April 8, 2025

Spring Allergies | Weekly Pet Roundup

On this weeks' Weekly Pet Roundup with Isabel from Covered In Pet Hair, we discuss spring allergies in us and our pets.

It's that time of year! Everything is yellow here in Virginia and both people and pets are really feeling it. What can we do about it? Isabel and I discuss!

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Hello everybody on Facebook and
YouTube.

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Welcome to the weekly pet
roundup.

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We've taken a little hiatus
because I've been traveling

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non-stop but we're back and
hopefully the Tuesday schedule

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works well because it did help
me on Monday to just work and

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not have any interruptions.
So I'm hoping that Tuesday works

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for our friends who join us
because it definitely works

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better for me.
I had so much work to do at the

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beginning of the month, so I
have all my social media

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management to do for my clients.
And because I've been traveling

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so much, I haven't worked ahead
like I like to do.

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So I'm still getting stuff done,
but it'll get done because I

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always get it done.
That's, that's what I've been

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telling myself too.
I'm like, there's this one thing

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that I need to get done by
Thursday and I haven't.

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And I'm like, I, I don't like
not, it's weird because like I

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can't, I, I need that like
crunch time to get things done,

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but at the same time, like I
don't love that I wait until the

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last.
Minute to do.

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Well, yeah, I just got a last
minute assignment for a magazine

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which I had stopped writing for
the magazines, but this one,

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this one was kind of like a
fever.

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So I I said yes when I should
have probably said no.

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So after I hang up here, I'm
going to reach out to some

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contacts so that I can write
this article for this magazine.

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We shall see if it gets done in
time.

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The due date is Monday, so we'll
see.

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Oh boy.
Well, yeah.

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And then I'm sure I also agreed
to sub a yoga class on Monday

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morning.
So all of it, it's just like at

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the same time, which is, you
know, I say yes too much.

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And I my New Year's resolution
for myself personally was

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supposed to be to say no more.
And as you can see, it is not

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working all that well.
I have been saying no more but

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just not enough.
Yeah, I've been saying no more

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too, but.
Not enough.

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I I still like, yeah, it still
feels like not enough sometimes.

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I get it because it's just, I
mean, people will just pounce

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especially like if they're used
to you saying yes and then they

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have this like issue, like like
they're offended if you say no.

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You know what I mean?
It's like, how dare you?

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Yeah, that's more personal.
That's more in my personal life

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than in my professional life,
thankfully.

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But yes, I hear that.
It's like more, it's not like

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upset, it's just like a surprise
that I'm not going to be as

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available to other people as I
have been.

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And I'm only doing it because I
obviously need to prioritize my

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family, my little immediate
family, my kids, my husband, my

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pets, myself.
Those are the priority.

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And so if I I say yes to
everybody else, I inevitably

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have to say no to them, which is
not ideal.

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So while Speaking of our pets
and prioritizing them, it is end

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of dust storms, it is
springtime, which means seasonal

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allergies.
And that is what we're talking

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about today.
We're talking about seasonal

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allergies.
If you have a pet that has

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seasonal allergies,
environmental allergies even, we

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can talk about, you know, food
allergies if you want to, but

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that's probably for another time
just because it's springtime.

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And we're trying to make this
really relevant to those that

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are kind of starting to notice
that their dogs are like hacking

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a little bit or sneezing a
little bit or itching a little

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bit.
And like those, if they just

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popped up now, probably indicate
some kind of a seasonal

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allergies.
So, Jess, do you want to get us

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started?
Well, I have to say that here in

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Virginia, everything is covered
in yellow at the moment.

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I didn't quite notice it until
this morning.

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I woke up.
I've been having like windows

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open because it it's nice
outside and I woke up this

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morning and I looked over and
I'm like that is covered in.

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Yeah.
And then going outside, it's

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like, there's just because it
also rained overnight last

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night.
There's just like, you know,

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lines of yellow everywhere from
where, you know, the rain dried.

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So I know that people and pets
alike are definitely in the

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thick of it at this point.
And I mean, we, we can talk

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about a lot of different things,
but one of the biggest things, I

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know one thing well, you brought
up before we went live, I'll let

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you bring that one up for me.
And it is incredibly important,

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incredibly important.
But for me, one thing that is

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often overlooked when we think
about our especially seasonal

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allergies is liver support and
the health of our liver.

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Because our liver is what
processes the histamines and our

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body.
And so if it is not functioning

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properly and if we are not
taking care of it, if we are not

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doing even and we can talk more
about detoxing a little bit

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later on because it is kind of
kind of complex, we can

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definitely get bogged down with
an abundance of histamines in

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our system and our liver not
being able to process them out.

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So that's kind of one of the
things that I really wanted to

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focus on today.
But I know you had brought one

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thing up too that is also just
as important.

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So I'll let you bring that one
up.

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Yeah.
So for me it's, you know, gut

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health, gut health and the
immune system and how over

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stimulated our immune systems
are just because of

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environmental toxins and
vaccines.

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And like no anti vax
conversation here.

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Just it is a fact that, you
know, when we get a vaccine,

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when we give our pets of the
vaccine, it really ramps up our

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immune system.
That's what it's supposed to do.

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But then your immune system is
focused on that.

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Then also at some point it might
be weakened a little bit and

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then now we have seasonal
allergies coming at us and our

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immune system can't handle all
of it.

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So the gut is where the immune
system kind of starts and lives.

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And so when our immune system is
taxed, our gut is taxed.

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It's just not.
It's a recipe for really severe

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symptoms.
Whereas, you know, if your gut

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flora were healthier, if it was
more balanced, it would probably

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not be as severe.
So as a mom to a kid who has

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allergies, one of the things
that I do the most is support

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his gut.
I feel like it's harder for

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pets, I mean for kids than it is
for pets because for kids, like

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all of these tests that we have
are not available to kids

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because like, I don't know if
you've seen these allergy tests.

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I can't remember what it's, I
think it's Evermore or something

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like that.
There's like a few brands that

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you send in, like you prick
your, your finger, you send in a

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blood sample, but it's only
available for people 18 and over

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because what the FDA has done is
basically say like a kid can't

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consent to this.
So unless it's done in a medical

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office, like we can't really
allow that to happen for

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whatever reason, right or wrong,
it's just not possible.

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But for our pets, thankfully, we
do have more access to gut

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testing, and those are actually
quite reliable and they do give

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us a lot of information.
And so for me, I think I

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sometimes wish I could just get
like a fecal sample from my kid

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and send it to like one of these
pet things.

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But they'll know the difference.
They will know.

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I mean, if they're good enough
at what they do, they'll know

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the difference.
This is not like this is not a

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cat sample or this is not a dog
sample.

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They will know and they will be
like what is happening here.

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So I'm not trying to call myself
out like that, but I feel like I

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wish that we had tools like
that, the human space for kids

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that we have for pets.
And that's what's really, I

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think, encouraging during this
conversation is that there are

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tools we can use to help our
pets with allergies that don't

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just rely on like, suppressing
the symptoms because that's

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basically with my kid.
All I can do is either suppress

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symptoms with like,
antihistamines and things like

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that or elimination diets, which
are really quite difficult at

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this age.
He's 7 because, you know, he

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eats at school, he has parties,
he has best, he has that.

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And like, an elimination diet is
so limiting and we're so social

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that it's like, hard.
What's that?

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Did you hear something?
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outside.
It sounded like an airplane

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taking off.
I was like, am I and NASA?

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What happened?
Oh, it just went by again.

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OK, Oh my gosh, it sounds it
sounded like an airplane, but

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yeah.
So let's start with liver

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support, then we'll go into gut
support and then.

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We'll answer.
The questions if anybody has any

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and just so you know Jess, I
cannot see any questions on if

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there are any or feedback if
there is any, I don't know why

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my.
I don't see my so far but.

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I can't see anything, so if you
if you see anything, just let me

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know and then we don't have any
questions or comments yet on on

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Facebook and YouTube.
So let's get started with liver

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support.
Yeah, and I'm sure.

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I mean, this is the first time
in our new day, so I'm sure

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people need to get used to us
being on Tuesdays instead of

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Mondays.
But yeah, so like I said

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earlier, the liver is
responsible for processing

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pretty much everything that goes
through the body, including

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histamines.
And histamines are not only

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produced in response to
environmental allergens.

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These are things that like our
body produces them.

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They are in foods that we eat.
It's not just like, oh, we only

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have histamines in the body when
there's pollen in the air,

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right?
Like, so this is something that

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our liver is doing constantly
all the time, especially with,

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with different foods that we're
eating.

