The Marty & Laura Show

• 17 — Pros and Cons of Dog Parks and Doggy Day Care

  Pros and Cons of Dog Parks and Doggy Day CareMarty and Laura debate dog parks and doggy day care, weighing the risk versus the reward of each.Dog parks and doggy daycare are convenient solutions to busy schedules. But they do have downsides. We're here to help walk you through some of the considerations."Some (doggy daycares) are run really well," Marty noted, "so I don't wanna say that they're all negatively associated. But there are some that have really done well and some that are really not done well. "I think the most important aspect of a daycare experience for the dog is that it's regular, it's scheduled, and you know the playgroup that your dog is going to be in, rather than having it just be, you know, some random situation that just lets everybody out together where there can be a real brouhaha and create some significant injuries, illnesses and other issues."The Marty & Laura Show is produced by Pure Dog Talk Inc., with sound design and editing by Premium Audio Services.

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• 16 — Separation Anxiety Solutions for You AND Your Dog

  Home AloneMarty and Laura tackle separation anxiety, a tough topic for folks trying to manage returning to office life while keeping their pooch entertained. A lot of “pandemic dogs” that have never had 30 seconds of being by themselves, find a new way of life more challenging.“So there are some things that you can do to help prepare them for being left alone,” Marty said, “whether it's to go to work or something more significant. And some of them are pharmaceutical and some are non-pharmaceutical. It’s okay to use pharmaceuticals if you need them because it can shorten the learning curve. So I don't want people to feel guilty or bad or any of those things if they feel like a pharmaceutical assistant to shorten the dog's learning curve is appropriate.“A lot of dogs figure out pretty fast if they're going with you that day or you're leaving them for that day or they're going to daycare what's going to happen based on the pair of shoes that you put on, believe it or not, or which bag you pick up, or whether you've got this jacket or that jacket on. “It’s called back chaining when they figure those things out is they first see you leave, and then they see you put on the shoes that you wear when you leave, and then they see you put the jacket and the shoes on before you leave, and then they see you pick up the keys. And so they start to back chain. So very quickly, you can see that they're developing anxiety as you're prepping to leave them or take them along.” For a deep dive on this topic, check out this archived episode from Pure Dog Talk.The Marty & Laura Show is produced by Pure Dog Talk Inc., with sound design and editing by Premium Audio Services.

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• 15 – How do We Give Our Pets the Best Chance at a Long Life

  How do We Give Our Dogs the Best Chance at a Long LifeMarty and Laura walk through best practices for giving our pets the best chance for a long life.Our hosts share their experiences with losing dogs in old and young ages, while providing detailed recommendations to help our pets live long, productive lives.“So preventive care is going to be probably the most important,” Marty said. “And that means routine blood work. That means routine dental cleanings, that means the right nutrition.“There's some really important things that we can do for (our pets) that are pretty simple and pretty straightforward. They're not always easy, but they're pretty straightforward.“I think going in for a routine blood work, people are like, ‘ohh, I don't need any, he's fine.’ No, you're going to be surprised at what kind of things we can find and preemptively get ahead of whether it's kidneys, whether it's liver function issues, whether it's heartworm disease or some of the tick borne diseases, other disorders that we can see. So if you're veterinarian says, ‘I think we should do blood work this year and it's usually an annual thing then you should go up and down with your head and say yes, yes, I think we should do that.”Marty continues with food recommendations, why dogs should be crated in a car, weight management and more.Working through final decisions about our pets is incredibly emotional.“My favorite current book is Promises to My Pet,” Marty said. “It was written by a social worker who wanted to help people go through the process to let their pet go. And basically they go in and you can take pictures from your dog when it was young and you could put all kinds of things in there. But essentially what you're doing is you're promising your dog or your cat that you are not extending their life beyond what you think would be reasonable.”The Marty & Laura Show is produced by Pure Dog Talk Inc., with sound design and editing by Premium Audio Services.

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• 14 — Breaking Down the Life Stages of Our Dogs

  The whole one year of human life is 7 years of dog life; some of that isn't right. But it kind of gives us a feel for what we think of puppy, teenager, adult, elder. Marty and Laura walk through those life stages and some of the things that we can do to ease or utilize those times that we have with our dogs. Everyone says it's too short, and they're right. So we talk about some ways to look at it differently and to understand it better."Teenagers need to learn boundaries," Marty said. "Teenage dogs, teenage children, teenage ponies, they all need to learn boundaries. It's just a thing, and it's our job. It's our responsibility because we love our family pets, children, cats, dogs, horses; it's our job to teach them those boundaries.""Now, if you've got an adult dog that's earned its place and it's got its life lessons, you can now do some great things with your dog. You can go do stuff and do events. I mean, like, this is the great part of dog life, this two to five, two to six time frame, and it's a blast; they're so much fun. So this is when you get out of the basic obedience class and you start doing fun things like agility or rally or scent work, or you start taking the dog to the national parks and the local lakes and all the fun things that you get to do."But, of course, you have to remember that not everybody loves dogs. 58% of the people own dogs. Another 42% probably don't want anything to do with them, so you can't just let your dog run up to everybody and slobber all over them because not everybody appreciates that. You can't let your big dopey dog run up to every other dog either. And just because your dog is friendly, it doesn't mean that the other dog is."Next week we'll talk in depth about our senior dogs and the joys and sorrows of that life stage.The Marty & Laura Show is produced by Pure Dog Talk Inc., with sound design and editing by Premium Audio Services.

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• 13 — Aquariums Raise Serotonin and Create Beauty

  Aquarium authority (and audio engineer extraordinaire) Lance Woodruff joins Laura while Marty is on a globe-trotting tour of meetings.Lance walks us through Laura's "box of fish" and everything above and beyond in the colorful and spectacular world of home aquariums.Filtration, salt or freshwater, fish friends (and frenemies!), tank size, and decorations—we cover the basics of Aquarium 101.The Eclipse filter – everything in one top for the aquarium:https://www.marineland.com/products/aquariums/bio-wheel-aquarium-kit.aspxMore beginner information on Marineland filters:https://www.marineland.com/information.aspxSpecies database:https://aquainfo.org/Legendary plant tank guy (his stuff is stunning):https://www.aquariumarchitecture.com/archive/legendary-aquarist-takashi-amano/Reef Tank Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHxbMa2RVTQThe Marty & Laura Show is produced by Pure Dog Talk Inc., with sound design and editing by Premium Audio Services.

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