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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #20 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #20 with Kaye Browne
    Jun 16 2025
    *** RADIO 2SM PET SEGMENT #20 WITH KAYE BROWNE ***This week:Finally – we can rest in peace WITH our much-loved pets! New laws in NSW mean it’s now legal to share our grave with our pet’s ashes. And what puts a smile on lots of dogs’ faces? Rolling in poo! But why do dogs do it? And how to – hopefully – stop it!PLUS:Cats – so many secrets – and the biggest one – how they hide getting older. How to help ease their pains and enjoy senior status.Also this week!KB’s quick tip to help families train dogs NOT to over-react to knocks at the door. 00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson and Kaye Browne00'09" - RIP With Our Pets02'09" - Why Do Dogs Roll In Poo & How To Stop Them!04'42" - Senior Cats - What Are They Hiding Health-Wise?06'39" - KB'S 'Quick-Tips' - Stopping Dogs Barking At The Door!FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from VETtalk On-Hold Kaye, good morning.KAYE: Good morning, Ronnie.RON: Look, I know people who will actually want to do this. Finally, we can actually rest in peace with our much loved pets, New laws in NSW mean it is now legal to put your pets’ ashes in with your own. This is quite amazing for a lot of people.KAYE: It is indeed. It has been a long time coming. There's been a lot of people actively pushing for this because let's face it, pets are now so much a part of our lives and the thought that people can now go to where their pet and their loved family member are either buried together or their ashes are mixed together and it's really, just part of the grieving process that people are allowed to do that so this has only just happened. I've got a call, a contact from Dr Sam Kovac, who's one of the many vets that I'm lucky enough to know from Southern Cross Veterinary clinic. And he said, he's known for years that people have been sneaking ashes into coffins just because they want their much loved pet to actually rest in peace with their much loved mother or father, human, mother or father. But now it means it's legal and that makes it much easier for cemeteries and crematoria because there are a lot of people that that really want to have this happen. And Sam actually mentioned that it's a particularly important thing for the homeless, who often don't have much, you know, certainty in their lives, and their pet is their only solid point of contact. Their reason for being, really, and he has a charity called Project Hope, which provides free medical treatments and checks and vaccinations. And that's for people who are homeless and also for victims of domestic violence. So that's a pretty important charity. But they are going to be absolutely delighted as well, because it means that people don't have to fear being put in the ground and never having their pet join them ever, or their ashes of the pet or their remains so it can take a little bit of working out, but it's happening.RON: Yeah, such an interesting development. Now I have a question for you. Why do dogs roll in poo their own? And there's another dog anybody. Is it kind of like Cologne for dogs or something? How, how do you, how do you stop them doing that?KAYE: Au de poo fume!RON: Au de poo fume. I love it.KAYE: Yes, you know, experts have long pondered this particular thing, and I've actually pondered it myself on occasion when there's been a pong. As I looked up a bit of information as well. You know a dogs idea of a good smells different to ours. They like the smell of poo. They also like the smell of dead things. I have dogs that unfortunately rolled in a dead fish.Ohh no. Yeah, that was nice coming home in the car. But yeah, they like dead things, they think the experts think it's covering up the dogs own smell or that they're bringing home proof of where they've been. A bit like a selfie or a postcard to tell the pack hey, guess what I smelt today? So it's pretty social media really, but, it is a bit tricky to stop them now if they're on-lead that's a bit easier, but if they're off-lead oh oh not good so you will get some hint that they're about to roll in too. So I guess like a lot of things start early and train your dog to leave it, that's a good thing to train. And then if they don't touch or sniff or roll and the thing that they're being told to leave as they obey you they get a treat. So practise on something that's, you know, not too nasty to start off with and practise it and you know pretty soon dogs are smart. They go hey, if I leave whatever that interesting thing is I actually get a treat and the other quick thing to remember is, in your own backyard, pick up the dogs poo every day.RON: Exactly!KAYE: If you spot a dead bird or a dead rodent, you know, pick that up as well, and after a bath, try and dry your pet off well so that they're not tempted to roll in anything something to dry themselves off. It's tempting for them to do that. We've all seen dogs wriggle on their back. Does your Bailey do that?. RON: Yeah. Yes. I've gotta say, ...