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The more processed food is the
more histamines that are in that

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food.
So, and, and that doesn't

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necessarily mean, you know,
everything highly processed as

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bad because I'm talking about
any processing whatsoever,

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including fermentation, which is
incredible for our gut health

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and our immune system.
But it does still increase the

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histamines in that food when we
ferment it because that's a

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process, a long process that
happens in that food.

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So we are always, our bodies are
always dealing with managing,

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ingesting and producing
histamines on a daily basis

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regardless of the season.
So it's not like again, Oh my

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gosh, the pollen is out because
it's spring.

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And now all of a sudden here are
all the histamines.

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Here are more histamines than
what what we're already used to.

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And our our liver has to
compensate for that.

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So if our liver is already not
doing great, if it's already

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overloaded, if we're already not
supporting it in the ways that

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we could possibly be supporting
it, then it really is going to

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take that much more of a toll on
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Regardless of how sensitive you
are to whatever environmental

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allergens that may be around
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Because there are people that
will move right across the

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country to another another
country and realize that, oh, I

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don't have the same horrible
symptoms.

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Because, you know, the, the, the
plants are different, the, the

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pollens are different, but
everything in the environment is

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different.
And that's wonderful If you can

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do that.
Not everybody can do that.

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But taking care of our liver,
and I think this also goes back

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to taking care of, you know, our
immune system, which most mostly

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resides in our gut.
But taking care of our liver is

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something that we should not
just be doing in the spring or

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just in the fall.
We should be doing this every

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single day kind of a low level
like just a low level detox by

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being intentional with the foods
that we eat.

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And then we can also use herbs
to do heavier detoxes.

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There are of course, you know,
humic and fulvic acids,

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clinoptolite.
There are lots of different

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things out there that we can use
for heavier detoxes, binding and

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detoxing.
Because if our liver is

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overloaded, a lot of times we
will need to use binders to kind

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of bind up toxins in the body so
that they are not having to be

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processed by the liver.
If if, if our bodies are really,

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really maxed out.
I definitely have dogs like this

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where I need to use binders with
them because even the slightest

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detox is just too much.
They can't handle it because

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their body is already so
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So that's something to consider,
something to think about if

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you're like, oh, well, I started
adding milk Thistle and my dog

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was like sick as a dog, right?
Well, maybe that's because their

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body is so overloaded.
We need to bind up some of these

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things.
When we use binders, they're

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actually going to bind up
whatever is in the body that it

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can bind to.
We often times we need to to use

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most of them away from foods so
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nutrients in the foods because
they literally will bind up to

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any and everything that it can
find in the body.

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And instead of having it pass
through the liver, we'll just

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either urinate it out or
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That's kind of the job of these
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severe cases.
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because I feel like so many of
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severe case area because this is
not something we have done

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before.
This is, you know, we're coming

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from a very allopathic mindset
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We are a pill for every I'll
we're eating ultra processed

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foods all the time.
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a more holistic, integrative,
functional approach to health,

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whether that's for us, our
children or our pets, we often

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times need a little bit of
support to kind of help us

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through what we're doing.
But when we think about what we

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can do on like an everyday
basis, this is where plants

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really play a huge role in our
diet.

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For all of the phytonutrient,
the, the, what's the word I'm

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looking for?
I don't know all of it, all of

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the polyphenols that are in the
the rainbow of vegetation,

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plants, plants, all of the
vegetables, all of the fruits

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that we're eating, they all the
different colors of foods have

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different polyphenols in them
and they are going to help

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support us any like antioxidant
wise as well as kind of pulsing

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and cleansing through the GI
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So when I think of liver support
specifically, I am more thinking

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of like leafy green vegetables.
So like that kale, spinach,

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Chard, but also parsley and
cilantro and beets.

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And so like in that kind of
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purple, but they, these are the
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thinking that of that are going
to really support the liver.

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Also, something that most people
are unaware of, but we're

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starting to learn about is this
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ergothianine, which is found in
pretty much every mushroom, but

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in some mushrooms more than
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So if I remember correctly,
oyster mushrooms actually have

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the most herbotheanine.
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supplement for pretty much every
organ system in our body, it

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also supports the liver really,
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So much so that when we think of
traditional Chinese medicine, we

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think of the liver as being the
the window to the eyes.

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So dogs that have a lot of like
gunk and tear stains, when we

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add something like oyster
mushrooms, whether that's in a

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mushroom probiotic or we just
feed these mushrooms or use

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supplementation for mushroom
extracts, we see a lot of that

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clear up in the eyes because it
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heavily and also pretty gently.
So those are some of the things

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that I think about when I think
of liver support and again that

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histamine removing histamines
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And I will add that some people
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better than others.
That's actually genetic in some

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cases.
That's why you see a lot of

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people with like genetic
allergies, right?

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Like all the men in my family
for some reason have been the

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allergy kid all even my son.
My daughter has very minimal

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allergies if any.
My son, allergic to cats,

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probably dogs, dust, grasses,
trees, you name it.

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And all of the men in my family,
we joke on my mom's side are

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like bubble boy.
So like a lot of it's genetic.

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A lot of it is that we have an
intolerance to histamine that

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other people might not have
because we're not producing

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certain enzymes and things like
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So like they're your pet may
already be predisposed do some

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kind of an intolerance to
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And I do see that we do see that
genetically in like a lot of

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breeds that somehow all of a
sudden all these pit bulls are

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allergic to grass and you're
like interesting or all these

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and it's a lot of it is poor
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due to poor breeding.
They're, you know, breeding like

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with like siblings are being
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So what happens is that whatever
ailment they have, it duplicates

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in their offspring.
So those kinds of things are

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something to consider.
So I mean, if you you don't know

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when you get a pet, if they're
going to have high histamine,

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you do know that you can control
their food, like Jessica said.

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So that's kind of one of those
things where you accept what you

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get and then you work with what
you can.

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And just so that you are aware,
whomever is joining us is, you

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know, some of the the good thing
for pets, which is harder for us

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humans, is that a lot of the
foods that they're supposed to

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eat are low histamine foods like
fresh meats, high quality meats,

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eggs.
For us, there are a lot of

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things we enjoy that are high
histamine foods like alcohol,

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like cheese, like you said,
processed foods.

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So like if you enjoy your, you
know, Turkey sandwiches or your,

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you know, your processed Turkey
sandwich, not like a roast

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Turkey, but if you enjoy, you
know, a chorizo or pepperoni on

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your pizza, pizza, wheat
products, the bread, those are

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all tend to be high histamines.
So the the good thing, the good

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news is that, for example, our
cats really should be just

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eating foods that are species
appropriate, which is like very

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meat heavy that shouldn't be
contributing to their allergies

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unless you are feeding like a
really crappy food, which again,

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you can control.
I know it's expensive.

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Sometimes it's hard, but the
reality is when you consider the

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importance of a diet versus what
you're going to spend at the

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vet, I always say spend the
money up front for the diet and

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save yourself the money at the
vet.

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Pet going back because your pet
is like scratching themselves

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silly.
They have hot spots, they have

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diarrhea that they can't
resolve.

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You know, they're they're just
miserable.

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They have, like you said, the
gunk in their eyes.

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There's so many symptoms that
you know you're not going to

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just ignore because they get to
the point where they're so

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severe you have to go to the vet
when you could have potentially

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at least controlled those
symptoms with a proper diet.

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So as humans, it's harder
because like I always say,

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they're not opening the fridge
and making themselves peanut

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butter and bacon sandwiches.
We are opening the fridge and

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feeding ourselves like
prepackaged foods and things.

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So we have to be more careful
and we can make really good

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choices on their behalf.
And, and to that point, you

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know, our dogs and our cats
don't have any control over what

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they're eating.
We have full control over what

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they're eating and every single
kibble on the market, I don't

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care what the quality of
ingredients that they start out

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with is high heat processed and
extruded.

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And those two processes, I mean,
you could you could have started

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out with the most beautiful duck
or rabbit or whitefish or

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whatever.
This really, you know, a

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beautiful cooling food is high
heat process.

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It's extruded, it has high
histamines, period, end of

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story.
Like there's nothing that we can

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do about that other than not
feed it.

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Exactly, exactly right.
And what's the alternative is

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allergy meds that cause all
sorts of other problems and

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affect the liver health, right.
So we're already the liver's

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taxed, We're seeing symptoms
from the fact that the liver and

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the gut flora are just not
optimal.

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And now we're giving them
medicine that's processed

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through the liver that has tons
of side effects.

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And I'm thinking like Apoquel
and all these things, right?

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Like that.
They give you usually you go

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into the vet.
I had a dog radar.

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We talk about a lot.
He's he was little, he was a

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Pomeranian mix and he was a
retired military working dog.

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And he just would lick his paws
all the time.

