Pet Dental Awareness Month - Cold Weather Pet Safety
Health and Lifestyle Contributor Monica Leighton shares the benefits and importance of timely dental care for your pets health. Kim Gaebelein, Canine Relations Specialist at Bil- Jac Foods, offers helpful advice for keeping your pets safe and healthy during the cold weather months.
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<Susan Marie> Hi, this is Susan Marie from The Doggy Diva Show.
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<Susan Marie> This episode features helpful advice for pet parents during Pet Dental Awareness Month and cold weather tips from a pet expert.
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<Susan Marie> With us to share timely and important tips for pets and pet parents is Monica Leighton, president of Professional Pet Sitting, Hey, Monica, how are you?
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<Monica Leighton> Hi, great.
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<Susan Marie> It's February and I'm always so conscious because sometimes it's really good when things happen during the month and they make these like pet tips for the month or awareness for the month.
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<Susan Marie> But one of the things and I know my vet always sends out, you know, whether there's a dental special, whether they're doing something special with dental choose or whatever it is, February is Pet Dental Awareness Month.
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<Susan Marie> Can you like give us some advice or share some advice for pet parents who want to stay on top of their pet's dental health care and maybe a few tips to make sure that not only they make their appointment with their vet, hopefully during February, because I know that there are some sometimes great opportunities during that time, but also just to stay on top of their pet's dental care throughout the rest of the year.
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<Monica Leighton> Pet Dental Month is hands down one of the most important awareness months in my opinion.
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<Monica Leighton> Dental health goes straight to a huge factor in the health and longevity of the pet.
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<Monica Leighton> You know, when pets get dental disease that affects their heart, their kidneys, their liver, because what happens is you have all that plaque and bacteria that's adhering in the mouth.
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<Monica Leighton> And every time that pet's chewing and swallowing and drinking and it's all being filtered in through their body and it's got to filter through the kidneys.
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<Monica Leighton> It's got to filter through the heart.
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<Monica Leighton> It causes diabetes, renal failure, high blood pressure, just so many things.
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<Monica Leighton> So being on top of the dental care can add years on to the pet's lifespan, keeping them healthy and just kind of putting off some of these major things that come with aging in our pets.
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<Monica Leighton> I know a lot of people too, when you talk about going in and having pet scalings done, a lot of pet owners are concerned over, you know, oh, they lost teeth last time they were in.
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<Monica Leighton> And, you know, are they going to be able to eat with no teeth and, you know, oh, I hate bringing them in because they were always losing teeth and things of that nature.
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<Monica Leighton> And the more you're on top of it, the less teeth that they're losing.
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<Monica Leighton> But when that tartar and bacteria sits there for long periods of time, they're losing the teeth because it's literally eating away at the bone and the root line.
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<Monica Leighton> So there's so much more to it.
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<Monica Leighton> It's not just nice, pretty, pearly whites for Christmas pictures and cute, cute puppy and kitty smiles.
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<Monica Leighton> It really goes back to the whole health and longevity of the pet.
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<Monica Leighton> And there's so many different things you can do at home.
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<Monica Leighton> And I always tell clients there's no one fit solution because every pet's different and every home is different.
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<Monica Leighton> I always just say, if you just find something for dental care and stick with it.
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<Monica Leighton> Some people will get out their little finger brush that they get at the vet's office and brush their pet's teeth with the pet dental toothpaste every day like clockwork.
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<Monica Leighton> Some pets won't let you get near them with that thing.
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<Monica Leighton> You know what I mean?
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<Monica Leighton> With the finger brush, you'll get little nipped fingers.
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<Monica Leighton> It just, every pet's different.
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<Monica Leighton> So there's so many different things out there that you can do.
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<Monica Leighton> They've got dental treats.
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<Monica Leighton> And I always inform clients if you're doing treats, always watch for ones that are dissolvable.
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<Monica Leighton> You want something that takes them a while to chew it.
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<Monica Leighton> And sizing is really important.
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<Monica Leighton> A lot of people will say, oh, well, I'll get the big ones.
