The Hydro Leash
This week Michelle Fern is joined by Dexter Blanch, the inventor of the Hydro Leash, which allows you to keep your dog hydrated while they are being walked. The Hydro Leash features a unique design where a mouthpiece and stem sit on their side and when your dog needs a drink, they can get one themselves!
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Michelle Fern: Hello, pet friends, welcome to Best Bets for Pets.
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Michelle Fern: I'm your show host, Michelle Fern.
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Michelle Fern: You know, these days when you're walking your dog, and it's summer, but some of us like me live in warm places, even if it's not hot, you still need water for your dog, right?
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Michelle Fern: So what do you do?
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Michelle Fern: You can come armed with bowls and this and that, or other things, but you know, I guess today came up with a really cool product, and he's here to tell us all about it.
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Michelle Fern: So stay tuned, we'll be right back.
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Michelle Fern: Welcome back, everyone.
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Michelle Fern: I'd like to welcome Dexter Blanch.
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Michelle Fern: He is the inventor of The Hydro Leash.
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Michelle Fern: Welcome, Dexter.
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Dexter Blanch: Thank you, thank you, thank you for having me.
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Michelle Fern: Tell everyone, what exactly is The Hydro Leash?
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Dexter Blanch: The Hydro Leash is the all-in-one hydrating system.
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Dexter Blanch: I live in Louisiana, and it gets bigger, hot, and humid here.
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Dexter Blanch: And you have to take a lot of things out, almost like the kitchen cabinet, to make sure you have enough gear to keep your dog hydrated.
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Dexter Blanch: I've noticed a few dogs on this end of the country, that will get a shovel tongue, and by me having a lot of experience, I tell them that dog needs some water.
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Dexter Blanch: So a lot of people don't understand the difference between the straight tongue and shovel tongue.
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Dexter Blanch: Your dog is almost like the eye trader.
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Michelle Fern: Well, I agree, Dexter, because you have to have water for your dog.
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Michelle Fern: If you're walking your dog more than maybe a block from your house, you need to have water.
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Michelle Fern: And when your dog starts to show evidence of really severe thirst, it's almost getting to the point where it's a little bit too late.
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Michelle Fern: So you have to have water, and especially when it's warm weather.
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Michelle Fern: And warm weather, you should limit the time, of course.
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Michelle Fern: You should go early morning, late in the evening.
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Michelle Fern: But how did you come up with the idea for the hydro leash?
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Dexter Blanch: Well, I had a dog and I had a brother, to walk her one day.
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Dexter Blanch: And I think he went a little bit too far, as I did when she got back, she was almost dehydrated.
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Dexter Blanch: And I had to think real fast to get some water on her belly to cool her down and before her internal organs started shutting down.
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Dexter Blanch: So I was able to save my girl.
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Dexter Blanch: And from there, I had an animal.
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Dexter Blanch: These dogs should be hydrated along the wall and don't have to wait till you get back or whatever, you know, that the dog should be hydrated at all time.
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Michelle Fern: Exactly.
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Michelle Fern: Exactly.
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Michelle Fern: So you have an interesting story about how you came up with it because you were looking for an idea.
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Michelle Fern: At all places, some place I've been to for the past 14 years, Global Pet Expo, and you were looking for a product that you could purchase for your dog, right?
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Dexter Blanch: Well, we already have a current product on the market, but we were, we was ours.
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Dexter Blanch: At a booth at Global Pet Expo, and when I told my partner, I took a walk around, I went on a walk about the old show.
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Dexter Blanch: I said, I have a great best product at that home.
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Dexter Blanch: You know, it was a prototype, babe.
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Dexter Blanch: And we took a look at everything and he agreed with me.
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Dexter Blanch: We should go out and develop it and bring it to market.
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Dexter Blanch: And after several iterations, we came up with a pretty sweet gullet of the Hydro Leash that a lot of industry experts love it.
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Dexter Blanch: And we're getting great feedback with sales right now during the hot summer.
