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Do you want a cat robot? Review of cat tech trends from CES2020 Jan 12, 2020

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Your hosts Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle traverse millions of sq feet to bring you the latest and greatest of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020. What is new in tech for our furry friends? Did you miss CES this year? No worries we were there to find out what is hot and what is not. In their usual unscripted way, Susan and Jolle break down tech barriers for you and show you what could work and what may not. We start with pet robots and automated feeding stations in this episode and throw in some human tech too. Did you know that Dr. Jolle signs like Kermit the Frog?
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

Is your cat too fat? Dr. Adronie Vebrugghe has some great tips Jan 06, 2020

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We have Dr. Adronie Verbrugghe on the podcast and this is the first time that we are hosting a nutritional expert. Adronie works at the University of Guelph Ontario Veterinary College and she is a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Nutrition. She loves feline obesity, and this was part of her Ph.D. Obesity is a big problem in cats (up to 60% in cats). Tips for obese cats is to make them work for their food. Make sure that there is a lot of environmental enrichment. If cats are bored, they eat more. When we talk about treating disease, we need to look at diet as a drug and an essential part of their therapy. There are lots of nutrition tools available at wsava.org. Adronie thinks we need to do a body condition score and a muscle condition score in every patient, and she has a cool hand trick to estimate if a patient is too thin or too fat.
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

Retrain your cat brain with Megan Brashears Dec 28, 2019

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Part two of our exciting podcast with veterinary nurse, Megan Brashear. Megan is talking about her two cats, one abandoned, polydactyl barn cat and a Seinfeld-character-look-alike brown tabby. Her cats are loosely domesticated as she describes them herself. In her words, cats would benefit from another 50k years of evolution. Also, if you need tips about driving around the country with a menagerie of pets, call Megan (as she has just endured and survived that adventure). Megan has a lot of responsibility for training the next generation of veterinary nurse students and loves to talk about the future role of veterinary nurses. For Megan, the most important to do is to get recognition and making veterinary nursing a true recognized profession including proper licensing and enough credentialed schools. In Megan’s opinion, there are very specific tasks that can be done by veterinary nurses with proper education. Megan shares a couple of ideas for a great future for vet nurses in your practice. Last but not least, we have to retrain our brain to be positive. That means I am always assuming good intent, remember the good things that happened and accentuate the positive in your life! You are allowed to vent but don’t do it at work! What a great episode.
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

Assume good intent with Megan Brashear Dec 20, 2019

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Yay, we have another awesome veterinary nurse on our show. This time it is award-winning Megan Brashear, speaker of the year at least 2 times and in her real life a super tech at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. Megan loves lecturing and she talks to us about her three favorite topics: critical thinking, acid-base balance (we did not know that there was anyone that liked that topic) and the art of nursing. She is an amazing individual and we had quite a lot of good laughs!
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

Cat social media tips with Dr. Sue Cancer Vet Dec 12, 2019

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This is part 2 of the purrpodcast with Dr. Sue Ettinger. Dr. Sue Cancer Vet is a social media celebrity and produces lots of great content on her web page. Sue uses a media release for all her patients so she can use pictures and the stories on her social media sites. Not all owners are eager and sometimes it takes a bit of time before you gain their trust. Sue’s main goal is to raise awareness and most clients are happy to share their pet story. Different people, however, process things differently. Dr. Sue celebrates her patients when they finish their treatment protocol and does tributes when she loses patients. During the podcast, Dr. Sue is open about how she deals with trolling on social media and with abusive clients. She advises us to not pay as much attention to negative reviews (‘dropping the duds’). We discuss highlights in cat cancer news with Dr. Sue including inappetence, injection site sarcomas, oral squamous cell carcinoma, and mammary carcinoma.
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

Purrpodcast talks cat cancer with Dr. Sue CancerVet Dec 07, 2019

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For our 40th #purrpodcast we have another awesome guest, the famous, Dr. Sue Cancervet. Dr. Sue has made it her life goal to educate pet owners about cancer and we know how important cancer is in older cats! We have to be vigilant about lumps and bumps in our pets, the earlier we find them the better we can treat them. Dr. Sue uses social media as a positive influence to educate pet owners about pet cancer. We are talking about myths and misconceptions about cats with cancer. Cats tolerate chemo the best (compared to the D-word), for instance. At the end, we talk about feline lymphoma!
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

Are you feline social media friendly with Eric Garcia? Nov 30, 2019

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Another great podcast with Eric Garcia, our own digital guru, talking social media. When you begin you should start in one specific space and Eric feels Facebook is the place to be now as more than 50% of each generation is currently on FB. He further gives some great tips on starting your own YouTube channel and why it is so important to get your own practice app where you can create your own owner community. An amazing episode!
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

The curse of the cat with Eric Garcia Nov 21, 2019

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Digital storytelling with the amazing Eric Garcia. And because Eric is being unplugged at the moment, we decided to publish this great podcast in his absence. Did you know that cat owners normally think cats rarely get sick and veterinarians often neglect cats in their hospital pictures? Eric is a digital guru and the most knowledgeable IT person in veterinary medicine at the moment
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

How to be a better cat advocate with Dr. Apryl Steele Nov 13, 2019

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Dr. Apryl Steele explains what the American Association of Feline Practitioners stands for. The organization supports all cat veterinarians to provide the best care to cats and cat owners. We are in San Francisco, the host city of this year’s AAFP Congress focused on co-morbidities. One of the things we really like are the AAFP guidelines (catvet.com). The 2 newest guidelines are zoonosis and retroviruses. Apryl explains that AAFP also has a website that is called catfriendly.com is specially designed for cat owners. Cat-friendly practices are cat-centered clinics that as gentle as possible for cats. Soon two new programs will be launched: the professional and advocate certificate.
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

How to set up a cat-friendly practice with Dr. Apryl Steele Nov 07, 2019

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The awesome Dr. Apryl Steele joins us for our 36th podcast and tells about her career as a cat veterinarian. Starting as a food inspector during Desert Storm, she quickly opened a practice in Denver Colorado and transformed it into one of the best cat practices in the state. Currently, she is President of AAFP and CEO of the biggest shelter in Colorado. Did you know that they neuter 12000 cats per year?
Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!
If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun. 🐾🎙️

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