>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ASK THE SPECIALISTS.

TONIGHT WE ASK THE VETERINARIANS ON WCMU PUBLIC TELEVISION.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> HELLO AND WELCOME BACK.

MY NAME IS STEFANIE MILLS.

WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF ASK THE SPECIALISTS HERE ON WCMU PUBLIC TELEVISION.

TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING THE VETERINARIANS.

TONIGHT I AM JOINED BY ANIMAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES HERE IN MT.

PLEASANT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> DOCTOR, YOU ARE NO STRANGER TO THIS PROGRAM, SO WELCOME BACK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, CAN YOU GUYS TAKE A MINUTE REAL QUICK AND TELL YOUR VIEW, TELL OUR VIEWERS TONIGHT ABOUT YOURSELF.

WE'LL START WITH YOU.

>> SURE, I DREW UP INGHAM COUNTY IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED MASON.

WAS BLESSED TO HAVE TWO AWESOME PARENTS.

WE WORKED HARD ON THE FARM.

THE SEED WAS PLANTED THERE.

I GOT TO DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE LOCAL DOCTOR AND BLESSED TO GET IN THE VET SCHOOL AND PRACTICING IT FOR 33 YEARS.

>> AWESOME.

DR.MARTIN, YOU ARE NEW TO THE AREA.

>> YEAH.

I ORIGINALLY GREW UP IN DEWITT, MICHIGAN, GRADUATED FROM DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL, HONESTLY, I KNEW I WANTED TO BE A VETERINARIAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BUT DIDN'T KNOW I WANTED TO DO LARGE ANIMAL UNTIL I GOT TO COLLEGE NOW A MIXED ANIMAL PRACTICE.

I LOVE IT.

I GRADUATED FROM MICHIGAN STATE HERE IN 2020 SO AM RECENT GRADUATE.

>> AWESOME.

BETWEEN HE THIS TWO OF YOU.

YOU HAVE A VAST AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE WITH ANIMALS, DOGS, CATS, LIVE STOCK HORSES, SO BUT TWO WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE WITH US AND THE VIEWERS.

TONIGHT.

THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY FOOLED BY YOUR QUESTION AND SO DON'T HESITATE TO PICK UP THE PHONE.

THE NUMBER TO GET THE QUESTION US TO.

EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY UNANIMOUS IS 844-975-3343.

YOU CAN POSE TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE AT ASK THE SPECIALIST.

SO THERE IS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF TONIGHT'S SHOW, SO GAIN, DON'T HESITATE TO PICK UP IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN.

SO WHILE WE WAIT FOR THOSE QUESTIONS TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO ME, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, IF YOU WILL.

BUT COVID, THE PANDEMIC, A HAS OBVIOUSLY CHANGED A LOT OF HOW WE LIVE OUR LIFE, RIGHT.

SO HOW, HOW IS THE PANDEMIC KIND OF AFFECTED YOU BOTH AND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS DO.

>> SO I GUESS, TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TAKE AND DO EXTRA THINGS TO MAKE CLIENTS AND THE PETS SAFE.

SO MY STAFF EVERYDAY WE TAKE OUR OWN TEMPERATURES.

WE ANSWER THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

WILL YOU EXPOSE?

ARE YOU EX PIERCING SYMPTOMS.

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS IT?

THEN, IF THOSE ARE NO WE ARE ALLOWED TO WORK THAT DAY.

THAT IS HOW WE START.

THEN MAYBE DR.MARTIN CAN EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO IN THE EXAM ROOM TO HELP PROTECT EVERYBODY.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

A WE HAVE BEEN GOOD ABOUT ASKING EVERYBODY COMING TO THE BUILDING THE SAME EXACT QUESTION WHICH IS BENEFICIAL AND THEN WE MAKE SURE OUR LOBBY IS CLEAR AND BRING ONE PERSON IN AT A TIME.