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Dexter Blanch: So we were kind of, we had the wrong product at the show at the time.
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Dexter Blanch: So yeah, right.
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Dexter Blanch: That's why I really wanted to come back and start developing the product over two and a half years ago.
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Michelle Fern: So let's explain how it works because I've had a lot of water leash related products, not really water and leash but, you know, waters that you like, you hold the device and it becomes a bowl, but you always generally have to carry something or wear it on you.
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Michelle Fern: This, the dog does its own thing.
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Michelle Fern: So can you, for all the listeners out there, can you describe it?
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Dexter Blanch: Yes, it's a handle with basically a water bottle with our own proprietary valve system that you could push up into it, almost like a wet mop system, that you put it up in that clamp in.
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Dexter Blanch: And as you are walking and you don't have to put the licking spout on it, it kind of be on the handlebar.
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Dexter Blanch: After you walked a while, you could take it off and put it in the collar and adjust it right in front of them out, keep walking and match the button.
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Dexter Blanch: And water start to gravity be down the line.
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Dexter Blanch: And the dog can walk.
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Dexter Blanch: It's pretty durable.
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Dexter Blanch: We tested it with 300 pounds of full strength.
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Dexter Blanch: Being a dog trainer, I know you'll be able to hold it if a squirrel jump out.
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Dexter Blanch: And the dog can actually hydrate itself.
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Dexter Blanch: It don't never have to get very high during the walk.
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Michelle Fern: I thought it was really cool looking.
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Michelle Fern: When I first looked at it, I thought, this is interesting.
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Michelle Fern: It's around my collar and I had my tester, Tilly, test it out.
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Michelle Fern: She's kind of feisty and I thought she might chew it a little bit, but she did not.
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Michelle Fern: So it's the collar, there's the water and the stick, which also doesn't stay all the time.
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Michelle Fern: You can hook it back into the leash.
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Michelle Fern: So you put a stick through and the dog can lick the water.
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Michelle Fern: It doesn't have to gush out.
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Michelle Fern: What's great about it is the dog can hydrate himself or herself.
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Michelle Fern: So does it matter how much water the dog gets?
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Dexter Blanch: Well, it does matter.
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Dexter Blanch: You don't want the dog to get bloated and drink too much.
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Dexter Blanch: You want to keep them hydrated before they get that thirsty.
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Dexter Blanch: So they don't have to get that thirsty.
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Dexter Blanch: You want the dog to keep a wet mouth instead of their mouth getting dry.
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Dexter Blanch: And so getting a little excited because we all want to give them the best care.
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Dexter Blanch: And so you just don't want them to sit there and drink too much.
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Dexter Blanch: They always can get as much water as they need as they go back home and get rest.
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Dexter Blanch: But this is a hydrating system, like we need to be hydrated, taking a sip or two as we are out jogging or walking in the heat.
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Dexter Blanch: So that's the same concept that we are applying to the hydro leash on your dog.
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Michelle Fern: I understand.
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Michelle Fern: And if it's so hot out there, we shouldn't be walking our dogs.
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Michelle Fern: We should change our schedule around and get, you know, walk your dog earlier or later.
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Michelle Fern: That just makes sense because dogs can eat each day so fast, and the ground could get too hot for them.
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Michelle Fern: And also, I know that sometimes if the dogs are playing in the park, it's a little different because there's usually water fountains in the dog parks and that sort of thing.
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Michelle Fern: But this is mostly when you're walking your dog, you know, a couple of blocks, something like that, right?
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Dexter Blanch: What I noticed when we go to Vegas and Florida and places like this, especially people are in a hurry, they are trying to pour water down the dog mouth.
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Dexter Blanch: They have to stop and do a lot of things.
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Dexter Blanch: This is an all-in-one walk, click and let them leak system, you know, that you can go ahead on and get the walk over.
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Dexter Blanch: You got to go to work or whatever.
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Dexter Blanch: You got to catch the train or whatever you have to do.