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Not to the point where they
bled, not to the point where

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they were in any way
uncomfortable for him, I don't

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think.
But it was definitely there.

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And so a dog that is at ease
isn't going to lick his paws

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like that.
It wasn't like a grooming.

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It was more than that.
And whenever he got groomed, he

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would lick and lick and lick and
lick and lick to the point where

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it did become a hotspot, even if
his fur wasn't that short.

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It was like the, the, the two
things couldn't, he couldn't

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tolerate the two things he
couldn't tolerate his high

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histamine and a haircut.
It was like it would just make

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the symptoms so much worse.
And every time we went to the

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vet and talked about it, it was
here's the Apoquel.

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And it was never, I mean, this
was he's, he's been gone for a

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couple years.
And I know that I could, I am

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armed with more information and
there are more products on the

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market that I could request or
do more research.

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But this was maybe let's say,
5-10 years ago when I could have

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asked for allergy testing.
And in Louisiana and El Paso,

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they would have been like, we
don't do that, right?

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Like we don't do that.
Big cities did it back then.

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But like where I lived, it
wasn't happening or in the DC

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area, it would have been a
specialist, tons of money.

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And you know, you get scared.
You say I'm not, you know, I

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mean, he's, he's fine.
I mean, it's just licking a

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little bit.
But I can't afford $1000 visit

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to a specialty, you know, a
specialist just for them to tell

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me that now I need to go on some
like homemade diet that I don't

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have time to make.
So it's like we all think of

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like the worst case scenario.
And I'm glad that the industry

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has moved forward in the sense
of like these at home kits and

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at home things that we can test
to kind of get like a baseline

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for our pets and improve from
there.

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And people like you, Jessica,
and like our friend Cara, who

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can help pet parents who don't
have any clue on this through

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that process.
Because like I would, I would

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love to have somebody help me
with my kid in the same way,

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right?
Like where we could do like

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heavy metal testing from his
hair and all that stuff.

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But like I haven't found
anybody, not locally, not

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anywhere near me that's willing
to do that on a kid.

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And if they do, it's so
expensive, it's untouchable.

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So it's like one of those things
for a year, Damned if you do,

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damned if you don't.
Parsley cut.

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You can do humans through
parsley cut.

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Really.
Yeah.

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Or am I supposed to pretend that
it's not human?

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Am I supposed to say it's Kira
and send my kids hair?

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No, it's HTMA and I think they
I'm almost positive that they

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also do.
Maybe they would do yours

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because they know you, but I
don't know that they're just

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going to do sure.
Oh, look, what's really funny is

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I just looked up Parsley Pet and
the dog that they have there is

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a Pomeranian that looks just
like radar.

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What is hair tissue mineral
analysis?

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Here we go, it's right in the
middle.

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Nutritional blueprint test for
humans or now?

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But is it for kids?
That's the thing.

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That's where they get.
I don't.

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Think she's going to you?
Just go to a check out form.

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It's not asking you any of that.
It's 270.

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Well, they ask you a birthday
and I feel really uncomfortable

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lines.
So they usually what they do,

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and I don't know if about this
particular test, but for a lot

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of tests, they ask you for the
patient's birthday.

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And so I'd have to be like, OK,
yeah, this is, you know, And so

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one thing I do want to talk
about real quick is tests when

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it comes to testing in humans.
And I don't know the answer,

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that's why I'm asking this for
Jessica, is in humans, there's

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like this big debate on what's
better for allergy testing,

442
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:47,200
whether it's the skin prick
tests or the blood tests.

443
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,520
And depending on the medical
provider that you ask, they have

444
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:57,160
different answers for you.
And so some people say that the

445
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,880
blood test is the best, but then
some people say the blood test

446
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,120
is too sensitive.
So like it's just going to flag

447
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,600
everything.
And then I did get, I'm actually

448
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,600
doing immunotherapy,
immunotherapy allergy shots.

449
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,520
I'm, I've been doing it for a
year now and I do feel like it's

450
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,760
helped a ton.
And I did the skin prick test,

451
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,600
you know, on your back where
they, and I'm, I've always been

452
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,840
super allergic.
I, you know, again, like

453
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:30,920
genetically I, I was from birth
and then living in Ecuador, I'm

454
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:35,600
sure that didn't help growing up
in Ecuador with like very being

455
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,720
like worm dewormed like
constantly and being given

456
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,560
antibiotics constantly.
That probably didn't help.

457
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,280
I mean, when you are born in a,
in a developing nation, you

458
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:51,400
know, medicine is kind of thrown
at you just in case because you

459
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,360
know, it's somewhat dangerous to
live there, to exist there.

460
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,920
But I, I feel like it has
helped.

461
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,840
But like when I did the blood
test, it was one of those mail

462
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:08,160
in blood tests for myself versus
the skin prick test.

463
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,040
Like the, the answers were
different.

464
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,480
Granted it was over the course
of a few different years, right?

465
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,800
So like it was like I did the
blood work first.

466
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:23,000
I think that was maybe 2020 ish.
And then I did the skin prick

467
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,720
test last year, like early
spring this time last year.

468
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,280
So tell us how what's the best
way or what is the way that pet

469
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,440
parents can have their pets
tested if they were to go

470
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:40,640
through like a veterinarian?
So going through a veterinarian,

471
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,160
I think I have seen
veterinarians do that, that

472
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,400
patch of skin thing.
I, I have seen that.

473
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,000
I don't think it's.
It's not very common.

474
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:58,200
I don't think you're going to
find that very widely used,

475
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,360
probably for a number of
reasons.

476
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,720
One, it just takes so much time
for the veterinarian to do that.

477
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,360
And we have talked about this so
much, veterinarians do that they

478
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,920
don't have time to ask you all
the questions they need to be

479
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,480
asking you to, to even properly
diagnose things.

480
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,440
Generally speaking, your vet may
not fall in that category.

481
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,920
I'm, I'm, you know, I'm being
very general here.

482
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,680
So what you're mostly going to
find is the blood testing.

483
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:35,400
And I think it is probably a
little bit more sensitive to

484
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:43,320
where because it, it, it's, it's
about like calibrations in, in

485
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,400
these machines, right?
So it can be a little bit more

486
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:53,040
sensitive and that may and may
not be a bad thing if you have a

487
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:58,600
dog that has so much going like
their symptoms are crazy and

488
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,200
they really have a lot that they
are truly allergic to.

489
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,640
That may not be a bad thing to
be like overly cautious.

490
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:13,960
But I do think it's it's a
disservice to not have the time

491
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,920
to do the skin prick ones
because that's you can't, you're

492
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,600
not going to mess that up,
right?

493
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:26,480
You're, you're seeing first hand
how that animal is responding in

494
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:31,160
real time, You know, over
however, however long they

495
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,480
they'll wait to see if there's a
reaction.

496
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,200
You're seeing that on the animal
in real time like that.

497
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,680
I don't think you can get any
better results than that.

498
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:47,240
I think the blood testing is
more for efficiency, yeah.

499
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,680
And I so I'm not saying that
it's, it's bad, it's what we

500
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,160
have.
But yeah, I think it can be a

501
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,040
little, a little.
Oversensitive, Well, I mean, if

502
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:02,320
your pet is so miserable, I
mean, it's a good start.

503
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:07,240
I, I do that.
I do that and pair it with a gut

504
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,000
testing kit of some sort.
Where where, who?

505
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,320
I know there are a couple that
you recommend, which let's start

506
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:20,920
with those.
So innovative pet Labs is one of

507
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:25,400
my favorites and they are
constantly rolling out new

508
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,800
stuff.
So they recently they have

509
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,200
comprehensive gut check, which
is what I always start with.

510
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,520
And then depending on what's
going on, if we find there's

511
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,600
something that we need to work
on, then we can kind of target

512
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,240
what we're retesting.
So we're not spending as much

513
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,480
money on the retesting.
We don't necessarily have to do

514
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,520
that.
That can tell us a lot from

515
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:55,160
leaky gut to just all sorts of
different like inflammatory

516
00:31:55,160 --> 00:32:01,480
points in in the system as well
as some pancreatic enzyme.

517
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:07,120
So we can kind of gauge how well
the pancreas is working in in

518
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:11,560
food digestion as well.
So the comprehensive does a lot

519
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:20,480
and then depending on what we
find, animal Biome also has

520
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:27,200
testing that is going to let us
know in comparison to what we

521
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:33,520
currently believe a healthy gut
microbiome is, which there are

522
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,920
definitely skeptics and critics
of that, but it's what we have,

523
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:42,880
right?
Like this is what we have to

524
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,840
see, like where your animal
compares to what we believe a

525
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,880
healthy microbiome, gut
microbiome looks like as far as

526
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:57,560
the bacteria that are present.
Because sometimes we can, you

527
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:04,560
know, a lot of a lot of symptoms
can be like descriptors for so

528
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,120
many different things going on
in the body.