OUR OBVIOUSLY FIVE DOCTORS PRACTICING CAN GET A LITTLE BIT CRAZY AND TRY OUR BEST TO HAVE EVERYBODY INTO THE EXAM ROOM BY THE WAY THEY SO THEY ARE IN AN AREA WHERE WE CAN LIMIT EXPOSURE TO EVERYBODY ELSE AND HAVE THE DOCTOR GO IN, TALK ABOUT WHAT MAY BE GOING ON, THEN TAKE OUR PATIENT TO THE BACK TO WORK THE STAFF IN THE BACK THEN BRING THEM BACK TO THE ROOM AND HAS BEEN BEN FOG IS LIMIT EVERYONE'S EXPECT SURE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT 3:00 THE PANDEMIC IF YOU WILL, RIGHT?

SO I THINK LIKE EARLY ON DURING COVID, I THINK A LOT OF FAMILIES WERE BRINGING HOME NEW PUPPIES OR ADOPTING THE SHELTER AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD ONCE THINGS KIND OF STARTED TO OPEN UP I AGAIN WAS THOSE PUPPIES WHO WERE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER WITH THEIR OWNER STARTED GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE ANXIOUS THEIR OWNERS GOING BACK TO WORK AND NOT HAVING ALL THAT TIME AND ADVICE FOR THOSE PET OWNERS WHOSE PETS MAY BE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.

I GUESS I LIKE TO BACK IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE NEW PET PUPPY KITTEN OWNERS MAKE SURE THEIR PETS ARE PROTECTED THROUGH A SERIES OF VACCINATIONS.

OFTENTIMES, WE HEAR THE MISTAKES, THEY PICK UP A PET.

IT HAS BEEN FED AND VACCINATED.

ONE VACCINE USUALLY IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEM.

THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE THAT, AND CONDITION FRONT THE LOCAL VETERINARIAN SO THE PET WILL BE SAFE.

I GUESS, INCREASING THEIR TIME WHEN THEY ARE THERE QUALITY TIME GETTING THEM USED TO HOUSE OF THEIR OWN, LIKE A TRAINING IS A GOOD WAY OF DOING IT, HAVING MUSIC, OTHER THINGS AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM WITH ANXIOUS MOMENTS.

>> SURE.

>> ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I HEARD, TOO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU SPENT TIME, IF YOU ARE STAY AT HOMEWORKER RIGHT NOW, PUT YOUR ANIMAL IN A CRATE AND LET THEM BE THERE FOR COUPLE OF HOURS.

YEAH.

JUST LOOK YOU WOULD BE IF YOU WERE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, THAT HELPS AS PUPPY GET USED TO I AM IN THE CRATE.

IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

THERE MAY BE A WAY OR WHATEVER MAY BE GOING ON AND HELPS WITH THAT ANXIETY.

IS OK TO BE AWAY FROM THE OWNER FOR LITTLE BIT AND GET ADJUSTED TO THAT LIFE-STYLE.

>> GOT IT.

A IS A GREAT ADVICE.

>> NOW WE GOT A CALLER SENT IN TONIGHT.

SHOULD OLDER DOGS AROUND 11 OR 12 BE TAKE IT UP SUPPLEMENTS?

>> WELL, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY.

3:00 SO WHICH USUALLY HAVE LIKE THE CHECKOFF TIME, SEVEN EIGHT YEARS, WE LIKE TO DO ANNUAL BLOCK WORK EVALUATIONS TO FIND OUT IF THEY ARE STAYING HEALTHY.

THERE ARE SOME FOR THEIR JOINTS, THINGS LIKE TO ARE PROBABLY VERY GOOD.

IF THEY ARE NOT FEEDING HIGH QUALITY DOG FOOD SOME VITAMINS ARE HELPFUL AS WELL.

>> GOT.

YEAH.

IT IS OK TO DO SUPPLEMENTS.

A CALLER, I HAVE THREE-MONTH-OLD FEMALE PUPPY WHEN SHOULD I HAVE HER SPAYED?

>> SO USUALLY, WE LIKE TO GET FEMALES BEFORE THE FIRST HEAT CYCLE.

SOMETIMES IN LARGER BREEDS THEY RECOMMEND UNTIL THEY ARE A YEAR OF AGE.

