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Announcer: This is Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets.
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Deborah Wolfe: Hello, you're listening to Animal Party on Pet Life Radio with me, Deborah Wolfe.
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Deborah Wolfe: And, well, there's been a lot in the news, so I guess I should start with that.
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Deborah Wolfe: First, there was something kind of confusing that came up here in Vancouver in the local news, and we still haven't got to the bottom of it.
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Deborah Wolfe: But there was this news on TV, two nights ago, I think it started, and they were interviewing the victim, which is a man who's already disabled, and he was walking his dogs through the woods in a perfectly nice trail on Vancouver Island somewhere.
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Deborah Wolfe: And this is awful.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay, so he's got two dogs.
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Deborah Wolfe: One looks like a shepherd cross of some kind, medium size, and the other looks like a lab.
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Deborah Wolfe: But if you really look closely, it's a pit bull lab.
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Deborah Wolfe: At least that's what I think.
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Deborah Wolfe: Anyhow, so he says he's wandering around, and he has these two nice dogs, and they're off leash, and they're both very friendly.
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Deborah Wolfe: And all of a sudden, he can tell that there's something wrong with one of his dogs.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's disappeared in the woods.
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Deborah Wolfe: He goes to find it a few feet away, and it's been hacked very, very badly by a machete.
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Deborah Wolfe: And there's a man standing there with the unsheathed machete, and the victim, the man who owned the dogs, reports that he's with a woman, and the woman is laughing, like as if this is funny, as he's basically trying to kill his dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: So he gets the dog out of there, and gets it to vet emergency, and it undergoes all the surgery, and the dog is fine.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay, so the dog is okay.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's wearing a cone collar.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's gonna be okay.
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Deborah Wolfe: So the new story was all about how these suspects attack this dog, and be mindful if you're a dog walker, watch out when you're in the woods.
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Deborah Wolfe: Maybe somebody with a machete is some crazy person who's gonna come.
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Deborah Wolfe: And so that was kind of the way the story was playing for a day or two.
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Deborah Wolfe: And then the police investigated it more, and released official statements about it, saying that actually the dog attacked the man.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, why the man would have an unsheathed machete in the woods is kind of confusing to me.
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Deborah Wolfe: You don't really do that here.
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Deborah Wolfe: So, I mean, maybe pepper spray or bear spray, if you're worried about being attacked by a dog, maybe a big stick.
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Deborah Wolfe: And why are you worried about being attacked by dogs?
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Deborah Wolfe: And then, so according to the person who injured the dog, the dog attacked them.
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Deborah Wolfe: He saw this pit bull come out of nowhere and attacked them, and so he swung at it.
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Deborah Wolfe: So they're not going to charge this guy.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I'm just like kind of perplexed.
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Deborah Wolfe: What really happened there?
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Deborah Wolfe: What was really going on there?
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Deborah Wolfe: Did the dog bark at them?
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Deborah Wolfe: Did the dog scare them?
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Deborah Wolfe: Was the guy carrying a machete because he'd been attacked before?
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Deborah Wolfe: What is going on with this story?
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Deborah Wolfe: Something is missing.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I find lately in the news, when I watch the news, oftentimes, you know, if I ask the question, what, where, when, why, how, I'm not getting all the answers.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'm left going to the Internet to find out where did that happen, who was involved, and I'm kind of tired of that.
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Deborah Wolfe: I don't understand why journalists aren't covering the stories the way they used to.
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Deborah Wolfe: They used to have, like, an editor.
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Deborah Wolfe: I remember, because I worked at the Province newspaper for years, and they used to have this kind of overseer that saw everything, and he would blag your stories and say, look, it's missing this, it's missing that, fill it out more, condense it, you know, and then you'd go back and rewrite it and fix it.
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Deborah Wolfe: And the Province newspaper at the time had a circulation of 250,000 plus and was a daily paper in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Deborah Wolfe: And that's what they did.
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Deborah Wolfe: They were meticulous.
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Deborah Wolfe: But now, I watch the news and it doesn't matter if it's CNN or CBC or NBC or it doesn't matter.
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Deborah Wolfe: MSNBC, it doesn't matter what I'm watching.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's missing crucial facts.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, this story, this story, it's hard to tell what the facts are.
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Deborah Wolfe: If you've got a dog that's reactive or works, they might run, the dog might chase them, they might scream and yell to try and be aggressive, like you would with a bear.
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Deborah Wolfe: But that's not really the way to be around a dog who's trying to protect his owner.
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Deborah Wolfe: You have to show him you're a friend.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if you're walking in the woods and a dog comes up to you, boo boo boo, as if to say, hey, watch out, my owner's here.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'm protecting my owner.
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Deborah Wolfe: But the response is, hi doggy, or call out to the person, hello, I'm here.
