleaning their paws when
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they get in or whatever. So I think that's a
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really important point because I think a lot of times
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those of us who live in the cold ticket for
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granted that there's salts everywhere, and that's yes, there's also
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those little doggy paw cleaners, yes, and stick your dog's
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ponds yet be able to clean them off, so that
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there's some different ways you can kind of manage that
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that salt thing.
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But you're right, we need to be kind of be.
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Careful with our dogs when they're salts and things on
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the ground that maybe aren't good for them during the winter.
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Well, why don't we take a quick break and when
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we return, Kim, we'll share some more health and wellness
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I think that this is something that we should talk
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about going into the new year. Are there like emotional
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or mental wellness trends that pet parents should know about
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going into twenty twenty six.
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You know, we're certainly seeing more focus and kind of
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more concern about emotional kind of well being and feeling secure,
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you know, helping your dog feel secure and comfortable in
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your house and kind of know what's what's expected. And
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I and I think you know, to start with that
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really is you know, we talked a little bit earlier
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about routines and how important that is. Dogs really thrive
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on routine, and so you know, obviously our days aren't
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always perfectly the same as they worry yesterday, and so
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anytime you can kind of help on your work schedule,
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on the schedule that you're feeding, you know, so if
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you're so you're feeding pretty consistently about the same time,
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you know, every morning, every evening, that can really help
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because some pets can get very anxious and so if
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you're if you're actually doing that, that actually helps them
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feel like things aren't predictable. They kind of understand what's
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expected and kind of what's going to happen, and they're
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not worrying about that kind of thing, right, And so
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that's it's it's still hard, right. A lot of us
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are maybe not completely back to work, but aren't working
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completely from home anymore.
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Yeah, and they have that internal clock that they're aware of.
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And I'm going like, even when we went back a
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few months ago with daylight savings time, their internal clock
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is like, Okay, they're putting their little watches. Wait a minute,
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we're supposed to do this.
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Where are you going you're supposed to be or why.
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It's like their internal clocks kind of control everything, and
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it's you're right, it's like our job as the pet
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parent to sort of moderate it and work within those
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schedules to keep our pets feel safe, feel calm, and
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not you know, have anxiety about things that can be
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something that is kind of it may not be controllable
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in the essence of everything, but it actually we could
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work at making a controllable thing inside of it.
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Yeah, and if you can help kind of get it
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a little bit closer together again, not going to be perfect.
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Every day is different, So that's really important. I mean
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that separation anxiety too can sometimes be coming with some
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dogs and so you know, having some sort of you know,
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enrichment toys, you know, even just slowing down and making
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your leaving calm, you know, so you're not you're not
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kind of getting them all up in a frazzle when
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you're leaving. You're not like, oh but bye, I'm will
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lee or whatever. And I mean you want to just
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be very calm, give them a love and hug, you know,
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and then maybe you're you're out the door. So it's
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not a whole lot of pomp and circumstance when everybody
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comes in and everybody goes out, you know.
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So in fact, mind, I don't even know when I
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go because I don't I have the key everything. If
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I know I'm going to be leaving, I have the
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keys already and I have everything, so that just have
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to like I give them their treats. They're a little uh,
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you know, someone else will have the game, someone else
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will have the treats, and the other ones are sleeping,
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and I just like make a very silent exit and
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they don't know till I come home and the same
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wings are still sleeping. And no matter how many hours
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later it is and they're like, going, oh, where you.
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Ben Yeah, and you don't have to announce you're coming home.
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Love that a very gentle like out so that they're
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not too excited about it and they're not too disappointed.
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Right when you leave, they're like, Okay, yeah, this is normal,
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she'll be back, you know.
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So that's important. And you know, you know, if your
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dog is feeling a little anxious, if you'd like to
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be able to kind of help connect with them emotionally,
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it's really great to be you know, just some grooming,
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just some of that brushing. Some dogs love to be brushed,
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so just just having that calming motion of being able
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to brush them and just doing something simple like that,
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you know, a couple of times a week is great,
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or even you know, a gentle massage. You know, you
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can look up online, you know, some different ways to
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be able to massage your dog or you know where
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they love to be scratched or where they love to
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be loved, you know, so you can always just kind
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of make some adjustments and spend you know, spend ten
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or fifteen minutes with them just doing that, and I'm
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sure that that can also kind of again build the
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bond that you have with them and also help them
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kind of calm down and feel refreshed.
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And also if it's something that is that you can't
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do yourself or no matter what you're trying to do,
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always get with your vet because I have one one
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out of my flour had to be on a medication
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and we adopted her that way knowing she was on medication,
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but that keeps her calm. So you may have to
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work with your vet to find something that's going to
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work if it's severe like separation anxiety or any severe
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anxiety problems.
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Because most of them can be worked with.