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Dexter Blanch: But you still need to get your dog out and you don't need to waste a lot of time.
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Dexter Blanch: This is thinking about the pet pair, have them in mind where we can get this walk in and do it in a timely fashion and get on with your day.
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Michelle Fern: Okay.
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Michelle Fern: And what about the stick?
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Michelle Fern: Is it easy to clean or even the water bottle?
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Michelle Fern: Are they easy to clean?
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Michelle Fern: Is the stick replaceable?
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Dexter Blanch: Yes.
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Dexter Blanch: You mean the acrylic stem that they lick for?
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Michelle Fern: Yes.
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Dexter Blanch: Yes, we have.
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Dexter Blanch: We sell those on our website.
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Dexter Blanch: If you need another one, you can buy you two or three or whatever if you like.
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Dexter Blanch: This is all plastic.
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Dexter Blanch: It's really easy to clean.
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Dexter Blanch: Nothing rigid here.
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Dexter Blanch: They're wearing everything, bacteria or anything like that, because strictly just water going through the system.
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Michelle Fern: Okay.
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Michelle Fern: And then let's talk about, this might sound like a strange question, but I've had emails about this.
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Michelle Fern: For the Hydro Leash, do you have to use any particular kind of water?
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Michelle Fern: Because I have gotten questions before where people have said, they bought something, they had to use only distilled water.
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Michelle Fern: I thought it was only for steam cleaners, but it's not.
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Michelle Fern: So they had to buy a certain kind of water or, you know, I don't know.
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Michelle Fern: But would any kind of water work?
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Dexter Blanch: Any kind of water work?
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Dexter Blanch: Would you give them at home?
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Dexter Blanch: Would you, what's safe at home?
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Dexter Blanch: You know, would you want to give your dog?
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Dexter Blanch: That's the best thing, because out and about, we don't really know what's in the dog bowls or the public bowl, because you really don't want your dog drinking behind another dog, because they can get healed just like we can, you know.
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Dexter Blanch: So, to bring some type of k9 disease upon.
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Dexter Blanch: So, the safety water that you want them to drink, your bottled water, you know what you're putting in them, and you know what they're getting.
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Michelle Fern: Okay, we're going to take a little break, and we'll be right back.
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Michelle Fern: Welcome back, everyone, we're talking to Dexter Blanch.
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Michelle Fern: He is the creator of Hydro Leash.
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Michelle Fern: So with the Hydro Leash, there's a stick and there's the piece that the dog will lick the water from to stay hydrated.
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Michelle Fern: Is it good for any size dog?
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Michelle Fern: What about little dogs?
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Michelle Fern: How small can you go?
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Dexter Blanch: We have them short as beagles, snout, or pecanese, you know, and those are the different size stem.
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Dexter Blanch: They'll come with the size of the becal, we got three different sizes, but the large will fit an extra, extra large dog up to the Great Dane from a pit bull up to the Great Dane.
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Dexter Blanch: So you got the medium size dog, one, but the stems are adjustable where they can move in and out to the length of the dog's snout.
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Michelle Fern: That's what I was going to ask you next, because you mentioned a couple of breeds, the dogs with the smushed faces, like pugs, French bulldogs, bulldogs, whenever dogs that have smushed faces, or I should say a very small snout, I should be, I guess, more professional here.
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Michelle Fern: I've always had dogs with snouts, and it's funny because my partner always had dogs.
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Michelle Fern: He always had dogs like poodles, and he used to call Mr.
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Michelle Fern: Z, snout boy.
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Michelle Fern: I was like, why is he a snout boy?
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Michelle Fern: But his dogs are poodles, they have teeny little snouts.
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Michelle Fern: Mr.
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Michelle Fern: Z was, he was a border-crawling mix, so he had a nose, he had a dog nose like normal.
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Michelle Fern: But it's very important for dogs with shorter snouts, especially important for them to be hydrated because they, they can affect their respiratory system.
