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as he does every Friday evening that

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2:34

is Doctor Map Callahan. Doctor Madea they

2:36

are. We have more sourdough to pay

2:38

as they saw a man. We gotta

2:40

get to that right away at seconds

2:43

after I let you watch, tell everybody

2:45

where they could. Riccio I had. During.

2:47

The Week? Yeah, I'm I Romney

2:49

Ipswich the Animal Hospital on route

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one in Ipswich. Round the line

2:53

and my number is nine seventy.

2:56

Nine. For eight Eight one, eight nine. Nine.

2:59

Seven Eight Nine for Eight Eight One Eight

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Mind Okay, we're gonna take your calls. We

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already have a lot of calls up there,

3:06

but will take your calls throughout the. Entire.

3:09

Hour If you have a question

3:11

about the your path I give

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Hundred Forty Two Forty two where

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3:19

question to watch how we at Six

3:22

One Seven to One Three Ten

3:24

sixty six Yesterday I just mentioned in

3:26

passing on the air that Roscoe

3:28

my year and a half old

3:30

pod. Is a beautiful

3:32

dogs a talented does. He's extremely

3:34

talented and he really really love

3:37

sour dough bread and I a

3:39

toast. I get some nice fresh

3:41

stuff from a public stay there

3:44

they haven't all of our big

3:46

supermarkets now and it's made an

3:48

in house and it's really delicious.

3:50

Yeah, and I toasted and I

3:53

slather it with butter or you'll

3:55

have a piece. One. Piece

3:57

in the morning and Roscoe throws him the

3:59

else. but. Me to. Get

4:01

out and get to the sourdough bread. Roscoe

4:04

know how. He

4:07

does and so I mentioned that and

4:09

apparently a doctor. Matt was listening and

4:11

he called up and said he wanted

4:13

to work correctly. A detailed how many

4:15

What a bad, what a bad daddy

4:17

dog daddy eye out for Moscow to

4:19

why is it? Why is it bad

4:21

to give him a couple across of

4:24

sourdough bread and it's multi grain by

4:26

the way around. Vague on it. must

4:28

be good guy better and better and

4:30

sees as positively health food, especially slathered

4:32

with butter. Vm.

4:35

Your. What.what? Our dogs you know was a

4:37

what are they Physiologically they are called

4:39

facultative carnivores which means they're mainly meat

4:42

eaters. the can eat other still like

4:44

us on i like means always are

4:46

mad slathered with lot of same foods

4:48

as as yeah but the same foods

4:50

that are relatively unhealthy for us are

4:52

relatively unhealthy for them so I sort

4:54

of as treats. I generally rank them

4:56

i call red light trade center like

4:58

treats are sort of a dog biscuits

5:00

type of trades cause they're This is

5:02

no health benefits to it. Ah a

5:04

more neutral treat would be. Meat and

5:06

mean two dogs actually are mediators. So when

5:08

you said sausage adding it to work a

5:10

vital in you're right that no one teaser

5:13

dog you know a giant hunk of sausage.

5:15

They give their dark a piece of sausage

5:17

race or in my dogs case we use

5:19

chicken jerky because she likes chicken or so.

5:21

what am I gonna sell and then that

5:23

truly healthy treats other truly healthy healthy stuff

5:26

for us. So you I had a climb

5:28

in this morning that said to her dog

5:30

was green beans I go You know things

5:32

you're never gonna hear from your cardiologists, your

5:34

or your vet. Marion. As I see by the

5:36

record here, the are eating a too many green beans.

5:39

You know it just healthy that you're healthy for having

5:41

me them. That's. Why

5:43

I tend to gravitate towards those sort of

5:45

treats. Or at least meet treats for the

5:47

finicky, more finicky dogs and relatively few pure

5:49

carbs rates? because our to getting tons of

5:51

carbs and their regular doctor. You.

5:54

Lived in the south. Died. Lived in

5:56

the submarine over that was yours. You know what they like get

5:58

you know what they do in the. out. They

6:01

put green beans and then they put,

6:03

they throw pork belly in there.

