Pet Talk

Protecting Your Pets During the Winter Cold

Today's show reminds people that you can use straw to control mud in your yard and reveals a new product called dooloop that keeps your used dog poop bags on your leash so you don't have to carry them.Do you think of your dog as a "fur baby"? Maybe that's not such a good idea. Find out why.  Callers had questions about suggestions for removing skunk odor, what is the best dog to train, selecting a dog, and why a ten year old cat might stop using the litter box.

We talked about ‘Heart Health’ for Pets. Best ways to keep your pet from succumbing to heart failure.

Some cautionary notes about giving your dog Gabapentin. Keeping your pet safe and warm when the temperatures plummet. A caller wanted to caution people about using retractable leashes, another caller prompted the subject of keeping your pet and solving behavior problems rather than trying to rehome them. The most important thing, and the most difficult thing to teach, is awareness.

How to safely include your pet in holiday celebrations. And is it bad behavior or is it just your pet's personality? Callers had questions about a dog who licks things excessively, and a woman was worried about how to get her skittish cat to eat when her friend pet sits.

Do pets have a sense of time? How will they adjust to daylight savings time ending? Tune in Saturdays 1-2pm and get all the information you need to become more informed about your pet. Listen on the air or download the all new Audacy app. 

Hot weather reminders: in addition to being aware of overheating in cars, dogs can badly burn the pads of their feet from walking on hot ground. Listeners called in about a Havanese whose housebreaking habits went bad ever since they got a second dog,  a question about  the Seresto collar, and someone wanted to share that he had a dog who couldn't get up or walk until he was prescribed a medication from his veterinarian, called Galliprant. Now he is too feisty. Laurie discussed dangerous escape risks from improperly fitted collars and harnesses, ways dogs can escape from fenced yards, and the two behaviors that should never be ignored in  puppies.Laurie