Totally Pawsome Pod

Dr. Sip explains what to do if your pet has a seizure, why animals can't have many human medications, and how Poison Control helps vets. Melissa gives a doctorate course in CYA and introduces everyone to the runaway camel of Bonner Springs, Kansas. This week, our thanks go out to… Sip’s real life! ASPCA App and Emergency Line https://www.aspca.org/news/what-expect-when-calling-aspca-animal-poison-control-center Bonner Springs Police Department https://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/camel-causes-chaos-running-away-kansas-nativity-scene-rcna8061 ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa is a professional dog trainer in Southern Maine (melissamccuemcgrath.com). She can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Melissa gets on a soapbox about leashes, and Dr. Sip comes in hard with an animal who disintegrates after having *MULTIPLE* 14-hour sex sessions. This week's resources: Soapboxes by Melissa, https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2110223269 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrates http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/07/07/3262428.htm And the googled images of the deceased antechinus:(You've been warned: Caution, deceased animal) https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2110223269 ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and when she's not training dogs or dog trainers, she can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

This week, Dr. Sip terrifies Melissa six ways to Sunday with spiders and hedgehogs, and Melissa brings up the hardest museum in the land. Resources for today's episode: "Don't rub hedgehogs all over you" Nature AVMA CDC.gov "You can just take this dong anywhere": https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-tapirs-nsfw/ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-final-member-2014 phallus.is/en https://animalogic.ca/blog/11-of-the-strangest-animal-genitals-on-the-planet Varmints on Tapir, extended cut….er, Patreon feed (or check out all their free episodes here!) ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and when she's not training dogs or dog trainers, she can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Season 2 is here with a bang - Pablo Escobar's theme park and zoo backfired spectacularly, and we have a driving animal who is absolutely better than most Boston drivers. Alright, let's do this! Resources for today: Invasive Hippos: The Truth about Animals by Lucy Cooke (book) https://www.businessinsider.com/how-colombia-can-get-rid-of-pablo-escobars-hippos-2021-6 https://www.grunge.com/186303/how-pablo-escobars-former-hippos-are-ruining-colombia/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/colombia-cocaine-hippos-rewilding-experiment-news?loggedin=true https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Geography/Land-area/Square-miles Driving goldfish : The authors of “From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals” published in Behavioral Brain Science.( Shachar Givon, Matan Samina, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Ronen Segev) ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Dr Sip's outside is coming inside, Melissa has company, so everyone is taking a break. Enjoy this episode from BewilderBeasts - remastered for your listening pleasure. This is a remastered version of the second story in episode 20, "Quoth the Raven, Baltimore." Resources for today's episode can be found here: https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-20-quoth-the-raven-baltimore.

This week, the ladies are remixed, Dr. Sip talks about veterinary options, including wild hamster tagging; Melissa brings up lady octopuses and has to apologize to all but one Todd. Resources for today's episode: Dr. Jonathan Epstein Dr. Xuan Mai Vo Dr. Amanda Leef Dr. Raimon Duran-Struuck Dr. Yoanna Maitre The Varmints Podcast Vox Dr. Sip is a traveling exotics veterinarian in Oakland, California. More about her, her practice and contact infor can be found here: DrSipVet.com Melissa McCue-McGrath is a certified professional dog trainer in Southern Maine. Her classes, book, virtual training offerings and more can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com - and her other show, Bewilderbeasts can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.

Melissa dives deep on separation anxiety and Dr. Sip can't wait to talk about the many, many unsettling features of one evolutionary wonder. Separation Anxiety Resources: Patricia McConnell's book, "I'll Be Home Soon" Nicole Wilde's book, "Don't Leave Me" Melana DiMartini's Separation Anxiety Training Programs "Seymour Butts" Livescience: "Meet the marine worm with 100 butts that can each grow eyes and a brain" ***** Dr. Sip is a traveling veterinarian working with exotic pets in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and is currently working on virtual training and behavior consultations. More about her work, book, and presentations can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Dr. Sip and Melissa announce the winners of a weirdly restrictive contest; dog bite statistics that every dog owner and professional needs to hear; the UK has a drunk seagull problem. Dog bites, "Pit bulls" and statistics resources: Lili Chin's book, Doggie Language Patricia McConnell's book: The Other End of the Leash Bronwen Dicky's "Pit Bull: Battle For An American Icon" https://www.mkplawgroup.com/dog-bite-statistics/ https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2019-06/new-study-identifies-most-damaging-dog-bites-by-breed/ https://www.coloradoinjurylaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/ The Dunbar Bite Scale Drunk Seagulls: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44736447 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/you-might-see-drunk-seagulls-4258903 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/drunk-seagulls-rspc-alcohol-beaches-somerset-devon-dorset-a8435761.html ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Today, Melissa talks about COVID19 dogs, who they are, and why we might need to rethink some tactics on using them in public; Dr Sip discusses horse artificial vaginas and what it takes to get a turkey in the mood. Resources: COVID 19 Dogs: https://deadline.com/2021/07/a-left-field-contender-palm-dog-covid-detecting-canines-deployed-cannes-1234789387/ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20reports%20of,countries%2C%20including%20the%20United%20States. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57666245 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/see-dogs-trained-to-sniff-covid https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03149-9 Horse breeding and turkey necks https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/notoriously-grim-turkey-head-on-a-stick-experiment-proves-they-will-attempt-to-have-sex-with-anything/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-seduce-a-turkey-the-bizarre-poultry-sex-experiments-of-the-1960s http://www.ansci.wisc.edu/jjp1/equine/semen_coll_eval/av.html ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Melissa and Sip are busily working on episode 8 but with a few technical difficulties and both of your intrepid hosts going back to real-work in real-person, Episode 8 of Pawsome will be delayed. However, Melissa is putting in a tide-you-over goodie from her show, BewilderBeasts. Topics include: President Andrew Jackson's swearing parrot was kicked out of a presidential funeral for swearing; 5 parrots in a UK Zoo made some exhibits R rated; and predatory birds in Australia are using fire to catch prey, much to the dismay of firefighters. Resources for this episode can be found here: BewilderbeastsPod.com