529
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,760
For instance, one of the things
that we recently in the past

530
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,520
handful of years found out
through the data analysis that

531
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:21,920
Animal Biome has conducted is
that the what they find in

532
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:33,400
almost every dog that has acid
reflux is increased levels of E

533
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:38,760
coli.
So we can target better instead

534
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,000
of saying, Oh well, we need
antacids, right?

535
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,320
Which is what you're going to
get from.

536
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,400
And that's what Kira was given.
Yes, that's exactly what Kira

537
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,680
was given when she had.
Right.

538
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,880
We can address the imbalance and
then got microbiome to bring

539
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,680
those E coli levels down because
you know, and this hopefully

540
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:05,020
isn't news to anybody listening,
but we all live with quote, UN

541
00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:10,880
quote pathogenic bacteria in our
bodies, such as E coli.

542
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,320
We have that in our bodies and
on our skin.

543
00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,520
Like it's not it's in our it's
in our gut, it's on our skin,

544
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:22,719
our dogs, our cats the same.
It's just a matter of keeping

545
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:28,760
those levels in check from non
pathogenic to the non pathogenic

546
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,239
bacteria.
So or what we call.

547
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,040
Good bacteria and bad bacteria
versus.

548
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,600
Bad, I really try hard would I
learn something like that to

549
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,719
like stop using that kind of
terminology good versus bad

550
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,920
because they're not bad in the
sense that we want to eradicate

551
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,800
them because this is a really
delicate ecosystem that we're

552
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,639
working with we.
Just need to balance them.

553
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,199
Yes.
And that's something that I

554
00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:59,440
really, I, I really want people
to understand a little bit

555
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,000
better and and maybe hopefully I
can kind of work this into my

556
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,920
content once I get back to my
content a little bit better is

557
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,120
that this is a delicate
ecosystem that we are working

558
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:15,560
with.
And so it might be like we have

559
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,800
this mindset of like, again, a
pill for every ill and like,

560
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,400
this is going wrong with my pet
and I want to stop it.

561
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,600
And we do this with behavior a
lot too.

562
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,240
And it's like, no, it's not
about stopping the behavior.

563
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:32,800
It's about what we want our dog
to do instead.

564
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,480
What what we want that gut
microbiome to look like instead

565
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,800
versus trying to kill off all
the E coli.

566
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:44,520
That's not that's not a real
world like scenario.

567
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:45,920
That's not going to happen,
right?

568
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,600
We're not going to be healthy
and kill off all the E coli.

569
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,120
No.
And it's it's one of those

570
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,800
things where it's like getting
to the root of the problem has

571
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,200
stopped being important.
And like, I will never

572
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,680
understand that because if my
kid is acting out or my friend

573
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,280
or my husband is having a bad
day, I'm not just going to slip.

574
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,520
I'm a Prozac.
I'm going to ask them what's

575
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,440
going on.
Yeah, right.

576
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,680
Like that is, to me, like the
most basic thing.

577
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:18,280
And when it comes to the gut,
because I science, I'm giving.

578
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,120
You, I'm giving you permission
when you see me to see if you

579
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,800
have Prozac.
Give you a Prozac.

580
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,480
Noted.
Noted.

581
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,080
I will give you a Prozac.
I don't.

582
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,400
I'd have to steal them from my
husband and my child, but yeah,

583
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,640
we are.
We're a Prozac family over here.

584
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,160
Nothing wrong with slipping a
little something to manage your

585
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:41,480
anxiety.
But the reality is like, I feel

586
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,160
like like that makes perfect
sense to us, right?

587
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,960
Like that we would not just slip
somebody like a tranquilizer

588
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,160
when they're having a bad day.
But when we go to the doctor and

589
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,760
we're saying we're itching,
they're just slipping us a

590
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,440
tranquilizer for the itchiness.
And it's like we're not getting

591
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,120
to the why is it itching?
And it's so frustrating because

592
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,160
it's just become the most common
thing to do.

593
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,880
And like as consumers, most
consumers are just fine with it.

594
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:11,000
Like my family and I couldn't be
more different when it comes to

595
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,400
that.
Like I'm the type to ask

596
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,600
questions to figure out what the
cause is come.

597
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:19,760
I want to find out how we can
fix it from the root, not like

598
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,720
just make it go away for a
second and then it just comes

599
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:24,360
back rearing its ugly head
again.

600
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,440
But my family is like super cool
with being like, Oh yeah, the

601
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,680
pill fix it.
Yeah, it doesn't fix it.

602
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,160
Though it doesn't exactly, it
just depresses the symptoms.

603
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:41,200
So finding out what where your
pet lie like stands in their in

604
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:47,400
their gut health and in their
liver health is really so basic

605
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,080
not just for allergies, but for
like longevity for energy

606
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,360
levels, especially as your dog
is older and taxed.

607
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:58,360
I mean, all of our dogs are
exposed to our dogs and cats,

608
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,520
dogs more.
If you have an indoor cat, you

609
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,600
can kind of control the toxins
better.

610
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,920
Not to say that our homes are
perfectly toxin free.

611
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,560
I know they're not.
Anytime you bring anything home

612
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,200
from the mall, from Amazon,
you're something's off gassing

613
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,000
and your cats probably taking it
all in.

614
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,040
But like, your pets are coming
outside to where it was just

615
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,320
sprayed for mosquitoes.
Your dogs are walking and

616
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:24,000
licking and swimming in water
that maybe, you know, not

617
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,120
optimal, even though it's
considered safe to swim in, in a

618
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:28,960
lake or something.
So all these things they're

619
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,400
taking in so much.
And so when they're now exposed

620
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,120
to something that causes high
histamine and now their bodies

621
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:39,200
just can't handle it.
And so I, I know one thing I

622
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:45,160
always do is I try to support my
pets liver before and after

623
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,560
vaccines.
Can you speak to kind of like if

624
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,640
that was something that somebody
is facing right now, what they

625
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:56,200
could do just because vaccines
right now, high histamine, kind

626
00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:00,880
of a recipe for disaster?
It is I, yeah.

627
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,720
And and I will answer that.
But kind of to go back to what

628
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:06,960
you were saying, This is why it
is so important that we are

629
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:12,400
doing these kind of like really
low level daily detoxing with

630
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:16,040
like intentionality of the foods
that we're eating and the foods

631
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,080
that we're feeding our dogs.
Which is why.

632
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:25,400
And again, we we have learned
through a lot of the data that

633
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,640
Animal Biome has has gathered
over the past handful of years

634
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:34,320
that raw fed dogs, generally
speaking, are not getting enough

635
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,120
plant matter in their diets.
And this is one of the reasons

636
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:43,320
why this is that is so important
for us to address as pet parents

637
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:49,360
who are especially raw feeders
like myself, because these like

638
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:55,160
low level daily detoxes that
we're doing with plant matter

639
00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:00,040
is, is what is going to kind of
keep our dogs and our cats and

640
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:04,560
ourselves.
Able to handle all of it, all of

641
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,400
what is thrown at us on a daily
basis.

642
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,280
All of those things you were
talking about where we can't we

643
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:13,960
can't manage the fact that the
park down the street is being

644
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,720
sprayed with glyphosate.
We can't necessarily manage

645
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:18,440
that.
Yeah, we.

646
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,760
We have to buy a new couch,
right.

647
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:22,680
And it doesn't matter where
we're getting that couch from,

648
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,560
it's going to off gas.
Like those are the things that

649
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:31,000
it's easy to be become really
overwhelmed with because it's

650
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,200
everywhere around us.
But if we're doing this these,

651
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,520
these, like really simple things
daily that our bodies are much

652
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:45,680
better equipped to handle these
like, not regular, but, you

653
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,600
know, every so often influxes
that we're getting.

654
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:54,800
But yeah, if we are having to do
a vaccine, which is not my

655
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:59,160
favorite thing in the world,
but, you know, everybody's in a

656
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:03,040
different position.
And you as as a pet parent, have

657
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,840
to decide what's going to be
best for your pet and your

658
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:10,800
family.
I believe the protocol.

659
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,920
I actually have Rita Hogan's new
book right here on my desk right

660
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,520
now that I'm reading.
I believe her protocol.

661
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,520
And everybody has different
protocols, but I believe Rita's

662
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:25,320
protocol is 2 weeks before and
eight weeks after of Milk

663
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:29,200
Thistle.
This is something that I do with

664
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,800
dogs regularly anyway.
I do it with myself.

