APPARENTLY.
>> Chuck: MICHELLE OLIVER USED
TO HAVE EYEBROWS.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
PET?
"LIVE IN THE D" WILL HELP YOU
PETS.
YOU'VE GOT CENTERS THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MICHIGAN
HUMANE SOCIETY?
>> WE DO, WE HAVE CLINICS A
DETROIT.
>> Jason: WORRISOME BECAUSE
TICKS ARE OUT THERE AND PETS CAN
BECOME SICK.
>> IT'S A BAD SEASON FOR TICKS.
THEY CRAWL UP THE GRASS, SO TALL
GRASS AND PLACES LIKE THAT,
THEY'LL CRAWL UP ON YOUR PET AND
YOU AND START KIND OF SUCKIN'
YOUR BLOOD, KIND OF GROSS,
ACTUALLY.
>> Jason: LITTLE VAMPIRES.
>> THEY ARE.
AND THEY CARRY MANY DIFFERENT
DISEASE.
>> Chuck: YOU HEAR TO BURN THEM
?
>> YOU HEAR NAIL POLISH, BUT
DON'T DO THAT.
AND NOT BURNING BECAUSE YOU
COULD LIGHT YOUR PET ON FIRE.
THE BEST WAY IS TO REMOVE THEM
WITH A PAIR OF TWEEZERS, A
FINE-TOOTH COMB.
BUT GET THE MOUTH PART AS WELL
AS THE BODY OF THE TICK.
SO YOU NEED TO GET IT ALL.
ONCE YOU REMOVE THE TICK, TAKE
THEM TO THE VETERINARIAN SO WE
CAN IDENTIFY WHAT KIND OF TICK.
>> Chuck: A LOT OF TIME YOU
DON'T GET THE WHOLE TICK?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, AND YOUR VET
UT.
YESTERDAY.
SELF-SURGERIES WHEN I WAS 11
YEARS OLD, GOING THROUGH THE
ARKANSAS WOODS AND I HAD A TICK
IN MY WAISTBAND, THE BODY CAME
OUT BUT THE HEAD DIDN'T.
>> SLOW STEADY PRESSURE WILL GET
THEM OUT.
>> Chuck: HOW DO WE PREVENT THEM
FROM GETTING TICKS.
>> NOT TO TAKE THEM WHERE
THERE'S TALL GRASS, BUT THAT'S
NOT PRACTICAL.
YOU CAN GIVE MEDICATIONS TO
PREVENT THE TICKS FROM GETTING
ON YOUR PET.
THERE'S A VACCINE THAT WILL HELP
PREVENT LYME TRANSMISSION,
TICK.
SO WORK WITH YOUR VETERINARIAN
YOUR FAMILY.
>> Jason: WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM
VIEWERS.
"LIVE IN THE D" VIEWER DENISE
SAYS HER HUSKY BEAU SHEDS
TERRIBLY THIS TIME OF YEAR.
YEAR?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Chuck: THEY SAID A LOT!
>> Jason: WHICH COMB OR BRUSH DO
YOU RECOMMEND FOR BEAU?
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN
THECLINIC.
I HAD JUST TAKEN MY GOLDEN IN
BECAUSE SHE IS BLOWING WHAT I
CALL UNDERBABIES.
THEY SHED THE UNDERCOAT AND
THEY'RE A THICK-FUR PET.
THIS IS A SLICKER BRUSH.
AND SO IT'S GOT METAL PRONGS AND
WORKS DEEPLY INTO THE FUR TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT
THICK UNDERCOAT.
YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT
CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN SCRATCH
THE SKIN, SO BE CAREFUL.
THE OTHER IS THIS FURMINATOR.
AND IT'S FANTASTIC.
>> Jason: LIKE SOMETHING FROM
ORDER TODAY!
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS GREAT FOR THE THICK
COATS, YEAH.
>> Chuck: THIS IS FROM OUR "LIVE
IN THE D" VIEWER.
LESLIE SAYS HER WINE KITTIES
HAVE A HABIT OF CHEWING THE
CARPETS SINCE SHE STARTED
INTRODUCING THEM AND INTRODUCING
THEM TO HER BOYFRIEND.
WHY DO THEY DO IT?
>> Jason: GIVE 'EM SOME WINE.
I'M JOKING.
THE CARPET.
THAT'S RARE.
USUALLY THAT'S A BEHAVIOR FROM
BABYHOOD.
THEY'RE PROBABLY SCRATCHING AND
THAT'S NATURAL IN CATS.
HAVING A SCRATCHING POST WILL BE
HELPFUL TO TAKE THEM FROM
SCRATCHING SOMETHING
APPROPRIATE.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S
SOLID.
AND THEN ALSO SOMETIMES THEY'RE
HORIZONTAL SCRATCHES.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE A CARPE
HORIZONTAL.
STRESS.
COMING AROUND?
>> IT CAN BE A MARKING BEHAVIOR.
IF THEY'RE TERRITORIAL, MARK THE
TERRITORY, AND THEY MARK AGAINST
OTHER MIMS AS WELL AS PEOPLE.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT
SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO WORK ON