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Deborah Wolfe: Then the owner answers you, hi, how's it going?
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Deborah Wolfe: Now the dog's completely diffused.
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Deborah Wolfe: There's a good way to react to this kind of situation.
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Deborah Wolfe: The dog's just doing his job, alerting the owner that there's some people in the woods that the owner doesn't know are there, and possibly there's a threat there.
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Deborah Wolfe: If the people in the woods are already worried about a dog attacking them and they're already armed, and they're just setting up for this, well, of course, the dog's going to feed on that.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's going to pick up that intention and that concern.
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Deborah Wolfe: And maybe the man who's about to attack the dog is sweating.
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Deborah Wolfe: Maybe he smells like fear.
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Deborah Wolfe: Maybe his heart is beating extra fast, which the dog can hear.
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Deborah Wolfe: There's a lot going on, right?
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Deborah Wolfe: If that dog had come across a couple of kids collecting flowers, he probably wouldn't have barked at all.
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Deborah Wolfe: So the dog is doing his job, but everybody's misunderstanding it.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I still, if I find out more information, and I will be looking, I will report back to you all at Animal Party, Pet Life Radio, because I really want to know what happened, the truth of what happened with these people.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, the guy, the owner of the dog was on disability, and I really want to commend the veterinarian who operated on the dog with no charge to remedy the situation, save the dog's life.
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Deborah Wolfe: A machete wound on a dog's neck is extremely severe.
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Deborah Wolfe: You could easily kill a dog that way.
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Deborah Wolfe: So, it's really bizarre that this happened.
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Deborah Wolfe: But I wanted to just detail it a little bit, and to just let you know that I will be following up.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay, we're going to go to a quick break and come back on Animal Party, Pet Life Radio with some more news, and some of it's feel good, so stay tuned.
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Deborah Wolfe: This is Deborah Wolfe, host of Animal Party on Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets on petliferadio.com.
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Deborah Wolfe: Hello, you're back on Animal Party, Pet Life Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: There's a lot of news going around, animal news, so we're gonna spend the show kind of covering most of that.
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Deborah Wolfe: There's been so many topics that have come up in the last few weeks, and I feel like I gotta clear them off my desk before I can do another show with a guest and talk about the guests' goings on.
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Deborah Wolfe: So for now, we're gonna go through the news a little bit, a little rundown.
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Deborah Wolfe: And there was something I just caught that I thought was a beautiful sentiment.
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Deborah Wolfe: There's an organization called Gaia, and they bring horses and dogs and different animals to children who are very, very sick.
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Deborah Wolfe: And one of the kids is quoted.
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Deborah Wolfe: I saw her on the news, and I was just almost, I almost got teary over this one.
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Deborah Wolfe: She's probably not gonna live long.
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Deborah Wolfe: She's a little girl, and she's pretty sick, and she's in the hospital, and she's hugging this dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: And they interview her, and they say, what's this like for you, basically?
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Deborah Wolfe: And she answers, she says, this dog is my pain medicine without tablets.
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Deborah Wolfe: I just thought that was brilliant.
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Deborah Wolfe: So I wanted to share that with you, because that's what a good service dog does.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, speaking of service dogs, a blind woman was refused a ride with a seeing-eye dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, this could be anywhere.
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Deborah Wolfe: It was in the lower mainland where I lived, but it could have been anywhere.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's still happening.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if you're ever in a situation where you're trying to board a bus or a plane or get into a taxi, and you see, because you've got sight, you see a person without sight trying to get in with their seeing-eye dog and they're being interfered with.
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Deborah Wolfe: Stick up for them.
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Deborah Wolfe: That's what we need to do.
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Deborah Wolfe: We need to say to that bus driver, taxi driver, stewardess, whoever it is, flight attendant, whatever, hey, this person is seeing impaired.
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Deborah Wolfe: They have a right to bring that dog on.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, I know there's a lot of people bringing dogs and cats and ferrets and who knows what on saying they're service animals, saying they help them with their anxiety.
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Deborah Wolfe: But this, this is something else.
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Deborah Wolfe: This is someone with a registered certified, fully trained dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's not going to cause a problem anywhere.
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Deborah Wolfe: And the person has a right, a right.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's not a privilege.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's not a, oh, well, if we feel like it, if there's enough room.
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Deborah Wolfe: No, no, no.
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Deborah Wolfe: A blind person with a registered service dog has a right to travel with that dog, a right not to be separated from that dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: So please, everybody, if you care about people and you care about dogs and you want the world to run better, stand up for these people because they need your help when they're being refused entry.
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Deborah Wolfe: You know, they get these terrible hassles, right?
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Deborah Wolfe: They have to rebook the flight.
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Deborah Wolfe: They can't go.