665
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:36,600
I'm currently finishing up an 8
week cycle of milk Thistle for,

666
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,920
for me.
And I, you know, I think it's

667
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,520
important, you know, this is a
really gentle herb that we can

668
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:49,000
use that can really do wonders
for our liver.

669
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:55,920
I also, and this is not in
anybody's protocol but mine, I

670
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:02,520
use a full spectrum hemp extract
with my dog and with myself and

671
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:08,560
while yes, I really enjoy the
calming benefits, especially if

672
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,480
I give myself way too much of
it.

673
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:21,000
Super Suit 2024 or 2023?
It might have been 4 because I

674
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:25,600
was in a bad way last year.
I think it was 20.

675
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:30,080
No, no, it might have been 23.
It might have been 23.

676
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,400
I should have.
I should have.

677
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:33,920
She wanted to do it last year.
She.

678
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:41,880
She was so relaxed, so relaxed.
I had to be like, do you want to

679
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,560
go somewhere?
Do you want to just sit here?

680
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,880
What are we doing?
Because she did she and it was

681
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:53,480
it was the CBD dog health right?
Yeah, well, I so I put it, I put

682
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:58,120
the horse tincture in the dog
bottle for traveling and I

683
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,200
forgot.
That's what I did.

684
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,360
And I was like, I took my
regular dose in the morning,

685
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,160
which is just my regular, no,
nothing's going to happen to me

686
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,640
dose.
And then some stuff happened

687
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,880
during the day where I was like,
I can't handle this, I need to

688
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,320
do something.
And somebody was like, I don't

689
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:17,600
remember.
It might have even been you.

690
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:21,000
You're like, don't have your CBD
And like, I took a whole dropper

691
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,400
full, forgetting that it was the
horse tincture.

692
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:29,080
So I wound up with like, I don't
know, over 100 milligrams that

693
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,560
day.
But I will say that you

694
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,800
obviously took too much, but
it's not like you were sick.

695
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,680
You weren't, you weren't like
fool.

696
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:42,960
You were just so relaxed.
Yeah, which obviously I don't

697
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,560
know I'll, I'll never reach that
level of relax, I don't think.

698
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,400
But maybe I'll try it at super
soon this year, I'll get myself

699
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,680
some horse CBD.
And so for those who are not

700
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:58,480
familiar with Rita Hogan, Rita
is a canine herbalist and she

701
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,720
just came out with a book
actually speaking about Super

702
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:02,080
Zoo.
She's going to be doing, she's

703
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:05,000
doing a book tour, but she's
going to be at Super Zoo doing a

704
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,160
book tour or two or signing
there.

705
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,080
And her book is called the
herbal dog holistic Canine

706
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:14,200
herbalism.
So it's very much anticipated.

707
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:18,240
She is the leader in canine
herbalism in the industry.

708
00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:20,320
And so we've all been looking
forward to her book.

709
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:24,240
So if you're looking to do some
kind of things with your pets

710
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:30,200
that start with DIY remedy stuff
at home, this is a great book

711
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,240
for you.
I'm going to get mine signed.

712
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:37,760
Yeah, yes, I am too.
But I think in July she's

713
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,120
because she's going to be here
in July too.

714
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,920
When you come for the summit,
The nautical dog.

715
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:48,040
Yes, I'm going to Yorktown or
not Yorktown.

716
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:49,560
Well, I'm going to be in
Yorktown too, but I'm going to

717
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,680
be in Williamsburg with Jessica.
Jessica, tell us about that

718
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:58,280
event real quick.
So it is the third annual The

719
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,360
More You Know Pet Wellness
Summit hosted by the Nautical

720
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:06,840
dog, my beautiful, beautiful
friend Amanda, who I was lucky

721
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:08,480
enough to have lunch with her on
Friday.

722
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:15,320
Actually, she has had this indie
pet store for 19 years.

723
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:20,680
So she's kind of OG and the
healthy pet space and she, this

724
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,280
is her third year putting on the
event and it is like the event

725
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,440
on the East Coast, which is
pretty incredible.

726
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:32,320
She kind of shot it out of the
park the very first year and has

727
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,680
been trying to figure out how to
one up it every year since.

728
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:41,240
And so this year we have trying
to remember the speakers off the

729
00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:46,160
top of my head, we have Connor
Brady is the headliner, Amy Rens

730
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,600
is speaking, Susan Thixton is
speaking, Rita Hogan is

731
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:54,360
speaking, and I believe Doctor
Katie Kangas is speaking as

732
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,000
well.
So it's going to be super fun,

733
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:03,800
very informative.
And I just, I mean, I, I say

734
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,880
this is the season coming up in
the summer that I look forward

735
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,480
to every year because I feel
like these are my people.

736
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,040
Yeah, right.
And like, we don't get to see

737
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,800
each other except when events
like these are going on.

738
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,440
So yeah.
And then of course, Super Zoo,

739
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,680
because then we get J and Adrian
and you know.

740
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:28,360
Well, so anybody who's in that
area, Williamsburg, Yorktown,

741
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:33,400
Newport News, the Hampton Roads
area of Virginia, Amy Runs is

742
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,440
actually going to be at the
Nautical Dog on April 12th.

743
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,360
So that's coming up here soon.
She's going to be talking about

744
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,000
Whole Foods versus synthetics
for dogs and cats.

745
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,840
And that is a free event at the
Nautical Dog.

746
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,880
So you can reserve a spot still
again, that's the Nautical Dog.

747
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:57,040
And for the for the more You
know Summit 2025, it is sold

748
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:58,080
out.
So.

749
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:00,480
I do believe no, there are some.
No it's not.

750
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:02,640
Oh there are some tickets.
Oh cool.

751
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,240
So let me know if I need a
ticket, but I wanted to invite

752
00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:11,000
my my client to.
She will need a ticket if she

753
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:12,520
goes.
But I will need it right?

754
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,560
Because you're coming with me.
Perfect.

755
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:19,200
Yay, I'm going to be at your
booth, aren't I?

756
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:24,480
Yes, you're going to be at my
booth because I am a sponsor for

757
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:26,600
a day.
Amazing.

758
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,160
So yeah.
So anyway, back to the

759
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,720
conversation at hand.
The nautical dog.

760
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:35,600
The gosh.
Why can't I never?

761
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,800
I think I know her name, but I
know she doesn't like her name

762
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:39,800
being said.
Maple.

763
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:43,840
Sailor's mom, yes.
No, yes, says Rodney.

764
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,960
And Karen will be speaking at
Super Zoo this year, which I

765
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:48,800
actually did not know, so that's
interesting.

766
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,000
That's cool.
I'm surprised they're coming

767
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:56,640
back the second year in a row.
Yeah, that's so cool.

768
00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:58,680
I'm glad I I thought they had
fun.

769
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,120
Well, I thought they had fun, of
course, but I mean, they're also

770
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:05,920
like, you know, they have a PRR
team and they're in demand.

771
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,480
They're busy.
Well, I mean, Super Zoo knows

772
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:12,440
what they're doing.
So a little step back for those

773
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,280
who are interested in Innovative
Pet Lab.

774
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,640
Are you an affiliate with them?
You can actually get their

775
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:21,400
products on my website at
jessicalfisher.com.

776
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:23,440
Perfect.
So yeah.

777
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:27,880
And the cost for the cat
comprehensive gut check is 249

778
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:32,320
and the cost for the dog
comprehensive gut check is 99.

779
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,520
And I mean, I know it sounds
like a lot of money, but just

780
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:39,840
think about all the steps that
it saves you at the vet, all the

781
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,440
meds that it saves, like all the
trips back and forth, all the

782
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,320
topicals that you're going to
put on the skin and all that.

783
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:50,840
So just think about that.
And then Animal Biome, are you

784
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,480
an affiliate with them as well
or do they have one?

785
00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:56,920
Yeah, I have.
Well, no, I, I think I have a

786
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,240
wholesale account with them, but
I don't have their stuff on my

787
00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:03,840
website yet.
But I also wanted to mention

788
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,320
that Innovative Pet lab, because
I said earlier like they're,

789
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,440
they're coming out.
They they've been coming out

790
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:11,160
with stuff.
They recently came out with a

791
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:15,040
stress test for our pets as
well, which I think is really

792
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:18,040
darn cool.
Cortisol.

793
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:22,240
Levels, yes, yes.
So that's something that we can

794
00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:27,120
add on to any of the the
comprehensive if we if we need

795
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:32,200
to for a little bit of a fee.
But she so dog Todd is saying

796
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:36,080
super zoom has invited them to
come as speakers this year,

797
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,240
which is pretty cool.
We'll have to look at school

798
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:40,560
the.
Schedule.