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Sometimes there's just that little pup that needs a little
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extra help and your vet will be there to help
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you with it.
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00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:31.519
Yeah, you know absolutely. I mean and like things like
734
00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.680
you said red flags to look for them. Maybe your
735
00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:37.480
dog needs some kind of behavioral support or concerns are
736
00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:39.759
like if you're seeing them suddenly withdraw maybe they're not
737
00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.559
hanging out with the family anymore. Yeah, you know, they
738
00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:44.400
just want to be in their create and not near you.
739
00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:47.240
If they're having destructive behavior all of a sudden, out
740
00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:49.839
of nowhere, they've started chewing on the sofa or you know,
741
00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.440
ripping up the carpet, you know.
742
00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.440
Those kinds of things.
743
00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.559
Any new aggression or fearfulness that they have, those are
744
00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:59.039
you know, red flags right that say, hey, I really
745
00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.759
need to talk to my about it out what to
746
00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:02.680
do about this, because it's always better to get that
747
00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.319
help early.
748
00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.519
You know.
749
00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.599
It could be a that could be also a trainer,
750
00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.160
you know, one of those folks to be able to
751
00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.480
give you.
752
00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.720
Some inswer what to do.
753
00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:12.720
Yes, and they have behavioral trainers too as well as
754
00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.640
like you know regular you know, learning the basics of
755
00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:18.680
training they have behaved. We had a greyhound that went
756
00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:23.279
to a behaviorist and it changed everything she did really wonderful.
757
00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.799
So that was years ago.
758
00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:27.000
So yeah, just a few things can really make a
759
00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.680
huge difference.
760
00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.960
It is, it is.
761
00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.319
It's worth sticking with it and seeing it all the
762
00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:35.599
way through. I know some people get frustrated, but they're
763
00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:38.680
like us, you know, we have different triggers that trigger
764
00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:41.200
us or things that make us nervous or things that
765
00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:45.079
make us anxious or whatever, and that's why, you know,
766
00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.079
it's it's good to work through it with them to
767
00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:50.720
find out. And again, Minor all adopted and rescued, so
768
00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.960
we have to sort.
769
00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.480
Of figure it out as we go along.
770
00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.920
Yes, if I get them as their seniors and they're
771
00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:59.240
generally you know, may have some sort of a disability,
772
00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:02.079
but you know, we're in it to win it, So
773
00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.519
that's how I look at it.
774
00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.359
Indeed, Now, what.
775
00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:08.640
Safety tips should we keep in mind at our homes
776
00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.000
for twenty twenty six?
777
00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:12.160
Wait, know, there are a few things that you can do.
778
00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.160
Certainly, one of the things that's been very popular and
779
00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:19.200
continues to grow in popularity is smart home pet cameras.
780
00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.480
You know, there's pet cameras to be able to see
781
00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.559
you kind of like you know, if you're going to work,
782
00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:25.480
you can kind of check in on your baby and
783
00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:29.279
see how they're doing. Some of them actually can dispense
784
00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.720
a treat.
785
00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:33.559
It can be quite entertaining to look at Actually.
786
00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:35.279
Yeah, yeah, that could be really fun, right, But it's
787
00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.599
a great great way to be able to keep an
788
00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.119
eye on them, you know, maybe be able to give
789
00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.839
them a treat when you're when you're not there. I
790
00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.599
think some of them are very interactive, like you could
791
00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:44.319
actually test your pet, you know, give them so so
792
00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.680
you know that that is one way to kind of
793
00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:47.200
if you want to kind of keep in mind what's
794
00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:50.319
going on. Certainly we talk a lot about harmful foods
795
00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:53.519
and plants, right, The big repeat offenders that keep coming up,
796
00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:56.319
keep coming up no matter how much we talk about them. Xylotol,
797
00:33:56.640 --> 00:34:00.519
which is a sugar free substitute which we can eat
798
00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:04.119
and you know, use, but dogs really cannot. And so
799
00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:06.200
you'll see that a lot in gum. We're seeing a
800
00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:08.440
lot in sugar free candy. Sometimes you'll see it in
801
00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:11.960
peanut butter. So it's really important to read the ingredient
802
00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:15.079
panel on anything that you would feed your dog, because yes,
803
00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:17.280
you could have silotow in there, and I have personal
804
00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.960
experience with that. Yes, then I did live through. It
805
00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.079
went right away and we were able to get my
806
00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:25.079
dog to the bad and get his stomach pumped and
807
00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.400
that really helped. But we still spent three days in
808
00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.880
the emergency event because of it.
809
00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:31.679
And the key to that is make sure you and
810
00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:34.280
all of your guests keep their purses zipped shut so
811
00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.920
that if they're looking for a piece of sugar free
812
00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:40.079
gum and they go, oh, here it is in my
813
00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.760
anties purs No, everyone locked the purses.
