Bow-Wow! Meow-valous Holiday Gift Ideas for Presents for Your Pets!
On this festive episode of Best Bets for Pets, Michelle Fern and Cheryl Kaye (from Unleashed on Pet Life Radio) and bring the holiday cheer to your pet gift-giving plans! Michelle and Cheryl dive into the world of pet presents, sharing their top picks for gifts that are sure to make your fur babies' holidays memorable. From high-tech toys and interactive feeders to cozy beds and the latest in pet fashion, they cover a range of creative ideas for every type of pet personality. Listen in as they share insights on what makes each item a perfect holiday treat, along with some hilarious stories from their own experiences in finding the ideal gifts for their pets. Michelle and Cheryl have got a bag of holiday tricks up their sleeve to make sure every pet’s season is merry and bright. So, pour yourself some eggnog, get cozy, and tune in to this jolly episode of Best Bets for Pets —the ultimate guide to giving your pets a holiday season they’ll never forget!
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BIO:
Cheryl Kaye is the host of Unleashed on Pet Life Radio.
Transcript:
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Announcer: This is Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets.
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<v SPEAKER_2>This episode of Best Bets for Pets is brought to you by Jazwares Pets.
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Michelle Fern: Hello, pet lovers, welcome to Best Bets for Pets.
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Michelle Fern: I'm your show host, Michelle Fern, and we're here for our annual holiday show, and I have my guest host with me, Cheryl Kaye, so stay tuned, I can't wait to tell you all about these great, fun products for the holidays.
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Michelle Fern: Hey, pet lovers, Michelle Fern here.
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Michelle Fern: Jazwares Pets has the best products for your fur babies.
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Michelle Fern: My cats love their Squishmallow's Pet Bed.
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Michelle Fern: Dennis is a huge fan.
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Michelle Fern: And by the way, so is Molly.
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Michelle Fern: The super soft, round Squishmallow's Bula the Octopus Pet Bed is perfect for cuddly cats and dogs alike.
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Michelle Fern: Cushioned bolsters around the edges create a natural headrest and include cute Squishmallow's design details.
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Michelle Fern: The comfy sleeping area has a fluffy stuffing with a unique, flush fabrication covering the outside.
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Michelle Fern: The colorful and well-loved Squishmallow's style brings a playful spin to traditional pet beds.
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Michelle Fern: Authentic Squishmallow's pet beds are easy to maintain and clean and are reasonably priced.
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Michelle Fern: Small beds, 20 inches, go for $34.99.
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Michelle Fern: Mediums, 24 inches, are priced at $44.99.
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Michelle Fern: Large beds, 30 inches, sell for $49.99.
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Michelle Fern: And extra-large beds, sell for $69.99.
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Michelle Fern: Jazwares Pets also has a robust line of dog toys, as well as pet caves, leashes, collars, clothing, costumes, licking mats and more.
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Michelle Fern: You can find Jazwares Pets at Amazon, PetSmart, Jazwares.com, Chewy and other major retailers.
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Announcer: Let's Talk Pets on petliferadio.com.
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Michelle Fern: Welcome back everyone, I'd like to welcome Cheryl Kaye to Best Bets for Pets for our holiday show.
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Michelle Fern: Hey Cheryl, so glad to have you on the show.
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Michelle Fern: Thanks for coming today.
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Cheryl Kaye: I'm so glad to be here.
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Cheryl Kaye: I think, what is this, our third annual?
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Michelle Fern: Yes, our third annual.
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Cheryl Kaye: I love it.
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Michelle Fern: It's becoming a thing.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yes.
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Michelle Fern: So Cheryl, we have a lot of great products for the holidays.
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Michelle Fern: And you know, it's a great time to pamper your four-legged friend or, hey, yourself, but, you know, we're all about doing things for our pooches and our cats.
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Michelle Fern: So first, I have to tell you about Chef Paw.
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Michelle Fern: Chef Paw is a product that it actually chops, mixes, cooks, and has a built-in scale, and it is self-cleaning to make food for your dog.