IN ANIMAL BREEDS, BEFORE THE FIRST HEAT CYCLE BECAUSE YOU DECREASE THE RISK OF CANCER 99.

IF YOU CAN GET TO THE 6 TO 7 MONTH PERIOD THAT'S THE BEST TIME WE RECOMMEND.

>> GOT IT.

OK. >> WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK.

MY FEMALE DOG DOES NOT ALWAYS GET ALONG WITH OTHER DOGS.

WE ARE CONSIDERING ADDING A PUPPY TO THE HOUSEHOLD THAT IS A SMART IDEA?

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT.

>> OK. >> ARE THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

PROBABLY CONTINUE THAT EVER YOU GET A PUPPY.

IT MAY WORK WITH INTERVENTION BUT IT MAY NOT.

WE SEE DOGS FIGHTS, DOGS THAT ARE BUTTED DYES THAT GO CRAZY AND HURT THEMSELVES.

ONCE THAT STARTS YOU AROUND TOUGH PLACE.

>> ABC LIT.

NOT ALWAYS EASY TO FIX IT.

>> IF THEY WANT THAT PUPPY, IT IS STARTING WITH A SLOW, SLOW, SLOW LIKE INTRODUCTION TAKING THEIR TIME, NOT PUTTING THE TWO TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ALL TOGETHER, ALL THE TIME SITUATION, MAYBE SEPARATING THEM, MAKING SURE TO SPEND TIME WELL THE OLDER DOGS WHILE STILL TRAINING THE NEW PUPPY.

>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

>> CALLER FROM MESIK WANTS TO KNOW IS GRAIN FREE DOG FOOD OK FOR DOGS?

>> THERE HAS BEEN IN THE LAST YEAR SOME RESEARCH THAT INDICATES SOMETHING IS MISSING OR IN THE GRAIN FEED AND VARIOUS BREEDS HAVE DEVELOPED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, SO I HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDING NOT TO FEED GRAIN FREE.

ITS NOT JUST ONE BRAIN, IT IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF BRANDS.

DOGS ARE OMNIVORES WHICH MEANS THEY EAT MEATS AND VEGETABLES.

THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WELL-BALANCED DIET AND WOULD NOT FEED MY DOG GRAIN FREE.

>> GOT.

THE MAIN CONCERN WITHIN THAT, TOO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT DOGS WERE ALLERGIC TO HE TO THEY GRAIN COMPONENT AND TURNS OUT MOST LIKELY THEY ARE ALLERGIC TO THE PROTEIN SOURCING.

IT MAY BE WORTH TESTING THEY CAN BE ALLERGIC TO SOME KIN OF GRAIN BUT STILL OTHER DIE DEBTS THAT YOU CAN SWITCH WHAT TYPE OF GRAIN IS IN THE DIE AND INDUSTRIAL A SOURCE OF GRAIN.

>> GOT IT.

OK. OOP OK. HOW ARE THE DISEASES TRANSMITTED FROM DEER TO COWS IN LIVE STOCK?

>> SO ONE OF THE MOST COMMON WAYS I FEEL LIKE THROUGH SALIVA TRANSMISSION.

A LOT OF COWS ARE FED IN OPEN FEEDING AREA AND COMMONLY DEER CAN COME UP AND ALSO NIBBLE OFF THE FEED AND TRANSFERRING THEIR SALIVA TO THE COWS BUT CAN BE THROUGH MULTIPLE OTHER ROUTES SUCH AS INSPECTS MOSQUITOES AND BUGS TOO.

>> GOT IT.

KAY.

ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING?

>> NOPE.

I AM GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NEXT QUESTION IS-- WE ASK OURSELF A LOT.

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP DOGS TEETH CLEAN?

IS IT BRUSHING?

DO YOU RECOMMEND BRINGING THEM IN TO GET THEM CLEANED?

>> SO PROBABLY IF YOU STARTED AS!

PI.

THAT WAS WHAT WE SUGGEST IN THE PUP PUPPY TRAINING THE FIRST APPOINT PRESIDENTS THEY HAVE FINGER BRUSHES WHO WORK WELL AND YOU BRUSH THE OUTSIDE SO YOU ARE FLUFF FLUFFING IF UP THE GUM AND KEEPING THEM HEALTHY AND KEEPING THE TARTER AND PLAQUE FROM BUILDING.