6:05

Well, and you give a dog some pork bellies

6:07

and some green beans in about two minutes, the

6:10

green beans are still going to be there and

6:12

the pork bellies are going to be gone. I

6:15

had a grandfather who was, his dog

6:17

was getting too fat and so I

6:19

said, does he eat broccoli? He goes,

6:21

yeah, he loves broccoli. So I said, feed him broccoli as

6:24

a treat. And then about

6:26

six months later, the dog was heavier and I went to

6:28

his house and he was cooking the dog broccoli in

6:30

heavy cream. Yeah, I go,

6:33

yeah, you got me. You win. You

6:35

know, whatever you want. Anyway,

6:38

I lost the game at that point. But

6:40

so it's, so it's not, so it's not

6:42

terrible to give him a cup, a little

6:44

bit of crust. No, no, not, not occasionally

6:46

is if it's not, you know, I give

6:48

my dog half a slice of sourdough every

6:51

day. That's a bit much, but

6:53

I got crust every once in a while. Absolutely not. You

6:55

know, a treat is what it is. It's a treat. And

6:58

as long as you understand that that's not part of his

7:00

regular diet and it is just a treat every once in

7:02

a while, then you're fine. But

7:04

we'll, I scuttlebutt on the street is Roscoe will

7:06

be in town here next week. And

7:08

he's going to be getting on the scale at some point. The

7:11

mail room manager and I have

7:13

plotted his weigh-in. My

7:19

daughter, Charlotte's in town. She's a very, she's a

7:21

critic of my stewardship. My culinary

7:25

stewardship. I'm

7:28

not saying there's going to be, you know, we're

7:30

going to be ganging up on you, but we'll

7:32

see what his weight is. But, okay. All right.

7:34

Roscoe, you're on a diet. No

7:36

meatloaf tonight when we get home. What's wrong

7:38

with meatloaf? We need a Roscoe weight chart

7:40

for the website. All right. Will do. All

7:45

right. Okay. We're going to take some calls here at 844-542-4282. 844-542-4242 with

7:47

us is Dr. Matt. Give us the phone number

7:55

one more time before we go to our first

7:57

call about a pug. My number at the Ipswich

7:59

Inn, Lahama. is 978-948-8189. All right. Wally, you're next

8:01

with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Wally.

8:11

Good afternoon, Howie and Dr. Matt.

8:13

Yeah, I've had several pugs over

8:15

the year and they love to

8:17

eat. All

8:20

dogs love to eat, Wally. Some

8:23

more than others. True, true. Well,

8:25

you mentioned your daughter and it's just

8:27

like my daughter's always giving me grief

8:29

about slipping my pug and yawing once

8:31

in a while and I

8:34

just can't help myself. Well,

8:36

anyway, it's the parents,

8:41

you know, I gotta blame myself. I can't

8:43

help it. They have those eyes.

8:45

They look at you. I know. I was going

8:47

to say that those big brown eyes. But

8:50

you know, Dr. Matt, I mean, it's like, but

8:53

I take Roscoe out for a lot of walks.

8:55

I'm sure Wally does too. I mean, if

8:57

you take the dog out for walks or

8:59

you just let him run free if you got a fence

9:01

tent backyard, I mean, that's going to take care of a

9:04

lot of the calories, isn't it? I'm

9:06

definitely pro exercise. So everything I'm about

9:08

to say is going to make me

9:10

think I'm not pro exercise. I'm absolutely

9:12

pro exercise. And if there's a

9:14

dog that you can exercise weight off of or

9:17

exercise for weight loss, it might be

9:19

a Frenchie or a pug or an English

9:21

bulldog because they're just not very efficient

9:23

exercisers. Although I think a lot

9:25

of pugs are pretty good athletes. If

9:27

you look at the big studies on on

9:29

weight and health and exercise and food,

9:31

exercise doesn't play a huge role in

9:33

their health. It's really it's weight that

9:36

plays a huge role in their health.

9:38

And I mean, don't you keep don't don't don't

9:40

you take the weight? Can't you take the weight

9:42

off the way you take it off? I mean,

9:45

humans, I mean, I know it's made basically food

9:47

for us too. But you can't take weight off

9:49

with exercise. You can but the amount of exercise

9:51

you have to do with a dog is enormous. I

9:54

had a client that came in with his lab, and he said,

9:56

Well, I walk her for an hour today and I go, Okay,

9:58

how about four hours? And he said, No. And

10:01

so that's the amount that you have to exercise

10:03

a Labrador for weight loss, four to five hours.

10:06

People aren't going to do that. I'm not going to do it. No.