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<Monica Leighton> I'll cut them in half, or I'll just give them half today to last longer.
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<Monica Leighton> But the whole idea behind a lot of those dental chews and products is it'll have some dental enzymes in it, some stuff that's in the toothpaste, but it's made to have that abrasion and that chewing time.
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<Monica Leighton> So definitely follow the instructions for the size of your pet, and give them that appropriate size treat, because that all goes back to the amount of time that they should be chewing, and really getting that abrasion on the teeth to kind of draw or lose that plaque and tartar that's on there and keep it from crusting into a hard formulated plaque alice.
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<Monica Leighton> And there's mouthwash type things that you can squirt in the pet's mouth.
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<Monica Leighton> There's additives you can add to the drinking water.
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<Monica Leighton> There's powders that you can add to foods.
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<Monica Leighton> There's just so many different things out there, and you don't have to do them all.
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<Monica Leighton> Just find one that works for you.
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<Monica Leighton> Whatever the pet owner is gonna be the most consistent with.
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<Monica Leighton> And usually I find if it's easy, then people can keep up with it.
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<Monica Leighton> If it's gonna be difficult and cumbersome and the pet's not gonna enjoy it, it's not gonna last.
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<Monica Leighton> People are not gonna wanna do that every day.
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<Monica Leighton> Then you lose that on the dental care.
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<Monica Leighton> So anything that the pet likes that's dental related or anything you can keep up with, just stick with it.
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<Monica Leighton> Keep up on your regular scalings.
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<Monica Leighton> And like you had mentioned, Sue, so many vet's offices do specials during this time of the year, or they'll have like coupons off dental care or even percentages off the dental scalings, maybe dental treats.
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<Monica Leighton> A lot of online distributors, like your Chewie's and things like that, they'll do a lot of pet dental shoe specials during February.
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<Monica Leighton> So definitely be on the lookout in your area to see if you're needing a dental, what kind of specials are going on.
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<Monica Leighton> Maybe it's time to stock up on your favorite dental prevention tree, dog up during that time and get it at a good price because nothing more beneficial for your pet's health than keeping up with that.
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<Monica Leighton> We're talking prolonged life.
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<Monica Leighton> And the other thing is, when you're putting a pet under anesthesia for a scaling, they're usually running blood work, they're usually doing things prior to make sure that the pet can handle the anesthetic.
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<Monica Leighton> But as your pet gets older, there's always gonna increase risk in older pets.
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<Monica Leighton> So if you are worried about your pet getting older, staying on top of the teeth is even more important at that age, because you don't wanna get to a point where they're developing kidney issues because they have a lot of plaque or tartar, or they're developing issues that may make anesthetic an even higher risk.
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<Monica Leighton> So then you have a pet that is not comfortable putting under anesthesia to do their teeth.
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<Monica Leighton> And it happens so often to where the teeth are not kept up with, and then they start having issues, and then the pet stops eating, you know, because their teeth hurt, so they're losing teeth, or teeth are breaking, and you wanna sedate them and clean it up, get rid of the infection, help.
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<Monica Leighton> But you really can't, because at that point becomes too risky to sedate them.
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<Monica Leighton> So always stay on top of it, especially in our senior pets.
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<Monica Leighton> Your veterinarian should be able to tell you the safe ages for your pet to be getting dentals at, following with the blood work, making sure that it is within their age limit to have the dental done and keep up with it as much as possible, because it will really truly make a world of difference in your pet's health and longevity.
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<Susan Marie> You know, Monica, that makes so much sense.
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<Susan Marie> And I think that sometimes people don't see the importance, or not that it's not, they don't see the importance, but I mean, as your pets get older, I know that with Francesca, we regularly had dentals with her and she got to be 17.
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<Susan Marie> You know, she passed away when she was almost 18 years old.
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<Susan Marie> And she had, you know, she had like, you're talking about, they get like a little bit of tartar or whatever in their mouth.
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<Susan Marie> My vet gave me something that actually helped.