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    9 mins
  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #19 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #19 with Kaye Browne
    Jun 10 2025
    This week: (Full Transcript below!)Sydney Councils want tougher fines for unrestrained dogs in public places and owners not picking up their dogs'poo.Posties under attack - approx. 44 dog attacks a day! Aus-Post will arm all their people with a protective citronella spray by the end of July '25PLUS:The avoidable pet health issues costing pet parents big bucks and how to avoid them. Hint... your Vet can help more than you think.Finally, the RSPCA Million Paws walk is no more - so how much money did the final ‘walk’ manage to raise? 00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson and Kaye Browne00'10" – Councils demand tougher fines uncontrolled dogs & dumped waste. 01'51" - Posties new defence against dog attacks03'26" - Gastro and Skin issues costing pet owners the most 04'48" - Pet Dental Month benefits extended from June to August05'59" – Big results for RSPCA Million Paws final Walk FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time to talk animals now on the 2SM and breakfast show with Kaye Browne from VETtalk On-Hold. Kaye good morning!.KAYE:Good morning to you.RON:Well, you know what dog lovers we are, but I'm very pleased to see this I gotta say, tougher fines for pet owners who don't do do the right thing when they're pet's do the Doo Doo. That's what several big Sydney councils are planning, and those councils are Randwick and Waverley and they're also looking at bigger fines for letting dogs off leash in prohibited areas and for uncontrolled or attacking dogs. I am totally on board with this, I gotta say.KAYE:I am certainly on board with it as well, especially when you consider that just across the border in Queensland they've got similar fines of, you know, around $300.00 for not picking up waste, but, their fines for having an uncontrolled dog in an public place are much higher. In fact, they started $1,613 go up to $112,000.The possibility of three years jail. So that would be for a dangerous dog or one that attacks a child or a human being. And I think that sounds like a reasonable thing to do because right now in Sydney it's the same fee, it's $330 if a dog attacks another dog or a child.RON:Well, it makes no sense. And of course we have our friend Peter Clay, who was recently attacked by two dogs and you know, the ongoing effects for that and he's an adult. Obviously, we're not even talking children here, but the ongoing effects for that are quite significant.KAYE:Absolutely. And you know the trauma of that lives with people for a long time. And let's face it, there are a lot of occasions now where for some reason people aren't picking up and they're letting their dogs get out and not caring that their roaming, and I'm saying that in particular because Australia Post has got a huge problem with its posties being attacked.The latest data suggests there's something like 44 dog attacks a day, something like over the last six months, 1,150 posties being attacked. Now the thing is that they're not actually happening as you'd expect when they're going to the front door to get someone to sign for a parcel, these are actually roaming dogs on the street. 57% of these attacks are on the streets, so Australia posts has said enough is enough by the end of July, we're going to arm all our posties with a citronella spray so that they've got some means of pushing the dog back from attacking them. How do you feel about that?RON:Well, I know the citronella keeps the mosquitoes away. I never thought of it using it against the dogs.KAYE:Well, there are different kinds of citronella, and you know that we do need to be a little bit cautious because dogs can't process ethanol and there's ethanol and some of these sprays for keeping them mozzies away.But I think the other thing to think about is that, it does give the postie some means of actually thinking about what they're doing and hopefully aiming the spray so that it's not going in the dog's eyes because that can cause them to have runny eyes and to, you know, scratch their eyes and get infected. And they could get a bit of a gastro and we'll talk more about gastroenteritis and how common that is a little bit later.But you know it is something that we have to think about and people, you know, you get tracking on your Australia post items these days, so if you know you're getting something, you have to sign for, make sure the dog is inside or out the back!RON:Well, let's talk gastro and some other things that might affect dogs. We've just got information out from the insurance companies about the past years claims that were made, what seems to be the most common problems that owners take their dogs and cats to the vet with each year.KAYE:Well, this is really very interesting. It's remarkably similar in dogs and cats. In dogs, it's skin infections and allergies is number 1 and the average cost of that is something like $650. It can get right up to $21,000. And in cats, the number one problem is gastroenteritis type problems. And the average cost of treating that is something like $900 ...
