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I found a tick on my dog and I feel terrible.

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Not a parenting failure.

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Welcome to Unleash Curiosity by Vital Pet Life.

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I'm Dr.

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Amber Da Silva,

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veterinarian and advocate for integrative pet care.

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founder and CEO of Vital Pet Life.

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This is Unleashed Curiosity.

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Welcome back to Unleashed Curiosity,

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where we explore the science,

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care,

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and emotional connection behind helping pets live comfortable,

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I'm Donnie Yamamoto,

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founder of Vital Pet Life.

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And I'm Dr.

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Amber DaSilva,

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veterinarian and part of the Vital Pet Life team.

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Dr.

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Amber,

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every summer we get the same message from listeners.

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I found a tick on my dog and I feel terrible.

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Why does it feel like this time of the year is just an open season?

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Well,

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because it kind of is.

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And it has nothing to do with anything you did.

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Ticks and fleas are driven by temperature and humidity.

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So once it's consistently above about 45 degrees Fahrenheit,

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then the tick activity picks up and even fleas are even less picky.

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They thrive anywhere warm and humid,

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which is most of the country for most of the summer.

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And there are some climates.

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like in the south where it never gets really,

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really cold,

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where you can have flea and tick activity year round,

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not just in the summer.

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And I think it's been pretty,

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it's warmer this time of the year,

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like,

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or this year compared to last year.

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Where I live,

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we had a really mild winter.

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we don't have a lot of fleas here,

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but we're seeing more ticks for sure.

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And then we saw like mosquitoes in February.

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sometimes it's just the environment is right and the temperature is right to make them more active.

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so this isn't just a yard problem or you let your dog run through the wrong patch of the grass problem,

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you know?

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not at all.

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It's an environmental and biological reality,

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not a parenting failure.

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Ticks live in tall grass,

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leaf litter,

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and brush,

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and they just wait for a host to walk by.

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fleas can hitch a ride from another animal,

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a shared trail,

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or even a neighbor's yard.

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A dog can pick up,

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you know,

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either one on just a five-minute walk around the block.

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So what are we actually worried about here?

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is it just the itch or there's more to it?

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I kind of know what it is,

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but for our listeners,

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can you like,

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articulate it for us?

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yeah.

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So we're worried about both of those things.

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So fleas,

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on their own,

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they were miserable.

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They cause itching and hot spots and some dogs are especially sensitive.

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So they can have allergy,

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a flea bite allergy.

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So a single bite can trigger several days of noticeable itching.

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And then ticks are the bigger long-term concern because of what they can transmit if they're attached long enough.

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So there's many,

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several tick-borne diseases that can be transmitted.

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And so that's...

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That's what we're really concerned about.

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And that's the real reason the timing of a tick check matters so much.

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The tick has to be attached and feeding.

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but sometimes that's a couple of hours.

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Sometimes it's a couple of days that the tick has to be attached before it transmits these diseases.

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exactly why catching it early matters so much.

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I think that's the part.

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people don't really realize it's not instant,

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Most disease transmission,

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it takes somewhere,

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24 to 48 hours,

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but there are some diseases that within a couple of hours,

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they'll be transmitted.

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you know,

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so that window is your opportunity.

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A tick check isn't a nice to have.

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It's the single highest leverage thing that you can do in tick season.

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So walk us through.

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like on how we can daily check and what actually works.

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So what does an actual tick check look like?

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So after every walk,

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you're not just going to,

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kind of like look.

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You're actually going to run your fingers through their hair,

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their whole body.

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You can run it with the grain.

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You can run it against the grain of the hair.

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But you basically want to try to like put your fingers on every square centimeter of their bodies.

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little crevices like ears between the toes,

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armpits and the groin and around the collar.

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Because ticks will look for warm hidden spots.

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And if you feel a bump that wasn't there yesterday.

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part the fur and really take a close look.

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I've also seen ticks in ears,

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which is really,

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really yucky.

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I saw actually on a cat,

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this cat was just shaking its head like crazy.

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The owner brought it in to have us check it.

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And I looked down with the scope and I saw like the big fat body attached and all filled with blood.

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So that cat was really uncomfortable with the tick down inside its ears.

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Check every little nook and cranny.

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obviously you can't like look down inside without a scope.

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then that would warrant a visit to the vet.

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and if you find one that's attaching to body,

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like how can you take it out?

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So you want to use like really fine tipped tweezers and grasp it as close to the skin as possible and pull straight up with.

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even pressure.

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So you don't want to twist it or squeeze the body and then clean the area really well afterwards.

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I would call the vet and not just try to guess.

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The other thing is when you find a tick,

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either take a picture or save it in a little jar or something.

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Show the but because there are different types of ticks.

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And different ticks transmit different diseases.

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you want to have as much information for your vet as possible.

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So you bring it in.

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We can identify the tick and say,

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these are the most likely diseases that this type of tick carries.

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just all of as much information as we can have will help us.

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what about the fleas?

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Is it the same?

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Just check daily approach?

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I had experience with the boys.

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different signs.

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You want to watch for excessive scratching,

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small dark specks in the coat that look like pepper or,

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kind of rusty colored.

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That's flea dirt.

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we have these flea combs and you can,

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sometimes you don't actually see the fleas,

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but you can find that dirt.

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So the fleas are so tiny and they'll jump.

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so you want to look for those signs and then any red irritated skin.

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So especially like around the neck area and at the base of the tail are the two most common places that you're going to see.

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like you can comb onto a white paper towel or something.

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then that's pretty,

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pretty slam dunk.

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that there are fleas there.

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And then for the proactive side,

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what's the actual routine you'd tell a pet parent to follow?

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So three things.

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So the first one is that you want to talk to your vet about a year-round proactive plan that fits your dog's lifestyle and region.

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This is the highest impact step and it's not just one size fits all.

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For my area,

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we don't have a lot of fleas.

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We have ticks in certain areas,

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which is becoming more common.

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So earlier on in my career,

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if you're going to be traveling with your pet,

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if you're going to be camping,

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you're going to high tick areas,

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then put them on prevention.

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Now we're starting to recommend it more because we are seeing more cases.

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Whereas in other parts of the country.

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where there's a much heavier burden of fleas and ticks,

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your vet may recommend year-round treatment for flea and tick.

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So that's the first thing.

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Number two is to keep the grass trimmed and the brush cleared where your dog spends the most time,

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since that will remove the habitat the ticks wait in.

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you want to build that daily check into your routine,

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the same way you'd check for,

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cuts on the paw or,

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it's pretty quick and it's the backstop for everything else.

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One more thing I want to ask about.

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Does what's happening on the inside matter here at all?

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Like skin health,

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cold condition,

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anything like that?

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Like,

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does that impact or,

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I mean,

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I know for tics,

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like...

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Is that something?

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Yeah,

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I mean,

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it's not a substitute for prevention,

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but a healthy skin barrier does make a real difference in how a dog's skin responds to bites and irritation generally.

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The other thing is,

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you know,

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if they have like,

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let's say allergies and they're really itchy,

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but then all of a sudden you notice like they're even itchier than kind of their normal baseline itchiness,

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you know,

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there may be fleas or something like that.

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And so you can have other conditions and then still have those,

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you know,

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those parasites on top of that.

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So as far as keeping a healthy skin barrier,

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that's what a lot,

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you know,

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we've talked about this a lot about omega-3 support.

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So it's just one small piece of the bigger picture,

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but not a tick or flea treatment on its own.

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Well,

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so to take away...

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This isn't about you did wrong,

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like a pet parent,

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like you forgot to take care of her,

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like clean them up.

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But it's a two-minute habit that catches things early.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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Just,

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you know,

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they can be exposed anywhere,

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anytime.

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So you just want to be vigilant.

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You want to run your hands over your dog after every walk and know what you're feeling for.

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Get your vet in on this.

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Talk to them about a preventative that fits your dog's actual life.

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And that combination handles almost everything this season will throw at you.

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Yeah.

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Well,

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thanks,

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Dr.

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Amber.

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And to everyone listening,

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if you run tonight's check and find something you're not sure about,

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that's exactly the kind of thing your vet is there for.

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Subscribe,

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leave a review,

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and share this with a fellow pet parent before their next walk.