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<Susan Marie> I would like put a glove on and go in and just kind of rub it on her teeth, the solution.
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<Susan Marie> And it will kind of over the course of time, like kind of loosen the tartar.
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<Susan Marie> So I was, I wasn't going in with a toothbrush.
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<Susan Marie> She only had like four teeth left in her head, you know, because she was so old, but it helped me to stay on top of it right until we lost her.
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<Susan Marie> So when you have a senior dog, work with your vet.
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<Susan Marie> There are things out there, like Monica said, there's things you can put in their water.
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<Susan Marie> There's solutions that you can use.
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<Susan Marie> There's powders you can use.
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<Susan Marie> There's different things that you could do that will help to stay on top of it because we almost lost a pet due to kidney disease because of her teeth.
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<Susan Marie> Her teeth were not good when we adopted her.
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<Susan Marie> And so we learned the importance.
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<Susan Marie> And this was many, many years ago.
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<Susan Marie> This was, the Greyhounds are notorious for bad teeth at the time.
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<Susan Marie> And we had to stay on top of that.
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<Susan Marie> It was so important.
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<Susan Marie> So yeah, especially when they're seniors and you can't take them where they can go under, there are ways that you could work with your vet to make it happen so that you could stay on top of it with them.
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<Susan Marie> But I just wanted to ask you a question for the listeners.
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<Susan Marie> What would be like early signs of dental disease that they should look out for?
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<Monica Leighton> People look at the teeth, but they don't always look in the very, very back of the mouth.
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<Monica Leighton> So if your pet can kind of stay still or if you have somebody to help hold, if you just lift up the gum line in the back of the mouth, that's where you're gonna start looking because you're gonna get plaque and tartar in the front teeth well after the back is already getting pretty gross.
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<Monica Leighton> Like the back will definitely be an issue because they're mainly chewing with those back molars when they're eating.
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<Monica Leighton> They're chewing their kibble back there and it's forming, and then they'll have the little gums and the hair and the fur and all that stuff to where you don't really see in the back of the mouth.
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<Monica Leighton> So check the back of the mouth, check and see if there's any discoloration, any kind of raised bump that's plaque, bacteria, red gums.
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<Monica Leighton> If there's any inflammation, you know, in the gum line, all signs of periodontal issues.
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<Monica Leighton> And generally people think, oh, my pet's eating great.
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<Monica Leighton> It's fine, she's fine.
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<Monica Leighton> It takes a long time.
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<Monica Leighton> Like we're talking about bone loss, gum loss, a whole lot of plaque before your pet's gonna really start to show a lot of signs of not eating well.
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<Monica Leighton> And at that point, it's usually extremely severe.
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<Monica Leighton> And that's when they're losing all their teeth.
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<Monica Leighton> That's when you're having big time problems.
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<Monica Leighton> Of course, if your pet's not eating, it's always something to check on, but really just be cognitive of looking at the pet's teeth if you can, you know, especially the very back ones.
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<Susan Marie> And I know that was, Brandy had one, this big molar in the back, and that's the one that we had to watch, you know, for a couple of years.
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<Susan Marie> So that is very important.
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<Monica Leighton> Believe it or not, some pets will chew on one side of their mouth primarily.
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<Monica Leighton> So if you look at one side, it may look great, but the other side won't.
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<Monica Leighton> So I always tell people, you know, if it's looking good for a while, you know, make sure you're checking both sides periodically because you could have a pet that's the right side or the left side you were and not even know.
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<Monica Leighton> It's so funny.
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<Susan Marie> It's like humans.
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<Susan Marie> Well, Monica, as always, this is great information.
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<Susan Marie> And for those listeners out there, February being Pet Dental Awareness Month, though every month should be, I always put like a little sticker on my little calendar that I have hanging up on the wall so that not only do I know when to give them their heart warm, all the medicines, I put everything up.
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<Susan Marie> My refrigerator looks like a sticker farm, but I have for the dental, I have for each month has a different value to it.
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<Susan Marie> So February is Pet Dental Awareness Month.