BERG DOGS DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PROBLEM.

THE LITTLE DOGS THEIR TEETH TURN INTO MUSH WITHIN THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

SO I WOULD BRUSH THEM.

THEY PROBABLY WOULD STILL NEED TO HAVE SOME REGULAR DENTAL CARE WHICH INVOLVES ANESTHESIA, SCALING, POLISHING, THAT WILL KEEP THEM IN A GOOD PLACE.

MIGHT HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR.

AND GO FORWARD.

THEY THERE ARE DENTAL CHEWS THAT ALL WORK.

THOSE ARE MULTI FACT TO KEEP IT RIGHT.

>> HOW LONG?

OK, US HUMAN, WE BRUSH OUR TEETH FOR TWO MINUTES WHAT ABOUT A DOG?

THERE IS A TIME LIMIT?

>> I WOULD SAY THE SAME.

WHATEVER THE DOG IS GOING TO TOLERATE THE BEST.

IT IS UP TO THEM.

WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING TO TOLERATE.

>> GOT IT.

THEY GOT COOL TOOTHPASTE.

IF YOU START EARLY.

LIKE PLAYING WITH THE PET'S TOES AND GETTING THEM USED TO NAIL TRIMMING IN DO WITH IT A FLAVORED TOOTHPASTE IT HELPS.

YOU ARE NOT DOING THE SURFACE OF THE TEETH.

SO USUALLY IT IS PRETTY COOL.

>> SO THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION.

OK. TALKING ABOUT DOGS.

DO PEOPLE BRUSH CAT'S TEETH, TOO?

PROBABLY AL GOOD IDEA.

>> GOOD IDEA.

DOES IT HAPPEN?

PROBABLY NOT.

THEY ARE LESS TOLERABLE OF THAT.

>> I AM GOING TO SEE.

OK. >> WE DO CLEAN TOOTH QUITE OFTEN.

THEY HAVE PROBLEMS TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD TO KNOW.

CALLER FROM MANISTEE, MY GREAT DANE KEEPS SLIPPING WHEN WALKING ON THE STAIR.

HOW CAN SHE GRIP THE STEPS BETTER?

>> SO ALL COUPLE OF OPTION.

ONE WOULD BE I DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF CARPET OR ANTISLIP MAT ON IT.

A WOULD BE ONE OPTION HP THEN KIND OF DEPENDING ON THE AGE AND OLDER DOG THEY TEND TO HAVE SOME WEAKNESS SO START TO STRUGGLE WITH MUSCLE ATROPHY ON THE HIND END SO GETTING THEM INTO KIND OF LIKE REHAB SITUATION OR WORKING ON IT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEM.

>> LIKE A SENIOR?

>> PUT A RAMP IN.

>> A RAM?

>> YES.

>> SURE.

THAT WORKS WELL.

THEY HAVE LESS LIKELIHOOD OF TO SLIP ON RAM.

THAT WORKS WELL.

SENIOR DOGS AS WELL AS SENIOR PEOPLE.

>> OK. THAT MAKES SENSE.

QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK, HOW DO I KNOW IF MY DOG IS COLD?

WILL SALT AND OTHER CHEMICALS HURT ARE HURT THEIR PAWS DURING WALK IFS AUTOS SO THEY HAVE PET-SAFE ICE MELTER YOU CAN PLACE OUTSIDE OF THIS HOUSE.

WHEN YOU ARE TAKING ON A WALK TO THE PARK YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT.

YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT.

I WOULD SAY THE BEST OPTION IF YOU GET HOME AND NOTICE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SALT RINSING THE PAWS OUT FOR THE DOG TO GET THE SALT OUT OF THERE BECAUSE IT CAN BE IRRITATING FOR THEM.

>> GOT IT.

>> LAST WINTER, WE HAD DOG THAT DESPAIRED FOR TWO DAY AND LICKED THE BRAIN ON THE DIRT ROOTS AND ACTUALLY PRESENTED SALT POISONING.

