Stay ConnectedThese pet podcasts on Pet Life Radio, are about pet health and pet care featuring preventative pet medicine, senior pet care, pet pediatrics, emergency pet first aid, pet meds, pet insurance, pet dental care, pet food and pet grooming.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original–6669420/support.
Copyright: © PetLifeRadio, L.L.C.
I recently saw a new client with a petite little kitten he adopted several months ago from a shelter. Since cats are like potato chips - and you can’t have just one, he adopted her brother as well. Now in a little over a month, he is going to have a litter of kittens cavorting through his house. Yes, she is pregnant. Yes, she is very young. And yes, her brother is the father.
I will be speaking today with Esther Mechler, the founder of SpayUSA and Dr. Richard Speck of the Animal Protective League of Springfield, Illinois about the early spay and neuter program, Beat the Heat.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Beat the Heat Campaign on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
A lifelong, loving home for every pet - wow, what a fabulous vision. But how do you accomplish such a monumental endeavor? There is the matter of adoption, neutering, physically getting the pets to their new homes, educating new and existing pet owners, research and emergency services, it would seem impossible for one organization to tackle all of these issues let alone triumph but my guest, Julie White of PetSmart Charities will share how this vision is becoming a reality.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - PetSmart Charities on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
How you talk about yourself can greatly influence how you think about yourself. If you keep saying 'I am so dumb... I’m a loser... I can never do it right'... do it long enough and you will start to believe it... a self fulfilling prophecy. But how about the way we talk and think about our pets? Each pet has its own strengths and limitations. Understanding them and you can lead to a more harmonious connection. Lisa Knowles and I will explore why we should respect our pets... how to understand their unique qualities and how to more fully enjoy life with pets.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Positive Talk... Positive Thought on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
Ricky Martin made us all a bit bilingual as we sang along with his hit single 'Livin la Vida Loca’. Vida means life and thanks to a dedicated group of advocates, the lives of South American animals, people and the volunteers who aid them are being transformed.
Dr. Faran Dometz is no stranger to the fast balls and curves that can assail a veterinarian working in the economically challenged countries of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala. And he is going to tell us how we can be part of an incredible program.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Not ‘La Vida Loca’ on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
Affordable health care reform, oh my goodness, what a contentious topic. I recently attended a national convention where this topic was being doggedly discussed... the annual caucus for the American Veterinary Medical Association meeting held in San Diego, California. There I spoke with the chief operating officer of Pets Bets Insurance, Chris Middleton. We had a chance to converse on various topics ranging from which pets need to be insured, is it better to start kittens and puppies with coverage, or wait until they're older, can't you just save for potential expenses , do you really need insurance, and how are human and pet insurance policies similar and different? All these questions will be answered in today's show. Tune in!
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Insuring Your Pet's Health on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
Have you ever seen a novel word and despite a lack of training in formal Latin or Greek, you immediately understood its meaning? This is how people often feel when they see the word ‘zoobiquity’. Barbara Natterson Horowitz, M.D., Director of Imaging at the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center coined the term. It is meant to promote the concept that the health of all animals is interconnected. She believes veterinarians and MDs working together, looking at overlapping health issues is needed to insure that all life thrives rather than just survives.
I am honored to have as my guest, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD., the author of the new book, Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Zoobiquity - a Species-Spanning Approach to Medicine on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
You’ve heard it before…’Save a life donate blood’, but for our pets? Myriad reasons exist that may require a blood transfusion for a dog or cat. But where does your veterinarian obtain it? They can’t just phone up the local Red Cross and request a unit. Are there such things as blood types? Can your pet be a donor? And does a pup get a Milk Bone after donating?
Dr. Sean Owens is a board certified veterinary pathologist and associate director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Laboratory Services at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. For the next half hour we are going to learn about veterinary transfusion medicine.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Would You Prefer a Milk Bone with That Juice on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
At the retired cold war Nike missile base, on the headlands of Marin County, just north of San Francisco, lies the Marine Mammal Center. Whether it is waging a war on plastic, tending to a beached humpback whale that was trying to crash a baseball game at Candlestick Park, rescuing and treating over 16,000 elephant seals, sea lions, sea otters and other marine mammals that get stranded along the California coast or offering exceptional edu-tainment for visitors, this Sausalito facility is truly one of a kind.
My guest today is the Executive Director of the Marine Mammal Center, veterinarian Jeffrey Boehm. I had the pleasure of visiting the center in June of this year and saw firsthand the fabulous work they are doing and why it is so vitally important for each of us to protect our ocean’s health. For pictures of my visit, click on today’s show on the Pet Doctor tab at the PetLifeRadio website.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - From Missiles to Marine Mammals on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
The National Cancer Institute predicts that based on current breast cancer incidence rates, about one out of every eight women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time during her life. These are frightening statistics. Thankfully due to increased awareness, improved diagnostics and treatment options, the survival rate for this group of diseases is improving. But some members of our families, dogs and cats, are still dying needless from this potentially preventable disease. As pet lovers what can we do? If it is up to Dr. Marty Greer of Wisconsin, we will be sporting Pink Paws along our Pink ribbons.
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Pink Paw Update on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
Heave, gag, hurl, puke, spew and upchuck- anyway you say it- yuk! A pet can do any of the fore mentioned for myriad reasons. Figuring out why can be as simple and taking away that fuzzy toy that the pet insists on eating or a frustrating process for pet owner and veterinarian. It can even be life threatening. . Stan Marks is a board certified veterinary internist and Professor in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He has a special interest in remedying retching..
Questions or comments? Email Dr.Cruz at: thepetdoctor@petliferadio.com.
More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Swallowing Problems in Dogs- More Common Than You Think on Pet Life Radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pet-doctor-keeping-your-pets-healthy-pet-wellness-pet-life-radio-original--6669420/support.
Our TOPPODCAST Picks 
