The Doggy Diva Show

Health and Lifestyle Contributor Monica Leighton offers pet parents timely suggestions for your pets first aid kit necessities during Pet First Aid Awareness Month and Kim Gaebelein, Canine Relations Specialist at Bil- Jac Foods, shares helpful and healthy advice on transitioning your puppies from puppy food to adult dog food. 

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Susan Marie: Hi, this is Susan Marie from The Doggy Diva Show.

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Susan Marie: This episode features helpful advice for Pet First Aid Awareness Month, and when best to transition from puppy food to adult food.

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Susan Marie: Hi, welcome to The Doggy Diva Show, the show for animal lovers.

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Susan Marie: Welcome back everyone to the Doggy Diva Show with us to share timely and important tips for pets and pet parents is Monica Leighton, president of Professional Pet Sitting.

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Susan Marie: Hey Monica, how are you?

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Susan Marie: And you and I have talked about this many times, the Pet First Aid, what to have in your kit, how to react to things.

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Susan Marie: In April being Pet First Aid Awareness Month, I thought this would be a great time to bring all this to the pet parents out there who are listening to us, some great information so that they too will be prepared.

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Monica Leighton: Absolutely, so whether it's a weekend and your vet's closed or you're out camping or hiking and you're just enjoying life and something comes up to where your pet has an injury or needs first aid, it's always great to be prepared and know what to do.

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Monica Leighton: That way you get the pet taken care of, you can get them stabilized until they can see their veterinarian and less stress than the whole situation because, of course, when your pets get hurt, it's always stressful.

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Monica Leighton: So ASL clients, they have some great resources around that they can check out.

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Monica Leighton: I always recommend that if you have a pet in the home, you can go online, you can go on YouTube, they have great classes.

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Monica Leighton: But I always recommend if they know how to do the Heimlich maneuver for their pet or they know Pet CPR, two huge things that can save a pet's life.

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Monica Leighton: Everybody, I think, should really, really know how to do those if possible.

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Monica Leighton: And again, there's so many different things out there to where you can really learn how to do it.

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Monica Leighton: And they have some wonderful classes.

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Monica Leighton: Almost every city has them.

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Monica Leighton: They're put on local community centers and vet's offices even, have them emergency centers, pet shelters, all great resources to have local classes at and they often switch around to areas.

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Monica Leighton: So they're very easy to find.

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Monica Leighton: And again, a lot of great resources online too.

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Monica Leighton: And if you can learn your pet CPR and your Heimlich, then the rest, in as far as stabilizing the pet, can hopefully be found in your Pet First Aid Kit, which everybody should have.

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Monica Leighton: Again, if you're traveling, having something that you can take with you that's portable and things to go inside that Pest First Aid Kit, your gauze bandages, your tapes, antiseptic lotions and sprays, gauze rolls.

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Monica Leighton: That way, if you have a pet that injures a leg or something, you can roll it and stabilize it.

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Monica Leighton: Non-stick pads, some scissors, cotton balls and swabs, if you need to get anything out of ears or out of a nose or all things come in handy.

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Monica Leighton: A thermometer is great.

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Monica Leighton: And always anti-diarrheal medication, pediatric electrolytes like a Pedialyte for dehydration.

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Monica Leighton: I always recommend having hydrogen peroxide in there.

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Monica Leighton: That way, if your pet does get into something toxic and you contact a vet or contact Pet Poison Healthline, if they do tell you to administer something for vomiting, then that should have worked for that.

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Monica Leighton: Always a plastic syringe or an eye dropper, something that you can administer liquids out of.

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Monica Leighton: Ant acids for upset stomachs that are safe for your pet.

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Monica Leighton: Antihistamines like Benadryl, things like antibiotic cream or ointment.

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Monica Leighton: That way you can help with a wound care.

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Monica Leighton: And then hydrocortisone cream to help with insect bites and stings.

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Monica Leighton: Of course, some non-latex gloves for you, keep everything sterile.

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Monica Leighton: For your pet, some ice packs, some sterile saline solution.