814
00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:48.559
Up, yep, or your coat pocket or pocketful that things
815
00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:52.800
like grapes, garlic, lilies, onions, and chocolate are still repeat offenders.
816
00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:54.840
So you know, as it's as you're kind of prepping
817
00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:56.199
food and those kinds of things, you want to make
818
00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:58.880
sure that you're keeping those things out of reach. Certainly,
819
00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.800
one of the things we don't talk about very often,
820
00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:03.000
but I think is a really important thing is check
821
00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:06.000
your home for slip hazards. You know, especially if you
822
00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:08.719
have a senior dog, so you know, now it might
823
00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:10.199
be a little bit wetter where we are, might be
824
00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:12.519
a little bit more snowy where we are if you
825
00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.159
have tile floors or wood floors, and if you have
826
00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.000
an older dog, you really can have them slipping around
827
00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:21.360
and have the potential to hurt themselves or slip a
828
00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:23.920
joint out as they fall. So you want to make
829
00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:26.599
sure that you've got maybe some rugs or non slip
830
00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:29.519
runners to kind of help with falls. If they're coming
831
00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:33.440
downstairs that are you know, maybe carpeted, and they land
832
00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.440
on something that's tile or wood, you might want to
833
00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.719
put something there so that as they come down those
834
00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:39.760
stairs they're not going to slip and fall as they
835
00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:41.920
as they land a little bit harder on that last landing.
836
00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.119
So things like that can really kind of help them
837
00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:47.639
be safe and healthy when it comes to their joints
838
00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.280
and their legs.
839
00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:51.079
And that is so key, Kim, I'm so glad you
840
00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:53.719
brought that up. Because we have all tile. We were
841
00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:56.480
in Florida, the we don't have any rugs. We have
842
00:35:56.599 --> 00:36:00.639
all tile, so we have rugs on tile. But we
843
00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:03.639
also have used like the yoga mats and things like
844
00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:06.800
that because sometimes when the girls are turning the corners
845
00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.519
coming out of the room, they'll like all they you
846
00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:12.840
don't want them to skid, and so we have them
847
00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:16.559
precariously placed and we have some little like rubber eyed
848
00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:19.519
mats so that they as they turn the corners or
849
00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.079
that maybe coming around the sofa or a chair or
850
00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:25.079
something that because they don't want to miss out on anything,
851
00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:28.280
that we have things precariously placed so that they can't slip.
852
00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:29.679
So that's very very important.
853
00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:33.000
Yeah, that's that's so helpful and just so reasonable. And again,
854
00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.159
you know, it makes it easy for them to be
855
00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:36.079
able to get around and even if they get excited
856
00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.519
they want to run or whatever, they're able to run
857
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.079
on that and they're not not going to kind of
858
00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.920
fall and hurt themselves, yes, and least, but not least,
859
00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:44.599
I think. You know, it's a great time to check collars, right,
860
00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.800
how are collars fitting?
861
00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.639
Are they fitting?
862
00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:46.920
Well?
863
00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.199
You know, you just want to be able to get
864
00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:50.800
that one or two fingers in there at most, Yeah,
865
00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:52.320
and not have it be too loose.
866
00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.920
But you don't want to have it be too tight.
867
00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:56.840
And I think it's always surprising because I think your
868
00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.360
pet can get out, you know, your dog, your cat
869
00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:01.199
can get out of their collar pretty quick or more
870
00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:02.840
easily than you think they might be able to.
871
00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:05.760
Yeah, and we've had we had one that did that
872
00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:09.079
and actually we didn't even know he was gone.
873
00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:11.159
He was in the yard. This is years ago. He
874
00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.199
was in the big dog.
875
00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:14.199
He was in the yard and he had gotten out
876
00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:17.639
of his seat, a Martin Gale collar and he like
877
00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:20.639
he We had like a big six foot chain link
878
00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:23.360
fence all around our yard. He knew how to open
879
00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:25.840
and shut the fence, so we had like a safety
880
00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:28.800
thing on it. We figure that out and he his
881
00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:32.400
collar got hooked on, came off and he's like running.
882
00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:35.400
Thank goodness, the neighbors knew who he was, so then
883
00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.559
we got him. But he was like out.
884
00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.840
There going, hey, I'm out.
885
00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:42.280
So you have to be careful, no matter and Martin
886
00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.239
Gill's a pretty secure caller, so no matter what, make
887
00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:48.159
sure even though you have the safety safety pun safety
888
00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:51.719
upon safety locks on everything. We never leave any of
889
00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:55.239
the dogs out without us being out there now is nothing.
890
00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:58.519
And we have double fences around our yard because we
891
00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.440
live in areas.
892
00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.480
Where there's a lot of wildlife.