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Michelle Fern: They have an app that works with it, so you can go on the app and get recipes.
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Michelle Fern: They have all dog recipes now, but cat recipes are coming.
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Michelle Fern: This is perfect for you because you cook for Tilly.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yes, and it's great.
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Cheryl Kaye: So if it makes life easier, then it's great.
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Michelle Fern: Yes, and I'm not going to mention the price.
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Michelle Fern: Everyone listening, you can go to chefpaw.com.
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Michelle Fern: So it's a little bit of an investment at first, but when you think about how much people pay for raw food or even fresh food that they purchase or gets delivered, that can cost up to $1,000 a month.
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Cheryl Kaye: Well, I have to tell you, when I cook for Tilly, I start off with my stepstool.
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Cheryl Kaye: So that's dangerous to begin with, to get the pots and the pans out, you have to shop for it.
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Cheryl Kaye: If you get anything that's frozen, you have to defrost it.
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Cheryl Kaye: So it all adds up.
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Cheryl Kaye: But I'm rarely curious about the recipes to see what they have.
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Michelle Fern: Let me tell you, I made some of these.
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Michelle Fern: And actually, when we were watching Tilly, I made some for Tilly.
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Michelle Fern: Sorry, and I'm not a chef or a cook.
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Michelle Fern: My significant other does all the cooking, and I'm not a DeVi cleanup.
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Michelle Fern: But I love the fact that this is all in one.
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Michelle Fern: So it's super easy.
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Michelle Fern: We're all busy today.
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Michelle Fern: We're running around.
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Michelle Fern: You know, technology made your life easier, but not for everything.
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Michelle Fern: We still have to run around and do all that.
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Michelle Fern: And this does everything all at once.
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Michelle Fern: So I love it.
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Michelle Fern: Be sure to check out chefpaw.com.
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Michelle Fern: Cheryl, I have to tell you about Jazzware's Pets.
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Michelle Fern: They have a Squishmallows pet bed that is absolutely fantastic.
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Michelle Fern: Isn't that a fun name, Squishmallows?
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, I like that.
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Cheryl Kaye: You know, I saw on the Internet that somebody's dog went to lay in the cat's bed.
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Cheryl Kaye: That on that bed.
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Michelle Fern: Well, for dogs than cats.
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Cheryl Kaye: But this was for the cat, but the dog wanted to lay in it because it was so comfy.
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Cheryl Kaye: He was all curled up.
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Michelle Fern: You know what?
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Michelle Fern: I want to lay in this because it's so comfy.
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Michelle Fern: The bed has a unique flush fabric.
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Michelle Fern: The bed has cushioned bolsters, which kind of give it a headrest all around it, and it's very easy to clean too.
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Michelle Fern: You can just spot clean it.
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Michelle Fern: Very durable because, hey, I'm using it for my cat.
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Michelle Fern: So one of my concerns, it was how long will it last with my cat?
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Michelle Fern: But it was absolutely perfect.
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Michelle Fern: Perfect.
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Michelle Fern: Get it?
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Michelle Fern: Hey, nobody.
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Michelle Fern: Woof woof.
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Michelle Fern: It's definitely very pet friendly.
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Michelle Fern: There's nothing that can be chewed off or bitten off.
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Michelle Fern: And it comes in a lot of sizes too.
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Cheryl Kaye: And different colors, right?
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Michelle Fern: It goes from extra small to extra large.
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Michelle Fern: And you can find it on Amazon, PetSmart at jazwares.com and Chewy.
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Cheryl Kaye: You know, pet beds are very important.
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Michelle Fern: Pet beds are important, and a good pet bed means your pet will be well rested, which means happy pet parent.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yes.
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Michelle Fern: Here's another great holiday gift for Tilly.
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Michelle Fern: Wagwell are freeze-dried treats.
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Michelle Fern: They're fully cooked.
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Michelle Fern: I gave some to my nephew dog, Charlie.
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Michelle Fern: Now, Charlie is really, really picky.