799
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,360
Yeah, because we have our own
schedule this.

800
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:50,560
Year we're trying to, not trying
to not overdo it like we do

801
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,920
every year.
Like last year I came home with

802
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,400
COVID, I came home with COVID
like I had never had COVID

803
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:59,080
before.
I've been to super Zoo, I've

804
00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:02,840
traveled all over.
I never had COVID before and I

805
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:07,000
was I feel like I was so rundown
that I ended up sick.

806
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:12,240
I think almost everybody, like
almost everybody I talked to,

807
00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:13,960
left with COVID.
Yeah, yeah.

808
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:17,920
And I know I've been exposed a
million times.

809
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:19,640
My husband had it, my kids had
it.

810
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,880
I didn't have it.
So I know I've been exposed.

811
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:24,000
It was just like my immune
system was not working.

812
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:25,960
I was so tired.
I was so taxed.

813
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,000
And I didn't even drink or party
that much.

814
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:29,760
We were like in bed like normal
times.

815
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,720
We were. 2023 was way more fun.
Yeah, I'll be.

816
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,160
I'll be honest, it was way more
fun.

817
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:40,240
It was and she's bringing Maple
cider this year, by the way, to

818
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,960
meet her.
Yes, I, I just, we need to have

819
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,960
fun again this year and we are
going to have fun again this

820
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:50,560
year while getting our work
done.

821
00:50:50,720 --> 00:50:53,480
We will get our.
Course and we will book, we will

822
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,280
book so we can do this live
there.

823
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,280
We'll book the podcast capsule
if they have it again, so we can

824
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:02,040
do this weekly pet roundup.
It'll probably be on a Thursday,

825
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,320
I think Wednesday or Thursday
depending on what day we decide

826
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:08,720
to hit the show floor.
But I did want to finish up.

827
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:13,520
I is there anything that's
missing from our conversation on

828
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,040
your end?
Because I do want to ask you a

829
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:17,960
question that I already know the
answer to, but I want to give

830
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,320
you the opportunity to wrap
anything up that's serious

831
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:20,880
first.
I don't.

832
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:28,120
Know, I mean I think.
Use your tools.

833
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,280
Use your tools.
Yeah, there's so many podcasts.

834
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,920
Have you done any podcast
interviews specifically about

835
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:36,560
allergies that people might want
to refer to?

836
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,400
Not specifically about
allergies, no, but there are

837
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:45,200
definitely podcasts on, you
know, the polyphenol benefits

838
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:52,600
of, of plants.
There's a crap ton on gut

839
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,920
health.
Yeah, I think.

840
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,840
And that's going to get to you
where you need to be really at

841
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:01,640
the end of the day.
Yes, exactly.

842
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,960
Don't give up.
Don't, don't put, you know, a

843
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,800
Band-Aid on the symptoms by just
giving allergy meds.

844
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:11,800
It's not something you'd want
for yourself.

845
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:14,720
So your pet probably won't want
it for themselves either.

846
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:18,000
And I just want to finish up
Jessica asking you how you feel

847
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,200
about veterinary diets for
allergies.

848
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:26,760
Wait, they have veterinary diets
for allergies?

849
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:30,920
They do they do they?
Have them for like food food

850
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:37,120
allergies but like Oh my gosh.
I am in general not a fan of

851
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:39,360
veterinary diets.
Most.

852
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,480
OK, so Derm Complete
environmental food sensitivity

853
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:53,800
dry food from Hills Adult
Sensitive stomach and skin

854
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:58,600
chicken dry dog food, chicken
based, chicken based.

855
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,000
No, thank you.
Which is the most common

856
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,000
allergen, I think for both cats
and dogs, right?

857
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,280
Yeah, it absolutely just dogs.
Yes.

858
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:18,720
So here I no 99% of the theory
behind those foods, whether they

859
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,040
call them prescription or
veterinary or whatever they're

860
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:28,200
calling them, the theory is oh
crap, the food that we told you

861
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:30,480
to buy and feed your dog caused
a problem.

862
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:35,040
So here's another food that we
make to to fix it and it that

863
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:41,960
that's what these are and with.
Sounds familiar?

864
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:46,760
Sounds like the opioid crisis.
Right with with a handful of

865
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:53,440
them, the nutrients are so
inappropriate for the species

866
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:58,840
they are feeding that they have
to be sold to you through a

867
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,880
veterinarian because they are
supposed to be modern monitoring

868
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:07,080
their nutrient levels because I.
Did not know that.

869
00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:12,160
That's why you can't just go and
buy a kidney diet without a

870
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,920
prescription from your
veterinarian because the protein

871
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:22,280
levels are so low that literally
that species cannot live with

872
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,160
that low of a protein because
they are carnivores.

873
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,480
They start muscle wasting.
They start pulling amino acids

874
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,120
from their own muscle because
they're not getting it from

875
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:37,120
their diet.
So in my opinion, while there

876
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:43,680
are some things that if they are
advanced enough we would want to

877
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:50,120
make adjustments to the
nutrients, most of the time we

878
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:54,200
really just need to get these
dogs or cats on a species

879
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:57,680
appropriate diet and we're going
to see a lot of resolution with

880
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,400
just that.
Yes.

881
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,960
And one thing I'll add before we
conclude is I know that it's

882
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,840
really, I had a friend and I'm
thinking of one person, but I

883
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,520
know people reach out to me
about pet stuff all the time.

884
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:13,840
I had one friend whose dog was
miserable, miserable, miserable,

885
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:16,640
miserable, you know, skin
allergies.

886
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:20,200
It's a, it's a Frenchie, I
believe.

887
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:24,400
So, you know, I don't know about
the breeding and where they got

888
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,200
the dog.
And you know, Frenchies are

889
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:31,440
probably the most misbred,
poorly bred dog right now breed

890
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:34,120
right now.
So it is really tough when I see

891
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:38,400
somebody is like getting one,
maybe not informed and then they

892
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,760
have all these issues with them.
And that's why puppy mills are

893
00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:43,400
so dangerous because you not
only spend a ton of money on a

894
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:45,880
dog that's not up to par, but
you also have to deal with the

895
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:48,280
consequences of that for the
remainder of their life, which

896
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:49,840
could be short, could be long,
we don't know.

897
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:54,040
So they, she reached out to me
and she, you know, asked me and

898
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:58,000
I referred her to you and Kara,
you know, I think first and

899
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,360
foremost, we need to look at the
diet first and foremost.

900
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:02,160
We need to look at the gut first
and foremost.

901
00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:04,680
We need to look at like just
organ function and things like

902
00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:07,120
that.
And I get so frustrated because

903
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:09,840
I don't, from what I know, I
don't believe that they reached

904
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:14,600
out to either one of you guys.
And I know that these people are

905
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:19,440
really great pet parents, but I
think something stops us from

906
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,560
pulling the trigger on doing
something that's not what our

907
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:26,720
vet has historically said.
And I do believe that it takes

908
00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:31,280
some gumption and it takes some
courage to kind of go against

909
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:33,720
the grain.
I recognize that.

910
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:39,160
But I assure you that you will
one, not be hurting your pet by

911
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:42,360
looking at these things.
You're not going to hurt them

912
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:48,000
because a fecal test or you
know, swab of some sort is not

913
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,320
going to hurt them in any way.
And then it's going to arm you

914
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,560
with information.
So what if it doesn't get

915
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,760
resolved?
You're out $300.00, which you

916
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:56,560
would have been out $300.00 at
the vet.

917
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:58,400
So now you're breaking even
basically.

918
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,280
Because I mean, with you when
you go just to see the vet and

919
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:04,160
just to get the Apoquel, you're
out $300.00 minimum.

920
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:10,360
So you're breaking even at at
best, worst breaking even, I

921
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,000
guess.
And at best you're getting an

922
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,200
answer.
So I, I challenge those who are

923
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:20,920
really struggling to just like
contact somebody like Jessica or

924
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:24,360
contact somebody like Cara or
contact, you know, anybody.

925
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:27,080
It's not because I know Jessica
and I love her and she's one of

926
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:31,440
my best friends, but like I know
something stopping you from

927
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,480
doing that.
But like, these people are not

928
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,160
out to get you.
These people are not out to

929
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:36,920
steal your money.
I'm sure you offer a

930
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,760
consultation where you can
discuss things without a huge

931
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:44,480
investment.
I encourage you to think outside

932
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,800
the box because you have to be
the advocate for your pet.

933
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:50,320
And if you see your pet is
miserable, you see your pet is

934
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,720
licking, you see your pet has
open sores on their skin, their

935
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:57,400
eyes are gooey and disgusting
and like all these things,

936
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:01,000
that's just what you see.
You're not getting what they're

937
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,000
feeling because they can't tell
you.

938
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:07,800
So advocate for them.
Challenge the preconceived

939
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:11,240
notions of what it's like to
potentially feed something

940
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:14,640
you're not used to feeding.
Really do what's best for your

941
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:16,600
pet, even if it is a little more
expensive.

942
00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:20,200
Just because I promise you, I
promise you that most of the

943
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,760
people who are on this side have
been where you are.

944
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,440
And the reason we're so
passionate about these other

945
00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:30,160
modalities and these others
approaches is because we have

946
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:33,640
seen the difference that they
can make.

947
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:37,360
And like, I'm just one of
millions of people who will tell

948
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:40,040
you if you go to like any of
these natural groups, you know,

949
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:45,280
natural pet groups on Facebook
or if you follow Jessica or Kim

950
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:49,800
Gautier or any of these people
or Oh my gosh, what's his name?

951
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:52,720
Roth eating one O 1.
Why is his name escaping me?

952
00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:55,320
Right now, Well, he sold it to
somebody.

953
00:58:56,120 --> 00:59:00,000
I don't know that person.
Well, he he, he is the reason

954
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,840
I'm using his name.
Why can't I remember his name?

955
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:03,360
He's a great guy.
Scott.

956
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:04,080
Scott.
Scott.

957
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:07,360
Something Scott J Marshall
Marshall Marshall.

958
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:11,840
So Scott, the reason everybody
gets into these things is

959
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:14,680
because they're where you are.
Like it's because their pet

960
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:18,840
showed up with something really,
really rough and really hard to

961
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:21,080
deal with and something that the
vet couldn't address.

962
00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:24,400
So the vet kept giving meds for
and they knew that there was a

963
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:27,000
better way.
So like, use your resources,

964
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:29,920
don't be scared and don't just
assume that it's going to cost

965
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:32,800
you a fortune.
Like I promise you what these

966
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:36,000
people are charging is not
enough for what they should be

967
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:37,520
charging.
That's the first thing.

968
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,040
Like it's not enough.
They've they're paying for all

969
00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:42,480
these certifications to learn
what they're teaching you or

970
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:45,040
sharing with you and they're not
charging enough.

971
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:48,400
I guarantee you, you'd go more.
You're probably more likely to

972
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:51,320
go broke at the vet than you are
working with somebody like

973
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:56,240
Jessica or Kara or buying these
kits that we're talking about.

974
00:59:57,080 --> 00:59:59,240
Just think outside the box.
I can't say it enough.

975
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:03,000
Like if you know, the definition
of insanity is doing the same

976
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:06,000
thing over and over again and
expecting different results.

977
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,840
And like I see so many pet
parents falling in that trap and

978
01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:10,760
it just breaks my heart for the
pet mostly.

979
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:13,040
Yeah.
Well, what I, what I have

980
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:17,080
realized is that when we just
blindly listen to whatever our

981
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:21,600
veterinarian says to do, and
nothing is getting better, but

982
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:26,760
we just keep listening to them,
It's, it's a very disempowering

983
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:31,480
place to be.
And my goal whenever I'm working

984
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:37,520
with somebody is to empower them
to be their pets advocate and to

985
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:42,680
actually help their pet thrive.
And, and, and the truth is that

986
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:50,000
that leap is scary to go from, I
have this professional that I

987
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:54,480
trust implicitly to, Oh my gosh,
this is my responsibility now.

988
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:59,360
Like that's a, this is scary
leap, but it's totally possible.

989
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:03,440
And I think that's why it's also
important to utilize.

990
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:06,720
And again, not just myself,
somebody like Cara or another,

991
01:01:07,120 --> 01:01:14,280
you know, nutritionist and pet
health coach it it, it is very

992
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:19,480
like they're going to help you
feel empowered.

993
01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:23,560
They're going to help you
understand the why to what we're

994
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:25,880
doing to what?
Because I'm never sitting here,

995
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:28,760
I will never talk to somebody
like a veterinarian will talk to

996
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:32,120
me saying this is what you need
to do or you're going to kill

997
01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:35,240
your dog, right?
Like they're veterinarians have

998
01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:39,720
not just to me, I don't, I
countless number of people have

999
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,160
posted that that's happened to
them, right?

1000
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,240
It's happened to me.
We're a veterinarian.

1001
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:48,200
In fact, recently I had a
veterinarian try to tell me that

1002
01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:50,440
everything I was doing with my
dog is wrong.

1003
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:56,920
And I will never talk to
somebody like that because that

1004
01:01:56,920 --> 01:02:01,920
doesn't help you learn anything.
And that's my goal is for you to

1005
01:02:01,920 --> 01:02:05,440
understand like the why behind
what we're doing so that you

1006
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:10,040
really do feel empowered and you
can actually take that on, take

1007
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:12,760
that information and like work
with every dog you have.

1008
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:16,080
Go down the line forward
exactly, exactly.

1009
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:18,960
Well, and this applies to all
medical the whole medical

1010
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,960
community.
I think it's, you know, it is,

1011
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:24,440
it is.
There's a right way to do

1012
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:25,840
things, right?
There's a standard in the

1013
01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:27,960
medical community, and that's
totally cool.

1014
01:02:28,040 --> 01:02:33,320
That's totally like, obviously
your doctor, they shouldn't be

1015
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:37,800
giving you your dog.
Your veterinarian is not going

1016
01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:42,400
to go rogue either and be like,
yeah, you know, F vaccines, like

1017
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:45,320
they'd lose their license if
they did something like that,

1018
01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:48,560
right.
So knowing understanding where

1019
01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:51,280
they're coming from and their
training and their licensing and

1020
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,560
what they're the standards
they're held to are not the only

1021
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:58,560
option is always a really great
place to be Like for me, for my

1022
01:02:58,560 --> 01:03:01,000
kids.
My kids go to their annual

1023
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:05,440
checkup every year.
We decline certain things every

1024
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:10,600
year.
We will accept medication for

1025
01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:13,440
things.
A lot of other parents in

1026
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:17,000
general would never accept you.
My son has ADHD.

1027
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:20,520
We've tried a bunch of stuff
and, you know, to help him.

1028
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:24,640
I will do anything, whether it's
medical establishment or, you

1029
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:26,520
know, alternative medicine,
whatever I will try.

1030
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,640
I will do things based on my gut
and my knowledge of him.

1031
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:33,160
So I am all about it.
But I recognize that, you know,

1032
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:36,880
this person is going to come at
me with this versus this

1033
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:38,280
person's going to come at me
with this.

1034
01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:41,480
And I think one last resource I
want to share is Doctor Katie

1035
01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:44,440
Woodley.
I think she's really fantastic.

1036
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:46,720
I know she's put up a lot of
things about allergies.

1037
01:03:47,160 --> 01:03:50,360
Doctor Katie Woodley is a
veterinarian, but she is an

1038
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:53,840
alternative modality.
She's comfortable with an

1039
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:56,000
alternative.
She does a lot of testing, too.

1040
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:00,960
She and I spoke about my son and
she gave me some ideas a few

1041
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:03,720
years ago at Super Zoo.
So that's another really great

1042
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:06,880
resource if you're looking for
something more medical like,

1043
01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:08,840
right, like you want to go to a
veterinarian.

1044
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:10,520
So there you go.
You have that option and there

1045
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:13,000
are other options.
I mean, there are plenty of

1046
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:16,560
holistic veterinarians that
actually are probably on your

1047
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:20,480
show.
Yeah, no, I love, I love how

1048
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:23,880
doctor, doctor Katie Woodley is
really like honed in on like

1049
01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:25,480
everything she does is about the
gut.

1050
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:32,160
It's all about the gut.
So yeah, yeah, I think that

1051
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:36,920
pretty much covers it and I hope
it this can help people maybe

1052
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:40,640
survive allergy season this year
and every year moving.

1053
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:45,040
Forward.
Yeah, the the tree outside my

1054
01:04:45,040 --> 01:04:48,000
house is waving around like
crazy.

1055
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:54,080
Like so, so crazy.
And the other tree next to it is

1056
01:04:54,080 --> 01:04:57,440
just now blooming.
And we have a sandstorm.

1057
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:01,480
So you like, literally it's so
windy here that the sand from

1058
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:03,800
the desert gets picked up and
thrown all over the place.

1059
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,520
And my son has a cough.
And I'm like, well, it could be

1060
01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:07,800
a virus.
It just could be the

1061
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:10,360
environment.
Like, it could just be how

1062
01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:14,240
miserable it is here.
We have a little enclosed patio

1063
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:16,520
and you can't be out there.
Like everything is covered in

1064
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:18,320
dust.
Everything is covered in dirt

1065
01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:21,240
and sand.
And it is so dry.