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Monica Leighton: That way if your pet gets something in their eye, you can hopefully wash it out with the saline solution.

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Monica Leighton: Tweezers and of course, septic powder or a little pencil.

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Monica Leighton: At home, we get calls so often, clients upset, my pet split, it got its nail caught on something and it broke and it split in half and it's losing so much blood and so your septic powder or septic pencils are great for that.

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Monica Leighton: A paler of nail clippers.

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Monica Leighton: That way if that does happen, you can cut the nail to right where the split is and put the septic powder on there and make it stop bleeding.

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Monica Leighton: Your veterinarian's emergency information, information for the pet poison helpline.

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Monica Leighton: All great things to keep in your first aid kit.

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Monica Leighton: Little pet first aid books are great.

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Monica Leighton: And I always suggest a copy of your pet's vaccine history and medical records.

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Monica Leighton: That way if you are traveling and you do have to go to an emergency clinic or have that information available and you're not right at home or going to your own local veterinarian, that you have everything that you'll need to give them to show them your pet's medical history.

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Susan Marie: And that's all so important.

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Susan Marie: And again, you talked about the CPR.

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Susan Marie: I had taken it a few years ago.

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Susan Marie: They were doing it like locally around here when Francesca had something happened to her in the middle of the night and I used my pet CPR on her and we brought her into the vet early in the morning and she said she saved her life.

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Susan Marie: It was something that I never thought I'd need, but I did need.

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Susan Marie: And it's something that you could do online.

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Susan Marie: I think that they have YouTube classes and they have other classes that you could take to contact your local, maybe humane society.

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Susan Marie: Ours was done through a local humane society and you and I know who the teacher was.

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Susan Marie: She was very, very good.

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Susan Marie: And yes, she's very, very good.

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Susan Marie: And I told her, I saw her after that and I said, you helped me save her life.

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Susan Marie: You helped me save Frene's life.

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Susan Marie: And it was, you never know what you're going to put in it.

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Susan Marie: You're going to need it, but it's always better to be prepared and you can get your certification in it.

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Susan Marie: But it's also very important to have all of this stuff in your Pet First Aid Kit.

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Susan Marie: Monica, there's always something that could go wrong.

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Susan Marie: And all of this stuff.

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Susan Marie: We also have one that you could just buy.

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Susan Marie: We bought it online, but we added a number of things to it because there's a lot of things that you and I have talked about on the show that you've brought to my attention that I've included in there.

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Susan Marie: So mine's bulging, but that's okay.

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Susan Marie: And you and I, at a later date, are going to talk about the importance of having this already in case there's a pet emergency, like a weather emergency, or you never know what's going to come up.

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Susan Marie: So we'll be talking about that at another time, but it's always, always important to have this on hand and also have the pet poison helpline number on hand and to have all your pet emergency hospital as well as your vets.

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Susan Marie: You should have all of these numbers in your phone so that you don't have to go searching for them.

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Susan Marie: I think that it's very important that we be prepared so that when something strikes and you're never prepared, you know, you think, oh, that's never going to happen.

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Susan Marie: Well, take it from me, it does.

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Susan Marie: So Monica, we had talked about the pet poison hotline a couple of shows ago.

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Susan Marie: Can you give that out to the listeners again so that they could put it in their phones or have it ready if something does happen so that they could put it right in their pet first aid kit?

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Monica Leighton: Absolutely.

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Monica Leighton: It's petpoisonhelpline.com and the phone number is 1-855-764-7661.

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Susan Marie: Thank you.

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Susan Marie: This is also important.

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Susan Marie: And of course, make sure that if anything happens, you call your vet first.

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Susan Marie: Do that so that you could respond, they'll guide you or they'll have a service on their phone so that it will guide you as to what to do.

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Susan Marie: So again, Monica, I thank you very much.

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Susan Marie: It's April.

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Susan Marie: We could have all of our little pet first aid kits put together here and you gave us some great tips and great information on what to have in them.

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Susan Marie: Because like I said, you may never think you're going to need it, but it's better to be prepared.

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Monica Leighton: Yes, absolutely.