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Michelle Fern: We're not going to talk medical, we're not a medical show.
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Michelle Fern: But that's even more crucial, isn't it?
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Michelle Fern: For dogs have shorter snouts.
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Dexter Blanch: Yeah, they can walk a little bit, you know what I mean.
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Dexter Blanch: They do struggle.
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Michelle Fern: Right, they would struggle.
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Michelle Fern: But what's great about the Hydro Leash is even for dogs with short snouts works fine.
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Dexter Blanch: Yes, yes, we're testing on a lot of the Frenchies, and I've done a lot of testing to get the stem right so it can adjust to the three inch tongue and they can reach it.
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Dexter Blanch: You don't want it right in their mouth.
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Dexter Blanch: You don't want them biting at it, you know.
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Dexter Blanch: So yeah, they can reach it with their tongue, you know, and have a good time with picking what they want.
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Michelle Fern: Oh, and then as far as the leash goes, you call it Hydro Leash, but do you have to use a particular type of leash?
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Dexter Blanch: Well, it's very strong.
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Dexter Blanch: We have a watering system hole up on the nylon braided covering.
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Dexter Blanch: So that would be able to still hold them just like the leash, you know what I'm saying?
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Dexter Blanch: And it's designed for sharp people and tall people or whatever dog size you have.
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Dexter Blanch: We did a lot of testing on that to make sure we got the right size and to be comfortable for everybody.
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Michelle Fern: Okay, let's share my experience.
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Michelle Fern: So I tried it with Tilly, my dog tester, and Tilly's 40 lbs, I don't know, a mix of everything, little pit bull, little other things.
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Michelle Fern: She's a wild girl.
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Michelle Fern: So when I first put it on her, she, there was a little bit of her biting it and I had to get her used to it.
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Michelle Fern: So I took it off and as I was walking her, then I put it on and once she got the hang of it, she got the hang of it.
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Michelle Fern: So we all like to think our dogs are smart, except Mr.
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Michelle Fern: Nicky and of course, Mr.
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Michelle Fern: Z and Mr.
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Michelle Fern: Nicky are in doggy heaven.
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Michelle Fern: So Mr.
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Michelle Fern: Nicky was a Havanese.
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Michelle Fern: Sorry, Nicky, but he was not that smart.
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Michelle Fern: What do you suggest for those of us, we all like to think our dogs are really smart, but some of them, us know our dogs are not super smart.
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Michelle Fern: Is it hard to train your dogs to get used to the Hydro Leash so that they'll know to lick from it, to get hydrated?
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Dexter Blanch: I love this course and I'm helping.
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Dexter Blanch: On the bottom of your licking snout, there's a square face peanut butter.
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Dexter Blanch: So we left a spot where you can put a little peanut butter on it where you won't cover the hole.
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Dexter Blanch: And the dog smell the peanut butter and they get to licking.
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Dexter Blanch: And that's when you introduce them to the water.
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Dexter Blanch: Say, oh, this is a water source also.
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Dexter Blanch: So if they're licking peanut butter, it's a good time to mash the button and let them know that there's a water source.
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Dexter Blanch: And trust me, the dog won't forget that it's a water source.
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Michelle Fern: Dogs have good memories.
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Michelle Fern: Once you tell them where something is, then I'm just a cat mom now.
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Michelle Fern: My dogs are in doggy heaven, but cats too, once they know where something is, they know.
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Michelle Fern: But we don't really walk cats.
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Michelle Fern: Could this be used for cats?
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Michelle Fern: If you have this small for cats, some people walk their cats.
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Dexter Blanch: Well, we didn't decide it for the length of the cat tone, but it might be an idea to create a stem for the cat.
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Michelle Fern: Might be an idea.
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Michelle Fern: I mean, more and more people are walking their cats.
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Michelle Fern: So who knows?
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Michelle Fern: Maybe.