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Michelle Fern: He's kind of like a Jack Russell, Dachshund mix and solid dog.
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Michelle Fern: So I know he eats, but he doesn't like eat when you're looking kind of a dog.
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Michelle Fern: There are some like that.
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Michelle Fern: So he's picky.
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Michelle Fern: And when I brought out the treats, my brother said, forget about it, forget about it.
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Michelle Fern: He doesn't like anything.
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Michelle Fern: Forget about it.
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Michelle Fern: You know, Charlie gobbled up those treats so fast.
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Michelle Fern: They have a holiday gift box and it contains freeze-dried treats of beef and cheese.
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Michelle Fern: That's at wagwellpet.com.
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Cheryl Kaye: That sounds very good.
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Cheryl Kaye: That's a high commodity, especially when you go to the dog park or you walk your dog.
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Michelle Fern: Right.
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Cheryl Kaye: And freeze-dried, that's got to be great.
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Michelle Fern: Freeze-dried is the best.
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Michelle Fern: It's always a little bit more than your, you know, basic treats that just sit on the shelf all the time.
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Michelle Fern: But as I was explaining to my brother, consider this filet mignon for your dog versus, you know, a hamburger.
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Cheryl Kaye: I mean, Tilly sometimes eats better than me, so filet mignon.
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Cheryl Kaye: And now we have also Chumate, which helps remove the plaque from your dog's teeth.
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Cheryl Kaye: And I have to say, it's very important to make sure that there is no plaque on your dog's teeth because it could get into other parts of your dog and they could be illnesses because the teeth are the eyes of the window to the soul, our teeth, especially in our dogs, because dogs and cats do everything with their mouth.
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Cheryl Kaye: That's like-
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Michelle Fern: They're all about oral.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, they're orals.
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Michelle Fern: They're all about oral.
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Michelle Fern: But you know what I love about Chumate too, is it was designed by a human dentist, a dentist that works on people.
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Michelle Fern: And he had dogs and he wanted-
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Michelle Fern: He, you know, he could brush his dog's teeth, but brushing a dog's teeth, ugh.
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Michelle Fern: I mean, I remember brushing Zeus' teeth and he let me, but he was trying to like lick and move the brushes.
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Michelle Fern: I'm trying to brush it.
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Michelle Fern: So I never enjoyed it.
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Michelle Fern: It was always a pain in the neck.
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Michelle Fern: And what's cool about Chumate is they just bite into it.
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Michelle Fern: And the way the little grooves are on the Chumate, the way the grooves are on the Chumate, it takes off the plaque, which as you said before is so important because plaque on teeth can lead to other diseases.
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Cheryl Kaye: You could have loose gums, and that's where diseases come from.
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Michelle Fern: Exactly.
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Cheryl Kaye: Okay, so everybody's going to get some of that.
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Michelle Fern: Yeah, and what's cool about Chumate is it's designed with holes in it, but you can also put something inside like peanut butter or something like that to engage your pooch.
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Michelle Fern: So they go ahead and play with it and chomp on it and get the plaque off.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, you put peanut butter on it and they'll just chew and chew and chew, and that's great.
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Cheryl Kaye: And the next up, this is terrific.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's called Party Animal.
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Cheryl Kaye: And I have to say, it's such a great kit.
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Cheryl Kaye: If everything comes, they even have little sticks and it's personalized.
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Cheryl Kaye: So they have a picture of your dog.
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Cheryl Kaye: If you want to stick the sticks in the cake instead of candles because that's ridiculous with dogs.
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Cheryl Kaye: They don't know how to blow anything out.
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Michelle Fern: But what I liked about Party Animal is we go all out for our pooches, right?
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Michelle Fern: We make them birthday parties and our cats, we make them birthday parties and all kinds of things.
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Michelle Fern: And what they do is they take your dog or cat's picture and put it on these things.
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Michelle Fern: So you have like a little hat with your dog's picture, bandana with your dog's picture.