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    7 mins
  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #18 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #18 with Kaye Browne
    Jun 2 2025
    This week:Tails on our pets are so cute aren't they?... but why do they have them and what do they mean?And now that winter is upon us, how can we deal with rodents 'safely' - eg; no poisons!?Also this week... Got a black or dark coloured dog? could you find them if they got off-lead at night?And 'paw-lickers'... Why do they do it and is it a sign something wrong?Plus:Why do dogs howl at sirens! (Check-out Kaye's version!) 00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'06" - Wagging Tails... What Do They Mean?01'40" - Dealing With Rodents In Winter03'35" - Walking Dark Dogs At Night!04'24" - Why Do Pets Lick Their Paws?06'02" - Why Do Dogs Howl At Sirens? Image: Dog Tails Wagging... (c) https://olddoghaven.org/a-tail-of-two-dogs/FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from VETtalk On-Hold... Kaye good morning! KAYE: good morning to you!RON: Look in last week's segment we said that we were going to talk about dogs tails and well I suppose cats tails as well really, but I'd never thought about it much before I just assumed the dog wags his tail when it's in a good mood and that's it, but there's more to it than that?KAYE: Yeah there is quite a bit more to it because tails are just one aspect of body language that dogs use and cats by the way and frankly you know when we meet people when we're out walking or shopping or whatever we don't necessarily like everyone that we meet so we might show it in the way that we're not doing very positive body language so with tails we don't have a tail but dogs can communicate a lot through tail wagging but they can also be very confusing. You see putting your tail straight up and wagging can mean "Hi I like you and come and play." Or it can mean "I'm just feeling a bit nervous" if they're standing very still. So you can't really look at the tail wag in isolation from everything else but the scientists have now determined really that they're very sensitive our canine friends and our feline friends and tail wagging to the right definitely is a better thing, this indicates friendliness and curiosity. Tail wag to the left not so happy and if they've got their tail tucked underneath them they're very very nervous.RON: Well I'll keep an eye out... now and Is it the dog's right or my right and it's going to be confusing you know that's the problem with all of this you've got to figure it out. Now last week when we spoke we talked about looking after our pets in this cooler weather but we may have some visitors we don't expect in the furry animal line. You can have rats and mice coming into your house how do we deal with that in relation to the pets that we already have?KAYE: Yes well don't let them chase them for one thing a girlfriend of mine had spotted a little mouse dash underneath her dishwasher recently and so trying to do the right thing got some of those special catch and release boxes that you can get from your hardware store thinking "Oh she'll do the right thing and go and release it in the wild." Well it didn't work because pretty soon she saw that the mouse that came in was uh a mother and uh there were 11 more little mice trying to take up residence for the winter so she did try using actual mouse traps in you know the old fashioned kind that we see in the cartoons which unfortunately are more deadly and you know they do knock them out pretty quickly and then you can pop them in a bag in the freezer and put them in the rubbish do not use baits please. My father's dog got into some poison in the garage one time and had to be rushed to the vet for emergency treatment because even though they say that a lot of the ingredients they use in baits these days are safe if a pet should accidentally ingest them they're not and I'd rather not take the opportunity because it's a pretty nasty sort of a thing. The baits I don't know if you've ever seen what happens to mice and rats when they take some of these baits, they start to bleed because the chemicals stop them from clotting blood properly and that's indeed what can happen to our dogs and cats if they eat the bait or indeed if they eat the dead rodent that ate the bait. RON: Yeah it all sounds very nasty doesn't it and another thing that uh we should be careful about in winter and again I'd never thought about this uh it gets dark so early in the evening that if you're out walking the dog after work if you had a black dog with you for instance that's going to be a problem! KAYE: Yes, when I had my four-pack, unfortunately they are there at the Rainbow Bridge as they call it one of them was a little black poodle and in the dark if I didn't put an LED collar on him I wouldn't have been able to spot him. I wouldn't have let him off the lead mind you but it's actually safer if you get some of these illuminating collars and leads and also put a high viz vest on so that if you're out and about, other people can see you as well and no one's going to get a fright or be accidentally knocked ...