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Michelle Fern: Peanut butter is a great idea because sometimes dogs are, they get it, they understand when there's something new, and sometimes it definitely takes a little bit of time to let them know, hey, this is where your water is coming from now.
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Michelle Fern: I'm not going to stop in the middle of the street or middle of the sidewalk rather, and put a bowl down or whip up the bottle that hopefully didn't spill when it was in my back pocket or in my pants or on my doggy utility belt and get it all over the place.
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Michelle Fern: I got you covered, doggy.
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Michelle Fern: Does it stay pretty cool?
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Dexter Blanch: Yeah, the water stays pretty cool, but I want to go back just a little bit if I can.
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Dexter Blanch: Once you order your Hydro Leash and you take the stem out, I would suggest as a dog trainer for about 50 years myself, you take that stem and you put peanut butter on it.
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Dexter Blanch: Dogs smell, they would never forget.
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Dexter Blanch: Their smell is their brain and they talk to them and tell them.
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Dexter Blanch: There's just nothing offensive or anything like that.
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Dexter Blanch: And I guarantee you, you won't take once or twice before your puppy understands that this is something very friendly and I like it.
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Dexter Blanch: So it's a training process, but a very short period of a training process, because it's adding nutrients or giving them some type of something that they're going to like.
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Michelle Fern: Right.
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Michelle Fern: And we talked about this in the beginning, but it's definitely worth saying again.
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Michelle Fern: You were mentioning it before when you were, when you were thought about right in the beginning.
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Michelle Fern: Dogs can become dehydrated in warm weather in a matter of what minutes, right?
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Dexter Blanch: Yes.
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Dexter Blanch: If it's hot, they wear a coat all year round, especially in summer by our very hot months.
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Dexter Blanch: Our dogs can become very dehydrated pretty quickly.
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Dexter Blanch: So I would not take the chance on a family member like that getting hot.
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Dexter Blanch: So I would always be aware of having something to keep them hydrated.
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Dexter Blanch: So you don't have to have that issue.
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Dexter Blanch: It's devastating to see what they have to go through once they become dehydrated.
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Michelle Fern: We've had shows on what to do in summer and people that lock their dogs in the cars.
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Michelle Fern: And that'll get me on a soapbox.
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Michelle Fern: So very frustrating.
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Michelle Fern: How much water is inside the Hydro Leash part that is on the leash that holds the water?
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Dexter Blanch: 12 oz per bottle.
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Dexter Blanch: And we're coming out with the belt for extra bottles.
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Dexter Blanch: And so you can just change them out if you go for a longer walk.
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Dexter Blanch: So we don't want it too heavy for some of the female parents.
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Dexter Blanch: We don't want it too small so you run out of water too fast.
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Dexter Blanch: So 12 oz was a good balance.
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Dexter Blanch: And you're going to add more water bottles in a belt if you like.
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Michelle Fern: Are you coming out with a smaller size for little tiny dogs?
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Michelle Fern: Or do you think like Chihuahuas and those kind of dogs, pomegranate?
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Michelle Fern: Or do you think that pomegranates, or do you think that people are really welcome?
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Dexter Blanch: I think we can walk the small dogs right now with a small unit.
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Dexter Blanch: Just acrylic is very easy to cut.
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Dexter Blanch: It's just a matter of adjusting your acrylic snout so they can get to it.
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Michelle Fern: Okay.
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Michelle Fern: And if there's one thing that you would like to share with all the listeners about the Hydro Leash, like maybe one of the top FAQs that you receive, what would you tell them?
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Dexter Blanch: Well, will you be able to hold the dog?
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Dexter Blanch: We tell everybody, this is just not for a dog that's not leashed, broken, or not used to be involved.
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Dexter Blanch: These are for everyday people that walk their dog and make sure they want to keep them hydrated.
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Dexter Blanch: But yes, it's got the 300 pound full test put on it.
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Dexter Blanch: Yes, it will hold the dog.
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Dexter Blanch: I have big German Shepherds, I drive Shepherds that we tested on.