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<Susan Marie> And I just want to ask one quick question.
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<Susan Marie> We're talking about the dogs.
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<Susan Marie> Any quick tips for our kitties, our feline pet parents?
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<Monica Leighton> Yeah, so with the cats, and I mean, they do make chews and like little treats, not necessarily like big chew bones, but they do make dental treats for cats.
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<Monica Leighton> But I've had really good success with mine, with the powder that goes on their food.
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<Monica Leighton> They can't taste it, it doesn't smell.
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<Monica Leighton> It works really well and easy for the cats.
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<Susan Marie> That's great.
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<Susan Marie> Yes, because we can't forget our kitties because they need this too.
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<Susan Marie> So, okay, everyone, with February being Pet Dental Awareness Month, don't forget, get in touch with your vet's office.
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<Susan Marie> If you can get an appointment, hopefully you may not even need a dental, but just in case you do, you're right in there for it.
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<Susan Marie> As always, Monica, you brought us great information and I thank you so much and we will talk to you soon.
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<Susan Marie> Thank you.
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<Susan Marie> Coming up, keeping your pups healthy, safe and warm in the cold winter months.
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<Susan Marie> Welcome back, everyone, to The Doggy Diva Show.
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<Susan Marie> As a pet parent, I want to ensure my pups are healthy, safe, and warm in the cold weather months.
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<Susan Marie> With us today is Kim Gaebelein, K-Line Relations Specialist at Bil-Jac Foods to share valuable cold weather tips to help us keep our fur kids safe and warm when the weather is cold outside.
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<Susan Marie> Welcome back, Kim.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Thanks for having me on, Sue.
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<Susan Marie> Oh, it's always a pleasure.
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<Susan Marie> Now, the weather's a little cold outside, but how cold is too cold for our pups?
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<Kim Gaebelein> Yes, it is getting a bit chilly outside.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And of course, you know, I think that it's always fun to talk about cold because it always varies.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You know, I know you're down in Florida, so cold to you and your dog might be a little bit different to us up here in Northeast Ohio for our dogs.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So it all kind of depends, but there are a few numbers to kind of keep in mind or to watch out for.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So the first number I would say is 45.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So at 45 degrees, some dogs may start to feel a bit cold, might feel a little bit more uncomfortable, might feel that cold pavement on their paws and not be as excited about going outside.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Once you get to 32 degrees, then the cold starts to kind of be a bigger issue.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And you know, this is especially true.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So I know your girls are all small dogs, right?
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<Kim Gaebelein> So smaller dogs with thin coats, older dogs and dogs with medical conditions, you know, dogs with short noses like those cute boxers or French bulldogs or Shih Tzus or Mastiffs or Boston Terriers and Pugs, they tend to be a little more susceptible because of those short snouts.
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<Kim Gaebelein> They tend to be a little more susceptible to cold temperatures and hypothermia than other breeds.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So 32 is that kind of all-important kind of number.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And so according to the AKC, once it gets to be about 32 degrees or colder, you should limit the time outdoors for your dogs, especially those sensitive breeds we just talked about, to about 10 to 15 minutes max.
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<Kim Gaebelein> If you have a medium-sized dog or a larger breed dog, they might be able to stay out up to 30 minutes maybe if they're acclimated to the temperatures that are built.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So we've talked about 45 degrees, we talked about 32 degrees.
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<Kim Gaebelein> The next number to remember is 20 degrees.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And at 20 degrees, the potential for frostbite and hypothermia increases significantly for your dog.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So, and of course, all of this, I say all of this, but all of this is also affected by the wind and the wind chill, the dampness, you know, is it snowing?
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<Kim Gaebelein> Is it wet outside?
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<Kim Gaebelein> You know, are there sunshine or clouds outside?
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<Kim Gaebelein> So some of those things also can be helpful or not so helpful to your dog outside, but those are kind of the three big numbers to pay attention to.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And of course, I always say it's good to look at what is your dog doing?
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<Kim Gaebelein> Pay attention to them.