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    8 mins
  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #17 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #17 with Kaye Browne
    May 27 2025
    This week:Kaye shares some key tips to keep pets happy, warm and pain-free over winter including food and grooming!Plus...What's the secret to chill-proofing indoor & outdoor dog-beds and what's re the alternative options to help pets deal with monster rain/storms?Finally.. Dog-jackets – practical options to keep you and the pooch happy.00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'06" - Winter Tips-Jackets/Grooming + Inside or Outside?02'24" - Winter Diets - How Much Is Too Much?03'52" - Storms & Rain - How to Keep Things Calm05'43" - Best Doggy Jacket Materials + Raincoats07'20" - Next Week - Why Do Dogs Have Tails!FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: With the onset of these wintery conditions is the focus of our pet segment this week with Kaye Browne from VETtalk On-Hold... Kaye good morning! KAYE: Good morning! - Have you got your winter gear out yet?RON: I've got mine out and i'm thinking about what i've got to do for the dog uh it's a bit chilly out there it's a bit wet and I guess we have to make adjustments not just for ourselves but also for our pets we've dragged the old jackets out of the cupboard and of course they get longer fur at this time of year all of these things we need to to look at how do we change our care patterns for our pets as we get into these colder months?KAYE: Ok... well the most important thing is if you're feeling the cold then your pet is feeling the cold. Cats are a bit better than dogs because they'll actually find a nice warm spot on top of the fridge whereas dogs rely on us quite a bit and although it's tempting to let them grow their hair long in winter please don't what happens for all the dogs that need to get groomed regularly I'm talking about all the oodles and various things and I've had Poodles and Bischons and goodness knows what, is if we leave them longer in winter they actually need more grooming and they can actually get quite matted especially if you accidentally leave the jacket on for a week at a time so it's really important to be putting the jacket on and taking it off. If the coolest time of the day is at night-time the jacket goes on at night or if you're going out for a walk but don't leave it on all the time because you can get terrible knots and then when you try to brush them out it actually hurts the dog's skin.RON: I know with horses if you leave the horse blanket on the hair doesn't grow so long is that also the case with dogs?KAYE: Unfortunately no!RON: Okay well that's one problem we can't solve just by leaving the jacket on is there a difference the way you treat animals that are indoor and outdoor in these conditions?KAYE: Definitely outdoor dogs definitely need to have a raised bed so if they've got a kennel set up then you need to put in a nice big block of foam you know the kind that you get at the supermarkets or you know the fruiterer put in layers so that it's going up a bit higher and make sure the beds bit raised so they're not on cold hard tiles or cement (RON: what a good idea!) and make sure that you then put in a nice comfortable bed inside. I had a relative whose dog actually preferred sleeping outside even in the cold weather but they did have an electric blanket for them!RON: Oh yeah I would too! Now let's talk about diets during winter do we need to look at adjusting our pets diets as the winter cuts in? KAYE: It's interesting the vets and scientists have looked at this and they thought oh well you know perhaps animals and pets aren't as active during winter so they don't need to eat so much and that we should be cutting back, then they actually did some tests and found that in fact nutritional needs go up particularly for very young pets and older pets and let's face it, pets get older much quicker than we do so an older pet could be anything from five if it's a very large breed or eight if it's not quite such a big breed but yeah you need to just boost their nutrition look at what you're giving them and it's... you know I'm a huge fan of topping up with natural foods that we've cooked for ourselves some of the extra steamed veggies and things they can have sweet potato pumpkin very good pumpkin's very good for their intestines uh it helps stop them and it helps them go!... but very definitely a little bit more in the way of fatty meats as well don't be frightened of fat... dogs in particular and cats have a much shorter digestive system so they you know can digest things much quicker and they get the nutrients out much quicker as well so don't be frightened of increasing it. If they start getting a bit too cuddly well just trim it back a bit but I think you'll find that they'll do better with extra nutrition.RON: Storms and rainfall... our pets get very very upset during those noisy times those noisy weather events, how do we go about looking after them better in those sorts of conditions?KAYE: In an ideal world we'd have time to desensitize them and we give probably off youtube or somewhere some of those storm sounds and start playing them ...
