Let's Talk About Pets

In this episode, your hosts discuss holiday safety for pets, giving tips and advice on how to keep pets safe during the holiday season. They also read funny reviews from pet-friendly hotels, imagining hilarious scenarios based on the negative reviews. They end the podcast with an AI-generated holiday-themed song, wishing listeners a happy holiday season. The holiday season can be dangerous for pets due to all the decorations and food that can be toxic to them. Being mindful of pet safety and potential dangers is important during the holiday season. Have fun and stay safe! Email us at letstalk@petliferadio.com, find us on social media facebook.com/PodcastLetsTalkAboutPets Instagram Talk_Pets_With_Us

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Pet Life Radio!

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This is Pet Life Radio.

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Let's talk pets.

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Oh, you're back.

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I'm the not-so-friendly neighborhood Grinch.

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I see you returned to endure another holiday-themed episode of Let's Talk About Pets.

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Your hosts, Nessie and Echo, will be thrilled to see you, which makes me green with envy or nausea.

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Oh, actually, I just remembered I am always green.

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Anywho, this episode, I'm learning how to keep my dog, Max, safe from the holiday cheer of Whoville.

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Wait, the producer is saying this episode is about holiday pet safety, which is what I said.

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Okay, ladies, start the show already.

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Today's episode is keeping in times with holidays.

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We're going to talk about holiday pet safety.

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Yeah, holiday hazards is definitely the reason why Sam is not allowed to be home unkempt anymore.

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So, this is three years ago now.

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It was Christmas time.

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Someone had just given me three dozen macadamia nut cookies.

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And I had to go to work.

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So I put them up way high out of reach.

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Like she cannot get to them.

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But I had a really long shift, and I was gone for 17 hours.

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When I got home, there was a plastic bag ripped up on the kitchen floor.

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I was like, what did you get into?

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And I was looking and looking, and I couldn't think of what it was.

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Then I went to look where I had hidden those cookies, and I was like, no way.

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But no, no, she had actually think maybe the cats kind of conspired with her maybe, and knocked them down.

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I don't know.

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She is not tall enough to get to where I hid them.

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But she got them and ate three dozen macadamia nut cookies.

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So I called my best friend Stacey, who's a veterinarian, and I was on the phone with poison control.

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You don't know what time she got into the cookies or how long they were in her system.

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Oh man, that's a bad day.

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I think the biggest holiday story I have is around Christmas, we had a litter of kittens that was bottle feeding.

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They were at the point where they were kind of starting to move around and be on their own.

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And there was six tiny kittens climbing this artificial tree.

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They knocked ornaments off and stuff.

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That was the last year that we decided to do a tree.

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Oh no.

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I was like, well, it's a little bit more trouble than it's worth, so.

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Yeah, geez.

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Do you have any holiday emergencies that you remember as a technician, like working?

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We've had a cat that ate tinsel, and that is the exploratory-

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I've seen tinsel in a litter box before.

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To get it removed, because as you know, it can accordion up your intestines, and you have a crisis pretty quickly.

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Yeah.

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And then we, of course, have got into the Christmas ham, and now we have pancreatitis, you know, those kind of deals.

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Years ago, probably 2015, 2016, the eight-year-old Weimer had swallowed an entire pair of pantyhose.

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The owners had holiday plans.

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They came home, they changed clothes really quickly.

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They didn't pick up the clothes from the floor.

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Four days later, they brought their dog in, and they're like, she's really sick.

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So we did x-rays, and they still decided to wait two more days to see if it would pass.

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And this is like adult-size pantyhose.

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So we did emergency surgery.

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The pantyhose were throughout pretty much the dog's entire small and large intestines at that point.

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I mean, you think of how long it is from one foot all the way up and then down the other foot, and they're stretchy.

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So the doctor ended up having to cut the intestines in four separate places to get the entire thing out.

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Wow, that's really my question.

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Were they able to milk it out or, oh, four spots?

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She had to cut, pull as much as was safe, cut the pantyhose, sew that back up, move through the intestines, find another foot.

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It was a very long surgery.

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We'll make your holiday turn hectic very quickly.

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Yeah, that's a bad Christmas.

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Do you want a pickup line?

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Yes, I love pickup lines.

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You're quite the dog trainer because you just fetched my heart for you.

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That's cute.

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No, because your dog just fetched my heart for you.

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Okay, I get it now.

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I didn't get it at first.

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Okay, you trained your dog to fetch, and he fetched the heart and retrieved it for you.

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That's what that was.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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I liked it actually better the first day.

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I thought the first day was cuter.

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Like you were the one who was fetching.

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Like, oh, what's this thing on the ground?

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Here you go.

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Like, now you keep it.

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No, you keep it.

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I have a fun fact for you.

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Okay.

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Give me a fun fact.

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Nationwide Insurance put together a list of the top 10 most common pet illnesses that were claimed on pet insurance policies in 2011 from the holidays.

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I could not find anything more up to date than that, but from experience, I feel like this is pretty spot on.

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The number one pet illness that was claimed on the pet insurance policies is vomiting.

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That's no surprise.

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That comes from like ingesting people food, holiday plants, drinking Christmas tree water will do that.

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Oh, I didn't even think of the Christmas tree water.

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Oh, gross.

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That's some gross stuff.

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You have the additives for it, like to keep your tree healthier for longer.

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So that can't be good.

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No.

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Number two is diarrhea.

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Number three is loose or bloody stool.

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Number four is pancreatitis.

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I would have thought that pancreatitis would have been higher up there, but I mean compared to like this is symptom, symptom, symptom diagnosis.

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So all three of those symptoms are part of the diagnosis of pancreatitis often.

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And four of the next six are types of foreign bodies.

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Then one of them is hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, which is one of the all-time worst things to deal with as a veterinary professional.

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Basically, that is bloody vomiting and bloody diarrhea.

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The smell will knock you over.

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It's real bad.

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I can smell it now that you've mentioned it.

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Right.

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The tenth one is chocolate toxicity.

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So I thought that was a pretty solid list.

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I feel like it's pretty accurate.

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Among holiday hazards, one of the most important ones to mention are snow globes.

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Snow globes?

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The snow globes contain ethylene glycol, the same chemical that's in antifreeze, and pets can be drawn to it because it's a really sweet smell.

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It is fatal.

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If you have a snow globe and your cat is walking up on the mantel and they knock it down, or you've got kids that are horsing around or anything, broken snow globes, get your pets out of there immediately and clean it up.

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I did not even think of that.

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I don't know how common it is, but it is fatal.

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That's a really important one to know.

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I'm trying to shoo my dog out.

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I was like, what are you doing?

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He was gonna do that thing where he starts like back of his butt up to get pet, and his nails will tippy-tap, and I don't want that at the moment.

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There he is.

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There's Q.

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Hi, bud.

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Yeah, he is my menace.

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Another holiday hazard is batteries.

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Batteries can cause internal burns.

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Batteries from new toys, particularly if toys get left out.

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Greeting cards are the ones that have music and stuff.

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Little watch batteries.

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Remote controls, flameless candles.

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You're bringing up a lot of things I haven't thought about.

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Yeah.

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Now, I'm glad that I don't decorate for Christmas these days.

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It's gonna stay up for way longer than it should because I'm gonna be like, I'll get to it later.

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Then it's Valentine's Day, and I'm like, well, some of these things are red, so technically it's still red.

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It still works, you know?

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I also don't decorate for Christmas because I live in Florida, and it never feels like Christmas here, so I don't put things up, I don't take them down.

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I'm usually gone for like seven to ten days at Christmas time.

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The cats are still home.

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I do not want anything that they can get into.

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Absolutely not.

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Trees and decorations, another very common holiday hazard, but like trees can fall, and cats tend to enjoy climbing trees, so falling trees can definitely create injuries.

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Have you seen those fail videos with the cats in the trees?

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Sometimes, there's like an unsuspecting person there getting hit by the tree, but it's just like this cat.

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You're like, what?

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Isn't that what this is for?

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And ornaments, those can break and cause injury.

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If they're small enough that they can be swallowed, they can cause foreign body.

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We've talked about foreign body a couple of times already, but just in case anybody doesn't know, do you want to talk about what a foreign body is?

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Ingestion of something that does not pass once it gets to the intestines is when you have the biggest problem, but it's something that's either too large or too solid and it cannot pass.

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And then it blocks you up.

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It's called a foreign body because it's not part of your pet's body.

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So it's foreign material.

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Ornaments can cause foreign bodies if they are made from food materials.

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Like you've seen those salt dough ornaments, those can seem very tasty, you know, and edible, technically, but they're not good.

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They've swallowed.

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They don't digest the same as like some regular dough or freshly baked bread or something like that.

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One year when I was grooming, I made a bunch of salt dough ornaments.

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When people were bringing their pets in for their grooms, before their bath and stuff, I would put their little paws and finger paint and put it on the ornaments and write their names on them.

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It's so cute.

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Oh, I love them.

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Also was like, don't let them eat it.

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This is not a treat.

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This is for you.

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You were saying earlier tinsel, garland, ribbons can cause linear foreign bodies.

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And ribbons are fun, especially for cats.

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They love to bat at a ribbon.

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Q had a linear foreign body because he was playing with a length of yarn.

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Someone came over to play with the cats while I was gone, and they're like, oh, he loves your yarn.

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And I was like, no, no, no, like, put the yarn away.

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Don't.

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And they're like, oh, well, I already left.

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I left him only a small piece.

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My little cat got linear foreign body.

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Oh, no.

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Fortunately, it did pass, and I didn't have to get emergency surgery.

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But I'm talking like that thing had to be 8 to 10 inches long.

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It was terrifying.

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And a linear foreign body, linear just means it's longwise, like a piece of ribbon or yarn.

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And it can get into the intestines, kind of accordion up the intestines so that it can't pass.

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It can scrunch things up in there.

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When you accordion them up, you start to cut off blood flow.

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And so then the intestines start to die, and they die pretty quickly.

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And that's really hard to come back from.

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Like, they can remove those sections of dead intestine, but...

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That's not ideal.

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No, it's a really tough recovery.

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Tree needles, because the oil on the pine needles can irritate their skin or their GI tract if they ingest it.

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Really, I don't know that it actually matters whether you have a real tree or not, because those needles can be quite sharp, and they can puncture the throat or the stomach or the intestines.

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We are not saying this because we do not want you to decorate your homes for Christmas.

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Why?

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Decorate, have a good time.

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Things that we are so used to around holiday times are new and interesting and make your pet really curious, particularly if you have a young animal.

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And it's not just dogs or cats.

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Things can be dangerous for birds that are allowed to fly or walk around the house, for large lizards that are allowed time outside their enclosures, the Christmas tree water we talked about.

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It's not just the chemical additives, but like even if you add nothing to it, it's just sitting water.

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Like it becomes full of bacteria very quickly.

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Can't, gross.

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Things like candles and oil lamps can be knocked over.

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They can start fires.

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Be mindful when you're decorating plants.

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Oh God, yeah, holiday plants.

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Everyone thinks about poinsettias.

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It's not fatal, but it can cause skin and GI irritations.

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Things that are fatal or have the potential to be fatal, like holly berry, mistletoe can cause cardiovascular issues.

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There's an entire list.

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Can we actually discuss mistletoe as weird in the first place?

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Right?

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It's not.

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You just put it up in a doorway and some poor, unsuspecting person is like stuck under it with you, or you plan to like pop it up over the head, and then like, whoa, guess now we have to kiss.

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No, it's weird.

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Don't do that.

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Stop it.

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You know, I have never been hit by surprise mistletoe, which is really nice.

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But also, like, I don't go and hang out with people I don't know super well very often.

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So when I'm in a situation where I don't know people, I know it's a holiday party, I'm aware of the mistletoe, like, I'm on the lookout and I'm gonna run.

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Yeah, I've seen it in movies too many times, where I'm like, uh, no, no, no, no.

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I was terrible.

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Don't do that.

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They just have that in their pocket, walking around for like the right moment.

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No, I don't want to meet-

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I don't like that.

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The ASPCA.

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Oh, you know what?

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It might be American Veterinary Medical Association.

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One of the alphabets that's in the bibliography.

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They have an entire list of every plant that is dangerous or toxic to pets, all species of pets.

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There's over a thousand plants on that list.

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I just looked at the first page real quick.

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It's in alphabetical order.

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And I was just like, wow.

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But some of the worst that tend to be associated with holidays, Amaryllis, lilies are very dangerous, ivy, and then like balsam, pine, and cedar can also have some potentially hazardous effects on pets.

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I have plants, I keep them in a planch room where the antelopes do not get in, because I'm not going to look up every plant to see if it's safe or not.

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I'm just going to assume none of them are.

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That is a very safe assumption.

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That's also why I'm not big on like receiving flowers.

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I'm not really going to get to put them out to be seen, because like my cat will get on the counter and want to give them a little nibble.

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So it's just easier if I take away that whole issue.

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I agree, and I cannot keep plants alive.

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I did try to have a couple of succulents a few years ago, but they always chew on them.

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The cats always chew on anything that's in a pot.

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I'll just get you guys catnip in a pot.

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They hated it.

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They wouldn't go near it.

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I decided for reviews, it would be really fun to dive into some like travel related with pets.

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A lot of people are gonna be traveling for the holidays.

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This first one is called, I'm not really sure how to say, I'm just gonna spell it for you first, and we'll see what we think it is.

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X, no, S-I-X-T 16th.

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I don't know.

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That's the car run from place name in Orlando Airport.

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Okay?

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Okay.

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It is a one star review from Ivana, Ivana Greens.

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Ivana Greens.

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Reds and Greens, you know, for the holidays.

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And Ivana said, I rented a vehicle from 6th.

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It would make more sense if it ended in H, so that it would be 6th.

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Yeah, I don't know what we're doing.

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Where's the H?

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It needs one.

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Hey, you guys spelled your car company wrong.

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That's right.

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Friendly reminder from us out here in the world.

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Anyway, she rented one from Jacksonville to be returned to Orlando.

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When she returned the car, the representative checked over the car and said everything was okay.

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I received a bill a couple of days later, that they were charging me $250 due to excessive pet hair.

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I don't own a pet.

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Come to find out, the pet hair was from the previous owner, and they didn't record it in their notes.

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Oh no, 6th, you dropped the ball.

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Also, did you not notice the pet hair when you had the car?

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Like, it sounds like a significant amount.

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$200 worth.

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I would be like, hey, this car is real hairy.

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I'd maybe prefer a quick vacuum before I take it out, especially if it's someone who has pet allergies or something like that, then that's not a good time.

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If you don't have pets, you're not used to hair everywhere, but you know, like, pet hair is just part of my life.

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So if you don't own a pet, I imagine that pet hair is not something that you just glance over and don't even see.

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And then the person when they dropped the car off didn't notice it either.

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But now all of a sudden, you have a, what is that?

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Well, yeah.

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I am sorry.

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They charge you $250, and you don't have a pet.

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You know what we didn't consider?

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It's her hair.

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She could just be like a hairy person.

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I wanna red and green, right?

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Let's be honest here, girl.

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Is it yours?

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Is it yours?

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I gotta say, my hair is super, super long.

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So when my hair sheds, you know 100% that is from a person.

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It's like 12 foot long.

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It's very obvious that this is a person hair, not pet hair.

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But what if Ivana Red and Green had really, really short hair?

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Like pixie cut, and you really couldn't tell the difference?

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What if she had really thick hair?

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Some husky and golden retriever hair are long, and sometimes you're like, oh, so it could easily become a fine line between a pixie haircut and a golden retriever's long tail hair.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I'm just saying.

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Let's talk about food and drink.

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Pets can't process alcohol like humans can.

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So even the seemingly insignificant amount of alcohol can actually be lethal to pets.

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Like those true dude bro guys that are like, I share my beer with my dog, and he loves it.

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They pour a little out.

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One of the below for their homie and their homie is like the dog on the floor.

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Stop.

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Yes, they are drinking it.

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But like they're not supposed to.

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It is not good for them.

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As little as one ounce of alcohol has the potential to kill a cat or a small dog.