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Susan Marie: As always, Monica, you brought us great information and I thank you so much and we will talk to you soon.

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Monica Leighton: Thank you.

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Susan Marie: We'll be back in just a moment.

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Susan Marie: Coming up, have you wondered when the best time to transition from puppy food to adult dog food is?

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Susan Marie: Thank you, everyone, to the Doggy Diva Show.

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Susan Marie: As a pet parent, I want to ensure my pup's nutritional needs are met throughout all stages of their life.

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Susan Marie: With us today to help pet parents such as myself know the best time to transition pups from puppy food to adult food is Kim Gaebelein, K-Line Relations Specialist at Bil-Jac Foods.

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Susan Marie: Hey, Kim, welcome back.

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Kim Gaebelein: Great to be on with you.

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Susan Marie: Well, and I know that this is a really important topic because I think that people get a little confused or maybe are not quite sure when is the right time to transition their pups into adult dog food.

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Susan Marie: So I thank you so much for coming on and talking to us about this.

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Susan Marie: Now, what are some of the unique needs of a puppy and what can we do to properly care for them and keep them healthy and safe?

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Kim Gaebelein: Well, first of all, I think that it's really important to start with nutrition as a key basis for your puppy.

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Kim Gaebelein: So as puppies grow, they have special nutritional needs.

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Kim Gaebelein: That first year of life that you can't do it over.

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Kim Gaebelein: And we always talk about that.

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Kim Gaebelein: You can't do a redo.

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Kim Gaebelein: I mean, you kind of take it for granted, they're gonna grow and everything's gonna be okay.

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Kim Gaebelein: But being able to feed them a good, healthy food is really important for them to be able to grow up and be how they should be right to reach their full potential.

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Kim Gaebelein: So you're gonna wanna look for a puppy food with a high quality protein.

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Kim Gaebelein: So we always say you should have an animal protein as the first ingredient.

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Kim Gaebelein: So as chicken or beef or fish as that first ingredient.

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Kim Gaebelein: At Bil-Jac, we believe in chicken.

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Kim Gaebelein: We believe chicken is a very high quality protein for dogs.

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Kim Gaebelein: And so that's what we use.

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Kim Gaebelein: And we have several varieties of puppy food to choose from.

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Kim Gaebelein: So if you have a smaller puppy, there's small breed puppy food.

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Kim Gaebelein: If you have a larger puppy, which is 50 pounds and over, you would look for a large breed puppy food.

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Kim Gaebelein: And if you have some dogs are between that 20 and 50 pounds, then our puppy select would probably be the proper food for them.

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Kim Gaebelein: If you have a little bit more of a picky puppy, and maybe they're a little more choosy about their food, we do have a picky, no more all breed puppy that we recently launched.

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Kim Gaebelein: So that's always kind of important because sometimes puppies can be a little distracted as they grow and learn, and have lots of other things to do besides eat.

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Kim Gaebelein: So that's an important thing to do.

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Kim Gaebelein: If you have adult dogs in your house, I mean, sometimes it can be a challenge trying to feed everybody and make sure that your puppy is getting the nutrition they need.

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Kim Gaebelein: And so we do have a couple of our formulas, like our Bil-Jac Sensitive Solution Formulas are good for puppies and adults.

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Kim Gaebelein: So you can feed your whole household sensitive solutions, and then that's an easy way to be able to kind of manage that challenge, right?

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Kim Gaebelein: Of having younger dogs and adult dogs in the same household.

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Kim Gaebelein: Secondly, for puppies, training.

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Kim Gaebelein: Training is really a key foundation to keeping your dog safe and to helping them know what to expect.

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Kim Gaebelein: So you want to be able to help them understand that, hey, when I'm trying to get your attention, you need to come, or you need to sit and stay.

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Kim Gaebelein: I mean, sit and stay are very important because when you go outside, if there's something that distracts them, you want to be able to tell them to stop, to sit, to stay, right?

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Kim Gaebelein: You want to keep them out of danger.

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Kim Gaebelein: You want them to learn how to drop it.

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Kim Gaebelein: There are some very key kind of training pieces that are very important to your dog's safety.