THAT IS ONLY ONE TIME IN 33 YEARS OF THAT PRACTICE.

SO THERE IS SOME FOR DOG WAS TO LICK IT EXCESSIVELY.

LIKE DR.MARTIN STATED RINSING THE FEET OFF IS A GOOD IDEA.

>> GOT.

DO YOU RECOMMEND BOOTS FOR YOU KNOW WHEN ARE OUT WALKING THE DOG IN THE WINTER?

>> THEY MAKE PET POOTS OR SOMETHING.

THEY HAVE BOOTS.

AND MOST COMMONLY USED FOR DOGS THAT ARE FESS AND HUNTING AND STUFF BECAUSE THEY ARE RUNNING SO MUCH.

BUT YOU CAN USE THEM FOR WALKING AND IT TAKES AWHILE TO GET THE PET USED TO THEM.

LIKE THEY DO THE HIGH STEP AND WHEN ITS ON THIS EM UNTIL THEY SAY, OK.

I GUESS I CAN HANDLE THAT POSITION.

>> GOT IT.

OK. CALLER FROM ATLANTA.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD I CLIP MY DOG'S NAILS?

>> SO EVERY DOG IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT SITUATION.

I WOULD SAY TYPICALLY WE ARE TRIMMING EVERY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS SO ONCE A MONTH AND THE MAIN GOAL IS IF THE NAILS START GETTING TOO LISTENING AND START TO GROW OUT THEN YOU CANNOT TRIM PAST THAT CLICK SO THE PINK AREA THAT YOU SEE THAT IS CLOSE FOR THE NAIL BED SO TRYING TO KEEP THEM TRIM SOD THEY STAY SHORTEN THE DOESN'T GROW OUT.

GOT IT.

OK. CALLER FROM CADILLAC, WHAT CAUSES MY THREE-YEAR-OLD CAT TO THROW-UP EVERYWHERE.

SHE REGURGITATES ALL THE TIME?

>> SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE FELINE SPECIES THAT IS ONE THING THAT HAPPENS BUT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN EVERYDAY.

IT HAPPENS A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH AND THAT IS PROBABLY WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS BUT ALL THE TIME.

I GUESS YOU WANT TO DO WORK TO MAKE SURE UNDERLYING AND LIVER PROBLEMS KIDNEY PROBLEMS AND THE LAST RESORT YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE A DIETARY CHANGE AND MAYBE ALLERGY TO SOME SOURCE IN THE FOOD.

>> YEAH.

I THINK GRASS, RIGHT?

OUTSIDE EATING GRASS THAT IS RIGHT.

>> AYE Y.

THEY WILL TEN TO EAT GRASS.

SOME AREAS DISLIKE EATING GRASS, TOO.

THAT IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO TELL IF SOMETHING IS GOING ON.

>> QUESTION ON FACEBOOK DO THEY HAVE TO BE LICENSED IN MICHIGAN.

>> YES.

IT IS A LICENSE THAT ARE CERTIFIED AND SIGNED UP THEN WITH THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

THE TWO YEAR FLAM MOST OF THEM GO THROUGH AND TWO TO FOUR YEARS IS WHAT THEY CAN DO.

>> OK. >> WHAT ARE SOME NATURAL REMEDIES FOR FLEAS?

>> I GUESS I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY NATURAL REMEDIES FOR FLEAS.

OK. LOTS OF REALLY PRODUCT NOWADAYS AND MONTHLY PRODUCTS AND YET TOP CALL AND THERE IS EVEN SOME THAT LAST THREE MONTHS.

OK. NEW CHEWABLE TABLETS THE BEST IS GNARL THAT WOULD RESENT THE FLEES.

I HAVE EVERYBODY IN SEEN ANY OF THEM TRULY WORK.

>> OK. GOT YOU.

>> OK. ARE FLEAS ARE YEARN.

DO YOU SEE LESS CASE OF FLEES IN THE WINTER?

>> I DO.

I SEE LOTS OF THEM.