10:11

So really, go enjoy your exercise with

10:13

them. I'm not saying it's bad. It's

10:16

good for the dog. It's good for you. But

10:18

you do control weight with food. 95% of its

10:20

food. Wally, how

10:22

much does your pug weigh? Uh-oh. Well,

10:25

my pug is eight months old and

10:27

he's, I think he's big for a

10:29

pug. He weighs 18 pounds

10:32

right now, the last time he was at

10:34

the vet. So, you know, and

10:36

when we first got him, I was worried

10:38

because he didn't like to eat as much

10:41

of the first pug. But he seems his

10:43

appetite seems to be better. Oh, thank God.

10:45

Yeah. That was a close one. Wally,

10:50

the doctor's giving you the needle.

10:54

Oh my God. 18 pounds at eight

10:56

months is pretty, pretty hefty, I

10:58

think. Yeah. Well, I mean, every dog is

11:01

different. So 18 might be normal for one dog and not

11:03

normal for another. So. Well,

11:05

I just like, you know, again, he's,

11:07

he's, you know, that, uh, I

11:10

had a different question, but, uh, again, this

11:12

is an issue for pugs. They get heavy

11:14

and, you know, you can't walk them when

11:16

it's too hot out either. Absolutely not. Then

11:19

you won't have to worry about having a

11:21

pug. Yeah. If you walk them when it's

11:23

too hot. So, so

11:25

yeah, you control their diet, feed them the right

11:27

stuff and they will, you know,

11:30

the frustrating thing is, is if you look at

11:32

the big studies and there's been two of them,

11:34

University of Pennsylvania had the biggest one. And

11:36

what they said was, is dogs are really in two

11:38

groups. We think they're in much more, many more groups,

11:40

but they're really in two groups, ideal

11:42

weight and overweight and overweight dogs don't live as

11:44

long and they're not as healthy. And

11:46

that's why I harp on it. If it gave them,

11:49

you know, two months longer life

11:51

and they were just as healthy, I wouldn't

11:53

bother with it, but the numbers are really

11:55

pretty stunning and pretty unambiguous. They're

11:58

like humans again. Much

12:00

like humans, yes. Right. All right, thank

12:02

you, Wally. 844-542-42 with us. It'll

12:06

take calls all hour. Is

12:09

Dr. Matt the vet? And again, what's your number

12:11

and where can people reach you? Dr. Matt. People

12:13

can reach me at the Ipswich Animal Hospital and

12:15

my number is 978-948-8189. All

12:20

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42. Someone says Wally's

14:08

pug is big boned,

14:10

doctor. Yes. Yeah,

14:12

true. I'm sure. Yes,

14:15

we've heard that one before. We've all been there before.

14:19

Husky. Dr.

14:21

Matt, this is 508. The cats

14:23

miss people. My son just came home from

14:25

four months abroad and the cat seems indifferent.

14:28

Typical cat thing, I suppose. I

14:30

think she's right. It is typical cat. Cats

14:33

tend to be more location anchored

14:36

than person anchored.

14:39

When I moved a mile away, my cat

14:41

kept running way back to my old

14:44

house. But

14:46

I did have a client just this week

14:49

whose cat was so upset it developed a

14:51

bunch of behavior abnormalities because when they went on

14:53

vacation for a week. So I

14:55

think that cat was more like a dog, more people,

14:58

people attached rather than location attached.

15:01

When we go on vacation and come home, our cat has

15:03

an attitude with us. Yeah, right. To

15:05

get angry. How dare you? Yeah, exactly. But

15:08

you know, in dogs and cats, I'm really surprised they don't

15:10

have more separation issues because they don't know whether you're going

15:12

to Cumberland Farms or you're going to

15:14

Guam or you're flying to Mars. You know, that

15:16

you're never coming home. They

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15:27

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15:34

Cops responded just after 3 a.m. to a

15:37

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15:39

owner, a 41-year-old man in

15:41

Longwood. The dog latched onto the

15:44

man's jugular and he was gushing blood. Two

15:47

officers opened fire striking the dog

15:49

multiple times. Wow. They

15:51

found a half-eaten piece of sourdough toast.

15:53

Yes, it was slathered with butter. Barely

15:59

the 41-year-old. year old. Jim,

16:05

you're next with Hawi Carr and Dr.