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Dexter Blanch: That's one of the most frequent asked questions, can you hold the dog?
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Dexter Blanch: As long as you can hold the leash or the handle, you can control the dog.
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Dexter Blanch: Other questions about the training, about the peanut butter and things of that nature.
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Michelle Fern: Here's a good question.
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Michelle Fern: If somebody, now in rare cases, there's people that don't have peanut butter, they're allergic, it's not even a new thing, and it's not always the throat closing allergies, it's sometimes it's hives.
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Michelle Fern: If somebody's allergic to peanut butter, what's another alternative?
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Dexter Blanch: Whatever your dog might, you think your dog like, you know, dogs have different taste buds, but something that kind of stick in the square section, in the left side of the water snout, on the bottom of where the holes are.
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Dexter Blanch: Whatever you think your dog like, it could be some apple sauce or something like that.
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Dexter Blanch: My dog love apple sauce.
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Dexter Blanch: Whatever you think that they would like.
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Dexter Blanch: Over the years, I've been training dogs, very few I've seen that don't like peanut butter.
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Dexter Blanch: So we have a peanut butter pack we sell with the unit, to just get them started.
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Dexter Blanch: Make sure you introduce them to it and, you know, offer some water with it and they'll remember.
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Michelle Fern: Since you mentioned your dog trainer all these years, what is the number one issue that people have with their dogs in all your years of training?
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Dexter Blanch: Number one issue?
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Dexter Blanch: Being able to down your dog.
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Dexter Blanch: Being able to tell your dog down, so they won't run out or chase something.
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Dexter Blanch: Or if that's the number one issue, they'll see if you could train them to sit and stuff.
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Dexter Blanch: But when they're away from you, you'd be able to tell them down.
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Dexter Blanch: That's very important to have that kind of control, because you'll be able to save the dog life, or it won't get in any trouble being a dog.
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Dexter Blanch: So I'm very big at that.
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Dexter Blanch: Get them trained, it will keep working on your down command, so you could control them and enjoy them all their life and all your life.
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Michelle Fern: That is good to know.
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Michelle Fern: Dexter, everybody's big about supporting the USA right now.
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Michelle Fern: Is the Hydro Leash made here in the USA?
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Dexter Blanch: Yes, that was one of the biggest deals about this product because we were getting so many bad products out of the foreign countries that hurting our dogs.
00:21:36.752 --> 00:21:40.532
Dexter Blanch: And I had an experience like that with some dog food.
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Dexter Blanch: I swear that I would bring my manufacturing home.
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Dexter Blanch: And it's so yes, this bit we make it right here.
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Dexter Blanch: I'm about 15 minutes away from our manufacturing plant.
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Dexter Blanch: It's USA made in Bolger City, Louisiana, and we control the manufacturing right here in America.
00:21:57.272 --> 00:21:59.732
Dexter Blanch: And that's big because we're offering jobs here.
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Dexter Blanch: That makes me feel good.
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Dexter Blanch: And I love the manufacturer loving this product and not being able to keep up.
00:22:06.792 --> 00:22:10.832
Dexter Blanch: That's a good problem to have because it's, you know, a lot of people are really liking it.
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Dexter Blanch: So we're supporting American companies and American-made product.
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Michelle Fern: That is a good problem to have.
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Michelle Fern: And I'm glad it's made in the USA.
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Michelle Fern: Where can people buy it?
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Dexter Blanch: Right now, we're selling on thehydroleash.com.
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Dexter Blanch: We have a TikTok shop, Facebook shop, and we're controlling most of the...
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Dexter Blanch: Before we go to Chewy and Amazon, we got to give them the fear of missing out.
00:22:34.592 --> 00:22:38.972
Dexter Blanch: And we'll be able to negotiate not having those big fees for a small company.
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Dexter Blanch: So just visit us.
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Dexter Blanch: We need your support.
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Dexter Blanch: We love the support.
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Dexter Blanch: There's nothing nobody can do about it.