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Cheryl Kaye: Oh yeah, bandana and a scarf.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's everything.
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Michelle Fern: It's like everything.
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Michelle Fern: They send you balloons.
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Michelle Fern: It's like a whole party in a box and personalized for your dog.
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Cheryl Kaye: I think it's terrific because we were celebrating birthdays.
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Cheryl Kaye: You know, we don't really know unless you got a puppy.
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Cheryl Kaye: But you know the gotcha day.
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Cheryl Kaye: The gotcha day is the day they were adopted.
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Cheryl Kaye: So this is a really good gift.
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Michelle Fern: Stay tuned.
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Michelle Fern: We'll be right back with the rest of our holiday show.
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Michelle Fern: Welcome back everyone, I'm with Cheryl Kaye from Unleashed, and this is the second half of our holiday show.
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Michelle Fern: Cheryl, have you heard of swaggles?
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Michelle Fern: It's a swuggy pet carrier.
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Cheryl Kaye: I can't say that fast.
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Michelle Fern: Swaggles.
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Cheryl Kaye: Swaggles, swuggy, sling.
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Michelle Fern: No, it's swaggles, swuggy, pet carrier.
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Michelle Fern: This is cool because it's all cloth, it's very breathable, and it's a carrier that you can use for your dog or for your cat.
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Michelle Fern: It's good for pets under 12 pounds.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's good for animals that have anxiety and disabilities, so they can be close to you.
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Michelle Fern: Yeah, Mark, take out the part with Zipper.
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Michelle Fern: It's great for dogs that have anxiety because you have them close to you, or dogs that are disabled and can't walk long distances.
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Cheryl Kaye: And for us, the way it's created, the way it goes on the shoulder, it's evenly dispersed where it's not like you're going to have one shoulder hanging down from the weight of the animal.
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Michelle Fern: Well, you're not going to need to see a chiropractor after most likely because the weight's even dispersed, as you said.
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Cheryl Kaye: You'll have to go lay in that bed.
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Michelle Fern: Yes, yes, you will.
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Michelle Fern: OK, Cheryl, what else do we have exciting for the holidays?
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Cheryl Kaye: Hornyx.
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Cheryl Kaye: This, to me, is fabulous.
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Cheryl Kaye: This is a helmet.
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Cheryl Kaye: You have to have the app.
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Cheryl Kaye: You could put music in.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's like white noise, even the way we do it.
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Cheryl Kaye: You know, humans.
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Cheryl Kaye: For animals that can't take the thunder or the fireworks, I mean, with Tilly, she didn't go out for three days because it goes on that long.
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Cheryl Kaye: And it's not just the smell.
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Cheryl Kaye: It hurts the ears.
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Cheryl Kaye: It hurts my ears.
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Cheryl Kaye: And even thunder.
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Michelle Fern: I love Hornyx.
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Michelle Fern: They're noise-canceling headphones for your dog.
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Michelle Fern: And I love how it looks too, because it's kind of, to me, it looks like a jughead hat.
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Cheryl Kaye: Oh, yeah.
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Cheryl Kaye: And it comes in all different colors.
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Michelle Fern: All different colors.
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Cheryl Kaye: And it's soft.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's real.
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Michelle Fern: And different sizes.
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Michelle Fern: And I love the fact that there's actually little speakers inside, because with the noise, whether it's white noise or you can use some soothing tones and they have suggestions for what kind of music, your dog will calm down because not all dogs, you know, there's other things that might work.
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Michelle Fern: There's thundershirts, there's, you know, sprays, but sometimes those don't work for your dog.
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Michelle Fern: So, Ponyx is a great option if those don't work for your dog.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's not a problem.
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Cheryl Kaye: If Tilly let me put it on her head, it'll be ready for anybody.
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Michelle Fern: Tilly looks freaking adorable with it on.
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Cheryl Kaye: I know.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's, you know, she loves it.
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Michelle Fern: So, speaking of Tilly and all the dogs out there, what is one of the best gifts to get for the holidays?