16:07

Matt. Go ahead, Jim. Hi,

16:10

Hawi and Dr. Matt. Thank you for taking my

16:12

call. My questions are, can a Maine Coon cat

16:14

live to be 20 years old? How long do

16:16

most Maine Coon cats live? I

16:18

don't think there's a, you know,

16:20

necessarily a breed specific age

16:23

range. Lots of cats can live

16:25

to 20. Siamese cats seem

16:27

to be overrepresented in that group.

16:29

So I

16:31

would say probably 50% of

16:33

the 20 plus year old cats I've ever seen are

16:35

Siamese. But there's no reason why

16:37

a Maine Coon cat can, cannot live to

16:40

be 20 or past 20. None at all.

16:44

Thanks for the call, Jim. And Dr. Matt, what's your

16:46

phone number if people want to get, get in touch

16:48

with you? They can call me at 978-948-8189. Marcy, you're

16:50

next with Hawi Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Marcy.

16:59

Oh, hi, Hawi and Dr. Matt. I have a question.

17:02

I have a three

17:04

year old healer lab mix.

17:07

And three times in these past

17:09

three years, she's had a strange

17:12

behavior of licking and licking the

17:14

carpet, the entire carpet. And then

17:16

kind of retching and gagging and

17:18

going out and eating grass and

17:20

looking utterly miserable.

17:23

And the last, the last time this happened, I

17:27

looked at her for a walk, I figured

17:29

she'd feel better. And I tried to

17:31

put her harness on and it wouldn't,

17:33

it was too tight. She was, and

17:35

she was tight as a drum. So

17:37

I called the local vet and

17:40

talked to the vet assistant and I said, I

17:42

think maybe she has bloat. And

17:44

the vet's assistant said, no, if she had bloat,

17:47

she'd be dead. Well,

17:49

she's got a point. I mean, if she had

17:51

true gastric dilatation

17:53

and volvulus, Then,

17:55

you know, that is fatal, if not

17:57

treated. So The fact that we're still.

18:00

Talking about it probably means that

18:02

she didn't completely hat have a

18:04

twist, which is what of Ariella

18:06

says. it's sort of a three

18:08

dimensional twisting have the stomach, but

18:10

certainly they can have you know

18:12

sort of on. Gastric. Dilatation

18:14

with gas and stuff like that. and

18:16

and I can it the what I

18:18

was gonna say when you're starting to

18:21

describe the symptoms as your dog is

18:23

nauseous, so am I don't I absolutely

18:25

positively Word I have you target of

18:27

that if she is exhibiting these if

18:29

the dog is exhibiting these signs because

18:32

certainly could wind up being blown. Refers

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19:01

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19:03

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19:05

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19:07

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19:10

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19:12

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19:32

Nine. Is eating

19:34

grass bad for dogs Don't think is

19:36

inherently bad unless you treat your grass

19:38

and then it's bad. But if you'd

19:41

I'm my dogs always gone out and

19:43

months some little grass is not a

19:45

problem, it's why are they eating grass

19:47

Sometimes if your dog is like though

19:50

last I'm color as a dog is

19:52

suddenly eating a ton of grass in

19:54

there clearly sec they're doing it for

19:56

a reason. me on the trainer fix

19:58

a problem. With. The

20:00

very bad at by the way grass

20:03

is a very bad solution him most

20:05

problems. So. Yeah, but dogs

20:07

that is why. need a little better grass I'd

20:09

And you know, I used to call my a

20:11

Golden Retrievers the Guernsey cows because they've gone the

20:13

front yard much on grass or ten matter how

20:15

big the attic. When we were kids with, they

20:17

told us that eating grass was really bad, that

20:20

shoot was assigned, dogs were sick, but that's not.

20:22

No, no, not necessarily to now. Absolutely not. Yeah,

20:24

some. Dogs are sick. But those dogs or

20:27

otherwise sec. Someone wants to

20:29

know thought peanut butter is okay. For thoughts:

20:31

I'm I'd don't think it's inherently bad. so

20:33

I mean it is. Well it depends on

20:35

the sugar content. The fat content I'm is.