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Deborah Wolfe: They miss their event.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's already hard enough for a seeing impaired person to travel, but they add extra obstacles when they refuse them like this.
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Deborah Wolfe: And in the end, yeah, maybe if they have enough money and connections, they can sue or maybe they can make a big stink with the press and get some money back.
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Deborah Wolfe: But honestly, they'd much rather just make the flight.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if you can help them by saying, Hey, this person deserves to ride, let them on.
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Deborah Wolfe: It'll help them so much.
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Deborah Wolfe: So let's stand up for people with true, legitimate, certified service dogs who want access because it's the right thing to do.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's the right thing to do.
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Deborah Wolfe: All right, we're going to go to another break.
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Deborah Wolfe: Come back and talk about some more news and a little bit of dog behavior on Animal Party, Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: PetLifeRadio.com Hello, we're on Animal Party, PetLife Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: You are at the party.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I saw an interesting quote from a dog trainer that I thought I'd share with you.
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Deborah Wolfe: He said that, letting your dog out in the same yard, alone, every day, is like you trying to read the same book, over and over and over.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I thought that was really apt.
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Deborah Wolfe: Because a lot of people think, you know, 10 by 20 yard or even a quarter acre, or even a hundred by 50, whatever, that a yard like that is gonna, well, he has a yard, why isn't he happy?
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Deborah Wolfe: Well, he's just gonna sit there and wait for you to come out and play with him.
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Deborah Wolfe: Most dogs, if there's two dogs in their playmates, that's great.
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Deborah Wolfe: They can chase each other, run, chase, chest each other's reflexes, like keep away with a ball.
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Deborah Wolfe: They can do all kinds of things together.
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Deborah Wolfe: But if you got one dog sitting out there by itself, in a yard, he's already smelled with no new scents and no new experiences.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's been there, done that a hundred times.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's just going to sit and wait for you.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's just a bathroom.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's like trying to be entertained in an outhouse.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's just not going to work.
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Deborah Wolfe: So give your dog some stimulation.
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Deborah Wolfe: Take him to the park.
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Deborah Wolfe: Take him to the dog park.
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Deborah Wolfe: Bring a friend over who has a dog to play with him.
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Deborah Wolfe: That's the kind of thing your dog needs.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's sometimes I run into customers who are here for training.
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Deborah Wolfe: They come to Camp Good Dog and they have a very athletic dog, maybe a whimeran or a vorticali, a pointer, like that, like the one at cricket, the one that lost its life because of that silly ball addition.
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Deborah Wolfe: But maybe a dog that's meant for hunting or sport, and they don't understand why they can't exercise it enough.
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Deborah Wolfe: They tell me things like, oh, well, we walk it three times a day.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I look at the people and their walk speed is a shuffle or a stroll.
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Deborah Wolfe: They're overweight or elderly or they just aren't very fit people.
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Deborah Wolfe: And they got this like major athlete on four legs in the prime of his life.
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Deborah Wolfe: The only way you're going to run that dog till he's happy and content is with other dogs or with a ball or with a game off leash.
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Deborah Wolfe: You got to find a place to let him swim or run or fetch, chuck it.
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Deborah Wolfe: Use the chuck it tool so you can chuck that ball way farther than your own feeble arm will do because that dog needs more than what you can give it.
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Deborah Wolfe: And once you are giving it the exercise it needs, all your behavior problems disappear.
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Deborah Wolfe: You know, he's hyper around the house, he runs out the front door, he won't come when called at the end of walks, he holds on a leash, he jumps up on people.
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Deborah Wolfe: All this stuff is gone when the dog isn't so dying for a workout, when he's tired and he's sleeping.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's a really good dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: So that's what I would suggest for you.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, I've had a dog here recently, a dog called Onyx that was boarding here.
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Deborah Wolfe: And, you know, he was said to be very nervous and handshy.
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Deborah Wolfe: And it was really interesting to me that the way to work this dog was not necessarily to put him on leash, not necessarily to pull him at all or go near his collar.
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Deborah Wolfe: So he obviously has some issues, like someone's grabbed him too hard or done a surrender hold or something happened to him that he doesn't like to be grabbed or pulled.
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Deborah Wolfe: So as soon as I figured that out, I just sent the word to all my staff, hey, baby talk this one.
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Deborah Wolfe: So what you do is you walk up to him and as he sort of slinks back, like his normal reaction, instead of reaching to him, which will make him slink back further, you keep your body still and you just start baby talking.
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh, what a good boy.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's so nice to see you.
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Deborah Wolfe: You want to go for a walk?
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Deborah Wolfe: I think you do.
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh, you're so cute.
00:14:51.887 --> 00:14:58.627
Deborah Wolfe: And you say his name and you tell him he's a good dog, shaking himself, maybe he yawns or sneezes, he's changing his mood now.
