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UNLEASHED with Dr. Matt the Vet: Howie fed Roscoe WHAT?! | 4.26.24 - The Howie Carr Show Hour 4

The long-awaited hour is here once again. Howie is joined by Dr. Matt Callahan of Ipswich Animal Hospital to talk all things animals. Dr. Matt scolds the Captain for feeding Roscoe too many carbs. Then, he turns to the phone lines, where callers stack up to get the best advice from the show's go-to pet guru.

Duration:
37m
Broadcast on:
26 Apr 2024
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mp3
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Dr. Matt, are you there? We have more sourdough to bake as they say. Oh, man, we got to get to that right away here a second after I let you tell everybody where they could reach you during the week. Yeah, I run the Ipswich Animal Hospital on Route one and on the Ipswich Rowley line, and my number is 978-948-8189. 978-948-8189. Okay, we're going to take your calls. We already have a lot of calls up there, but we'll take your calls throughout the entire hour. If you have a question about your pet, give us a call 844-542-4242, or you can text your question to Howie at 617-213-1066. Yesterday, I just mentioned in passing on the air that Roscoe, my year and a half-old pug, is a beautiful dog, a talented dog. He's extremely talented, and he really, really loves sourdough bread. And I toast, I get some nice fresh stuff from Publix. They have it at all. It's all big supermarkets now, and it's made in-house, and it's really delicious. And I toast it, and then I slather it with butter. I usually have a piece, one piece in the morning, and Roscoe throws himself at me to get to the sourdough bread. Roscoe knows how the game is played. He does. And so I mentioned that, and apparently Dr. Matt was listening, and he called up and said he wanted to correct me and tell me what a bad, what a bad daddy, dog daddy I am, for Roscoe. Why is it, why is it bad to give him a couple of crusts of sourdough bread, and it's multi-grain, by the way, that means it must be good. It's getting better and better, and it's positively health food, especially slathered with butter. What are dogs? What are they physiologically? They are called Facultative Carnivores, which means they're mainly meat eaters that can eat other things. They're like us. I like sourdough breads. They certainly eat the same foods as us, yeah. But the same foods that are relatively unhealthy for us are relatively unhealthy for them. So I sort of, as treats, I generally rank them. I call red light treats, and red light treats are sort of the dog biscuits type of treats, because there's just no health benefit to it. A more neutral treat would be meat. I mean, because dogs actually are meat eaters. So when you said sausage, I didn't get too worked up. In your right, that no one feeds their dog a giant hunk of sausage. They give their dog a piece of sausage. Or in my dog's case, we use chicken jerky, because she likes chicken jerky. So what am I going to do? So, and then the truly healthy treats are the truly healthy healthy stuff for us. So, you know, I had a client in this morning that said her dog loves green beans. I go, you know, things you're never going to hear from your cardiologist or your veterinarian is, I see by the record here that you're eating way too many green beans. You know, they're just healthy, they're, you're healthy for having eaten them. So that's why I tend to gravitate towards those sort of treats, or at least meat treats for the finicky, more finicky dogs, and relatively few pure carb treats, because they're already getting tons of carbs in their regular dog food. You lived in the south. I lived in the south for eight years out in Georgia. You know what they like. You know what they do in the south. They put green beans and then they put, they throw pork belly in there. Well, and you give a dog some pork bellies and some green beans. About two minutes, the green beans are still going to be there and the pork bellies are going to be gone. I had a grandfather who was, his dog was getting too fat. And so I said, does he broccoli? He goes, yeah, he loves broccoli. So I said, feed him broccoli as a treat. And then about six months later, the dog was heavier. And I went to his house and he was cooking the dog broccoli in heavy cream. Yeah, I go, yeah, you got me, you win, eat them, whatever you want. Anyway, I lost the game at that point. So it's not terrible to give him a little bit of crust. No, no, not occasionally. If it's not, you know, hey, give my dog half a slice of sourdough every day, that's a bit much. But I crust every once in a while, absolutely not. You know, a treat is what it is. It's a treat. And as long as you understand that that's not part of his regular diet, and it is just a treat every once in a while, then you're fine. But well, scuttlebutt on the street is Roscoe will be in town here next week. Yes, he will. And he's going to be getting on the scale at some point. The mailroom manager and I have plotted his way in. So we'll see what's out. Oh, my daughter, Charlotte's in town. She's a very, she's a critic of my steward. My culinary stewardship. So