THEY CAN STAY STILL DURING THE WINTER IF THEY DEVELOPED AND THEY GOT THEM IN THE SUMMER AND SO THE MAIN THING IS WHEN WE DO SEE ANIMALS WITH FLEES WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TREAT FOR THREE MONTHS BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IS IF YOU ARE GIVING THEM PREVENTION THEN ALL THE LITTLE EGGS HAVE BEEN SPREAD OVER INCLUDING IN THE CARPET SO REALLY IMPORTANT TO CLAN THE CARPET, TOO.

THEN THE EGGS WILL HATCH WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH AND TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT STILL AND BREAK IT AND TRY TO GET RID OF THE ADULT FLEAS.

>> WHAT ABOUT TICKS?

DO WE SEE TICKS IN THE WINTER A LOT AROUND HERE?

>> IF THE PET COMES ACROSS SAY A DEER, THE TICKS COULD BE ON THE HAIR COULD BE TRANSFERRED DIRECT TRANSFER FROM YOUR PET TOUCHING THE DEAD DEER THEM.

AS FAR AS HANGING THE BRANCHS AND STUFF AND NORMALLY GET OUT IN THE SPRINGTIME AND CLIMB UP THE BRANCH AND WALK THROUGH AND FALL ON YOU.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE WINTERTIME.

>> OK. CALLER FROM ATLANTA.

HOW DO YOU CURE HIP DYSPHASIA IN SMALL DOGS?

>> SO ONE OF THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS IN SMALL DOG AND A LOT OF FACTORS THAT CAN GO INTO THIS INCLUDING THE AGE AND SOMETIMES WHERE WE TAKE OFF THE TIP OF THE FEMUR AND SO BASICALLY THE BALL THAT GOES INTO THE SOCKET OF THE HIP AND CUT IT OFF AND CREATES KIND OF THIS SOFT TISSUE GROWTH AROUND AND ENCAPSULATES IT AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT AND THEY PUT HARDWARE IN AND REPLACE THE HIP WHICH IS OPTION, TOO.

>> OK. 1:00.

>> CALLER TONIGHT.

MY 12-WEEK-OLD PUPPY BITES EGG.

WHAT CAN DOW TO STOP THIS.

>> PUPPIES THEY ARE LIKE TEENAGE KID AND PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WHAT 1:00 NUMBER ONE, DON'T PLAY LIKE TUG-OF-WAR.

SO NO TUG-OF-WAR GAME!

GAMES GIVE THEM THING THEY CAN CHEW ON BE ASSERTIVE PARENT WHEN NIPPING AT THE HANDS YOU START BY SAYING NO.

IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU ESCALATE IT SLIGHTLY AND WHAT I DO IS PICK THEM UP AND HOLD THEM AND SAY NO DON'T DO THAT.

THEN, SO WE EDUCATE THEM THROUGH A SMALL SMALL PROCESS AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS DON'T HIT THEM AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND DON'T SCREAM AT THEM THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THE SLOW PROCESS.

IS NATURAL FOR PUPPY WHEN THEY PLAY.

THEY WILL NIBBLE, BAIT TO SEE HOW FAR THEY CAN PUSH IT.

IF THEY PUSH TOO FAR.

THEY GET BACK AND LEARN IN A HURRY THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

>> SURE.

YEAH.

THE BIG THING, TOO.

YOU CAN IGNORE THEM, TOO.

THEY ARE TRYING TO BITE YOUR HAN.

WALK AWAY.

IGNORE THEM.

DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT BEHAVIOR.

>> SURE.

THOSE LONG THOSE TYPES OF BEHAVIORS AND THOSE ANNOYING BEHAVE AREAS AND CALLER FROM MANISTEE HOW CAN I GET RESCUE SHEPHERD AND TO STOP BARKING AT EVERYTHING.

PURGE.

>> I GUESS I DO NOT HAVE A GOOD-- >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY TO THIS THE ONE.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

I HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY DOODLE AT HOME.

WE GET SA BARKING COLLAR.

NOT EVERYONE SINGLE WINCE GOING TO BE THAT NEGATIVE CONNOTATION THAT OF THE ACTUAL SHOCK.