20:38

I don't think it's inherently bad. I use

20:40

that ally with my dogs. I put it

20:42

in the kong and put it the freezer

20:44

so they can have some in a chilling

20:47

to him in league. Give me a break

20:49

for a few minutes. So me as long

20:51

rosa peanut butter real yeah isn't as long

20:53

as it's not over done. It seems to

20:55

be fine. like you know, like sourdough. Small

20:58

amounts. Some. So. What

21:00

you're saying is the all what the

21:02

ancient Greeks used to say. Everything in

21:04

moderation for me says is that is

21:06

that are in science and it really

21:08

is interesting. So many chemicals that you

21:10

consider bad for you actually are healthier

21:12

and small amounts. Is is

21:15

Ah let's see here I Jonathan

21:17

your next with how we car

21:19

and Doctor Mack go ahead Jonathan.

21:22

I ali and. Am.

21:26

I. Have a sense. Is.

21:29

Two and a half years old. We

21:31

had him neutered. We live on Cape Cod. Eme

21:34

that I'm just wondering. What?

21:37

Should We. Be.

21:39

Looking out for as far as any health

21:41

issues that he may as. well

21:44

i think said am i think obviously

21:46

neutering a dog arm is as he

21:48

has to their life of in his

21:50

every study suggests that on during does

21:53

help them so i'm a fan of

21:55

that i'm as i say as we

21:57

talked about with pods all dogs were

22:00

upper airway, air management

22:02

problems, keeping them thin

22:05

and keeping them fit are two really good

22:07

things. Keeping them cool too

22:09

in the summer. Well yeah, absolutely. So now

22:11

we're coming in the summer and pugs

22:13

and Frenchies and English Bulldogs and Boston

22:15

Terriers just don't manage the

22:18

heat as well because dogs use air exchange

22:20

to control their temps.

22:23

So you always want to be, with every dog,

22:25

you want to be very careful about heat management

22:27

but with Frenchies you want to be extra careful.

22:31

I don't, you know, Frenchies can

22:34

live very healthily late into life so

22:37

it's not that they have to have more

22:39

problems but they do tend to have airway

22:41

problems. Skin problems are pretty common with them

22:44

too so I'd watch out for

22:46

those. And on

22:48

Cape Cod you don't have to worry about

22:50

an urban problem with French Bulldogs which is

22:52

them being dognapped. Yes,

22:55

I don't think Hyannis is the Frenchy kidnapping

22:58

capital. No, unlike LA

23:00

with Lady Gaga, it's happened in a lot

23:02

of DC too I guess. Yeah. Alright,

23:06

let's see. Mark you're next with Howie

23:08

Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead Mark.

23:12

Hey guys, thanks a lot for taking my call. So

23:16

I got one quick question is I have a

23:19

six month old blue healer and a

23:21

ten year old Chelsea. Yeah.

23:25

And at what

23:27

point can I start feeding him the

23:29

same food? I feed him Purina Pro,

23:31

puppy Purina Pro, adult and

23:34

right now I'm feeding him Purina Pro puppy for

23:36

both because well it's like 30, 35 bucks

23:38

right? So I'm trying to

23:40

think is there, is, and I thought the

23:42

adult dog could get more nutrients out of the

23:44

puppy suit. Am I wrong? You

23:46

can be wrong. Puppy

23:48

food was initially Puppy Child by Purina

23:51

and they didn't do a whole lot of

23:53

research on it and then it became

23:55

so wildly popular that they started to do

23:57

some research on it. Well,

24:01

the PR was a little bit ahead of the science

24:03

on that one, but that was the early 70s, so

24:05

about 50 years ago. But

24:08

I think that puppy

24:10

food, especially large re-puppy food, is actually

24:12

lower in nutrition than some adult foods.

24:15

And the goal with those foods is to get

24:17

the dog to grow slowly and

24:20

slowly, really synchronously so their joints grow

24:22

in sync with one another. In one

24:24

part of the joint doesn't grow faster

24:27

or slower than another part. So it's

24:29

deliberate. Yes. But they don't

24:31

announce that, do they? No, they do not. But

24:33

if you look at the angel memorial studies

24:36

in the early 90s, what they suggested is

24:38

that diet adult dog food was the best

24:40

puppy food. And so

24:45

the use of puppy foods is really, the

24:48

studies really show it only works until about

24:50

six months, and then it doesn't work after

24:52

that, even though I see

24:55

from the puppy food manufacturers that they want you

24:57

to feed your dog puppy food until they're about

24:59

53 years old. So

25:02

it's amazing how the science

25:04

gets twisted. So you can keep your dogs

25:06

on puppy food. There's no real harm in

25:09

puppy food. The nutrients are actually pretty similar,

25:11

sometimes actually even a little bit less. Or

25:14

you can switch them both to adult food, and that's

25:16

perfectly OK. At this point, they can both eat

25:18

the same food after six months. They

25:20

could before, too. You know, I hear

25:22

people talking more, and maybe it's about Bidenomics,

25:25

about how they have much of a price

25:27

of dog food. And that food in

25:29

general has gone up. Yeah, it's going to weigh

25:31

in. Is there any way, I know

25:34

you probably don't want to mention

25:36

specific brands, but is there any

25:38

way to see which are the

25:40

most overpriced types? Well, yeah. You

25:43

know, here's the frustrating thing. I tell clients

25:45

this 50 times a day. I believe there's

25:47

better foods than others, right? I use the

25:49

word believe because there's not a ton of

25:52

science behind what I just said. And

25:54

you'll never see on a bag of dog food makes your

25:56

dog healthier. So if

25:58

I could have an ideal way to eat, I'd be able to

26:00

eat. dog on a C plus dog food rather than an overweight

26:02

dog on an A plus dog food, I would take it. Because

26:06

I think food does impact health, but only

26:08

if you have a dog

26:10

that's otherwise healthy from weight. I

26:12

mean, I think that's the biggest thing. But

26:15

are there any websites that... There

26:17

was one called reviews.com that had sort

26:19

of a review process that I thought

26:22

made sense. They rated

26:24

dog foods based on

26:26

the source of the protein as either

26:29

the United States, Argentina or Australia. And

26:32

I thought that made sense. And they hadn't had

26:34

a recall in so many months or so many

26:36

years. I thought that made sense. And

26:38

that the manufacturer on the bag is the

26:40

manufacturer on the food, of the food. So

26:43

people can pick on Purina all day long. I

26:45

take my shots at Purina too. But I know

26:47

if there's a problem with Purina food, I know

26:49

who to call. Purina.

26:53

Some of these other foods, you go, hey, wait a second.

26:56

There's no such thing as this brand

26:58

of dog foods. Is it possible that

27:01

like some of these many generic brands

27:03

are made by the people

27:05

who you don't want

27:07

to support just because you're tired of buying

27:10

from them? I mean, is Purina making some

27:12

of these brands that you buy? I'll be

27:14

honest. I don't know. But you always check

27:16

with all those foods. It's like the Kirkland

27:18

food. Yeah, that's what I mean. But

27:22

generally, I think

27:25

generally, I trust Kirkland products because

27:27

I found them to be pretty good. So I would

27:29

be surprised if they made a lousy dog food and

27:31

everything else was good. Limerick

27:34

Guy says, is it OK for cats to eat

27:36

grass? Yeah, totally OK. Yeah, as

27:38

long as they're not barfing it up on your beds,

27:40

Brad. It's

27:43

so annoying that I need a prescription

27:46

to order flea and tech pills. Simperica.

27:48

Simperica, yeah. Simperica, for my dog online,

27:50

makes it a lot harder to shop

27:53

around for the best deal each time.

27:56

Yeah. And You know, there's

27:58

sort of two views about. that is if

28:00

there's a problem. it's usually best to go

28:02

three about marrying that Marion's as a business

28:04

thing. Monica keep that business as much as

28:06

possible because they have to pay your health

28:08

insurance for their employees and have to rent

28:10

a building and have to buy equipment. So

28:12

they're trying to make a little bit of

28:15

a profit everywhere so but but but most

28:17

that near and certainly we do when we

28:19

get a prescription from one eight hundred pet

28:21

mansour Chile for some park we to sign

28:23

it and send it back. and if you

28:25

want to buy it from that from them

28:27

online, Go! Had mine online. So

28:31

he's gonna find the right vast I guess the

28:33

yeah, me either. I think most of the mark

28:35

that way. maybe not all zone, but I and

28:37

it's usually pretty straightforward. I don't think we've ever

28:39

had anyone complain that they can't get a prescription.

28:42

I am online. Paula

28:44

your next web site How we car and

28:46

doctor match. Go ahead Power! Hi

28:50

jolly! I just wanted

28:52

to ask you as Etti and it's

28:55

a big boy hundred and English cream

28:57

retriever and am I switched him to

28:59

families. Dogs are yup, you don't have

29:01

to climb and it's not going on

29:04

the sun. but I mean you know

29:06

what I mean if it's not feasible

29:08

for you to planet. But so. Boy

29:12

Sticks. Yeah, I get odorless boy

29:14

sticks a day. Okay for him

29:16

to have least twice a week.

29:19

Yeah, you know what I always like is wearing. What

29:22

is a bullied? yes I do. I have watching. It

29:24

was okay. I think I know when it as I

29:26

think I know what it. as you say the word

29:28

a few times you'll figure out what it is. Just

29:31

a matter of repeating and a couple a time.

29:34

Like a cousin to Rocky Mountain oysters exactly. I

29:38

feel like a fool for even African. The

29:40

okay, as I said, dogs are our faculty.

29:42

the carnivores in it's a meat product and

29:44

so in inherently I don't have a problem

29:46

of it as long as the dogs weight

29:48

is doing okay. Lots of times when you

29:50

switch a dog onto a fresher food. they

29:52

do naturally lose weight because there are a

29:54

little more satiated and they're getting a little

29:56

bit less carbohydrate in their food so i'm

29:58

anti car behind in dog food for the

30:00

most part. I don't want it to be

30:02

zero, but I think in dry dog food

30:04

quite often carbohydrate content is higher than it

30:06

should be. Guner

30:09

loved farmer's dog by the way. Yeah.

30:11

Dr. Matt, I think you remember that.

30:13

Yeah. Yeah.

30:16

Thanks for the call, Paula. Did

30:18

he love sourdough too? I'm just checking. You

30:21

know what, I switched over to

30:23

sourdough. From a carbohydrate from a

30:25

bread perspective, sourdough is actually better

30:27

than you know like regular bread.

30:30

Sourdough is really good. It beats, I

30:32

rather have one that Thomas's English muffins

30:35

actually. There you go. Yeah. But it's

30:37

a you know it's fairly new thing

30:39

for me. 844-542-42. Debbie, you're next with

30:42

Haway Cara, Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Debbie.

30:45

Hi, thank you for taking my call.

30:47

I just have a quick question. I

30:50

just walked, my corgi was 12

30:52

years old and he had

30:54

cancer and

30:56

in the area where you know he would

30:58

be neutered and I was told when he

31:01

got neutered that that would help him later

31:03

on and he wouldn't

31:05

have that problem. So now my new

31:07

corgi, I can't convince

31:09

myself to get him neutered. Yeah.

31:12

What is the reason? Well,

31:15

neutering dogs, neutering

31:18

male dogs will

31:20

certainly prevent testicular cancer and

31:23

if he had cancer in that area, it

31:25

doesn't mean he had cancer of

31:27

his testicles because he didn't have testicles. So certainly

31:30

we see less prostatic disease, less

31:34

testicle cancer and dogs

31:36

just live a little, just live longer

31:38

when they're neutered. So the

31:40

biggest reason is dogs live longer. It's not

31:42

a guarantee. I mean, my parents' bat dog

31:44

lived to be 15 and my skinny golden

31:47

retriever died at six of liver cancer. So

31:49

I mean, there's nothing to guarantee in life,

31:51

but it's not a reason not to neuter

31:53

the dog. It's just a reason to believe

31:55

that things statistically are better, but with your

31:58

individual dog, it may not be better. Thanks

32:02

for the call, Debbie. 844-542-42. We'll take a few final

32:04

calls when we come back. And

32:08

again, you can text me at the

32:10

question for Dr. Matt at 617-213-1066. Text

32:15

Howie to that number, 617-213-1066. What's

32:19

your phone number again, Dr. Matt, if people

32:21

need your services during the week? People can

32:23

call me at 978-948-8189. Okay,

32:28

we'll be right back. I'm Howie Carr. The

32:31

Howie Carr Show. You're

32:48

listening to the Howie Carr

32:50

Show. 844-542-42.

32:55

I'll be off Monday,

32:58

heading back to Massachusetts

33:00

with a mail-room

33:03

manager in Roscoe. The

33:05

sourdough eating pug, sitting

33:08

in the middle. Is there

33:10

anything I need to prepare for

33:12

Roscoe's first plane trip? He

33:15

sits pretty quietly, right? Yes.

33:19

Yeah, then I don't think so. There

33:21

are some dogs that are, you know, we

33:23

recommend either some herbal sedation or actual sedation.