00:14:59.087 --> 00:15:01.467
Deborah Wolfe: And he starts to sort of get a little frisky feet.
00:15:01.467 --> 00:15:02.667
Deborah Wolfe: And now he's right beside you.
00:15:02.667 --> 00:15:04.207
Deborah Wolfe: Now he's ready to go out with you.
00:15:04.207 --> 00:15:07.707
Deborah Wolfe: So a lot of times it's about what happened before.
00:15:07.707 --> 00:15:13.087
Deborah Wolfe: And just setting up a new situation where the dog knows, wait a minute, oh, this is different.
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh, oh, this is the walk voice.
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Deborah Wolfe: This is the happy voice.
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Deborah Wolfe: This is the voice I want to obey.
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Deborah Wolfe: I want to hang out with you, you nice person that's baby talking and so happy.
00:15:24.447 --> 00:15:26.627
Deborah Wolfe: So try to set the mood with your voice.
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Deborah Wolfe: Dogs are very, very sensitive to sound.
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Deborah Wolfe: And oftentimes I'll be working with someone who's training their dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I notice that the voice they use for good dog and the voice they use for is kind of the same.
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Deborah Wolfe: So in other words, they'll use a very gruff voice to you're a good dog, you're a good dog.
00:15:48.807 --> 00:15:50.927
Deborah Wolfe: And then when the dog's bad, no.
00:15:50.927 --> 00:15:53.447
Deborah Wolfe: Well, it's really hard for the dog to distinguish.
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Deborah Wolfe: Instead, if they say, you're a good dog, like that, and when it's doing something they don't like, the correction is no.
00:16:02.427 --> 00:16:08.547
Deborah Wolfe: Then, okay, now the negative sounds like a growl, just like a mama dog or any dog would do.
00:16:08.547 --> 00:16:10.567
Deborah Wolfe: It sounds like a negative sound.
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Deborah Wolfe: No.
00:16:12.327 --> 00:16:16.427
Deborah Wolfe: And the happy sounds so positive, it can't be mistaken.
00:16:16.427 --> 00:16:17.527
Deborah Wolfe: So that's what you want to do.
00:16:17.587 --> 00:16:20.207
Deborah Wolfe: Use your voice when you're working with animals.
00:16:20.247 --> 00:16:24.607
Deborah Wolfe: Use your voice to set the tone, and you'll get way better reactions.
00:16:24.607 --> 00:16:30.227
Deborah Wolfe: Okay, one more extra tip is what you're thinking the dog picks up on.
00:16:30.227 --> 00:16:38.327
Deborah Wolfe: So this is kind of hard to explain because some people think I'm saying that dogs have telepathy, and I probably am saying that.
00:16:38.327 --> 00:16:46.987
Deborah Wolfe: But whether it's true telepathy or just an extreme adept, adeptness at reading human behavior, I can't be sure.
00:16:46.987 --> 00:16:49.007
Deborah Wolfe: Regardless, the effect is the same.
00:16:49.267 --> 00:16:53.027
Deborah Wolfe: When you think something, your dog picks it up.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if I think to myself, oh my god, I'm going to be late for my appointment.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'm so late.
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Deborah Wolfe: I wish this dog would friggin come.
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Deborah Wolfe: I can't stand this.
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Deborah Wolfe: One more minute and I'm going to stress out.
00:17:02.707 --> 00:17:03.587
Deborah Wolfe: Oh no, no, no, no.
00:17:03.587 --> 00:17:05.527
Deborah Wolfe: Okay, all that, your dog's pick it up.
00:17:05.527 --> 00:17:08.507
Deborah Wolfe: And he's going, I don't want to go anywhere near her.
00:17:08.507 --> 00:17:10.407
Deborah Wolfe: I don't know if she's mad at me.
00:17:10.407 --> 00:17:13.347
Deborah Wolfe: I don't know what's going on, but this isn't good.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'll just look the other way and pretend I don't hear her calling me because we're at the dog park and I like it here.
00:17:19.607 --> 00:17:32.667
Deborah Wolfe: Now, if on the other hand, the owner starts to knows they're getting stressed and all that, but they say to themselves, OK, take a few deep breaths, take a few deep breaths and we'll just, you know, kind of focus on a positive thought.
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Deborah Wolfe: Picture your dog coming to you as you say the word come.
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Deborah Wolfe: Say it in a happy voice.
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Deborah Wolfe: Walk away so your dog sees that you're actually going to do something.
00:17:42.127 --> 00:17:44.927
Deborah Wolfe: Maybe pick up a ball and play with it yourself.
00:17:44.927 --> 00:17:52.067
Deborah Wolfe: Do something that shows the dog you're happy, you're in a good mood and when he joins you, it'll be a happy thing.