THEY DO HAVE ONES THAT HAVE VIBRATION, TOO.

SO THAT VIBRATION ALONE CAN BE ENOUGH TO KIND OF ALERT A DOG, OK, I SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS BEHAVIOR.

SOP THAT IS ONE OPTION.

IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERY ANIMAL, THOUGH.

CAN ALSO WORK, THEY HAVE ANIMAL TREATMENTS THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GREAT OPTION TO LOOK NOOK IF YOU HAVE ANIMAL THAT CONSTANTLY BARKS AT THINGS.

>> OK. >> BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.

REWARD THEM FOR NOT BARKING.

>> OK. YOU KNOW, THEN JUST KEEP GIVING MORE REWARDS FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME AND EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL RESPOND.

UM HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IS NATURAL IN STILL INS FOR THE DOING AND PROTECTING AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND YOU.

>> RIGHT.

YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK.

WHAT DO YOU RECK NONE DEAL WITH LONG HAIRED CAT AND HOW DO YOU AVOID GETTING THOSE?

>> SO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IS KEEPING THEM BRUSHED.

CONSTANTLY BRUSHING AND TRUTHFULLY IN THE LONG HAIRED THICK HAIRED CATS IT ALMOST BRUSHING EVERYDAY TO GET OUT.

BUT THEY DO HAVE OUT THERE TOO THAT WILL HELP YOU AND PREVENT THOSE BUILDUP AND SHAMPOO AND MANY DON'T.

YOU THE CAT THAT WILL YOU CAN USE THAT SHAMPOO TO BREAK THEM UP, TOO.

OK. GOOD.

CALLER FROM ST.HELEN.

I HAVE A 15-YEAR-OLD YORKIE.

WILL SHE CONTINUE HEAT HER WHOLE LIFE?

>> 15-YEAR-OLD YORKIE.

>> STILL IN TAG AND SOUNDS LIKE IT.

THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT COMING INTO ESTRIS ONCE THE EGGS ARE GONE, SHE PROBABLY WILL NOT COME IN ANY MORE.

5 IS REALLY, REALLY OLD.

I AM SURPRISED SHY IS STILL AT THIS POINT.

USUALLY 16 OR 12 THEY ARE REALLY OLD.

>> YEAH.

I'M PRODUCTIVELY VIABLE.

>> OH SURE.

RAWHIDE CHEWS, ARE THEY GOOD FOR DOGS?

DO YOU RECOMMEND THEM?

>> TYPICALLY THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ONES THAT CAN BE OK.

MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE STAYING TO STICK AWAY THE RAWHIDE CHEWS BECAUSE THEY CAN CAUSE GASTRIC UPSET SO UPSET TOM ABILITY AND DIARRHEA OR OTHER ISSUES, TOO.

>> I HADED TWO THAT WERE STUCK IN THE BACK OF THE THROAT AND LIKELY THEY DID NOT INCLUDE ALL THE AIR BUT SO IF YOU DO, GET ONE THAT IS BIG ENOUGH TO E SO THEY CANNOT GET IT STUCK OR SWALLOW IT TO CAUSE FOREIGN BODY SO THE SIZE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU DO A RAWHIDE CHEW.

>> CALLER FROM TRAVERSE CITY.

HOW CAN WE TRAIN THREE DOG BECAUSE HE WANTS TO FIGHT MEDIUM SIZED DOGS.

>> THAT IS WORKING WITH ANIMAL TRAINER AND THOSE GUYS ARE GOOD AT IT.

YOU WANT TO SAY THIS IS WILL BE A GREAT POINT TO SAY THERE IS NO HARM IN USING A MODAL.

IT HAS BEEN IDEA AND ALWAYS MANAGE AND REALLY NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TOP GO A WALK AND HARM ANOTHER ANIMAL.

NO POINT OF PUTTING A MUZZLE ON.

>> GOT IT.

YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR BEST BRAND OF DOG FOOD FOR SMALL DOGS.

>> I DON'T HAVE A BRAND.