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So this is significant.

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Please don't share your eggnog.

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Don't share your holiday cocktails.

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Is eggnog an alcohol?

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Some eggnog is made with alcohol, yeah.

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I've never had eggnog.

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You've never had eggnog?

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Oh, I love eggnog.

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Really, don't share your non-alcoholic eggnog with your pets either, because dairy, that's actually on my list.

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Milk and dairy can cause GI upset.

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A lot of people tend to think cat needs milk.

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So they put in a little saucer.

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I know that is cute.

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You see it in cartoons.

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You see it in cute little Christmas card photos.

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It's not cute when it turns into diarrhea.

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Oh God, no.

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Here's the thing about these ingestible holiday hazards is many of these things we mentioned from the Nationwide Insurance List, like these are things that cause vomiting and diarrhea.

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You do not want to be cleaning up vomit and diarrhea all holiday season.

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A house full of guests.

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Like just avoid that.

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That'll make your holiday miserable.

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Bones, so it might seem natural to give a dog a bone, but bones, particularly poultry bones, it can splinter and lacerate the esophagus or the stomach or the intestines.

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They can cause blockages.

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Just avoid it.

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Anything with caffeine.

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Caffeine can be deadly.

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Caffeine is my favorite.

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I love caffeine, too.

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I've already had my coffee today.

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You're having a monster, I see.

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But pet hearts, they can't handle it like humans can.

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It can be very dangerous for them.

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Chocolate, it's a pretty well-known.

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Seeing pets can't have chocolate, it contains fat, caffeine, theobromine.

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The darker the chocolate, the more theobromine, and the more toxic it is.

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That is true.

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Don't even risk it.

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My brother took a trip to Iceland, or Iceland.

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I guess that's the better, Iceland.

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And he brought back a really big chocolate bar.

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He gave it to me, it had alcohol in it.

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And I was looking forward to it so much.

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I set it up high, where no animal could get to it.

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And somehow the animals got to it.

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And my little dog at the time, Tarly, he ate the whole thing.

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Oh, Tarly.

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He not only had chocolate, but he also had alcohol.

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So I rushed him into the clinic where I was working, and he had to throw it all up.

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So we had to pan to catch it to make sure that it was the chocolate.

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Right.

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Because if he didn't have the chocolate, then I would have had to do it for my other dog.

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Someone ate it.

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So he immediately started throwing up chocolate, and the entire treatment room smelled like pine nuts and chocolate.

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It smelled really sweet.

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One of the other employees walked in, and they were like, ooh, who's got what in here?

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And I was like, it's Tarly's vomit.

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And they were just like, oh my gosh, I can't do that.

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Another problem to watch for is xylitol, right?

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That's a sugar-free substitute.

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It's found in a lot of sugar-free gum and sugar-free candy, some baked goods, some sugar-free peanut butter, toothpaste as well.

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Ooh, nice watch.

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Not just to make sure your pets don't get into candy and food and stuff, but also be aware of what foods have ingredients like xylitol.

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So if you have someone who's diabetic, someone who is on a diet, someone who can't have sugar, they're needing the sugar-free stuff.

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If your pet eats a sugar cookie, that's not necessarily going to be a big deal.

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But if your pet eats a sugar cookie that has xylitol in it, that's really bad.

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I'm pre-diabetic and stuff, so I keep a lot of sugar-free stuff.

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It makes me panic mess to make sure I keep everything up and out of their reach.

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I don't look to see which things have xylitol in them.

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I just assume everything sugar-free has something they can't have in it.

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That's a really good rule of thumb.

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During the holidays, you have foods that are much richer than your standard high-fat foods.

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Your guests are coming over, and they have little kids, and they can sneak the food, and it's fun to feed the dogs, and they don't mean anything by it.

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I would have treats as an option so that they can still take part and feed the dogs, and keep the legal scraps for them.

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A lot of foods are made with ingredients that are toxic to pets, that can potentially lead to a pretty severe episode of pancreatitis, like garlic and onions, that can cause blood cell damage.

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Grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure.

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Macadamia nuts can cause neurological symptoms, or seizures, even death.

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One new thing that I learned in doing the research for this that I've never heard of before is unbaked yeast dough.

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Oh, yeah.

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You sound like you knew about that already, but I had never encountered it before.

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So if you're like me and you don't know, yeast dough can continue to rise in a pet's stomach or in their intestines.

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That can cause a blockage, organ rupture.

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It can cause respiratory failure if it's putting pressure on the lung.

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I was really glad that I looked into that because I love me some yeasty dough.

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Uh, uh, uh.

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Get out of the way and you're good.

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Yes.

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Avocado is particularly dangerous for exotic pets and ruminants.

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Ruminants, if you aren't familiar with their animal, like your goats, your sheep.

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The ones that chew their food up and then cut the back of their cud.

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They chew cud that's been regurgitated.

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So your cows, your sheep, a deer even.

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It causes cardiovascular damage and death in birds and rabbits.

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It's not really food, but human medications, particularly when you have a family that's traveling in town and maybe you don't know what their medications are, or if you're traveling and you have to bring your own medication.

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There are many human medications that are detrimental to animal health.

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Now that I'm over 30, I keep that massive bottle of ibuprofen in the cabinet, you know?

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I have that as well.

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Ridiculous.

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Something as simple as ibuprofen, it's a great anti-inflammatory for people, not safe at all for your dog or your cat.

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That can kill them.

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I mean, I wouldn't ask your guest, what medications are you on?

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You're coming to stay at my house, but I have this little questionnaire I need you to fill out.

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List all your medications, keep them on lock and key.

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Yep.

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They're like, I'm not gonna stay at your house anymore.

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That is helpful if you don't want them to stay at your house anymore.

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There you go.

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Quick holiday tip, if you don't want your relatives to come, have an elaborate sheet they have to fill out listing all their medications and stuff.

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And be real nosy.

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This is a good time for training to be involved.

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That leave it cue is very important to teach your dog for this reason.

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Do you have tips for how you can teach the leave it cue?

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I would start with something that is interesting, but not gonna make them go crazy.

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Not like food or anything, but like a toy.

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And the owners have the dog on the leash, throw it behind me, they would show interest, then the owner would say, leave it out loud, put a treat in front of their nose, and then when the dog focused on the treat rather than the toy, they could have the treat.

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So we did that a few times, so they were learning that leave it comes with a reward.

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They might look at the toy, but they knew, oh, this term means I get a treat, so they would look at their owner instead.

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Then we started putting it in motion.

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So the dog would be walking by and drop the toy in their path.

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By this point, the toy is no longer interesting.

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So we've got the cue down in a very basic sense.

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But that's when we move to something that's more interesting, maybe a Dorito.

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It's something small that won't hurt them.

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And we would start over.

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I would want the Dorito.

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Right.

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I mean, I want the Dorito.

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Then we'd put it in motion like on a walk.

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And eventually, we would get to a very high value reward and no leash where the owner could drop something and the dog would look to the owner first, and then they would get the reward.

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This is a review for the Red Roof Inn in Orlando.

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Okay.

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The dog-friendly location.

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By the way, I got a lot of these from Bring Fido.

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It's a website for like travel and stuff.

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So you can know if your dogs are loud, and you can see people's reviews that have brought their dog, so you can decide if the dog's are in the place for you.

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They have a bone system, okay, for their rating instead of a star.

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Oh, that's cute.

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:15.840
So this is a two-bone review from a letter.

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So let's pick...

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Does A sound like a good letter today?

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Hey, it's Christmas time.

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Okay, just never mind me.

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I love Christmas time.

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A did not necessarily love this place, though.

00:28:28.760 --> 00:28:30.200
Oh, one bone?

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Two bones.

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Two, okay.

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It's called Nice Workers.

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That's good.

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Checking in was fantastic.

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Very nice and welcoming.

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She even called later to make sure my room was all right.

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Dogs were very welcome.

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:46.340
The room was sort of clean.

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There was an old cracker on the floor that Fido found, and ate, and dirt in the corners.

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The garbage truck came at 1130 and was noisy.

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There was lots of activity outside the room until about 10 p.m.

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It was good for a short stop, but I'm tired today.

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I want to say, at the beginning, did it say a human called the room to check in?

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Was it the woman called his room?

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I thought it said a human called, and I was like, I hope so.

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With the dog called?

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Yeah.

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I like that he was happy about the check-in process, and the dog must have been really excited because when he got in the room, he found a floor cracker.

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That's disgusting.

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:33.760
That is so nasty.

00:29:33.760 --> 00:29:37.580
I'm not eating a floor cracker, but Fyta was happy about it.

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Then the fact that the garbage truck came at 1130, and so he's real tired.

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What?

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:45.460
Like is that the reason he's real tired?

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.280
He didn't sleep much?

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A garbage truck is noisy.

00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:50.340
Like that, what a weird time to come.

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1130?

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In the morning?

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At night.

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Oh, that is weird.

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It says PM on here.

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That is strange.

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I did not think that most garbage companies would work that late.

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It feels suspicious.

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I'd check and make sure they're legit.

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:08.260
It came with this really nice lady that called to check in on him.

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Like, hey, just want to make sure you got home safely.

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And that feels nice of them.

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Yeah, that is nice.

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If your only complaint is honestly the dirt in the corners of the room and the noise until 10, at 1130, I feel like you made out pretty good there.

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Two bones isn't worth it.

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Yeah, I would agree.

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I would be very unhappy if there was food on a floor.

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Because they're supposed to clean in between patrons.

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If there was food on the floor and my dog found it, I'd be like, nope, nope, nope, nope, this room isn't clean.

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That's when leave comes in handy.

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:44.180
But do you know who was not upset about that cracker on the floor?

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.940
The dog.

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I want to say he was like, oh my god, this is the best.

00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:51.360
I'm going to eat this so fast.

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Let's talk about hosting for the holidays or being a house guest.

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:58.500
Let's talk about hosting.

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:03.400
Let's talk about cups and tea.

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.080
Great.

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.660
I love tea.

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.360
I got that.

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.520
Good luck.

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There's always going to be a certain amount of stress when there are changes in the home or when you're in someone else's home.

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:18.800
And that's totally true for pets, too, to ensure that every pet has an ID tag with appropriate information.

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:22.760
A microchip is good, but it may not be enough.

00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:34.140
If you're lazy, like me, and you just never switched over your pet's information from the rescue to your information on the microchip, that's one thing.

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:36.500
Or some people don't have chips.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:41.760
Some people get their pet microchip, which the person that found them will not go get them scanned.

00:31:41.760 --> 00:31:44.300
So, I mean, a microchip is good.

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:46.180
It just may not be enough.

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:52.760
So we want to make sure that the pets all have a collar or a harness with an ID tag.

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And the pet name is on that ID tag, a phone number.

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Even better, if you can put a secondary phone number.

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Best of the best is if you can put your veterinarian's phone number on there as well.

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:07.100
Because if they can't reach you, the veterinarian's phone number is on there.

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:09.180
The veterinarian has their medical records.

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:12.360
They're going to be able to find other ways to contact you.

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:16.300
For my own pets, I always put which of my pets needs medications.

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:21.540
Because if someone finds Sam wandering around, and they're like, gosh, she's such a nice dog.

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:24.400
They need to know, she has medications.

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.780
She needs to come home.

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:30.320
Your ID tag must be so long, or their writing on it must be so little.

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:32.760
Oh, sure you.

00:32:32.760 --> 00:32:34.300
So here's Chetney.

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:37.200
It says Chetney Pockopy needs meds.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.780
Oh, okay, that's not bad.

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:42.560
And then on the other, it is little, but there are four phone numbers.

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:45.580
Listen, no one's gonna want to keep Chetney if they find him.

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:47.620
But he's sweet.

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:50.660
He's not, he's a devil dog.

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:52.080
He's got his moments.

00:32:52.080 --> 00:33:03.540
Whether you have pets and there are guests in your house, or if you're taking your pet elsewhere, always allow for a quiet, safe space for each of your pets.

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:08.760
Because just like weekend, they can get overwhelmed with all of the noise.

00:33:08.760 --> 00:33:16.880
People, especially if the group that you're with likes to drink and it can get really rowdy, make sure that each pet has a safe space.

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:18.820
They can go, be alone.

00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.840
No one's gonna bother them.

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:22.820
When I travel, they always, always have their kennels.

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.620
It's a good idea.

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:30.000
Because a lot of places, even if they say they're pet friendly, they recommend a kennel, because you are liable for any damage.

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.900
Your doctor's the room.

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:32.300
That's true.

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:35.440
That is not a good time to find out they have separation anxiety.

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.000
No, no, it's not.

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:41.760
It's making sure that everyone who's gonna be present is aware that you have pets.

00:33:41.760 --> 00:33:45.040
So people with allergies, they can plan for that.

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:54.000
People that have weakened immune systems, if they need to take some special precautions, women that are pregnant, they cannot be around a litter box.

00:33:54.660 --> 00:34:00.900
Good communication with the people that you're gonna be around is important for their safety, as well as for your pets.

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:07.060
And extra precautions, especially if there are pets that have never met before, that might interact.

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:11.960
And here's the thing, it's like not all pets get along, and that's okay.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.820
That is fine.

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:15.280
I don't get along with every person that I meet.

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.360
I get along with most of them.

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.280
You do, because you're a delight.

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.740
You are also delightful.

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:26.000
To say that you don't get along with somebody sounds like a lie, but we'll go with it.

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:28.540
Well, spreading false news.

00:34:28.540 --> 00:34:37.260
Years ago, when I was training, one of my favorite students, he'll be Sean, his name was Frank, and Frank's mom would take him on walks every day.

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:52.440
One day she was just like, I'm really worried, because I take Frank on these walks, and we pass by this one house, there's a boxer that hangs out in the garage, and every time we walk by that house, Frank growls at that boxer.

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.660
And I keep trying to tell him no and leave it, but he keeps growling.

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:58.120
I was just like, it's not a problem though.

00:34:58.120 --> 00:35:02.240
He's on a leash, you're not gonna let Frank go try and hurt that boxer.

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:10.280
And that boxer is, I don't know if he was on a tie, or if he had an electric fence or something, I don't know, but the boxer never came out of the garage from what she told me.

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:13.040
So I'm like, they're not gonna interact, and it's okay.

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:15.700
We can't expect Frank to get along with every dog that he sees.

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:20.840
He doesn't have to be friends with every dog that comes across his path.

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:29.960
Like, you can have a friendly dog, but that doesn't mean your dog is going to or needs to get along and be buddies with every other pet out there, and that's fine.

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.480
Always supervise.

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:39.680
Never allow pets that don't live together, that don't really know each other, to interact without someone trustworthy there to watch.

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:42.420
I go to my brother and sister-in-law's house every Christmas.

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:49.700
I bring my dog, and my parents bring their dog, and they have lived together before.

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:58.800
Like, they get along great, but it's okay for Sam to be in the kennel and Odie to be out for a little while, and then it's okay for Odie to go in the kennel, and Sam can have some time.

00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:00.760
It's okay for both of them to be in the kennel.

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:07.580
It's okay to keep the pets separated for a little while, but they don't need to be in the middle of everything all the time.

00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:11.620
We want our pets to be part of our lives, but it could be overwhelming for them.

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And you can always ask your primary veterinarian about anti-anxiety or sedative medications for pets, to try and reduce the stress of traveling or having people in their home.

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:24.140
That's mostly for dogs and cats.

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:33.020
If you have exotic pets, monitor them or hide them away, because their behavior could be far less predictable considered any phobias of your guests.

00:36:33.020 --> 00:36:36.980
Like I have 20 birds, and there are people that are terrified of birds.

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.920
Of chickens, right?

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.020
They're all poultry.

00:36:39.020 --> 00:36:43.740
One of the technicians I work with, I think she has four or five tarantulas.

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:43.840
No.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.420
I love them.

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.900
You're saying, no thanks.

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.620
I love spiders.

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:53.280
I think they're very cool.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:59.380
You would probably not be very comfortable staying in a house where they just had their tarantulas out.

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:01.720
If the tarantulas are out, absolutely not.

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:06.040
But if they are in their enclosure, like I don't mind that, I don't guess.

00:37:06.040 --> 00:37:12.620
But if it's like that home alone situation, where the tarantula was just wandering around the house, absolutely not.

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:13.540
Yeah.

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And do a constant pet count.

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Watch the entry and exit doors to prevent accidentally running outside.

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:22.460
Clear off food from surfaces.

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:24.060
Take the trash out.

00:37:24.060 --> 00:37:26.120
Be aware that loud noises can be frightening.

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:31.420
That can cause pests to try and run away or lash out if they are feeling trapped.

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Let's Talk Pets on PetLife Radio.

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And that's why on the first day of Christmas, they gave the cartridge in a pear tree.

00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:21.980
That, okay, that makes so much sense.

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:25.540
I wish I had known that as a child because it does not make sense.

00:39:25.540 --> 00:39:31.500
I have a pear tree in my backyard, and I love when I get to pick pears in the fall.

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:35.060
But like, I have never seen a partridge.

00:39:35.060 --> 00:39:37.100
I've never seen a partridge in my pear tree.

00:39:37.100 --> 00:39:39.080
I never saw a pear tree, so there's that.

00:39:39.080 --> 00:39:40.220
Oh, really?

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:43.780
You saw partridges but no pear tree?

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:47.400
You saw partridges in a bear tree?

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:49.120
Ooh, yes.

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:56.200
In case any of you were wondering, you missed out on a whole explanation on the history of that, so sorry for you.

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:57.180
You shouldn't have left.

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:58.700
I'm just kidding, you had to.

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.940
Welcome back.

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Welcome back.

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Let's talk about traveling with pets.

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So you travel with pests, I also travel with mine.

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Always keep your pet's rabies, vaccination records available when you're traveling, particularly if you're crossing state lines.

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:26.660
My family is originally from New York, so from Michigan to New York, it was a shorter distance just to head through Canada rather than down through Ohio.

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And so we had to keep these records with us.

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But some transfers like air travel or even train travel will require a pet to have a health certificate from the veterinarian.

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If you're going to be traveling, know what the laws are, where you're going, or even just traveling through, the rules can change along the way.

00:40:47.620 --> 00:40:56.000
If you do need a health certificate, it is on you to learn what is required for your health certificate, if that makes sense.

00:40:56.380 --> 00:41:07.880
You and I live in a high military area, and so there's a lot of people moving to and leaving and going to different places, not just around the states, but around the world.

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Like I promise you, most veterinarians are not going to know if you're traveling to France, what vaccinations you're going to need in order to enter France.

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:27.460
That needs to be researched before you walk in so that you could say, I'm traveling to this place, they require these vaccines, I need this certification to travel by this means.

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I need all of these things.

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Can you do that?

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Leave yourself enough time as well.

00:41:32.600 --> 00:41:41.680
Because like for Hawaii, for instance, we just had a family that was moving there and they required rabies titer test.

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:45.120
If you are traveling in a vehicle, they need safety restraints.

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:48.120
So a kennel is a great way to do it.

00:41:48.120 --> 00:41:50.960
If you're kenneling cats, make sure that it's big enough for a litter box.

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:54.480
Dogs can be buckled in with a seatbelt attachment.

00:41:54.480 --> 00:42:00.000
You want to make sure that the animals are always kept clear of airbags, clear of any possible falling luggage.

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Don't keep them in the trunk.

00:42:01.220 --> 00:42:03.400
Do not keep them in the bed of a truck.

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.740
But I've seen it before.

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.860
I've seen dogs that are kept in the trunk bed.

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:17.420
You may trust your dog to not jump out, but one time it may see that squirrel and decide it's going for it, or you stop abruptly and they smash into your window.

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:22.320
If you keep them in a kennel on the bed of the truck, kennels can slide.

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:28.080
If you're traveling for the holidays, if it's cold, like your dog can get very, very cold, even if they're in a kennel.

00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:30.080
Have like a miserable car ride.

00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:33.980
So consider the specific needs of your pets while traveling.

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Food, water, stops to go to the bathroom, and lack of exercise when traveling long distances makes really high-energy dogs very bored.

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:46.320
They can become very unruly, very destructive, very anxious.

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:50.840
You might end up seeing a lot of behaviors that you're like, what is my dog doing?

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:52.740
They've never been this way before.

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:54.600
So traveling bus can do that.

00:42:55.200 --> 00:43:02.280
Our long road trip, the doctor prescribed us with trazodone to keep the wild girl seen for the car ride.

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:04.620
Knew that it was going to be a lot for her.

00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:08.340
She's already a high anxiety type dog with a lot of energy.

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:10.900
So we had to like mellow that out.

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:18.460
Well, things that can help on long drives, frequent walks, anytime that you stop, you let them walk around a little bit.

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:23.360
And it will make your trip longer, but it's not just physical exercise, but mental exercise too.

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:30.360
You have the mentally stimulating toys, like a Kong wobbler, you put some treats in there, and they can smack it around in the back seat.

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:36.880
Those are some simple ways to try and keep your pets happy on long car rides.

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:44.100
If you're flying, cats specifically, and brachycephalic dogs, brachycephalic is flat-faced.

00:43:44.100 --> 00:43:47.100
They don't tend to do well with air travel.

00:43:47.100 --> 00:43:49.220
So keep that in mind.

00:43:49.220 --> 00:43:52.720
That is not as safe for cats and short-nosed dogs.

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:54.480
I've heard those stories too.

00:43:54.480 --> 00:44:03.780
If you're boarding your pet, talk to your veterinarian about ways to protect your pet, like vaccines against airborne illnesses that have the ability to spread quickly in kennel facilities.

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:08.000
A lot of boarding facilities have requirements for that kind of stuff anyway.

00:44:08.640 --> 00:44:15.820
So, make sure you're asking those questions so that you can have that done before you drop them off.

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:23.080
If the boarding facility, like if they're not part of a veterinary clinic, if they don't have the ability to give those vaccines, they may not let you check in.

00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:28.620
Some of them require a few days in between getting the vaccine and boarding.

00:44:28.620 --> 00:44:29.600
Right.

00:44:29.600 --> 00:44:31.020
I didn't think about that, but yeah.

00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:36.080
So, you got to give those vaccines chance to do their thing before they go and get stressed out.

00:44:36.520 --> 00:44:40.000
You've worked at a boarding facility before, right?

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:41.240
I have too.

00:44:41.240 --> 00:44:47.720
So, I put a little list together about what to ask the facility.

00:44:47.720 --> 00:44:49.100
Like start with a tour.

00:44:49.100 --> 00:44:51.040
Ask them if you can look around.

00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:54.560
If they do not let you do a tour, I wouldn't.

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:55.320
Don't do it.

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:55.820
Yeah.

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:57.380
Do you want to make sure it's clean?

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:59.020
You want to make sure it's safe?

00:44:59.020 --> 00:45:02.800
Ask if your pet will be able to have their bed or their blanket with them.

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:05.260
Ask if they're going to be allowed to have safe toys.

00:45:05.720 --> 00:45:13.880
You know, the first boarding facility that I worked for when I was a teenager would not allow beds, blankets, or toys in there at all.

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:20.080
I asked about that and the manager told me it's because we didn't have overnight staff.

00:45:20.080 --> 00:45:32.080
So when there was not supervision, which was most of the time, if the pets got bored and they started chewing, or they didn't want a foreign body, items destroyed.

00:45:32.080 --> 00:45:37.580
As an adult being in this field for so long, I don't feel like that is a good answer.

00:45:37.580 --> 00:45:44.840
There are those really nice, like, cot-type beds that are easily cleaned that still give them a little bit of elevation and comfort.

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.520
Yes.

00:45:45.520 --> 00:45:47.880
And they're not, like, destructible.

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:50.400
Another good question to ask is, can they medicate your pet?

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:52.500
And who will be doing the medications?

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.740
We were giving the medications.

00:45:53.740 --> 00:45:57.620
We, teenagers with zero experience with animals other than our own house pets.

00:45:57.760 --> 00:46:00.820
And as an adult, I think that is wild.

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:03.240
Like, that blows my mind that we were allowed to do that.