00:17:52.067 --> 00:17:58.947
Deborah Wolfe: If you do that, your dog is so much more likely to come than if you're standing there venting and fuming and thinking all these negative thoughts.
00:17:58.947 --> 00:18:09.247
Deborah Wolfe: Your body posture will change, your attitude will change, everything you send out, the whole vibe changes and your dog says, wait a minute, that's my favorite person doing something fun.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'll go check it out and boom.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, if you're listening to this and you say, that would never work with my dog.
00:18:14.447 --> 00:18:16.547
Deborah Wolfe: When I go to the dog park, all he cares about is the ball.
00:18:16.727 --> 00:18:18.227
Deborah Wolfe: He'll follow anyone with the ball.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay, if that's your situation, you need more training.
00:18:22.067 --> 00:18:27.427
Deborah Wolfe: Take your dog to that same park with a big long rope and teach him to come right then and there.
00:18:27.427 --> 00:18:30.867
Deborah Wolfe: Teach him that you are the most fun thing in that park.
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Deborah Wolfe: He can wander around and then you say, come and reel him in like a fish and give him the ball and play with him a little bit and cuddle him, wrestle him, do whatever he likes so that he wants to come again, then ignore him.
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Deborah Wolfe: For five minutes, let him wander around, sniff things, call him again, make it so happy that he just can't wait for you to call him.
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Deborah Wolfe: Do this a lot.
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Deborah Wolfe: And when you do, eventually decide to do off leash walks, start your off leash walk with a long leash.
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Deborah Wolfe: So you're showing him, on this day, in this park, if you come, I'll be happy and we'll celebrate.
00:19:02.847 --> 00:19:05.087
Deborah Wolfe: And if you come, the walk won't be over.
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Deborah Wolfe: You'll get to go again.
00:19:06.487 --> 00:19:10.507
Deborah Wolfe: Because a lot of our dogs think come when called means the walk's over.
00:19:10.507 --> 00:19:12.147
Deborah Wolfe: So you have to call them throughout the walk.
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Deborah Wolfe: So it's happening.
00:19:12.827 --> 00:19:14.187
Deborah Wolfe: Give him a little treat, send him again.
00:19:14.687 --> 00:19:16.487
Deborah Wolfe: Give him a ball, send him off again.
00:19:16.507 --> 00:19:17.267
Deborah Wolfe: Over and over.
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Deborah Wolfe: So when you do call him at the end of the walk, he doesn't know it's the end of the walk.
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Deborah Wolfe: That's the way to go.
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Deborah Wolfe: If you've got a dog who holds out on you.
00:19:25.547 --> 00:19:29.007
Deborah Wolfe: So, oh my goodness, I have so much more to cover.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's a good thing I'm on every week, because I'll be back next week to give you more.
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Deborah Wolfe: I did want to tell you a little bit about some sentimental adoptions that I've had.
00:19:39.567 --> 00:19:42.187
Deborah Wolfe: But before I do that, I'm going to tell you about magic.
00:19:42.687 --> 00:19:44.547
Deborah Wolfe: Yeah, no, I did tell you about magic.
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Deborah Wolfe: Magic is the dog that got hurt, and he's doing well.
00:19:47.947 --> 00:19:49.507
Deborah Wolfe: The dog who got hurt by the machete.
00:19:49.507 --> 00:19:51.047
Deborah Wolfe: So, I got a little bit confused there.
00:19:51.047 --> 00:19:53.607
Deborah Wolfe: But magic is doing very, very well.
00:19:53.607 --> 00:19:59.807
Deborah Wolfe: There's an animal group, a rescue group that I just wanted to talk a little bit about before we end the show.
00:19:59.807 --> 00:20:03.387
Deborah Wolfe: And that is a Norwegian animal rescue group.
00:20:03.387 --> 00:20:06.607
Deborah Wolfe: And they're saving the animals left in Ukraine.
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Deborah Wolfe: They're leaving no pet behind.
00:20:09.127 --> 00:20:14.327
Deborah Wolfe: And I'm looking at a picture of a woman evacuating with her cat from Ukraine.
00:20:14.327 --> 00:20:21.727
Deborah Wolfe: And so, so many of the pets there were in trouble and left and in a destitute situation with bombs going off.
00:20:21.727 --> 00:20:29.467
Deborah Wolfe: And so, it's really wonderful that there are organizations out there doing this work and saving the animals of Ukraine.
00:20:29.467 --> 00:20:34.767
Deborah Wolfe: Because anytime there's a war zone, the animals are affected, and it's certainly not their fault.
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Deborah Wolfe: So, I think we've run out of time today.
00:20:38.107 --> 00:20:41.447
Deborah Wolfe: I'm sorry to say, because I have so much more to talk about.
00:20:41.447 --> 00:20:44.787
Deborah Wolfe: Well, I'm just going to leave you with a cat tip, then.