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<Kim Gaebelein> They'll tell you if they're feeling uncomfortable, right?
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<Kim Gaebelein> They might be shivering, they might be whimpering or limping, you know, maybe picking up a leg or two or urgently trying to get back to the house.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So if they're giving you those signs, right?
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<Kim Gaebelein> I mean, I know that my dog sometimes, you know, he would be so excited to be out in the snow and then all of a sudden he'd be cold and he'd pick up two feet and fall over.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So, you know, so it's, again, a lot of times they'll be telling you that they're feeling a little uncomfortable.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So it's good to watch out for those things, you know?
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<Kim Gaebelein> And obviously a jacket might be able to help a little bit for that comfort, but still, you know, with their paws, it's, you know, obviously a lot of times are more exposed.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Not all the dogs love to wear booties.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So those are things to kind of keep in mind when you're thinking about cold temperatures.
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<Susan Marie> And that's really good advice.
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<Susan Marie> And us being down south, I have to tell you, even though we may not get to 20, but we do hit that 45 and 32.
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<Susan Marie> And if it gets below 70, I mean, mine want their sweaters on.
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<Susan Marie> It's like they want to cuddle and huddle.
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<Susan Marie> And so I think that wherever you are, where there are the cold temperatures, and having lived in New York, I know about those 20 degrees and those wind chill factors because I remember walking the dogs, trying to put booties on, but always have a good thermal coat to put on them so that they weren't cold.
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<Susan Marie> So that's great, great, great advice.
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<Susan Marie> Now, what are some activities that we can do with our dog inside when it's too cold to exercise or play with them outside?
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<Kim Gaebelein> Yeah, I know we're all looking for, what can we do inside to keep them occupied because we're not outside walking like we usually are, or maybe playing fetch.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So there are a few neat ideas that you can think about.
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<Kim Gaebelein> I always think it's fun to play hide and seek.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You know, that's a great indoor game for dogs to stay active.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You could take one of their favorite toys or yummy treat, like one of our Bil-Jac Original Recipe dog treats, and you can hide them.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You can hide them in a hand.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You might be able to hide them in a particular, in maybe a bunch of pillows or behind the sofa.
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<Kim Gaebelein> There might be some different places where maybe your dog likes to go and look for things where you can play a little bit of hide and seek with some of those toys.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You and I have also talked about puzzle games.
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<Kim Gaebelein> I am a huge fan of puzzle games.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And those are some of those.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You can find them a lot of times in the store.
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<Kim Gaebelein> They're really an activity that's both mental for your dog and it really challenges them to think more about how to find the treats that are inside this little puzzle.
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<Kim Gaebelein> They might have to move a door, open a door, slide something, get under something.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So those are always kind of fun and those kind of take up some great time.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Another idea is an indoor obstacle course, getting a few pool noodles.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You can actually take a pool noodle and one of those little boogie boards and you can cut the pool noodle in half, put that pool noodle, glue it to the bottom of that boogie board.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And then you can have like a little teeter totter and you can have some things that your dogs can jump over.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So you can make it kind of fun and interesting, and have a little obstacle course.
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<Kim Gaebelein> You can make a little play tunnel.
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<Kim Gaebelein> They certainly sell those.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Maybe have them run around the laundry basket.
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<Kim Gaebelein> There's different kinds of things to do, but it doesn't take a whole lot of money, just a little bit of ingenuity.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And you can have a little bit of fun with them at home.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And of course, I'm a huge proponent of training.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Training is so critical to your dogs.
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<Kim Gaebelein> It's important for them to kind of know what to expect.
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<Kim Gaebelein> It helps to keep them safe when you're telling them to stay.
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<Kim Gaebelein> It helps to keep other people safe, like when you're trying to have them not jump on someone, potentially.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So it's a great time to learn a new trick.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So you can teach your dog how to wave, or maybe you want to have some fun and teach them how to play dead.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Those are really great things to be able to do.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And I know that we have, at Bil-Jac, we have a few training tips out on our YouTube page that you can go out there.