00:46:03.240 --> 00:46:06.780
I was giving insulin injections, sub-Q fluids.

00:46:06.780 --> 00:46:13.100
I was putting medicines, just dropping them in a food bowl and giving the food bowl, expecting the pet to eat it.

00:46:13.100 --> 00:46:14.700
Like, I didn't know what I was doing.

00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:15.740
I was 15.

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:18.000
I look back at that and I'm like, who let me do that?

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:19.480
That's wild.

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:31.160
If you can have someone who is licensed, but short of that, someone who is well experienced and aware of the different ways to make sure pets get medication.

00:46:31.160 --> 00:46:38.520
My first facility, if a medication was left in a bowl, it would just sit there, which is problematic with many medications.

00:46:38.520 --> 00:46:41.180
How much exercise will your pet be able to get?

00:46:41.180 --> 00:46:43.620
How much interaction your pet's going to have with people?

00:46:43.620 --> 00:46:50.340
Are the people working for the whole day for the holiday, or is it just someone popping by once or twice to feed and potty the animals?

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:59.240
Ask all those questions about the facility that you're planning to use so that you can be fully comfortable with where you're dropping your pets off.

00:46:59.240 --> 00:47:02.120
Okay, let's do a review.

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This is for the Grand Hyatt in Tampa Bay.

00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:13.680
I guess that's Florida?

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:14.080
Yeah.

00:47:14.080 --> 00:47:17.360
All right, girl, this one's gonna take you to some weird places.

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:23.020
It is a three bone review from Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.

00:47:23.020 --> 00:47:24.300
I don't know a whole lot about the Brady Bunch.

00:47:24.420 --> 00:47:26.420
I don't have any witty quips.

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:27.700
I don't know either.

00:47:27.700 --> 00:47:30.200
It's just an M name, so that's the one I went with.

00:47:30.200 --> 00:47:33.640
This review is called Watch Out for the Poop.

00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:43.200
Marcia said, We stayed in the Casitas room, which are the only pet friendly rooms.

00:47:43.200 --> 00:47:46.580
The room is cute, but it had a lot of cons.

00:47:46.580 --> 00:47:50.280
The room was clean, but the bathroom had worms.

00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:51.240
What?

00:47:51.240 --> 00:47:52.080
That was gross.

00:47:52.660 --> 00:47:54.500
Actually, that was grossay.

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:56.720
She spelled gross with a E at the end.

00:47:56.720 --> 00:47:59.180
What was, that's French?

00:47:59.180 --> 00:47:59.520
Grosay.

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:03.100
Yes, so watch your step.

00:48:03.100 --> 00:48:07.460
The blinds don't shut all the way, so the sun isn't blocked out in the morning.

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:09.980
And don't walk your dog without a flashlight.

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:14.260
The grassy area right outside your room is full of poop.

00:48:14.260 --> 00:48:17.260
I mean every two steps when you walk.

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:20.100
I stepped in at night without the flashlight.

00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:21.720
Also, there's a lot of mosquitoes.

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:28.180
The pet fee was $112, and the food and water bowls were full of ants in the room.

00:48:28.180 --> 00:48:29.780
Oh, no.

00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:31.220
There's worms in the bathroom.

00:48:31.220 --> 00:48:33.260
First of all, what?

00:48:33.260 --> 00:48:39.360
Yeah, are we talking about like earthworms, whipworms, tapeworms, roundworms?

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:40.580
What are we talking about here?

00:48:40.580 --> 00:48:41.540
Gummy worms.

00:48:41.540 --> 00:48:42.380
Woo.

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:46.640
Now, if there are gummy worms in a bathroom, first of all, I'm probably not gonna eat them.

00:48:46.640 --> 00:48:46.760
No.

00:48:46.760 --> 00:48:50.400
But I'm gonna be like, oh, maybe now I wanna go purchase my own.

00:48:51.180 --> 00:48:51.660
Right, right.

00:48:51.660 --> 00:48:52.580
I love gummies.

00:48:52.580 --> 00:48:55.220
I'm concerned by the worms in the bathroom.

00:48:55.220 --> 00:48:55.520
Yeah.

00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:01.100
And the blinds that don't shut all the way.

00:49:01.100 --> 00:49:07.420
Like, I'm imagining there's like this much window at the bottom that just doesn't have blinds covering it.

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:09.460
Your pet wants to see outside.

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:10.700
That's the perk of doing it.

00:49:10.700 --> 00:49:11.920
So that you dogs don't trip.

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:13.260
That makes sense to me.

00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:14.920
The poop every two steps.

00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:17.600
Like, she stepped in it because she walked her dog without a flashlight.

00:49:18.160 --> 00:49:20.620
I mean, bring a flashlight.

00:49:20.620 --> 00:49:30.140
But I do feel like if you are a pet-friendly facility, there should be some level of poop cleanup as somebody's job.

00:49:30.140 --> 00:49:33.980
As a pet owner, you should be cleaning up your own pet stuff.

00:49:33.980 --> 00:49:35.660
But we all know it doesn't happen.

00:49:35.660 --> 00:49:36.740
It doesn't happen always.

00:49:36.740 --> 00:49:40.560
There should be a groundskeeper that does a little walkabout.

00:49:40.560 --> 00:49:40.940
Yeah.

00:49:40.940 --> 00:49:45.360
There are people that you can pay to pick up your yard do.

00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:46.360
Yep, that's true.

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:50.840
I've seen the trucker locally, and I'm like, hey, that's a great service.

00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:58.760
Now, I personally have dung beetles in my yard, so I don't ever have to pick up poo because it's not there.

00:49:58.760 --> 00:49:59.620
Nice.

00:49:59.620 --> 00:50:01.000
I was really excited.

00:50:02.380 --> 00:50:03.540
That was very exciting.

00:50:03.540 --> 00:50:03.960
Yeah.

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:07.400
The ants in the food and water bowl, like, that's bad.

00:50:08.840 --> 00:50:09.940
That's inside the womb.

00:50:09.940 --> 00:50:11.260
This place sounds like it has water bowls.

00:50:11.300 --> 00:50:13.340
I bring my own pets' bowls.

00:50:13.340 --> 00:50:13.900
I do too.

00:50:13.900 --> 00:50:15.380
I don't want to use communal bowls.

00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:19.820
There's too many transmissible diseases through pet saliva and things like that.

00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:21.400
I would not use a communal bowl.

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:25.900
I appreciate that they're available to your pet-friendly room.

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:27.420
That's very thoughtful of you.

00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:28.760
I won't be using them.

00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:29.980
This was a Hyatt?

00:50:29.980 --> 00:50:31.920
Grand Hyatt, yeah.

00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:34.820
I think I would be mad if the bowls weren't available.

00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:37.020
And I'd be like, how thoughtless of you.

00:50:37.020 --> 00:50:38.700
Also, I'm not going to use them anyway.

00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:40.340
I'm just being difficult.

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:44.280
I want the thing that I'm not going to use.

00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:44.820
Where is it?

00:50:44.820 --> 00:50:45.900
Yes, that.

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:48.200
It's totally practical, I think.

00:50:48.200 --> 00:50:50.920
That would definitely discourage me from staying there.

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:52.000
Be prepared.

00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:54.680
Have your veterinarian's phone number handy.

00:50:54.680 --> 00:50:58.960
Know the information for your local 24-hour emergency veterinarian.

00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:03.820
Not just if you're hosting, but if you're traveling, know what it is where you are.

00:51:04.280 --> 00:51:10.280
I don't expect problems, but if they happen, I don't want to be panicking and scrambling to find the information.

00:51:10.280 --> 00:51:15.920
For anyone who's listening and you just want to write it down, ASPCA Poison Control Center phone number is 1-888-246-4435.

00:51:19.980 --> 00:51:24.040
There's also a pet poison helpline, 1-855-764-7661.

00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:37.740
Those are both very good numbers just to have in your phone, in your bag, with your pet's records just in case, on the fridge.

00:51:37.740 --> 00:51:44.640
And if you have pet insurance, you can check to see if your pet insurance policy has poison control as part of it.

00:51:44.640 --> 00:51:51.040
When you call Poison Control for pets, there usually is a fee.