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh, no, I want to talk to you about cones.
00:20:46.667 --> 00:20:49.487
Deborah Wolfe: Because in a previous show, I was talking about cone collars.
00:20:49.487 --> 00:20:50.827
Deborah Wolfe: This is important.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I was saying that I love the soft cone collar, which is true.
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Deborah Wolfe: I buy them on Amazon, and they have Velcro on them, and I get one that's larger than the dog's head, always the size larger, because otherwise they can kind of scrunch it up and get at their stitches.
00:21:08.167 --> 00:21:09.727
Deborah Wolfe: And that was working really well.
00:21:09.727 --> 00:21:12.747
Deborah Wolfe: But I do want to tell you that it stopped working.
00:21:12.747 --> 00:21:15.327
Deborah Wolfe: So you have to be monitoring.
00:21:15.327 --> 00:21:24.767
Deborah Wolfe: If you've got a dog that's had stitches or a wound, and it's supposed to wear a cone collar, and you feel so bad that you take the cone collar off, and you think, okay, I'm just going to give them a little break.
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Deborah Wolfe: Tie that dog to you.
00:21:25.867 --> 00:21:31.087
Deborah Wolfe: Put them on a leash and put the leash around your waist, because it's very easy to forget for a second.
00:21:31.087 --> 00:21:36.747
Deborah Wolfe: And the dog goes out to the bathroom, or he goes into another room and rips all his stitches out.
00:21:36.747 --> 00:21:41.487
Deborah Wolfe: Or in the case of a female who's just been spayed, rips her stitches out and her organs are lying on the floor.
00:21:41.487 --> 00:21:44.147
Deborah Wolfe: Bad, bad, bad, nasty.
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Deborah Wolfe: And if you have to have a surgery redone, it's extremely expensive, but also very difficult for the veterinarian, because the dog will mess it all up.
00:21:52.347 --> 00:21:57.187
Deborah Wolfe: And then there's very little skin tissue left to tie to secure the wound at the end.
00:21:57.187 --> 00:21:59.147
Deborah Wolfe: So you really, really want to avoid this.
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Deborah Wolfe: So here I am one week after spaying two dogs, and the soft cone collars are working great, and everybody seems comfortable and happy.
00:22:07.367 --> 00:22:10.827
Deborah Wolfe: And I noticed somebody's licking her stitches.
00:22:10.827 --> 00:22:19.727
Deborah Wolfe: Somehow she's managed to yoga, position her head and scrinch the soft cone, so she can just get at them.
00:22:19.727 --> 00:22:20.947
Deborah Wolfe: A good thing we noticed.
00:22:20.947 --> 00:22:27.347
Deborah Wolfe: Okay, so right away, boom, that soft cone collar comes off, and the nasty hard plastic one goes on.
00:22:27.347 --> 00:22:29.127
Deborah Wolfe: And okay, now it's 100%.
00:22:30.347 --> 00:22:33.127
Deborah Wolfe: Tie it up securely, so they can't get it off.
00:22:33.127 --> 00:22:35.347
Deborah Wolfe: Secure the plastic cone to the collar.
00:22:35.347 --> 00:22:40.567
Deborah Wolfe: Tie the collar tighter than it normally is, so there's no way the dog can get this off.
00:22:40.567 --> 00:22:43.327
Deborah Wolfe: And I did some further insurance.
00:22:43.327 --> 00:22:47.627
Deborah Wolfe: I used duct tape where all the clasps connect.
00:22:47.627 --> 00:22:54.267
Deborah Wolfe: I duct taped it, because sometimes a dog can use its foot and undo the cone and then have access to its stitches.
00:22:54.267 --> 00:22:55.307
Deborah Wolfe: So I didn't want any of that.
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Deborah Wolfe: So now, my two girl dogs, Huckadot and Dorita, who are finished their breeding career, one's a poodle, one's a doodle, they got spayed and for a week, they were absolutely fine with the soft collar, didn't fuss, didn't do anything.
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Deborah Wolfe: But that's the thing.
00:23:11.327 --> 00:23:14.087
Deborah Wolfe: When the stitches are new, they don't itch so much.
00:23:14.087 --> 00:23:19.427
Deborah Wolfe: At about seven days, they start to itch like mad and the dog wants to get them out.
00:23:19.427 --> 00:23:26.047
Deborah Wolfe: So even though your dog may have not fusted its stitches the first week, you really got to watch it at around day seven.
00:23:26.047 --> 00:23:29.187
Deborah Wolfe: So day seven, mine went, or I think it was more like day ten.
00:23:29.187 --> 00:23:36.587
Deborah Wolfe: Mine went into the plastic cones, and tomorrow they get their stitches out and they can be cone free.
00:23:36.587 --> 00:23:38.927
Deborah Wolfe: So they'll be very, very happy.
