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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
OUR FRIENDS AT JOHN VENERI -- GENTLE VETS
HAWAII KAI ARE THE EXPERTS, AND
WE INVITED OUR VIEWERS TO SEND
IN QUESTIONS FOR DR. MARIEL
EDHLUND AND JOSEPH EDHLUND TO
ANSWER.
SO OFTEN I READ THEM, AND I
HAVE, I HAVE THAT QUESTION, TOO.
NUMBER ONE, HOW OFTEN SHOULD I
BATHE MY DOG AND CAN I USE
PEOPLE SOAP?
GENERALLY, I RECOMMEND
BATHING ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, TWO
WEEKS.
REGARDING THE SECOND PART,
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT USE PEOPLE
SOAP.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT DOGS HAVE
TOUGH SKIN AND WHATEVER, THEY
HAVE DELICATE SKIN.
SO EVEN BABY SHAMPOO.
DO NOT.
USE SHAMPOOS DESIGNED FOR
ANIMALS.
ONCE A WEEK, ONCE EVERY TWO
WEEKS.
UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
ROSIE WHO JUMPS IN THE MUD, YOU
MIGHT DO IT OFTEN.
Trini: I FORGOT TO
INTRODUCE DOC.
MY DOG SLEEPS ON MY BED AT NIGHT
THE IS THAT OKAY?
PERSONALLY, DOC GOES TO BED
BEFORE I DO.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE FOR YOUR
DOG TO SLEEP ON THE BED.
Trini: MAGGIE SLEEPS WITH
ME.
A LOT OF PET OWNERS DO THAT.
MAIN THING IS IF THEY'RE
SLEEPING WITH YOUR KIDS OR WITH
YOU, JUST TO MAKING SURE THEY
ARE PARASITE-FREE, AND FOLLOWING
HIS ANSWER, YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT CARRYING
MUD OR ANYTHING ON THE BED.
BE ON TOP OF THAT, AND THE
PARASITE PROTECTION.
THE CLOSER WE ARE TO OUR PETS
THE MORE WE ARE EXPOSED TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THEY'RE
CARRYING.
IT'S FINE.
I DO IT, TOO.
Trini: WHAT DOES IT MEAN
WHEN MY CAT IS DRAGGING HIS
BEHIND ALONG THE FLOOR?
INTERESTING THING.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE BUT
BACKWARDS HEMORRHOID.
THERE'S TWO SACKS AT THE BACK OF
CRES THAT WILL PUT A KEPT SCENT ON
THEIR TOOL.
SIMILAR TO A SKUNK'S GLAND.
THERE'S A TINY OPENING.
IF THAT OPENING GETS CLOGGED,
THAT GLAND WILL SWELL UP AND IT
BECOME IRRITATED.
IF THAT HAPPENS, BRINGS THEM IN.
Trini: I'VE NEVER SEEN
THAT.
THAT'S A BAD VISUAL.
[LAUGHTER]
ALL RIGHT.
CAN DOGS GET LICE FROM PEOPLE?
IT'S A NASTY PARASITE BUT
THEY CANNOT.
MOST OF THE PARASITES ARE
SPECIFIC WITH THEIR HOST.
SO SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE GET
BITTEN BY FLEAS, THEY'RE
ACCIDENTAL BUT THEY DON'T STAY
WITH THEM.
AND IT'S THE SAME WAY.
IF OUR PARASITES RARELY WILL GO
TO THEIR PETS.
I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH TO GET RID OF HEAD LICE
TO A DOG --
LICE ARE PRETTY RARE IN DOGS.
NEXT QUESTION, MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD
DOG HAS REALLY BAD BREATH.
WHAT CAN I DO?
THAT'S A VERY COMMON AND
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.
THAT BAD BREATH IS ALMOST
CERTAINLY AS A RESULT OF PER YOU
DON'TAL DES.
AND PRI -- PERIODONTAL DISEASE.
YOU'VE GOT INFECTIONS UNDER THE
TEETH.
THEY'RE SEETHING THE BLOOD
STREAM, WHICH GOES DOWN TO THE
KIDNEYS, HEARTS, VARIOUS ORGANS
AND KREATH PROBLEMS ELSEWHERE.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A TIP OF
THE ICEBERG, WHICH IS THE BAD
SMELL.
THERE'S A LOT MORE SEVERE
PROBLEMS GOING ON.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS
BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE BRUSH
THEIR DOG'S TEETH.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET THE
TEETH CLEANED UP.
GET PERIODONTAL TREATMENT AND DO
IT REGULARLY.
Trini: IT'S A SYMPTOM OF A
DEEPER PROBLEM.
YES.
Trini: CAN I FEED MY TALK
PEOPLE FOOD EVEN ONCE IN A
WHILE?
THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT
QUESTION FOR US BECAUSE I,
MYSELF, KIND OF.
AND THE KEY THING IS MODERATION.
AND YOU DON'T DO IT ALL OF A
SUDDEN LIKE, OKAY, GOING TO GIVE
MY DOG STEAK NOW BECAUSE WE'RE
HAVING BARBECUE.
IF YOUR DOG IS NOT USED TO IT,
IF YOU'RE STARTING, DON'T OVERDO
IT.
AND IF HUMAN FOOD IS DEFINITELY
HUMAN GRADE, SO IT'S DEFINITELY
SAFE.
IT'S THE QUANTITY, IT'S THE
FREQUENCY.
ESPECIALLY BE AWARE WITH OUR
FOOD THAT CAN BE TOXIC TO THEM
LIKE CHOCOLATE, MACADAMIA NUTS.
THINK ABOUT BUT COULD BE TOXIC,
EVEN IN SMALL AMOUNTS TO OUR
PETS.
THAT'S ONE THING TO PAY
MUCH.
THIS IS GREAT.
THEIR -- WITH THEIR GREAT
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS.
Trini: WONDERFUL.
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