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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #16 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #16 with Kaye Browne
    May 20 2025
    THIS WEEK: (Full transcript below)Recently Ron's Producer Jessie's dog Moon, recently developed an abscess and required surgery. Kaye explains why abscesses are so common and that pets can get sepsis poisoning if not treated sooner rather than later. Kaye also talks about the benefits of having a 1st Aid Kit always handy plus some easy ways to keep your pet's toenails trimmed!And... Remember Valerie the Dachshund who survived 529 days alone on Kangaroo Island? They say she's put on weight!.. but why? And how did she survive? 00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'06" - Why Abscesses Need To Be Checked01'18" - Benefits Of A 1st Aid Kit04'00" - Easy Ways To Trim Toenails05'41" - Valerie the Dachshund - How She Survived FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: And now it's time for our weekly pet segment with our VETtalk On-Hold expert Kaye Browne - Kaye good morning! - (good morning to you) - Look we're going to talk today about some of the common, I was going to call it illnesses but they're things that can go wrong with your pets particularly dogs and one of the most common is it's a nasty sort of thing, it's the abscesses they get.How how do we deal with those? and are there particular symptoms that can tell you you're it's going to happen and why do they get them so often?KAYE: Well it's a very common illness and it's caused by bacteria often dogs will be just play fighting but they have bacteria on their teeth because we don't clean their teeth enough and so should they puncture the skin and that often happens around the neck or on a leg, the body tries to heal itself and it closes over the top of the wound and that causes a little pocket of puss! - sorry for anyone having breakfast right now that's right yeah um and unless that is treated and allowed to escape drained or you know punctured by the Vet and allowed to drain out that infection can travel through the body and cause a lot of serious illnesses actually so it's something to keep an eye out for and cats also get that as well cuz they have very very sharp teeth and lots of bacteria.RON: Now when you have your own family of course the first thing you do is stick a a first aid kit under the bathroom sink so that if anything goes wrong you can rush to that and sort the kids out but should we also maybe have some sort of first aid kit for our pets and if so what do we put in it?KAYE: Definitely a very very good idea and in fact you can sort of share your human one as well I dropped a heavy cast iron grill plate on my toe on the weekend oh my goodness I needed I needed the the styptic powder now the styptic powder is a common thing that people keep in case they accidentally nip the part of the claw that causes it to bleed so you can actually have a quick toenail and you can use that styptic powder or even just good old fashioned corn flour.So if you don't have that styptic just grab some corn flour from the kitchen and you can actually dab the claw in that and it'll temporarily stop the bleeding so it gets a chance to coagulate so a good idea is to have that to stop bleeding one thing, another thing a bottle of saline solution I don't know how many of our listeners have contact lenses but usually we have a bottle of saline solution or some of the those separate capsules of it in the in the bathroom cupboard keep a couple of those in your first aid kit for your pet. A very good idea, gauze pads very handy gauze rolls some scissors blunt tip scissors to cut those and my favourite thing given we're in Australia with some of the deadliest snakes in the world is to have not one but two snake bite bandages because you want to immobilize the part of the dog or cat or animal that's been bitten by a snake and get them to a vet ASAP.Have you ever had to put a snake bandage on Ron?RON: No I haven't but I think over the years the way of treating snake bite has certainly changed.KAYE: Definitely has. Years ago it used to be a joke that you know a very bad joke that you know Joe Blow out in the outback gets a snake bite but um his mate says "Mate you're gonna die because I'm not going to suck the poison out." It was the old fashioned joke about doing that but now what they've found is the important thing is to immobilize the patient, get them to a vet or a doctor if it's human so that the poison doesn't travel through the lymphatic system and slow everything down stop your breathing so don't worry about the type of snake or the antivenene that they use nowadays works on all snake poisonings and definitely don't try and kill any snake you come across because that's when most people get bitten.RON: Yeah just leave the darn thing alone. Alright now talking about our pets and the little things that they can get like abscesses it seems that sharp claws have a lot to do with that so let's talk a little bit about that sort of maintenance when should we look at cutting the pet's claws and how do we do it?KAYE: Okay, well first things first and we tend not to think about it but dogs ...