1066
01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:23,640
And it's so like my skin was
itching yesterday.

1067
01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:25,560
And I think a lot of it has to
do with the environment.

1068
01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:29,800
So before you start medicating
on that random things, also take

1069
01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:32,680
a look at what might be coming
around because it is still,

1070
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:36,680
we're still kind of in like flu,
COVID season and allergy season

1071
01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:38,560
all at the same time, depending
on where you are.

1072
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:42,000
What's the temperature like in
Hampton Roads area?

1073
01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:46,960
Yesterday it was like 80 and it
rained.

1074
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:51,440
It thunderstormed overnight so I
think it was like 60 ish.

1075
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:54,760
So you guys similar?
Yeah, temperatures to us right

1076
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,320
now.
We're we're about there right

1077
01:05:56,320 --> 01:05:58,320
now.
We were 55 this morning when we

1078
01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:01,120
woke up and my daughter wanted
to put on hot shorts like she

1079
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:03,520
likes to wear, like her Daisy
Dukes, which, you know, is a

1080
01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:07,400
whole other conversation.
And I had to be like, no, we're

1081
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,880
wearing pants because it's still
55��.

1082
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:12,280
She's ready for summer.
She's a gymnast.

1083
01:06:12,280 --> 01:06:15,160
She thinks she's a gymnast.
So that's the hot pants.

1084
01:06:15,960 --> 01:06:19,280
But yeah, so just make sure that
you're taking care of both your

1085
01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:22,960
immune system, your allergies,
supporting yourself, rinsing off

1086
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:25,080
all that yuck and getting your
dogs bait.

1087
01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:28,520
If your dogs bathed, if you're
in a situation where it's really

1088
01:06:28,520 --> 01:06:31,080
nasty out, that might be that
might something to help.

1089
01:06:31,080 --> 01:06:33,520
Yeah, wait there, Pause when
they come in.

1090
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:35,200
Yeah.
I mean, I think that's something

1091
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:37,160
we should be doing anyway, but
certainly anyway.

1092
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,360
Especially if they get in your
bed.

1093
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:42,880
Now that's another conversation.
But that you really want them to

1094
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:45,720
get a bath every, you know,
regularly.

1095
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:47,840
A lot of us let it go too far.
Too far.

1096
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:51,680
My dog gets a bath.
Mobile vet comes every month,

1097
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:55,280
once a month, no exceptions.
And she probably could use a

1098
01:06:55,280 --> 01:06:59,040
bath every two weeks because she
gets so nasty outside.

1099
01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:01,840
She rolls around in the dirt and
then she's bringing all of that

1100
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:03,760
in.
So you know, it is what it is.

1101
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:07,200
It's part of pet ownership, pet
parenting, sharing our lives

1102
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:09,640
with our pets.
We hope you have a great week.

1103
01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:13,280
Thank you guys for joining us.
This will be on the feed on the

1104
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:17,160
Pet Parenting Reset and this
week I am interviewing on

1105
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:20,800
Thursday, 3:00 PM Mountain
Standard Time, so 5:00 PM

1106
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:23,720
Eastern.
I have a guest, Erin, who's

1107
01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,640
promoting a really fun pet
contest.

1108
01:07:27,640 --> 01:07:31,920
So join me for some drinks, a
happy hour, some conversation.

1109
01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:35,320
I think I will share the
information about that so you

1110
01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:38,440
can get started and follow her
on Thursday morning because I

1111
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:42,080
have so much to do to catch up
still from my trip to Spain and

1112
01:07:42,080 --> 01:07:44,800
my cruise with the Texas
Packers.

1113
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,560
Yes.
I know I want I wanted to ask

1114
01:07:47,560 --> 01:07:49,440
you about that.
We're we're so overtime right

1115
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:52,120
now we're.
So overtime, but it was so good.

1116
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:53,840
It was.
The cruise was amazing.

1117
01:07:54,120 --> 01:07:57,920
I I love that I.
Love that the cruise was so much

1118
01:07:57,920 --> 01:07:59,720
fun.
Like, I feel like, think about

1119
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:02,560
all of us getting all of our
Super Zoo people, Yeah, and

1120
01:08:02,560 --> 01:08:05,520
going on a cruise together.
I mean, what could be better?

1121
01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:09,160
Exactly like that's it was like
the it's the same thing.

1122
01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:11,080
It's like this great group of
people.

1123
01:08:11,080 --> 01:08:14,240
I adore the Texas Pet Sitters
Conference people.

1124
01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:20,479
They've invited me next year,
2025 or 2026 to MC again.

1125
01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:23,279
I spoke twice and then SEED this
year, which is a lot.

1126
01:08:24,319 --> 01:08:27,920
And it was really fun and it was
just really cool to get away.

1127
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:30,680
My mom came with me and she met
everybody and she was like,

1128
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:33,200
you're such a good group.
And I'm like, you got to come to

1129
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:35,880
Super Zoo one day to meet all
those people too.

1130
01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:39,000
I don't think, I don't think she
can hang, you know?

1131
01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:44,399
Well, I'm glad that she went
with you and you had a blast.

1132
01:08:44,399 --> 01:08:49,439
And I, you know, I know it's not
a, it's not a cruise next year,

1133
01:08:49,439 --> 01:08:53,600
but hopefully, hopefully I'll
get to hang out with you guys

1134
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,479
next year.
Yes, exactly.

1135
01:08:55,680 --> 01:08:59,080
And my goal is to get well, my
hope is that we all end up

1136
01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:00,560
there.
And next year's Texas Pet

1137
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,439
Sitters Conference, for those
that are in the pet sitting

1138
01:09:03,439 --> 01:09:09,000
industry, is in Austin and it is
open to pet sitters from all

1139
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:11,200
over the world.
You do not have to be from Texas

1140
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:13,720
to attend.
A lot of our members that attend

1141
01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:17,040
every year from Virginia,
Connecticut, lots of

1142
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:19,800
Californians.
We've had people from Canada in

1143
01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:21,840
the past.
We even had a speaker from

1144
01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:25,479
Ireland last year.
I think it was.

1145
01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:28,359
Yeah, it'll be really fun.
And yeah.

1146
01:09:28,359 --> 01:09:30,960
And then Spain was crazy, too.
Spain is fun.

1147
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:35,560
I can't wait to go back.
But the tickets are too

1148
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:39,600
expensive.
I was looking at flights today

1149
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:41,600
and I was like, shocked.
I was like what?

1150
01:09:42,279 --> 01:09:45,680
OK.
Well, I spent 500 and some

1151
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:49,600
dollars to get to Williamsburg,
but I am flying into Norfolk.

1152
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:52,120
Yeah.
Yeah, it's usually cheaper there

1153
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:53,680
than Newport News.
That's yeah.

1154
01:09:53,880 --> 01:09:57,000
I mean, I do Southwest.
So I was like, Southwest doesn't

1155
01:09:57,000 --> 01:09:58,880
even fly into Newport News, I
don't think.

1156
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:00,480
So I just went with that.
Yeah.

1157
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:02,960
But yeah, it's getting
expensive, guys.

1158
01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:04,400
It is.
Hang in there.

1159
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:08,400
All right.
Hope to see you next week.

1160
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:12,480
We're doing it Tuesdays again.
It's 3:00 PM Mountain Standard

1161
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:14,800
Time, 4:00 PM.
Central, 5:00 PM.

1162
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:17,840
Now that you're in five, you're
5:00 PM Eastern.

1163
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:19,600
Eastern.
Yes.

1164
01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:22,200
So we will see you then guys.
Thanks.

1165
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:24,240
Again, for joining us, bye bye.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata is a freelance writer and content creator with a focus on business, marketing, and lifestyle. While her passion lies in sharing her knowledge of pets, pet care, and pet-friendly living, Isabel writes for various online and print publications on a wide range of topics.

Fueled by her first encounter with rescue work at 17-years-old, Isabel believes that her purpose lies in helping companion animals live better lives by educating their caregivers. Isabel entered the pet care industry in 2008 when she founded The Wag Pack, Northern Virginia’s premier pet sitting and dog walking company. She has since closed TWP but continues to work tirelessly to promote positive pet care through exercise, enrichment, nutrition, and more as a pet sitting industry advocate.

Isabel was born in Ecuador, raised in Miami, FL, and has lived across the US and in Europe. She currently lives in El Paso, TX with her husband, two young children, and two old dogs.

A self-described gastronome and former hospitality industry professional, Isabel blends her love of life, banter, and adult beverages with her passion for pets in Covered in Pet Hair, a boozy show for pet lovers on Pet Life Radio, YouTube, and all major podcasting platforms.