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Kim Gaebelein: It's also good to be able to have a happy household and a dog that listens, but obviously, that's a big thing.

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Kim Gaebelein: And then there's the third thing is that puppy energy.

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Kim Gaebelein: So they have so much energy, and they just run and run and run and run like a wind-up toy, and then they just pass out.

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Kim Gaebelein: So it's really important to kind of get them that exercise, to let them let that energy out, and to be able to teach them how to walk on a leash, obviously, as you're doing your training, doing some walking and get them outside to play some catch, and that's really important.

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Kim Gaebelein: And last but not least, I would say, a healthy dose of patience is important.

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Kim Gaebelein: You know, that's, you know, repetition is the mother of skill.

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Kim Gaebelein: You have to have a little bit of patience, right?

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Kim Gaebelein: When they're three months old, nine months old, you know, a year old, you know, they kind of have those puppy kind of energy and kind of feelings for those first few years, even if they've already grown up and they're full grown nutritionally, they might still be acting like a puppy.

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Kim Gaebelein: It's really important to kind of have that patience and love and tenderness that you have with them.

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Kim Gaebelein: That's really important too.

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Susan Marie: Yeah, those are all such important things.

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Susan Marie: And you're right, puppies have boundless, boundless energy.

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Susan Marie: So it's best to be very sensitive and keep on your toes on that.

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Susan Marie: That's great.

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Susan Marie: And now when is it the best time to switch to adult food, take them from a puppy food to an adult food?

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Kim Gaebelein: There are a couple of things to think about when you're making that change from puppy to adult.

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Kim Gaebelein: And there really depends on two things.

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Kim Gaebelein: One is your puppy's age, and then secondly, it's their breed mix.

00:16:45.363 --> 00:16:48.303
Kim Gaebelein: Small and large puppies, I know you can think about it, right?

00:16:48.323 --> 00:16:50.383
Kim Gaebelein: Small and large puppies develop at different rates.

00:16:50.583 --> 00:16:57.623
Kim Gaebelein: So small dogs, obviously they grow pretty quickly, but they do it usually over about a nine to 12 month period, right?

00:16:57.643 --> 00:16:59.843
Kim Gaebelein: So they're usually done by the time they're 12 months old.

00:16:59.963 --> 00:17:02.923
Kim Gaebelein: And so, dogs 20 pounds and lighter, right?

00:17:03.003 --> 00:17:10.703
Kim Gaebelein: If you have a larger dog though, let's say 50 pounds and over, those dogs, they tend to grow, they could grow for as long as 18 months.

00:17:11.023 --> 00:17:12.783
Kim Gaebelein: So very different.

00:17:12.863 --> 00:17:18.283
Kim Gaebelein: Obviously, they grow much larger than the smaller dog does, but it takes them longer to get there because of that.

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Kim Gaebelein: So what we recommend is, if you have a smaller breed dog that's up to 20 pounds when they're full grown, at mature age, then we would recommend that you would switch somewhere around 10 months to a year.

00:17:30.043 --> 00:17:35.243
Kim Gaebelein: When you see that that puppy of yours is no longer really growing, so that's when you wanna change.

00:17:35.323 --> 00:17:41.643
Kim Gaebelein: For a medium breed between 20 and 50 pounds, you would wanna look at switching somewhere around a year of age.

00:17:41.963 --> 00:17:45.483
Kim Gaebelein: So somewhere around that 12 month period, you're gonna wanna make that switch.

00:17:45.623 --> 00:17:51.543
Kim Gaebelein: And then when we're talking about large dogs, definitely that 12 month period, 50 pounds and over.

00:17:51.783 --> 00:17:56.683
Kim Gaebelein: If you start to be in those giant breeds, then I would probably say closer to 18 months.

00:17:56.843 --> 00:18:04.803
Kim Gaebelein: So it really again, depends on the age and your breed, your dog's breed about how and when you wanna switch them over to their adult food.

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Susan Marie: Now, how do pet parents safely make the switch to adult food so that their pups transition smoothly, like digestively and everything goes well?