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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #15 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #15 with Kaye Browne
    May 13 2025
    THIS WEEK:Got a 'Scooter'?? you know, those dogs (or cats) that rub their 'bum' on the floor, beds or carpet??It's probably diet related and affecting their anal glands! Kaye explains some solutions to stop 'scooters' in their tracks!PLUS...Why do dogs (& cats!) wee outside their designated places - like inside on the carpet or lounge legs!Dogs in particular are attracted to the smell of their own 'wee' especially if they need to go 'urgently' and have lifted a leg or squatted inside somewhere before! But a new product seems to have helped solve the problem. An Aussie branch of the company 'HomeoPet' has taken out the top prize at the recent Global Pet Expo for the 'Best New Animal Product' that helps solve problems like runny noses, sneezing & more in our pets.And Arthritis... As we move into cooler weather, do you know the signs to look for and what can we do to help our pets overcome or even just deal with this issue?FINALLY - Is this the last RSPCA Million Paws Walk?00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'06" - Scooters!... Not Hooters!!!01'49" - No Pee?... No Problem!02'56" - New Natural Product-'Sinus Plus'04'09" - Arthritis - Signs To Look For05'45" - Is This The Last RSPCA Million Paws Walk?FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from VetTalk On-Hold... and we really are going to get to the back end of things this morning Kaye.. Good morning!KAYE: Good morning Ron!...RON: Now if you're a pet owner you tend to be a 'poo and wee' watcher and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Whether it's birds dogs cats guinea pigs you name it! - Their poos actually tells a lot about the health of your furry friend!KAYE: It certainly does because you don't want them to have diarrhea or anything like that, so you know people are always coming up with new products to actually firm things up so that the anal glands get expressed!In case people don't realize at '10' and '2' on either side of a dog or cat's bottom are two little glands that have a smelly fluid that normally gets emptied when they do a number two.If they get compromised or what they're eating doesn't push things out nicely, then they get clogged up and then the dogs and cats get very uncomfortable and they start scooting or licking or both!... So have you ever had that happen?RON: Well yes I have actually! And there's the other thing where they rub themselves along the floor...KAYE: That's right Scooting And there's nothing nice about it cuz it stinks It's sort of a a fishy smell...RON: Oh that's what you call it scooting do you?KAYE: Yeah Scooting!! absolutely and one of my dogs in fact a little rescue dog the paperwork that came with them said needs anal glands expressing weekly.Well that was never going to happen I changed his diet had him checked out by my vet and once that happened he was fine.He did not have to have them expressed, and I imagine that his previous owner might have had the odd bite because if you do it roughly then it can hurt, so it's always best to talk to your vet about anal glands.RON: Now while we're talking about that end of our pets, weeing in the same spot... I mean you can see dogs going along and they know where they've been before and they know where other dogs have been and that always seems to be the favourite spot.How do you overcome that issue?KAYE: Well there is a new product I mean they're always coming out with new things over the years but we took a look at the Global Pet Expo which happens every year in Florida which is where the best of the best in the world get together to show off new products and they actually had a product take third place in the dog section for something called 'No Pee Indoor Permanent Dog Marking Prevention'Now it's quite a simple thing really. It's basically a couple of layers of special deodorizers in a blanket and also a nice fresh scent and it means that the dog can't smell where he's been before!RON: Oh what a great idea!KAYE: What a great idea. It's not in Aussie shops yet but I think it is on Amazon here, ...so yeah - this is quite a good thing. And each one lasts about 6 months, so that should be enough time to retrain your dog.RON: And while we're talking about new ideas I'll just touch on this... An Australian company 'HomeoPe't took out the Global Pet Expo's top prize for a best new small animal product. Tell us what that's all about...KAYE: This is wonderful news because HomeoPet is part of a global group of companies... it was started by an Irish vet some 30 years ago who looked at different ways of being able to come up with some things to solve common problems like runny noses sneezing you know difficulty breathing.And this particular product that has got the best in show, is called 'Sinus Plus' and it is available in Australia.In fact the company is based in Jervis Bay and it really helps all kinds of small animals birds guinea pigs rabbits dogs cats and I believe they've even got a large size for horses.And it's a tasteless unscented ...