00:23:38.927 --> 00:23:41.647
Deborah Wolfe: But it's super hard for the owner to endure this.
00:23:41.647 --> 00:23:43.687
Deborah Wolfe: You so want to take the cone off.
00:23:43.687 --> 00:23:47.567
Deborah Wolfe: And I just had to, no, I'm not taking these cones off.
00:23:47.587 --> 00:23:50.327
Deborah Wolfe: I'm not risking the stitches being removed.
00:23:50.327 --> 00:23:54.727
Deborah Wolfe: We're going to make it to the two week mark, take them back to the vet and get it done properly.
00:23:54.727 --> 00:24:11.827
Deborah Wolfe: So I do recommend for all you out there who are listening, if you've got a dog that picks it itself, if you've got a dog that's never had surgery before and you don't know, if you've got a dog that seems calm with its stitches in the first week, be on the lookout for the fact that they might start fussing and scratching and trying to pick them out after that.
00:24:11.827 --> 00:24:13.427
Deborah Wolfe: And you just don't want that.
00:24:13.427 --> 00:24:13.987
Deborah Wolfe: And they're out of it.
00:24:13.987 --> 00:24:15.007
Deborah Wolfe: They never have to have it again.
00:24:15.007 --> 00:24:15.507
Deborah Wolfe: It's over.
00:24:15.507 --> 00:24:18.167
Deborah Wolfe: They hang into the back of your legs and they make all kinds of noise.
00:24:18.167 --> 00:24:20.967
Deborah Wolfe: And dogs can't quite get up on furniture the same way.
00:24:21.227 --> 00:24:23.047
Deborah Wolfe: And they can't get in and out doggy doors.
00:24:23.047 --> 00:24:25.647
Deborah Wolfe: But it's this too shall pass, okay?
00:24:25.647 --> 00:24:28.287
Deborah Wolfe: It's worth enduring till the end.
00:24:28.287 --> 00:24:33.267
Deborah Wolfe: If any of you want to see a picture of my dogs and cones, we're going to post it with this show.
00:24:33.267 --> 00:24:37.827
Deborah Wolfe: And I actually decided this time to see what it was like.
00:24:37.827 --> 00:24:40.607
Deborah Wolfe: You know, I've put cone collars on dogs for years.
00:24:40.607 --> 00:24:44.727
Deborah Wolfe: Every time they have something they're picking out or have a surgery, right?
00:24:44.727 --> 00:24:46.687
Deborah Wolfe: But I've never worn one myself.
00:24:46.687 --> 00:24:49.427
Deborah Wolfe: So I decided how bad is this thing to wear?
00:24:50.087 --> 00:24:53.047
Deborah Wolfe: So I put one on myself and took a picture with the two dogs.
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Deborah Wolfe: I think they thought it was hysterical.
00:24:54.647 --> 00:24:57.927
Deborah Wolfe: Both of them were really play acting when I did this.
00:24:57.927 --> 00:25:01.327
Deborah Wolfe: But yeah, it's really not very pleasant, honestly.
00:25:01.327 --> 00:25:02.647
Deborah Wolfe: It's very hard to see.
00:25:02.647 --> 00:25:05.207
Deborah Wolfe: Your peripheral vision is cut off completely.
00:25:05.207 --> 00:25:08.087
Deborah Wolfe: You have to lift your head to do anything.
00:25:08.087 --> 00:25:11.487
Deborah Wolfe: It's not heavy exactly, but it's a little bit scratchy.
00:25:11.487 --> 00:25:15.987
Deborah Wolfe: Now, granted, I don't have fur, so it scratches on my neck and my hair.
00:25:15.987 --> 00:25:17.607
Deborah Wolfe: It was really quite uncomfortable.
00:25:18.327 --> 00:25:25.887
Deborah Wolfe: So I'm kind of amazed at how well my dogs do with the cone collars, how happy they are, their tails are wagging, they're running around.
00:25:25.887 --> 00:25:33.367
Deborah Wolfe: Like, I don't think a human wearing one of those for two weeks would be nearly as happy or as able to get around.
00:25:33.367 --> 00:25:37.907
Deborah Wolfe: If you want to see a human in a cone collar, me, with a couple of dogs, check it out.
00:25:38.227 --> 00:25:39.287
Deborah Wolfe: It's on our page.
00:25:39.287 --> 00:25:41.147
Deborah Wolfe: It'll be posted with the show.
00:25:41.147 --> 00:25:47.747
Deborah Wolfe: And I think it's often good to try to see what your dogs see, feel what your dogs feel.
00:25:47.747 --> 00:25:52.327
Deborah Wolfe: In particular, right now, I know it's 98 degrees in Florida.
00:25:52.327 --> 00:25:53.787
Deborah Wolfe: Mexico's hotter.