00:18:17.063 --> 00:18:18.083
Kim Gaebelein: Yeah, that's a big thing, right?

00:18:18.103 --> 00:18:23.803
Kim Gaebelein: You don't wanna start any stomach upset when you're making that change.

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Kim Gaebelein: No.

00:18:24.103 --> 00:18:29.583
Kim Gaebelein: So when it's time to switch from puppy food to adult food, you wanna identify kind of the right food for your best friend.

00:18:29.603 --> 00:18:34.463
Kim Gaebelein: So we were just talking about matching your dog's size with the right formula.

00:18:34.483 --> 00:18:41.263
Kim Gaebelein: So you don't need to breed specific dog food, but their size does make a difference in their metabolism and kind of the kind of food that you should feed them.

00:18:41.343 --> 00:18:45.483
Kim Gaebelein: So just like we were talking about, you will wanna find a high quality food.

00:18:45.783 --> 00:18:49.483
Kim Gaebelein: You wanna make sure that they'll get all the nutrition that they need in adulthood.

00:18:49.503 --> 00:18:51.363
Kim Gaebelein: Their nutritional needs change a little bit, right?

00:18:51.383 --> 00:18:53.563
Kim Gaebelein: They don't need as much protein cause they're not growing.

00:18:53.583 --> 00:18:59.303
Kim Gaebelein: So they need a little less protein and a little less fat typically than they need at the puppy stage.

00:18:59.323 --> 00:19:05.803
Kim Gaebelein: So you're gonna wanna look for a food that has a high quality protein, like we were just talking about first, that animal protein first.

00:19:06.923 --> 00:19:12.323
Kim Gaebelein: And then the amount of time that it takes to transition really depends on what you plan to feed your dog.

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Kim Gaebelein: A lot of times you'll find on the bag of food, they'll tell you how long they think it should take to switch and transition that food.

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Kim Gaebelein: For example, if you're switching from a small breed puppy formula to a small breed adult formula, you might wanna take four to seven days to kind of little by little, at least like 25% of the new food, 75% of the old food the first day.

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Kim Gaebelein: Then you might move to closer to 50% of each, the second day, a little closer to 75% of the new food, 25% of the old food.

00:19:42.483 --> 00:19:45.723
Kim Gaebelein: So you're gonna kind of transition gently over to the new food.

00:19:45.923 --> 00:19:48.463
Kim Gaebelein: So most foods will tell you that you need to do that.

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Kim Gaebelein: For example, if you're switching from Bil-Jac puppy food to a Bil-Jac adult food, right?

00:19:53.903 --> 00:19:59.823
Kim Gaebelein: Whether it's a small breed to small breed, you don't really need to take that time to switch.

00:20:00.203 --> 00:20:01.803
Kim Gaebelein: You don't need to transition, right?

00:20:01.823 --> 00:20:05.403
Kim Gaebelein: You can just go ahead and transition over as soon as you run out of your puppy food.

00:20:05.483 --> 00:20:07.523
Kim Gaebelein: You can transition over to your adult food.

00:20:07.543 --> 00:20:09.163
Kim Gaebelein: So there's no switching needed.

00:20:09.263 --> 00:20:10.203
Kim Gaebelein: It's kind of interesting.

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Kim Gaebelein: One of the things about Bil-Jac, if you have a dog that does not have a sensitive stomach, so if they're pretty easygoing, they don't have a lot of sensitivities, a lot of times you can switch from whatever brand to Bil-Jac without that transition because of the way that Bil-Jac is, right?

00:20:25.803 --> 00:20:28.723
Kim Gaebelein: Because it's just so easy to digest, dogs love it.

00:20:28.903 --> 00:20:34.303
Kim Gaebelein: So what's most important is that you're measuring and kind of making sure that you're not over-feeding them in the process.

00:20:34.483 --> 00:20:43.043
Kim Gaebelein: But some foods, like I said, do tell you on the bag, what do you need to do and how should you transition if you're transitioning to one of their foods.

00:20:43.323 --> 00:20:44.423
Susan Marie: Yeah, that's very helpful.

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Susan Marie: And it's true when you are transitioning within Bil-Jac, it does, I'm sure it's within the way that it's made, but it is much easier on the dog's tummies.

00:20:54.863 --> 00:20:57.063
Susan Marie: So then I can attest for that.

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Susan Marie: And what makes Bil-Jac such a great solution for today's pet parents in feeding their pets, I guess in all stages?

00:21:04.483 --> 00:21:13.563
Kim Gaebelein: Yeah, we really do try to look at not just their puppy stage or adult stage, but all different kinds of stages and challenges that you might have when you're feeding your dog.

00:21:13.643 --> 00:21:20.623
Kim Gaebelein: And so we use 25 pounds of fresh chicken to make a 30 pound bag of Bil-Jac adult formula food, for example.

00:21:20.643 --> 00:21:25.103
Kim Gaebelein: So that's really critical using that really fresh protein.

00:21:25.423 --> 00:21:28.643
Kim Gaebelein: And it's not frozen, that fresh chicken, it goes right in fresh.

00:21:29.163 --> 00:21:33.383
Kim Gaebelein: And then it is cooked very gently and that helps to preserve those nutrients, right?

00:21:33.403 --> 00:21:35.483
Kim Gaebelein: We try to get them at the beginning when they're fresh.

00:21:35.503 --> 00:21:36.823
Kim Gaebelein: We don't want to denature them then.

00:21:36.903 --> 00:21:42.183
Kim Gaebelein: And then when we cook them, we want to cook them very gently so that we can help preserve the nutrition that's in them.

00:21:42.203 --> 00:21:43.523
Kim Gaebelein: So that's really, really critical.

00:21:43.663 --> 00:21:47.383
Kim Gaebelein: And we really look at what are all the options that are needed.

00:21:47.763 --> 00:21:51.383
Kim Gaebelein: There are some dogs that are sensitive and it could be that they have sensitive skin.

00:21:51.623 --> 00:21:53.383
Kim Gaebelein: It could be that they have sensitive stomachs.

00:21:53.643 --> 00:21:56.383
Kim Gaebelein: It could be maybe that you want them to have a little bit more immune support.

00:21:56.903 --> 00:22:08.143
Kim Gaebelein: And so we have two different sensitive solutions formulas to be able to address those needs and be able to serve your dog and still have them have a great, tasty, yummy experience.

00:22:08.523 --> 00:22:13.383
Kim Gaebelein: Because if they're not eating their food, then they're not getting all the nutrition that they need every day.

00:22:13.403 --> 00:22:14.683
Kim Gaebelein: And so it's really interesting.

00:22:14.703 --> 00:22:21.703
Kim Gaebelein: I mean, dogs and people too, but dogs have a certain number of essential amino acids that they need to get and they can't make them on their own.

00:22:21.783 --> 00:22:24.083
Kim Gaebelein: They can't break them down from other things that they eat.

00:22:24.223 --> 00:22:26.663
Kim Gaebelein: They have to get them specifically out of their food.

00:22:26.683 --> 00:22:35.183
Kim Gaebelein: And so we're always so focused at Bil-Jac about making sure that all of that nutrition is in there that they need to be able to be healthy overall.

00:22:35.383 --> 00:22:38.443
Kim Gaebelein: And so we have also our Picking a More line.

00:22:38.463 --> 00:22:44.843
Kim Gaebelein: We talked a little bit about picking a more puppy, but picking a more adult food, really we get a lot of really great comments about it.

00:22:44.883 --> 00:22:49.363
Kim Gaebelein: And what's really special about it is it has chicken liver in it, some extra chicken liver.

00:22:49.383 --> 00:22:53.623
Kim Gaebelein: And that really helps them to smell that food a little bit easier.

00:22:53.783 --> 00:23:04.643
Kim Gaebelein: And it's just a little bit more enticing than our regular food, which is hard to imagine because our regular food, we get a lot of comments on our regular food that our regular food is actually, in a lot of cases, easy to chew.