I'm not saying there's going to be, you know, we're going to be ganging up on you, but we'll see what his weight is. But okay. All right. Roscoe, you're on a diet. No meatloaf tonight when we get home. What's wrong with meatloaf? It's me. We need a Roscoe weight chart for the website. All right, we'll do. All right. Okay, we're going to take some calls here at 844-542-844-542. With us is Dr. Matt, give us the phone number one more time before we go to our first call about a pug. My number at the Ipswich Animal Hospital is 978-948-8189. All right. Wally, you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Wally. Good afternoon, Howie and Dr. Matt. Yeah, I've had several pugs over the year and they love to eat. All dogs love to eat, Wally. Some more than others. True, true. Well, you mentioned your daughter, and it's just like my daughter's always giving me grief about slipping my pug. And Jan once in a while, and I just can't help myself. But anyway, it's the parents, you know, I've got to blame myself. I can't help it. They have those eyes. They look at you and... I know. I was going to say that, those big brown eyes. But, you know, Dr. Matt, I mean, it's like, but I take Roscoe out for a lot of walks. I'm sure Wally does too. I mean, if you take the dog out for walks, or you just let him run free, if you've got a fenced-in backyard, I mean, that's going to take care of a lot of the calories, isn't it? I'm definitely pro exercise. So, everything I'm about to say is going to make me think I'm not pro exercise. I'm absolutely pro exercise. And if there's a dog that you can exercise weight off of or exercise for weight loss, it might be a Frenchie or a pug or an English bulldog, because they're just not very efficient exercisers. Although, I think a lot of pugs are pretty good athletes. If you look at the big studies on weight and health and exercise and food, exercise doesn't play a huge role in their health. It's weight that plays a huge role in their health. But I mean, don't you take the weight, can't you take the weight off the way you take it off? I mean, humans, I mean, I know it's basically food for us too, but you can't take weight off with exercise. You can, but the amount of exercise you have to do with a dog is enormous. I had a client that came in with his laboratory and he said, "Well, I walk her for an hour a day and I go, okay, how about four hours?" And he said, "No." And so, that's the amount that you have to exercise a Labrador for weight loss, four to five hours. People aren't going to do that. I'm not going to do it. No. So really, go enjoy your exercise with them. I'm not saying it's bad. It's good for the dog. It's good for you. But you do control weight with food. 95% of it's food. Wally, how much does your pug weigh? Uh-oh. Well, my pug is eight months old and he's, I think he's big for a pug. He weighs 18 pounds right now the last time he was after that. So, you know, and when we first got him, I was worried because he didn't like to eat as much of a first pug. But he seems his appetite seems to be better. Oh, thank God. Yeah. Cool. That was a close one. Wally, the doctor's giving you the needle. 18 pounds at eight months is pretty hefty, I think. Yeah. Well, I mean, every dog is different. So, 18 might be normal for one dog and not normal for another. So, well, I just like, you know, again, he's, you know, that I had a different question. But again, this is an issue for pug. They get heavy and, you know, you can't walk and when it's too hot out either. Absolutely not. Then you won't have to worry about having a pug. Yeah. If you walk them when it's too hot. So, so, yeah, you control their diet, feed them the right stuff. And they will, you know, the frustrating thing is, is if you look at the big studies, and there's been two of them, University of Pennsylvania had the biggest one. And what they said was, is dogs are really in two groups. We think they're in much more, many more groups, but they're really in two groups, ideal weight and overweight and overweight dogs don't live as long and they're not as healthy. And that's why I harp on it. If it gave them, you know, two months longer life and they were just as healthy, I wouldn't bother with it. But the numbers are really pretty stunning and pretty unambiguous. So, they're like humans. Again, like you. Yes. Much like humans. Yes. Right. All right. Thank you, Wally. 844-542-42. With us, it'll take calls all hour is Dr. Matt the vet. And again, what's your number and where can people reach you, Dr. Matt? People can reach me at the Ipswich Animal Hospital and my number is 978-948189. All right. Great. We'll be right back. 844-542. And again, text your questions to Howie at 617-213-1060 I'm Howie Carr. Watch more from The Howie Carr Show. Yes, always. Watch Howie Live at rumble.com/TheHowieCarShow. He's not just another pretty face. He's an extraordinarily good looking man. He's Howie Carr. That's a little bit of a bromance going on there. The emperor of hate Howie Carr is back. Today's poll question is brought to you by Northeast Hair Restoration. This April and May save $1,000 off their new PFE hair restoration procedure and listen to my Meet the Expert podcast with the doctors. They're the best at what they do. And this is a new state-of-the-art procedure. Go to pfehair.com or call 1-800-208-HARE, 1-800-208-HAIR. Taylor, what's the poll question? What are the results thus far? Today's poll question, which you can vote in at HowieCarShow.com, is Harvard says the state's proposed wealth tax on its $50 billion endowment would cripple it. Should the legislature pass the $1.5 billion yearly Harvard tax? Yes, no, or the tax should be even higher. The tax should be even higher. 