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Michelle Fern: Ornaments, right?
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Michelle Fern: So, Joy to the World has collectible ornaments.
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Michelle Fern: They have a huge assortment of dog ornaments.
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Michelle Fern: They have over 750 styles and breeds.
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Michelle Fern: They also have a few cats.
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Michelle Fern: For all my cat listeners, and Cheryl, yeah, your cat listeners.
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Michelle Fern: What I love is that it's handcrafted, hand-painted, it's a woman-owned brand, and they've been in business over 25 years.
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Cheryl Kaye: And it takes them a day to make it.
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Michelle Fern: A day?
00:15:18.542 --> 00:15:18.842
Cheryl Kaye: A day.
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Michelle Fern: 24 hours for one ornament, and they're gorgeous.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, they are gorgeous.
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Cheryl Kaye: And that's a wonderful gift, especially for people who maybe have gotten a new pet for the holidays, not for the holidays, but during the year.
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Cheryl Kaye: And then when you go to their house for the holidays, I think that that's something that they'll always have.
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Cheryl Kaye: That's a nice gift.
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Michelle Fern: Yes.
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Michelle Fern: Do you ever go bike with Tilly?
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Cheryl Kaye: No.
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Cheryl Kaye: No, I like to, but I think it would be dangerous.
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Cheryl Kaye: I know a lot of people have, they hold the leash.
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Michelle Fern: So this next item is a great gift for all of the people, anyone that bikes and has their dog with them.
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Michelle Fern: And it's a great gift for anyone that's in a mobile chair that wants to have their dog with them.
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Michelle Fern: The inventor actually created it because he had an accident with his dog, a bad accident because he was biking and holding the dog on a leash, a regular leash.
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Michelle Fern: It's called the bike tow leash, and it solves the problem of biking with your dog.
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Michelle Fern: And you could use it with a bicycle, you could use it with the adult tricycles.
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Michelle Fern: I wouldn't use it with a kid's tricycle.
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Michelle Fern: No, of course not.
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Michelle Fern: And it's not for kids' bikes.
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Michelle Fern: It's for adult bikes.
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Cheryl Kaye: No, but it keeps the dog away.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's not like the dog is attached, but it's attached to the tow bar.
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Michelle Fern: It's attached.
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Michelle Fern: The assembly is very easy.
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Michelle Fern: They're very consumer friendly as far as if you need any help in putting it on.
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Michelle Fern: But I did it, and I'm not that handy, you know?
00:16:48.842 --> 00:16:54.302
Michelle Fern: And so you can put it on your bicycle, your adult tricycle, a mobile chair.
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Michelle Fern: And what it does is it extends out.
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Michelle Fern: So it's like almost an arm and you can have even two dogs on the leash.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah.
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Michelle Fern: It makes it safe because there's really, I mean, this is the safest way to bike with your dogs.
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Michelle Fern: It's even been approved by the American Pet Association.
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Michelle Fern: It's the only, actually, it's the only American Pet Association approved dog bike attachment.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, you have to be very careful if you want to bike with your dog.
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Michelle Fern: That's why you need the bug toe leash.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, because you don't know if your dog is a lunge at something.
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Cheryl Kaye: So you have to be careful.
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Cheryl Kaye: So this sounds like I'm not there yet.
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Cheryl Kaye: I'm still learning to walk.
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Michelle Fern: So once you master walking, we'll get you one of these adult trikes, and you can attach Tilly to it.
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Michelle Fern: What I love too is that it's good for the human also, because if you're holding your dog on a regular leash and trying to bike, that means one hand on the bike.
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Cheryl Kaye: And you're not paying attention.
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Michelle Fern: It's not safe for you.
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Michelle Fern: And the other thing is it's distracting.
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Cheryl Kaye: You really got to know what you're doing.
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Michelle Fern: You got to know what you're doing.
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Cheryl Kaye: Especially if you have a big dog that's strong, they could take off.
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Cheryl Kaye: I'm not there.