00:23:04.663 --> 00:23:11.643
Kim Gaebelein: But we hear on that on the puppy side that when dogs are teething, sometimes they're not real excited about eating really hard, crunchy food.

00:23:11.803 --> 00:23:15.903
Kim Gaebelein: Our food is a little softer, might be though, it's a little less crunchy, right?

00:23:15.923 --> 00:23:21.163
Kim Gaebelein: So it's much easier for your puppy to be able to break up that food without having to chomp down on it.

00:23:21.323 --> 00:23:28.063
Kim Gaebelein: And so that really can help from a puppy perspective on puppy food, but it also helps on the other side, right on the senior side of things.

00:23:28.263 --> 00:23:33.343
Kim Gaebelein: When your dog gets older, they may be having some jaw problems or some teeth challenges.

00:23:33.503 --> 00:23:37.103
Kim Gaebelein: And so if that's the case, sometimes maybe they've lost some teeth.

00:23:37.323 --> 00:23:45.103
Kim Gaebelein: A lot of times they can eat Bil-Jac foods without having an issue because we don't cook them at a high temperature and high pressure.

00:23:45.303 --> 00:23:49.043
Kim Gaebelein: And that high temperature and high pressure makes them hard, kind of hard pieces.

00:23:49.203 --> 00:23:50.183
Kim Gaebelein: And so we don't do that.

00:23:50.243 --> 00:23:52.883
Kim Gaebelein: So because of that, makes it a lot easier to chew.

00:23:52.923 --> 00:23:54.983
Kim Gaebelein: And that sometimes can be really important to people.

00:23:55.043 --> 00:23:59.863
Kim Gaebelein: You know, makes, you know, people can't find something to eat or dry food for their dog to eat, you know.

00:23:59.863 --> 00:24:02.843
Kim Gaebelein: So sometimes feeding a lot of wet food, someone doesn't want to do that.

00:24:02.863 --> 00:24:08.363
Kim Gaebelein: They want to keep their teeth healthy, you know, have them have something crunchy as much as they can as a foundation for their nutrition.

00:24:08.423 --> 00:24:10.903
Kim Gaebelein: So it's really, really important to some people.

00:24:10.923 --> 00:24:12.343
Kim Gaebelein: And we'd love to hear that feedback, right?

00:24:12.363 --> 00:24:14.803
Kim Gaebelein: That, hey, I finally found something that my dog can eat.

00:24:15.063 --> 00:24:26.323
Susan Marie: Well, and we've talked about it in the past about Francesca, she, you know, she almost lived till 18 and she was having very, we were having a hard time getting her to eat as her scent had started to go.

00:24:26.343 --> 00:24:27.983
Susan Marie: She, her vision went.

00:24:28.243 --> 00:24:30.943
Susan Marie: And the Picky No More is what saved her.

00:24:30.963 --> 00:24:32.023
Susan Marie: I mean, she loved it.

00:24:32.043 --> 00:24:33.403
Susan Marie: It was easy for her to eat.

00:24:33.603 --> 00:24:35.003
Susan Marie: It motivated her to eat.

00:24:35.023 --> 00:24:37.543
Susan Marie: So it was kind of like an answer to our solutions.

00:24:37.643 --> 00:24:39.843
Susan Marie: And Olive had a very sensitive stomach.

00:24:39.863 --> 00:24:46.803
Susan Marie: So your sensitive food helped her because she had a lot of issues and a lot of immune issues too.

00:24:46.883 --> 00:24:49.843
Susan Marie: So I found that to be very, very helpful for her.

00:24:49.943 --> 00:24:56.303
Susan Marie: So, and then of course, we're gonna talk about my favorite thing, which are the little treats.

00:24:58.063 --> 00:25:08.463
Susan Marie: That little Jax, those are my go-to lure for my kids to make sure that they're happy, that they do their little, we trained Sassy all on those.

00:25:08.483 --> 00:25:09.943
Susan Marie: She learned all of her commands.

00:25:10.043 --> 00:25:15.503
Susan Marie: I went up, I pulled Joel up and I did Joel Silverman's little training things and she learned all her basic commands.