33% say the tax should be higher. 61% say pass it. 6% say don't pass it. All right. 844-542-42. Someone says Wally's pug is big-boned doctor. Yes. True, I'm sure. Yes, we've heard that one. We've all been there before. Yes. Husky. Dr. Matt, this is 508. The cat's miss people. My son just came home from four months abroad, and the cat seems indifferent. Typical cat thing, I suppose. I think she's right. It is typical cat. Cats tend to be more location anchored than person anchored. And when I moved a mile away, my cat kept running way back to my old house. But I did have a client just this week whose cat was so upset it developed a bunch of behavior abnormalities because when they went on vacation for a week. And so I think that cat was more like a dog, more people attached rather than location attached. When we go on vacation and come home, our cat has an attitude with us. She gets angry. How dare you? Yeah, exactly. But you know, in dogs and cats, I'm really surprised they don't have more separation issues because they don't know whether you're going to Cumberland farms, or you're going to Guam, or you're flying to Mars, that you're never coming home. I mean, they have to have some sort of intuition about that you're are going to come back. Vicious Pit Bull grabs owners jugular malls to death in New York City apartment. This is a story from today in the New York Times. Yeah, cops responded just after 3 a.m. to a 911 call for a dog biting its owner, a 41 year old man in Longwood. The dog latched onto the man's jugular and he was gushing blood. Two officers opened fire, striking the dog multiple times. Wow. They found a half eaten piece of sourdough toast. Yes. It was slathered with butter. I barely the 41 year old was shared, didn't share enough. Jim, you're next with highway car and Dr. Matt, go ahead, Jim. Hi, how are you and Dr. Matt? Thank you for taking my call. My questions are can a main coon cat live to be 20 years old? How long do a most main coon cat live? I don't think there's a, you know, it necessarily a breed specific age range. Lots of cats can live to 20. Siamese cats seem to be overrepresented in that group. So I would say probably 50% of the 20 plus year old cats I've ever seen are Siamese, but there's no reason why a main coon cat cannot live to be 20 or past 20. None at all. Thanks for the call, Jim. And Dr. Matt, what's your phone number if people want to get in touch with you? They can call me at 978-948-8189. Marcy, you're next with highway car and Dr. Matt, go ahead, Marcy. Oh, hi, how are you and Dr. Matt? I have a question. I have a three-year-old healer lab mix and three times in these past three years, she's had a strange behavior of licking and licking and licking the carpet, the entire carpet, and then kind of retching and gagging and going out and eating grass and looking utterly miserable. And the last time this happened, I was looking at her for a walk, so she'd feel better. And I would try to put her harness on, it was too tight. And she was tight as a drum, so I called the local vet and talked to the vet assistant, and I said, "I think maybe she has bloat." And the vet assistant said, "Now if she had bloat, she'd be dead." Well, she's got a point. I mean, if she had true gastric dilatation and volvulus, then that is fatal if not treated. So the fact that we're still talking about it probably means that she didn't completely have a twist, which is what a volvulus is. It's sort of a three-dimensional twisting of the stomach. But certainly they can have sort of gastric dilatation with gas and stuff like that. And what I was going to say when you were starting to describe the symptoms is your dog is nauseous. So I absolutely, positively, would have your dog at the vet if she's exhibiting these signs, because certainly it could wind up being blown, or it's true G-D-V bloat. Bloat is very serious though. Very bad, man. Okay, we'll be right back with Dr. Matt. Give us a call. 844-542 on Maui Car. Live from the Matthew's Brothers Studios. 