33:25

But I don't think Roscoe needs it. Does

33:28

he get in a seat? Yes, he

33:30

does. He's got a little, we bought

33:32

one of these little carriers and he's

33:35

going to have the middle seat. That's

33:37

the only way to fly. Jim Pack. It's

33:42

not exactly a private jet, Taylor,

33:44

you know? It

33:47

is for Roscoe. Yeah.

33:49

603, Dr. Matt, my elderly chocolate lab

33:51

drags her butt on the ground every

33:54

time she goes outside. What makes a

33:56

dog do this? Usually full anal glands

33:58

or that they're itchy. and this

34:00

is allergy time so it could be

34:02

allergy or it could be fully anal

34:04

glands. Yeah it doesn't need

34:06

to be, it doesn't matter if it's elderly or

34:09

young, right? No. I

34:12

mean he can have something worse in his anal

34:14

glands because he's older so I mean he could

34:16

potentially have an infection or he could potentially have

34:18

cancer but those are relatively infrequent and if you

34:20

bring him to your vet, your vet should be

34:22

able to fix that problem. Okay

34:25

and Dr. Matt, if people need to

34:27

bring their dog or cat to you,

34:29

what's the phone number they should use?

34:31

They can call me if their dog

34:33

is rubbing their butt on the ground.

34:36

They can call me at 978-948-8189. Robert,

34:41

you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt.

34:43

Go ahead Robert. Hello

34:46

Mr. Carr. Do you remember a couple

34:48

of years ago you and Grace were doing

34:50

a remote at JB Auto in North Wainmas?

34:53

Yes. And we fed my 17 year

34:55

old pug dog beef

34:58

jerky karaoke flavor and

35:02

then after you took a flight

35:04

at 6 p.m. Taylor was still

35:06

pissed about it and

35:09

was talking about it at Dr. Matt. Throwing

35:13

you under the bus. I

35:15

just had to remind you of that. Frank

35:18

is gone now. He made it

35:20

to 18. Not bad. Nothing

35:22

to complain about. Same as Gooner. Yeah.

35:25

That's good lifespan for a pug. It

35:27

is. Or any dog really actually.

35:29

Yes. You got

35:31

a replacement pug Robert? Not

35:34

yet. I'm not ready. Yeah I know what

35:36

you mean. I've got to fence my yard

35:38

in because I couldn't keep up with a

35:40

puppy now. Yeah. No,

35:44

you've got to be prepared. I was ready though

35:46

for Roscoe to come. 5

35:49

5 1 2 says Roscoe needs a weed gummy.

35:51

Laughing. I don't think I don't think Roscoe needs

35:53

a weed gummy. Do you? No, I

35:56

do not think Roscoe needs a weed gummy. Nor

36:01

does anyone else's dog. I'm not a

36:03

current partaker of weed in any form

36:05

but in the distant,

36:08

distant past I never found

36:10

that weed improved my anxiety.

36:12

Not an amplified anxiety. Yeah,

36:15

bourbon gummy. Yeah. We

36:17

have a scotch gummy for her. All

36:19

right. We got two calls left. Can you stick

36:22

around for the last call after we leave here?

36:24

Absolutely. Okay. Hold on, Bob, because we'll get you

36:26

to you in just a moment if

36:28

we don't get you on the air. Annie,

36:30

you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go

36:33

ahead, Annie. Hi.

36:35

I'm on the case and I have a

36:37

nine-year-old test peak day retriever who lately has

36:40

been sneezing a lot. Yep.

36:43

Could that be allergy? Absolutely. Should I be

36:45

worried? Yeah. So... So, yeah,

36:47

how... Annie's nine years old. It's

36:50

a little late to start with allergy but

36:52

it certainly could be allergy. I saw a dog

36:54

today. There was ten and I really was pretty

36:56

convinced that it was his first season of allergy.

37:00

But dogs can exhibit allergy as

37:02

hay fever, which is infrequent, or

37:05

as eczema, which is the most frequent. But

37:07

also, especially hunting dogs, can be... they're

37:09

sniffing all the time so they can sniff up stuff.

37:11

They can get foreign bodies in their nose and in

37:13

their sinuses. So have that checked. Okay.

37:16

Annie, thank you. Bob, hang on. Dr. Matt, give

37:18

us your phone number one last time. Okay.

37:24

I'll see everybody Tuesday. Back

37:26

in Boston. I'm Howie

37:29

Carr.