00:25:53.787 --> 00:25:58.627
Deborah Wolfe: So where I live, it's raining and cold, and this isn't really a worry right now.
00:25:58.627 --> 00:26:04.407
Deborah Wolfe: But if you're in a very, very hot place and you want to walk your dog, touch the pavement.
00:26:04.407 --> 00:26:07.727
Deborah Wolfe: If it burns your hand, you got to do something about that.
00:26:07.827 --> 00:26:16.027
Deborah Wolfe: You got to walk him somewhere else or give him boots or something, because you don't want his foot pads, his sensitive leather foot pads to get burned.
00:26:16.027 --> 00:26:23.787
Deborah Wolfe: I've seen dogs where they burn them right off, and it's a very difficult injury to recover from, because every time they walk on it, they re-injure.
00:26:23.787 --> 00:26:25.907
Deborah Wolfe: So be very, very careful.
00:26:25.907 --> 00:26:27.907
Deborah Wolfe: Try to avoid the heat of the day.
00:26:27.907 --> 00:26:33.007
Deborah Wolfe: Walk your dog in the early morning or the evening when it's cooler, especially if it's an old dog.
00:26:33.007 --> 00:26:39.487
Deborah Wolfe: If your dog's over eight, it has no business being out at noon on a sunny, hot day when it's 100 degrees.
00:26:39.487 --> 00:26:40.967
Deborah Wolfe: That's a recipe for stroke.
00:26:40.967 --> 00:26:43.987
Deborah Wolfe: So keep in mind, and I hear this all the time.
00:26:43.987 --> 00:26:48.847
Deborah Wolfe: I had a Dalmatian customer years ago who would argue with me, Oh no, she's fine.
00:26:48.847 --> 00:26:50.867
Deborah Wolfe: She loves her noonday runs.
00:26:50.867 --> 00:26:56.267
Deborah Wolfe: And I kept saying to him, Well, that may have been true when she was four or five or six, but she's 11 now.
00:26:56.267 --> 00:26:58.887
Deborah Wolfe: And she's only keeping up with you out of duty.
00:26:58.887 --> 00:27:01.647
Deborah Wolfe: She does not want to run in the heat of the day during a heat wave.
00:27:02.567 --> 00:27:04.387
Deborah Wolfe: That's not what dogs do.
00:27:04.387 --> 00:27:06.007
Deborah Wolfe: In the wild, they don't do that.
00:27:06.007 --> 00:27:07.167
Deborah Wolfe: They stay in the woods.
00:27:07.167 --> 00:27:08.927
Deborah Wolfe: They avoid hot sun.
00:27:08.927 --> 00:27:10.167
Deborah Wolfe: They just don't do that.
00:27:10.167 --> 00:27:13.307
Deborah Wolfe: They do their major trips, dawn and dusk.
00:27:13.307 --> 00:27:15.487
Deborah Wolfe: They don't play in the heat wave in noon.
00:27:15.487 --> 00:27:20.167
Deborah Wolfe: So just because you love the sun doesn't mean your dog does.
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Deborah Wolfe: And that particular dalmatian had a stroke, a heart attack and stroke during a run after I'd warned him.
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Deborah Wolfe: So really, it survived, but was never the same.
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Deborah Wolfe: So I want you all to know that the heat is a serious thing for dogs.
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Deborah Wolfe: They're wearing fur coats.
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Deborah Wolfe: They don't have great temperature control.
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Deborah Wolfe: They need shade.
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Deborah Wolfe: They need water.
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Deborah Wolfe: And they need cool place to walk.
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Deborah Wolfe: So some of that grass in Florida, that artificially watered grass because it's so hot there, it can be so sharp.
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Deborah Wolfe: It can be like blades.
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Deborah Wolfe: Run your hand along it.
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Deborah Wolfe: If it cuts your hand, don't walk your dog on that grass.
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Deborah Wolfe: Really, really think about where you're taking your dog and the time of day when you're in a heat wave.
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Deborah Wolfe: They should always have water, always have access to shade.
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Deborah Wolfe: And if you do think your dog's gotten dehydrated or overheated, wet him down with cool water, not cold water, and keep him in the shade and give him lots to drink.
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Deborah Wolfe: Sometimes Gatorade can help a lot.
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Deborah Wolfe: If a dog, you put a little bit of Gatorade in their water and give them a choice.
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Deborah Wolfe: So they have fresh, plain water, as well as the Gatorade-flavored water.
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Deborah Wolfe: Sometimes that can help a lot to just revive a dog quickly.
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Deborah Wolfe: But if you're really worried about it, go to the vet, because it can be very, very serious, and I don't want dogs dropping from the heat.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay, everybody, that was your Word to the Wise from Animal Party, Pet Life Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: From me and the station, be good to your animals.
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