844-542-42. Dr. Matt, the vet is with us here as he is every Friday, last Friday evening of the month, and he's taking your questions about your pets. Call us at 844-542 or text us at 617-213-1066. Dr. Matt, where can people reach you if they need your services? People can call me at the Ipswich Animal Hospital, and it's 978-948-8189. Is eating grass bad for dogs? I don't think it's inherently bad unless you treat your grass, and then it's bad. My dogs have always gone out and munched on a little grass. It's not a problem. It's why you're eating grass sometimes, if your dog is like the last caller, if the dog is suddenly eating a ton of grass and they're clearly sick, they're doing it for a reason. They're trying to fix a problem, which they're very bad at, by the way. Grass is a very bad solution to most problems. Dogs that just go out and eat a little bit of grass, I used to call my old golden retrievers the Guernsey cows because they'd go out in the front yard and munch on grass or 10 minutes. I think when we were kids, they told us that eating grass was really bad. It was a sign dogs were sick, but that's not necessarily true. No, absolutely not. Some dogs are sick, but those dogs are otherwise sick. Someone wants to know if peanut butter is okay for dogs? I don't think it's inherently bad. It depends on the sugar content and the fat content. I don't think it's inherently bad. I use it a lot with my dogs. I put it in a conge and put it in the freezer so they can have some chewing time and give me a break for a few minutes. I mean, as long as it's peanut butter? Really? As long as it's not overdone, it seems to be fine. Like sourdough, small amounts. So what you're saying is the old what the ancient Greeks used to say, everything in moderation. Hormesis is that in science and it really is interesting. Many chemicals that you consider bad for you are actually healthier in small amounts. Let's see here. Jonathan, you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Mack. Go ahead, Jonathan. Hi, Howie. I have a French bulldog. He's two and a half years old. We had him neutered. We live on Cape Cod. I'm just wondering, what should we be looking out for as far as any health issues that he may have? Well, I think that I think, obviously, neutering a dog is adds years to their life and as every study suggests that neutering does help them. So I'm a fan of that. As we talked about with pugs, all dogs with upper airway, air management problems, keeping them thin and keeping them fit are two really good things. Keeping them cool, too. Well, yeah, absolutely. So now we're coming in the summer and pugs and Frenchies and English bulldogs and Boston terriers just don't manage the heat as well because dogs use air exchange to control their temp. So you always want to be with every dog. You want to be very careful about heat management, but with Frenchies, you want to be extra careful. Frenchies can live very healthily late into life. So it's not that they have to have more problems, but they do tend to have airway problems. Skin problems are pretty common with them, too. So I'd watch out for those. And on Cape Cod, you don't have to worry about an urban problem with French bulldogs, which is them being dog-napped. Yes, I don't think Hyannis is the Frenchy kidnapping. No, unlike LA with Lady Gaga. It's happened in a lot of DC, too, I guess. All right, let's see. Mark, you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Mark. Hey, guys, thanks a lot for taking my call. So I got one quick question is I have a six-month-old blue healer and a 10-year-old sheltie. And at what point can I start feeding in the same food? I feed him Purina Pro, Poppy Purina Pro, adults, and right now I'm feeding him Purina Pro, Poppy, for both because, well, it's like 30, 35 bucks, right? And I thought the adult dog could get more nutrients out of the puppy suit. Am I wrong? You can be wrong. Puppy food was initially puppy child by Purina, and they didn't do a whole lot of research on it. And then it became so wildly popular that they started to do some research on it. And the PR was a little bit ahead of the science on that one, but that was the early '70s, so about 50 years ago. But I think that puppy food, especially large-free puppy food, is actually lower in nutrition than some adult foods. And the goal with those foods is to get the dog to grow slowly, and slowly, really synchronously, so their joints grow in sync with one another, and one part of the joint doesn't grow faster or slower than another part. So it's deliberate. Yes, but they don't announce that, do they? No, they do not. But if you look at, like, the angel memorial studies in the early '90s, what they suggested is that diet adult dog food was the best puppy food. And so that the use of puppy foods is really, the studies really show it only works until about six months, and then it doesn't work after that. Even though, you know, I see from the puppy food manufacturers that they want you to feed your dog puppy food until they're about 53 years old. So it's amazing how the science gets twisted. So you can keep your dogs on puppy food. There's no real harm in puppy food. The nutrients are actually pretty similar, sometimes actually even a little bit less, or you can switch them both to adult food, and that's perfectly okay at this point. They can both eat the same food after six months. It could be four, too. You know, I hear people talking more, and maybe it's about bi-nomics, about how much the price of dog food and pet food in general has gone on. Yeah, it's going to weigh them. Is there any way, I know you probably don't want to mention specific brands, but is there any way to see which are the most overpriced types? Well, yeah, you know, here's the frustrating thing. I tell clients this 50 times a day, I believe there's