00:51:51.040 --> 00:51:57.520
Okay, now that we got all our hotlines, it's time for some hot takes on a review.

00:51:57.520 --> 00:51:58.120
Hot takes.

00:52:00.380 --> 00:52:06.160
This is for the Super 8 by Wyndham in Macon, Georgia.

00:52:06.160 --> 00:52:12.960
This is a one bone review from Santa.

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:14.240
No, that's not Santa.

00:52:14.240 --> 00:52:17.480
Or should I say, oh, they're not happy.

00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:18.660
So we got to change it.

00:52:18.660 --> 00:52:25.520
This could be Krampus, I think, cause you know, it's kind of a holiday, a holiday travel downer.

00:52:25.520 --> 00:52:26.420
Yes, I love it.

00:52:26.820 --> 00:52:29.160
Krampus called it a four night stay.

00:52:29.160 --> 00:52:30.380
Okay.

00:52:30.380 --> 00:52:33.440
So many negatives to mention.

00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:35.720
No continental breakfast.

00:52:35.720 --> 00:52:37.800
No coffee in the room.

00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:39.780
No hair dryer.

00:52:39.780 --> 00:52:42.040
Ice machine was broken.

00:52:42.040 --> 00:52:43.560
No phone in the room.

00:52:43.600 --> 00:52:45.860
I don't know why that's so funny.

00:52:45.860 --> 00:52:50.540
Most people have cell phones now, so I feel like the phone in the room's not as big of a deal, but anyway.

00:52:50.620 --> 00:52:52.660
Yeah, hair dryer too.

00:52:52.680 --> 00:52:53.740
That's just me.

00:52:53.740 --> 00:52:59.440
The door peephole was broken and stuffed with tissue paper.

00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:00.300
Non-smoking.

00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:01.760
Oh no.

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:05.560
Oh no.

00:53:05.560 --> 00:53:11.360
Non-smoking rooms were next to the smoking rooms, which meant it probably smelled like a barbecue pit.

00:53:11.360 --> 00:53:14.980
Refrigerator kept falling out of the hole it was in.

00:53:15.040 --> 00:53:16.160
I don't understand.

00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:19.220
And the bathroom door frame was broken.

00:53:19.220 --> 00:53:23.020
Again, tissue paper was placed in the hole to fill the gap.

00:53:23.020 --> 00:53:27.080
The positives was the grassy area was nice to walk your dogs.

00:53:27.080 --> 00:53:29.740
That sounds like a terrible stay.

00:53:29.740 --> 00:53:30.220
Yeah.

00:53:30.220 --> 00:53:32.120
Four nights they stayed there.

00:53:32.120 --> 00:53:39.440
I love me some continental breakfast though, so I would be very upset if I thought it had that, and it turned out it didn't.

00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:41.120
Also, coffee in the rooms, though.

00:53:41.120 --> 00:53:43.560
I got to have coffee.

00:53:43.560 --> 00:53:46.780
Coffee in the room has never been that great to me.

00:53:46.780 --> 00:53:49.480
Well, I bring my own coffee.

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:50.780
I just use the machines.

00:53:50.780 --> 00:53:52.300
Oh, okay.

00:53:52.300 --> 00:53:56.640
So I went to a grooming convention with my little sister in Atlanta.

00:53:56.640 --> 00:54:03.580
We were attempting to make coffee in the rooms, but we are big on we need creamer.

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:14.860
So we said, we will just walk in Atlanta at the convention center that we were saying to the nearest corner store to pick up some creamer or whatever.

00:54:14.860 --> 00:54:18.720
So we happened by a policeman on a motorcycle.

00:54:18.720 --> 00:54:20.200
He can tell that we're not from there.

00:54:20.200 --> 00:54:23.040
We're just walking down the streets in Atlanta.

00:54:23.040 --> 00:54:26.260
And he's like, hey, what you guys doing?

00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:28.760
And we're like, we're on the hunt for some coffee creamer.

00:54:28.760 --> 00:54:30.520
And he's like, don't do that.

00:54:30.880 --> 00:54:33.760
Don't venture down any of the streets.

00:54:33.760 --> 00:54:37.000
Go to this convenience store and then go to your hotel.

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:41.320
Let's not just talk about in Atlanta, right?

00:54:41.320 --> 00:54:46.500
And we also had noticed when we were walking, we found like needles and razor blades just in the gutters and stuff.

00:54:46.500 --> 00:54:50.080
Oh, geez, you're in a bad part of the town, weren't you?

00:54:50.080 --> 00:54:52.020
Yeah, I guess.

00:54:52.020 --> 00:54:55.600
And so we get to the little convenience store.

00:54:55.600 --> 00:54:57.000
They looked very scary.

00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:58.920
The bananas were like a brown color.

00:55:00.040 --> 00:55:00.340
Oh, no.

00:55:00.340 --> 00:55:02.600
And they didn't have creamer in there.

00:55:02.600 --> 00:55:09.940
They had a vanilla frappe, so we're like, surely if we add enough vanilla frappe to a coffee, it'll count as creamer.

00:55:09.940 --> 00:55:10.600
It did not.

00:55:10.600 --> 00:55:11.740
FYI, it did not work.

00:55:13.360 --> 00:55:19.680
When we went to check out, the person in front of us put a bunch of change on the counter.

00:55:19.680 --> 00:55:21.440
The person working there put their hair down.

00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:24.120
They were like, put it in my hand.

00:55:24.120 --> 00:55:27.000
They made this person pick all their change up and put it in their hand.

00:55:27.420 --> 00:55:33.140
And then when they went to give their change back, they put it on the counter and was like, now you pick it up.

00:55:33.140 --> 00:55:35.500
And I was like, I'm scared.

00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:37.620
I don't think we're made for Atlanta.

00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:42.600
We did not leave the hotel room again after that.

00:55:42.600 --> 00:55:45.840
That was our one and only adventure outwards.

00:55:45.840 --> 00:55:51.760
I mean, wouldn't a police officer can pick you out as a tourist and be like, don't do that.

00:55:52.200 --> 00:55:54.060
Don't tourist around here.

00:55:54.060 --> 00:55:54.760
No, no.

00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:55.040
Stop.

00:55:55.360 --> 00:55:57.300
Well, I'm glad that you guys were safe.

00:55:57.300 --> 00:55:58.240
Good grief.

00:55:58.240 --> 00:56:00.320
I have my wrap up question.

00:56:00.320 --> 00:56:07.540
Is there anything we talked about today that you hadn't thought about before and plan to implement for your own pets this holiday season?

00:56:07.540 --> 00:56:08.880
Actually, a lot of things.

00:56:08.880 --> 00:56:13.140
So the snow globes, never even thought to worry about a snow globe before.

00:56:13.140 --> 00:56:14.420
Unlocked a new fear for me.

00:56:14.420 --> 00:56:15.980
Thank you.

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:17.220
Sorry.

00:56:17.220 --> 00:56:20.120
The tree water, also a new fear.

00:56:20.120 --> 00:56:25.300
Not that I have any trees, but it's going to be something that I think about with anybody else who has a live tree.

00:56:25.300 --> 00:56:30.060
Putting the veterinarian's number on the ID tag.

00:56:30.060 --> 00:56:32.120
So now I have to go make all new ID tag.

00:56:32.120 --> 00:56:32.860
What about you?

00:56:32.860 --> 00:56:40.080
I didn't expect to have to do a whole lot of research for this because I'm like, I've been in the field a long time.

00:56:40.080 --> 00:56:41.780
Like, I know all this stuff.

00:56:41.780 --> 00:56:43.480
I did not know all this stuff.

00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:46.520
I did not put this list together just out of my brain, Yula.

00:56:47.020 --> 00:56:53.340
The one thing that I was just like, I never knew this was the unbaked yeast dough.

00:56:53.340 --> 00:56:55.260
I never thought about it, never heard about it.

00:56:55.300 --> 00:57:01.080
Once again, I do want to reiterate that we are not trying to yuck your holiday fun, right?

00:57:01.080 --> 00:57:02.000
Keep it going.

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:03.620
We want you to enjoy your holidays.