I THINK, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHAT IS YOU GET.

SO INEXPENSIVE DOG FOODS OFTEN ARE NOT AVAILABLE SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE INCREASED AMOUNT OF STOOL AND PROBABLY INCREASED GAS AND HAIR COAT AND THE OVERALL QUALITY IS NOT AS MUCH.

JUST DON'T BY THE CHEAPER DOG FOOD.

THE FEMALE CAT URINATE ON THE FLOOR AND IN THIS CAN THEY DO ABOUT THIS SO THERE IS A LOFT COME NONES THAT CAN GO INTO INAPPROPRIATE CAT URINATION WOULD BE THE VET AND MAKING SURE THEY DON'T HAVE SOME TYPE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION OF THE THEN IN THE NEXT WOULD BE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE ENVIRONMENT AT HOME.

SO WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND HAVING MORE THAN ONE LITTER BOX AND A NUMBER OF CATS IN THE HOUSE AND TWO CATS YOU SHOULD HAVE THREE LITTER BOXES.

THEY RECOMMEND A MULTI LEVEL HOUSE HAVING A LITTER BOX ON EVERY FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND ANOTHER COMPONENT, TOO.

SO MANY IF YOU HAVE OLDER CAT AND CANNOT GET IN.

AND THEY CAN EASILY CLIMB INTO IF THEY V ART RITZ IS IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER OPTION AND LOOK AT SPRAY, TOO.

THEY CAN SELL AT THE LOCAL PET STORES AND GREAT STRESS REDUCER FOR CAT AND SOMETIMES YOU BOUGHT A NEW CAT AND CAUSE HELPING WITH THAT SPRAY AND THEY HAVE DIFFUSE FER THEY HANG OUT IN A CERTAIN ROOM AND STARTING WITH THOSE OPTIONS WOULD BE BEST.

OK. WE GOT TWO MINCE LEFT AND TRY TO GET AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN HERE.

CALLER WHILE WE TALK ABOUT GRAIN FREE DOG FOOD BUT WHAT ABOUT CATS?

THEY WANT TO KNOW SHOULD I GIVE THE CAT GRAIN FREE CAT FOOD.

I AM NOT VERSED ENOUGH TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.

>> CATS NEED MEAT SO MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THAT BUT I AGREE I AM NOT QUITE SURE ON THE GRAIN COMPONENT FOR CATS BUT I FEEL LOOK A BALANCED DIE OATS THE BEST THING FOR ANIMAL.

>> OK. CALLER FROM LINCOLN.

MYSELF VEIN-YEAR-OLD GERMAN SHEPHERD KEEPS GETTING BUMS THAT RESEMBLE COTTAGE CHEESE.

WHAT COULD IT BE?

I KNOW IT IS HARD TO-- >> LIKE THE HAIR FOLLICLES LIKE LITTLE ABSCESSES SO WE CALL IT SUPERFICIAL DERMATITIS AND THE ORGANISMS THE STAPH BACTERIA LIVES ON THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN COULD BE INFECTING THOSE.

SO PROBABLY SHOULD BE SEEN BAY VETERINARIAN AND THEY WOULD, DESCRIBE ANTIBIOTIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY.

>> SURE.

SURE.

HOW OFTEN DO OUR PETS NEED VACCINATION.

EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

WE RECOMMEND ONCE THEY HAD THE SERIES SO AS YOUNG DOG OR A NAIVE DOG COULD BE OLDER DOG THEY NEED MINIMUM OF AT LEAST TWO BEYOND 12 WEEKS OF AGE SO MOST VACCINES.

AND THEN, THEN, ONCE THEY ARE MATURE AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS GOOD THEY CAN GET THE BOOSTERS EVERY THREE YEARS.

AFTER YEAR OF LIFE AND THE SECOND VACCINE AND SO THAT IS KIND OF THE STANDARD PROGRAM.

>> GOT YOU.

>> P OUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH YOU AT HOME.

THANK YOU AT HOME FOR WATCHING THIS EVENING.

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK WHEN WE ASK THE FUNERAL HOME DIRECTORS.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYBODY.