WEBVTT - 3-13-26 Sloan with Doug Hoffman

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an American idiot?

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a pet owner an animal lover, I have

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<v Speaker 2>a very very important question to ask you, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is what do you feed your dog?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you feed your cat?

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<v Speaker 2>We are inundated with marketing in America, always have been,

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<v Speaker 2>always will I'm a big proponent of marketing and advertising

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<v Speaker 2>and what was fed to us, like we feed our

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<v Speaker 2>pets as a steady diet of you are a horrible

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<v Speaker 2>abusive pet parent, not pet owner pet parent unless you

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<v Speaker 2>have someone like Guy Fiertti in a kitchen chopping up organic,

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<v Speaker 2>fair trade, free range, ethically sourced, pesticide free, GMO, missing preservative, absent,

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<v Speaker 2>carbon neutral, gluten free dog or cat food. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't feed your dog or cat that you are an abuser.

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<v Speaker 2>Doug Hoffman is a doctor, a veterinary medicine and a

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<v Speaker 2>cute pet here in Cincinnati. Yes or no, Doug Hoffman

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<v Speaker 2>tell the truth? So help you God? Is it necessary?

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<v Speaker 1>No? So Scott's good to be here. How are you, buddy? Goodness?

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<v Speaker 1>See right? Great questions?

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<v Speaker 2>Been a minute since my buddy Doug's been on the show,

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<v Speaker 2>And and now you know why, because he's going, what's

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<v Speaker 2>this guy? Going with this right now? What's what's happening? No,

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<v Speaker 2>I you know it's it's like, you want to do

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<v Speaker 2>best by your pets and you really need do they

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<v Speaker 2>really need organic peas?

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<v Speaker 1>You do want to do the best by your pets,

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<v Speaker 1>There's no question about it. But the key, the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>key with dog food and pet food. I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>where it's cat food, dog food, whatever his consistency. The

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<v Speaker 1>mistake people make a lot of times is feeding a

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<v Speaker 1>variety of things. They don't do as well as we

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<v Speaker 1>do with a variety of foods. The other thing, too,

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<v Speaker 1>is all the vegetables, all of that type of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, dogs are carnivores. Cats are carnivores. They do

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<v Speaker 1>better with meat based products. They do. They put a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the other thing and corn meal, different things

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<v Speaker 1>like that for forfiller, but a lot of your dry foods.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I have a great dame. I feed him one

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<v Speaker 1>food all the time, and you're a doctor. Occasionally occasionally

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give him the crust off of a pizza, pizza,

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<v Speaker 1>I sauce, no nothing. He loves it. It's the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>thing in the world. Nuts, a little piece of cheese

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<v Speaker 1>every once in a while, he does great, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>done great, and they don't have diarrhea, they don't have vomiting,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have all these problems, and they're not overweight. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know that's that's the key with this.

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<v Speaker 1>If you do a lot of this, I mean, they

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<v Speaker 1>love it, but that's more us making ourselves feel better

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<v Speaker 1>about what we're feeding them than what they really need.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of the foods out there are very nutritionally

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<v Speaker 1>well bound. They're made to feed them the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>all of the time. It may be boring because we.

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<v Speaker 2>Think, oh, I want to have Chinese to that, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have Korean.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna have a dog all the time, none of that.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing about it, you'd feed your dog all

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff and then they'll go need a dead squirrel.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, right, I mean, there's not a pickiness with

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<v Speaker 1>any eating poop. Let's just call it what it is,

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<v Speaker 1>not exactly other than like carrots or broccoli or I

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<v Speaker 1>can't get my dog eat any of that, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't feed it that, So it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter it's lead. If there's some butter on it,

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<v Speaker 2>they'd probably just crush a carrot, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I would. They'll eat anything. I mean I had

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<v Speaker 1>when I was an emergency. I had a dog come

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<v Speaker 1>in on emergency because this was a Thanksgiving. Somebody had

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<v Speaker 1>done one of the you know, roasted the turkey outside,

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<v Speaker 1>had all the juices and poured it out on their

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<v Speaker 1>decorative stone to get rid of it. And the dog

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<v Speaker 1>ate all of the stones, ate the rocks, the rocks,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole thing came in, took an X ray. His

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<v Speaker 1>entire stomach was filled with stones. Didn't lick them, ate

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<v Speaker 1>the rocks. So they're not picky. They'll eat whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>They're also not particularly bright. They get sick on chocolate

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<v Speaker 2>and grapes and they'd crush them chocolate grapes like chocolate

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<v Speaker 2>dug grapes.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're great. Well, that's you know, that's where

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<v Speaker 1>the variety of stuff comes in, is it can become dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, the pets are sensitive to things

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<v Speaker 1>that we're not sensitive to. So yeah, yeah, you know

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<v Speaker 1>you're safe with with the standard dog food and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a good quality food. Yeah, a good quality food. Stay

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<v Speaker 1>away from the generics.

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<v Speaker 2>What about cats, because they see the ones I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>is like they tend to like their their dinner on

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<v Speaker 2>crystal with like a it's got like I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of reduction, vial reduction on it or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and they just sit there and they eat.

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<v Speaker 2>It out of crystal like a water Is it the

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<v Speaker 2>Waterford crystal that the cats eat out of?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that? What does it for them? That's that's I

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<v Speaker 1>think says a lot more about the owner than it

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<v Speaker 1>does about correct.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, because you don't care about your pet unless you're

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<v Speaker 2>spending stupid amounts of money trying to feed them. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>glad you, Doug Hoffman. I'm glad you cleared that for us.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always wanted to ask that question of a veterinarian

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, I'm about I'm about the value I

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we love our dog, we take care.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm like, do I really need Like what's that?

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<v Speaker 1>I understand. We got to start this. We're in the

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<v Speaker 1>wrong business. You know, we had to. We had to here.

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<v Speaker 2>You go, let's convince people and we can teach classes

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<v Speaker 2>and sell products, breastfeed their animals.

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<v Speaker 1>What about that? Let's well that would be right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, well, you know the next step. I would

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<v Speaker 2>not either, but I don't know someone would go, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you should. You should totally breastfeed your cat. What could

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<v Speaker 2>go wrong there? Doug Hoffman is with acute pet here

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<v Speaker 2>in Cincinnati, and uh we we haven't talked in a while,

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<v Speaker 2>I know. And people obviously love their animals, sometimes more

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<v Speaker 2>than family members. I get it because the the affection

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<v Speaker 2>is there for them too. About dogs and cats, longevity

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<v Speaker 2>is a big issue here too. You know, you mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>the food thing. I also think about what exercise is

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<v Speaker 2>very very important for you and dog or the cat

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<v Speaker 2>is a cat?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, absolutely, I mean I think that's you know, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best ways to get in shape is get

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<v Speaker 1>a dog, you know, to walk, you know, and and

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's that's key to that type of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're big, big fan of, you know, exercising

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<v Speaker 1>our pets and and obviously responsibly, you know. The big

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<v Speaker 1>mistake people make, especially as we're heading out of winter

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<v Speaker 1>into summer, it's going to start getting hot. Yes, be

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<v Speaker 1>careful with your dogs and taking them for long runs

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<v Speaker 1>because you've decided now you're going to get in shape.

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<v Speaker 1>Is not in shape, especially if it's hot, especially if

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<v Speaker 1>they're sort of the smash mouth breaky cephalic dogs.

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<v Speaker 2>Heat stroke is a big, big in the do A.

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<v Speaker 1>Lot of times. You'll see it, oftentimes in the spring

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<v Speaker 1>because when you hit that seventy, all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 1>they're not used to it. And all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody's taken their dog for a four mile run and

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<v Speaker 1>the dog hasn't walked half a mile and three months

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<v Speaker 1>and they can't handle it. And especially the dogs that

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<v Speaker 1>have some of the breathing issues, we see that and

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<v Speaker 1>the heat stroke comes on very quickly. It's very serious,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most sort of devastating emergencies we see

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<v Speaker 1>because it's sometimes those dogs are hard good.

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<v Speaker 2>Enough well, I mean, think about it. So maybe you're

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<v Speaker 2>training to run, maybe you're going to tank of the pig.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, okay, well this cold winter, you've been running

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<v Speaker 2>out of a treadmill. Your dog hasn't right. You can't just

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<v Speaker 2>run out, and they're like they've been sedentary this long.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to build them up.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, it's really watching them. You know. The thing that

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<v Speaker 1>we always one of the first signs you'll see with

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<v Speaker 1>the dog is it'll start to he'll sit as you're

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<v Speaker 1>walking them, and everybody's like, come on, come on, get

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<v Speaker 1>in shape. Let's go. Dogs don't sit unless so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>these are little things to watch for. I've been on

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<v Speaker 1>walks at the parks and things and been able to

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<v Speaker 1>predict as I've walked around, which dog I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>end up seeing is going to be a heat stroke? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>And it actually happened to me once at Sharon Woods

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<v Speaker 1>and really watched the dog go by, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>that dog's going to stroke. And when another hundred yards

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<v Speaker 1>and the dogs on the side, actually the guys like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what to do. His temperature was one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and nine. Oh lord, what so what what it

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<v Speaker 1>was a take it's a seventy five pound dog. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we had to pick it up and the haariot he

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<v Speaker 1>had to go run and get his car. Oh god,

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<v Speaker 1>get it to the dog. And he was okay, he

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<v Speaker 1>was not. Dude.

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<v Speaker 2>You just can't drop a dead dog.

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<v Speaker 1>Star.

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<v Speaker 2>There's kids list if people are weeping, right, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>just lie justly Yeah, dogs by, he's the nice farmer.

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<v Speaker 2>What the kind of show is this? Oh that's terrible though.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's just horrible though.

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<v Speaker 1>Poor guy. Well it was too long. Yeah, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>one of those it's not a great story. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>a story that's real. Like when you're talking about exercising,

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<v Speaker 1>especially this time of the year, it's great to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Do it in moderation, make sure you're watching it.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, important too, because then the results can be good.

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<v Speaker 2>Because dog, he's not gonna. Dog is going to go

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<v Speaker 2>until it can't go anymore. It's love life, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's some that it can go forever and there's

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<v Speaker 1>some that cannot. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing too, we see and I've talked to

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<v Speaker 2>Sanjay Shaefercamani or your physician. He comes on Thursday mornings

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<v Speaker 2>and we talk about health and fitness and all these things.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think that it's true with pats as well.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about nutrition and the like. But people are

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<v Speaker 2>now using doctor Google or shat GPT to answer the

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<v Speaker 2>medical questions and there's some pitfalls with that. I'd imagine

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<v Speaker 2>that's probably true with pet care as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's I think it's even more with pet care. It's

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<v Speaker 1>becoming very popular with you know, especially with the advent

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<v Speaker 1>of AI and things like that. The problem is they

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<v Speaker 1>can't talk to you. It's one thing if you know

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<v Speaker 1>what your symptoms are and you're telling somebody or looking

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<v Speaker 1>it up and going this is how I feel, this

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<v Speaker 1>is what's going on, this is what's happened to me. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's another thing to interpret that from a pet, and

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<v Speaker 1>you don't really know what you're looking at, right, so

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<v Speaker 1>you don't necessarily know what's an emergency. For instance, my

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<v Speaker 1>cat is peeing all the time. I think he has

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<v Speaker 1>a urinary track infection. What should I do for a

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<v Speaker 1>urinary track infection when in fact he's peeing all the

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<v Speaker 1>time because he can't pee, yes, and he's blocked. Or

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<v Speaker 1>my great Dane is vomiting. What should I do? Okay

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<v Speaker 1>withhold food? Wait, okay, he's not actually vomiting. He's he's

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<v Speaker 1>gagging because he can't vomit because he's bloated, and it

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<v Speaker 1>should have been a surgical emergence. So there's different things

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<v Speaker 1>out there that that people just don't know because it's just.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't and other patch too for that matter, and keeping

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<v Speaker 2>them on dogs, but you can't yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, because you know that's what happens. We see a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of there's a lot of things that can be

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<v Speaker 1>really serious that somebody can say, well, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's why, like you know, all of our hospitals were

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<v Speaker 1>very cautious with our front desk people to say, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, try not to give advice over the phone

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't know. You can't see it and they

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<v Speaker 1>can't see it, and it's sort of like listen to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's your bait. It's like a pediatrician, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't talk to you. So you have to really

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<v Speaker 1>do a good physical exam and see what's going on,

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<v Speaker 1>not just hear about it from somebody else.

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<v Speaker 2>Doug Hoffman, doctor veter a veterinary medicine on the show

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<v Speaker 2>here on seven hundred w al who started talking about

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<v Speaker 2>saving money whether you or not need to feed your

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<v Speaker 2>dog these bougie foods and the answer of courses or

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<v Speaker 2>cats for that matter, I'm kibbles, fine, don't change it up,

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<v Speaker 2>don't go from brand to brand. And what about like

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<v Speaker 2>if I wanted beef versus chicken, the same thing. If

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<v Speaker 2>I if it's beef and sweet potato, keep it beef and.

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<v Speaker 1>Really just consistently. Okay, it's not that one is better

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<v Speaker 1>than the other, it's just don't switch it up all

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<v Speaker 1>the time.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what causes And also table scraps too. Although my

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<v Speaker 2>dog will cry and cry and cry. If he can't

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<v Speaker 2>lick the bowl, he's he's the best. So we have

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<v Speaker 2>the pot scrubber mode on your dish or soer, don't

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<v Speaker 2>do that. Just get an animal and put the bowl

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<v Speaker 2>down and let them clean well.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's one thing if you give your pet food scraps,

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<v Speaker 1>like you give it a little piece of baked chicken.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't give it steak, don't give it pork. These are

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<v Speaker 1>things pancreatitis. Oh well, okay, good all. You'll have to

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<v Speaker 1>be sensitive to it, not as much as.

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<v Speaker 2>You may have to break the news to band it

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<v Speaker 2>because he's not going to take this well that he

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<v Speaker 2>should not be licking the bulls clean. But well, the

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<v Speaker 2>fall of that habit, I guess, I don't know. So

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<v Speaker 2>he seems to be doing okay, he's fine, he's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the other elements here too a pet care

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<v Speaker 2>and this is your business in any Q pet is

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<v Speaker 2>is it seems like it's getting it's getting everything to

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<v Speaker 2>get more expensive with inflation and a light too, But

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like in pet care too, the prices are

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<v Speaker 2>going up.

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<v Speaker 1>They are, and you know, I think that's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest issues in veterinarian medicine right now? Is is

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<v Speaker 1>care becoming unaffordable? Yeah, you know, because insurance still only

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<v Speaker 1>accounts for maybe three to four percent of the pet population.

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<v Speaker 1>So it would be great if everybody could do that.

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<v Speaker 1>But even the pet insurance companies are seeing, okay, well

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<v Speaker 1>this is expensive, yes, right, their rates you know, what

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<v Speaker 1>used to be unable have become you know, difficult to

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<v Speaker 1>do every month for some people, right, And and that's

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<v Speaker 1>a real problem for you know, taking care of these

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<v Speaker 1>pets of the way people want to take care of them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I came from a business that did

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<v Speaker 1>you know, could do everything. I mean, you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>old hospital, I was one of the first ones to

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<v Speaker 1>bring stereotactic radio surgery to veterinary medicine and cancer treatment.

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<v Speaker 1>That's great for a certain amount of people that can

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<v Speaker 1>do that. It's great that we can. The question is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it doesn't mean that we always should because

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes people just can't afford this. So what are other

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<v Speaker 1>treatments that we can do to at least help as

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<v Speaker 1>much as we can, or figure out ways to bring

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<v Speaker 1>costs down in some way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that's a challenge of human medicine as well

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<v Speaker 2>as the veterinary medicine as well too.

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<v Speaker 1>Cost everything seems to be.

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<v Speaker 2>But I would say, you know, if you introduced insurance

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<v Speaker 2>into it, like people, isn't that going to inflate the

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<v Speaker 2>cost even more if someone else is paying for it?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I you know, at veterinary medicine, I think one

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<v Speaker 1>of the reasons that you see that on the human side.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, my wife is an internist on the human side,

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<v Speaker 1>and you saw this with insurance that some of the

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<v Speaker 1>issues with that is that costs are so high, not

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<v Speaker 1>because of insuran, but because of the threat of being sued,

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<v Speaker 1>right because of you know, without tort reform. It's hard

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't want to get into good content. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all different, but we don't see that on the

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<v Speaker 1>codinary side. So you know, we're just trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>people to take care of their pets as best they can.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank goodness, many many people said just what you said.

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<v Speaker 1>They treat them as family. But it's still expensive no

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<v Speaker 1>matter how much you love your pet. Sometimes you know,

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<v Speaker 1>these thousand, two thousand and five thousand dollars bills.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't afford that, And sadly the alternative is like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got to put our pet down, and that's the

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<v Speaker 2>most tragic thing of all because of money. So I

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<v Speaker 2>know you guys are acute to pet. You're keeping the costs.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's our goal, I mean is emergent care. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're sort of that in between you know, general practice

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<v Speaker 1>that you know is doing you know, the vaccines and

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<v Speaker 1>dentals and boring and all of the things that are

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<v Speaker 1>sort of primary care and the twenty four hours specialty emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>We sort of fit in between that the emergencies that

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<v Speaker 1>are emergencies to the client a lot of times, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the ear infection, the laceration, of sudden limping. We're there.

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<v Speaker 1>And the goal that we had with this company was

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<v Speaker 1>be there to treat them when they need it, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's sometimes it's hard to get into your family vet.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes there's really long waits at the special hospitals. But

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<v Speaker 1>also make it so that people can afford this and

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<v Speaker 1>get in and be treated and not have this be

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<v Speaker 1>something that sort of deters them from the other treatments

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<v Speaker 1>their pet may need. Yeah, exactly exact, because we don't

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<v Speaker 1>want somebody to have an emergency and now they can't

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<v Speaker 1>get heartworm prepetitive for their pet or they can't get

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<v Speaker 1>vaccines or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So to keep it, you guys are on

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<v Speaker 2>top of Hille Road, Westchester.

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<v Speaker 1>We are. We have locations in Westchester. We have location

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<v Speaker 1>in Beaver Creek up in Dayton, We have one in Bellevue, Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 1>And we have other ones in in Cleveland and a

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<v Speaker 1>couple actually in South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>It's pretty gro in practice. Congratulations, Thank you. You guys

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<v Speaker 2>would be like Starbucks pretty soon.

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<v Speaker 1>Well and have that would be uh, that would at yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but no, it was it's you know, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>goals was is we wanted to do more than just

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<v Speaker 1>one in one location. We wanted to try and be,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, have a little bit of mass to this

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<v Speaker 1>and that you know, we can you know, help not

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<v Speaker 1>just the clients and the pets, but also help the

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<v Speaker 1>veterinarians that work for us and the staff have you know,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully have veterinarian veterinary medicine be fun again. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>think there's a little bit of that's that's getting lost

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<v Speaker 1>in the mix.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear that in the in the human and it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's all about numbers and.

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<v Speaker 1>Well it's hard. It's hard. It's just doing what we

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<v Speaker 1>were talking about, trying to treat a pet and and

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<v Speaker 1>then giving them an estimate and they go, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>do it. And now you know, there's just there's there's

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<v Speaker 1>where medicine is just not fun because you certainly don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be in a situation where you have to

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<v Speaker 1>choose your pet's life over your pets treatment. Are you getting?

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<v Speaker 1>You know people there, people have emergencies people, So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to maybe maybe change that model a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>So I love it. That's good.

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<v Speaker 2>Look human touch and you know they but cast conscious

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<v Speaker 2>not a bad but it's like, hey, you know we

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<v Speaker 2>we we're trying to keep everything down for everybody because

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<v Speaker 2>life is expensive. Doug Hoffman is team. You're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>a cute care for your pet, cat, dog and everything?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there? Anymily want you? What about a giraffe? I

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<v Speaker 1>brought a giraffe and have to go to Giraffes Toys.

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<v Speaker 2>R us is close so we can't even do that anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a cute pet on in Westchester on Tellers the Road.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the website? It's a cutepet urgentcare dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, doctor Doug and Jess and Steph, thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>coming in this morning. A cute pet is the place

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<v Speaker 2>answering the tough question here. Do you really need to

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<v Speaker 2>feed your dog or cat all that fresh stuff? The

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<v Speaker 2>answer is no. Decent kibble will be just fine. The

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<v Speaker 2>reason they put vegetables in those things, it's more about

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<v Speaker 2>you than it is the dog. Dog doesn't need that.

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<v Speaker 2>You need that to make you feel better about your self,

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<v Speaker 2>So don't know the guilt trip. You don't need any

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<v Speaker 2>more guilt trip. Scott's Loan Show seven Idre will top