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<Kim Gaebelein> We've got Joel Silverman that we work with, who's, you know Joel.
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<Susan Marie> Yes.
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<Susan Marie> And those are great videos because they're like little, small, short bites.
00:22:31.277 --> 00:22:34.277
<Susan Marie> They're, it's not, you're not investing hours.
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<Susan Marie> It's like, it's perfect.
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<Kim Gaebelein> I know me personally, not just dogs, but me personally, I don't want to be training for a whole lot of time.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So it's fun to have kind of like a little five, 10 minute kind of snippet that you could practice with them and have some fun and you could, you know, do it at different times during the day.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Dogs are also very situational.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So if you teach them how to do something in the living room, that doesn't necessarily mean that they know what to do outside, right?
00:22:56.417 --> 00:22:58.417
<Kim Gaebelein> So it's important to kind of practice it in different places.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So you could always practice in different places in the house and be able to have them learn a few new tricks.
00:23:03.177 --> 00:23:06.557
<Kim Gaebelein> So that's always really fun to kind of find some other activities.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Last but not least, it's always great to rotate their toys.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Do you do that with the girls?
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<Susan Marie> Yes, well, I have to with Sassy.
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<Susan Marie> The other two now just sleep on them because they're so old.
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<Susan Marie> But Sassy, I have to, because she gets bored easy.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Yeah, and it's amazing how like, you know, once they go away for a month or two, like in the closet and in a box, and they come back out and they're like brand new.
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<Susan Marie> Yes, it's that total magical illusion.
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<Susan Marie> It's like, oh wow, mom got me another toy.
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<Susan Marie> It's really the same, but yeah.
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<Kim Gaebelein> It injects all that like excitement back into all those toys.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So that's always a lot of fun too.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Again, real simple things to be able to do, but still have some fun and make it interesting while you're maybe a little more inside than you'd like to be over the winter.
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<Susan Marie> You know what else?
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<Susan Marie> You talked about the puzzle.
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<Susan Marie> We got a snuffle mat for Sassy because she's so busy and she's young and she's four, but she's very busy.
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<Susan Marie> So we put, and you know how I filled out the Bil-Jac treats, we stuffed them and hid them because they have that great scent that they go nuts over.
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<Susan Marie> And of course they taste delicious, but she could be busy for the longest time, just like going after those treats because they are great treats for a scent and they're nutritional.
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<Susan Marie> So, and I got to tell you, her coat is so glossy.
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<Susan Marie> It's just like the other girls.
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<Susan Marie> The other girls always had a glossy coat and you know how I feel about the little Jacks.
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<Susan Marie> That's like my lore.
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<Susan Marie> That's my trick when people go, how do you get them to do that?
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<Susan Marie> And I pull out my little baggie out of my purse and I go, here it is.
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<Monica Leighton> It's the Bill Jacks.
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<Susan Marie> What makes like Bill Jacks such a great solution for pet parents?
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<Susan Marie> I mean, you guys have so much to offer in the line of foods and also treats.
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<Kim Gaebelein> We know, so it's funny that you mentioned Sassy's coat because one of the ways to really judge a food that I think is one of the strongest ways is to see how your dog's coat is doing.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Is it shiny?
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<Kim Gaebelein> Is it soft?
00:25:05.017 --> 00:25:14.037
<Kim Gaebelein> I know it's all relative to the kind of dog you have or the kind of breed you have, but that really makes a difference because the skin and coat is one of the last things to be nourished in the body.
00:25:14.177 --> 00:25:22.577
<Kim Gaebelein> And so if you're seeing great skin and coat, you know that there's enough nourishment that's going all the way out to the ends of their hair, all the way out to the ends of their fur.
00:25:22.697 --> 00:25:25.257
<Kim Gaebelein> So that's a really, really important point.
00:25:25.277 --> 00:25:30.497
<Kim Gaebelein> And at Bil-Jac, we're really very focused on being able to provide that nutrition.