better foods than others, right? I use the word believe because there's not a ton of science behind what I just said, and you'll never see on a bag of dog food, make sure dog healthier. So if I could have an ideal weight dog on a C plus dog food rather than an overweight dog on an A plus dog food, I would take it. Right. Because I think food does impact health, but only if you have a dog that's otherwise healthy from weight. I mean, I think that's the biggest thing. But are there any websites that there was one called reviews.com that had sort of a review process that I thought made sense. You know, they rated dog foods based on, you know, the source of the protein is either the United States, Argentina, or Australia. Yeah. And I thought that made sense. And they hadn't had a recall in so many months or so many years. I thought that made sense. And that the manufacturer on the bag is the manufacturer on the food of the food. So, you know, people can pick on Purina all day long. I take my shots at Purina too. But I know if there's a problem with Purina food, I know who to call. Right. Purina, you know, some of these other foods, you go, wait a second. There's no such thing as this brand of dog. Well, is it possible that like, you know, like some of the many generic brands are made by the people who you're, you don't want to support just because you're tired of buying from them. I mean, is Purina making some of these brands that you buy? I'll be honest, I don't know, but you know, you always check with all those foods. It's like the Kirkland food, you know, who's making them food, right? You know, so, but generally, and I do, I think generally, I trust Kirkland products because I found them to be pretty good. So, I would be surprised if they're made a lousy dog food and everything else was good. Yeah. Limber Guy says, is it okay for cats to eat grass? Yeah, totally okay. Yeah, as long as they're not barfing it up on your bedspread, yeah. 512, it's so annoying. I need that I need a prescription to order flea and tech pills. Simparica. Simparica for my dog online makes it a lot harder to shop around for the best deal each time. Yeah, in, you know, the sort of two views about that is, if there's a problem, it's usually best to go through your veterinarian. Veterinarians, as a business thing, want to keep that business as much as possible because they have to pay, you know, health insurance for their employees and have to rent a building and have to buy equipment. So, they're trying to make a little bit of a profit everywhere. So, but, but most veterinarian, certainly we do when we get a prescription from 1-800-PEP-MENS or chewy for Simparica, we just sign it and send it back in. If you want to buy it from the, from the online, go ahead and buy it online. So, you just got to find the right vet, I guess. Yeah, I mean, I think most of the work that way, maybe not all of them, but it's usually pretty straightforward. I don't think we've ever had anyone complain that they can't get a prescription item online. Paula, you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Paula. Hi, Dr. Matt and Howie. I just wanted to ask you, I have a, he's a big boy, a hundred pound English cream retriever and I switched him to Farmer's dog. You don't have to comment if it's not good. No, that's fine. But, I mean, you know, what I mean, if it's not feasible for you to comment, but I also like to, he loves bully sticks and I get odorless bully sticks. Are they okay for him to have like, maybe twice a week or? Yeah, you know what a bully stick is though, right? What is a bully stick? Yes, I do, unfortunately. Oh, okay. I think I know what it is. I think I know what it is. If you say the word a few times, you'll figure out what it is, right? It's just a matter of repeating it a couple of times. Like, it hasn't to rock you my voice. Yes, exactly. I feel like a fool for even asking the, as I said, dogs are our faculty at carnivores and it's a meat product. And so, inherently, I don't have a problem with it. As long as the dog's weight is doing okay, lots of times when you switch a dog onto a fresher food, they do naturally lose weight because they're a little more satiated and they're getting a little bit less carbohydrate in their food. So, I'm anti-carbohydrate and dog food for the most part. I don't want it to be zero, but I think in dry dog food, quite often, carbohydrate content is higher than it should be. Gunner loved farmer's dog, by the way. Yeah. Dr. Matt, I think you remember that. Yeah, yeah. Thanks for the call, Paula. Did he love sourdough too? I'm just checking. I'm suspending this. You know what I switched over to sourdough. I'm like from a carbohydrate from a bread perspective. Sourdough is actually better than regular bread. Sourdough is really good. It beats, I'd rather have one than Thomas's English muffins, actually. There you go. Yeah. But it's a, it's a, you know, it's a fairly new thing for me. 844-542-42. Debbie, you're next with how we card Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Debbie. Hi. Thank you for taking my call. I just have a quick question. I just walked. My corgi was 12 years old. Yeah. And he had cancer. And