Dr. Sip dishes on what veterinarians discuss behind closed doors, and Melissa ruins the most photogenic animal on the planet, the quokka. Resources: Vet Peeves - Dr. Sip's actual life Shacking Up At The Happy Quokka: Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka Varmints Podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/varmints/quokkas-to5la_u-zwi/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka Rottnest Island: https://wildlife.rottnestisland.com/land/fauna/quokka

This week, we get cicada S&M fan art, Melissa has a hot take on smashing car windows and Dr. Sip teaches us all about the dulcet sounds of a naked mole rate queen singing what scientists call, "the toilet song". Resources: Hot Diggity Dog CarTalk: How hot do cars get? https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/today-pets-hot-cars How K9s and sports folk keep their pets cool in the summer in cars: https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/keeping-dogs-cool-cars https://www.motorbiscuit.com/dog-mode-how-tesla-uses-smart-technology-to-keep-an-eye-on-fido/ Royal Flush: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960497406/friend-or-foe-naked-mole-rats-can-tell-by-a-unique-squeak Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Toilet Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yivu8jjQcdw Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, fan art, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Today, Dr. Sip schools Melissa on why bats get a bad rap (and how much of the movie "Contagion" is real), and Melissa teaches Dr. Sip about sexy cicadas that would make Jerry Springer beg for a priest. Resources: Dr. Jon Epstein and his incredible work with bats, education and preventing zoonotic diseases: https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/about Dr John Epstein: Virus Hunter Brood XXX WBUR: Sex Crazed Fungus Butt Cicadas What IS Brood X? CBS Varmints Podcast - Cicadas Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, fan art, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

Today a clarification on episode 4; Dr. Sip learns about animal based reality television and Melissa learns the history of the Tanuki, testicles and all, putting an entirely new filter her favorite video game (Mario 3). Resources: Television and Entertainment Resources: Dogs and Cats At War Barks from the BookShelf (Episode #34) Tanuki Testicles: QI: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/18/14/ https://yokaicomposed.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/yokai-poetry-tanuki/ https://www.tofugu.com/japan/tanuki/ https://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2017/09/tanuki/ ******* Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

This week, Dr. Sip tackles major rumors and misconceptions on pet food, and Melissa FINALLY talks about the fish orgies in Mexico that are so loud you can't even hear boat motors. ***** Resources : Pet Food and misconceptions (Dr. Sip) https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/talking-talk-what-say-when-clients-prefer-raw-diets/ https://www.avma.org/raw-pet-foods-and-avmas-policy-faq https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/debating-raw-diets-january-2019/ https://vet.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/raw_meat_diets_memo.pdf https://www.aaha.org/about-aaha/aaha-position-statements/raw-protein-diet/ https://www.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/What-Is-AAFCO-and-What-Does-It-Do https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2021/ground-beef-and-performance-dog-raw-pet-food-recalled-for-pathogens/ Fish Orgies (Melissa) The Guardian Scientific American YouTube video on Fish Orgies ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

This week, Melissa talks about what everyone gets wrong about service dogs, emotional support animals and therapy dogs while Dr. Sip tells us about animal STDs. ***** Resources for today's episode: Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs and Emotional Support Animals (Melissa) American's With Disabilities Act (ADA) FAQ on the ADA A downloadable poster/infographic from Project Canine: Animal STDs (Dr. Sip) https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-often-do-animals-get-stds http://www.animalresearch.info/en/medical-advances/diseases-research/stis-sexually-transmitted-infections/ ***** Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com

In our first episode of Totally Pawsome Pod, Dr. Sip does a deep dive on why most car safety equipment is not going to keep your pet safe, and Melissa goes rogue on possum penises. ***** Resources for today's episode: Car Safety Resources (Dr. Sip) The Center for Pet Safety: https://www.centerforpetsafety.org/ Car Talk - FIDO Blog Crash Test Doggies (Heidi Bartruff - custom plush toy design) Possum Facts (Melissa) Mental Floss (bifurcated penises and more) Dead ritual for possum in Wisconsin: https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/wisconsin-woman-perform s-ritual-dead-possum-road-tells-it-repent-police-say/Z7FXLNKWMVADHD6GJ3C77HH6AY/ That's not a kitty: https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/kansas-grandmother-treats-opossum Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/ Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod Email your story ideas, comments and more: TotallyPawsomePod@Gmail.com