00:57:03.620 --> 00:57:06.780
We want you to include your pets and have a good time.

00:57:06.780 --> 00:57:13.140
We want you to do it mindful of the risks and the dangers around you, right?

00:57:13.480 --> 00:57:23.100
Maybe keep the pets washed up while you're not around to watch them around things so they don't get into that tree water knock the tree over, eating tinsel.

00:57:23.100 --> 00:57:25.840
You obviously can't be home all the time, right?

00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:34.160
You have work, you have things to do, but either put the stuff in an area that you can close off from the pets or put the pets up while you're not home.

00:57:34.160 --> 00:57:36.500
But please don't skip out on holiday fun.

00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:37.200
Absolutely.

00:57:37.200 --> 00:57:47.860
The biggest thing is that if you are really worried about your pets, and traveling, or around other pets, around other people, you don't have to board them.

00:57:47.860 --> 00:57:52.840
If there's a person you trust, to come and stay at your house, and take care of your animals in their own environment.

00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:59.120
And like Nessie said, our intention is not to scare you, but we want to make sure that you are prepared.

00:57:59.120 --> 00:58:06.480
If you have any concerns that you know what to do about them, where to go, and where to find your answers.

00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:11.980
I have a couple more reviews before we leave, so I just want to double up on some holiday fun.

00:58:12.520 --> 00:58:18.660
These are two reviews for the same place called Timbers Lodge in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

00:58:18.660 --> 00:58:19.980
Oh, okay.

00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:20.980
I love Pigeon Forge.

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:22.000
I also do.

00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:29.540
This is a one bone review, and this is gonna be, let's pull out a reindeer name.

00:58:29.540 --> 00:58:30.860
We could do Olive.

00:58:30.860 --> 00:58:32.820
Have you ever heard of Olive the Reindeer?

00:58:32.820 --> 00:58:33.400
No.

00:58:33.400 --> 00:58:36.020
Olive the other reindeer.

00:58:39.140 --> 00:58:42.620
Nobody talks about her much, and I think that's because she went missing.

00:58:42.620 --> 00:58:50.700
She also sounds like the only possible female reindeer that there was, and it was kind of a boys club, and we haven't heard from Olive since.

00:58:50.700 --> 00:58:55.580
Maybe the flying gene is on the Y chromosome.

00:58:55.580 --> 00:58:56.560
Maybe so.

00:58:56.560 --> 00:58:58.620
She wasn't included because she couldn't fly.

00:58:58.620 --> 00:59:04.440
So this one's Dasher, and it's called, location was the only positive thing.

00:59:04.520 --> 00:59:04.880
I know.

00:59:05.460 --> 00:59:08.360
This first sentence about floored me.

00:59:08.360 --> 00:59:09.360
Okay.

00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:10.840
Missing shower curtain.

00:59:10.840 --> 00:59:12.660
Oh, I don't like that.

00:59:12.660 --> 00:59:15.140
Phone didn't have a cord to plug it in.

00:59:15.140 --> 00:59:20.240
The alarm clock didn't work, and the two lamps in the room didn't work.

00:59:20.240 --> 00:59:23.220
There was trash between the bedside table and the wall.

00:59:23.220 --> 00:59:25.440
It was still there when we checked out.

00:59:25.440 --> 00:59:31.440
It was a nice walkway by the river though, at the back of the lodge, and the pups sure enjoyed their stay.

00:59:31.440 --> 00:59:33.720
I don't know if you're really ready to unpack this.

00:59:34.120 --> 00:59:35.960
I was missing a shower curtain.

00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:36.880
Where did it go?

00:59:36.880 --> 00:59:40.620
Was there a murder in that bathroom before you came?

00:59:40.620 --> 00:59:44.720
Maybe that was what they buried the body in, too.

00:59:44.720 --> 00:59:46.920
We just turned this into a true podcast.

00:59:46.920 --> 00:59:47.980
That's right.

00:59:47.980 --> 00:59:52.960
And I watch CSI sometimes, you know, like...

00:59:53.040 --> 00:59:55.140
On the shower curtain, you find the victim.

00:59:55.140 --> 00:59:59.600
So, that's problematic on multiple levels.

00:59:59.600 --> 01:00:06.240
This room is scary because not only is the shower curtain missing, but the phone doesn't have a cord.

01:00:06.240 --> 01:00:15.640
So, where my brain is going with this is this previous person that stayed there, this victim that were missing in the shower curtain, they were planned.

01:00:15.640 --> 01:00:20.160
Like the person pre-came into the court, so these people couldn't call for help.

01:00:20.160 --> 01:00:25.620
And these lamps don't work, probably because these people also took the bulbs, so that these people wouldn't have any light.

01:00:25.620 --> 01:00:28.240
What's the best way to kidnap somebody in the dark?

01:00:28.240 --> 01:00:30.020
What's the best way to kill them in the dark?

01:00:30.020 --> 01:00:30.940
You see what I'm saying?

01:00:30.940 --> 01:00:34.220
The trash between the bedside table and the wall is evidence, actually.

01:00:34.220 --> 01:00:35.620
So, this is my theory.

01:00:35.620 --> 01:00:37.860
Someone needs to go investigate this.

01:00:37.860 --> 01:00:40.860
Dasher, you need to figure out what's really happening there.

01:00:40.860 --> 01:00:42.300
I would check the waterfront.

01:00:42.300 --> 01:00:45.240
Yeah, I would definitely steal your holiday cheer, for sure.

01:00:45.260 --> 01:00:48.740
The other one I have is going to be from Olive.

01:00:49.320 --> 01:00:50.220
The other reindeer.

01:00:50.220 --> 01:00:52.980
Also one bone review, it's called Never Again.

01:00:52.980 --> 01:00:54.500
The same place in Pigeon Forge.

01:00:54.520 --> 01:00:55.460
All right.

01:00:55.460 --> 01:00:57.620
The parking was bad.

01:00:57.620 --> 01:00:59.660
The room was dark.

01:00:59.660 --> 01:01:01.800
And the...

01:01:01.800 --> 01:01:04.560
Another dark room, all right.

01:01:04.560 --> 01:01:09.660
And the carpet was stained with spots of urine bigger than your head.

01:01:10.920 --> 01:01:13.140
What a weird unit of measurement.

01:01:13.140 --> 01:01:19.300
The only upside where the bed seemed relatively clean and the pets had a nice place to go by.

01:01:19.300 --> 01:01:20.200
The thing here...

01:01:20.200 --> 01:01:21.800
Did they stay in the same room?

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Yeah.

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Well, this happens to be...

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The stains on the carpet are, you know, probably not urine.

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Probably not.

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They are blood, actually, because this is the murder room, so.

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This is the murder room.

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The lights aren't working.

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I mean, what more do you need?

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I don't know any urine spots that wind up bigger than my head.

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It's definitely a blood spot, is what I'm thinking.

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Yikes.

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Don't go to this hotel.

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Bigger than your head or in the shape of a head?

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Because that's a body chock outline that they do, right?

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If you're looking for a true crime adventure on your holiday weekend, I would go and install this one that we just made up.

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That's right.

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Okay.

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Well, that's all we have for holiday safety.

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You guys have a holiday.

01:02:05.140 --> 01:02:05.660
Yeah.

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I thought you could jump in with some music too now.

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I was trying, but then it's Christmas, so maybe I shouldn't say that.

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So maybe I should go with holiday, a holly jolly holly day.

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But that sounded exactly like what you just said.

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I love a holly day.

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So now I'm overthinking it.

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You want to try it again?

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I don't remember what I said anymore.

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You said have a holly jolly holly day, I think.

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Have a holly jolly holly day.

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And in case you didn't hear, say hello to dogs you know and every pet you meet.

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Yay!

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Yay!

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You can find our social media handles in the show notes and our email address.

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So come talk to us.

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We love to talk.

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Come to our Facebook and stuff.

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Like, we have things to say, right?

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We're very friendly.

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We don't just post show stuff in there.

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We could post fun things, lots of chicken things in there.

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We love chickens.

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We love chickens.

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Enjoy our holiday-themed AI song, and we will see you guys next time.

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Merry holidays.

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