in the area where, you know, he would be neutered. And I was told when he got neutered that that would help him later on. And he wouldn't have that problem. So now my new corgi, I can't convince myself to get him neutered. Yeah. I, what is the reason? Well, neutering dogs, neutering male dogs will certainly prevent testicular cancer. And if he had cancer in that area, it doesn't mean he had cancer of his testicles because he didn't have testicles. So certainly we see less prosthetic disease, less testicle cancer. And dogs just live a little, just live longer when they're neutered. So the biggest reason is dogs live longer. It's not a guarantee. I mean, my parents, that dog lived to be 15. And my skinny golden retriever died at six of liver cancer. So I mean, there's nothing's a guarantee in life. But it's not a reason not to neuter the dog. It's just a reason to believe that things statistically are better. But with your individual dog, it may not be better. Thanks for the call, Debbie. 844-542-42. We'll take a few final calls when we come back. And again, you could text me a question for Dr. Matt at 617-213-1066, text Howie to that number 617-213-1066. What is it? What's your phone number again, Dr. Matt, if people need your service. Yeah, people can call me at 978-948-8189. Okay, we'll be right back on Howie Car. The Howie Car Show. 844-542-4242. I'll be off Monday heading back to Massachusetts with the male room manager in Roscoe, the sourdough, eating pug, sitting in the middle. Does there anything I need to prepare for Roscoe's first plane trip? If he sits pretty quietly, right? Yes. Yeah, then I don't think so. I, you know, there are some dogs that are, you know, we recommend either some herbal sedation or actual sedation. But I don't think Roscoe needs it. Does he get in a seat? Yes, he does. He's got a little, we bought one of these little, you know, carriers and he's going to have the middle seat. It's the only way to fly. It's not exactly a private jet tailor, you know. It is for Roscoe. Yeah. 603, Dr. Matt, my elderly chocolate lab drags her butt on the ground every time she goes outside. What makes a dog do this? Usually full anal glands or that they're itching and this is allergy time. So it could be allergy or it could be full anal glands. Yeah, it doesn't need to be. It doesn't mean it matter if it's elderly or young, right? No. I mean, he can have something worse in his anal glands because he's older. So I mean, he could potentially have an infection or he could potentially have cancer. But those are relatively infrequent. And if you bring him to your vet, you should be able to fix that problem. Okay. And Dr. Matt, if people need to bring their dog or cat to you, what's the phone number they should use? They can call me if their dog is rubbing their butt on the ground. They can call me at 978-948-8189. Robert, you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Robert. Hello, Mr. Carr. Do you remember a couple of years ago you and Grace were doing a remote at JB Auto in North Waima? Yes. And we fed my 17 year old pug dog, a beef jerky karaoke flavored. And then after you took a flight at 6 p.m., Taylor was still pissed about it and was talking about it at Dr. Matt. Throwing you under the bus. I just had to remind you of that. Frank is gone now. He made it to 18. Not bad. Nothing to complain about. Same as Gunner. Yeah, that's good. That's good lifespan for a pug. It is. Or any dog, really, actually. Yes. You got a replacement pug, Robert? Not yet. I'm not ready. Yeah, I know what you mean. Howie, I got to fence my yard in because I couldn't keep up with a puppy now. Yeah. You got to be prepared. I was ready, though, for Roscoe to come. 552 says Roscoe needs a weed gummy. I don't think Roscoe needs a weed gummy. Do you? No, I do not think Roscoe needs a weed gummy. Nor does anyone else's dog do that. I'm not a current partaker of weed in any form, but in the distant, distant past, I never found that weed improved my anxiety. It's not an amplified anxiety. Yeah, bourbon coming. We have a scotch coming for her. All right. We got two calls left. Can you stick around for the last call after we leave here? Absolutely. Okay. Hold on, Bob, because we'll get you to you in just a moment if we don't get you on the air. Annie, you're next with Howie Carr and Dr. Matt. Go ahead, Annie. Hi. I'm on the case, and I have a nine-year-old Chesapeake day retriever whom lately has been sneezing a lot. Could that be allergy? Absolutely. Should I be worried? Yeah. So how, and he's nine years old, it's a little late to start with allergy, but it certainly could be allergy. I saw a dog today that was 10, and I really was pretty convinced that it was his first season of allergy, but dogs can exhibit allergy as hay fever, which is infrequent, or as eczema, which is the most frequent, but also especially hunting dogs can be, they're sniffing all the time so they can sniff up stuff, so they can get foreign bodies in their nose and in their sinuses. So have that check. Okay. Annie, thank you. Bob, hang on. Dr. Matt, give us your phone number one last time. 978-948-8189. Okay, I'll see everybody Tuesday back in Boston and Howie Carr.