00:25:30.837 --> 00:25:35.617
<Kim Gaebelein> We really take pride in how good skin and coat looks on a Bil-Jac dog.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And the thing that makes a difference is really the amount of high quality protein that we use to make Bil-Jac.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And we use 25 pounds of fresh chicken to make a 30 pound bag of our Adult Select, for example.
00:25:48.197 --> 00:25:53.637
<Kim Gaebelein> So it really makes a big difference because we get that chicken fresh and it's not frozen.
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<Kim Gaebelein> It goes in that food really pretty quickly.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And then it's cooked very gently.
00:25:58.417 --> 00:26:00.497
<Kim Gaebelein> And then that helps to protect those key nutrients.
00:26:00.817 --> 00:26:09.877
<Kim Gaebelein> The nutrients, a lot of nutrients go in to begin with, fresh and then those nutrients, then we try to preserve as much of them as we can, protect as much of them as we can with that slow cooking.
00:26:09.897 --> 00:26:18.137
<Kim Gaebelein> And that really makes a big difference for both taste and also just the amount of essential amino acids and nutrients that your dog is able to get from the food.
00:26:18.157 --> 00:26:19.917
<Kim Gaebelein> So that makes a really big difference to us.
00:26:19.917 --> 00:26:24.617
<Kim Gaebelein> And we really make food for so many different kinds of dogs.
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<Kim Gaebelein> If your dog is a puppy, we have a variety of puppy foods for you.
00:26:27.997 --> 00:26:30.677
<Kim Gaebelein> We just recently launched a Piki No More puppy food.
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<Kim Gaebelein> We have Piki food for adult dogs.
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<Kim Gaebelein> If you have a sensitive dog, we have sensitive varieties.
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<Kim Gaebelein> So we really try to understand kind of what are the challenges with dogs and what kinds of nutritional support do they need to be healthy.
00:26:43.857 --> 00:26:46.777
<Kim Gaebelein> And then we really, that's what we've kind of designed.
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<Kim Gaebelein> We also have wet food, which is great.
00:26:49.077 --> 00:26:55.737
<Kim Gaebelein> If you want to add a little variety and add in a little something special, maybe you have a dog who doesn't love to drink water.
00:26:55.757 --> 00:26:57.597
<Kim Gaebelein> You want to add a little bit more moisture.
00:26:57.617 --> 00:26:59.397
<Kim Gaebelein> The wet food is really fantastic.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And we just launched a Pekinamora wet food this last year that we're getting really great positive feedback on.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And then last but not least, I love the treats, right?
00:27:08.837 --> 00:27:10.677
<Kim Gaebelein> I can't say enough about our treats.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Made with chicken liver and chicken.
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<Kim Gaebelein> There is so much chicken liver and chicken in them.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Dogs just, they smell that.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Like you said, Sue, they're looking through their snuffle mat for their little treats and they're smelling them.
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<Susan Marie> And also when things are going on, they all have their little seat belts and I have one little carrier.
00:27:29.157 --> 00:27:32.297
<Susan Marie> And if anyone, if they're getting a little, cause they're like kids sometimes.
00:27:32.317 --> 00:27:34.317
<Susan Marie> They get a little animated in the car.
00:27:34.337 --> 00:27:40.077
<Susan Marie> Someone sees a person walk by or a dog walk by and all I have to do is open up my purse and take that little bag and shake it.
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<Susan Marie> Everybody's quiet.
00:27:41.377 --> 00:27:43.317
<Susan Marie> It's like, ooh, something good's gonna happen.
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<Susan Marie> And then they get-
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<Susan Marie> They pay attention.
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<Susan Marie> And gosh, Kim, I've known you for years.
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<Susan Marie> I've been using those treats, not only to train, but also to, just because they're so nourishing, like we said, they're healthy.
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<Susan Marie> And one thing I want to bring up on the Picky No More, Frannie, who lived till she was just like a month short of turning 18, she towards, as she was getting to be more of a senior, we had talked and you had suggested Picky No More.
00:28:12.857 --> 00:28:15.557
<Susan Marie> And I'm gonna tell you that turned everything around for her.