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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #14 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #14 with Kaye Browne
    May 5 2025
    THIS WEEK:YUK!... How dirty water bowls can leave your dogs' sick!It's true... while we tend to just 'fill it up every day', there are a number of hidden dangers not cleaning them every day as Kaye explains.PLUS...Why both dogs & cats (and kids!) benefit from regular play sessions... and is it possible to actually 'train' a cat like we do with dogs?00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'07" - Dirty Water Bowl Dangers!02'37" - Playtime Benefits for Dogs & Cats03'42" - Training Cats - Can It Be Done?05'45" - Pet Trivia...THIS WEEK:YUK!... How dirty water bowls can leave your dogs' sick!It's true... while we tend to just 'fill it up every day', there are a number of hidden dangers not cleaning them every day as Kaye explains.PLUS...Why both dogs & cats (and kids!) benefit from regular play sessions... and is it possible to actually 'train' a cat like we do with dogs?00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'07" - Dirty Water Bowl Dangers!02'37" - Playtime Benefits for Dogs & Cats03'42" - Training Cats - Can It Be Done?05'45" - Pet Trivia...FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from Vet Talk On-Hold... Kaye good morning! KAYE:Good morning to you too!RON: Look I've noticed this even with some of my friends when we go around to visit, their pet bowls and their water dishes just don't seem to get the regular washing that we might give to our own cutlery or dishes after we have a meal and I'm wondering do the pets suffer the same... you know the bugs and all the things that we would get if we didn't wash our dishes a week at a time?KAYE: It's a very good idea and good that you noticed because they can get a lot of really nasty things unfortunately now have you ever put your hand in a dog's water bowl for example and felt it all slimy, RON: Ooh yeah!... it does get a bit furry doesn't it?KAYE: Yeah well that's called a biofilm and if that's not removed properly your dog or your cat could actually get some sort of microbial infection such as a urinary tract infection maybe an ear infection even a bladder infection so it's not a good thing and I mean in an ideal world we'd all wash our dogs bowls every single day and our cat's bowls too but you know life gets in the way and sometimes it just gets topped up, But there are some other things that you need to worry about as well and that is that respiratory infections like kennel cough can be shared when dogs bowls aren't properly cleaned or when dogs share bowls for example at the dog park or at a café...You know the saliva and the nasal secretions can be quickly picked up and 'bam'... then your pet's got a problem.RON: WOW!... Now are cats as susceptible as dogs to these sorts of things?KAYE: Not quite so much. As you've noticed probably cats tend to do a lot of cleaning so they clean themselves a lot. They do then bring up fur balls, but you know that's another topic for another day, but what we do have to worry about is making sure that we've got good quality bowls.Stainless steel is ideal because plastic can get scratched and then dogs and cats but mostly dogs can get little pink blotches on their noses where the chemicals in the plastic have actually leeched into the skin and it stops their nose being so black so it's called nasal dermatitis or plastic dish nasal dermatitis so good idea to maybe have a couple of stainless steel bowls or bamboo and actually give them a really good wash with soap and hot water every week.RON: Let's talk about playtime with a pet. I mean it's enjoyable for everybody, but is it important in creating the bond with your pet to actually spend time playing with them?KAYE: It definitely is crucial in fact to build trust and that bond because all of our pets be it a dog a cat rabbit guinea pig even a rat they become bored and bored animals can get up to trouble, so the whole idea is we should spend some time every day coming up with some games so that they can have some good time with us you don't have to worry about treats when it's a playtime thing because the treat is actually you.They get to enjoy you. They look for you for fun and you know it's a good thing and there are lots of interactive toys and puzzles and food games that you can use for dogs and cats and for cats in particular they like those laser lights or feather on a string.RON: Oh they'll chase anything won't they?KAYE: Oh yes!... it's like hunting and occasionally you should let them win and let them carry away their prize!RON: All right... now we've talked a lot about training dogs over the last couple of weeks, but we tend to overlook cats when it comes to training... can cats be trained? I always get the impression that you are actually owned by the cat not the other way round so maybe it's us that should be trained by the cats!!KAYE: Well it's sort of a two-way street really. If you look at it like this... behaviorists say that dogs are like toddlers really when you're training, whereas cats are like teenagers with an attitude to match. They'll...