893
00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:03.599
So I have double fences so that the little ones
894
00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:06.360
are protected by the inside fence and then we have
895
00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:09.519
the big six foot high fences around that. So but
896
00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:12.159
that is very, very important because you never know when
897
00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:14.239
they're going to slip out of their collars.
898
00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.880
Yeah, you know, and they could just pull you know,
899
00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.480
all of a sudden.
900
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.639
You know.
901
00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:18.199
I know that there were times when I'd wought Blizzard
902
00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:19.920
all a sudden he'd just pull back and then boof
903
00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.440
he was out.
904
00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.760
Yes, exactly, exactly.
905
00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:25.840
And that's the importance of a microchip too, Yes, because
906
00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:27.679
you never know if they're going to slip out.
907
00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.880
That's right, No, that's that's right.
908
00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.400
So making sure they fit well is a really good
909
00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:33.000
thing to be able to kind of keep them safe. Yeah,
910
00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:35.719
even in the house when because again the door could
911
00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:37.559
open and they could oooh they're gone, you know. So
912
00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:40.440
important to be able to have that collar on there properly.
913
00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:42.480
Yes, because you never know when the pizza guy is
914
00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:44.199
going to come and you open the door and they run.
915
00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:46.800
I had that too, someone went them ran out. So
916
00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:49.360
now all day long and all night long, their collars
917
00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:51.280
are on in the house. And now people go, why
918
00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:53.000
do you have money in the house? I said, in
919
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.920
case the pizza guy comes out, I want them run
920
00:38:56.159 --> 00:39:00.079
out going there's the pizza guy. So so, Kim, I
921
00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:03.239
have to ask you something on behalf of Miss Sassie's
922
00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:06.880
really asking this on behalf of her doggy divis sisters.
923
00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:11.079
She's a question because you know, Sass's all about everything
924
00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:17.559
being simple, easy, breezy, So she's wondering, what is one
925
00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.039
easy habit that parents can start today.
926
00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:23.039
I think a great thing to be able to think
927
00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:26.639
about would be just spend let's say, ten minutes of
928
00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:29.000
connection time with your dog every day.
929
00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.039
Find that time.
930
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.880
Ten minutes could be a short walk that you're doing together,
931
00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:35.679
you could brush them, you could spend a little bit
932
00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:38.880
of time on training, play a little game. Just spending
933
00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:41.400
that extra ten minutes could really kind of help boost
934
00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:44.840
your dog's physical health. You know that mental and emotional health,
935
00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:46.920
and you know what, it helps to strengthen your bond,
936
00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:49.480
so that's really important. And you know, whenever you have
937
00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:52.119
a healthier dog, that helps to make a healthier you. Right,
938
00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.960
All that petting them, all that time you spend together
939
00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:57.719
also helps with your heart rate, with your blood pressure.
940
00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.840
So it's a win win when we do these things to.
941
00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:04.679
Get absolutely and that's simple, it's easy, and it keeps
942
00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:07.519
us and our pups happy. So, Kim, I want to
943
00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:09.719
thank you so much for being our guests and for
944
00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:14.000
sharing so many valuable, simple and realistic ways for pet
945
00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:17.320
parents to kick off the new year and how to
946
00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.800
do it with our pops as a team. That is
947
00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:22.360
so exciting and we could do it throughout the year.
948
00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:26.400
And before we go, I just wanted to talk about
949
00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:30.840
something really important and very near and dear to my heart.
950
00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:35.000
It's the recipient of miss Olive's Pot Forward program and
951
00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:38.960
this month it's the Gray Muzzle Organization. And this amazing
952
00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:43.159
organization improves the lives of at risk and homeless senior
953
00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:47.159
pets by providing funding and resources to animal shelters and
954
00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:51.440
rescues nationwide. It's such an important organization and they're such
955
00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:54.280
an amazing group of people. And to learn more about
956
00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:57.760
the Gray Muzzle organization and if you'd like to support
957
00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:01.639
senior dogs, please visit www.
958
00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.440
Gray Muzzle dot org.
959
00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:07.480
And Kim, I want to thank you again so much,
960
00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:09.880
and I want to wish you a happy new year
961
00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:12.679
and wish everyone out there, your pets, for all the
962
00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.400
pet parents, for all the pet lovers out there. I
963
00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.320
want to wish you all a happy new year. So
964
00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:19.800
thank you so much, Kim. This is great information and
965
00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:22.920
we're going to go right into twenty twenty six throughout
966
00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:26.039
the year, simple, realistic and easy.
967
00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.800
Well have it.
968
00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:29.440
Thanks Sue, Happy new here, copy new year.
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00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.400
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00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:35.679
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We would like to thank our guests this week and
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also as our doggie divas, always say please love your
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pets because they love you unconditionally, and please remember to
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adopt foster Spae neoter and microchip, and as.
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Always, please have a great Diva week 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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Diva 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. See you soon.
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Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on Petlifradio
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dot com.