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Dexter Blanch: I love them and their dog.
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Dexter Blanch: So we just want to have the best experience with our pets.
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Dexter Blanch: So I think this will be a great product.
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Dexter Blanch: You can have a wonderful experience with your family member.
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Michelle Fern: Well, I wish you a lot of success with Hydro Leash.
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Michelle Fern: I think it is a fantastic product and just a really unique solution to an ongoing problem.
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Michelle Fern: What do you do when you're walking your dog?
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Michelle Fern: You have to keep them hydrated.
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Dexter Blanch: Right.
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Dexter Blanch: It feels good to hear your voice to tell me that.
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Dexter Blanch: I really wish we can get the American support to really love on this product and order and tell all the other friends about it because we need to build back here and we need to do things to make ourselves stronger.
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Dexter Blanch: And all dog lovers are beautiful people.
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Dexter Blanch: I haven't found a bad dog lover yet, or dog parents.
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Dexter Blanch: So I want to thank you for having me.
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Dexter Blanch: This is a wonderful birthday present that you were able to interview with me because today is my birthday.
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Michelle Fern: Happy birthday.
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Dexter Blanch: Thank you.
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Dexter Blanch: Thank you.
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Michelle Fern: So you're Leo, right?
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Dexter Blanch: Leo the Lion.
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Dexter Blanch: Yes.
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Michelle Fern: Leo the Lion.
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Dexter Blanch: Yes.
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Michelle Fern: I'm going to give a shout out to my sister and all three of her kids are all Leos.
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Michelle Fern: That's a lot of Leos in one house.
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Michelle Fern: Because you know Leos, they're strong personalities.
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Dexter Blanch: Yes, ma'am.
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Michelle Fern: My sister and her kids are wonderful.
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Michelle Fern: So I think her husband's like Aries.
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Michelle Fern: I don't know.
00:24:02.292 --> 00:24:03.472
Michelle Fern: He's in January.
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Michelle Fern: I'm not sure what his is, but it's just funny.
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Michelle Fern: But Leos, yeah, and creative people too.
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Michelle Fern: So Dexter, have a happy, happy birthday.
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Michelle Fern: Thank you so much for coming on Best Bets for Pets.
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Dexter Blanch: Thank you, darling, for having me.
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Dexter Blanch: It was great.
00:24:17.932 --> 00:24:20.612
Dexter Blanch: Anything you need me going forward, just please reach out.
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Dexter Blanch: God bless you and make it a great evening.
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Michelle Fern: I hope you all enjoyed this show.
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Michelle Fern: Please be sure to check out The Hydro Leash, created by Dexter Blanch.
00:24:29.812 --> 00:24:34.252
Michelle Fern: This is such a cool way to hydrate your dogs when you're walking your dog.
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Michelle Fern: Just a really unique product.
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Michelle Fern: I want to thank Tilly for testing the product.
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Michelle Fern: So thank you, Tilly.
00:24:41.312 --> 00:24:44.172
Michelle Fern: And of course, thank you to Tilly's mom, Cheryl.
00:24:44.172 --> 00:24:46.932
Michelle Fern: So thank you so much for testing The Hydro Leash.
00:24:46.932 --> 00:24:50.492
Michelle Fern: I want to thank my cat crew, because I always do, right?
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Michelle Fern: Charlotte, Molly and Dennis.
00:24:52.892 --> 00:24:56.692
Michelle Fern: Thanks, of course, to my guest for coming on Best Bets for Pets.
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Michelle Fern: Thank you, Dexter.
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Michelle Fern: And of course, thanks to everybody that listens to Best Bets for Pets.
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Michelle Fern: I so appreciate your listenership.
00:25:03.932 --> 00:25:07.892
Michelle Fern: And this show would not be the same without the magic of Mark Winter.
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Michelle Fern: Thank you, Mark, for your amazing skills.
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Michelle Fern: And hey, you never know what we'll have next on Best Bets for Pets.
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