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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #13 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #13 with Kaye Browne
    Apr 29 2025
    THIS WEEK: (Full transcript below)Training '101' Just like kids, it takes time... and patience! - to train a dog. Given the recent 'disaster' of being left alone at home and causing a LOT of damage, Jessie sought the help of a professional dog trainer and gives Kaye an update on her new dog Moon's training progress!Plus; Older pets. Is it ok to adopt them? Sadly there are many many animals in 'rescue' shelters for many reasons. Being lost or simply dumped, all looking for a safe new home. Kaye shares her experience adopting several older dogs and the issues to be aware of.00'00" - Welcome00'08" - Moon's Training Update06'01" - Is It OK To Adopt Older Pets?FULL TRANSCRIPT!:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from VetTalk OnHold Kaye good morning... KAYE: Good morning to you!RON: Look this is like a follow-up appointment we've been working on Jessie and her dog trying we're not sure if we're trying to train Jessie or the dog or the boyfriend someone in the house is getting trained but we need to be brought up to date, now our problem was she got a rescue dog and the two of them left the house and the dog nearly tore the door down, but now there's a training program underway and now take it up from there Jessie where are we up to with the dog?JESSIE: Only the basics only the basics I think the big win was she now learn has learned to stay so before she gets stuck into her dinner we can actually make her wait and have a bit of patience but I'm still mainly concerned because she still has that severe separation anxiety and I think that's where we really need to start all of the basics and that stuff I feel like can come later but at the moment when you can't leave the house you're feeling kind of stuck.RON: So how did you get to this point how did you achieve that?JESSIE: Well I actually did enlist the help of an external puppy trainer because I obviously need help, I've never had to train a puppy before I've only had experience with dogs but given that we are treating our little rescue as a puppy I felt it was important so we've got this new trainer she's come in she's shown me the benefits of using treats and to really sort of get that discipline going she's taught me how to do your training sessions so that they're short bursts of really intensive training then you have a break in the importance of play the importance of tone really really beneficial things which I hadn't really thought about beforehand.RON: Alright Kaye, she's got the boyfriend up to that oh no that's the dog (LAUGHS!) she's got the dog up to that stage where do we go from here?KAYE: Ok well look that's a really good start and well done Jess and I'm very glad you have sort of gone back to basics by treating Moon which is a great name for a little lunatic as you refer to her!! that really we need to start and set up a routine I'm so thrilled you've got a trainer to help you because there are lots and lots of really good dog clubs and professional dog trainers and there are a lot of people like me who've done the national dog training trainers course and basically we all use the same technique which is using methods that have been shown scientifically to actually work even across all breeds all sizes of dogs it works so I'm delighted that you've got the stay happening, I'm pleased about that... what do you say when it's okay for uh Moon to actually start eating what's your release word?JESSIE: I was going to say you won't believe this.. OKAY! (LAUGHS!)KAYE: Right okay well I would say that's fine if you want to use that and always use it, the only problem is that we use okay in conversation a fair bit so when you're just talking to your boyfriend you might not be aware of it but Moon might be in a stay and you say "OK, lets go and do blah!" and Moon thinks that's the release word!So there are few little key things that we can do, now when I was taught to be a trainer the release word that I was taught was FREE! and I tend to use that a lot because it's no good getting dogs to do something if they don't know when they can stop doing it because a lot of people go "Okay I'm going to get my dog to sit now." And they go "Sit sit sit sit sit." The dog goes "Do I sit at the first sit or do I sit on the sixth sit?" You know "What do I do and when?" So a couple of things I'm hoping the puppy trainer has asked you to put Moon on a lead when you ask Moon to do something even if it's not just eating dinner but to get a treat or to do anything really then you can give whatever it is you want her to do whether it's stay or watch... watch is a good one you want her to look at you and then you need to mark that she's done the right thing and again a marker you hear probably people talk about clicker training where they then click a little device in their hand but the only problem with having a clicker is you might not always have it handy but we've always got our voice so the other thing I was taught was a marker word was YES....
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