00:25:15.563 --> 00:25:16.823
Susan Marie: Yep, yep.

00:25:16.943 --> 00:25:29.723
Susan Marie: And it's been like about four months and she learned them and she learned them on those treats, which all of mine, no matter what dog school I ever, whatever, obedience school, I always had those treats, which made other people want to have my treats.

00:25:29.743 --> 00:25:33.983
Susan Marie: So I'm like, oh wow, you're really, so yeah.

00:25:34.003 --> 00:25:45.663
Susan Marie: So now where can the listeners go to get more information about Bil-Jack and about everything that you guys have, the treats, the food, the newsletter, which I love to get every month?

00:25:45.943 --> 00:25:47.303
Kim Gaebelein: Yeah, you know, come out to our website.

00:25:47.323 --> 00:25:48.403
Kim Gaebelein: That's a great place to start.

00:25:48.423 --> 00:25:52.723
Kim Gaebelein: It's biljack.com, B-I-L dash jac.com.

00:25:53.543 --> 00:25:55.383
Kim Gaebelein: And we have just a ton of information out there.

00:25:55.403 --> 00:25:57.803
Kim Gaebelein: Obviously we can help you choose a food if you need it.

00:25:57.963 --> 00:26:01.663
Kim Gaebelein: We have what's new, usually featured on that front page.

00:26:01.683 --> 00:26:09.043
Kim Gaebelein: We have a where to buy section, so you can find out which food you're looking for, where you might be able to find it near you, which is really great.

00:26:09.063 --> 00:26:18.903
Kim Gaebelein: You know, we also have a really awesome pet parents section and we put a lot of our articles from our best friends club, which you can join in that pet parents section.

00:26:18.943 --> 00:26:23.923
Kim Gaebelein: We put a lot of our articles out in our blog so that they're out there for people to be able to search and learn about.

00:26:24.103 --> 00:26:28.963
Kim Gaebelein: We have fun articles that we do some months about, like, can your dog see, is your dog color blind, right?

00:26:28.983 --> 00:26:30.343
Kim Gaebelein: So things like that.

00:26:30.403 --> 00:26:37.183
Kim Gaebelein: Or we also do more specific nutritional pieces about how to transition your puppy, for example, to adult food.

00:26:37.443 --> 00:26:39.223
Kim Gaebelein: So we have so much out there.

00:26:39.283 --> 00:26:42.283
Kim Gaebelein: In case you have a question, you might be able to look there and be able to get an answer.

00:26:42.543 --> 00:26:43.303
Kim Gaebelein: And it's real easy.

00:26:43.323 --> 00:26:48.423
Kim Gaebelein: You just can sign up with your email and we can send you the newsletter and you can even get some coupon offers too.

00:26:48.443 --> 00:26:52.583
Kim Gaebelein: You can say, I want to save on dry food or I want to save on treats.

00:26:52.623 --> 00:26:55.903
Kim Gaebelein: So there's a real great option to be able to do that as well.

00:26:56.023 --> 00:26:59.743
Kim Gaebelein: So there's so much out on the website to see and to kind of play with.

00:27:00.163 --> 00:27:00.743
Susan Marie: That's true.

00:27:00.743 --> 00:27:02.203
Susan Marie: And that newsletter, I love it.

00:27:02.343 --> 00:27:04.983
Susan Marie: And also the coupons always come in handy.

00:27:05.003 --> 00:27:07.183
Susan Marie: So especially during these times.

00:27:07.183 --> 00:27:21.123
Susan Marie: So, well, Kim, as always, I thank you for being our guest and for sharing such helpful nutritional advice for pet parents looking to make the switch from puppy food to adult food and to maintain their pup's health all through this time.

00:27:21.183 --> 00:27:24.563
Susan Marie: So thank you for making, sometimes it could be a challenging time.

00:27:24.603 --> 00:27:27.743
Susan Marie: Thank you for making it easier and very informative.

00:27:27.763 --> 00:27:29.223
Susan Marie: So I thank you very much.

00:27:29.463 --> 00:27:29.783
Susan Marie: Thank you.

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