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<Susan Marie> And she, and right up until Frannie's last day, those little Bil-Jac treats too, were just, she just loves them.
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<Susan Marie> So I have to tell you that through some lifetimes of my pets, Bil-Jac has been a consistent product, a love, I'll say, because it's something, yeah, that I've gone through.
00:28:33.277 --> 00:28:35.637
<Susan Marie> And you've known me through all the way back to Sophia.
00:28:35.657 --> 00:28:38.357
<Susan Marie> And it's just, it's a great product.
00:28:38.557 --> 00:28:39.697
<Susan Marie> I can swear by it.
00:28:39.977 --> 00:28:44.797
<Susan Marie> And I have doggies in the room right now that can swear by it.
00:28:44.797 --> 00:28:46.677
<Susan Marie> So they're in our little studio here.
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<Susan Marie> So I thank you very much.
00:28:48.517 --> 00:28:57.817
<Susan Marie> Now, where can the listeners go to learn more about Bil-Jac and all of the things you have a lot going on on your website and your social media?
00:28:57.837 --> 00:29:00.497
<Kim Gaebelein> Yeah, you know, our website is a great place to start out.
00:29:00.677 --> 00:29:05.537
<Kim Gaebelein> It's biljac.com, biljac.com.
00:29:05.877 --> 00:29:07.677
<Kim Gaebelein> And we have a lot of information out there.
00:29:07.697 --> 00:29:10.937
<Kim Gaebelein> We have information obviously about food and the different kinds we have.
00:29:11.017 --> 00:29:12.257
<Kim Gaebelein> We can help you choose a food.
00:29:12.577 --> 00:29:21.197
<Kim Gaebelein> We have like a little store locator where you can actually type in your address or your zip code and find out what products are near you or where to kind of find those products.
00:29:21.297 --> 00:29:24.797
<Kim Gaebelein> And then we also have a parent section where the parent section is great.
00:29:24.817 --> 00:29:28.137
<Kim Gaebelein> It's got all kinds of information, like what we're talking about today.
00:29:28.517 --> 00:29:31.897
<Kim Gaebelein> We try to post some of those articles from our best friends club.
00:29:32.097 --> 00:29:35.377
<Kim Gaebelein> You can join our best friends club, which is our monthly email newsletter.
00:29:35.497 --> 00:29:38.097
<Kim Gaebelein> And we have offers in there, like coupons and everything.
00:29:38.117 --> 00:29:40.497
<Kim Gaebelein> You can join that on our pet parents navigation bar.
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<Kim Gaebelein> We have trainings.
00:29:42.057 --> 00:29:46.077
<Kim Gaebelein> So if you're looking for some training videos, we have a few of those training videos out there we talked about earlier today.
00:29:46.097 --> 00:29:50.177
<Kim Gaebelein> So there's really a plethora of things to find out there on the website.
00:29:50.197 --> 00:29:52.997
<Kim Gaebelein> And then of course, we're also on Facebook and Instagram.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And so we love hearing the stories, right, Sue?
00:29:54.737 --> 00:30:01.337
<Kim Gaebelein> I love, I mean, it's just so touching to make a difference in someone's life, not just the pet parent, right?
00:30:01.337 --> 00:30:03.417
<Kim Gaebelein> But also to the dogs.
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<Kim Gaebelein> And so it's great to hear, it's great to hear, oh, we love when people tell us all about kind of what Bil-Jac has done for their dog, because we're so happy that that's what we're doing, right?
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<Kim Gaebelein> That's why we do it, is so that we can hear those kinds of stories and we can help people and their dogs have great happy lives together.
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<Susan Marie> Thank you, and Kim, thank you so much for being our guest today and for sharing helpful information for pet parents such as myself, to keep our pups healthy, safe, and warm in the cold weather months.
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<Susan Marie> And also when it's cold outside, some fun things to do inside so that we could keep our little furry friends busy.
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<Susan Marie> So I thank you so very much.
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<Kim Gaebelein> Thank you.
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