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Michelle Fern: That's why the bike tow leash is just fantastic for anyone that bikes with their dog.
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Cheryl Kaye: I would have to be wrapped in so many cushions to attempt to do that in case I fail.
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Michelle Fern: Cheryl, you can't even bike without the dog.
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Michelle Fern: So we're pushing it for you.
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Cheryl Kaye: So I like it like that.
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Cheryl Kaye: But I haven't with this wouldn't be the gift for you.
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Cheryl Kaye: No.
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Michelle Fern: But for me, who bikes all the time, this would be perfect.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, that would be a nice thing.
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Michelle Fern: Cheryl, you found something really cool for Tilly's delicate feet.
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Cheryl Kaye: Oh, the tiger toes.
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Cheryl Kaye: I used to use a sock.
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Cheryl Kaye: I put a sock on her and then I tape it around.
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Cheryl Kaye: But it didn't have the cushion on the bottom.
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Cheryl Kaye: These have like rubber swigleys that it's great.
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Cheryl Kaye: You know, blacktop is hot, cement is hot.
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Cheryl Kaye: And she actually let me put it on her.
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Cheryl Kaye: She put her paw up in the air.
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Cheryl Kaye: She loved it.
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Cheryl Kaye: And they could run in it.
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Cheryl Kaye: I haven't put it on her yet at the park, which I will do.
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Cheryl Kaye: And our park is great because there's turf there.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's not that it's high grass.
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Cheryl Kaye: But it's mostly for cement, blacktop.
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Cheryl Kaye: I think it's a great idea.
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Cheryl Kaye: And it secures with Velcro around what would be like our ankle.
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Cheryl Kaye: So I think that's a great idea and a great gift.
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Cheryl Kaye: Great gift.
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Michelle Fern: It's also good for dogs that have mobility issues because it helps them, the tighter toes grip the floor.
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Cheryl Kaye: And their paws together, their toes.
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Cheryl Kaye: Like Tilly has very long toes.
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Michelle Fern: For stability, it's great.
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Michelle Fern: And for comfort.
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Michelle Fern: And some dogs have sensitive paws, really sensitive.
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Michelle Fern: They don't like to walk outside hardly at all.
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Cheryl Kaye: My friends are now where there's snow.
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Cheryl Kaye: Imagine dogs with snow.
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Cheryl Kaye: This would be great.
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Michelle Fern: Snow.
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Cheryl Kaye: Snow.
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Cheryl Kaye: You know, the one snow.
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Michelle Fern: Snow like snow, like it's freezing snow.
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Michelle Fern: Yeah, that's what he said.
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Michelle Fern: Snow.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah.
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Michelle Fern: So tiger toes you can use in the snow also.
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Cheryl Kaye: I think so.
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Cheryl Kaye: I mean, not deep snow, but you could walk on it, you know, especially because, you know, extreme cold or heat is not good.
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Cheryl Kaye: It's affects their pores.
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Michelle Fern: You brought up a good point because even if they're not walking actually on the snow, what happens?
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Michelle Fern: And it's been a long time since I lived in a place that had snow consistently.
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Michelle Fern: But what happens is, what do they use to de-ice when it's snow?
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, they use salt.
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Michelle Fern: And salt is really bad for your dog's paw.
00:20:33.082 --> 00:20:34.362
Michelle Fern: It dries it out.
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Michelle Fern: So tiger toes would be great in that case.
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Cheryl Kaye: Oh, definitely.
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Cheryl Kaye: But you know, I want to just tell our listeners, if you want to really pamper your pet for yourself, you could make tea.
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Cheryl Kaye: I was told this by Yvette.
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Cheryl Kaye: You could make a pot of tea, put it in the refrigerator and with a paintbrush in between your dog's toes and on the bottom of their paws.
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Cheryl Kaye: And it really gets out all the gunk and it's almost like, you know, a dog's feet.
00:21:06.262 --> 00:21:10.662
Cheryl Kaye: You can use tea, tea, strong pot of tea, and then the liquid.
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Cheryl Kaye: Tea is wonderful for everything.
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Michelle Fern: I'd rather have tiger toes.
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Michelle Fern: If I'm out walking my dog and it's hot or cold, and then I have to come in.
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Michelle Fern: Well, first of all, if I have tiger toes, I don't need to worry about making a pot of tea.
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Michelle Fern: Otherwise, I have to make sure I have a pot of tea, and then I have to find a place to take the tea.
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Cheryl Kaye: Oh, but it has nothing to do with the other.
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Cheryl Kaye: One is for outside.
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Cheryl Kaye: You're not going to wear the tiger toes all the time in the house unless you live in a house.
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Michelle Fern: The other one is for inside, so you'd use tea to clean your dog's paws.
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, if you want to just maintain their pads, really take a beating.
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Michelle Fern: Then you have to wash off the tea.
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Cheryl Kaye: No, it's not like you're dunking the pour in it.
00:21:53.262 --> 00:21:55.462
Cheryl Kaye: You're giving like a little pat.
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Michelle Fern: Oh, so it's like a pedicure with tea?
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Cheryl Kaye: Yeah, and then they have all of this stuff that you could rub in there on their bottom.
00:22:03.622 --> 00:22:04.302
Michelle Fern: Bomb?
00:22:04.362 --> 00:22:06.622
Cheryl Kaye: Bomb, bomb, B-A-L-M.
00:22:06.622 --> 00:22:08.342
Michelle Fern: That's a hard word.
00:22:08.342 --> 00:22:10.422
Cheryl Kaye: I was trying to figure out how to say it.
00:22:10.422 --> 00:22:11.302
Michelle Fern: Oh, bomb.
00:22:11.302 --> 00:22:12.362
Cheryl Kaye: It could be.
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Michelle Fern: Bomb, like they have paw bomb, there's nose bomb for dogs, because remember Mr.
00:22:19.242 --> 00:22:21.282
Michelle Fern: Z always had a crackly nose.
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Michelle Fern: Bomb is a nice gift too for the stockings.
00:22:23.982 --> 00:22:31.202
Michelle Fern: Okay, so we're almost out of time, Cheryl, but I have to tell you about talking about cats, because you know I'm a cat house now.
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Michelle Fern: There's a new hardcover cat book out called Cats of the World.
00:22:35.882 --> 00:22:45.082
Michelle Fern: It's by Hannah Shaw, aka Kitten Lady and Andrew Martilla, her husband, aka the cat photographer.
00:22:45.082 --> 00:22:46.742
Michelle Fern: This is a gorgeous book.
00:22:46.742 --> 00:22:48.562
Michelle Fern: Like I said, it's hardcover.
00:22:48.562 --> 00:22:50.042
Michelle Fern: It's a great gift.
00:22:50.042 --> 00:22:52.782
Michelle Fern: This is something for all the cat lovers.
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Michelle Fern: What they actually did was they visited these countries and to explore feline welfare and cat culture around the world.
00:23:01.122 --> 00:23:02.482
Michelle Fern: So there's great pictures.
00:23:02.682 --> 00:23:05.442
Michelle Fern: And then there's also information.
00:23:05.442 --> 00:23:15.642
Michelle Fern: So you get to see how cats lived in Greece, how cats live in places that are very different from how we are in the US.
00:23:15.642 --> 00:23:17.942
Michelle Fern: So it really was an eye-opener.
00:23:17.942 --> 00:23:23.422
Michelle Fern: There's all kinds of countries, UK, South Africa, Asia.
00:23:23.422 --> 00:23:25.822
Michelle Fern: I know Asia is not a country.
00:23:25.822 --> 00:23:28.962
Michelle Fern: It's a continent, but Asia, you name it, it's there.
00:23:28.962 --> 00:23:38.062
Michelle Fern: The pictures, of course, are gorgeous, because Andrew is an amazing photographer, and Hannah knows how to, they both do actually know how to interact with.
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Cheryl Kaye: But they're a nice gift for the holidays.
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Michelle Fern: Yeah, it's a wonderful gift, and you can get it at Amazon.
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Cheryl Kaye: I just want to remind our listeners that with the party animals, a portion of whatever they get, they give to shelters and charities for animals.
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Michelle Fern: A lot of our gifts also have a charitable aspect to them, and do a donation of some sort to shelters or charities.
00:24:04.922 --> 00:24:06.682
Michelle Fern: For example, Cats of the World.
00:24:06.682 --> 00:24:16.262
Michelle Fern: Hannah Shaw runs, I think it's called, the Little Bitty Kitten Club, and she rescues kittens, and she's been doing that for years.
00:24:16.262 --> 00:24:25.962
Michelle Fern: She's really popular in social media, as known as Kitten Lady, and she does just so much work, and taking care of kittens is so challenging.
00:24:26.362 --> 00:24:28.262
Michelle Fern: These are, you know, abandoned kittens.
00:24:28.262 --> 00:24:30.402
Michelle Fern: It's amazing what she's done.
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Michelle Fern: And I know Chef Pa also has some charitable contributions as well.
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Cheryl Kaye: Okay, that's wonderful.
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Michelle Fern: So Cheryl, do you think you have enough gifts for those pet lovers in your life, enough choices?
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Cheryl Kaye: I really like the ornaments.
00:24:43.862 --> 00:24:48.062
Cheryl Kaye: I want to go online and look at their ornaments, because that's a nice gift.
00:24:48.062 --> 00:24:49.602
Cheryl Kaye: The book is a nice gift.
00:24:49.602 --> 00:24:52.222
Michelle Fern: The book is gorgeous, Cats of the World.
00:24:52.222 --> 00:24:53.782
Michelle Fern: Chef Pa is amazing.
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Michelle Fern: There's so many wonderful gifts.
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Cheryl Kaye: So there's something for everyone.
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Michelle Fern: Right.
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Michelle Fern: And everyone listening.
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Michelle Fern: So if you're listening and you're working out, you know, or in the car and you're thinking, oh, how am I going to find all these gifts?
00:25:07.562 --> 00:25:13.242
Michelle Fern: Go to Pet Life Radio, go to Best Bets for Pets, or Unleashed by Cheryl Kaye.
00:25:13.242 --> 00:25:15.262
Michelle Fern: For every show, there's an episode page.
00:25:15.262 --> 00:25:18.542
Michelle Fern: And on that page, there'll be links to all the products.
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Michelle Fern: So we make it super easy for you.
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Cheryl Kaye: Right.
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Cheryl Kaye: Right.
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Cheryl Kaye: Well, this was fun.
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Michelle Fern: This was great having you on, Cheryl.
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Michelle Fern: Thank you so much for coming on Best Bets for Pets.
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Cheryl Kaye: Thank you for having me.
00:25:28.962 --> 00:25:30.182
Cheryl Kaye: I like doing this.
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Michelle Fern: Thanks, of course, again, to Cheryl Kaye, because this would not have been as much fun without her.
00:25:35.362 --> 00:25:36.882
Michelle Fern: So thank you, Cheryl.
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Michelle Fern: Thanks so much to everyone listening to Best Bets for Pets.
00:25:40.302 --> 00:25:42.962
Michelle Fern: I appreciate your loyalty so much.
00:25:42.962 --> 00:25:47.662
Michelle Fern: Thanks to my crew that helped me check out all the gifts so I can present them to you.
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Michelle Fern: Thank you, Charlie and Tilly, Molly, Charlotte and Dennis.
00:25:52.782 --> 00:25:59.762
Michelle Fern: And of course, thank you to my amazing producer, Mark Winter, who makes every podcast sound amazing.
00:25:59.762 --> 00:26:01.422
Michelle Fern: He works his magic.
00:26:01.422 --> 00:26:04.022
Michelle Fern: Because believe me, it wouldn't be the same without him.
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Michelle Fern: And hey, you never know what we're going to have next on Best Bets for Pets.
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